Chapter 26: Messages
As night falls, the light cave is completely useless, and the dark moonlight abandons the cruel underground world.
The dwarven fortress was silent in silence, and I don't know how many people slept, and how many dwarves couldn't sleep, and there were less than ten oil lamps lit in the fortress, and there was one of them where the thunder thundered.
"Did you report the news back?"
Qi Lin saw that the two men he had arranged to return to the territory to report the situation here had rushed back under the guidance of a dwarven guard, and immediately opened his mouth to ask, he was anxiously staying here, already restless, and the thunder had not yet woken up.
"It's been reported, the deaths of Salang, Boogie, Leo, and Monto have not been announced, and besides, something has happened in the territory, and the damned knights of the Bauhinia family have betrayed us! They almost took the bread tree and frightened Miss Alice!"
"Do they want to die?!" Thunder's low voice suddenly sounded at this time, just like Shaktor, and he sat up from the dwarf's stone bed, his eyes full of coldness, and the heavy breath oppressed Qilin and the two young men who had gone back to report for a moment.
"Ahem...... "Ahem" Lei Ming vomited a mouthful of dirty blood with a bit of tightness in his chest because of his anger, and coughed.
"Lord Lord, are you alright?" Seeing Lei Ming vomiting blood, Qi Lin suddenly became nervous again, and he quickly came to the side of the bed and helped Lei Ming to help him calm down.
"I'm alright, Arit, how is the territory now?" Lei Ming knew his physical condition, and he was much better after spitting out the bruises, although he was injured, but the impact was not great, and he was able to recover quickly, and the sudden betrayal of the Bauhinia family in the territory caught him a little off guard, he didn't expect that those knights who were chased and killed by pigs had such a big courage, fortunately listening to Arritt's words, it seemed that something had happened later, there was nothing wrong with the territory now, Alice was a little frightened, could it be that the trolls had made a move? Or did the troll prophet just come to the territory?
"Territory, the territory is now normal, Lord Shaktor has taken control of the situation, all the knights who betrayed are dead, and the Bauhinia Lady has been imprisoned. Arit's tone was a little excited, he didn't expect Lei Ming to remember his name, he went back, only stayed for a short time and came back to report, so he didn't know much about the specific situation, according to the news circulating in the territory, it was the tax collector Shakdo who stepped forward and summoned a powerful creature to kill all those damn bastards, so he unconsciously used the honorific title of "adult" when addressing Shaktor.
"Shaktor?" Lei Ming's eyes flashed, old Thor reminded him to be careful of Shaktor before he died, he never took action, because Shaktor has always behaved very well, and his conscientious appearance is more dedicated than those fat-headed tax officials in other territories, is it time to show the clues? He asked curiously, "How did those knights die?"
"It is said that Lord Shaktor summoned a powerful creature with two heads and four arms, and ate all the knights in a few bites. ”
Terrific! It's really amazing, after hearing Arritt's description, many of the previous questions were solved at once, that monster should be a devil, and Shaktor is actually a very rare devil contractor, he has no mana, and he has no fighting spirit, so Thunder has not noticed anything abnormal in Shaktor before, Shaktor has the power of the contract, summoning the devil to fight for him, if Thunder does not appear, Shaktor will master this territory, and then with his strength, he can also lead the townspeople of Kent Town to find a safe territory in the Forest of Kell。
Lei Ming already had a simple assessment of Shaktor's strength, he, the Blood Knight, couldn't do Shakdo before mastering the Bloody Grip! Now with the Bloody Grasp, a skill that can attack from a distance, he can still take advantage of it when fighting.
Xia Keduo has such a strong strength, but he is dormant in the small town of Kent, what is his plan? When Lei Ming was about to go back, he had a good talk with this tax official who made him a little unpredictable, Xia Keduo had already exposed his strength at this time, which was equivalent to losing his sincerity to him.
"My lord, there's a little green-skinned man outside who seems to want to come in, and I don't understand what he's saying, so I stopped him and didn't let him in. "One of the bloodline warriors guarding the door heard the sound in the room and already knew that Thunder had woken up, so when the goblin merchant came to the door, he came in and asked for Thunder, mainly because the goblin merchant was led by a dwarf, and it seemed that he was very familiar with the dwarves, and even spoke dwarven language.
"Goblins?" Thunder muttered to himself, the little green-skinned man, this adjective is very appropriate for goblins, of course, there are some other possibilities, but Thunder has a strong intuition, to be able to appear at his door at this time, except for the pervasive goblin merchant There is almost no other possibility, and he also wants to meet this goblin merchant and see what he wants to do, "Let him in." ”
"Oh, my friend, it's so glad to see you're okay, I've brought you some medicine. The richly dressed goblin merchant walked into the room with a smile on his face, holding a small box in his hand, and greeted Thunder in a skilled dwarven language, which he thought would be able to speak if it was profitable for these humans to help the dwarves in battle, and he would love to meet their leader, Thunder, and see if it was profitable.
"Thank you for your medicine, and besides, I speak goblin language, so you don't have to communicate with me in dwarven language. Lei Ming picked up a proficient goblin language, which stunned the goblin merchant, because goblin language is simply a science of language......
Qi Lin and a few other young men didn't understand what Lei Ming and the goblin were talking about, anyway, they were grunting, there was no difference between goblin language and dwarf language for them, but they were also extremely in awe of Lei Ming, like them who didn't know much about mud legs, let alone communication, they didn't know what race this goblin merchant was, they looked at the thin figure of the goblin merchant, and then looked at Lei Ming, and felt that this dwarf did not pose the slightest threat to his lord, so Qi Lin made a look and took people out to guard the door, and the others were resting next door, and they were already very tired after a day of fighting。
"You are a learned elder, and I think you must be a noble nobleman like me. Since Thunder can speak goblin language, then there is no need for him to speak dwarven language anymore, but Thunder Ming's knowledge is respected by him, so he deliberately holds Thunder Ming when he speaks, and by the way, he also shows that he is also a nobleman.
But Lei Ming knows the so-called nobility of this goblin merchant very well, and in their vast goblin empire, there is a very famous proverb, that is, "everything in this world can be clearly priced." ”
So, the rich goblin merchants were all aristocrats.
Lei Ming intended to joke with this goblin merchant, so he invited the goblin merchant to sit down, and asked him with a smile: "I heard that you goblins can clearly mark the price of anything, I wonder if your life is priceless?"
"No, no, no, nothing is priceless, everything is valuable, nothing more than the price, my life only needs one million gold grads, because my goal in this life is to earn one million gold grads, as long as you give me so many gold grads, and then give me a few days to complete what I wanted to do but did not do, my life is yours, and I will become a great ancestor of our family!"
Speaking of this, the goblin merchant was very energetic, his eyes seemed to glow, and he kept flashing as he spoke.
And Thunder, after listening to it, there is only one feeling, the goblin race is really crazy!
"I heard that you humans have migrated to the Ancient Continent on a large scale, and now that a large number of your armies are gathered near the Swamp Relic Capital, I think that those ugly snake people are definitely not your opponents, and in the future, there will be a place for your human race in the north of the continent. And I'm here to see if there is an opportunity to seek cooperation, you Terrans are a big market, and I need a key to open the door to wealth. ”
After speaking, this goblin merchant broke another fierce news, Lei Ming was suddenly taken aback, for the meaning of this goblin merchant, Lei Ming probably guessed, but Lei Ming didn't expect this goblin merchant's news to be so well-informed, he also relied on foresight to know that the imperial family of the empire after entering the ancient continent first chose to attack the marsh country heritage capital as the imperial capital, so as to re-establish a stable power that is interlocking, I didn't expect a small goblin merchant to already know.
"Don't be surprised, in the north of the continent, I am the largest goblin merchant, I can provide countless grains, the most in-demand commodities are meat and salt, of course, weapons and equipment are also not sold, what can you provide me?"
The goblin merchant is ashamed to declare himself the biggest goblin merchant in the north of the continent, and Thunder scoffs at this, because that's what every goblin merchant says! Don't underestimate their brazenness, they only have the lovely Jingler in their eyes. But Lei Ming was very interested in what he said could provide countless amounts of food.
"I am the eldest son of the Bourbon family, our Bourbon family is a duke, and I have great influence in the empire, if you really have a lot of food, I think, we will definitely cooperate happily. ”
Isn't it just bragging, Lei Ming will too, and besides, what he said is the truth, this is the highest level of bragging, he secretly changed a concept, the influence of the Bourbon family is different from his own influence, at least, the team of the most important city of abundance of the Bourbon family is not in his control.
But the goblin merchant eats this set, he stared at Lei Ming with burning eyes, trying to see the lying heart from Lei Ming's eyes, but he was disappointed, Lei Ming's smiling eyes were full of sincerity to tell the truth, the goblin merchant donated a lot of gold gel, just donated a count's title, he was just an inconspicuous small role in the huge goblin empire, the reason why he was able to provide a large amount of food, because he had established a good trading relationship with a tribe of grass and wood elves, the natural coercion of the big nobles brought him a lot of pressure, as well as a, irrepressible excitement!