Chapter 18: Strange Caravans

This time, Gigisa did not stand high on the top of the building, but was surrounded by a group of strong werewolf warriors, standing on the steps of the building's gate, his face still maintaining the seemingly unchanged indifference, looking at the sky in the distance without expression.

Today was the day of the agreed deal, and the thought of the smiling face of the lowly, greedy gold seeker made Gigisa feel a deep disgust for no reason.

But he has long learned to hide the joy and anger in his heart deeply, not showing it on his face, and in the past contact, the green-skinned dwarf seems to have a good impression of his performance, Gigisa also hopes that the annoying guy can always maintain his attitude towards himself, after all, he doesn't like it anymore, it is also introduced by the respected temple listener, and the person introduced by the wise temple listener must be a guy with a strong force behind him.

"Black Scale, this is really a strange name, I have been unable to understand the power represented by this name after many inquiries, is it ...... What do they have to do with the Golden Scales? The next time you see the temple, the listeners must ask. ”

Gigisa thought about his thoughts casually, and didn't seem to see the wolf knights who had gone out to greet him at the gate of the camp slowly entering the camp in a neat line.

A team of fully equipped wolf knights led a long convoy slowly into the camp, and suddenly, the anticipatory onlookers on both sides of the road let out enthusiastic cheers to greet the guests from afar.

What a huge convoy this was, from a distance, there must have been at least dozens of four-wheeled caravans painted dark black in a long line, and dozens of knights with black hooded wide cloaks riding giant wolves or huge four-legged sand lizards were mixed in the middle of the convoy, presumably the escorts of the convoy.

Each of the caravans looked very large, with tall, slightly rounded roofs like inverted sails, and half-man-tall wooden wheels covered with metal rivets, which were somewhat similar to those used by the passing merchant groups that Ite had stumbled upon in the town of Clear Springs, except that they were larger and slightly bulkier.

The strangest thing is that the livestock pulling these large-looking and bulky caravans are not the usual horned oxen or horses, but a huge non-bull and non-horse creatures, they look stronger and larger than ordinary horned oxes, their bodies are scattered with long brownish-red fur, scattered with many black spots in the middle, with a head similar to that of a horned ox but with four short and sharp horns, a short and thick tail, and the most peculiar thing is that their four paws are not hoof-like like cattle and horses, but similar to the claws of lizards, but more short and stout。

These strange creatures seem to be so powerful that each heavy caravan only needs two of them to pull up and walk easily, leaving two deep wheel marks on the hard road.

"What's that?"

Ite exclaimed, feeling a faint uneasiness at the appearance of the convoy in front of him.

The people who heard Ate's exclamation stood up from the iron fence and crowded to the stone window to watch.

"That's a four-horned dinosaur, this is a ferocious beast, how can anyone command them to pull a cart......"

Someone, apparently recognizing the strange creature pulling the cart, cried out in a lost voice.

"Rare and weird...... In some large merchant groups, they have long begun to domesticate all kinds of beasts and even monsters as mounts or means of transportation to deal with different regions, not to mention the stupid beasts like the four-horned dinosaur, and even the flying beasts like the Chimera have been used in some special places, which is really unheard of......"

Little Safent squeezed to the window and sneered at the exclamations.

Ete was squeezed to the corner of the window, flashing confused eyes, looking at little Safenter who was talking with his mouth wide open with some admiration, and asked Nono: "Brother little Safenter, you say, is this a business group?"

"Of course, it goes without saying, you can see it at a glance, otherwise who would have brought so many caravans here, and this kind of caravan is not used to transport goods. ”

Little Safenter seemed quite proud of being the focus of everyone's attention, and the admiration of everyone made him more and more excited, so he continued to explain to everyone: "This must be from a caravan in some huge force, you see those accompanying guards, although they are covered with cloaks, but everyone can see that they are all wolf knights and sand lizard knights, can the caravan that can be escorted by orc knights can be achieved by ordinary merchant groups......? I see this is the merchant group, huh? black scales...... It's really strange, the black balance, what kind of sign is this, I've only heard of the golden balance, and I haven't really seen the black balance, can it be said that this is a branch of the Golden Balance Business Group?"

Little Safin muttered to himself, confused, and everyone was silent, just quietly looking out the window at the slowly approaching procession, and no longer spoke.

"Ah ......"

Ite turned his head to ask Alex if he knew the origin of this caravan, and suddenly saw Alex, who was standing silently on the side of the iron bar, looking out the window through the human slit with a strange face, and there was a trace of indescribable strange emotions in his eyes, which seemed to be mixed with a little shock, pity and understanding, and even a little relief.

Ite hurriedly turned his head again, his heart pounding, as if he had inadvertently peeked into some secrets of Captain Alex, who had always been mysterious in everyone's hearts.

Looking at the motorcade that had stopped in the open space in front of the building, and at the short figure in a ridiculous robe that had been carefully lifted down from a caravan decorated with strange ornaments, Gigiza's heart was filled with a hint of irritability.

"Hey...... My dearest friend, it's a pleasure to see you again......"

The diminutive gnome, wrapped in a gray robe embroidered with a large black flower on his chest, got out of the car and filled his ugly green face with a false smile, and surrounded by the accompanying guards, stretched out his hands and walked briskly towards Gigiza, who was waiting there.

Resisting the disgust in his heart, Gigisa still calmly exchanged polite greetings with the enthusiastic and somewhat over-the-top gnomes, and introduced them into the building without losing courtesy.

Sinking his whole body deep into the soft fur, the dwarf comfortably drank the fruit wine made from the berries picked in autumn on the grassland brought by the kobold servant, took a deep breath, and said with a sneer to Gigisa, who was sitting opposite: "Your Excellency, my dearest friend, I have brought you a lot of good things this time." Hehe, as you wish, a hundred, a full hundred, a full set of equipment carefully forged by the dwarven masters of Hearthfire City, carefully crafted according to the figure of the wolf knight, including war hammers, inlaid armor and short swords, all made of black crystal iron, absolutely excellent. And the food, iron, and salt you need, as well as two siege bed crossbows that also come from the hands of the dwarven craftsmen, hehe, it took me a lot of thought......"

"I've already prepared what you're asking for, and even a few more, and I hope you'll have enough to load in a caravan. ”

Gigisa said lightly.

"Ha ......"

The dwarf sat up straight excitedly, looked at Gigisa with shining eyes, and said with a smile: "I knew that you were a trustworthy friend, praise the great beast god and the god of wealth, come, for our deal...... Ah no, let's have a toast for our great friendship. ”