Chapter 300: Tranquility
"It's been a great day. β
The soul of the other world glanced at the people around him, this man he remembered, was one of the most powerful members of the Chamber of Commerce on the side islands, a despicable person who did whatever it took to do so, and like the merchants who lived on the Dragonfire Islands, he had no formal wives and children, only slaves, including his sons and daughters. He is also about to turn fifty this year, but unlike other humans, this chubby-faced guy does not seem to be keen on having an heir, and some say that he has raised a warlock or necromancer, and every year he sacrifices a blood relative to the devil for a healthy life. With the lich silent, it would be difficult for the souls of the other world to discern whether this was a rumor or not on their own, but there was something about this person that made him feel uncomfortable.
But what he said is right, today is really a good weather for the Dragonfire Islands - the previous few days the islands were occupied by hurricanes and torrential rains, the sky was dark, the rain was as heavy as the entire ocean was pumped above the clouds, and there was water everywhere, even the elf Kerry, who was the best at meeting with nature, felt a little uncomfortable, especially the elves and spellcasters in the Silver Crown Jungle, whether in public or private, they were not very used to **** bodies- The silk shirts of the Silvercrown Jungle were as protective as leather armor against swords and arrows, but not against the invasion of moisture, and in the end they were all a little envious of Birdwin and his knights, the Norman soldiers from the Highlands were even more unaccustomed to the hot and humid climate of the Dragonfire Islands than they were, and they took off their clothes from their homeland early on, and instead put on the wide trousers of the natives, well, only wide trousers, and even the boots were taken off by them.
The climate was only a minor issue, and at first, the soldiers and knights even suffered from unexplained vomiting, diarrhea, and anorexia, and Adel changed several herbs to no avail. The eunuch at Kremar (not Dada, but another eunuch he considered trustworthy) also asked whether or not "tobacco" was needed, which was a tried-and-true suggestion, which was of course sternly rejected. Eventually, it occurred to the Otherworldly Soul that he had heard of a very similar illness, and with the mindset of giving it a try, Cremar traded a crate of beet candy for a crate of earth and water from Highland Norman, which, though on another plane would have been dismissed as superstition or psychological comfort, but anyway. There are gods in this plane...... Anyway, a little dirt and water will not suddenly turn into poison just because they left their original place.
The soil of the Normans was mixed with sugar cane and bread, and the water of the Normans was thrown into the cisterns of the barracks, so miraculously the Normans' illnesses were quickly alleviated, and no new diseases appeared.
It should be mentioned here that the female slaves, who were almost all eliminated by the lord and their sons, were very young. "Tobacco" hadn't completely robbed them of their strength and beauty, but after learning that "tobacco" could enter the child's mouth through the mother's milk and could have an effect on the child, Baldwin's previous thoughts had to change something. Like many Norman men, he could not accept that he was born sick or destined to be weak.
"Can they leave your elixir?" Berdwin asked the eunuch of Cremar.
"No, you can't. The eunuch said, "If they stop supplying, they will grow old and die quickly, then ......" He glanced at his master. That is, the black-haired spellcaster, swallowed the phrase "a little wasteful", "It's so pitiful." β
"Not really. "My soldiers and knights have lost their healthy wives and children," said Berdwin coldly. They also deserve a healthy wife and children. β
"It's not hard. The eunuch cautiously interjected, and although he was a little unsure whether his master would be willing to buy new slaves, to be honest, he felt that his master was a little crazy, in the form of the fact that he treated his slaves as well as his own sons.
Berdwin furrowed his eyebrows, he didn't know what to say, but he hoped that his soldiers would get a family, a descendant, and if they could make a fortune in the Far North, then his plan to return to the Normans in the Highlands in ten or twenty years would be greatly advanced, and in the process, these loyal people might not be able to go under the walls of the royal capital again, and their bloodlines should be passed on, and at least there should be a son who would receive his father's armor and spear.
"We're putting this on hold. Then with a slight movement of his finger, the eunuch immediately saw what he meant, and he bowed deeply to his master and Baldwin, and withdrew with the slaves.
"It's useless to buy back new slaves," said the otherworldly spirits, "and they'll use the secret medicine on those people." β
"I know," Birdwin took a few steps back and forth, and he now knew a little bit about the Dragonfire Islands, "just like people would put nose rings on weaned calves, this is how they controlled these slaves, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to enslave so many humans even if they had an army." Can the side islands accept more free people?"
"I think we can go to Norman. The Otherworldly Soul said, remembering the message from the Mage Alva of the Castle of Peaks the other day, that the new king of the Normans of the Highlands had learned that the soldiers of Castle Thunder had taken refuge in the Castle of Pilllands, and that he had not only issued a warning, but also threatened to start a war, although it was a joke that there were several nations and territories between the Fortress and the Normans of the Highlands, would the kings and lords agree to let the armies of the heavily armed Normans pass through? But this document angered the councillors of Pills, they are all merchants, and a businessman, except for someone like Ostal, probably would not be happy to be involved in a war that has no interests for him, and the current archon of Castle Alva and Pills have been blamed and impeached for this, fortunately, the soldiers and knights of Thunder Castle have left, and they can't find any real handles, not to mention that now Master Alva not only has his own disciples by his side, several apprentices, but also Master Antonio from the White Tower, the power of the spellcaster is unprecedentedly strong in Pilllands, so in the end, the document matter is overγ
It's just that Mage Alva is not the kind of good person who goes against the grain, and he backhanded some information in the form of a free gift to Cremar on the side island - although it is fortunate that there are too many mages and warlocks in the royal capital who work for the new king and Dylan Donclay, it is difficult for other spellcasters to peep into it, but the tentacles of the former cannot reach beyond the royal capital for the time being, especially some knights of Tyre and Rosada who are always at odds with the princess and the princess. So he still got a lot of information, including that some of the villagers around Thundercastle were moving to other places, compared to Berdwin and his strong soldiers, and the mages they were familiar with who were no different from knights except for their robes. The arrogant and dangerous spellcasters seemed to be unapproachable, they even cast spells on mortals for various reasons, causing quite a bit of panic, and the new lords of Thundercastle issued new laws that tripled their taxes overnight to support them. Farmers and craftsmen gather for a drink at night, fearing that they and their families will die of starvation before the orcs arrive.
"Do you mean to let them come here?" said Berdwin, "it's too hard. "There are no armies, no spellcasters, and the wasteland is full of beasts and orcs.
"Leave it to the merchants. "The soul of the other world said that it had read the famous saying - with three hundred percent profit, the merchants could trample on all the laws, including those of the Dragonfire Islands, of course, given the current situation. He could not free or treat the humans who had been brought to the islands as cargo by the merchants, but, like the soldiers of Thundercastle, had come to the islands as passengers, as long as the island's master allowed them. They can live here as freemen.
It's a bit expensive, it's inevitable, they're going to have to travel thousands of miles, and there's no guarantee that Bedwin will want to leave their homeland. After all, that's where they've lived for hundreds of years.
He was silent for a moment, "You know what?" he said, "Cremar, I hope no one wants to follow the merchant." β
The Otherworldly Soul nodded, he could understand what Berdwin meant.
"What about the girls?"
"That's where I came in with them. Said the soul of the other world. He wasn't very proficient in potions, but his cohabitants were the opposite, and the girls would be left with them as handmaidens, which was much better than the owner of an island sneaking around alone to a place where slaves were gathering to do something.
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That was the day before yesterday.
Kremar is here today for those girls, to collect these slaves to see if the god of luck is willing to smile at you and the connections you have, some of the more irascible masters will directly execute all the slaves who are eliminated, even if they have never seen his face, heard his voice, the eunuchs are not very happy to deal with unfamiliar people, before the volcano erupted they had Dada, but now Dada is the master of the entire Eastern Crown.
It must be said that the merchant next to Cremar was a sophisticated, intelligent and observant fellow, and he had heard that the new owner of the side island had certain quirks, or cowardice and unnecessary kindness, and he never used it to refer to slaves here in Cremar, either she or him, and he also fed them well before sending them in, so they all looked very good, and he also abandoned the tradition, and no longer let the slaves appear naked in front of the seller, but allowed them to be wrapped in a palm cloth, although a little rough and loose, but at least to make them look like individuals, not a livestockγ
Of course, the ones sent to Cremar will not be all the slaves, they will be close to two hundred, only a few of the most beautiful goods are displayed, and the eunuchs will go to check the quality of the other slaves one by one, but the soul of the other world does not care, he has not had the consciousness that a lord should have until now, not to mention Kerryben, Birdwin and others, even the attitude towards the eunuchs can be called kind, but the eunuchs are still very afraid of this new black-haired master, he is a spellcaster, and all spellcasters are difficult to fathom, moody, who knows when he will show the most unbearable and frightening sideοΌ
But even these dozen or so slaves made the souls of the other world feel very uncomfortable, and the soft cushions were like belly fluff filled with thorns instead of albatrosses, and those who have not experienced it will not be able to imagine the deep chill - when you still have a little conscience.
The merchant quickly sensed the pity or boredom of the master of the side island, and he turned his wrist and gestured, and the girls followed his slaves silently back, hiding themselves in the shadow of the rocks.
The rainstorm for several days and nights had made the souls of the other world tired of the closed room, so they were in a huge tent, just like when they first came to the side island, the tent was set up on a rock as flat as water, and the surrounding vegetation was verdant, as the merchant said, the weather was very good, not so hot, not so dark, from their position they could see the sea and sand not far away, the fine sand was like gold grains in the sun, the tide was white, the sea water changed from transparent light steel blue, to cornflower blue, and from cornflower blue to sapphire blue, and from sapphire blue to midnight blue, and the reef was grayish-brown and dark greenWhere seaweed and aquatic plants grow, there is a ribbon of silky shadows.
But their new master didn't look like he was looking at the sea or the sun, so what was he looking at? The merchant guessed, carefully searching the black-haired caster's line of sight out of the corner of his eye, aha, see what he found?
The priest of Flo, who had done a lot of trouble to them, disguised herself as the lord's lover before they knew much about the situation of the new master, and the gifts they gave her for this were almost enough to fill her little temple, and he still remembered the pale gold bead chain that the unfortunate fellow had brought out, and the fellow was almost ready to complain about it, because he had intended to give it away as a dowry for his daughter, but now it was a good thing that it could only be hung around the neck of a lowly and lowly priest Flo, and he could not even enter the priest's room, and had to buy another necklace comparable to it for his daughter.
It's not that no one wants to trouble this woman, but she's clever and good at hiding and stealing, and when they finally catch her, they are shocked to find that although she is not Cremar's lover, she is his companion, and another companion of the caster, who is also one of her regulars.
It was these two people who walked on the beach, Frow's priest walked in front, wearing a silk robe, barefoot, the water that hit the reef wet her silk robe, from the waist down to her body, Mei Mi, who could not get it to leave several times in a row, simply pulled up the silk robe, tied a knot under her abdomen, and exposed her legs. Behind her was the fierce and cunning thief, who was about five or six paces away from Meme, with his hands behind his head, looking very pleasant. (To be continued.) )