Unexpectedly, when everyone arrived outside Farak City, the representatives of the mayor of the other town were already waiting for them. It was a man in his forties, dressed in a well-dressed dress, with a smile on his face.

"Below, Mayor Andrew's steward, Buda, on behalf of the Mayor of the Town, welcomes you to Farak. Walking to Javier's carriage, Buda bowed politely.

"Hehe, Mr. Buda, we meet again. Javier poked his head out and smiled, "How did you know we were coming?"

When Charlotte had come to restore trade with Farak City, Javier had also gone with her, so the two sides had already met.

"We saw your wagon at the watchtower on the mountain. Buda said respectfully: "I thought it was Mayor Charlotte, but I didn't expect it to be you." ”

"Well, I was just about to meet Mayor Andrew, please let me know. Javier said.

But Buda looked embarrassed: "This... The mayor of the town is sick, and it is not convenient to meet the guests. ”

"Really?" Javier was taken aback, "Then I should have taken a look." ”

Buda said in a bit of a panic: "No, no, no, no, there is no need, the mayor needs to recuperate... I've booked a hotel in town for you, so come with me. "He who is in a hurry will bring the people into the city.

Javier is an old man, and he can't see Buda's insincerity. After a little thought, he understood why, Hairington fell out with the Lawitt Federation, and Farak was not affected like Auston, so he was naturally unwilling to take the risk of offending LaVit and get involved with Beddington.

But after all, the three cities were very close to each other, and it was not good to ignore them at all, so Andrew sent Buda out to perfunctory, hoping to send everyone away as soon as possible.

Javier is a businessman, and he doesn't want to offend people easily, and the other party doesn't offend anything, so he doesn't break it, but just laughs: "Then I'll trouble you." ”

Buda breathed a sigh of relief and led the crowd towards the city. At this time, Freddie suddenly came out: "Hmph, if you are so afraid that we will cause trouble, why bother to pretend, we will find the hotel ourselves." ”

"This..."I didn't expect Freddie to say it so directly, and Buda was stunned.

Seeing Buda's helpless look, Javier said to Freddy: "We businessmen have a saying that we can't do business at all. They also have their problems, so why force them?"

Then he said softly: "Please rest assured Mayor Andrew, we are just passing by, stay here for one night and leave." ”

Buda's face flushed, knowing that the trick had already been seen through, he bowed his head and said, "Thank you for your understanding." ”

Led by Buda, the group entered the city of Farak. Compared to the two cities of Headington and Alston, Farak is much wealthier, and there are many shops on both sides of the street, most of which sell crystal-related products, and there are many more pedestrians on the street, presenting a prosperous scene.

"Sure enough, it's still a luxury product. Looking at the pedestrians who were dressed much more beautifully than the inhabitants of Headington, Raymond couldn't help but ask.

Suddenly, I saw a group of people gathered in front of me, almost blocking half of the street, and there was a commotion, as if something had happened.

Due to the obstruction of the road, the motorized convoy had to stop. Raymond was about to call someone to see what was going on, when suddenly the crowd parted, and two short green things ran out of the crowd.

", stinking fellow, this is not the place for you to come!" a group of people shouted after the two things, some picking up rocks and throwing them at them.

The two green things were running fast, but they couldn't help but stop because the road ahead was blocked by the motorcade. Only then did Raymond realize that they were actually two dwarf humanoid creatures.

They were small, shriveled and green-skinned, and dressed in tattered pieces of cloth, looking like beggars in a garbage heap. The faces of these two guys were very human-like, except that their noses were pointed and hooked, their eyes were disproportionately large, their heads were bare, and they had pointed ears.

Raymond had never seen such creatures before, and Barstone stared at them curiously. Raymond was about to ask what the other party was, when he heard Hellnis's disgusted words, "Ah, goblins!"

Goblin Raymond remembered that when he was in the Orc Empire, he had read a book about this creature. Goblins are the lowest of the subhuman races, and have always been looked down upon by other races for their habits, appearance, and other reasons, just like the kobolds among the orcs.

However, there is almost no trace of goblins in the continent of Mordina, so this legendary creature that resembles a rat in the sewers, Raymond has never seen the real thing, but today he saw it in Farak.

At this time, the crowd behind gradually surrounded them, and the two goblins saw that the back road was blocked, and the front was blocked by the carriage, so they hugged each other in fright, and their thin bodies couldn't help shaking, looking very pitiful.

"Young master, they look like kobolds. Even Baste couldn't help it.

Raymond couldn't help but ask, "How can there be goblins here?"

Buda was surprised, "Why don't you know? There is a large goblin village outside Farak City, and almost all of our crystal mines are mined by them. ”

"What, they're miners?" Raymond was taken aback, and then remembered that the goblins were very good laborers and diggers, certainly not as good as the dwarves who were born with the mines, but there were enough of them.

Contrary to the situation on the continent of Mordina, Veronica dwarves are rare.

"Of course, the structure of the crystal mine is fragile and prone to collapse, and ordinary people are reluctant to mine it at all. However, goblins are cheap and can be replenished quickly when they die, so Farak has always used goblins to mine crystals. ”

"Did they steal something, and why were they chased?" asked Bath curiously.

When the two goblins heard this, they hurriedly said, "No, no, we didn't steal anything. We dug up a big piece of crystal in a small mine in the village, and we wanted to come here and sell it and buy something to go back..."

Their voices were shrill and with a strange accent, but their words were clear and not difficult to understand.

Before the words fell, someone shouted angrily: "Bastard, didn't I tell you a long time ago, you are not allowed to enter the city!"

"Get out!"

"As soon as you come in, the whole city will stink!"

The angry scolding came and went, and the two goblins were even more frightened.

Seeing that Raymond was a little puzzled, Buda explained: "Although we hire goblins, we strictly prohibit them from entering the town, and the goblins go to work in the mines, and there is a special road leading to their village. These two goblins actually sneaked into the city, which is why everyone is so angry. ”

One of the goblins hurriedly said: "No, the merchants who come to the village always deceive us, I just want to buy some garlands and necklaces, because my sister is about to get married..."

As he spoke, he took out an egg-sized crystal from his bosom, as pure as a transparent crystal, and there was not the slightest impurity in this beautiful crystal, and it was a first-class product at first glance.

Seeing this crystal, the eyes of the onlookers all straightened. After a while, I don't know who shouted first: "This must have been stolen by them from our mine!"

The rest were stunned, and then reacted, and all shouted frantically: "That's right, this is our crystal." ”

"Grab them and get them out!"

The crowd turned from shouting to doing, and several strong men rushed forward without saying a word, trying to snatch the crystal from the goblin's hand. The goblin desperately held the crystal in his arms, and as he struggled, he screamed, "Believe me, this is really found in the mine in our village. I didn't steal, never did!"

Just when the crowd was so excited that they were about to tear the two emaciated goblins apart, a wind whistle was heard, and a scimitar swirled through the gap between the crowd, accurately inserting into the ground in the center of the crowd, but it did not hurt a single person.

Everyone was startled, and they didn't care about grabbing anything again, so they hurriedly scrambled to retreat. If you look closely, it was Barste's hand moving at Raymond's signal.

"Are you crazy? Throwing knives at us!"

"I almost got cut. ”

"Who are they?"

When they saw who it was, everyone shouted angrily. But as angry as they were, they didn't dare to do anything. There are more than 30 people on Raymond's side, all of them are fully armed, and no matter how stupid these people are, they will definitely not be able to provoke them.

"Y-What are you doing?" Buda watched Raymond's actions in amazement.

Unexpectedly, in front of everyone's eyes, Raymond actually walked in front of the two goblins. He held out his hand: "Show me this crystal." ”

"I wanted to keep it to myself. Everyone was immediately relieved, and then scolded this person for being shameless, actually grabbing things in broad daylight, but forgetting the scene of doing it himself just now.

Hearing Raymond's words, the goblin who was clutching the crystal hurriedly shrank his hand into his arms.

Seeing this, Raymond smiled: "Don't worry, I have to read it to decide whether to buy it or not." ”

"You... Do you really want to buy it?" the goblin looked up hesitantly and met Raymond's gaze for a moment, he hesitated for a moment, and actually handed the crystal over.

"Oh...", the onlookers let out a sigh, and at the same time scolded in their hearts: Fool, fooled!

Holding this crystal, Raymond only felt that the tentacles were cold and slippery, and the surface of the whole crystal was in a perfect smooth state, without a trace of flaws, as if holding a ball of the purest water, that feeling was really indescribably comfortable, it was hard to imagine that a natural crystal could be perfect to this point.

Originally, Raymond planned to buy the crystal regardless of the quality, because at that moment just now, he seemed to see the kobold of the Orc Empire again, and saw Dave's resolute but weak eyes.

So, without much thought, Raymond asked Barste to teach those who were shameless a lesson.

However, it was only with the crystal in his hands that Raymond realized its amazing appeal, and if it wasn't for his sympathy for the goblins, it was worth buying.

While Raymond was playing with the crystal, the goblin watched him nervously. Finally, I heard Raymond ask, "How much?"

"50 gold coins... No, 30 will do. The goblin was pleasantly surprised.

Wow!

Everyone present immediately burst into an uproar, it was so cheap!?

Many discerning people present have already seen that this crystal is absolutely of the highest grade, and when they heard that this stupid goblin actually quoted such a cabbage price, many people immediately regretted it. I knew that it was so cheap, and I should have stood up at that time, so that I could not only get a high-quality crystal cheaply, but also have a good reputation.

A group of people looked at Raymond with jealousy and hatred, if it weren't for the 30 soldiers behind him, I'm afraid someone would have come out and rushed to buy it.

Under the gaze of various complicated eyes, Raymond took out a small bag of gold coins and threw it to the goblin: "It's exactly 50, you can count it." ”

"No, I only need 30. The goblin said hurriedly.

Seeing this scene, many people immediately showed expressions of anger and hatred.

Raymond waved his hand: "No, it's just the price you gave at the beginning." ”

As he spoke, he turned to Buda and said, "Can you give me a face, and let this goblin buy what he wants before driving him away?"

"This—" Buda wiped the sweat from his forehead in embarrassment.

"Hey, didn't you hear our boss?" said Harlott, unexpectedly.

He drew his sword and shook it in front of Buda's eyes as if in demonstration, and at the same time turned to the two goblins and said, "Don't be afraid, I will support you." ”

Raymond was wondering when this guy had such a sense of justice? Harlot's next sentence was revealed: "Besides, do you have any crystals?"

"This... I only have one piece. The goblin cowered.

"Tsk..."

As if finally deciding not to anger Raymond and his party too much, Buda said to the two goblins, "Go ahead, you can buy what you want before leaving." ”

The two goblins cheered, "Thank you, sir, and I promise to leave the city soon." ”

They turned around and ran towards a nearby shop, and after running a few steps, the goblin who sold Raymond Crystal ran back and bent down deeply at Raymond: "I'm Gubi from Baigu Village, I—I will always remember you." ”

Then he turned and ran away.

"Hey, what about me, have you forgotten that I spoke for you?"

Looking at the back of the goblin disappearing into the crowd, Harlot said hatefully, "What ingratitude." ”

Although the goblin was grateful, for Raymond, it was just a momentary act of reminding him of his hometown, and it was not worth taking seriously.

After the small interlude, the group moved on. At this time, Baste came up: "Young master, that crystal is so beautiful, let me touch it, okay?"

"Filthy goblin thing, what's so good. Hilness looked disgusted and said, "I don't know why you're standing up for them." ”

No matter how vulgar Hillness is, there are some things that cannot be changed, and the elves' natural dislike for goblins is still reflected in him.

Raymond handed the crystal to Bathter, and as soon as Catwoman took it in her hand, she immediately fell in love with it as if she had found a novel toy.

Raymond had never seen Bath love something so much, remembering that she resolutely followed her out of the Orc Empire and into this strange continent, without the slightest complaint, and she had never done a thing for her.

Thinking of this, Raymond said, "Since you like it so much, then I'll give it to you." ”

"Meow, really?" said Catwoman in surprise.

Because Raymond was happy to be like this with a casual little gift, it shows Bathter's unreserved trust and dependence on Raymond. And her unpretentious attitude shows more and more of a precious innocence.

"Well, from now on, it's yours. Looking at the overjoyed Catwoman, Raymond was also moved in his heart.

"Meow, young master, I know you're the best. Catwoman happily threw herself into Raymond's arms.

"Hey, isn't it just a crystal, don't you need to be so exaggerated. Harlot, who was watching the heat from the sidelines, said sourly.

"But this is the first thing the young master gave to someone. Catwoman was tired of being in Raymond's arms and stuck out her tongue at Harlot: "Anyway, people just like it." ”

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