"We found the ruins of an enemy base nearby. There was nothing there except a slave chained to the walls of the dungeon," he informed me, and I frowned.

"How do you know he's a slave?" I asked curiously.

"He's wearing an iron collar, Sir," he replied, and I nodded. "However... There is no sign of affiliation," he added, and I looked at him in surprise.

"There aren't?" I asked in surprise, wondering why the slave's previous owner had not marked him with his mark.