Chapter 74
“Baltasar was originally human. He was born in the 17th century to a poor family that survived by trading camels to desert drifters in the Spanish Canary Islands. One day, his life was shattered when Barbary Corsairs targeted his family—”
“Barbary what?” Rylee interrupted, quirking an eyebrow.
“Barbary Corsairs... Moroccan pirates,” Svetlana clarified, receiving a nod of understanding from Rylee. “They slaughtered his parents and took him hostage. To survive, he was forced to become one of them. The Corsairs raided across Europe. Conquering Britain, France, Spain, and eventually even reaching America.”
“What was their primary objective?” Warlord asked, his voice low and calculating.
“The slave trade,” Svetlana answered flatly, the grim reality of the era hanging heavy in th
