The huge cage and the tunnel were integrated into a whole, covered by a black curtain, and the roars of wild beasts came and went, making people shudder.
Archbishop Brandon walked to the cage and waved his arm: "Open the door!"
The demon hunter who was responsible for guarding the cage saw that the visitor was Archbishop Brandon. He quickly lifted the curtain, took out the key and opened the huge door lock. According to Ma Wei's observation, this cage should have only one exit, and then It's the London underground, and if you want to leave, there's only one way.
Crunch....crunch....
The heavy iron door slowly opened, and a fishy stench, like that of a beast, hit his face. Mavey frowned, took out a handkerchief to cover his mouth and nose, and followed Archbishop Brandon in.
The ground is wet. The Houses of Parliament are located on the banks of the Thames, and Indian Church is not far from the Thames. As a result, the tunnel is damp all year round and emits an unpleasant muddy smell.
Archbishop Brandon changed the ring again and put on a gold ring. When the magic power came in, he clapped his hands together and heard two 'pop' sounds. The moonstone embedded on the top of the cage suddenly burst out with dazzling light. In an instant, the entire prison was illuminated by the cold white light.
This is a giant cage with five floors above and below. The Church of the Three Goddess of Destiny dug out the ground and opened it up to a height that can build a five-story house. The iron cages are stacked on top of each other, like stacked towers, and like towers. Rectangular blocks of building blocks were built, one next to the other, spreading forward. It is unknown how deep it is, and it is unknown how many extraordinary creatures are imprisoned.
There is a nameplate on each iron door, which contains information about the imprisoned extraordinary creatures, such as sun wolves, phosphorus fire horses, night demons... countless extraordinary creatures with violent tempers and difficult to capture appeared in front of Ma Wei. The magic wooden box kept vibrating, as if sensing the majestic gathering of magic power.
Many iron prisons are still empty. The iron prisons where extraordinary creatures are imprisoned only have a hundred or so cells. Compared to underground prisons with thousands of cells, the vacancy rate is as high as 90%.
"At the beginning, we underestimated how troublesome these extraordinary creatures would be." Archbishop Brandon walked to an iron prison and lifted the black cloth. Inside was a legless monster with an illusory shape floating in the air, wearing a Wearing a tattered black cloak, he wandered back and forth in the iron prison, looking anxious and restless. His occasionally exposed lower jaw looked as dry as dry tree bark.
"The Night Stalker... Nicholas, have you heard of it?"
"Extraordinary creatures that can enter dreams and eat away at the soul." Ma Wei nodded and said that he had heard: "During the day, when there is sunlight, the night demons will parasitize in the bodies of living creatures and will not go out until night falls. They It can penetrate into the bodies of other creatures, induce them to fall asleep, and secretly absorb their soul power... The undead clan, which belongs to the subordinate order of the undead, is the gathering of resentful spirits after the death of creatures."
Archbishop Brandon said in surprise: "You really know it. It seems that you should have come into contact with similar classics. Yes, the Night Demon Tribe is a branch of the Undead Tribe. Such extraordinary creatures are extremely difficult to capture. They will lurk in the human body." , it is extremely concealed and difficult to detect. Even if it is discovered, common physical methods will not be effective against it..."
As he spoke, Archbishop Brandon suddenly grinned: "I just said that the church underestimated the difficulty of these extraordinary creatures. The construction of this cage began more than a year ago, and it was only built a month ago. It's almost finished, but until a month ago, the church had captured no more than 20 living extraordinary creatures..."
"Extraordinary creatures with independent thoughts are not ordinary beasts." Ma Wei said: "They are more cunning and more powerful than beasts. They also have strong self-esteem and arrogant temperament. It is much easier to kill them than to capture them alive. .”
"Yes." Archbishop Brandon nodded and said: "Many times, these extraordinary creatures that are in desperate situations will fight to the death with the demon hunters. They would rather die than be captured alive. We often can only get their bodies, but This all changed a month ago!”
Archbishop Brandon looked at the night devil in the cage with fiery eyes and said excitedly: "Mercury blood! We have discovered the magic potion to restrain these extraordinary creatures! It is the mercury blood you brought, Nicholas!"
"The blood of mercury has natural restraint on these extraordinary creatures! Relying on the blood of mercury, the church captured hundreds of extraordinary creatures in a month!"
Yunia was curious at this time: "Dad said that mercury blood does not work on extraordinary creatures with pure soul bodies. This night devil is an undead tribe and belongs to the pure soul body. Can mercury blood work?"
"This is about the characteristics of the Night Demons!" Archbishop Brandon explained patiently: "The Night Demons are extraordinary creatures with very special characteristics. They cannot survive independently and must be parasitic on living things. We only need to add the mercury Blood injected into the body of a possessed creature can affect it!"
There was also a small cage inside the iron prison where the Night Demon was imprisoned. In the cage was a fat mouse as big as a palm, but the mouse had a pale beard and was curled up motionless in the corner. It was obviously at the end of its life.
"Under this underground cage, the church has set up a giant forbidden magic array. As long as you come here, you cannot leave through magic and can only rely on physical means." Archbishop Brandon smiled: "But we will regularly provide these extraordinary The creatures are injected with mercury blood to ensure they don’t have enough strength to escape from prison!”
The location of the giant cage is London, only a few hundred meters away from St. Paul's Cathedral, and next to the Witcher headquarters. If extraordinary creatures escape from prison, the Witcher will respond immediately and recapture them.
"They are all property of the church!" Archbishop Brandon said loudly: "There are always collectors who like to hunt for novelties. They are willing to spend huge sums of money to buy living extraordinary creatures to watch at home. This is one of the ways for the church to make money. In the future, We plan to incubate and tame these extraordinary creatures, try to make them less temperamental, and train them to become pets of the upper class!”
Facing Ma Wei, who had become a potion dealer prescribed by the church, Archbishop Brandon made no secret of the secrets of the church's business. These things had to be discussed with Ma Wei in the first place. If they were not explained clearly, how could they cooperate with other kingdoms in the future?
The person who doubted Mavey's identity was the Archbishop of Cambury. Archbishop Brandon had no doubts about his judgment. He was sure that Mavey was not a spy sent by other churches!
Breeding and domesticating extraordinary creatures is a method that humans have always used well. Over the course of time, humans have domesticated and nurtured too many species, and now they are eyeing extraordinary creatures.
Extraordinary creatures are naturally powerful. Under the same circumstances, humans are definitely not the opponents of extraordinary creatures. Ma Wei does not think that domesticating extraordinary creatures is a good idea. First of all, extraordinary creatures have independent thoughts. It is difficult to figure out the existence of independent thoughts. Secondly, extraordinary creatures are like time bombs that may explode one day and injure innocent people.
It's like taming a black bear. Even if you raise it from a young age, it's hard to guarantee that it won't become vicious one day.
Genes engraved in our bones are difficult to change.
Blocking is worse than spacing. Ma Wei led the Church of Truth to adopt a policy of naturalization rather than forced enslavement.
But then again....
Slavery was originally invented by these upper-class people. The United States of America next door has not yet gotten rid of slavery and the plantation economy!
"For the disobedient wolves, we will eradicate them and leave only the obedient dogs!" Archbishop Brandon and Ma Wei walked around in the huge cage, observing the imprisoned extraordinary creatures: "We will kill those with violent temperaments. Kill it and turn it into potion materials. If it has a weak temperament, we will keep it and breed them. Then we will separately cultivate the newly born extraordinary creatures and instill in them the idea of obedience to humans. Over time, we will definitely get An extraordinary creature that is obedient and obeys orders!”
"But isn't this a slave?" Yunia frowned: "Slavery has been abolished long ago!"
"Of course we abolish human slaves." Archbishop Brandon looked at her strangely: "Extraordinary creatures are not human beings. They are no different from beasts! Humans can use horses as mounts and can also tame them! I don't Think of them as slaves, they can only be regarded as pets and domestic animals at best! They cannot be compared with humans!"
Those who are not from our race must have different minds, and even the idea of human supremacy is the policy implemented by the Church of the Three Goddesses of Destiny. In fact, there is nothing wrong with this. After all, the Church of the Three Goddesses of Destiny is composed of humans, and it is normal for humans to be the core. Even the Church of Truth, which advocates seeking common ground while shelving differences and promoting universal unity, will inevitably be biased towards human beings in its policies.
But this does not mean that Ma Wei will regard extraordinary creatures with independent thoughts as domestic animals and pets. In Ma Wei's eyes, any existence with feelings, independent thoughts, and concepts of right and wrong can be called a 'human being'.
Yunia, who had been trained by Ma Wei for a long time, did not agree with Archbishop Brandon's remarks, but she did not say much. There was no point in continuing to argue, but it would be easy to be exposed.
"Nicholas, how much do you think a Sunwolf can be sold for?"
Archbishop Brandon stopped in front of an iron prison and lifted the black cloth covering the cage. Inside was a dirty female werewolf.
"this...."
Ma Wei couldn't give an answer for a while. He didn't understand the market and costs at all. Isn't it nonsense to just talk about it?
"The price given by the church is 500 gold pounds!" Archbishop Brandon said: "In order to capture it, the church paid the price of two bottles of mercury blood. Plus manpower, material resources and other miscellaneous matters, the cost is about 120 gold pounds. About pounds...Although werewolves are ugly and covered with hair, there are always some customers who like them...Don't misunderstand Nicholas, Goddess above me, I have absolutely no fetish in this area."
"I can understand the desire for novelty, but if you go to bed with a female werewolf, aren't you afraid of backlash?" Ma Wei was shocked by the buyer's idea. Although he had seen similar things before, he still couldn't help but feel sad every time he saw it. surprise.
"I don't know either."
Archbishop Brandon shrugged: "When you buy a living extraordinary creature in the church, we usually give you a bottle of mercury blood and teach the buyer how to use the mercury blood. The Sunwolves may turn into humans during the day. Do buyers want to experience it?”
"But if we do it during the day when the Japanese wolves are at their weakest, what's the difference between it and ordinary humans?"
"..."
Archbishop Brandon couldn't answer that question, he really didn't know.
"Nicholas, I brought you here today because I want Manstein Potion Company to start the same business." Archbishop Brandon threw the previous question behind him.
"Buying and selling extraordinary creatures?"
"Yes." Archbishop Brandon nodded heavily: "This business can be called a huge profit. Of course, it is certainly not as profitable as selling potions, but who would mind that the money is too much? Don't you think so?"
"Well...."
After thinking for a moment, Mavey said: "I think it is better not to start this business at Manstein Potion Company."
"Why?" Archbishop Brandon looked puzzled: "Don't you want to make money, Nicholas?"
"Just because I want to make money, I don't want to get involved in this business."
Ma Wei said seriously: "Manstein's potion company conducts transactions through fixed contacts, and some of these contacts have contact with extraordinary creatures. To put it simply, the reason why I can do this is I got so many rare potion materials because I got help from extraordinary creatures! I provide them with the materials they need, and they give me the materials, it’s that simple!”
"What would these extraordinary creatures think if the news that Manstein's potion company started to deal in extraordinary creatures was known to them? Will they still cooperate with our company? If the channel is cut off, how can they still make money?"
"As you said just now, Archbishop, the profit from buying and selling extraordinary creatures is far less than the profit from selling magic potions! Demand determines the market!"
If extraordinary creatures are compared to pets, then magic potions are medicines. Although the pet market is huge, it pales in comparison to the medical market.
To put it another step back, compare Sleepy Toast to cigarettes. Doesn’t the annual net profit of cigarettes far exceed that of the pet market?
Ma Wei would definitely not do such a stupid thing as picking up sesame seeds and throwing away watermelons, not to mention that he did not approve of the Three Goddesses of Destiny Church's buying and selling of extraordinary creatures and did not want to participate at all.
This is not only to protect one's own bottom line, but also to protect the image of the Church of Truth in the minds of extraordinary races such as the Snake Tribe, Tree Tribe, and Blood Tribe.
Ma Wei couldn't let the trust that was finally built collapse.
"Well, since you are determined to do so, I can't force you."
The proposal was rejected. Archbishop Brandon was slightly disappointed, but he quickly cheered up: "Let the church operate independently when it comes to buying and selling extraordinary creatures. The Manstein Potion Company will still operate exclusively in accordance with the previous policy. Magic potion.”
"At the regular congress in two days, the church and the kingdom will discuss the first phase of the potion. The pope told me that you should participate together."
"I?"
"That's right, you are now the potion dealer of the church. We don't know whether many policies will affect you. In order to avoid misunderstandings, you also come to participate in the formulation of laws and strive for favorable terms for the company, so that everything will be safe. Got it!"
