Chapter 10: The Slave Exchange

Walking out of the Cathedral of Egustin, Augustus looked at Sain, who was still intoxicated, with a playful expression, and said with a smile: "How about the capture?" How many noble imperial ladies have been captured by our great hero, Sein? ”

Sein smiled innocently, his old face was flushed, he shook his head again and again, and made a lewd posture that did not conform to the burly figure in the stunned eyes of ordinary people, and said flatteringly: "Where do I have the boss you are so attractive!" Not to mention a few people, even if I can get the favor of a socialite, I will not come to St. Peter's City in vain. With that, Sain had an intoxicated expression on his face.

Augustus couldn't get used to seeing such a disgusting expression, and kicked over this guy who was as fierce as a monster in the eyes of many Demacian troops, and said, "Don't talk nonsense to Lao Tzu, let me ask you if you are going to continue to accompany your group of young ladies who have just started or will I go to the slave exchange to buy a few animals?" ”

A carp rolled on Thane and stood up, patted the dust on his body casually, and said with a smile: "Of course you are escorting the boss with the boss, noble lady?" This kind of thing that can be there at any time is important where there is a boss's business! ”

is different from the elegance, modesty, and erudition in front of the aristocratic ladies, and Sain at this moment is indifferent and unkind. If it were those celebrities who had just joined forces with Sain in the council hall to discuss the popular Ionian Prime Minister's autobiography "Flowers and Blood" on the mainland, they would never have imagined Sain's face at this moment.

Augustus didn't say anything, and walked straight to the bustling Kepler street towards the Fein Slave Exchange, which he had already inquired about, because he was not very familiar with the road, even with Augustus's good memory, he got lost in this labyrinthine Kepler area, which made Augustus can't help but scold: If only I had brought Caterina's chick!

Sain on the side honestly closed his mouth, in St. Peter's City, which can almost be said to be Caterina's territory, he didn't dare to be as fierce as the boss. If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if, if Katarina, a woman with a hot temper and a perverted force value that is almost as good as the boss, knows that he is in cahoots with the boss and secretly curses her, then he will really be affected by the pond fish. Not to say that it would kill him, but at least a cripple should be possible. There are a few things in Noxus that Caterina doesn't dare to do, a woman with super strength and intelligence, and who is almost a demon.

Sein, who walked silently behind Augustus, looked up and gave Augustus a look of adoration that you are fierce and you are a bull fork.

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Following behind Augustus, Sein said with a look of indignation: "I really don't understand why General Burnham made simple things so troublesome, obviously you only need to draw some soldiers from the Noxian army for the boss to form an expeditionary force, why go to the trouble to go to the slave exchange to choose slaves without any loyalty guarantee as members of the expeditionary force, are those stupid slaves comparable to the powerful cavalry trained by the Noxian army?" ”

Bang!

Sain was kicked away again.

"General Burnham is not obliged to arrange everything for me, but he has the right to decide my fate! This is the superior one! Augustus said lightly, glancing at Sein, who was still lying on the ground in embarrassment, Augustus continued: "Sein, if you don't want your achievements to be limited to becoming an ordinary knight of the Knights of the Hundred Leaf Flower, then you must understand one thing: when the inferior does not have the power or chips to provoke the superior. The superior gives any order, and the superior has only one way to obey, and the difficulties during the achievement of the goal are for the subordinate to consider. ”

"Yes, Boss!" Sain did not have the smugness on his face and did not complain, and said respectfully.

"Since you have stepped into the threshold of nobility, you will call me Young Master Augustus from now on, as for the boss? You name it privately! Thain! ”

"Master Augustus!" Sein bowed his head respectfully, his face full of excitement.

Augustus ignored the saddle horse behind him who had been following him since he joined the Knights of the Hundred Leaves. As an example of a timid and cautious soldier, Augustus was still reluctant to completely entrust his back to the man who followed him. Even Sain, who was stabbed for him.

In good times, the door is like a city. What about adversity? The door is full of birds! Augustus didn't think that Theon, who had been following him with the Iron Oak Medallion, would be truly loyal to him, and he didn't have any leverage to make Theon loyal. If Sein could still call him boss as respectfully as he does now in the face of adversity, Augustus would truly recognize this comrade-in-arms.

"Friendship? Let's pass the test of time! "Three years ago. Augustus made this decision to Tyrone, Borlet, and today, three years later, Augustus has made the same decision to the third man.

At this moment, follow behind Augustus. Thorn, who followed behind Augustus and vowed to follow him for the rest of his life, did not know that today Augustus had really begun to test him.

A protracted test.

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"As long as you have enough gold. The Fern Slave Exchange is willing to give you the supreme service! -- The Fynne Slave Exchange. Looking at the very conspicuous archway in front of him, Augustus knew that he had arrived at his destination.

Slaves, a class that had no status compared to the commoners, and even countries such as Noxus, Demacia, and Ionia basically did not consider slaves to be part of their country. It can be seen how lowly the status of slaves is.

Along the way, although the slave exchange standing in the civilian area is not as dirty as the ordinary civilian area, the cruel scenes make Augustus and Sain, two soldiers who are accustomed to seeing blood and death, feel uncomfortable. A large shirtless man carrying a leather whip walked into an area surrounded by iron fences, and walked through a group of slaves, excited, frantically waving the whip and laughing happily after the rage.

It was apparently a middle-aged man with a long beard dressed as a slave owner, sitting outside the wire fence with the official Noxian text written on it: "Wave the whip in your hand and drive away those lowly and filthy slaves, 3 bourbon silver coins per hour." On the chair, he happily counted a large handful of Bourbon silver coins in his hand.

For the slaves in the iron net, who were wailing and crying to avoid the long whip, the slave owner stared at the Bourbon silver coin in his hand and did not bother to look away from him.

This scenario is repeated on a daily basis in the slave exchanges, and it is not the worst case scenario for slaves. Every slave exchange has bloody deals in the slaughter of slaves. Many aristocrats like to use this bloody game to vent their negative emotions in their hearts.

To this day, there is still a saying on the mainland: "As long as you have enough gold coins, you can become his master, dominate everything about him and even grant him a holy death." ”

Before the Law of Lykgus was introduced, this bloody trade was simply one of the main ways to make money on the slave exchange. In the imperial capital alone, at least tens of thousands of slaves died every day at the hands of wealthy nobles, and there was even a situation at that time that there were no slaves for the nobles to enjoy.

It was only with the enactment of the Law of Lykgus that such bloody money transactions were curbed somewhat. "For each slave killed, the second slave must be given extra money from the Noxian government, and when the third slave is killed, the extra money is doubled, and so on." It is precisely because of the promulgation of this law that the number of slaves being killed has decreased a lot, but there are still many strong nobles, such as a countess who once held the first record of 15,666 slave killings, contributed nearly 30,000 scattered gold coins to Noxus, and it was only because of this countess that she did not continue to play this extravagant game because of her family's downfall, and someone broke this record soon after.

Although Augustus could not bear the tragic plight of the slaves, he did not have the idea of being a benevolent savior. There is no savior in this world, and the only one who can really save himself is himself.

There is a peculiar sight to be seen at the Finn Slave Exchange. Around the exchange are a number of cages surrounded by iron wires, each containing a slave. These slaves were either beautiful and well-dressed slave girls, or powerful swordsmen, and even Augustus met a magician who was nearly sixty years old.

On the side of the iron fence, there is a sign for sale, a brief introduction to the slaves, and a selling price.

These slaves, locked in a barbed cage, are the main source of income for the Finn Exchange. The price they paid for each of them was at least dozens or even hundreds of times that of other ordinary slaves.

An ordinary sturdy slave can only reach the sky for two Bourbon silver coins, while a slave with the strength of a lower knight can sell at least 20 scattered gold coins, a thousand-fold difference during this period.

The slave trade was a bloody and lucrative one.

After wandering around the Fyne Slave Exchange, and seeing many slaves, Augustus finally stopped in front of a wire cage. The minotaur in the cage, with heavy chains on his hands and feet, caught Augustus' attention.

This minotaur was unlike the other slaves who were locked in cages and hung their heads, keeping their heads down and not daring to look at them as goods. A pair of fierce eyes looked at the people who were looking at him, quite a kind of arrogant taste. Augustus's height of 1.8 meters stands out in Noxus, but he is still a head short in front of the minotaur in the cage.

As can be seen from the dozen or so wounds on the minotaur's body that have not yet formed scars, the minotaur annoyed many distinguished guests during this time of sale, and attracted the slave owner to take a long whip to comfort him.

Augustus looked at the minotaur in front of him with a playful look that did not fit his status as a slave. Outstanding? Stubborn? Hum! A slave with such qualities can only be said to be self-defeating.

The minotaur stared fiercely at Augustus and Theon, who had been looking at him, with wide eyes and no secret of redness in his eyes! Bare! Naked murderous arrogance. If it weren't for the hindrance at this moment, Augustus had no doubt that this arrogant minotaur who had become a slave would have made a move against them.

Looking at the beast clan in front of him whose muscles were as muscular as a dragon, whose strength was estimated to be at least comparable to that of a mid-rank knight, Augustus sighed softly, "Minotaur? It's been a long time since I've seen this kind of race with a strong style and domineering strength! (To be continued.) )