my age of magic

Chapter 1151 254. Resettlement Camp

There are many magical caravans parked at the gate of the slave market. The winter in El City is extremely cold. In order to prevent the old horse from being frostbitten, the coachman put a layer of thick leather armor on the ancient horse. Wearing a leather hood, it looks like a light cavalry horse. These leather hoods and leather armor have unique patterns and patterns on the northern border, showing the rough folk customs of the northern border.

Not far from the gate of the slave market, there is a barbecue oven. The stall owner puts hot meat skewers on the oven. Although few people spend money to buy meat skewers, the oven is full of chariots. Husband, these coachmen spoke the northern dialect and talked about the freshest and most bizarre anecdotes in the city of Ayr, bursts of laughter burst out from the crowd from time to time.

Accompanied by the aroma of barbecue and the smell of golden cider, there are always some idlers watching the excitement in front of the gate of the slave market. Some citizens even ran to the gate of the slave market just to take a look at the alien female slaves sold in the market. Now they There is a new target, which is the statue of the spider warrior at the entrance of the slave market.

The spider warrior's body was as tall as a magic caravan made of refined iron, standing on the left and right sides of the gate of the slave market.

The craftsmen even installed prosthetic limbs on its severed arms, and painted them black. One spider warrior held two moonblade axes in his hands, and the other spider warrior held six The meter-long iron spear looks very imposing. People in the north are very curious about this alien creature. Several young nobles stood directly in front of the spider warrior, with their arms folded, discussing the spider warrior and the barbarian. In terms of wrestling, who will be more powerful.

The young nobleman touched the spider warrior's black spider legs with sharp barbs, and said to his companions: "Hey! It would be great if I could bring these two spider warriors to the underground boxing market, that Claude The barbarian leader in the hands of the old guy has been dominating the boxing market for six consecutive weeks, and someone has to stand up and take him down. Why did he freeze to death as soon as he arrived in El City?"

"It's all because of that fat Bobby. On the night when these two spider warriors were transported by the airship, he actually went to Mrs. Judy's bed to talk about his ideals and life, and then transported the two spider warriors from the imperial capital to El The big box in the city was left in the warehouse at the airport, and when we went to inspect the goods early the next morning, we found that there were actually two dark-skinned spider warriors in the wooden box, but they were completely cold from head to toe. "Another fat young nobleman said loudly with his back to Bobby.

"Tell me, if these two spider warriors are still alive, how much would it be worth?" The young nobleman who spoke first sighed.

"Can this kind of thing be bought with money? Among other things, these two spider warriors left behind two black magic crystals. How much do you think it should be worth?" A friend on the side also interjected. .

"Wow, does this guy still have a black magic crystal in his body?" the companion on the side said in surprise.

"Honestly, this..."

Several young nobles chatted about each other, talking about the spider warrior, and the topic became more and more biased.

The crowd at the gate of the slave market was bustling and lively. Bobby led our group through the slave market, ignoring the young nobles.

I asked Bobby strangely: "Those young people are talking about you, why don't you go to them, can you bear it?"

"What can't you bear?" Bobby retracted his hands into his sleeves and led us around the slave market, because there were more people here, and there were two strong waiters in front of us to open the way for us.

Then he smiled at me and said: "These old men are regular customers of the slave market, and two of them have been friends with the one above us for many years. What can I do without tearing my face? They said go, they just couldn't get the grapes and said the grapes were sour."

Marvin asked Bobby curiously: "What's the matter with you and Mrs. Judy?"

But Bobby said indifferently: "Then what's the matter, who can not have one or two lovers?"

There are many people who know Bobby near the slave market, and people greet him everywhere along the way.

At noon in such a winter, many slave traders gathered in the market. They put the slaves into large iron cages and put curtains around the iron cages to shield them from the wind and snow. A group of slaves wore thin clothes, shivering and huddled together in an iron cage, and some nobles came out of the market leisurely with slaves tied around their necks.

We did not go into the crowded slave market, but walked around the periphery of the slave market to the temporary resettlement camp behind the slave market.

From the outside, the entire resettlement camp is surrounded by a high wall. The top of this stone wall is covered with sharp and sharp iron thorns. There are four archery towers in the corners. Several longbowmen in chain mail They were patrolling back and forth on the watchtower, and there was a big iron gate next to the slave market. Several old orcs in tattered linen clothes were lying under the wall basking in the sun.

Although the cold wind in the street blows a puff of smoke and snow, which hurts people's faces like a knife cut, but this group of old orcs don't care about it. ray of sunshine.

A group of us walked along the back street to the gate of the resettlement camp. Looking up at the plaque at the gate of the resettlement camp, Bobby said to me: "This is a place for temporary resettlement of slaves. We will sell slaves in the slave market recently. Placed here, as for the other slaves, they have to work in the manor."

Standing between Marvin and me, Bobby put his arms around the shoulders of the two of us, stood at the gate of the resettlement camp, and said: "Even in the underground slave market in the Northern Province, the number of orc slaves is very small. Most of the orcs living in the camp are homeless people in Sloit Province, and their personalities are destined to make it difficult for them to integrate into our lives."

Marvin looked at the old orcs by the corner, and said lightly: "These orcs are a group of people who are almost forgotten in the northern border."

Bobby said to me: "No one cares about the lives of these orc wanderers except you. To be honest, if it wasn't for helping you, it's hard for me to believe that there are still people at the bottom of Sloit Province. Such a group of people are living a difficult life. Although they are not slaves, their life is not much better than that of slaves. It is hard to believe that there are golden apple trees all over the mountains, and rice trees, ground Potatoes and cranberries can make life so miserable."

I held Yingli's hand tightly, and said: "These orcs come to the wasteland, and they can hardly do anything other than herding and hunting. When I was at the War Magic Academy, I always had a wish, that I wished to live in the wilderness." One day in the future, we will be able to send these orcs wandering in the northern province back to the Pai Plateau."

Bobby and Marvin stared at me with wide eyes, and Bobby asked me: "Giga...you're serious, aren't you going back to El City for the winter vacation?"

Marvin also followed up and said: "It will take at least three months to go back and forth from El City to Pai Plateau, and it is winter now, and the mountains are covered by heavy snow. Even the best hunter guides cannot find the way into the mountains. .”

I laughed 'haha' and said, "Don't worry, I'm just talking."

"You guys are waiting for me here. Katerina and I went over to talk to them." I said to Yingli, Bobby and Marvin.

Saying that, Katerina and I walked up to those old orcs first. These old orcs also have some eyesight. They saw that Katerina and I were wearing gorgeous leather armor, and a group of companions standing beside us were very rich. Jigui looked at us cautiously and didn't understand what we were going to do.

I communicated with them in fluent orc language and asked about their current living conditions. Seeing that we could speak orc language, these old orcs were very willing to talk to us.

I asked them: 'Where did it all come from? '

These old orcs answered one after another. Some said they came down from the wasteland at the northern foot of starvation, some said they came out of the mountains at the western foot of the mountain, and some said they followed the caravan all the way down the plateau. of.

I asked them again: "What means do you usually use to make a living in the northern border?" '

The answers of these old orcs are also varied. Some of these old orcs have been night watchmen, some have been gravediggers, some have worked as hard laborers in coal mines, and some have been gold diggers in gold mines. The means of livelihood of the people living at the bottom.

It's just that the orcs lack a concept of saving money. They almost always earn some money and use it to fill their stomachs, never thinking about their future life.

They can't always remember that there is still a long and severe winter in the Northern Province. During this period, it is difficult to find a job, and they need a warm place, a thick enough leather jacket, and enough food. When the next winter comes, they will starve and suffer from cold.

I asked the orcs: 'Why are you in a slave camp? '

The old orcs remember this very clearly. They said that it was a kind and benevolent slave owner who let the displaced orcs live here temporarily and provided them with two meals a day for free, but they did not restrict their freedom. If you want, you can leave this resettlement camp at any time.

It looks like Bobby has been doing it literally since he got my orders.

I finally asked them in Orc language: "Would you like to come with me and live a free life in a place where you can graze and hunt at will?" '

The group of old orcs looked at me in surprise when they heard me say that.

I said again: "There is an orc village in my territory, and there are more than 100 wolf orcs living there. If you want to go there, I can ask the shaman and witch doctor in the village to come and pick you up." '

'Are you the messenger of the beast god who came to the human world to receive us? ' An old orc heard me say this, ran out and crawled at my feet, and asked me.

'Maybe, I haven't seen the Beast God, but I have met the wise man of Meyana on the Pai Plateau. ' I said to the old orcs.

'ah!It turns out that the wise man asked you to save us...'

What I don't understand is that these orcs are always easy to believe what others say when they ask them.

For example, I'm just talking casually now, and I can't even come up with the most basic proof, but these old orcs just believe it, and some even ran back to the resettlement camp happily to tell other orcs the good news In a blink of an eye, a large group of orcs ran out of the resettlement camp, and some young orcs even ran out quickly to inform the orcs who had found jobs outside.

At this time, Bobby and Marvin came up, and Bobby asked me a little stunned: "Ji Jia, what did you say to these orcs, that they trust you so much?"

Bobby smiled wryly at me and said, "Jijia, I'm afraid you will never imagine how I persuaded these orcs to come to me. I promised them a warm place to live here and two meals a day. A free lunch will never restrict their freedom, nor will it be used to make them do anything against their conscience, so they are willing to live in my resettlement camp."

I smiled and said to Bobby: "After all, I have lived on the Pai Plateau for a while, and I have a certain understanding of these orcs. Maybe I am more suitable for them in their eyes."

At this time, the guards in the resettlement camp had seen Bobby standing at the gate, and hurriedly opened the gate of the resettlement camp. Two guards ran out from inside, stood in front of Bobby respectfully, and said hello to Bobby.

Bobby said to me, "Do you want to go in and see where the orcs live?"

I shook my head and said, "Forget it. You are the big slave owner in El City. There must be some slaves locked up in the resettlement camp. My heart is soft. If I see a slave locked in a cage, I feel sorry for you. Give him freedom, we are friends, you don't want to refute my face, but slave owners use these slaves to make money, if you give freedom to these slaves, it will definitely violate your family precepts, it is better not to let you It's hard."

It was very cold in the alley outside the resettlement camp. Bobby rubbed his frozen face hard, and smiled at me and said, "Ji Jia, my slave resettlement camp is full of aliens who were legally captured by the slave catchers. Slaves and war slaves, these slaves are legal."

Bobby had no choice but to wave his hand to let the two guards leave, and then said to me: "I'm afraid you don't know how hot the slave market is this year. In the slave market, as long as it is a male, the price will be higher than that of a female slave." Double, this winter, young and beautiful foreign female slaves are no longer the best sellers, but war slaves and strong slaves have become popular products, and now people are looking for war slaves in the slave market almost every day."

Bobby said to me contemptuously: "I haven't seen any nobleman who resists slaves, but you are the only one who thinks about something."

Not long after, a magic caravan drove over from the slave market and parked in the alley.Instead of blowing the cold wind in the alley, we hid in the warm carriage and waited for the orcs who were willing to come with me. The copper hot pot was lit in the carriage, which was very warm.

I didn't wait too long, more than 200 orcs gathered at the gate of the resettlement camp,

Bobby leaned his body to the window, saw the orcs gathered outside, and said with some doubts: "Hey! Why don't I remember so many orcs were raised in the resettlement camp?"

These orcs seemed to be living in desolation in El City, and the linen clothes they wore were all tattered. Only the middle-aged orcs who had jobs outside wore decent clothes.

Bobby greeted a deacon in the resettlement camp. After checking the number of people, he realized that among the group of orcs gathered at the gate of the resettlement camp, there were more orc children and some mature orcs. These orcs should not live in the resettlement camp. camp.

Only then did we discover that some orcs had a stable life in El City.I didn't expect that at this time, I heard the news of the tribe, and they also ran over, wanting to leave El City with me.

(End of this chapter)