Bobby led me into the market, and when I looked back at the girl, she seemed to turn her head to look at me with a blank look in her eyes.It was an inexplicable kindness, there was an inexplicable kindness in our eyes, this long-lost feeling made her and I in an instant, like an electric shock, that trembling was transmitted from the depths of the soul, she was obviously only four or five years old, I was sure I hadn't seen her anywhere before, but the familiar smell of her body made me have a familiar feeling.I pondered when and where I should have crossed paths with her, but I had no clue, I had always relied heavily on my powerful spiritual sea, but this time it didn't give a clear answer.It wasn't until I walked into the slave market that my mind was still in a state of confusion, and Bobby thought that I was not used to the noise of the market, so he became silent, and he led me through the streets of the market as fast as he could, without stopping.Ignoring the slave traders around him who were peddling the slaves in their hands, Baburu behind him strode behind with a fierce face, so that the slave traders who tried to come and entangle us avoided one after another.The slave girl holding the umbrella in the back also followed us with a straight face, and followed us with a focused expression, and we walked through the market in a group of four, and no one dared to catch up for a while.There were many slave traders of all stripes on both sides of the street, and they might have one or two thin ropes in their hands, and at the end of the ropes were one or two thinly clothed slaves, or some slaves had only a rag around them, and some sturdy men or younger women had only a simple straw rope tied to them, and stood on the wooden platforms on both sides of the street like cattle without the slightest dignity, and they should not cover their bodies out of shame, if they were seen by those cold slave traders.
The punishment that followed would be even more humiliating.Almost every slave's eyes were numb and hollow, like a walking corpse that had lost its soul, silently following the slave traders, waiting for the sale of their masters, and from time to time the slave traders would pinch their lips as if they were animals, and let them show their teeth to identify their age.In the slave market, straight teeth were always an important measure of the value of slaves.Bobby told me that these slaves on the street had all kinds of hidden diseases, and those slave traders bought them cheaply, or cured them, or covered them up, and then sold them.Most of them will choose the faces of the slave market, and some of the slaves in their hands are even slaves who have changed hands five or six times, and some slaves can only waste food and do nothing after being bought, and finally can only be sold back cheaply.Finally, Bobby's advice to me, which I summed up, came to a point: if you have a choice, don't buy slaves on the street outside the market!
The two of us walked through the crowd, chatting and looking at the slaves on both sides of the street, Bobby smashed his little eyes, and always spoke very viciously, but when the slave traders saw the badge on his chest, they would salute respectfully, and dare not complain, because it was the right of the nobles.Bobby led me into a large building, and as we passed through the entrance to the hall, we were questioned by the guards, and those who could enter it needed to have a special nameplate, and it was not open to strangers, like some private clubhouse.I watched as Bobby pulled something out of his bosom that looked like a wolf's tooth pendant, shook it in front of the guard, and led me into the slave shop as if no one was around.It's like a small theater, with a large stage at the front, and a lot of neatly arranged seats in the back stands, so I didn't expect to feel deserted at the door, and most of the seats in the theater are full, most of the buyers are wearing gorgeous silk clothes, and most of the people who can afford to wear silk in the city of El are aristocrats, and they look at the stage below with intent.There are ten round wooden piers at the front of the stage, and there are already five wooden piers standing on them at this time, I think they should be slaves waiting for the auction, a young slave is standing at the front of the stage, there is a huge chandelier above his head, and his body is also illuminated by several floor-to-ceiling copper lamps, he is covered with a piece of clean wool, and his body is also very clean, it looks like he must have been carefully cleaned before, at least I think his empty eyes are not so obvious cold and numb.At this time, an old man in a white linen robe is introducing the origin of this human young slave in extremely standard imperial Chinese, including his experience from birth to most of the time, it is worth explaining here is the legitimacy of the source, and then began to introduce the characteristics of this young young slave, is the denial word is also an important bargaining chip for young slaves, and finally introduces the physical state of the young slave, having a healthy body is definitely a lucky thing for a slave.When the old man introduced, his words were very inflammatory, the atmosphere in the whole theater was very warm, no one would notice our arrival, most of them were looking at the slaves on the stage intently, Bobby looked very excited after he came here, and boasted to me that the slaves here were all legally qualified for the empire, and as long as they were bought back, they could sign the slave contract as soon as they were bought, and he was enthusiastic to introduce me to the origin of the slaves.I didn't even know that there were so many things about slaves, I had always simply thought that slaves came from war, but in fact, this view was very wrong, and the vast majority of slaves were actually captured by slave traders from other planes.The slaves here are more aliens, the main source of slaves is the clans and tribes in the reckless areas of the other continent, their social structure is still very primitive, although they have a strong physique, but there are no sharp spears and hard armor, there is no mystical magic, they are not protected by the laws of the empire, only in such an uncultivated land, there will be a large number of slaves, there is a paradise for slave hunters.Of course, there were also many human beings in the slave market, some of whom were prisoners of war in war, some of whom were poor and unable to survive, and some of whom were descendants of slaves who were destined to be slaves for the rest of their lives from the moment they were born.In the slave market, the most popular among the nobles is the elf slaves, the elves are both male and female, born handsome, after training the docile elf slaves are always sought after by the nobles, their prices are also extremely expensive, in front of the elf slaves, don't feel how valuable the gold is.Secondly, the nobles were welcomed with dwarven slaves or lizardmen slaves.The former possesses a unique skill and is born to be the best craftsman.The latter are naturally handy, and many nobles like to carry a lizardman slave by their side as their bodyguard, they are cold and murderous, and are highly regarded by the nobles.In the slave market, the cheapest are orc slaves and demon slaves, almost no one likes orc slaves, and the ones who are more unwelcome than orc slaves are demon slaves, sometimes on the battlefield, imperial soldiers prefer to slaughter all the demon people, and they refuse to be captured and sold as slaves, because sometimes even if the demon people become slaves, they have the ability to seduce their masters into the devil's way.Even if it is a succubus with an excellent figure like a devil, few people care about it, unless there is a strong person with great strength, he will choose to keep one or two demon slaves by his side."
Look at his smooth skin as youthful as satin, if he is fed a piece of wheat cake at every meal, maybe he will become a beautiful boy, if he is sent to the academy, maybe he will be a great warrior, just look at the arch of his foot to know how good he is at running, he will be a very good retinue," said the old man in white linen, as he picked the wool from under the young slave's knees with a stick, revealing a pair of chestnut calves and long lanky feet.The young slave was visibly uncomfortable, he knew that countless people in the audience were watching his feet, but he couldn't make any cover-up movements, he nervously tightened his big toes, and his feet twisted slightly on the stake.The young man had a delicate face, a very well-proportioned body, and a chestnut curly hair sticking to his forehead, which was a little embarrassed by the enthusiastic eyes of the nobles in the audience.At this time, there was an old man in gorgeous clothes with almost all the hair on the top of his head, his figure was very burly, but probably after getting old, his strong physique had dried up, and his skin was full of folds on his face, he took out five silver hammers from his waist and sprinkled them on the stage at will, and said in a sharp voice: "I want to see if there are any scars on his body!"
”The old man standing on the stage beckoned to the side of the stage, and immediately two beautiful female slaves came over on the stage, and took off the wool draped on the young slave's body expressionlessly, and walked down quickly, leaving only the young slave who stood on the wooden pier and blushed, he had no wisps on his body, only a yellow, orange and orange copper ring around his neck, but it was still blank, and no one's name was engraved on it.Several of the nobles in the audience were interested in the young slave, and they all left their seats and walked to the bottom of the front desk to observe the young slave up close.At this time, someone under the platform had already begun to shout: "A gold coin!"
”"Oh, Lord Zacharias gave a gold, so is there anyone else who wants a higher price?"
The old man in white raised his eyes and immediately said, then added: "This is a slave with great potential and worthy of being trained as a follower, maybe he will become the most loyal guard, and will accompany you for the rest of your life!"
”Confusion was evident beginning in the field, and some of the buyers were talking about the value of the young slaves.In the corner, a man in a black robe raised his hand and said, "One gold coin and twenty silver hammers!"
”But no one paid any attention to the man's strange attire, and immediately someone shouted, "One gold coin and seventy silver hammers!"
”Bobby whispered to me, "These are all temptations, and those who really want to bid haven't made a bid yet!"
”Sure enough, someone in the group of people gathered in the audience shouted directly: "Three gold coins!"
”The price rose rapidly, and the atmosphere on the field was very enthusiastic, and the young slave was finally bought back at the price of fifteen gold by the bald old man who had carefully checked his body for any defects with five silver hammers, and the young slave was brought back to the backstage.It's the first time I've been to a population auction like this, and it feels a little ridiculous, but it's all very real.Soon a waiter came to the aristocratic old man with a wooden plate, and a handful of yellow, orange and orange gold coins were sprinkled in the tray by the old man very casually, and the waiter gave a deep salute and turned away with the tray, but at this time I did not see the young slave appear, and when I was suspicious, Bobby put his ear to me and explained: "When the auction is over or the old guy leaves early, the store will arrange for the old man to deliver the slave and sign the slave contract." ”"That young slave might have become a good fighter if he had been trained a little more, and I think his physical condition is very good!"
I said to Bobby because I had seen all of the young man's body before, and I could see that the lines of his body were very even, and he was a very athletic person.As soon as my words fell, someone next to me couldn't help but laugh a few times, but immediately covered his mouth with his hand, but his shoulders shook obviously, I wondered if I was really so funny when I spoke?
Bobby glanced at the bald old man, spat at in disgust, and then put his ear to me and said, "That old man is an old glass, don't be naïve to think that he will cultivate war slaves, can he go to war again at such an old age?"
”"AhhIt was then that I realized that I was a little too idealistic, and when I thought of the misery that the young slave was about to face, I thought that the little orc girl sitting under the wall was in a better situation, maybe she just wanted to hide under the wall and bask in the sun, and she didn't have any other thoughts, she might be hungry, but at least she still had precious freedom.She sat quietly in the corner, it was so inconspicuous, I recalled the straw mat on her body at this time, and suddenly woke up, and hammered her head hard, it was so confusing, no wonder I felt familiar, not that I knew the little girl, but the weaving method of the straw mat was extremely special, even in the orc tribe, few people would weave the straw mat so much, only the wolf orcs of the blood wolf clan would use such a lame way to weave this kind of ornamented straw mat.So this means that the half-orc girl is a child of the blood wolf clan who has been left outside, and I actually passed by her, every orc of the Gurudin tribe is my relative, and I still have the same blood as them, how can I let them endure hunger and hardship in the human city?
Thinking of this, I wanted to turn around and walk out of the auction hall, but Bobby grabbed me, and he looked at me in surprise: "What are you doing?"
Jiga, isn't there a slave here who matches your heart?
There's a better one in the back.,Tell me which one you like.,I said it will definitely satisfy you.,Don't think about anything else.,I haven't taken out a money bag for a long time.,It's a bit cumbersome!
”Bobby must have thought that I was shy, and when he saw that he could not afford the high consumption here to buy a slave in the auction hall for a dozen gold coins, and he wanted to leave with a weak heart, he immediately tactfully expressed his kind thoughts, and wanted to help me pay for the slave I liked.At this time, I stood in the aisle of the auction hall and smiled sincerely at Bobby and said, "I'm not, I just want to take a look at the entrance to the market, I should have missed someone I should have known!"
”To be continued.