Lords go left, Emperors go right

Excluding the undeveloped Chaos Land and the Central Continent, the economic development level of the human race's Southern Continent is the lowest among all the continents of the human race. The wealth and resources there are basically concentrated in the hands of a few people such as slave owners and nobles. The main profit of the slave trade comes from overseas markets, and the largest market is the Western Continent where Prince Aosta belongs.

On the surface, the Western Continent and the Southern Continent are confronting each other, and the war of words between the countries continues, but the gray economic trade exchanges in private are very close. There are no eternal friends, nor eternal enemies, only eternal interests.

The Western Continent was a feudal system. When the royal families and nobles of each country were short of labor, they would buy labor from the slave traders in the Southern Continent. The labor force and coolies were mainly exported to the Western Continent. The trade volume with Western Continent countries accounted for about 60% to 70% of the total trade volume of slave traders.

The remaining 30% to 40% of the trade volume is with the Northern Continent. The Northern Continent is an economic capital system, and compared to other human continents, it is extremely wealthy. The royal families, nobles, and wealthy businessmen of the countries in the Northern Continent are not mainly buying labor, and they do not need any labor.

The trade between customers from the Northern Continent and slave traders from the Southern Continent was mainly to buy slaves to satisfy their interests and personal needs. The prices they offered were often higher than those from the Western Continent. After all, in terms of wealth, the Western Continent really couldn't compare.

The Eastern Continent would not buy slaves, and Maxim and other slave traders from the Southern Continent basically did not want to go to the Eastern Continent. The Eastern Continent of the human race was a continent dominated by the Church of Light, which was completely controlled. The authority of the church was far superior to the imperial power, and the position of theocracy was unshakable.

According to Maxim, the residents of the Eastern Continent were all believers, severely brainwashed by religion, and all of them were believers of God. In this case, it was impossible to sell goods. The church leaders did not need to buy Maxim's goods at all. If they needed them, they would just wave their hands and a large number of believers would voluntarily donate everything.

"Your Highness Aosta, the cargo on this ship is mainly shipped to the Northern Continent for sale. Once your funds are in place, the cargo purchased on my other cargo ships will be shipped to the Western Continent for sale."

"There seem to be a few merchants from the Northern Continent in my territory. Would you like me to introduce you to one so you don't have to go there to trade?"

"Your Highness Aosta, I appreciate your kindness. There is no need to trouble you. Besides, the situation in the Northern Continent is complicated. Those big chambers of commerce and trade alliances are resisting our doing business, saying that we are engaging in unfair competition."

"Unfair competition? This is a joke. Could it be that they are also engaged in this business?"

Maxim politely rejected Aosta's recommendation. The northern merchant representative in Aosta's territory, the eldest daughter of Euphnic Chamber of Commerce President Lanis, was a member of the orthodox merchant alliance, and had a serious conflict with Maxim and other slave traders from the southern continent.

After learning the details, Osta did not insist on his original idea, which might have made things worse for Maxim. A large part of the merchants in the northern continent looked down on the slave merchants in the southern continent, and felt that the slave traders' sale was unfair competition. Osta was quite speechless about this. The capitalists laughed at the slave owners. Both sides were not good people, and there was no need to blacken each other.

On the way to the deep cabin under the deck of the "Paradise", Osta saw many wooden cages. A large amount of goods were stored in the cages, most of which came from the important source of goods in the southern continent of the human race.

Under the dim light of the cabin, it looked like a large expanse of white and attractive beauty. There were a lot of cargoes in each wooden cage. After all, the "Paradise" was now fully loaded with cargoes, and every available space was used as much as possible without any waste.

Through the wooden fence, you can see that the cargo is basically sitting on its knees, with its white legs folded together and kneeling forward, sitting upright with its knees down. The cargo leans forward, leaning against the wooden fence, with its hands crossed behind its back, and its wrists and ankles fixed with black metal shackles. There is no other equipment on the cargo except for two circles of hemp rope. The ability of these cargo to speak is basically sealed by ropes or wooden shackles, and they can only stay there and wait for their fate.

Most of the cargo was placed in this shameful posture, but a few cargoes with more personality, unwilling to completely succumb to fate, had slightly different postures. Those special cargoes either had their hands hanging above them, or were kneeling and facing the opposite direction, and more were lying on the ground, with their front facing down and their backs facing up, in a four-horse stance. With the special blessing of the thick hemp rope tied and tightened, the size of the cargo's breasts in front of them seemed to have increased a lot in terms of visual effect.

There are many sources of goods in the southern continent. The main source of goods on Maxim's side is prisoners of war, as can be seen from the way the thick hemp ropes are tied up. After long-term detention and evil feeding, the goods will basically give up struggling and resistance in the end, accept the reality and succumb to the arrangement of fate. No matter what their previous identities were, they are all the same here, which can be regarded as achieving complete fairness and true equality to a certain extent.

The goods were all very good-looking and had great bodies, with basically all of them having curvaceous bodies that barely caught Aosta's eye and could be considered a feast for the eyes. Of course, those goods were incomparable to Chris and the other three beauties.

When they saw Maxim and Osta coming in, the goods blushed, showed expressions of fear, looked away, lowered their heads in fear, and dared not look at the fat man. The evil torture instruments placed outside were not for display or decoration. In addition to their deterrent effect, if there were any with more personality, Maxim would punish them personally until the goods were qualified.

As a gentleman, Aosta found out after a little observation that these goods had basically not been touched and were still original goods. After understanding, Maxim said that this was because of the price. The price of intact goods was several times higher than the general price.

If slave traders and slave dealers want to make higher profits, they usually won't really touch the goods before sending them to the buyers, and at most they will play with other aspects. Unless the goods are too unique and resist too much, they will be forcibly deflowered and then the price will be reduced.

Before the collars were put on, these goods were in a state of being for sale. Only after they were registered and branded with special marks, they were officially sold. According to Magosim's estimate, the cost of these goods ranged from a few hundred to a few thousand browns (a few hundred copper coins to a few silver coins). If they were resold to the human northern continent, the price could be raised to at least 50,000 to 100,000 browns (five to ten gold coins), and the profit would be multiplied many times.

According to a famous scholar on Earth, with 100% profit, capital dares to trample on all human laws, and with more than 300% profit, it dares to commit any crime, even at the risk of being hanged. The profits of slave traders like Maxim have long exceeded the standard, and Aosta almost wanted to join the industry.

Among the trades in the human continents of this alien world, the trade in weapons (arms) has the same profit as the slave trade, and the trade in special medicines (drugs) has the highest profit, which is mainly done by northern merchants. The legitimate business has to stay on the sidelines, as it cannot compare to these three in terms of profit.

Osta felt a strange irony. The merchants of the human race in the northern continent, on the one hand, stood on the moral high ground, pointing fingers and making irresponsible comments on the slave merchants of the southern continent, while on the other hand, they secretly said, "I really like it." Not only did they buy goods from merchants in the southern continent, but they also openly exported special medicines (white powder-type drugs) to other human continents. This double standard was too obvious.

Public opinion will not condemn the merchants from the Northern Continent. According to the information revealed by Magosim, the largest market for special medicines is mainly exported to the Eastern Continent. In order to maintain religious authority, the church that controls the Eastern Continent often needs to use these special medicines to control the thoughts of believers. The public opinion of the human race is mainly controlled by the Church of Light. If the church does not say anything, then all actions are normal activities allowed by the gods.

Because of this relationship, a considerable number of high-ranking officials within the Church of Light indirectly became the umbrella of protection for merchants from the northern continent. Osta was not sure whether his grandmother, the current Pope of the Church of Light, Pope Maritia II, was involved. If he had time to go back to his mother's house in the future, he might have to advise his grandmother on this matter and reform the internal atmosphere of the Church of Light.

"Your Highness Aosta, if you are interested, I can sell it to you at a discount of 50% off. These are gifts, so buy one get one free."

"Maxim, take me to see the truly valuable collateral, and this offer won't be necessary. Do you think I need to buy it?"

"I'm sorry, Your Highness Aosta, it seems I was worrying too much. It's just down here."

Osta turned his head and looked behind him, then rejected Maxim's suggestion. The fat merchant was a smart man. When he saw Chris and the others following behind Osta, he knew that no matter how much he promoted and sold the goods in his hands, it would probably not attract the interest of the prince. He was afraid of comparing goods. The appearance of the people following Osta was too terrifying, to the point where it was incomparable.

"By the way, the goods you mentioned are from alien races. How did they come from? Can you tell me? As far as I know, the fighting power of alien races is very strong. There is no reason for them to be so easy to get."

"This... Your Highness Osta, I'll report it truthfully so that you can understand it. About a month ago, when the Elf Continent was celebrating the Moon Goddess Festival, the Black Beast Mercenary Group, which was relatively well-known for its covert activities here, launched an operation. Although they suffered heavy losses and were almost wiped out, they still..."

"This script...I seem to have seen the same plot somewhere before...Are you sure there won't be any problems?"

"Your Highness Osta, don't worry. With the strength of your territory, especially the fighting power of the beauties behind you, you are not afraid of the elves coming to cause trouble. As long as you take over the mortgage, the interest will be given to you at 300%."

"Maxim, let's take a look at the goods first!"

After Maxim revealed the origin of the goods, he was afraid that Aosta would hesitate and refuse to lend him the money, so he directly proposed to double the interest rate of the loan from the original 150% to 300%. Aosta's hesitation disappeared instantly. The other party didn't care. If he was still afraid, it would be unreasonable.

Chapter 112: The Sole Survivor of the Black Beast Mercenary Group

At the dock of St. Louis, an important port city in the coastal area of ​​Bloomfield Territory, the lord, Prince Osta, and several of his exclusive attendants, battle maids, Chris, Yulia, and Sophia, came to the lowest cargo hold of the "Paradise", the largest cargo ship of Maxim, the famous slave trader in the southern continent, "Smiling Fatty".

Aosta came here to check the value of the important cargo on the ship and whether it could be used as collateral for the loan. Maxim assured Aosta that the important cargo was on time and worth the price, and was more valuable than the previous cargo.

Among the eight continents surrounding the Central Continent, four are human continents, located in the four cardinal directions of east, west, south and north, and the remaining four are all alien continents. The areas of the alien continents are larger than the four human continents, except for the Central Continent. These four alien continents are the Jade (Elves) Continent in the southeast, the Ancient (Dragon) Continent in the northeast, the Dark (Demon) Continent in the northwest, and the Beast (Orc) Continent in the southwest.

There are more alien forces than just these four continents. They are just the alien forces on the surface. According to some ancient documents handed down, there are at least five floating continents in the sky, arranged in the five positions of east, west, south, north and center. Among the sky aliens living on them, the Protoss occupies one of the continents. The origins of the sky aliens living on the other four continents are not clear for the time being, and they have never communicated with the surface world.

There are also alien races in the deep sea. There are different sea civilizations in the four oceans of the east, west, south and north. There are also underground races. There are different underground forces under each continent. The strongest force underground is the demon clan. The demon world is located in the deepest part of the underground, corresponding to the god world in the sky. The demon clan and the god clan have always been in opposition, but now there are very few large-scale battles between the two sides. According to historical records, the last war was more than a thousand years ago.

In the prehistoric civilization period of the Central Continent, there were many human travelers. These travelers relied on their own golden fingers to defeat the alien forces in the four major areas of the sky, the continent, the seabed and the underground, and almost wiped out the alien forces.

When the prehistoric civilization ended due to the civil war among the travelers, although the travelers died along with the prehistoric civilization, the foundation they laid was still there, and other alien forces were severely damaged and had no ability to compete with the human race.

It was at that time that the human race seized the opportunity, relying on their numerical advantage and taking advantage of the opportunity when their numbers exceeded those of the alien races, and occupied the four continents in one go. From then on, the current distribution pattern of the human race on the continent was established. By the time the alien races recovered some of their strength and wanted to fight back and change the status quo, it was too late. The overall situation had been determined, and the human race had already established a foothold in the four continents. The alien races could only accept this result and acknowledge the reality.

For many years, the four continents of the human race and the four continents of the alien race have always maintained a delicate balance. The many countries on the continents of the human race are fighting internally and confronting each other, and they basically have no time to take care of the alien continents. The dark (demon) continent and the human race's eastern (church) continent, where there is a direct conflict of faith, are separated by a long distance, so it is not easy to fight, which indirectly promotes the special peace between the human race and the alien race.

Of course, there are always some people who are dissatisfied with the status quo, such as the "smiling fat man" Maxim in front of Aosta. These slave traders in the southern continent are one of the heretics who specialize in breaking the balance.

Most slave traders only source goods from the human continent, but some fearless exceptions like Maxim will expand their business scope to alien races. Alien goods mainly come from the elf continent and the beast continent. The dragon continent and the demon continent are too difficult to obtain, and the majority of gentleman customers can only imagine them in their hearts.

"Your Highness Osta, the precious cargo is just ahead. Please be careful. In order to seize this batch of cargo, the leader of the Black Beast Mercenary Group, Walter, and his men were almost wiped out. The entire group died. Fortunately, the cargo was not allowed to escape. Nowadays, there are not many mercenary groups that dare to fight so hard."

"Maxim, I have principles. As long as the value is sufficient, there is no problem with the loan."

Osta didn't pay much attention to Maxim's reminder. The three exclusive accompanying combat maids, Chris and the others, who followed him were very strong. With them following and guarding, there would be no big problem if these three were present.

As for the Black Beast Mercenary Group that Maxim mentioned, it was not a proper mercenary group. To be precise, it was a group of bounty hunters who would do anything for the bounty. The identities of this type of bounty hunter group were basically illegal, and they would not be officially registered with the mercenary guilds on the human continent.

The bounty hunter group has its own independent bounty hunter guild, which is one of the underground dark organizations and usually does not operate in public. Many formal organizations such as mercenary guilds and adventurer guilds are not convenient to accept black mission commissions, which are generally handed over to the bounty thunderman guild, assassins guild and other underground dark organizations that can take on dirty work.

The two, one in the open and one in the dark, do not interfere with each other, maintaining a delicate balance. All the countries in the human continent know the existence of underground dark organizations, but the supreme rulers and ruling classes of each country, out of their own special interests, turn a blind eye to the existence of dark underground organizations.

The ruling classes of various countries have declared those dark underground organizations illegal and put up a bounty for their arrests. But in reality, they have not taken any real action at all. It is obvious that they are just playing tricks to deceive the ignorant people and are simply perfunctory.

The slave traders in the southern continent basically have to spend a lot of money to hire these bounty hunter groups to obtain special sources of goods from the alien continent. Not every bounty hunter group dares to take on such a special commission. Although the reward is generous, the risk of hunting deep into the alien continent is huge.

The bounty hunter group will be wiped out if they are not careful. The transformation between hunter and prey often happens in just a moment. There are only a handful of bounty hunter groups that dare to go to the alien continent to take risks and hunt. In addition to the Black Beast Mercenary Group that turned over and was almost wiped out this time, there are also the Silver Wolf, Red (Spider) Spider, White Skull and Demon Eye. These are the four bounty hunter groups.

The other bounty hunter groups usually do not accept commissioned tasks for hunting in foreign continents. Among these five special bounty hunter groups, except for the Black Beast, the other bounty hunter groups also take on commissioned tasks from some assassin unions. They have more choices and have many side jobs that can make money.

The Black Beast Mercenary Group specializes in dark hunting business and has no plans or ideas to develop other side businesses. They can only accept hunting commissions. Over time, it is only a matter of time before they fail. If you walk by the river often, you will get your shoes wet. There is no such thing as a permanent hunter. Anyone can become the next prey.

"Maxim, is my bounty payment not ready yet? It has been delayed for several days. If it continues to be delayed, I will demand double the payment."

"Ms. Avril, I'm really sorry. As you can see, after two super hurricanes hit the area recently, all sea routes in the nearby waters have been temporarily closed. I don't have many gold coins on hand, and my funding chain has been cut off."

"Maxim, that's your problem, not mine. I just want to know that you can pay me the salary in time."

"Wait, Miss Avril, don't get excited. We have been business partners for many years, how could I possibly cheat you! Look, the big boss is here, put down your weapons first, we have something to discuss."

"Hmph, Maxim, I'm warning you. If you don't see any gold coins today, I'll have to deal with those special goods myself."

"Ms. Avril, please be patient. Let me introduce you to this, Prince Aosta, the Lord of the Blomfield Territory. Your Highness Aosta, this is the only survivor of the Black Beast Mercenary Group, Black Rose Avril."

When he arrived near the door of the cabin where special cargo was stored, Osta saw a special beautiful girl. It was the first time he saw something other than cargo in the cabin where cargo was stored under the deck of the "Paradise".

The beautiful girl with a special identity had beautiful black hair that fell to her slender waist. Her skin was too white, as if it was a sickly white, and there was no blood in it. This skin color had a different kind of beauty under the candlelight in the cabin.

The mysterious girl is about 173cm tall, almost the same height as Osta. She is slender and has a morbid beauty, and looks very weak. Of course, this is just a surface phenomenon, and her real fighting power is not as fragile as it seems.

This beautiful girl nicknamed "Black Rose", whose real name is Avril, is the only survivor of the Black Beast Mercenary Group. After the hunting operation, the Black Beast Mercenary Group was almost wiped out, leaving only Avril alone. She completed an extreme counterattack at the last moment and successfully brought back the mysterious special cargo.

Avril was wearing a black special robe, and the thin cloth armor just outlined Avril's almost perfect golden ratio figure, which made Aosta secretly feast his eyes. Although he could only see the general outline, it was enough for this senior gentleman lord.

After Osta's visual inspection, Avril's breasts are definitely a size D. Despite her slim figure, her chest is surprisingly well-rounded, but this beautiful girl's temperament seems weak. Otherwise, breasts of this size are basically queen-like. Avril's queen-like aura is insufficient, largely because of her soft appearance and slender figure.

Aside from Avril's delicate facial features, Osta was immediately attracted by her pointed ears. "Black Rose" Avril actually has the racial characteristics of the elves, a pair of pointed ears. This made Osta unable to understand for a while. The elves reselling their own people was too advanced. Osta said he couldn't understand it at all.

In addition to the pointed ears, Avril's eyes also attracted Osta's attention. This beautiful girl only had a normal emerald green pupil in her left eye. The position of her right eye was not a normal pupil, but a fake eyeball made of gold. The fake eyeball obviously had similar functions to a real eyeball. It could see the position of the pupil, emitted a faint red light, and could rotate freely like a real eye.

The "golden pupil" in Avril's right eye was a product of forbidden alchemy. Only then did Osta notice the special features of Avril's robe. His previous focus was on the height of the peaks on Avril's chest, and he didn't notice these special features.

If Osta looked closely, he could see that the cloth robe Avril was wearing was painted with many exquisite gear patterns. Even the weapon she had just raised, the staff she was going to use to threaten Maxim, was a special staff with gears as the main shape, which gave people a steampunk feeling.

Although the tone of "Black Rose" Avril was cold, she was very calm in her dealings. She just wanted to scare Maxim and get the money as soon as possible. After all, this cunning fat man was very cunning when doing business, and he would be tricked if he was not careful.

After hearing from Maxim that Aosta was the real financial backer, Avril put down her weapon and looked at Aosta with an inquiring look. The "golden pupil" in her right eye also emitted a scarlet light, which made Aosta feel a little unnatural.

When Osta noticed that Avril was concentrating on observing him, he immediately retracted his previous gentlemanly look and exaggerated expression, and pretended to be serious. After all, he still had to do business with her, so he had to act like a proper person. After all, he was a lord, and his status would not be easily lowered.

Maxim took the opportunity to briefly introduce the identity of "Black Rose" Avril. This special beautiful girl is the adopted daughter of Walter, the leader of the Black Beast Mercenary Group. Walter can also be regarded as her master.

In the Black Beast Mercenary Group, Avril's personal strength and combat power have even surpassed the leader Walter. If nothing unexpected happened, she would definitely be the next leader of the Black Beast Mercenary Group. As for the issue of bloodline and race, Maxim seemed to be very taboo and unwilling to mention it. It might be because he didn't understand the real situation. Avril had obvious elf features, but she was proficient in the human language. When she spoke, she didn't need an intermediary to help translate.

"Avril, don't worry. I'm Maxim's business partner. I'm here to take a look at that special shipment of goods. As for the financial dispute between you and him, I will be responsible. Gold coins are not a problem. The newly opened Bloom Vault in the center of the port town of St. Louis is owned by me."

"Mr. Osta, you are the one who opened the Chamber of Commerce that issues strange banknotes that can be exchanged for equivalent currency at any time. What a great idea."

"I almost forgot the main thing. Mr. Osta, Maxim promised to give my group a reward of 100,000 gold coins, as well as 30% of the income from the sale of this batch of special goods. We will calculate this profit later, just give me the reward of 100,000 gold coins first!"

"That's no problem, Avril. I'll arrange for someone to notify the Blom Treasury and have them prepare 1 billion Brown coins (one gold coin equals 10,000 Browns) and send it over immediately."

"Mr. Osta, the banknotes here are only circulated in the town of St. Louis and cannot be spent elsewhere. I can't use these banknotes outside!"

Osta showed a generous expression that only a super-rich person would have, and immediately asked Chris, the exclusive combat maid who was accompanying him, to use the magic contact crystal to urgently contact the beautiful steward on duty at the Blom Vault, asking them to prepare a few suitcases and pack the 1 billion Brown Coins. The highest single denomination of Brown Coins is currently only 1,000, so it is barely feasible to pack 1 billion in banknotes.

The expression on the face of "Black Rose" Avril was obviously a little doubtful. It was not that she did not trust Aosta, but she just could not accept paper money for the time being. The circulation range of Brown Dollars was currently limited to the port city of St. Louis, and it was not circulated in other places for the time being. Compared with paper money, she trusted currency more, and gold coins were easier to accept.

"Avril, the Brown Coin is a token of your love. You can take it to the Blom Vault to exchange for gold coins at any time. If you are worried, you are welcome to go to the Blom Vault to exchange it after you have seen the goods. Maybe I have some business commissions and I want to talk to you alone."

"Okay, Lord Osta, I'll take you to see the goods. As for the cooperation, I may disappoint you. I am the only one left in the Black Beast Mercenary Group, and it probably won't exist anymore."

"It's no problem. We still have you! Avril, this commission has nothing to do with the mercenary group. You are enough. We will not treat you unfairly in terms of remuneration. One person can be paid according to the standard of a mercenary group."

"Mr. Osta, I like generous gentlemen. We should be able to cooperate happily in the future."

Chapter 113: The Origin of the Paradise's Special Cargo

At the dock of St. Louis, an important port city in the coastal area of ​​Bloomfield Territory, the most famous super cargo ship "Paradise" in the fleet of Maxim, a famous slave trader from the southern continent, was quietly moored at a nearby dock. Because it had been in port for quite a while, many people were misled by the surface disguise of Paradise and thought it was a cruise ship.

It is hard for people who do not know the truth to imagine that on this ship that looks like a super luxury cruise ship, the special goods stored in the cabin below the deck hide a huge gray industry chain. Maxim did a good job in keeping it secret, and except for a few acquaintances, not many people knew the real purpose of the Paradise.

When Aosta was examining the value of the cargo on the Paradise and considering whether to use it as collateral to provide Maxim with a high-value loan, he also secretly calculated the account. The Paradise had a full capacity of more than 6,000 people, but only more than 1,000 sailors. In addition to the crew and sailors, the remaining more than 5,000 empty spaces were all cargo.

The cost of a piece of goods ranges from a few hundred browns to a few thousand browns (a few hundred copper coins to a few silver coins), and the selling price is at least 50,000 browns to 100,000 browns (5 gold coins to 10 gold coins). Some high-quality goods can even be sold for more than 1 million browns (100 gold coins).

Maxim could sell the ordinary cargo on the super cargo ship "Paradise" for more than 250 million to more than 1 billion browns (25,000 to 100,000 gold coins). If he could speculate a little, he could sell it at more than 100 gold coins per unit. He could earn nearly 5 billion browns (500,000 gold coins).

Even if they paid the Black Beast Mercenaries over 1 billion browns (over 100,000 gold coins) in hiring fees, plus various labor costs, they still made a huge profit, and that was without taking into account the special goods. The price of special goods was different, and although Maxim didn't say it explicitly, Osta could guess it after asking many similar questions in advance.

Conservatively estimated, the price of a single special commodity is more than 10 million browns (1,000 gold coins), and there is no upper limit. After all, it is a special commodity with a price but no market. In the entire gray industrial chain of the human race, the only one that can surpass the slave trade in terms of huge profits is the sale of special potions. After the potion is mass-produced, the cost is as low as a few browns (a few copper coins), and exporting it to the Central Continent can earn more than tens of thousands of browns (a few gold coins), which is directly increased by tens of thousands of times.

"Avril, regarding the Black Beast Mercenaries..."

"Sir Osta, don't worry about it. We are all desperate criminals, and we all know this day will come. Sooner or later, we will pay for what we have done."

On the way to the special cargo hold, Osta chatted with the Black Rose Avril who led the way, and tried to get close to her. After all, Avril was a beautiful girl, and her elven bloodline aroused Osta's interest.

It was much more interesting for Austa to talk to Avril than to Maxim, because there was a difference between men and women. Maxim was too flattering at this time, which made Austa feel a little hypocritical.

Marceline played it lightly about the annihilation of her bounty hunter group, the Black Beast Mercenary Group. Her tone was even a little cold, and there was no obvious change on her face. Marceline was not sad at all, as if she had become indifferent to life and death, and had long seen through the trivialities of the world.

Walter, the leader of the Black Beast Mercenary Group, was Avril's adoptive father and master. Avril had no emotion at all when he died in battle. It seemed that the relationship between them was far from a real family relationship, and it was purely a relationship of interest.

What Avril said was true. Most of the members of the bounty hunter group were basically desperate criminals. Those who could go through legal channels had already become regular mercenaries, and the rest were just people who wanted to make a lot of money without caring about their lives.

Many bounty hunters themselves are people who have committed serious crimes. In order to avoid prison and beheading, they join the bounty hunter group and can obtain indirect protection from the bounty hunter union. For these bounty hunters who do not deserve to die, dying in battle is in a sense a belated justice.

After many practices, Osta had many beautiful girls around him as sparring partners, so he was very experienced in chatting with beautiful girls. Although "Black Rose" Avril looked aloof, she still couldn't resist Osta's offensive and soon opened up.

There was no way out. Osta relied on his status as the big boss behind the scenes to do whatever he wanted. Under normal circumstances, Avril would not bother to talk to any man about so many topics. Avril had no way to deal with the thick-skinned and even shameless Osta. For the gold coin reward, she could only continue to chat with this gentleman lord.

Behind Osta, the three incredibly beautiful exclusive attendant combat maids, Chris and the others, had been secretly observing this place the whole time. Avril couldn't detect their strength, and estimated that they were far superior to her, so she didn't dare to act rashly. The three of them had been monitoring Avril's every move, and three invisible eyes were locked on her. At this time, let alone taking action, she couldn't even escape.

Black Rose Avril unknowingly discovered that the lord in front of her was quite talkative, had a good sense of humor, and could always find the right topic to start a conversation with. Apart from the gentlemanly gaze that occasionally made people feel a little uncomfortable, there was nothing wrong with him in other aspects.

Avril didn't care too much about this. It was just instinct for men to be lustful. She just didn't understand why Osta was so interested in her. If we really counted her looks, the three exclusive attendants and combat maids who followed the gentleman prince were all beautiful women who brought disaster to the world. There was no reason for him to pay so much attention to her.

"Avril, it was really dangerous back then. It's amazing that you were able to come back alive and even fight back."

"Sir Osta, stop praising me. This is nothing. It's just because I was lucky. Sometimes, luck is also a kind of strength, but many people are unwilling to admit it."

Under Aosta's "sweet talk", Avril quickly told Aosta the origin of the special goods. There were many details that she had kept to herself when she was talking to Maxim.

This made Maxim, who was standing by, feel a little embarrassed for a moment, but the fat man soon let it go. He was just a businessman, making money, and there was no practical significance in comparing himself with Prince Aosta.