Chapter 19: A Dangerous Deal
"You want to buy my slaves, and you want to buy the best one?"
At Graeme's gladiator academy, the slaver owner Olos was lying on his bearskin chair, answering Esalivan in a slightly mocking tone.
"Yes, you name the price. You and I are both businessmen, and there is no deal that cannot be done, as long as there is enough sincerity. ”
Facing the thief-eyed and slightly treacherous human lord in front of her, Axalivan was neither humble nor arrogant, and politely answered the other party's every word.
"And what if I'm not sincere?"
But in the face of Esalivan's politeness, Olos did not change his ruffian nature, and still embarrassed the "businesswoman" who came to negotiate everywhere.
"Honorable Lord of Olos, I have asked many nobles about your life before I came here, and they all said that you are a lord worthy of respect, so I think I will sincerely visit you today and want to do this business with you, I don't think you will deliberately embarrass me as a weak woman, right?"
Salted fish turned over, and Olos, who made a fortune through Abdul-Jabbar, no longer took ordinary nobles in his eyes at the moment, and for a female customer who suddenly visited, Olos put on a domineering look, although Esalivan had been talking modestly, but the slave owner Olos had always been a scoundrel like a ruffian, and he didn't talk about business at all.
"Okay, let's talk about business. ”
Listening to Esalivan's compliments, Olos became slightly interested and walked up to the female trader who had come to ask for someone.
"How much are you going to pay to buy me as a slave? Before you quote the number, you advise you to think clearly, this orc cost me five hundred Taylor to buy it back, and with his current value, it must be more than that, at least several times, so, you know. ”
Olos said, staring at Esalivan with evil eyes. Such a gaze made Axalivan feel disgusted, but in order to save Jabbar, the female mage still endured it and talked about business first.
"I understand the market, so when I went out this time, I had already prepared enough gold coins. ”
Esalivan said, winking at Eminem.
Soon, the attendants removed a large chest from the carriage, which was no doubt full of golden Taylors. According to rough estimates, such a box of gold coins is at least 3,000, enough to buy more than two dozen lions. You can even buy an entire mansion.
But Olos didn't seem to be cold when he saw it......
"That's all you want to buy my awesome gladiator?"
Olos didn't even open the box to see it, so he walked over to Axalivan and approached Axalivan's shoulder with his hooked nose. Smelling the faint scent of the noble lady.
"And how much do you want?"
Essalivan took a step back, keeping herself away from the disgusting slave owner.
"At least that's the number. ”
Olos stood still, stroking the large box with one hand and holding out a finger with the other...... Even Esalivan's entourage gritted their teeth at the sight of that squeeze.
"Well, a thousand is a thousand. ”
Eminem said, deliberately showing an aggrieved look.
"No, dwarf. I mean add one more zero. ”
Eminem was about to step forward to open the wooden box when Oros spoke again. At this moment, everyone present opened their mouths wide in surprise, and even the butler behind Oros couldn't help but let out an exclamation.
Ten thousand? That's almost an astronomical amount, you know, in Karnavas, the price of a slave is only ten taylers, and ten thousand taylors can buy a thousand slaves, and you can even form an army. Olos reported this number to mean that he didn't want to complete the deal at all, but just to tease Axlivan.
"You're crazy about money, I curse you to dig a lifetime of mining, and you won't be able to dig a single piece of gold!"
For such an unreasonable asking price as Olos, Eminem couldn't help it anymore, and roared like thunder. In the next second, Esalivan only felt a chill on her back, and a stream of sweat slid down her head...... The dwarf's IQ is in a hurry, which makes it usually good, and when it comes to the critical moment, he will commit two. What are you talking to a human merchant about mining? You don't mine, but now all the disguises are instantly recognized, and it turns out to be a miner, not a caravan......
"It turned out to be a miner. Haha......"
Eminem's words made Oloston burst out laughing. The atmosphere on the field was awkward for a while, and Eminem quickly realized his mistake, and stood in the corner with his head bowed and waited for Axalivan's criticism, like a child who made a mistake waiting for an adult to scold, but now was not the time to teach the dwarf a lesson.
"Then the question is, you're a miner, at most a contractor in the mine, what are you doing here for a gladiator?
Olos laughed for a moment, his face quickly darkened, and he questioned Axlivan in a malicious tone.
"Oh, I think you're mistaken, my lord. This dwarven brother is just a friend of mine, I was passing through White Rock City, he happened to be on vacation, and he went on the road with me as a trip if he had nothing to do. ”
In the face of Olos's questioning, Esalivan immediately turned her brain and answered smartly.
"Really? Then why did he open the box for you? If it's really just a friend, he shouldn't be involved in all aspects of the transaction. ”
Olos turned around and continued to stare at Esalivan, the look in his eyes like a vicious wolf, a cunning wolf.
......
Olos is too cunning and too careful, which Esalivan almost didn't expect before he came over, this time he is in trouble, he can't save people, but he is in a den of thieves. As long as the human slave owner in front of him continues to question it, he may soon guess his motives. However, at the moment, Essalivan could not think of an answer to this question.
"Arrest them, they are suspected of colluding with the orcs, and I will report them to the city magistrate. ”
Seeing that Essalivan could not come up with a more powerful statement, Olos directly ordered the mercenaries around him to take down these merchants who came from nowhere.
"Wait. ”
The mercenaries were about to rush up, but Axlivan shouted to stop the situation from becoming more serious.
"What else do you have to say, beauty?"
Olos said, looking at the beautiful merchant in front of him with a lewd look.
"Well, I'll tell you the truth, I'm from Fanes. ”
At the last moment, Axalivan had another killer move. When she set off from Eminem, she thought of the worst-case outcome of the negotiations, so she prepared the final steps early. It's just that I didn't expect this Lord of Olos to force out his killer weapon in a few clicks.
"You're from Taylorham?"
Although Olos has never been to the capital city of Teletham, he has heard of Lord Fanes, who is the honorary mage of the Telletham Academy of Magic and Magic, and is also the vice-principal. At the same time, he also had a large amount of real estate and slaves, and if the businesswoman in front of him was sent by him, it was not impossible for a wealthy man in Teletham to buy the famous gladiator into his name to earn money for himself.
"Well, if you don't believe me, I can show you this. ”
As she spoke, she rolled up her cuffs, revealing her white arms, on which were the emblems of a royal mage of Tellerm. This noble pattern is only found in the Teletum School of Magic, and only for the mages who hold important positions within it. Combined with the name that the female mage had just said, Olos suddenly felt that there was some credibility in this matter. But he didn't want to give up Abdul-Jabbar. After all, the price of 3,000 gold is still low.
"Okay, since it's a person sent by Archmage Fanes, I naturally don't dare to slack off, but the price offered by the Lord is really unacceptable to me, so let's do it, four thousand Taylor, I will give my best gladiator here to Lord Fanes, do you think this is okay?"
Olos, who was still domineering just now, suddenly held Asalivan like a grandson at this moment, but Olos didn't want to sell Jabbar at a low price, and he didn't want to offend the high-level mages who were far away in Telupum. So after weighing it, I only asked for an extra thousand gold. It's a pity that Essalivan only got the 3,000 gold on this trip, and there are no more gold coins to pay......