54. Chronicles of Continental Trade
Without making Loki wait long, Sazex Gimmonri hurried in. He bowed very respectfully to Loki, who was admiring the morning sun: "Hello, honorable Demon King, what are your orders for summoning me here?"
Loki shrugged his shoulders and turned around: "How many times have I told you, you must maintain the necessary respect in front of me, but excessive restraint is not necessary...... Hawkers, forget it, let's get down to business first. You go back and make arrangements, in two days I'll go and deal with the Hellington family's covenant, and then I have something to do to go to human territory. ”
"No problem, Lord Demon. Sazex nodded, "However, you are going to human territory with the intention of ......"
"Ah, nothing. Loki raised an eyebrow, "It's just that I want to get back some of the things I deposited with them." ”
"Deposit?" Sazex was a little confused.
"Heh, that's the power I've been sealed. Although they were sealed in the territory of the Light Alliance at first, but my power is so huge, they can't let the Pope and the Senate guard those seals every day, right? I can feel where they are...... However, the induction is not very clear. So I have to go to human territory. And other than that, I feel ...... There are a few very familiar auras in the direction of human territory, and I'm going to check them out. Loki patiently explained.
"Oh, I see......" Sazex understood, "then I'll arrange for you to fight with the Hairington family first, and then arrange your identity and ...... to the human territory"
"No need, I already have an identity to travel to human territory. Loki smiled eerily, "A couple of unworldly humans lure wolves into the room...... That's pretty interesting. ”
"It's just ......" Then, Loki frowned, "The only thing I'm worried about now is that although I can use magic to cover up my demonic aura, and I'm very confident, no one can find out that I'm a demon unless I'm a god-level master." But the problem is that if I fight with people, my aura will inevitably leak out, and then it will be troublesome. ”
"Ah, you don't have to worry about this kind of thing, Lord Demon. Sazex immediately said, "You know, after you were sealed, because there was no biggest threat, the pressure on the masters of the human, orc, and elf clans on the continent was reduced, so they had more leisure to explore the ancient ruins left over from before the age of gods and demons on the continent." Many of the ruins have treasures that can hide their aura. Although the number of these treasures is not large, our Jimonri family has been in business for generations, and we have accumulated a lot of family wealth over the past few thousand years. So there are a few such treasures in our family, and I'll take you to see them when I go back, and take them away which one you like. ”
"That's right...... That's what you have to do. Loki patted Sazex on the shoulder, "But ...... Speaking of business, I have one thing to ask you. ”
"What's the matter?" you say, sir. Sazex looked puzzled.
"Let me ask you first, your family's chamber of commerce...... It shouldn't be just in the territory of the demons, right? The territory of the demons is not very large, and most of the goods are self-sufficient, so you shouldn't be able to make that much money. Loki asked, touching his chin.
"Of course. Oh, don't you know, my lord? After that big war, the landscape on the continent changed a lot. Since you have been sealed, the demons still have the power to protect themselves, but they no longer have the overwhelming advantage to rule the entire continent. So the original anti-demon alliance also began to fight in the nest. First, the humans launched a surprise attack and severely damaged the elven troops, and then the orcs took advantage of the human army's southward attack on the elves and occupied a large amount of land in the north. It can be said that if it weren't for the split of the alliance, the current situation of our demon clan would be difficult to say. ”
"Later, taking advantage of that split, the ancestors withdrew all their troops in time and shrunk the territory of the demon race. However, although the territory has shrunk by nearly half, the demon race, which had a sharp decline in population after the war, has successfully gained a foothold in this land that has shrunk by half. At the same time, the elven clan that had been hit hard also shrank its territory, abandoning the large area of fertile grassland in the current position of the Holy Sakura Empire, and instead entered the Elven Forest to defend with all its members. After being attacked, the humans hurriedly commanded the army to re-head north, but the orcs began to retreat after burning, killing and looting, and returned the looted territory. At this time, the human race, which had experienced two major wars in a row, was greatly damaged, and could only choose to take back the returned territory that had been turned into a scorched earth and negotiate peace with the orcs. Since then, the continent has become the strongest in this human race, the second in the orcs, the third in the demons, and the weakest in the elves. ”
After that, the mainland fell into a state of old and dead inconsistency. It wasn't until many years later that the leaders of the tribes discovered that banning all intercourse would have bad effects. Due to the geography of the continent, each ethnic group has its own specialty. ”
"The elves produce a wide variety of rare fruits, herbs, and art, musical instruments, bows and arrows, and so on. Humans are a big producer of food, and basically all races have bought food from humans to a greater or lesser extent before the war, especially the orcs in the bitter cold land of the north. At the same time, human gold and silver ornaments and gems are also very popular with elves and high-class demons. Humans are also very good at siege equipment and city defense devices, and now the eight strategic-level magic crystal cannons on the walls of the magic capital are bought from humans. ”
"The main product of the demons is meat. Since most of the demons will have some basic fighting spirit, and at the same time they are still strong, so every year the demons can harvest a large amount of meat, in the past when there was a shortage of food, the demons survived on the meat obtained from hunting. The alchemy of the demons is also very developed, and most of the daily alchemy items on the continent are sold from the demons. For example, a fire box that can be used to create fire without magic or fighting energy, and a light that can be lit up all day long with a small amount of mana...... These things are popular in the upper class of human beings. ”
"Finally, the orcs. In fact, orcs also hunt often, but because they are located in the north, most of the meat they get from hunting is fur and fat, and there is not much meat to eat. That's why they often used their furs to exchange for meat from our demons before the Great War. There is also a large amount of ore in the territory of the orcs. Physically strong orcs mine quite fast. Coupled with the dwarves in the orc territory, the export of forges and various ores was once the pillar industry of the orcs. ”
"It can be said that before that war, the trade of the various ethnic groups on the continent was very frequent. And after all contacts were cut off, the interests of all parties were greatly hit. So, after years of silence, the leaders of the various ethnic groups met again. We don't know exactly what was discussed, but the result was that the parties began to allow trade. However, this trade is very strictly restricted. The chambers of commerce of both sides need to be informed in advance when they will enter the country, when they will leave, how many people will be, etc. That's why I recommend adults to go in disguise. If the trade regulations were not so strict, but very relaxed, I would have suggested that the adults go there in the caravan. ”
"Hmm...... I see......" After listening to Sazex's "Chronicles of the Continent", Loki pondered for a moment, "I didn't expect so many things to happen after I was sealed...... Forget it, I'll talk about these things later, I'm going to talk to you about something else now. ”
"What else? Sazex said respectfully.
"Actually, it's not a big deal, I just want to ask, did you still say that you missed a trade, a trade that is quite developed among all races?" said Loki nonchalantly.
"What trade?" said Sazex with a puzzled expression.
"The slave trade. Loki said calmly.