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The leader of the dead leaned over to Jiajing's side and explained softly: "The specific identities of those three golden knights are unknown, I heard that they are knights of the Potter family, one of the five major families of the empire, and this family is very likely to be the force behind the auction." The three of them are all burly giants, with great strength, and are good at using heavy weapons, don't look at the fact that they don't have mounts now, they actually use war beasts as mounts, and they can be summoned at any time, so that although they have lost the combat power of the war beast part, but because they have a spiritual connection with the war beast, the combat power they exert is particularly amazing. Their war beasts are the Tiger of the Earth, the Red Horned Wild Rhino and the Black Scale Armored Dragon, all of which are high-level and upper-level Demonic Beasts, among which the Black Scaled Armored Dragon, I heard that they have the power to fight in the face of sub-super Demonic Beasts, which should not be underestimated. The other war beasts are not very clear, after all, they are powerful, and it is rare for other war beasts to be dispatched when they work with others. ”
Knowing that there were three Golden Knights guarding the auction that day, Negan Pei immediately sent someone to find out about them when he returned to the Earl's Court.
Jiajing had also heard the spies' description of them, and now the leader of the dead soldiers was afraid of Jiajing's carelessness, so he reminded Jiajing again.
The voice of the leader of the dead soldiers was very low, and there was a lot of noise around him, except for Jiajing, even the dead soldiers next to him couldn't hear what he said to Jiajing.
Jiajing nodded slightly and did not speak.
The first to be auctioned are the Skilled Craftsmen.
As with most slave trades, the Essebian Colosseum auctioned a wide variety of slavesmiths, including forgers, earth and stone architects, planters, alchemists, and more, most of which were weaponsmiths.
The mainland is in the era of cold weapons, and there are constant wars, and the forging masters who can build weapons and equipment are of course extremely popular, and many civilians will choose such a profession.
However, the skills of ordinary human forgers, ore refining and weapon crafting, are still far inferior to those dwarves who hide in caves all day long and regard forging and ale as their second life.
Slave trappers and some part-time slave hunter gangs rarely capture human forgers, but when they see a lone dwarf, they usually take the opportunity to do it. Most of the human forgers were sold as slaves when they became captives in the event of war. As a result, the blacksmiths sold at auction are predominantly dwarves.
The first to be auctioned off were forgers, which was extremely competitive. The vast majority of the nobles, including the five major families, because of the regulations of the empire, Akari can only recruit a certain number of private soldiers, and to improve their combat effectiveness, they can only find ways from the quality and weapons and equipment of private soldiers.
Therefore, these craftsmen who are skilled in forging have become their human resources to compete for.
On the other hand, these craftsmen are also in great demand by major arms dealers.
Although they were all slaves, they were treated very differently from ordinary slaves, and even better than ordinary soldiers and servants.
One by one, the slaves who were auctioned off walked out of the backstage.
The human forgers are at the front, and the dwarven forgers are all behind.
Nearly seventy forging masters walked up to the auction table, and Jiajing's eyes suddenly flashed with a terrifying glint!
Sure enough, the green dwarf Bolonsen is among them!
At this time, Jiajing finally put his mind at ease, Bolongsen was transported to the imperial capital with Yan Mei, and Bolongsen's appearance just showed that Yanmei must also be at the auction, it should be at the auction of the best slaves on the fourth day.
Jiajing is naturally happy that his wife can be regarded as the best by others, but the four words of the slave auction in the back are like four sharp arrows, piercing into Jiajing's heart fiercely, making him feel faint pain!
If I'm strong enough, I'll disappear this bullshit auction for me!!
The next two days of the auction will be the climax of the whole auction.
Although the more than 2,000 slaves in front of them auctioned more than 100,000 gold, for a large-scale auction such as the Colosseum in Ethiopia, it was just a snack before the meal, and it was dispensable.
An old man in a black robe with a clear face presided over the auction for both days. His introduction to these forges was much more detailed and seductive than the previous two days when the slaves were auctioned.
When all the blacksmith slaves had entered, he coughed softly and said in a low, slow voice, "Everyone, be quiet." Sixty-seven smiths are now up for auction, including thirty weaponsmiths, nineteen armor builders, and eighteen ore refiners. Most of these craftsmen have professional level runes, and the highest level is the Mithril Forge! This is the highest level of the auction blacksmith in the past ten years, which is really exciting! In addition, there are several dwarves who do not have professional runes, but their forging skills are definitely not below the intermediate forgers, and among them there are even green dwarves who are good at crafting weapons and armor! Now the auction is No. 1, a human forger, who has a primary forging rune and is good at crafting weapons, with a reserve price of three hundred gold coins and a minimum bid of fifty gold coins, and the bidding is now open. Don't think that he only has a junior professional rune, and the level of building is not good, according to the professional appraiser's evaluation of his works, it is not far from the level of an intermediate forger, it is definitely worth the money, and he will definitely not regret becoming his master. ”
When he spoke, the originally noisy gladiatorial arena suddenly became much quieter, and it seemed that many people knew his origin.
Jiajing didn't know that he was the nominal owner of the auction, but when he saw that everyone suddenly fell silent, he shifted his gaze from Bolonsen to him. I don't know if I don't see it, but now Jiajing took a closer look and was slightly stunned. Although the old man in black hid his elemental fluctuations, Jiajing felt the thick elemental energy on his body, and he was obviously a powerful magician. Hiding one's spiritual energy fluctuations or elemental fluctuations is basically a capital with a career level of three or above, but it is difficult to hide from a master whose strength is higher than his own, unless there is a special method or a treasure that can hide his breath. Jiajing's strength was above that of the old man in black, and he could see his identity as a magician at a glance.
This old man should have the strength of a great magician, the same level as a gold-level warrior, and a fifth-level combat professional level, Jiajing's heart sank, it seems that he can only buy Yan Mei back with money, if he wants to save Yan Mei under the noses of so many masters, even if there are thirty dead soldiers to create chaos, the difficulty is not ordinarily high.
The voice of the old man in black spread far and wide through the amplification magic, spreading throughout the gladiatorial arena, and it was impossible not to say that his words were full of inclammation, and in just a few words, everyone was mobilized, and they all bid to buy this human junior forger.
The junior blacksmith was only one level higher than the forging apprentice, but in the end it was auctioned for a high price of 1,300 gold coins! However, if there were enough materials for him to build, this junior blacksmith who was about to be upgraded would soon be able to become an intermediate blacksmith. Now most of the human craftsmen who build weapons are apprentices, and there are not many beginners, if they can be upgraded to intermediate forgers, the value of the weapons created is definitely more than five gold coins, with him building ten weapons a day, and the profit of a weapon is two gold coins, you can earn twenty gold coins a day, and you can return to the capital in two years, which is a very cost-effective business. The careful calculation of human beings, even the fox people of Kasia, is ashamed of themselves, and of course they will not make a loss-making business.
Judging from this data, the blacksmith is a very lucrative profession. However, in fact, many blacksmiths can only make ordinary farm tools and kitchen knives or ordinary bronze wrought iron blades, and there is no way to buy expensive materials, improve their forging experience, and create high-level weapons and equipment, and they can only stay at the apprentice level for the rest of their lives. Only those forgers who have the support of forces behind them and constantly provide high-grade materials for themselves can quickly improve their level, and most of the money they earn after that is not owned by themselves. Dwarves' forging skills and levels are much higher than those of humans, and it is also the same reason that they dig up a large amount of precious metals by themselves, and constantly experiment with the mixing and matching of metals in order to create high-level equipment and improve their professional level.