Jumping out of a horse-drawn carriage and discovering that the streets here are far less spacious than those in the East End, which is lined with low bush strips and low walls that cut the sidewalks from the carriageway, and this is the northern part of El City, which is commonly known as the Civilian Quarter. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Although the stone pavement is still smooth, each street is not too wide, and the flow of people and horse-drawn carriages is intertwined, forming a vanity of traffic.

There are many shops on both sides of the street, but most of them are simple small storefronts, and various small processing workshops are also lined with the street. Adjacent to the civilian quarters is the largest slave market in El City, which, according to Bobby, is one of the least safe places in the city, where thieves, crooks, hooligans, and ruffians all flock to make a living.

There are all kinds of cheap snacks and leather and paper blacksmiths' workshops, the whole street is filled with all kinds of noisy sounds, a team of hard laborers carrying heavy goods, fine bronzed upper bodies walking past me, they seem cautious, but the heavy goods make every breath they take a very heavy breath, some of the laborers still have slave status around their necks to change the sign, some of the laborers have tattoos on their faces that can be prisoners, an overseer with a leather whip in his hand walks at the front of the procession, leading the pair of laborers to their destination, followed by several merchants at the back of the processionA few maids were holding umbrellas for them, they were wearing beautiful robes, and they seemed to be chatting about the recent hot weather and it hadn't rained much.

There was a filthy sewer beside the street, the black, greasy sewage emitting the pungent smell of industrial soap, and a few children with a tattered piece of linen around their waists were crouching on the edge of the canal, carefully scooping out the floating grease from the ditch with a small wooden spoon and putting it into a black, smelly wooden barrel full of flies.

In the northern district of El City, people are accustomed to a fast-paced life, and under the bustling traffic is the fetters of countless interests.

The reason why I dared to run out alone during the period of cultivation was because the new news brought by Morayar and Sophie yesterday, after many negotiations with the Academy of Magic, the guard battalion has given up the charges against me, which means that the guard battalion has finally focused on Simon Joe and Oyacho, and those knight lords have withdrawn their surveillance of me, which is really a good thing to celebrate, and my heart is beating for joy.

After all, the progress of the Dark Arts Retreat in El City was mainly carried out by relying on some clues I provided later, and if Simon Joe's true face had not been revealed in the martial arts arena, the guard battalion might not have made any progress in this matter so far. The evidence proves that I am an upright apprentice of magic who can fight the forces of evil to the end.

I stood out in the street in a clean grey robe, and there were many teenagers of my age on the street, who always liked to wear their most modest clothes and hang out with their friends in this mixed street.

There are all kinds of people here, there are also all kinds of shops, this is a concentrated area of fights, maybe just stand here at the corner of the street to see some bustle, the most important thing is that all kinds of snacks here are very cheap, for many greedy teenagers with not enough silver in their pockets, this is simply a paradise.

You may be able to buy a very good quality copper dagger at a stall in a small shop in the next second, but don't care if it's stolen or picked up from a dead man.

A splendid carriage passed by me, not more than ten meters, the emperor on the carriage stopped the rapid carriage in the middle of the road, the neighing of the two Gubolai horses, the pedestrians on both sides were startled, but at a glance at the emblem on the gorgeous carriage, lest they avoid it and dodge one after another, but also cast a respectful gaze at the carriage, the black door of the caravan opened, and a fat figure appeared at the door, the first thing that caught my eye was his belly like a cauldron, squeezed out of the door.

Bobby squinted his eyes and jumped out of the car with a smile on his face, the moment his clumsy body fell to the ground, I felt the ground shake for it, he was wearing a gray ** apprentice-style robe, and pinned the apprentice badge very coquettishly to his chest, seeing me standing at the corner of the street looking left and right, he waved to me busily, and walked over to me again. He smiled at me and said, "Jia, you came very early! I thought my house was closer, but I didn't think you would arrive first!"

A strong young man walked down from the carriage, with a strangely styled scimitar hanging from his waist, I think no one in the north of the Grimm Empire is good at covering up weapons, he must be a warrior from the barbarian tribe, see him follow Bobby inch by inch, his eyes are like knives, staring at every pedestrian who approaches Bobby, one hand is on the handle of the knife all the time, the whole person is like a bow with a string tauted, he feels like a dead soldier.

I looked curiously at this bronzed-skinned, black-tower-like young man with eyes like brass bells, walking barefoot on the stone floor, with a dozen brass rings on his right ankle, and clanging as he walked.

Behind him, there was another woman in a simple cloth skirt made of white linen, her graceful body was hidden under the cloth skirt, and when she walked, she was hidden from time to time, she was full of mature woman charm, she held a seal leather parasol in her hand, quickly jumped down from the carriage lightly, trotted to Bobby's side, and propped up the umbrella to shield him from the scorching sun.

After looking closely, I found that she was a slave girl, and she had a polished and shiny copper ring around her neck, which was clearly engraved: Owner - Bobby. The text is engraved on the copper ring very smoothly, and at a glance you can see that it is from the hand of the master blacksmith.

I didn't expect Bobby to have such pomp and circumstance when he usually traveled, and when he saw me looking at his entourage curiously, he quickly pulled me closer to the shadow of the parasol, put his arm around my shoulders and asked me with a grin: " Usually about you, you are too lazy to come out, today why suddenly interested in wanting to visit the North District, although it is also very fun, but more prosperous East District, the quality of the goods in the shops here is not a little bit worse, there are not too many good things, nothing worth visiting, there are many thieves on the street, it is really troublesome. ”

He didn't wait for me to answer, he turned around and patted the strong young man with his big hand, and said to me ostentatiously: "This is my follower, his name is Baburu, he is a person who has signed a contract with me, he can be trusted, his sword skills are great!"

Then he glanced at the slave girl beside him again, squeezed his eyes at me with a smile, and whispered, "You know, Millie didn't come with me today, I dared to bring it out, she was a gift from my grandmother after I awakened the magic pool." She's charming, isn't she?"

The two of us walked shoulder to shoulder in the bustling market of the North District, and the passers-by on both sides were obviously a little more afraid of Bobby, seeing him come and avoid him, Bobby was even more accustomed to it, and Baburu behind him has been following us closely and not leaving an inch.

"Anyway, is your injury really healed? Why don't you take the opportunity to rest for a few more days, the life of the academy is really not good, tomorrow there are endless magic runes to memorize, endless magic patterns to draw, and endless ancient elf words, it's really annoying!" Bobby took the handkerchief handed over by the maid, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and asked me while wiping his sweat while shopping on North Street in such a hot weather.

I replied, "Well, it's almost good, I'm resting, but I'm afraid that I will fail all the final exams this semester, and I still plan to go back to the class early, I don't want to fail the magic academy because I can't graduate from the magic academy!"

I smiled self-deprecatingly, and when I thought of Mrs. Joyce's old-fashioned appearance, I wondered if she would give me the green light for the final exam!

Bobby withdrew his eyes from the body of a revealing street woman, reached out and grabbed a handful of crispy dates from the dustpan above the head of a vendor who passed by him, and just as the vendor turned around, two yellow, orange and orange copper plates were tossed by Bobby and flew into the vendor's jacket pocket, the vendor nodded and thanked him repeatedly, and then disappeared into the crowd.

While throwing crispy dates into his mouth, he said to me vaguely: "Hey, that half-elf has been very active in the class recently, always in the limelight in class, very flattering, has won the favor of many teachers, and is the prince charming in the hearts of countless girls, there are always girls who don't open their eyes to send love letters to our class, but since you are not a carrier pigeon, it seems to be a lot boring!"

I looked at Bobby in amazement, made sure I heard correctly, and repeated in disbelief, "Very popular?"

Bobby said with great certainty: "Well, that's right, except for a few people in the class, almost all of them are very familiar with him, and I feel that he is very easy-going, very funny in his speech, and well-informed from the imperial capital." Among the boys, I'm afraid that only Swift and Thomas, me, and Marven are still wary of him, and among the girls, only Theresa and Ying Li are cold to him!

Otherwise, in the deep-seated minds of the Imperials, the group of people who despise the most are the mixed bloods, and although the half-elves are a little nobler-blooded, they will never change the minds of some people by virtue of this! Why did they accept this half-elf so easily? I can't help but have a new understanding of Nichols' abilities.

Thinking about it, I realized that I was a little distracted......

"Hey, hey, hey...... Did you hear me?" Bobby nudged my shoulder.

When I woke up by Bobby, I looked at Bobby apologetically and replied, "It's boring, what's there to hear?"

"Hey, I'm a little weak when you say that, aren't you really worried that this rival from another school will snatch your chick away? You know, girls don't have any immunity to elf looks, not to mention a promising half-elf nobleman, and his magic grades are not bad!" Bobby joked to me.

"Humph!" I snorted, not going to talk to him about this anymore, and I had already come to the end of a road.

At the end of the road there is a lively little bazaar, and at the entrance of the bazaar stands a stone monument with four words engraved on it: Slave Market!

That's right, that's the purpose of my trip, in fact, I met Bobby here to buy two slaves to go back, Sue is still too lonely to stay alone in Xinliu Valley after all, let's find her two companions, and maybe take care of her life. The life of slaves was closer to that of civilians, and they knew better how to survive in the wilderness. The reason why I called Bobby to come with me was because he had bragged to me about the slave market.

As soon as I walked to the entrance of the market, I was surrounded by a group of people, all of whom were dressed ordinarily, but they were all fairly clean.

A man in the crowd was the first to stand up, his complexion was ruddy, full of energy, his eyes swept over me and Bobby, and immediately shifted the target to Bobby's body, and began to lobby him: "This future magician, please stay for a while, if you are willing to take a little time and listen to my introduction, I can guarantee that you will definitely make this trip worthwhile, in the slave market, you need a guide to guide you, of course, if you trust me, I can also introduce you to some of the best slaves in the market!"

It turned out to be some brokers waiting at the gate outside the market, they always sell themselves to some fresh faces, Bobby and I were blocked at the door of the slave market for a while, and the Bobby's follower Barblu let out a lion-like roar in his throat, and his hand touched the scimitar hangar, and he took a sharp step forward, and the full momentum forced the brokers to retreat one after another, making way for Bobby and me.

Bobby looked at me in surprise at this time, opened his mouth and couldn't speak for a long time, and then fell into my ear and said to me, "Jijia, do you want to buy slaves in the slave market?"

I nodded and said, "That's right, I've wanted to come and go around for a long time......"

"Oh roar! of course I'm the best at this, I'll take you to pick the best slave here, I can guarantee you, no one is better at this than me, I keep it so that you can spend the least amount of money and buy the best quality!" After saying this, he glanced slightly to his side, and motioned for me to look at the woman who was holding the umbrella behind him without saying a word, but she was taking care of Bobby from beginning to end, and it seemed to be very caring.

I'm a little curious, I don't know why Bobby is so confident to say this.

But he whispered to my ear with a smug face, and explained to me: "The largest slave owner in this slave market is one of my elders, and he has always been very fond of me, and if I bring my friends, he will never push those old and sick people with dark diseases to me!"

Just as Bobby was patting me on the chest and promising to find me the best slave, my eyes saw a half-orc girl in a tattered straw mat in the corner of the market, five or six years old, already hungry with yellow skin and thin muscles, but her big innocent eyes were staring at the rows of cheapest black bread hanging in the bakery across the street, and her eyes were about to fall off! )