Under normal circumstances, a healthy slave with normal working ability can only buy four to eight golden axes at most. Of course, if he has some skills, it will be more expensive. But this is only for experienced craftsmen. Such slaves are rare everywhere. Many of the slaves in this team are beasts. They don’t look like craftsmen. Regardless of injuries or illnesses, it is absolutely impossible for one person to be worth ten golden axes. The kingdom is willing to buy a large number of such slaves. There must be something wrong.
Gallo and the others felt that this matter was not simple, but the man didn't know more about the situation. After all, he was just a person who did things.
After Gallo asked his questions, he sent the man away.
The man trembled and asked Gawain, "Sir, what should I do with my men?"
Gao Wen said: "They will wake up naturally after a while. As for those who haven't woken up yet... maybe I hit them too hard and they won't wake up."
The man ran back to his team and pushed those people one by one. Several guards woke up, but two of them were no longer breathing.
He vaguely recalled that these two men were the ones who whipped the slaves in the team the most fiercely. No matter what reason the terrible man had for killing people, he didn't dare to do anything. According to his knowledge, the man's strength had exceeded the limit of imagination. He had no idea what level of master he was. Anyway, it was normal to die on the road these days. He could use various reasons to deal with the lord.
After the guards of the slave caravan woke up, the man urged them to pack up and continue on their way. Some guards wanted to whip the slaves, but they were whipped twice by the men. It took them more than 20 minutes to settle down and rest, but when they evacuated, it only took two or three minutes, leaving a lot of things behind.
Neither Gallo nor Gawain let these slaves go. These slaves were marked, and if they were released from here, they would have no ability to find their way home, and the lords along the way had the power to capture or execute them. So it was relatively safer to let them stay in the team for the time being.
"There must be some conspiracy behind this. This deal is completely against common sense." Gao Wen said.
"It's not like there haven't been similar situations before," Gallo said. "I remember there were situations where people were paid a high price per head."
Bella asked, "Who would do business like this?"
"That time it was a necromancer. He bought those people just to extract their souls, so it didn't matter whether they were injured or not. People with weak bodies may not have weak souls. But that necromancer was not so generous. He only bought less than fifty slaves, and they were later discovered by the Temple of Nature. In the end, this necromancer died at the hands of the Shadow Group of the Temple of Nature." Gallo said.
Gawain said, "If that's the case, it further proves that there's something fishy going on with the kingdom's actions. According to what he said, many nobles, soldiers, and merchants are involved in this matter, so the number of slaves must be far more than a few dozen or even a hundred."
Mo Yu said: "What's there to think about? Let's follow them and take a look at the village and we'll know."
The slave team in the front naturally couldn't move fast, so Mo Yu and his four companions rode their horses far behind.
They followed the team for an afternoon, and when it was getting dark, they saw the border checkpoint of the kingdom ahead. The soldiers guarding the checkpoint seemed to be used to it, and they let the slave team pass directly. When it was Mo Yu's turn to pass the checkpoint, they were questioned instead.
However, it was not uncommon to see mercenary groups traveling across the border between the Empire and the Kingdom these days, but it was rare to see people passing by at this time of night.
Seeing the soldiers stopping the four adventurers, a man who looked like an officer hurried down from the tower and said to Gallo who was in charge of the negotiation: "It looks suspicious that you are at the checkpoint at this time. Hand over your weapons and follow me."
"Mr. Officer, isn't the relationship between the Empire and the Kingdom back to normal now? When did they start not allowing adventurers to pass?" Gallo flicked the enchanted armor on his chest with his fingers and said, "You can see that we are not ordinary adventurers, right? We serve some big shots. If our actions are delayed because of this checkpoint, I'm afraid you will all be in big trouble."
The officer saw the equipment on these people, which gave him a very sophisticated and high-end feeling. Whether it was the short sword and dagger on the waist of the man in front of him, the long sword of the man behind him, or the staff in the woman's hand, he felt a magical atmosphere. Even the black big sword on the petite woman's back, although plain, was different from ordinary metal in the moonlight. Their horses were also very special. They were all beast-blooded horses from the north of the empire. These horses alone were not something that ordinary nobles could afford.
Gallo saw the surprise in the officer's eyes and grinned. The officer felt a sinking sensation on his waist. He reached out and found a heavy purse. As a mid-level warrior, he didn't even realize when the purse appeared on his belt. A few drops of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. Since this man could hang a purse on his belt without him noticing, he could also stab a dagger into his stomach silently.
Seeing that Ganno's eyes were fixed on the soldiers around him, he had to wave his hand and ask the soldiers to move away.
"Listen, let us go. It's convenient for everyone. Otherwise, if things get out of hand, it won't be good for anyone." Gallo said softly.
"But...your identities."
"Do you have any questions? If it's hard to make up our identities, then just say we are with the team in front. We are just a few guards covering the rear. In this dark time, who would care about this?" Gallo said.
"Okay. But I want to remind you that if you want to go to the heart of the kingdom, keep going straight after passing the customs. Don't get involved with that slave team anymore, otherwise you will be in big trouble." The officer said, "You should know that all those who have suspicious identities traveling at night in the past few days have been intercepted."
Gallo said, "Do you need to tell me that? We just need to go there, so we don't have time to mind our own business."
"There is no problem with the inspection. These people are with the front, but they have fallen behind." The officer said loudly. Then he stepped back a little, covered the money bag with his hand, and waved to let the soldiers pass. Mo Yu and his companions passed the checkpoint and disappeared into the night.
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