Volume 1 First Encounter in Another World Chapter 9 The Underground Black Market
"I'm afraid that you're not as powerful as her, Miss, and I can take you back now!" An aura erupted from Old Man Rob's body, and the power of the tenth-order golden martial artist made Andrea take two steps back before she could stabilize her figure.
Before Andrea could speak, the old man named Aurang had already stood between the two and shouted angrily to Rob: "Rob, you old thing, don't forget that you agreed to only ask about the whereabouts of Miss Irene's entourage, and it is not difficult for me to bring you here!"
"Hmph, since I've found out that the eldest lady and Blanche are in this city, even if you don't bring me over, can't I teleport over and find it myself?"
"Don't forget, Miss will also be plotted by Miss Irene when she goes back. β
"I know. Old Man Rob retracted his momentum and said, "I just can't bear to be the eldest lady because that girl has suffered outside all her life." β
"I know that you are also for the good of the eldest lady, you put away your bad temper and have something to say. "Old man Aurang took out the items he brought, this is the money and magic props he prepared temporarily, and the old man Aurang will prepare hundreds of gold coins and practical props every year to give to Andrea, which has helped her survive until now.
"Thank you, Grandpa Aurang, if it weren't for you, Kiki and I would have died all these years. Andrea took what Aurang gave and said: "Although Ireen already knows our whereabouts, she will definitely not tell that person, because that person does not want my life, although this assassination is aimed at Kiki, but this is just a cover-up, she will definitely attack me mainly, as long as I am also dead, everything about that person will be hers in the future." β
"Yes, so Miss, get out of here. β
"No, I'm not leaving, Kiki and I are not afraid of her, if she wants our lives, then be prepared to pay the price. Andrea bowed to the two old men and said goodbye: "I'll go first, Grandpa Rob wants to come and you will only go back if you find the one named Lolota, then let's compare who is faster, if I find her first, I will bring her to you, but it's a corpse." β
β...... If you meet it, be careful, that girl's talent is amazing, she is only a teenager and is already a seventh order, Miss, you are not her opponent. Rob gave Andrea more advice and pulled Aurang out from the other side of the alley.
Night fell completely, the alley was dark, Andrea knew that the girl named Irene had learned from the thief's adoptive father since she was a child, she came to the house six years ago at the age of twelve, at that time Kiki's things had not happened, so the three of them lived together for a year, and in that year, he and Kiki encountered many accidents and almost lost their lives, and a year later, the news that Kiki was not her own reached the ears of that person, all of this is like a conspiracy to kill herself and Kiki, but can a girl who is only twelve or thirteen years old really be so scheming, there may be other people behind herγ
"That elf named Iroh may also be an assassin. Andrea always felt that an elf who could take out rare potions was not something that Darcy could pull on the street casually, let alone be willing to join the mercenary group, so she specially asked Aimo to register with the Magic Guild first, if he was also an enemy, Darcy should have observed it in the past few days.
"Sneeze ......" Ai Mo sneezed on the street, the food cooked by the dwarf uncle was really delicious, so that Ai Mo was very satisfied, after eating, of course, to see the customs of the other world, by the way, to see Belia and the female assassin, so in the big night he took the old mage Glenn to go shopping, the elf appearance of the two of them had a high return rate, so that as an otaku Ai Mo was very uncomfortable.
Even Ai Mo found that there was a person following the two of them, and he planned to wait and see what happened, anyway, the old mage Glenn next to him should not find an opponent in this city.
"Look! Goblins! It's the first time I've seen a real goblin, how blue-skinned. Aimo withdrew his gaze from the stalker, and saw that there were many people watching the show on the street not far away, and after observing it for a while, he pointed to the creature performing the throwing knife in the distance.
"That should be a short-looking troll. Old Master Glenn said, taking a look.
β......β
Aimo pointed to another creature with a particularly tall cow head and said, "Then this one is always a minotaur, don't think I haven't played a game." β
"That's a troll. The old mage said.
Ai Mo rolled his eyes, you are an idiot for me, do you have a bull's head for a troll?
As soon as I finished complaining, I saw that the creature in the distance had taken off the cow's head cover, and there was still a troll inside.
β......β
"How the human nation is full of trolls. Aimo huffed, and then he remembered what Darcy had introduced to him during the day, 'The city of Dosaron is located in the southernmost part of the southwestern province of the Human Empire of Kotilema, and it is also the city closest to the troll territory'.
"It seems that Darcy is right, but aren't the trolls a nomadic race that likes to raid, why not only are they not persecuted here, but some of them even come here to make a living. As soon as Ai Mo finished talking to himself, the stalker had already reached the side.
This person looks a little treacherous, wearing leather armor, is a short human, he took Ai Mo's words and said: "That's because the city lord here is a very powerful military strategist and strong man, most of the trolls have suffered heavy losses in the past, and over time they will go to fight other cities, of course, more importantly, the city lord has been dealing with orcs for many years, and the nearby orcs and trolls are old enemies, and the trolls are naturally happy to have such helpers, so they will not come to loot, but the orcs will have several waves of small troops to harass here at the end of the year." β
"Oh, thank you, Brother Tai Kop. Ai Mo hugged his fists and pretended to be crepe, but unfortunately the other party couldn't get used to this Chinese-style way of speaking.
The diminutive man laughed, "I'm not that brother, you can call me Leo, it's rare to see elves like you in the city lately, and even if there are, they're all down there." β
"What do you mean? β
The human named Leo looked around strangely twice, and after making sure that no one was paying attention, he whispered, "It's the underground slave market, where many elven beauties are sold to rich people as slaves." β
β...... There is such a thing. Aimo was a little surprised, he had never seen such a thing, could this beautiful city have such a dark inside.
Aimo's surprise fell on Leo's eyes, and he said bitterly: "Hey, there is a dark side everywhere, even this city is no exception, I heard that there are several elf girls to be auctioned tonight, I really don't know what treatment they will receive." β
Speaking of which, Leo squinted and quietly observed Aimo's reaction, he knew that the elves could not sit idly by and watch their fellow clansmen being tortured, and the elf in front of him looked like a mage, and he should have some financial resources, and it was estimated that he would go to the auction to save his own clan, but unfortunately as long as this kid followed me to the underground slave market, even if he was a great magician, don't think of it, but the elf old man who followed him seems to be very powerful, and he will have to find a way to break him up later.
"Abominable! Lord...... Aimo, let's go take a look. Although Aimo didn't react (because he was human), Glenn, a pure elven old mage, was so angry that his beard stood on end when he heard the news.
β...... Then go check it out. "Actually, Ai Mo didn't want to go, this little man was obviously fooling himself into going with him, and slaves happened all over the world at the same time, this ancient society was like this, there was endless pain and despair in dark places, and no one could change it.
"Since you two have made a decision, come with me, I know the way down. Leo hurriedly made a 'please' gesture to the alley to the west, it was obvious that he also knew that his current behavior was easy to be suspected, so he added: "Don't worry, the entrance is not far from here, I am a slave market to solicit guests, not a suspicious person, more people can raise the price of purchase, the maintenance of the underground market depends largely on us, only we can provide them with fresh blood, and we also dared to introduce it before seeing the identities of the two magicians." β
Cover your ears and steal the bell, Ai Mo thought to himself.
"Lead the way. β
In the underground slave market, it is indeed a good choice to buy a few slaves, first, to disguise the retinue summoned by the scroll, and secondly, to learn more through the slaves, but if you show too much wealth, I am afraid that it will cause some trouble.
While thinking about it, Ai Mo and Glenn followed the people in front of them around the alley, and walked for about a quarter of an hour before they stopped outside an ordinary house in a dark corner, the outer walls of this house are moss, there are cobwebs on the door, and the wood covered with mushrooms is piled on the left side of the door, which looks really inconspicuous, Ai Mo looked at the ground, the thick dust is not like someone walking around for a long time, it seems that this is some kind of magic trick, judging from the fact that Leo dares to bring people over at will without concealing the location, this underground market must have a lot of big people to support, but I don't know how much the city lord who is the Golden Sword Venerable knows about this placeγ
"Wait, two, there's some magic here, and special magic crystals are needed to get the people inside to open the door. Leo took out a magic crystal from his bosom that had preserved his magic and gestured at the dilapidated wooden door in front of him.
Ai Mo looked at the old mage Glenn inquiringly, the old mage was worthy of being summoned in this world, as if he was born with the knowledge of this world, and he was not as ignorant as Ai Mo, he explained: " This is a second-order magic crystal,There is a fixed magic spell that dissolves the eye-blocking spell,The magic crystal can be obtained by killing the magic beast.,The main purpose is to store spells and save magic power.,The spell stored with the magic crystal doesn't need to be magically used.,Because it itself contains magic power.,This is different from the magic scroll.,The use of magic scrolls must have their own magic power.,When your own magic power is not enough, you can use high-level scrolls and even be in danger of death.,A lot of high-level spells can be written in magic scrolls.,Basically, as long as the materials are enough, you can do it.,At the same time, if the magician who makes the scroll is very accomplished,You can make a scroll that is stronger than your own strength. , but the magic crystal can store magic below the sixth order at most, even if it is a tenth-order magic crystal, it is nothing more than a lot of use. β
"Yes, yes, the old gentleman is really knowledgeable. Leo was slapping the sycophants while urging the spell, in fact, he already despised Ai Mo in his heart, and he didn't know what kind of magician he was pretending to be with such simple common sense, it seemed that he was just a pretending elf.
"Then how can you trigger the spells in the magic crystal without magic?" Aimo continued.
"Just touch it with a relative attribute of mana, you see him. Old Master Glenn pointed at Leo and said: "The reason why he is dancing is because there is a first-order fire magic crystal behind the blinding method, as long as he finds the right position and uses the water magic crystal in his hand to touch the distance of two or three centimeters, it will stimulate and trigger, of course, it can be less troublesome, just light a fire and burn it." β
"What, just light a fire. This time Leo was surprised, he hurriedly took out the flint and steel and wiped a spark on it, and the magic inside was urged, and the obstacle in front of him disappeared, revealing a flat ground depicting the magic array, and there was a downward secret door on the ground, and there was a small tree nearby, and there was indeed a fire magic crystal hanging on the tree.
"Haha, it seems that you are not skilled in business. Ai Mo laughed.
Leo scolded in his heart, but said, "Yes, yes, you two come with me, and in a few minutes the blinding spell will be automatically generated again." β
"Let's go. β
After observing the magic array on the ground, Aimo and Glenn followed Leo into the secret door on the ground, under the door is a straight ladder, the ladder is inlaid with light attribute magic crystals emitting a glimmer of light on both sides, every five or six meters down there will be four or five inlaid on the wall, about twenty meters down, the whole space suddenly opened up, with a corridor with exquisite reliefs extending inward, each relief is four or five meters long and wide, and there are still magic crystals for lighting around, although these magic crystals are not high and only two orders, but look at this amount, this slave market is also a costγ
Most of the reliefs are aristocratic motifs, with many slaves with shackles around their necks serving them, and the reliefs exaggerate the slaves' submissive expressions and the enjoyment of the buyers, even when they are beaten with iron rods.
"It's vulgar. Ai Mo also saw the spring palace pictures of some female slaves being atrocities committed by the buyers, and made his own evaluation.
"It is said that the reliefs here were carved by the masters of Morlano, and they are very valuable. Leo said as he walked.
"It is undeniable that the carving is very exquisite, and the market is in front of it. β
Leo nodded and said, "A hundred meters ahead and turn left is the gate, which is one of the eight entrances in the city, and the gate will register people who enter." β
"Are there any entry requirements. β
"You need to show a fortune of 100 gold coins, of course, if you don't have it, you can also enter through the recommendation of acquaintances, for example, I can recommend two people to enter. Leo said with a little pride.
Ai Mo stared at him for two seconds, and then smiled: "We really don't have that much money, so I'll ask you to recommend it." β
Leo's eyes flickered, these two people are really not very high-status people, now there are so few elves, as long as they report to those slave owners they know, they can naturally get a lot of commissions.
"Of course it's no problem, look at the registration place, I'll go talk to them. Leo said, and the three of them turned left and came to the gate of the slave market.