There was money in Fieldland, and slaves in the black market in the South.
On the black market in the South Kingdom, the Syndicate can offer you anything you want, as long as you pay a high enough price.
Among the four southern countries today, the one with the most rampant slave trade is the Kingdom of Gule next to the Kingdom of Leo.
The Kingdom of Gule has a huge geographical advantage. Its borders are bordered by the other three kingdoms, and the east is the sea. The former largest seaport in the Ferroman world, Guao Port, is in the Kingdom of Gule.
There is a slave market in the port of Guao.
One day, a middle-aged man with thick flaxen hair and a big beard came to the market.
He was very generous, throwing 100,000 gold coins at the first shot, and searched all the elves, half-blood demons, orcs, half-dragons and other rare slaves in the market.
Surprised by such a big donor, the syndicate thieves, in line with good business ethics, responsibly delivered the goods to the designated location, which is the wilderness outside Guao Port.
After they delivered the goods, for some unknown reason, the thieves suddenly passed out, and when they woke up, nearly 100 slaves disappeared.
A group of thieves looked at me and I looked at you, all with expressions of seeing a ghost. This fact was so weird that the thieves didn't dare to speak too much, they all kept silent, just pretending that this hadn't happened.
There is a very dense forest 100 kilometers east of Guao Port. The south is rainy and the climate is warm and humid, so the trees in the forest grow very tall, which is very similar to the tropical rainforest on the earth.
Beasts and poisonous insects abound in the forest, and it has always been inaccessible.
In the depths of this forest, there is a castle. From the outside, the castle is very dilapidated. There are countless vines wrapped around the walls on the surface, and many walls have collapsed. There are almost no complete rooms.
But in the depths of the castle, there is a wine cellar, which has a very wide folding space.
This space is hundreds of square meters and more than ten meters high. It is divided into upper and lower floors. The lower floor holds the purchased slaves, and the upper floor is the test site.
The only person who came to host the experiment was Waynes.
In the wine cellar of this ancient castle, Waynes stayed for a month. During this time, there were piercing screams coming from the cracks in the wine cellar every day, like a ghost crying.
Link, Ellette, Aloya, and Enolie have been here respectively. Link stayed for a day, and then he couldn't bear it anymore and left. Ailette took a look at the scene in the test field and vomited for a long time. Aloya and Enolie were better, but they couldn't last long.
The scene in the proving ground was too tragic, and it was cruel and inhumane.
A month later, the door of the wine cellar opened with a bang, and the bald Waynes walked out. He turned his head and shouted towards the dark wine cellar: "Okay, everyone, you are free now."
There was no response from the wine cellar. After a full ten minutes, a half-blood blade demon came out of the wine cellar with his head poking his head. This guy's body was covered with terrifying scars, and many scars ran through his body, especially on the chest and abdomen. The scars were even denser like a spider's web. Although they had mostly healed, it was enough to deduce from the scars what kind of terrible experience he had experienced before.
The mixed-blood blade demon's eyes were a little confused. This is a situation that only occurs when the forgetting technique is released. They have already forgotten all the experiences in this castle.
It was done by Enolie, the mystic magician.
After the half-blood blade demon came out, there were orcs, half-dragons, and finally elves. Like the half-blood blade demon, they were all covered in scars.
Of course, their physiques are very special, and the existence of these scars is only temporary, and they will disappear and heal soon.
After a while, all these experimenters were gone. The number was more than 80, which was a dozen less than the original. There was no way, although we tried to avoid it, but there were still more than a dozen slaves who were finished in the experiment.
After all the slaves left, Link appeared beside Waynes. With a thought, the folding space in the wine cellar behind him collapsed, and the wine cellar was naturally destroyed.
He sighed and said, "I know why you were called a butcher before. I really can't do this kind of thing."
Wayans spread his hands, showing a trace of helplessness on his face: "If you want to gain true knowledge, you always need to sacrifice something... This is the last time. Oh~ I'm going to be tortured by these wailing sounds again."
Link patted Waynes on the shoulder, speechless.
Although the process was very dark, the results were obtained after all. Waynes had already figured out almost all the operation methods of the unique powers of each race. These materials were extremely precious.
After returning to Field, Wayans re-transcribed these materials into five copies, one for each person.
When Ailette got this information, his hands trembled. This time, he was deeply aware of the bloodiness contained in this knowledge, and he looked up at the expressions of other people.
Link had a dignified face, Wayans had a trace of tiredness on his face, and the faces of Aloya, Daughter of Truth and Eleanor were indifferent, as if they were used to these things.
After such a comparison, Ailette found that there seemed to be some deviations in his vision of understanding the world. Before, he thought that the world was either black or white, and even if there were a little gray area, it would not break the bottom line too much.
But now, he suddenly discovered that the world is actually all gray, and there is no pure light and darkness at all.
For example, Link, in the hearts of the residents in Field Territory, their lord is extremely great, extremely wise, and extremely brilliant. He is almost the embodiment of glory, a savior-like existence.
But this time, he was the first to propose to learn from the power of other races. In the past, he personally killed more than 70,000 lives in the Orida Fortress in the north. Leaving aside the good and evil of these lives, Link's hands were more bloody than anyone else in the world.
For example, Waynes, who is usually very kind, is a simple scholar when he argues with him about magic, but who would have thought that he personally dissected countless bodies in order to create the combat qigong method, and it is said that many of them were vivisections
It must be the same for Aloya and Enolie. They must have done many horrible things, that's why they are so calm in the face of Wayans' actions today.
Link saw Ellette's silence, and said, "Why, are you scared?"
Ailette shook his head: "No, I just suddenly realized that there is no dividing line between light and darkness."
In fact, there were still some shocks, but he is now a level 7 magician with a calm mind, so he didn't lose his composure.
"Not really. For some people, there is absolute light. I saw it with my own eyes in Fort Oreda. But..." Link said, when he said this, he remembered the burning light in Fort Oreda. Popes and cardinals of their own souls, who can sacrifice all they have for a glorious cause.
Ellette raised his brows and waited for Link to say the next word.
Link was silent for a while: "But... we are magicians. For us, the debate between light and darkness has no meaning... Faith and morality are left to those saints who don't eat the smoke and fire of the world, and we deal with specific things People, our goal is to change the world."
In the past, Link didn't think so clearly, but as he became stronger and experienced more and more things, the belief in his heart became more and more firm. In the words of the earth, it means "do whatever it takes to stay true to your original intention".
Wayans on the side also said: "It is very difficult to change the world, and we must go all out. Many times, we have to abandon the shackles of secular moral concepts."
Enolie also said: "Link said what I always wanted to say."
Aloya, the Daughter of Truth, said seriously: "That's why I escaped from the dark elves and went to Link. He sees things better than everyone else."
Belief in gods, secular morality, and mortal concepts are essentially a kind of bondage. A magician will not discuss whether something is bright or dark, but whether it is useful and whether it can help them achieve their goals.
Even if sometimes they are very brilliant, such as Link, he has always been great and wise, but it is because he needs to use this image to rely on the support of worldly forces, not because he is such a person himself.
Listening to these words, Ellette looked at the fellow magicians sitting around, and he only saw solemn faces.
He suddenly understood a lot about these companions.
Killing, cruelty, kindness, generosity, and stinginess are actually just tools for them to achieve their goals. They use them when they need them, and put them aside when they don’t. The mistake of many people in the world is that they regard tools as their goals , and lose themselves as a result.
Letting out a long breath, Ailette felt that his path became clear. On this path, there are many fellows who are all true heroes of the human race.
"I see." Ellette nodded.
Link sorted out the information in his hand, and said calmly: "Now, let's start."