Kalanda leaned against the wall, watching a group of thugs walk away from the corner of the front street, beckoning back, Luo Ling, Cohen and the others quickly followed her through the wide road, and then hid to the next corner.

Juan's fortress is right in front of him. From a distance, the fortress looks like an octagonal cake, made of stone, square, and has two archery holes on the eight walls, which are narrow on the outside and wide on the inside, and through the faint light inside, you can see the flickering of human figures.

The main entrance underneath is made of iron and is one and a half people high. There is a small iron window in the middle, which is supposed to be someone watching them.

"Go ahead!" Luo Ling nudged Cohen.

Cohen hardened his head and took a round shield from the guard's hand. Carefully peeking half of his body from the base of the wall, he shouted towards the fortress, "Is it from Juan's house? I'm Cohen, the steward of the Dyne family, and I have something important to talk to you about!"

Cohen shouted three times before someone in the bars replied, "There's no place for you here, you can find a way to escape." ”

"We're not here to flee, I have the magician of Suero City by my side, Lord Luo Ling. and Miss Kalanda, the leader of the Blue Flame Mercenary Regiment. They have something very important to talk about with your head of the house. Your lives are at stake!"

Obviously, the identities of Luo Ling and Kalanda played a role, and after a long time, the iron door opened a crack. One of the guards poked his head out and ran over nervously.

He glanced at Cohen and Kalanda, who he obviously knew. When he saw Luo Ling, he asked with some hesitation, "Are you really a magician?"

Luo Ling smiled, stretched out a finger, pointed at the guard's eyebrows, and said, "You want to see my magic?"

The guard suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, "Ah, no, no, please come in, the old man is waiting for you in the fortress." ”

Soon, Luo Ling and his party sat in the reception room of the fortress, which was far from the luxurious atmosphere of the Dyne family, a few swords and axes, and two pairs of armor hung on the bluestone wall, which was all the decoration here, quite a bit of hard-style style.

Opposite Luo Ling sat the heads of the Juan family, the Barthes family, and the Lynch family, and these people may be the only few big merchants left in the entire market.

She sat on her side, with Kalanda and Cohen standing on either side of her, and behind her were four powerful guards, looking imposing.

"I like the style here, tough, capable, reminiscent of the good qualities of all military personnel. Luo Ling touched the hardwood chair and said to the head of the Juan family.

"My grandfather was a knight of the kingdom. Roman Juan has a well-groomed beard and looks a bit military, "That's why I like to speak straight." I want to know, Miss Luo, why did you come here?"

"I'm here to save your lives. Luo Ling said, with indifference in her eyes.

As soon as these words came out, the faces of several people present couldn't help but change slightly. Roman Juan said: "We are safe now, the fortress is well defended, and there is enough food and water. What does Miss Luo mean by that?"

"Is it safe? Although I am a woman who does not know how to fight, I have come all the way, and I have thought of several ways to easily break through this castle. Now the key question is whether and when will anyone do it. ”

"Are you threatening?"

"I'm just trying to make an analogy, if I were a thug, I'd find someone to put some door shields on the door at night, and bring some weeds and firewood, and pile them up around the fort. I don't think you can do anything with those people. Then they just set fire to the plants and smoke them for a night, and everything was solved. Of course, I will also arrange manpower at the door, and if the people inside can't help but roast and want to break through, it will just fall into my pocket. ”

"The slaves are busy looting, what good is it for them to storm a fortress with such difficulty?" asked the head of the Barthes house.

"Does revenge count? Most people just follow blindly, as long as there is a leader who can't get along with you, shouting that the fortress is full of treasures, are you afraid that you won't find anyone to sell your life?...... Hehe. ”

The three heads of the house fell silent, and as slave traders, slaves who had a grudge against them could almost line up around Suero a few times.

Luo Ling was not in a hurry, she picked up the tea on the table and drank it slowly, the tea was a flower tea mixed with spices and milk, sweet and sour.

"You...... Is there any way?" said Roman Juan, who changed his honorific title and finally stopped despising the young girl in front of him.

Luo Ling smiled, her bright eyes swirled around the three and a half old men, and she saw their entanglements in her eyes, "Of course, a leader in my hometown said: Don't fight a battle that is uncertain." I have a companion who is a powerful psychic mage who has a knack for manipulating the will of the crowd. At a certain cost, he can solve this matter. ”

"At what cost?"

"Take all the slaves he controls. ”

"What? It's impossible, you know how much gold these slaves are worth, and that's enough to get a few great magicians out of the way!"

"It's blackmail! You're going too far. ”

"We can pay this mage a sum of gold, but the slave has to be returned to us!"

Luo Ling looked at the three of them quietly, her fingers clicked a few times on the side of her legs, and before she knew it, the room seemed to be cold. Roman Juan felt a chill down his spine, suddenly sneezed, and subconsciously wanted to pick up tea to warm his body, but his entrance found that it was as cold as winter ice water, mixed with some ice crystals.

"Calm down. Luo Ling's voice was very soft, but with a chill.

Roman looked at the lady opposite at this time, and only thought that it was a goddess of ice and snow. Only then did he realize that this was also a mage. If it really her off...... , He quickly coughed twice, and said in a different tone: "We say so much, and we have no choice but to do so, after all, there are people behind most of the slave business, lords from all over the world, and adults in the royal capital, all of whom have interests involved, and even some high-ranking magicians are inextricably linked here." You know, we're just kids. ”

"I would like to ask only three questions. Luo Ling didn't seem to hear Roman's complaints.

"First, how much gold will be lost if the rampant thugs are not stopped?"

"Second, after the lords suppress the riot and loot the camp, how many live slaves will be left and returned to you?"

"Thirdly, who will all the losses end up attributing, will it be the big guys, or you?"

Several people present were speechless.

Luo Ling stood up, stroked her forehead with her hand and said, "I'm a little tired, please help me prepare a room and let me rest for a while." When I wake up, it's time to leave, and I still do it freely in such a small place. ”

Upstairs in the lounge.

Luo Ling covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed lightly a few times, her mouth was full of fishy salt, and when she took off the handkerchief, she saw that there was already a touch of red in the middle.

She frowned slightly and sighed. The admonition of the book spirit is indeed true, when the divine consciousness is not completed, reading the "Knowing the Sea Shadow Scroll" has caused a mutation of mental power, and magic has become a thing that hurts others and herself for her. I only made a small move downstairs today, and my heart was traumatized. If this problem is not solved, no matter how high the magic cultivation is, it will be an ornament.

I don't know what Xiao Chen's situation is, at least he won't hurt himself when he uses his strength, but he is much luckier than himself.

There was a knock on the door.

"Come in!"

"Miss Luo. Cohen saluted, "I've inquired at the people. They generally felt that the fortress could not be defended, and their mood was very pessimistic. In addition, the heads of the house had been in the reception room all the time, and they seemed to be arguing fiercely. ”

"You have a heart. Don't worry, their quarrel is just the nature of greedy businessmen. When people fall into the water, even a straw will be clung to, not to mention that we are a ship that can really save lives?"

"Miss Luo, are we pushing them too hard?" Cohen asked with some uneasiness, all the people he had just seen in the reception room were the real bigwigs in the business. Cohen had never seen anyone talk to them like that.

"It's an unequal negotiation, we have more cards than they do. Naturally, you don't have to be polite. You must know that the benefits of the same negotiation in different atmospheres will be very different. Luo Ling seemed very confident, "You don't always look at these things with a managerial eye, learn to stand taller." ”

"You're laughing, I'm just a steward. ”

"Hehe, maybe not right away. ”

Just when Cohen was confused, someone knocked on the door again, it was Roman's butler, and he asked Luo Ling to go downstairs in the name of drinking some afternoon tea.

There were still a few people in the room, but after continuous quarrels, the spirits of all three were a little sluggish. However, after Luo Ling rested, her complexion was a little better.

Several people exchanged glances, and finally Roman Juan opened his mouth and said, "Lord Luo Ling, after careful consideration, we have decided to accept your proposal. However, there is a premise here, and that is that the losses cannot be extended any further, especially not to the fortress. ”

"Except for the personal safety of the three of you. I don't make any promises about anything else. It was meant to be a gamble. ”

"The three of us?"

"Yes, it is up to me and Captain Kalanda to guarantee that we will not leave you until the matter is settled. Of course, our companion, Master Xiao Chen, will definitely do his best to resolve this crisis. If you don't have the ability to manipulate spirits like him, what's the use of you finding a few magicians who can throw fireballs?" Hearing these words, the three family heads calmed down a bit, and they finally agreed to Luo Ling's request.

"Okay, after talking about the first condition, I have a small additional request. Luo Ling beckoned to Cohen and asked him to sit on the chair next to her, facing the three of them.

"Steward Cohen is an old man under Dyne. As a result of this disaster, many slave families were completely eradicated. Now the slave market is a bit big, and there are a little fewer merchants. Therefore, talents like him should be put to work. Cohen was one of the merchants here. We look forward to your support. ”

"My lord, this ......" Cohen was shocked, he had known these mages for less than half a day, how could such an arrangement fall on his head?

"Don't be nervous, I think a few heads of the family should also approve of this. What do you say?"

Roman and the others also knew with their butts that this was Luo Lingming's intention to meddle in the affairs of the slave market in the future, but now that the situation is stronger than people, what can they say? What's more, the slave market has been reshuffled, and everyone's share is much larger, provided that they can eat them alive. And the mage in front of him is the guarantee of this premise.

"Mr. Cohen is indeed a capable person, with such a merchant joining us, and with the support of a mage like Miss Luo, the slave market can be restored much faster. ”

"Yes, yes, everyone will have to take care of it in the future. ”

Several heads of the family said one after another.

"Very well! In that case, we can wait for news in peace. After saying this, the double fatigue of spirit and body made Luo Ling's body a little weak. She held the armrest with her hand and took a sip of tea, but the sweet taste made her almost vomit.

All those tough, indifferent, self-confident are just appearances. From the moment she stepped into this fortress, she was like a clockwork taut, careful not to show a trace of timidity. And now, I can finally live up to that guy's expectations. She glanced at the smoky sky through the narrow window, and said secretly in her heart: Xiao Chen, it's all up to you next.