Chapter 107: Meet Again
The market of Fort on the Edge is unusually prosperous, originally this market was only set up to facilitate the merchants to transport war materials to the front line, but the long-delayed war made the merchants swarm like sharks smelling blood, after all, there are many people here, whether it is the soldiers replaced by the front line or their families, plus the endless supply of soldiers behind, the commercial area here is developing rapidly under various conditions. The high treatment given by the empire to the warriors of the Four Realms Passage also indirectly contributed to the prosperity of this market, and the exquisite armor and rare weapons from all over the world were transported here to buy the soldiers on the front line, and the crowd brought prosperity, and the prosperity also prompted more merchants to come here to sell them.
Over time, the commercial district of Fort Rim became the second largest commercial area in addition to Fort Elemental, and of course, there was also the result of the indulgence of the three major human organizations on the official side, after all, it was better to let the merchants transport it spontaneously than to pay a lot of freight for the merchants to transport it. And the endless creativity of the merchants also made the commercial area of the edge fort more commonly known as the indulgence area, although from time to time there are bad incidents, but in general it still greatly reduces the overall pressure of the soldiers in the war zone, after all, after decades of garrison, it is impossible to say that those original emperors and fake nobles are willing.
And there are high-end shop areas in a commercial area, and naturally there will be relatively low-level shop areas, and at this moment, a goblin merchant who is laying a floor shop is following the petite woman in front of him to promote his products.
"Well, let me tell you the truth, this sign is really engraved with the ancient dragon language, or if I don't have the ability of an appraiser to identify it, I still need to set up a stall here to sell it? The small, green-skinned goblin was constantly selling the iron card.
"......" The petite woman kept looking at the iron card in her hand over and over again, as if she couldn't make up her mind, and she couldn't accurately identify the words on the iron card, if it was really a dragon language, it would naturally have this value, but the iron card did not emit obvious power fluctuations, which made her a little undecided.
"Don't really think about it anymore, I'll tell you honestly, this iron plate and so on have been booked by a guest, and I plan to sell it to you because it is pleasing to your eyes, and there will really be no one if you come later!" The shrill voice of the goblin almost resounded throughout the street, but passers-by were already surprised, after all, as long as the slightly larger commercial area could see the traces of goblin merchants, passers-by were used to hearing it.
"......" The petite woman saw the hideous appearance of the goblin merchant, and the big green nose was about to be pasted on her face, but she was a little disgusted, and she was ready to put the iron card back on the stall, and she also knew that the goblin thing was unreliable, especially this kind of ancient thing that even the big trading houses might not recognize, let alone the goblins, and the group of green skins could blow a broken piece of iron into a peerless short knife.
"Alas, you really don't have to rush to make a decision, otherwise, I won't cheat you little girl, I don't need a hundred gold coins, just collect ten gold coins from you. The goblin merchant said, his hand had already grabbed the girl's purse, and it was fast enough to make many thieves feel ashamed, not to mention the girl, and she hadn't even reacted yet.
"......" The girl hurriedly reached out to retrieve the money bag, but the goblin ran to the other side.
"Don't worry, our transaction here is really one hand to pay and one hand to deliver, saying that we will receive you ten coins. The goblin merchant didn't even care about the stall, ran directly to the street, and stopped not far away and shouted at the girl, which made the adventurers who originally wanted to intervene on the side also stop moving, after all, if it was a normal transaction, they would have no reason to intervene, and now that everyone has stopped, it seems that it is not a robbery.
"......" The girl's face was flushed with anxiety, but she was clumsy, and at this time, she was even more speechless when she was nervous, but her little face was flushed, and she ran over to snatch her money bag back.
"Don't worry, I'm really only going to take ten gold coins. The goblin merchant said righteously, while skillfully untying the rope on the money bag, and when he opened it, a trace of greed flashed in the goblin merchant's eyes, anyway, no one knows how much he takes, and this little girl doesn't look like she can explain clearly, and the goddess Foos won't forgive me if she doesn't take more money. Although Foos is the main cause of the destruction of the goblins, many goblins don't care about the country, especially the goblin merchants, who give him money and he will say anything, let alone worship a mortal enemy as a true god, after all, money transactions are also a new thing, and there is really no god who manages this area, so it will be enough to worship Pheuos.
"Hey, it's too much. 」
At this time, the short goblin suddenly felt a pain in the hand holding the money bag, and a hand like an iron tong tightly clasped the wrist of the goblin merchant, and the goblin merchant still held the money bag tightly under the pain, the head could be broken, the blood could flow, and the money bag could not be lost, which was the goblin's survival rule. In desperation, the man directly turned the goblin merchant's hand to the back, and the goblin merchant's hand suddenly couldn't exert any more force to hold the money bag, and the money bag fell to the ground and was picked up by another person.
"Hmph!" The man didn't bother with himself, and let go of his hand and pushed the goblin forward a few steps, and the goblin nearly fell to the ground.
"Grab the money, grab the money!" The goblin merchant just caught a glimpse of the patrol out of the corner of his eye at this moment, and seemed to hear the report and came to check, so he pretended to be pushed to the ground, and cried without caring about the image.
"What's going on here. The patrol also had a headache when they saw that it was the goblin again, but after all, they came over and asked.
"I made a good deal with that girl, and I paid the money with one hand and delivered the goods with the other, but that kid ran out and snatched my money bag and pushed me to the ground. The short goblin villain said first, a handful of tears and a handful of snot, if it weren't for the goblin, this picture might still be a little sympathetic, but most people would not be surprised by the goblin, not to mention the goblin's big nose, big eyes, and green skin, the appearance is really far from the aesthetics of human beings, which makes it even more difficult to provoke the sympathy of passers-by.
"Is that so......? Huh?" the patrol expertly ignored the goblins playing rogue on the ground, and directly questioned the buyer he accused of and the person who robbed his purse.
The person who snatched his money bag also looked like a teenager, wearing a magic robe, but he did not wear a badge that symbolized the mage class, and his face was raw, while the other petite girl wore a badge symbolizing a middle-level mage, and her red hair seemed to look a little familiar.
"Miss Caroline?" The patrol captain hurriedly saluted, this is the granddaughter of a member of the Magic Council, and if she complains casually, she may have to go to the Four Realms Passage to fight hard, but as a young lady, shouldn't she be in the high-end store area, what are you doing in the stall area?
Surprisingly, the captain's respectful salute did not receive any response from Caroline, and the boy and the girl were staring at each other with wide eyes.
"Long time no see, Caroline!" Alan smiled bitterly, but he didn't expect to see a girl who seemed to have been blackmailed by a goblin merchant, and he intervened with a sense of justice for a while, and he actually happened to help his old acquaintance.
「...... Allan. Caroline was still silent, but there was a rare happy smile on Poker's face, and a brief remark was a greeting.
"......" At this moment, the goblin merchant has seen that things are bad and plans to clean up the stall and run away, originally thinking of blackmailing a clumsy little girl, but he didn't expect that it was actually a big man called the eldest lady by the captain, and it was so good that she didn't die, and it seemed that she helped her with her old acquaintance, it seems that she can't please it anyway, so it's better to pack up and set up a stall in another place.
"Where are you going?" At this moment, a big foot stepped on the goblin merchant's package, and the goblin merchant looked up flatteringly to find that it was the patrol leader.
The captain is not stupid, and immediately realized after seeing the two of them know each other that the money bag that the young man snatched from the goblin merchant should have belonged to the eldest lady, and the goblin merchant naturally wanted to arrest and give the eldest lady an explanation, and it was also the goblin merchant's greed, if the goblin merchant ran away regardless of it, I am afraid that no one would catch him, but the goblin merchant died by himself, and if he had to sort out the package, don't blame the patrol team for sending him to prison and squatting.
"It's okay to go to jail, don't confiscate my things, wooh!" The goblin merchant shouted halfway through as the patrol expertly covered his mouth and carried it away as if he were carrying goods, and the captain quickly disappeared after saying hello to Caroline, as if he didn't intend to disturb their reunion.
"Long time no see. Alan didn't care about the goblin merchant, but simply happily reached out and shook Caroline's small hand.
"Hmm!" Caroline smiled happily, and asked Alan to shake her hand in a gesture of kindness.