Rogge's face was expressionless, with only a pair of eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything shining with a deep light, "You are a smart man, as long as you speak, I will not kill you."
The old man's Adam's apple rolled up and down, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and bent down again.
"Can you really survive?"
"You have no choice." Rogge drew out the Jade Fire Sword, the sword reflecting cold light in the light of the flickering torch.
After a few words, the old man seemed to have aged a lot, and his shrewd energy had dissipated a lot, and he said slowly: "This is a secret."
"I like to hear secrets."
The old man sighed and said slowly: "Okay first, the credibility of this matter is only half percent. If it is true, it involves a lot, do you still want to listen?"
"Bar."
"Then..." The old man pointed to the side and motioned for Rogge to lend him a word.
Rogge's eyes signaled Andermeier to be optimistic about the others, and he took Roya Farah and Ophina and walked forward for a certain distance with the old man.
"Bar."
"I also overheard this from the bodyguard of a king in the Land of Chaos. Ten years ago, in order to facilitate trade, I invited the bodyguard to have a meal and spent a lot of money to obtain that The royal right of commerce in the country.”
"The money has arrived, and the guard is very happy. He is a heavy drinker and makes me drink non-stop. How can I, an old man, drink better than him, so I resorted to some tricks."
"Then I pretended to be drunk, but the guard was really drunk and said some words, including news about trade with the Goblin Kingdom."
"He was just two days ago. The Goblin King actually came to the Land of Chaos in person. Under the auspices of several big shots from the adventure group, he held a meeting with almost all the kings and lords of the Land of Chaos."
"Is it an adventure group or an adventurers association?" Rogge asked.
"Adventure group, I'm pretty sure his is an adventure group."
"Is Julius among them?"
"He's not Julius, but he's one of them with a golden glow all over his body. Julius's appearance is no secret. The Adventurers Association even sells his biography. He's also a Sunshine-level person. He is probably the leader of the adventure group’s sacred glory.”
Rogge held his chin and thought for a moment, then asked: "Trading with the goblin territory, isn't this a secret?"
"Of course, many businessmen know that."
"Then your secret is that the big shots from the adventure group presided over the meeting?"
"Yes."
"Since it is a secret, the king's personal guard should not be able to participate in the meeting, and should not see Julius and others."
"Yes, I was also curious about this at the time, so I tried it out. He heard it from the king's mouth."
"The king returned to the palace after the meeting that day. He was furious and cursed, but he didn't expect that he left the door tightly closed and was seen and heard by the guards on duty outside."
"The guard was in high spirits at the time and gave me a lively performance."
"You can also give us a show." Ofina said, leaning her head on Rogge's arm.
The old man looked embarrassed and shook his head, "Let's forget about the performance, but I can tell you his exact words."
The old man stroked his beard and thought for a while, then said:
"He's like this: What a bullshit big shot, he's all human! He looks shiny and righteous, but he threatens us, even using his sacred oath! Curiosity really kills people, why did I choose to stay at that time?! But... When trading with goblins, it depends on whether they can afford the price!"
"Gone?"
"Well, that's all the personal guard knows."
Rogge glanced at Ofina and found that the girl was squinting her eyes slightly and raising the corners of her lips, as if she had discovered something interesting.
Rogge planned to ask her later and "squeeze" the old man clean first.
"So you're not from Julius?" Rogge asked.
"No, I'm just the president of a chamber of commerce."
"Then why are you... afraid when I mention Julius?"
The old man was slightly startled, then said helplessly: "I can't hide anything from your eyes. Yes, I have been afraid of hearing this name for the past ten years."
"Oh why?"
"Because... that personal guard, together with his king, disappeared without a trace in two days, as if they did not exist at all. From then on, I never went to that country again, even to trade in the land of chaos. The deputy is presiding over it, and I won’t enter the country.”
The old man smiled apologetically and said, "Can this secret be exchanged for our lives?"
"Just one more thing and that's it."
"What?"
"Let my people join your caravan and go to Angligo."
"Can."
"Promise so soon?"
"I don't have a choice, do I?"
It's really fun to communicate with smart people, especially when one's side has the absolute advantage.
Rogge nodded with satisfaction, "Congratulations, you successfully saved your life. Nana, do you have anything else to ask?"
"Oh, old man, I just want to ask, are all the goods you brought requested by the goblins?" Ofina asked.
"Yes."
"They want more than just these things, right?"
"This... To be honest, I don't know, but I guess there should be more than that. You also know the place called Chaos, just one word, Chaos. There are so many big countries, and there are many lords sitting on one side, and it's not because there are Huge amount of space barriers.”
"There are many special products in this space barrier, but they are all in the hands of the kings and lords. Those big shots prompted the goblins to hold a meeting with them. It is impossible for them to just have ordinary goods like mine. of."
"The goods you have here are not very ordinary. The quality of these ores and spiritual stones is very good, even better than those produced by the empire!"
"Haha, these are all common things in Lonely Peak, and the most expensive ones are just a few high-quality spiritual stones."
"Are these the ones?" Ofina suddenly had a few faintly glowing spiritual stones in her hand. The largest one was as big as a goose egg and was so crystal clear that Rogge could feel the pure energy contained in it.
"Uh...right."
"Can you give it to me?" Ofina blinked her eyes.
The old man's eyes twitched, and he lowered his head and said: "But... yes, as long as the girl likes it, just take it."
"I like it, thank you."
Ofina put the largest spiritual stone into the spiritual space ring, threw the others back to the old man along with a string of space rings, and pulled Rogge away.
The old man rubbed the ring, a relieved smile appearing on his wrinkled face.
…
According to the agreement, everyone changed their clothes and mixed into the caravan Zheng
The original team of one hundred people, and the addition of forty-four people, didn't seem to be anything unusual.
The Bafang Chamber of Commerce to which the caravan belongs, as the old man said, is a small and unknown chamber of commerce that travels to all corners of the Hess continent for trade.
The old man's name is Saibans. He is eighty-nine years old and is an accomplished senior water magician.
Rogge was relatively relieved to cooperate with this shrewd old man, because no matter what his thoughts were, he had to think that there was always a sword hanging above their heads. If they did something bad, the sword would fall on their heads in a manner that they could not resist.
"Nana, have you discovered anything?" Rogge asked quietly.
Ofina took the opportunity to get very close to Rogge and whispered to him, "Yes."
"look."
Ofina pointed at her flawless face.
Rogge understood and took a sip.
Ofina said with satisfaction: "Brother, do you know what the sacred oath is?"
"The most useless fifth-level light magic?"
"That's all nonsense. All magic is useful, it just depends on the occasion."
"The magic of Holy Oath is very interesting. It has neither terrifying lethality nor good auxiliary abilities. It is also very difficult to learn! It seems useless at first glance, right?"
"Yes, yes." Rogge cheered.
"But, it is very useful for keeping secrets. The sacred oath allows the person who takes the oath to never take the initiative to violate the oath. Otherwise, not only the caster will know, but the person who violates the oath will also be subject to a power comparable to the sixth-level magic annihilation ruling. Backlash!"
"Is it so scary?"
"Of course, as soon as the annihilation light comes out, all living beings will be wiped out! This is no joke. Once it hits the body, the weaker ones will not even be left with ashes, and even Nana can't save them!"
"So the sacred oath was released by Julius in order to allow the king and lords to keep the secret of the meeting."
"Yeah."
"Then the king and his bodyguard were wiped out by the backlash?"
"That's not necessarily true. After all, the king did not take the initiative to break the oath. It was the personal guards who eavesdropped. But, that Jin Shining Shining is not a good person. He might do something to the sacred oath!"
"That's right. Do you believe what Saipansi said?"
"Believable, he is so smart, he would definitely not dare to lie to us."
"Nana, did you discover anything else?"
Ofina turned her head and pointed at the other side of her face.
Roger took another sip.
"Hehe, these are the ores that the goblins want. These ores can be smelted into high-quality metals, thereby making equipment that is even better than the empire. According to Saipans' law, the trade started ten years ago. From the beginning, I should have accumulated a lot of equipment, right? But I have never heard of how good the Orc Lianmei equipment is!"
"Indeed." Rogge thought for a while, "There are several possibilities. The first one is that the Orc Alliance is hiding an ace force."
"The second one is that the goblins didn't give the weapons to the orcs at all!" Ophina answered quickly.
"But the trade is not a secret. Chief Gruul must know it, and he also knows that there is a lot of ore. So the second possibility is very low."
"Yes, so the Orc Alliance is very likely to hide a very well-equipped ace force. Ten years of accumulation is quite a lot."
"Alas." Roger sighed.
There is a high probability that the Orc Alliance has an unknown number of ace troops whose location is unknown. This news will undoubtedly make the already difficult war worse.
"Besides, I always feel that the things the goblins buy are a bit weird, but they don't come up." Ofina curled her lips.
"Did you write everything down?"
"take note of it."
"Listen to me."
Ofina told Rogge about the products of the Bafang Caravan one by one. The items were indeed very complete, ranging from daily necessities to the Joyce column used to measure strength and magic power.
However, these things mainly come in many types, with just a few of each type, rather than in huge quantities like ores and spiritual stones.
Rogge didn't feel any problem at first, but as he listened, he always felt that the goblins seemed to be full of curiosity about the world of Hess and wanted to see everything.
But...is it really a goblin?
