In the martial arts training ground, dozens of men wearing simple leather armor were fighting each other with wooden sticks. The men were divided into two groups, a group of slightly larger people, about thirty or so people, and in the center was a middle-aged man with a full beard and long hair and a shawl. The other group numbered about seventeen or eighteen, led by a tall young man with curly black hair, whose face was as tough as a statue, especially the straight eyebrow bones and protruding jaws, which gave people an unusually resolute feeling. And from his arms and in the gap between the leather armor, you can see a lot of large and small scars, which add a bit of blood to him.

The young men stood at the front of their own group, fighting each other with sticks and shouting commands. Although the number of their side was small, their cooperation was very lawful, and a small phalanx of more than ten people resisted the slightly chaotic siege of the surrounding people quite easily.

The middle-aged man shouted loudly, raised his stick and slashed at the young man, and the stick was so powerful that it brought a gust of wind. However, the young man stepped forward with his stick in both hands and caught the blow steadily.

"Roger, your strength is really starting to recover. The middle-aged man said in a barely audible voice as he countered the young man named Roger.

Roger's narrow eyes suddenly opened, "Are you too......?"

"Yes, definitely! I knew there was something wrong with the priests' medicines. The middle-aged man picked up the stick and struck it a few times, and the sticks came together again, and said in a suppressed voice, "No matter what they want to do, in two hours, this ghost place won't be able to trap me." Shall the two of us go together?"

Roger shook his head without hesitation and said, "I won't leave alone, I must take my brothers with me." As he spoke, he pushed his stick forward, causing the middle-aged man to take half a step back.

"You mother-in-law. The middle-aged man attacked again, stirred Roger's stick away, and forced Roger out of the team after successive pursuits, he glanced around, and the other slaves and guards were some distance from them, and then said: "Listen, I have a plan, as soon as the fighting spirit is restored, the two of us will kill the guards here, release everyone, and then break through the gate as fast as possible, and after leaving the city, the two of us will go together, the goal is small, the speed is fast, and we are not afraid of chasing soldiers." As for the others, let them leave their fate to their fate. ”

"Ralph, if I would leave my team behind, it wouldn't be here at all. I'll have to take each and every one of them with me!" Roger insisted.

"Bastard, those people don't have a fighting spirit, they just slow us down!" Ralph looked anxious, almost holding back his voice.

"Would you hate your own brother for walking slowly?" asked Roger.

"You...... Ralph scolded, swinging his stick and slamming it on Roger's stick.

"Alright, save some strength. Anyway, you'll have to get out of the camp in a moment. Roger said calmly.

Ralph was about to argue something, but at that moment, the door to the training ground opened, and Steward Cohen walked in with a few men.

Roger and Ralph turned their heads to see a man and a woman behind Cohen wearing a magician's robe, and a tall female warrior carrying a two-handed sword by their side.

"Magician?" Roger's expression was grim, no magician was easy to deal with, these people looked weak, but in fact they all had a lot of strange methods. It's a big trouble for two magicians to appear at this time.

"It's not just magicians. Ralph grimaced, clenched his stick, and stared at the female warrior, "I didn't expect her to come too." Roger, the woman with the sword on his back, is a big problem. ”

"Do you have a grudge?"

"Hey, if you can find a chance to kill her, I'll listen to you. ”

These are battle-hardened warriors, this is Xiao Chen's first impression. Even though the people who are fighting are just practicing, they can also make people feel a killing aura. Especially the black-haired young man and middle-aged man who fight together, giving people a lot of pressure.

"These are our most elite slave warriors. Cohen introduced proudly, "Two of them are even masters of the mid-level fighting spirit. This was a rarity throughout the slave bazaar. ”

"You still have fighting warriors in this village?" Luo Ling glanced at the surrounding low walls and said, "What must have been done to make them unable to exert their strength, right?"

"Miss Luo, you guessed right. We regularly give them a secret medicine that prevents them from using their fighting spirit. ”

"But what about after buying them, how can you guarantee that they won't betray their master?" Luo Ling asked.

Cohen smiled slightly, "If you buy a horse, you will definitely buy a horse that you can handle, and the same goes for slaves. Since the two are powerful magicians, what is there to worry about? I have heard that many mages have secret methods of controlling people, and this kind of warrior is naturally their favorite. ”

Xiao Chen and Luo Ling glanced at each other, with a little helplessness in their eyes. Cohen seemed to understand their difficulties, and said, "Of course. Not every mage is good at this ability, and most nobles don't have this ability. However, they generally give these fighters enough benefits to limit the number of years of service. After all, strength should be respected, even if the other party is a slave. ”

Xiao Chen nodded and said, "What is the origin of the two leading ones?"

"The middle-aged man's name is Ralph, and he is good at spear wielding, and his riding skills are also very good, and he is very suitable to be the commander of the slave cavalry. He's one of the best in our world. You only need 500 gold coins to get him. Cohen said as if he were introducing a product.

Xiao Chen looked at Ralph, only to find that the other party had stopped and looked at Kalanda beside him with strange eyes. Sure enough, Kalanda let out a sneer and said, "Steward Cohen, why don't you introduce this person as an accumulating bandit?"

"This ......"

"Needless to say, more than half a year ago, I participated in the crusade organized by the Count of Belano in Sweet Potato Castle and exterminated several bandits. This Ralph was caught by my own hands. Unexpectedly, the Count did not kill him. Do you dare to sell such a person? Aren't you afraid that he will turn against your master?"

Cohen shook his head and said, "Bandits, criminals, prisoners of war, slave warriors are indispensable to these blood-licking guys. As long as you discipline well, what's not to use? Ralph has been here for more than three months and has never caused trouble. ”

He beckoned to those warriors, and they stopped fighting and walked over to form a square in front of Xiao Chen and the others.

"Ralph. You should remember Captain Kalanda, right?" Cohen patted Ralph on the shoulder, like a monkey patting a lion on the shoulder.

Ralph grinned, looking like an old fritter, "Captain Kalanda, I have to thank you. If you hadn't spared my life, I would have died in the mountains that day. ”

Kalanda raised her eyebrows and said, "Don't come to pretend, I know what kind of goods you are, and the villages and towns around Sweet Potato Fort have suffered from you." You don't have to pretend to be like this. ”

"After I was arrested, I understood a truth, I ate by a knife and died under a knife. I should have died that day, and now my days are earned. Hehe, it's all thanks to you. Ralph said without a hint of emotion, he looked at Xiao Chen again, did not salute, and said with a puffed chest, "Master Magician, do you need warriors? As long as you promise to exempt me from slavery after one year, my life will be sold to you." ”

Kalanda said loudly to Xiao Chen with a straight face, "My lord, I can't believe this person. And to say that one year of service is nonsense! How can anyone buy a slave for only one year?"

Xiao Chen could see that Ralph was clearly trying to stir up the deal, although he didn't know what the reason was, he would never hire such a scumbag. He nodded to Kalanda and asked Cohen again, "Do you allow slaves to bargain with buyers like this here?"

"This ...... After all, these people are warriors with a vindictive spirit. Wherever you put it, you can count it as a strong person. Having the buyer agree with them in advance will save a lot of hassle...... However, a year is indeed too much!" Cohen explained, but he was also strange in his heart. It is said that serving a magician is the best opportunity for a slave. Serving a magician, the conditions are superior, and there is not much need to work hard, maybe it is more nourishing than being a bandit. He yelled, "Ralph, how do you talk? Who agrees with you for a year?"

Ralph shrugged and said, "One year with this Miss Caranda is already my limit. ”

Annoyed, Cohen snatched the whip from the guard's hand and slammed Ralph on the arm a few times. But Ralph looked up at the sky unconcernedly, as if the whip hadn't been whipped on him.

"Put him in a little dark room and starve him for a few days!" Cohen waved his hand, and two guards rushed up and took Ralph away.

"Don't listen to that stupid fool, he'll be taught a lesson in no time. Take a look at this. Cohen hastened to launch his next merchandise, the brunette young Roger.

Roger can be described as a talent, and his sales are a few grades stronger than Ralph, which makes everyone's eyes shine.

"Roger is a knight of the Purple Eagle Empire, and although the Purple Eagle Empire is our enemy, I still have to say that he is a noble knight. His team, in a battle, was surrounded in a small ravine because it got lost, and held out for five whole days, only to be captured by the Count of Belano because of lack of food. The Count of Belano thought highly of him and wanted to subdue him, but he sternly refused, preferring to come here with his men to be slaves. Cohen was obviously more interested in Roger, and introduced him very carefully: "Roger is good at commanding the team, and of course his personal martial arts skills are also very good. ”

"Since he is a nobleman, why didn't anyone pay the ransom to take him back to China?" Luo Ling interjected and asked, she had heard and seen a lot of things these days, and she already had some understanding of the rules of this world.

"When he was here for a month, the housekeeper of their family had already paid the first ransom, but ...... Roger used the money to ransom his thirty subordinates and let them and the housekeeper return to China. But for some reason, more than a year has passed, and the housekeeper has never come again. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Chen and the others had a little respect for Roger, if what Cohen said was true, this Roger could afford the phrase "love soldiers like sons".

"Knight Roger, if I need you to serve me, what conditions do you have?" Xiao Chen asked directly, leaving Cohen aside.

"You just have to buy and release my remaining brother, and I am willing to serve you for ten years. Roger replied, gesturing to a dozen people behind him.

"Sir, you can't be like this, you can't be a slave. ”

"My lord, the ransom must be on the way, so wait. When his former subordinates heard him say this, they all clamored and tried to stop him from doing so.

"Roger, don't be impulsive. His adjutant rushed up and grabbed him by the arm, "You've done enough, my brothers and I can afford to wait." ”

"Yes, Master Magician, you can buy me. We'll do the work for you, so please let me go. ”

"Shut up. Roger pushed away the adjutant and said to Xiao Chen, "As long as you agree to this condition, I will swear by the honor of being a knight of the Purple Eagle Empire and treat you as my lord." ”