But the more she did so, the louder the slaves cheered.
This made Hathaway fall into deep self-doubt. Could it be that human beings have evolved over the years to the point where they take pride in labor
That's not right either, they are slaves, slaves! If their worldview is really so advanced, how could they think it is glorious to work for slave owners?
Hathaway, who has lived in the Sacred Tree Forest since childhood, is proficient in etiquette, tactics, forging, calligraphy, sculpture and other high-end technologies and knowledge, but she still cannot understand to what extent humans can devour and exploit their own kind.
Because the elves are extremely cruel to outsiders, but very gentle to their own people.
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Inside the White Castle, the three girls looked at Mozo reluctantly.
Originally, they were all planning to go to Florence with Mozzo.
But Mozo suddenly denied their following because he said he had a way to ensure his own safety, but only for himself.
As he said this, he swore in the name of all the kings and gods in the sky.
Explain that he has an absolutely safe method!
This made the girls worried but they had no choice but to stop.
Seeing that they really gave up, Mozo finally breathed a sigh of relief.
This time he will most likely go deep into the Holy Tree Forest. Under the illumination of the Twin Holy Trees, the Holy Tree Forest is like an iron barrel with nowhere to hide.
If it was just him, he thought he had a good chance of success, but it would be a bit troublesome if he brought the girls with him.
So he could only ask the girls not to follow him. Especially Audrey!
It’s better for the impossible private servant of the Sun King not to wander around in the territory of the elves.
Otherwise, Audrey might be fine, but Mozzo would most likely be in danger.
After a brief reorganization, Mozzo took the Iron Bank's airship to Florence.
The three girls who stayed in the White Castle also had a brief discussion and decided to take care of their own personal affairs during Mozo's absence.
Miss Knight naturally had to rush back to the Fog City to report her safety to her grandfather who was already worried and wanted to eat her.
Verdani will take care of some matters on Mozo's behalf that only Mozo can handle personally.
This should have been the mistress's job, but Mozo had no legal spouse and Verdani was the Blood Pact Knight second only to the mistress in common sense.
So she can also ask on his behalf.
As for Audrey, she was fine originally, but Mozo asked her to go to Hejiandi to take a look at the landlord's family.
Previously, Mozo had brought the landlord and his family out of the foggy city, but later due to the sudden changes in the north, he could only temporarily arrange for the landlord and his family to hide.
However, after the situation was resolved, the landlord declined Mozo's invitation to go to White Castle or Winterfell.
Because he found that the riverside area was actually very suitable for their family to live in.
It was a quiet and peaceful place, and there was a need for a good tailor.
Mozo could only let it go. Today, he could kill two birds with one stone by sending Audrey over.
So that she wouldn't follow and harm me.
After bidding farewell to Verdani and declining Gawain's escort, Audrey set off with the greeting letter that Mozo wanted to send to the landlord.
Audrey, who possessed Sealed Artifact 1-86, believed that she did not need any extra escort in her own territory.
She prefers to wander around by herself.
Then, as Audrey was about to reach the Riverlands, she happened to see a caravan passing by her in a hurry.
Originally, this was nothing, and the leader of the caravan even greeted Audrey enthusiastically.
Both sides deserved to miss it.
But the problem was that a sudden strong wind blew and the covering of the goods transported by the caravan was blown away.
Then under the veil was a specially made prisoner car, and inside was curled up an elf... .
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In that instant, everyone at the scene seemed to be frozen and could not move.
It was not until a moment later that Audrey said weakly:
"Um, can I pretend I didn't see it? Also, trafficking in human beings is illegal..."
The leader of the caravan raised his whip and pointed at Audrey, saying:
"Catch this one too! It's so pretty it's worth half an elf!"
Immediately, several burly men rushed towards Audrey with a grim smile.
And Audrey also said with a fierce look in her eyes:
"I'm afraid of you!"
She was holding a first-level seal of this path, and she was also a Sequence 8 transcendent.
Audrey couldn't believe that she would lose to a group of slave-hunting crews that looked like trash!
After saying that, he took out three runes from his back and prepared to teach these idiots a lesson, but this only made them even more excited.
"Oh, she's an extraordinary person. Well, now she's almost as valuable as an elf! Be careful not to damage her appearance!"
This statement, which completely treated herself as a commodity, made Audrey completely furious:
"Go to hell, you bastards!"
Audrey, holding a first-level seal, went up with great vigor and confidence!
But Audrey seemed to have overlooked one thing, that is, the bracelet of the goddess of luck did not seem to be an offensive seal.
Moreover, the extraordinary people on the lucky path are also notorious for not being able to fight...
At the same time, judging from their skin color, this group of people are most likely a professional slave-catching team from the Saragan region where the slave trade is extremely developed.
So after the opponent overcame a series of negative buffs such as leg cramps, pistol explosion, sudden diarrhea, etc., he finally put Audrey into the cage with relative ease.
Audrey didn't realize that she was a jerk with no fighting power until she was stuffed into the cage and locked.
The guard who captured Audrey and wrapped himself tightly was holding the key to the cage while holding his stomach in pain.
At the same time, another guard who also covered himself tightly, immediately used a branch to pick up the bag used to cover Audrey and threw it into the fire.
After doing all this, they hurriedly followed the main group and ran into the grass nearby and started a crackling sound.
The leader first looked at the stinking bushes with suspicion, and then looked at Audrey with suspicion and boundless fear.
Everything was fine at first. Everyone was riding their horses and singing, imagining where to go after returning home. But when they started to catch the girl, they went wrong.
Things like pistol exploding, horses being frightened, and even the current collective stomach upset all popped up in an instant.
And this girl is an extraordinary person.
Hiss, could she really be a transcendent from the Plague Path? !
Because as soon as the fight started, people on their side started to develop various minor physical problems, so at the beginning of the fight, a guard exclaimed that this might be a plague.
Although this did not stop their determination to capture Audrey, it also greatly restricted their ideas and methods.
Even when they caught Audrey in the end, they were wearing gloves and using a bag to cover her.
I didn't dare to have any direct contact with him during the whole process, for fear that the disease on the other person would directly infect me.
They came from the Saragan region in the west. A few years ago, a great unclean one in their area caused a super plague that has been spreading to this day. It was not until recently that almost all the people who could die died, and the plague was barely stabilized. And when they came out, they heard that the Duze Dynasty seemed to be planning to take action to deal with this mess.
This is also why these people who are suffering from the plague are extremely afraid of the plague.
Although the person in front of him did not seem to be like those extraordinary people who were infected with the plague, with pus all over his body and various rotten and hyperplastic tissues.
But the other party's situation really scared them.
However, it was impossible to let them go. The other party saw them capture an elf. Once the news leaked out, it would likely attract a team of elf hunters.
They knew that the elves' hunting teams were often led by demigods! And after finding these slave-hunting teams, they would directly follow their network of connections to carry out a thorough massacre!
Saragan nobles were often replaced prematurely due to retaliatory massacres by the elves.
If these long-ears weren't really valuable and they really had no money in recent years, they wouldn't want to get involved with this kind of stuff.
Wouldn't it be safer to capture goblins, dwarves, or women from small places
It is stable, but you don’t really make much money.
But now it's all right. Not only did they successfully capture an elf, but they also captured a beautiful extraordinary woman.
Any one of these two would be worth a lot of money if they could be shipped back. You know, these two are rare commodities that nobles are extremely keen on.
Not to mention they caught two at once.
Make a fortune!
After his men had almost finished pooping, the leader looked at them, who were walking crookedly, and said,
"I know you're feeling bad right now, but hurry up, we have to make up for the wasted time! Otherwise, if we miss the scheduled time, those bastards won't wait for us! You don't want to stay so close to those long-eared people for too long, do you?"
This instantly perked up the guards who were almost exhausted.
Those who came from the Saragan region knew very well that elves were indeed the most expensive slaves and the scarcest goods, but they were also the most deadly. Of course, if you were powerful enough to steal dragon eggs, the danger level of the elves would indeed drop a lot.
But no matter what you say, it cannot change the fact that if you are not careful, you will be chased by the long-eared ones.
What's more, they are now so close to the Holy Tree Forest.
They immediately forced themselves to jump on the horses, pulling the prisoner carriage containing Audrey and the elf towards the designated location.
Of course, it is also possible that they want to sell off Audrey, the plague goddess, as soon as possible.
Plague route, tsk, if she wasn't valuable enough, they really wouldn't want to bring such a plague god on the road.
After a rapid march, this slave-hunting team from Saragan finally arrived at the destination just before the time limit.
The owner of the airship, who was about to set sail and weigh anchor, let out a click of the tongue and threw away the cigarette in his hand after seeing this group of people.
He turned to his men and shouted:
"Stop, those shady guys are coming."
However, the captain's eyes were more focused on the prison van sealed with a drape than on the slave-hunting team.
He is also interested in products that can allow this group of people to waste their time.
In this way, a slave-hunting team and a smuggling team successfully met in the wild.
Looking at the prisoner car that was resealed and carefully pushed into the cabin, the captain of the airship asked calmly:
"Only one car? Did you catch a big fish?"
The team leader also smiled proudly:
"We had given up, but on the way back we happened to see a carriage. I saw that it seemed to be the carriage of a poor noble, so I tried it and found a very good-looking noble lady."
“Haha, you know, although the goods of this status are not as good as those truly rare goods, they are still enough to make a small profit.”
After hearing this, the captain finally lost his curiosity and greed, shrugged and said:
"Then you are lucky. The group of people I sent here a while ago were also from you Saragans. But they had bad luck and got nothing. It was a complete waste of effort."
The leader said with deep conviction:
"If we hadn't been in turmoil over there because of that unclean one, why would we have come to these places to make a living? If you want to make a fortune in a place where you can't capture slaves openly, it's really a matter of fate."
As he said this, he took out a small bag from his arms and stuffed it into the other person's ear, whispering:
"Although you are a fallen noble, this place is not Saragan after all, so I hope you can leave the North as soon as possible, otherwise I am worried about accidents."
The captain weighed the bag in his hand and said with a smile:
"Of course, you are the customer, you have the final say."
As he said this, he turned back to operate the airship and prepared to leave the North as soon as possible.
Although they didn't catch the person, they still had to keep things like smuggling secret. It would be a good thing for them to leave the North as soon as possible.
The matter would have ended here, but when the captain was about to leave the cabin, he suddenly remembered something and asked:
"Oh, by the way, there are some problems with the Heather route recently, because the North and South Heather seem to be completely divided. If you are in a hurry, how about taking the Merchant Alliance route? Although it is a bit roundabout, it should be faster than taking Heather."