From the port to the bustling Upper Town, Karin City is a pyramid-like trapezoidal structure, like a.

It was one of the oldest city-states in Correll, but Levi's first impression of such a majestic city was that he didn't like it very much.

The city is really crowded, and the market area is overcrowded and chaotic, and it's not uncommon to see fly shops in some incredibly cramped alleys, selling from the small windows where only a pair of eyes can be seen.

Some of the big merchants, who had a good relationship with the city guards, simply parked the carts that had just been towed from the port on both sides of the street to sell goods directly.

They generally come from the North, especially from the City of Draw, such as cheap trinkets and common magical items that have recently become popular.

Levi could see at a glance that they had obvious traces of factory assembly line operations... I even saw their Zeellandia specialty——— alchemy bike...

It's just that this kind of elaborate and intricate alchemical object has become a kind of 'luxury' in this far-flung southern country, and anyone who rides it is either the children of powerful families who wear gold and silver, or the merchants who use it to carry goods.

It can be seen that because it does not need feed, does not need precious water, and the cargo capacity is not low, it is very popular with some small and medium-sized merchants.

And one of the most common goods on the Kassanlin market is slaves, and some slaves are even sold directly on the street.

They generally wore collars and chains around their necks, or simply tied a straw knot with hemp rope, and most of them stood naked against the wall, while travelers or merchants broke their teeth and even their lower bodies as if they were inspecting animals, and roughly checked whether they had any diseases.

It is also common to see children on both sides of the road, who are obviously short from malnutrition, and they dare to walk on the sides of the street like stray cats and dogs, or curl up on dark corners, carefully picking out some white particles from their pockets and chewing on them.

Levi asked the orc Bartel who was following all the way through Fisher's mouth, and the other party waved his hand indifferently and explained:

It is a bone meal made from crushed fish bones, most of which are removed from some dried fish workshops, and according to the practice spread from the north, it is ground into powder and mixed into feed, which can save a lot of feed and make the livestock more powerful.

He also said that the little 'livestock' on the street must have stolen the bone meal from the trough of the ranch, and if the rancher saw it, he would definitely break their hands and make them dare not sneak into their pasture again.

It is hard to imagine that such a city-state, adjacent to the 'Shining Sea of the Gods', with its daily catch, still has such a large population that is struggling to fill its stomach.

Battle seemed to see Fischer's confusion, and smiled and told a cruel truth:

This has to do with the tradition of Karinsan, who has proclaimed the rights of all people as perpetual freemen since the time of Shane, and this recognition has been etched in the bones of all people after thousands of years.

But there is some irony that when people are faced with more basic hunger and even life and death, freedom... It's so shaky and ridiculous.

Due to Karinshan's industrial structure, although there are some traditional workshops that make furniture, armor, carriages, clothing, etc., they do not need so much labor.

In addition, most of these traditional handicrafts still have a learning threshold, and these workshops can be carried out by employing apprentices, so most of the uneducated people can only go to the port to fight for all the hard work, and the meager remuneration and the unstable daily work make it difficult for them to save the first pot of gold to change their fate.

No... Even if they are lucky enough to find a well-paid temporary worker and have some savings, they will not even try to master the tools of labor, but will use the small amount of money to buy some better-tasting bread and cereal, or more decent clothes...

This is... Poverty in thinking.

As long as the magnates and merchants keep the price of food under control and prevent the circulation of cheap 'feed' such as fishbone meal, then a large number of 'free people' will choose to sell themselves as slaves before starving to death in order to gain the right to live...

And slaves are Karinsan's greatest output and special commodity.

Especially after Amm opened up new colonies overseas, the demand for slave labor for plantations and minerals alone was a bottomless pit.

This has left Karinsan's low-level 'freedmen' in an endless loop.

Poverty makes them think that only by having more children can they get rid of such a fate.

But raising more children will only make them poorer.

In Karinshan, where slaves were widely sourced, children who had not grown up were discriminated against, especially boys, and even a dog was worth more than them.

So what Levi saw in their eyes was mostly empty and numb.

No... Not only them, but in Levi's eyes, this seemed to be a common trait of the city-state and indeed the majority of the people in this country.

From time to time, there were shouts of battle and death-only howls outside the city, but the streets of the city were still the same, those who should be sold, those who should be working, and the freedmen at the bottom huddled in dark corners, looking for foreign merchants who could 'help', or 'kind' fat sheep.

As they ascended to the top of the city, the distant horizon suddenly became clear, and beyond the city gates, there was an endless stretch of golden desert, except for the plains dotted with oases to the northeast, which was the main road leading to the Karin River and the mountains.

At this time, you can see that about two kilometers outside the city, there are several black oppressive phalanxes, which are being driven by a group of iron horses, slowly surging towards Karin City like a tide.

But these 'soldiers' who besieged the city made Levi feel indescribable.

In front of the battle, a child who was obviously not yet grown, holding a rusty wood knife, was dragged forward by the crowd behind him, and the vast number of corpses in front of him seemed to make him feel frightened, and he suddenly cried and wanted to turn back.

A sharp arrow flew from the top of the city and pierced his chest, and he fell blankly, trampled by the crowd behind him, and half of his body was buried in the yellow sand, like a flower that had not yet opened from the mud, and had withered in advance.

An old man suddenly threw down the sickle in his hand, raised his thin hands, and shouted with cloudy teardrops in his dry eyes:

"O Sir Pasha of Karinsan, I am willing to contribute more to your taxes, and I can continue to work, please... Forgive us sinners!"

Poof!

The next moment, his head flew into the sky, and halfway through the fall, he stared blankly at the sky.

Behind him, a warlord brandished a blood-dripping blade and shouted angrily:

"Forward, forward, backward!"

The mission of these people is to die.

Use their corpses to fill the moat and become a stepping stone for these knights behind them.

"There is no point in fighting. Fischer couldn't help but comment.

"This is a blasphemy against war. ”

As a warrior, Holtz also despises this almost slaughterhouse-like battlefield.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that, as Battle said, no matter the quantity or quality of the 'army' called for formation outside the city, it is impossible to break through the gates of the city of Cullen.

Even if the Ruiden Federation in the city is also a mess in the eyes of Levi and them, it is still difficult to defeat it without several times the number of people and enough spellcasters to rely on the benefits of the city.

I have to say that the bloody scene in front of me is indeed uncomfortable to watch, but Levi has no intention of interfering.

Over here... It's not his territory, and he's not a compassionate holy dragon, he's just here to inspect the market and solve the problem of manpower shortage in his own territory by the way.

Moreover, due to an accident during the journey, he may be targeted by Tiamat's minions at any time, and his identity is sensitive, so he is not suitable for doing something high-profile at this time.

It's just that he looked at the increasing casualties outside the city, but he instinctively felt that something was not quite right, but if he wanted him to say something wrong, he couldn't say.

Just as he was deep in thought, the orc Battle on the side interrupted his thoughts again:

"Hey, Lord Fischer, you see, around the corner of the block is one of our slave farms under the Redon Federation, and I assure you, it may not be the largest in all of Karinshan, but it is definitely the most complete and of the best quality. ”

I saw that this orc, which did not look like an orc at all, was slightly close to Fisher's ear, and said just above his head:

"If you are interested in high-quality elves, we also have wood elves poached and smuggled from the northern Verdas Forest, guaranteed to be original, but this kind of price is slightly higher, and it may have to go through the auction, but with my private relationship, you only need to pay a slightly higher price than the reserve price, you can pick it up in advance, how about it?"

Levi was startled.

Has all the fetishes of affection been spread to Karinshan in the south? If this progress continues, it won't be a few years before the glorious deeds of this red-robed bald guy will be directly spread to the Eastern Continent...

But Fei She retorted with a solemn face: "Do you think I look like the kind of mage who likes to play with pure elves?"

The corners of Battle's mouth twitched slightly, and his heart said that it was more than a likeness, I think you are good!

Seeing that the sales were frustrated, he smiled wryly to alleviate the embarrassment, and was not discouraged, but turned to Holtz on the side and continued to Amway:

"Your Excellency Holtz, in fact, we also have a lot of half-orc slaves here, all of them are to cater to the needs of some nobles, and they have been domesticated for a long time, that is, they retain the wildness of half-orcs and some beast characteristics, and they also have the relatively petite size and gentleness of humans, why don't you send someone to give you a taste of it later?"

Holtz couldn't help swallowing his saliva, secretly glanced at his boss who was sitting on Fisher's shoulder with his arms in his arms, and hurriedly waved his hand and said:

"I have a wife, and I don't fix that. ”

Battle, who felt that he had hit the undead, still looked at the canned 'knight' Alley without giving up:

"This knight brother, have you ever thought of becoming one of those warriors who slashed the dragon and rescued the princess! We also have a princess who was 'rescued' from Tesser, she is the royal bloodline lost during the dispute between the two kings in Tesser, we don't need to slay the dragon here, and we don't need you to rescue it, as long as you spend some money, you can find a warm home for this princess who has suffered from the war." ”

This relentless and frequent sales pitch not only made Levi listen to Levi, but even the well-informed Fischer and Holtz couldn't help but take a second look at this orc who was familiar with the business...

Talent... No, beasts!

"But I'm a female..."

Alley's crisp and seductive voice came from the cracks in the armor.

Let the battle-hardened Battle also feel a wave in his heart.

Seeing that the orc was about to continue to speak.

'Bang'.

Levi flicked a fin on the back of Fisher's head and told him to do something.

The red-robed mage who instantly turned red and swollen on his head hurriedly made his attitude clear:

"Ahem! We've just made the trek to the sea, and we're going to find a hotel to rest for the night, and then we'll think about the slaves, so go down first." ”

"Okay, okay, no problem, if you need it, just find a random kid on the street and ask him to come to the sixth block of the port to find the tax collector Battle!

Battle was instinctively preparing to introduce the hotel that had a relationship with him, but seeing that the red-robed archmage looked unhappy, he hurriedly retreated.

But such a 'big customer', where would he be willing to really cut off the clues, if it weren't for the fact that Fei She was an archmage, he was afraid of causing the other party's unhappiness, he even wanted to spend some money on the road to find a child to help him follow, in order to determine the hotel where the other party was staying.

Seeing that the persevering orc was finally gone, Fischer and Holtz breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

They feel that if they are allowed to continue to sell like this, they will not be able to maintain their principles in front of their own bosses...

After a while, the group randomly found a medium-sized inn and booked a few rooms, and gathered together in the largest of them.

After setting up several protective circles such as guarding against spell peeping and magic interference, Fischer used a mirror hanging on the wall as a medium to connect with Iggy in Zelandia through the mobile Montnets nodes formed by slimes along the way.

The footage was a little blurry at first, but soon the slimes along the way were under Kaka's command queue, and the line finally stabilized.

Iger's first sentence made Levi not calm:

"Tiberius, according to the latest war situation, the port of North-Zemlya in the Lunaris Islands has fallen, and the iron fortress on the island of Luskan Umman is also in danger. ”

"Googa, so fast!" "Salted Fish" Levi was shocked.

Although it can be seen from Luskan's 'ghost ship' tactics that Luscan's strategic policy is to pay attention to a kind of speed, accuracy and ruthlessness similar to a 'blitzkrieg,' it is not so fast! It's only been a few days? Just sailing takes time, right? Did they fly over?

And this Moon Shadow Island is too weak, right?

Iger was heard, "They should have mastered arcane technology similar to our Montnets telecommunications, almost just before you and Nerancer and Luscan." After the ghost ship's conflict, their warships on Rosem Island carried out a surprise attack on the port of North-Zemlya on the same day, and their main force arrived in the Korin Islands two days later, before officially declaring war on the Moonshadow Islands, in fact, they had already knocked down the port of North-Zemlya at that time, but due to the delay in communication of other forces, so until now, many forces still don't know that Luskan is besieging the royal city of the Kendik Dynasty with all their might, no one knows how long they can last, but according to the gap in military strength between the two sides, if there is no other strength to intervene, Luskan should only be a matter of time to capture the iron fort。 ”

Hearing this exciting news, the whole room was silent.

Levi's eyes were dark, and it took a long time before he exhaled and said:

"It seems that everyone still underestimates Aklem. ”

Yes, they had never despised the ambitious Arcane Brotherhood leader.

But he still underestimated the courage of his desperate plan when it was frustrated... With madness!

......

At the same time, outside the bloody city of Karin, the seemingly mighty army of 40,000 in Sirpasa left behind a large number of corpses of civilian soldiers lying in pools of blood and began to retreat after several successive attacks were frustrated.

Let this seemingly bloody war seem like child's play to Levi and them, especially against the backdrop of the blitzkrieg on the northern sea, where not much sound was revealed, but it was as fast as the wind and invaded like fire.

It's just that not many people noticed that several figures in black robes haunted the battlefield covered with corpses, chanting in a low voice:

"God of the dead!

"Great Mirkor!

"I pray for your eyes to come from the darkness!

"I pray that you will bring back the souls of the dead who have been left behind on the battlefield!

"My god prays!"

In this overlapping chanting, in a certain level invisible to ordinary people, one after another dark and wailing souls rose to the sky, through the invisible gate, leading to the unknown realm of the dead.