91. Papyrus
Merlin thought it would not be wise for a merchant attached to the Plantagenet family to offend Redbeard on the way to the East. Unless the Plantagenet banner never sets foot on the land of the desert country, or under the iron hooves of the Hurricane Knights, a merchant like Roy the Mad Dog is no more than a lamb in the mouth of a hyena.
There was no shortage of frowning people like Merlin in the Coffin Tavern, like Fawkes from Summerlock Town who sat at the table next to Merlin, but more often than not, fanatical male creatures like Yuri, blinded by desire.
When passion and desire are ignited, they burn like a fire. And at this time, Roy the mad dog only thought that the fire burned more violently.
The rosin torches on the film were lit one by one, and the curtains around them were slowly pulled apart. Wow, many people let out a burst of exclamations, and it turned out that the back of the curtain was also caged. However, these cages are all wooden.
Through the dim light, Merlin found that the cage was filled with slaves with dull expressions and pale faces.
"Hold up the sign in your hand and let us see you. Roy's voice echoed over the halls of the Coffin Bar again, where he was in charge tonight. Everyone revolves around his every move.
"Knight, where's your brand?" the succubus squeezed through the crowd and appeared in front of Merlin and Yuri. Hiss, a red, forked tongue slid across Merlin's eyes. "You didn't receive an invitation from the Plantagenets, did you?"
Yuri pretended to be relaxed and patted Merlin on the shoulder, "Actually, this young man was a little thirsty, so he pulled me in for a couple of drinks." Yuri held up the ale on the table, "Cheers, it's a good ale here." ”
The succubus's blue eyes suddenly became as red as blood, and a strong smell of blood hit Merlin's eyes, and suddenly his eyes were pitch black, and he couldn't see anything.
"Knight, you shouldn't have come to this place!" Merlin felt his ears be silky and delicate, as if something had been slit licking over them. "The Bronze Horseman is not eligible to participate in the Plantagenet auction. ”
Merlin tried to speak, but found that his mouth could not be opened at all, and at this time he only felt as if he was stuck in a quagmire, and the more he struggled, the more suffocating it became.
"But what a lovely knight," Merlin felt his eyes light up suddenly, "there's a superfluous sign here that you can play with, but be careful." Don't offend the big guys. ”
Merlin consciously felt that his palm was cold, and when he looked down, there was an extra white stone tablet in his right hand. It is exactly the same as the stone tablet in the hand of Fawkes of the Iron Hammer Mercenary Group in Xia Lock Town next door.
"Your Highness, do you know the succubus of the Plantagenet family?" Yuri's tone was full of sourness.
"No, this is my first time in the Coffin Tavern, and I've never seen an otherworldly creature like this before. Merlin deliberately spoke loudly about the otherworldly creatures.
"That female seems to be interested in you. Yuri lowered his head and lowered his voice, and said in a volume that only two people could hear, "As far as I know, succubi have always been true to men, but you seem to have special preferential treatment for Your Highness." ”
After the succubus left, he continued to walk around the hall, looking back in this direction from time to time, and at some point Merlin's gaze met hers, Merlin could always feel her smile brightly. It's just that smile is like a thunderbolt, and a stream of heat rises from the bottom of my heart, worthy of a succubus. Merlin lowered his head, not daring to look.
This time, the Plantagenet family captured a large number of slaves from the desert country, and the artisans and slave girls brought back to Hibo City by Roy the Mad Dog were extremely valuable. These snake-worshipping women have the crazy snake waist of the men of another Hippo. Of course, the merchants are all profit-oriented, and these depraved goods occasionally arouse their ideas, but Roy the Mad Dog has brought back many skilled craftsmen this time. These alien craftsmen are scarce in Hippo.
"I've heard that some of the slaves from the desert country this time are paper-making craftsmen. The lady sitting next to Fawkes was wearing a short white gauze skirt, and she did not feel any discomfort with the big hands that went deep under the skirt, but she said in a voice that was neither small nor loud, "I heard that they can make papyrus." ”
"What is papyrus?" Hammer beside Fawkes was clutching a large piece of lamb chop and gnawing happily.
"I don't know. The wine lady said angrily.
Fawkes's breathing became rapid, and his hands became lighter. Although he is only a spellcaster, his strength is far greater than that of ordinary people. At this time, there was no light kneading, and the wine lady beside her couldn't help but hum.
Ordinary people may not know the value of papyrus, but the caster is the most clear, they want to depict the spell perfectly, they have to find the perfect carrier, and papyrus is one of the most stable carriers, but unfortunately, the manufacturing process of papyrus from the ancient desert peoples has been lost, and now all papyrus is the same as before, and there is one less with one. If you can regain your grasp of how to make papyrus, it will definitely drive all casters crazy.
Merlin was also very moved, if it weren't for Augustine's connections, he wouldn't have been able to get so much papyrus, on the one hand, because of the high status of the Arian school, and on the other hand, because the papyrus was too expensive. A piece of paper the size of a normal page is worth about one gold coin. This kind of paper was also used only by the Arian school to copy manuscripts. The average caster can't afford it, and they will choose the cheaper parchment scroll to depict spell slots, but the failure rate of parchment is much higher than that of papyrus.
Mad Dog Roy brought back a lot of slaves this time, so it was impossible to auction them one by one. From the very beginning, the hole cards were shown to tell these people how much the goods were worth this time.
Merlin knew that Princess Piaoxiang was definitely a hot piece of taro, and whoever got it would definitely be unlucky in the future. The Endless Ocean connects the Desert Nation to Cylise by waterway, and if Redbeard takes a boat into the sea, it won't take long to reach Hibo City from the Desert Country.
Redbeard's prestige is based on the Templars of the Eastern Crusade, it can be said that there are Redbeard's enemies in every land of the Church, so many years have passed, and the Hurricane Knights are still intercepting the pilgrims in the desert country, it is conceivable that even if the Plantagenet family succeeds for a while this time, it will be Redbeard's crazy blow to face in the future.
Princess Merlin was not interested, but those slave craftsmen made Merlin's heart flutter.