Grove's partner in action is Dusk. As the Lord's apprentice, she has always been courteous and courteous to others, which is completely different from the vampires Grove has dealt with. "To satisfy the teacher" is what she often talks about.
The first stop that Mu Du chose was Port Demorris. Their largest slave market was right next to the deep-water port. It ran day and night. Even the magic tide couldn't stop the merchant ships coming and going from this business, which was profitable no matter which continent it was. , rather, the magic wave has intensified the slave trade. The data observed by the intelligence team alone shows that the slave trade has exploded in the past three years. The increase in displacement and prisoners of war caused by wars, frictions, and natural disasters has made this market increasingly... Prosperity.
According to feedback from merchants in Wupu City, many well-protected ocean-going ships have appeared on the chaotic sea, equipped with powerful magicians, plundering small city-states along the way. The prosperity of the slave trade is closely related to them. relation.
In metal cages that can be seen everywhere, slaves who can only move in magic-suppressing magic circles are scantily clad and accepted by merchants. Some of them often wear hoods and cover their faces with masks. They only appear when goods are in demand. Only when the price competition is unreasonable will we take it off, and negotiate "amiably" with the other party based on our status and power.
Another impression Grove has about Bo Mu is that he has a strong mentality.
When this friendly and polite vampire child saw someone poking the dying slave in the cage with a stick, he would calmly say, "Fortunately, it's just a stick. What we used to treat us was a long silver awl. It's not satisfying to beat, but it will Thorny".
"Silver, it seems to be a drama to the vampires..."
Huo Mu waved his hand and interrupted with a smile: "It's useless to me. Not every vampire is immune to silver and light magic. But in order to prevent that guy from being so angry that he goes crazy, I will try my best to perform. It was very painful...but my acting skills may be a bit worrying, because it still hurt a lot from the beating."
"Been taught a lesson."
Every time he interacts with slaves, Dusk can't help but think about a question - if Sigrid hadn't stopped in front of him, what would he and Dusk look like now?
Thinking of his younger brother's silly face, not yet studying with Sigrid, but with a not so smart expression that his head was about to smoke when he was studying with Lady Sera, Hao Dui couldn't help but smile.
"By the way, have you heard about my teacher's experience in buying Sister Sigrid?"
"I've heard a little about it." Grove responded, his eyes were indeed like those of the macho man from the Dawn Leader battle group behind him, carefully observing his surroundings.
"How do you rate it?"
"A necessary risk when you are not strong enough."
Grove didn't mean to compliment him, but he had seriously thought about the lord's situation at that time.
Sigrid's origin has always been talked about by the Dawn people. She was a hybrid dragon with no magic power in the wild continent. She almost died, met two lords, and now she is second only to the three lords. Except for Feeling the magic of fate, another point shown is that the three lords of the Dawn Territory obviously don't care about their origins. They care more about loyalty and safety. They screen the slaves in distress every time to find individuals who meet the expectations and bring them back to the Dawn. Leadership training is the proof.
Grove was convinced that anyone who entered the comfortable paradise of the Dawn Territory would have their minds changed subtly, but he did not dare to neglect the fact that strong fortresses were often breached from within.
Although he couldn't imagine what kind of nails could cause chaos after entering the Dawn Territory, but when he thought that people with ulterior motives could enjoy the fruits of the Dawn people's hard work and drink the juice carefully brewed by slimes... Grove clenched his fists.
Why should the beauty that belongs to one of us be given to dark and dirty nails?
Grove's eyes became sharper and sharper, but Dusk, who was walking slowly, stopped.
Following Hui Du's line of sight, Grove saw a pair of vampires clinging to each other in the cage. The older brother always kept the younger sister behind him, although this was only a drop in the bucket.
It is an unwritten rule of slave merchants that only goods in good condition have the right to live alone, so that customers can make better purchases and they can take better care of themselves.
Grove knew that Mu Mu might be in love with the scene, so he approached the businessman who was enjoying the ice water and asked about the price. After Mu Mu inquired about the life experience of the two vampire slaves, he had already successfully bargained - as The courier has worked as a materials recycling merchant and as an adventurer in sales, and Grove is already very familiar with this.
"A magic crystal...where's the gold coin?"
"No gold coins will be accepted."
"How do you calculate silver coins?"
"The starting calculation is five hundred coins."
Bo Mu was happy. She who was studying with Sigrid didn't know that this was intentional, just to make things difficult for those who couldn't exchange enough silver coins immediately. Maybe they were among the currency melting and exchange merchants not far away. People, or merchants here, have reached agreements with currency merchants for mutual benefit.
"Tanya, this guy, has successfully messed up the large-amount currency and exchange system around the Green Shade Territory. Is this using her own minerals to rebuild a new order to establish her status and increase her influence?" She hasn't been out for a long time. The corner of Bo Mu's mouth rose when he saw this scene, "Is this an extracurricular practical test given to me by the teacher... Yes, he always likes to surprise everyone in the summoning team. Maybe he wants to use this trip to test me."
The brothers and sisters in the cage were extremely nervous. The appearance of their own race gave them a rare glimmer of hope.
"Go back and ask Sister Zixing to send us some money." Bo Mu glanced at the slave merchant who thought he had taken advantage of his customer, "Clorence's part of the silver coins hasn't been used up yet. If you want, melt them all." them."
After ordering the goods, the vampire brothers and sisters thanked them profusely. Bo Mu didn't say anything more. She took out the pen and paper she carried with her and started recording. She would never disappoint her teacher and recorded what she saw, heard and felt. , and the fluent answers during the test will definitely make the teacher happy.
Wandering aimlessly, looking, asking and taking notes, Bo Mu saw a few more pairs of vampires with separate cages. She wanted to step forward, but suddenly stopped and smiled slyly.
Grove was surprised by Dusk's quick reaction, but he was relieved when he thought that this was the Lord's apprentice.
He stepped forward on behalf of Hao Mu, casually said "Is there a price", and shook hands with her, his wide sleeves falling down to cover their hands.
Feeling the touch on his fingertips and listening to the price directly stated by the merchant, Grove showed a strange smile on his face, making the middle-aged slave merchant look guilty.
"In the days of Dewek, where were you responsible for, the east side of Solon? The west side? It wouldn't be the southwest corner anyway."
"You...I don't know what you are talking about. Are you here to do business or to cause trouble?"
"Don't panic yet."
Grove hugged the businessman and spun around, and gestured to Bo Mu. Bo Mu, who understood the gesture, asked the tough men in the battle group to go eat some pastries and wait.
"What on earth are you..."
"Let's talk, stop acting. No matter how you pretend, I won't buy the vampire twins you offer. We are all in the same boat. Don't you know what to do if you are broken up?"
The middle-aged businessman looked at the distant dusk, sighed, stared at Grove's face so close, gritted his teeth and said, "Who are you and how do you know this?"
"Like you, Solon's messenger was born."
"You work for Dawn Leader?"
"Are you sure you want to say it here?" Grove looked around.
Looking at the bustling crowd, the businessman whose identity was revealed waved his hand impatiently, letting his companion squatting not far away take his place, and led Grover to a stall near the pier.
"Southwest corner, Grove?"
The messenger named Jilong knew that the mission of spreading nails had failed, so he did not struggle and reported his home. However, he had never heard of the name Grove.
Grove took a sip of ice water and smiled to himself. It was only normal that he had never heard of it. In this wild southwest corner, he and a few messengers who occasionally came here were the only ones all year round. In the eyes of Solon's powerful people, his efforts were just Rubbish.
"How did you find out?"
"You seem to have little experience as a messenger. I made that gesture to confirm the amount with my fingers, but you quoted the price directly... How stupid."
Ji Long was stunned: "Is that all?"
"There are others, but I can't say." Grove's lips raised, "Which Lord of Solon do you work for?"
"There is no Lord of Solon now, that is in the past tense. What I follow is the benevolent Lord of Green Shade, Her Majesty Tanya." Jilong said, "She is different from Divek, loving, peaceful but full of courage. She has countless fans and has experienced several disasters, but the green shade has always been rich and peaceful, which is the result of her effective governance."
Seeing that Grove was still drinking water, Jilong paused and asked tentatively: "Solon is broken. It is understandable that we who were once the people of Solon are displaced and have to rely on others to survive. Now the Lord of Green Shade has inherited Solon." The blood of Lun is working hard to cultivate a new era and a new territory..."
"You want me to turn from darkness to light?"
"With your current status, you may be able to do more for His Majesty. We have worked hard for the same country and shed our blood for him..."
Grove interrupted him: "Just because I have worked hard and shed blood, I will not choose that path again. When my intelligence was shelved by those idiots without even looking at it, my heart was broken. already dead."
"The Lord of Green Shade will not be like this. Her virtues have impressed countless ethnic groups and bowed to them. The Lord of Green Shade has raised the banner for those who are unable to awaken their magic power. She is leading a new era with her wisdom and brilliance. It will be spread to every corner of Mela." Jilang said passionately with light in his eyes.
"But it does not include the Dawn Territory." Grove responded calmly, "We don't need other people's light, we have our own Dawn."
"As the messenger of Solon, you should know something about Her Majesty Tanya. She is such a perfect leader. How wise it is to follow her! In the future, we can proudly claim to be serving the best master of this era."
Grove sneered and said: "I can tell that you should be among the messengers who are rooted in the aristocratic soil of the middle part of the country. Your words are full of appeal, and your rhetoric is concise and powerful. But I don't read much. I just want to ask you a question." …Is there really anything perfect in this world?”
Silence spread between the two.
"It seems that neither of us can convince the other side. Why don't you tell me the reason why you insist on that ray of dawn? I want to see what makes someone who has served Solon for more than thirty years follow it with all his heart."
"They gave me shelter from the wind and rain, and they did not despise me because of my old age. I will have something to support me when I grow old. Their food is delicious, and they let me still look forward to seeing the future... ...Unlike you, I have excellent eloquence and cannot describe the true grand scene of the Dawn Territory for you. It is also a stunning scene that you cannot imagine and most people on this continent cannot imagine." Grove said, " I have made countless wrong choices in my life, which has left me trapped for half my life. Only being chased by the undead and having no choice but to make choices led me to the light."
"Although it is an old saying, if the Dawn Leader is in danger, I will not hesitate to sacrifice my life. What about you, can your loyalty go that far?"
Jilong hesitated slightly, but the fact that he needed to think before he could answer was already the answer itself.
"This is the last choice I made with the rest of my life and the ups and downs in the first half of my life. It is far more weighty than your slogan-like persuasion."
As he spoke, Grove stood up, his figure no longer upright due to the erosion of time but like a mountain peak.
From beginning to end, his tone was calm, but in that calmness... Jilong could hear the power, the power of faith.
Geelong is not the only "nail house" that has been exposed. As Dusk's selection proceeds, those nails who have devoted themselves to delving into the Dawn Territory and want to take a closer look are exposed by Grove one by one.
Sometimes, he would give a few points to hint that the other party was discovered.
Sometimes, he would not hesitate to ridicule the opponent's poor skills, causing the people around him to burst into laughter.
Not only did the nails in Port Demorris enjoy such treatment, Broken Gold City was also raided by Grove. Mu Mu even forgot about the task of selecting mechanics, and couldn't help but encourage Grove to do more things.
That night, Tanya, who was far away in the Green Shade Territory, received half of the information revealed by Demorris and the courier from Broken Gold City.
Tanya had a headache, and her slender fingers gently pressed her temples. The black owls not far away also sighed after hearing this - the black owls who are good at collecting information either died in the chaos, or were killed by Zenil and The glorious incarnations of the Theocracy have gathered together, and now the professional manpower of the Green Shade Collar is indeed somewhat...
"So many Solon messengers were all destroyed by an unknown Grove?" Tanya asked, "Who is he? Can you be sure?"
"From the archives of old Solon, it seems that we only know that he was sent to various areas of Solon to perform tasks over a period of thirty years, and there were many overseas missions. Finally, he was buried in the southwest corner, the archives Very rich, but the credit is..."
The intelligence officer, who knew he had messed up, was so ashamed that his voice became smaller and smaller.
Tanya held her head, she didn't know that it was her father's group of extremely rotten consuls who excluded a talent from Solon. It was no wonder that the other party had such a big resentment towards Solon.
"Why is it the Dawn Territory again? Even if they sift through treasures from slaves, they can also snatch people from Solon's land..."
A black owl suggested: "It is imperative to re-establish a reliable and covert intelligence system. I'm afraid Zenil will not be merciful to your Majesty's weak link."
Tanya's eyebrows were slightly twisted, and her eyes were slightly narrowed as she held her chin.
"How did you check the map Corinna brought back?"
"Compared with the old Hongyan Mountains map, the similarity reaches 70%."
"Seventy percent, is that considered high or low?"
"Taking into account the changes in the landform, the reclamation of the Dawn Territory, although there are errors and omissions, is within the normal range."
Black Owl's review report and the comparison of the maps eliminated most of Tanya's inner doubts.
"What is Corinne doing?"
"After returning to Wupu, I still ate, drank, and led a leisurely life with my servants. We have calculated their household expenses and there is no problem." Black Owl Hui reported.
"What I want to know is her answer." Tanya tapped the armrest with her finger, "Agree or reject."
"The messenger stated that after Miss Corinna handed over the map, she refused to answer the question with the excuse that she was tired, and her words contained a hint of reluctance."
Tanya was stunned for a moment, but a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. She stopped the surrounding archons from making disrespectful and blasphemous accusations against Corinna, and instead said.
"It doesn't matter, I'll go and invite you personally."
Zhang said, update at night, understand?
(End of chapter)
