Chapter 11: Higrid
"My lord, can you help us do justice!?"
"Our small caravan has a small profit, and we can't afford to pay for this labor and military expenses......"
It turned out that Chen Xuyuan approached.
Giles saw that he was dressed in an obvious spellcaster's attire, and estimated that among the people here, the other party should have the highest status.
Thereupon.
immediately put on a sad expression, and turned his head to pour bitter water on him with emotion.
Shaman Chen frowned, looked around with his hands behind his back, and checked the casualties and cargo of the opposing team.
He groaned for a moment, and then said in a deep voice, "So be it! I don't want my share of the loot, but choose three things from your goods." Your men have suffered a lot of casualties, so it's better to value half of the goods and divide the cash equally among all the casualties of the soldiers and caravan guys as a pension. “
"The complete wolf skin and some fragmentary materials on the werewolf can still be exchanged for some money, and they can be sold to you directly at a low price, and you can earn some back when you change hands. “
"The main task assigned to us by the Baron has been completed, and this time we have cleared this gang of werewolf bandits who are scurrying around and committing crimes, and we can go back to the ramp outside the town, and let people reclaim some more terraces to feed many people. “
Of course.
The next paragraph of his speech was to turn to the "treasurer" Harrison and the knight of Fidelitas.
Chen Xuyuan is now in a hurry to go back.
This time, he obtained the information on the strange hybrid energy structure of Shadow Evil Flame's divine power, flames, shadows, and lightning, and maybe he could deduce something more when he went back.
For Chen Xuyuan, a modern person.
In this remote mountainous territory with barren production, money can't buy what he wants too much, so he doesn't care too much about this money because of his casual nature.
The voice fell.
Giles instantly made a small calculation in his heart: although this approach, although it seems that he still has to pay half of the goods, in fact, most of his dozen or so casualties are from homeless people, and even most of their families are dead.
Then you can say that you can "receive" the pension first, or that this is just coming out of your pocket on one side and going back on the other side.
In this way, I really saved a lot of money.
It is said that soldiers are like bandits, and depending on the situation, it is better to spend some money to avoid disasters.
And the small valuables are all in the small space bag that you put close to you, so even if you choose three more for the other party, you won't lose much.
Calculating the gains and losses in his heart, Giles showed a flattering smile at the moment, and nodded in agreement to Chen Xuyuan busily.
In his territory, the spellcaster, whose status is second only to Baron Anderson, has basically done it since he spoke.
The knight of Fidelitas, who was quite upright, also felt that this method was very fair, and smiled at the corners of his mouth slightly.
He still has a "souvenir" left to him by the female werewolf on his face.
However, in this world, the scars on a man's body are a sign of bravery, and it is easier to attract the attention of mature women.
Harrison himself didn't say anything, but secretly pouted, made a gesture that he didn't like the businessman anymore, and finally muttered.
"It's all the masters' kindness, it's really cheap for him!"
Chen Xuyuan inspected the goods carried by the merchant as he walked past dozens of trucks.
He found that the proportion of goods bought and sold by the caravan was very particular, most of them were commoner and aristocratic clothing, tobacco and wine, honey cheese, pots and pans, etc., and the daily necessities that were easier to get rid of along the way, most of these things could be traded everywhere, but they could only earn a passage fee;
A small half of it is local products such as furs and medicinal herbs.
These can only be sold at a good price in a certain place, but they have to run away from the place of origin, and usually have a profit of one or two times;
Finally, there are some rare and valuable things, such as precious spices and perfumes, medicines and medicinal materials, and slaves~
But most of them were of little use to him, so he only picked out two herbs from other places and took some, and then stopped in front of the group of slaves who had just been trembling with fear.
These human slaves who had just been lying in the corners and under the car, not resisting.
Except for a few unlucky people who were kicked and trampled, there were no big casualties.
Perhaps the werewolves also wanted to bring back the living and keep them in captivity as meat for livestock.
The slaves also listened to the spoils of war dispute just now.
Why did Chen Xuyuan look at them.
The slaves also knew in their hearts that being a coolie for ordinary people and being a servant for the wizard master were completely different things, if they could find a high-status and good wizard master as a backer.
That's excellent too!~
Although they didn't dare to recommend themselves, they took the initiative to move with his eager gaze.
At a glance at the hands and feet of these slaves, as well as their different skin colors and faces, Chen Xuyuan quickly judged that most of them were also desperate outcasts or serfs, but there was one person who caught his attention.
This is one of the twenty-five or sixteen-year-old slave girls.
Only her observation of herself, completely devoid of any reaction and movement.
There was no desire for life in her eyes, as if she was spiritually dead.
This kind of desperate look is rarely seen in the eyes of ordinary people.
It is said that the eyes are the window of the human soul, and only those people who have been in war, poverty, hunger and cold all the year round, or who have only wanted to die, can see the external exposure of this gray spiritual world, and generally even slaves will still want to try to live.
Chen Xuyuan was faintly touched in his heart, and looked at it carefully.
Although the other party's complexion was not fair, her muscles were still quite tight, and judging from the slight cortical hardening marks between the index finger and thumb of her palm, it seemed that she had used a weapon like a sword for many years.
Not an ordinary civilian, maybe a man with a story.
This is the judgment that Chen Xuyuan made at first sight.
"Just her!"
After he finished speaking, he turned around and returned to the campfire, announcing that everyone should have dinner.
Afterwards.
Naturally, there were soldiers who unshackled the slave girl Sigli and helped Shaman Chen all the way back to the town where the barony's domain was located.
......
The next day, on the way back from the camp.
Since Giles and his party also needed to be repaired, they set off together to the baron's town.
The spellcaster didn't care about him either, but Giles noticed that the back of his garment was embroidered with a palm-sized square pattern, and the strange "swastika" symbol didn't seem to be the sign of any god.
"What a strange sign. Giles thought to himself.
Relying on his many years of experience in business and dealing with people, he quickly got close to the knight of Fidelitas, who seemed to be a good talker.
The knights of Fidelitas were also of civilian origin.
Not as arrogant and arrogant as the half-tone aristocratic knights Giles had seen in the big cities.
So.
Giles won a little favor from the other party after a few words.
He took the opportunity to ask, "Who is that venerable spellcaster, or is it the priest of some god?"
He deliberately used doubts to lead the topic, because there has always been no harmony between the mainstream spellcasters on the continent, wizards and priests, and it would be embarrassing to call them the wrong person in person.
Maybe it will be considered as an insult to the other party's identity, and be blasted into slag by a spell.