Arcane Lord

After the carriage got up completely, Andre lined up his robes, laughed rather helplessly, and asked the aristocratic girl who was sitting opposite him energetic and bustling: “Chloe, you What is going on in the slave market just now?”

The last thing he wants to go to is the slave market, for fear of seeing the miserable situation inside. This is not softheartedness or excessive tendency to clemency, but education in the past The formed moral concepts are at work, just as most modern people will sympathize with a fluent Lang’er, see a terminally ill family with no money to treat the disease, and are willing to give help as much as they can.

“hehe! Of course it is to repay your life-saving grace! My aunt said that you have just been conferred as Baron because of your outstanding achievements, so you definitely have not recruited private soldiers, so let me choose three for you. Ten strong slaves. Today, there is only one boutique slave auction every two months. If you make a mistake, you will have to wait for the next time.” Chloe replied as it should be by rights.

Obviously, in her eyes, buying a slave is like buying a piece of furniture or jewelry, without any psychological burden at all, and has not considered complex issues such as human nature at all.

Well, in fact, Andre also knows that Olaer continent ordinary person is basically impossible to have so-called freedom and equality. The serfs and tenants of the inland kingdom are basically tied to the land and belong to the private property of the nobles. Once you escape, you will be executed immediately, and it is not very different from the slave.

The only advantage is that while paying high taxes, they are also protected by the nobles. If monsters, wild beasts or robbers attack, the local nobles will mobilize private soldiers to encircle and suppress, and disasters will also occur. Will get a certain degree of relief, because in this world, population is a relatively important resource. After all, the roads are still vast and sparsely populated. The monsters and wild beasts in the wild are dozens of times more than humans. Hundreds of times, so with a sufficient population, more land can be cultivated and more food can be harvested.

As for the real slave, it must be much more miserable than the serfs and tenants. The fate is in the hands of the master, and they can live well in gold and silver, and their life is no worse than that of the little nobles. Those who have a bad life are inferior to the animals. When the animals are used up, they have to feed some fodder and rest, but they can only live and die.

Especially in several mines near Linton City, it is said that the number of slaves that die every year is as high as thousands, and they will double when they encounter a collapse. This shows how bad their living conditions are. .

There are many reasons for this, one of which is frequent wars.

Many traditional feudal kingdoms still retain the habit of plundering enemy villages and towns. Once a certain village or small town is occupied, they will directly light up everything, and then turn the population into Slave, sold to merchants with the army, and exchanged for a lot of Gold Coin.

If the local rulers or kings are willing to pay the ransom, it’s okay. If they don’t, then these people will be trafficked to other places, so there will always be a large number of ordinary slaves circulating in the market for sale. There will be merchants sending a batch of them right away.

Compared to ordinary persons, craftsmen, scholars, and elite soldiers are much more expensive. Sometimes there are even people with professions who are sold on the slave market. They often cause There is a panic buying trend, so auctions are held every few months.

Be aware that these people often have a certain value, enough to pay the ransom for themselves. Even if they can’t afford it, the forces they’re dependent on will often pay for them. They all have very strong professionalism, especially Elite soldiers, every nobleman hates to raise more. As long as they don’t exceed their tolerance limits, they usually raise as many as they can, in order to deal with various dangers.

But Andre himself is a mage, and he is not interested in these treasures in the eyes of most nobles. As long as he learns Level 3 magic, he can use the terrifying Arcane at any time. The soldiers left and right smashed into pieces of meat. If it weren’t for the noble bill, Baron had to provide at least 30 soldiers, he didn’t even plan to hire any of them.

Sitting on the bumpy carriage, some boring Chloe turned his gaze to the silent Little Loli and asked curiously: “Little Sister, can you tell me your name? “

“My name is Beverly, I am an apprentice of the tutor.” The girl replied timidly. I don’t know why, she seems a little shy.

“Apprentice?” Chloe started slightly. “Oh… my goodness, you shouldn’t be a mage apprentice?!”

Andre saw that the little fellow seemed a little afraid of the nobility, so he touched her comfortably Hair, took the initiative to take the topic, nodded with a smile: “Yes, she is the apprentice I chose. She is very innate talent. I believe it will not take long to master the real Arcane power.”

” What a lucky girl, please see if I have the innate talent of a mage. I also want to be your apprentice.” As Chloe hurriedly took off the white lace gloves, took off the lady hat on top of her head, and put herself All of his hands and face leaked out.

The naive and expectant look of her immediately amused Andre, and immediately waved her hand to explain: “I think you may have misunderstood something. The most important aptitude for becoming a mage is intelligence. That is to say, your brain’s ability to learn, remember, and logically think. You don’t need to look at palms or faces. These are all tricks that buskers make to make money.”

After listening to this In other words, Chloe’s face collapsed in an instant, and he whispered in annoyance with a pouting mouth: “Damn! Those bards are not saying that they are true spellcasters. You can tell by carefully observing the lines on their hands and eyes. Can you come to it?”

“hahahaha! The stories you hear are all artistically processed and exaggerated. The real wild adventures are generally speaking very hard. In many cases, you can’t make a fire. It takes several days. Eat hard dry food, sleep in the grass full of stones and mosquitoes, if bad luck, you will encounter monster and wild beast attacks, accidentally will die. Think about it, if the bards tell the story If it’s so true, will anyone listen to it?”

Andre laughed while popularizing the adventurous and terrifying side of the noble girl who grew up in the greenhouse.

He can see that although the other party has some common problems of aristocrats, such as high self-esteem, and lack of common sense, but in essence, he is very kind, and he does not endorse the so-called Eldest Miss’s shelf, nor I didn’t put on an aloof and remote posture, except for being a little idiot and natural, it was still very good.