Murri didn't react. The others wailed when they heard what he said, and they were very unwilling. After all the goods were loaded onto the truck, many members of the group kept looking over here, which made the group leader lose his temper twice and teach one person a lesson before they calmed down.
More than twenty people on horseback guarded the two sides, and ten people sat on the cars in the middle to look after the goods. The Golden Lion Mercenary Group left Boulder City and headed for Pdala in the south.
Murray sat in one of the cars. Because of his large stature and the size of the cargo cage he was in charge of, they occupied a car alone.
The carriage was open, with the cage placed outside. The group members riding on horses nearby would occasionally deliberately use their whips to lift the black cloth on the cage and take a look at the woman inside.
A group of men were traveling together, and all they talked about was bragging and women. Now that there was such a stunningly beautiful woman in the team, naturally all their attention was diverted to her, and the conversation also revolved around her.
One of the group members heard the conversation between the auction house manager and the group leader, and repeated the value of the beautiful woman to his companions.
"I heard it was auctioned for 5,000 gold coins. Tsk, tsk, people made of gold are only like this."
"It seems to be some rare species that is about to become extinct. See that red hair? And green eyes, like the green of high-grade jade."
"Green eyes? I didn't see them. She was lying there sleeping without even opening her eyes."
"Why is there no movement? Could she be dead? Oh, someone go wake her up?"
Several people were chatting animatedly. One of them raised his foot and kicked Murri, who was sitting next to the cage. "Muri, go poke that woman and see if she is dead."
"Yeah, let's see her green eyes."
They kept making noise all the way, but Murray didn't react at all. Under the constant harassment, he finally moved.
Under the expectant gaze of others, he grabbed the cage, easily pushed it into the car, and sat outside, completely covering the cage.
"Fuck! I told you to tease her and see what you're doing!"
"Hey, you don't want people to see it anymore, take out the cage quickly, why are you covering it?"
The leader roared from the front, "What's that noise back there?"
The men who were making the loudest noises shrank their necks and fell silent.
The journey was long and the journey was boring. The scorching sun shone on everyone's bodies, making them hot and tired. They didn't have the energy to keep watching the cage.
In the cage covered with black cloth, the woman lying quietly slowly opened her eyes, revealing a pair of beautiful green eyes.
She watched the black curtain in front of her sway slightly as the road bumped, revealing a little light. That beam of light shone on her body and on her red hair.
Red hair.
Mary looked at her hair spread on the ground with a confused look in her eyes.
When she was very young, she always wished that she could have red hair and green eyes, just like her mother. Unfortunately, she did not inherit any of her mother's genes, and perhaps because of this, she never liked her and even forbade her to call her mother "Mrs. Peg". She could only call her mother "Mrs. Peg".
For more than ten years, ever since she was born, she has only had a frail mother by her side.
The mother was very beautiful, but she knew that the beautiful mother was actually a terrible witch. She would kill unsuspecting fairies, kill people, and eat their hearts. If the people in the market town knew about it, they would burn them to death.
She grew up alone in fear and pain, without friends to chat and play with, and without relatives who loved her.
Later... Later she remembered that she was dead, her mother had killed her.
The pain at that moment was more unbearable than the magic that had infused the goblin's life every day for more than a decade.
But she was not actually sad in her heart, and even felt relieved from the intense pain.
But how can a person go to another world and become another person after death
She became a beautiful woman with red hair and green eyes, and was put on the stage as a commodity for sale. Many strangers were watching her. The person who bought her treated her as a gift to another person. There were also many men with scary eyes surrounding her, as if they wanted to swallow her up.
All of this made her feel terrified.
She went from a cage called Mother to another cage.
She didn't know how long she had been staring blankly with her eyes open. The light from the slit turned from bright to dim, and the black cloth that blocked her view of the outside was suddenly lifted. The orange dusk sky suddenly rushed into her eyes, and a bright light appeared in the green.
Meili was startled when she saw the tall man sitting in front of the cage. He was too tall, and the skull he was wearing was scary. She unconsciously hugged her knees and stepped back, her body pressed against the cage on the other side.
The aroma of food wafted over, and Mary saw the plate in the man's hand, with a pile of meat that almost formed a small mountain.
He picked up a piece of barbecue with one hand, reached into the cage and handed it to her, and with the other hand he forked the barbecue on the plate and ate it in big mouthfuls.
Mary didn't reach out to take it, and he didn't pull his hand back. He just kept holding the piece of barbecue and didn't urge her, eating his own food.
Mary stared blankly, seeing the meat on his plate dwindling rapidly, and felt herself growing hungrier.
She swallowed and silently took the piece of barbecue.
Compared to her hand, the hand holding the barbecue was too big, and he was wearing a glove, which made it look even bigger. The piece of barbecue that seemed a little small in his hand, Mary took it in her hand and found that it was full, and she couldn't even finish it.
The piece of roast meat was not tasty. She ate half of it with difficulty. The man outside had already finished the meat piled up on the plate.
She couldn't eat any more, so she put the remaining half of the meat in her hand and let it cool down. The man came back after putting the plate away, and seeing her like this, he reached into the cage.
Mary was startled and looked at him warily. It took her a while to understand what he meant. She tentatively put the unfinished barbecue in his hand.
Then she saw him pull open the lower jaw of the skull on his face and stuff the half piece of roast meat with her teeth marks on it into his mouth and eat it.
Meili: “…” He really eats a lot.
"Are you still not full?" She was so curious that she forgot to be afraid and to keep quiet.
"I'm full." A tender young voice came from under the tall man's skull.
In her confused look, Murray put down the black cloth and sat back in his original position. He was used to resting after eating.
At night, the mercenaries were resting in the camp. They had traveled this route many times and knew where to build a camp to rest. Many people were still eating and drinking, and only those who were guarding the goods stayed on the car.
A few men who had eaten their fill wanted to come and see the pretty girl again. They strolled over here, but found that the cage was blocked by Murray's tall body. They could only curse a few words and leave in disappointment.
Meili could clearly hear the movements of those people outside, and she relaxed when she found that they did not come to watch her. The back figure standing outside the cage gave her an inexplicable sense of security.
He didn't look at her with that uncomfortable gaze like the other men, nor did he pay too much attention to her, and even seemed indifferent, but this attitude made her relax.
She climbed to her feet and walked behind the man who was leaning against the cage with his back to her.
He sat with his shoulders high. She leaned over and whispered, "I'm thirsty. I want to drink some water."
Murray's ears under his skull moved. He raised his hand to untie the water bottle hanging around his waist and stuffed it back into the cage without even opening his eyes.
Mei Li held the big kettle and drank several sips of water to relieve the thirst in his throat. Then he screwed the stopper back in place.
The camp gradually became quiet. Except for those on duty, everyone else was taking the time to rest. Murray was awakened by a slight noise and sat up and reached for the water bottle at his waist.
He felt nothing and remembered that he had stuffed the kettle into the cage before. He fumbled around and took it back, opened it and took a sip.
There is a faint fragrance coming from the mouth of the pot, which seems a bit sweet.
Murray took a sip of water and looked at the kettle, wondering: Why is it a little sweet? It's just ordinary water.
The soft voice came from behind again, "Can you let me out? I want to... go to the bathroom."
Murray put away the kettle and opened the cage to let the person out.
Meili's neck and hands were still tied with chains, buckled to the bars of the cage. When she saw Murray untie the chain on the other end, Meili wanted to run away for a moment. However, she soon saw the people around her and the tall man in front of her, and gave up in frustration.
She couldn't run, and besides, she didn't know where else she could go.
"Hey, Murray, why did you let her out?" A mercenary in charge of night patrol asked knowingly, and then said to himself: "Going to pee, right? I'll go with you to watch her, so that she won't run away, and you won't take the goods behind our backs later. That's not allowed!"
Murray didn't react. He didn't say a word, and the skull made it impossible to see his expression.
Mary walked to the edge of the camp and found that the mercenary who followed her was looking at her with an obscene gaze. She could not help but turn in the other direction to avoid his gaze.
The man said in a frivolous tone: "Hey, what are you doing? Just lie here. Why are you hiding? Do you want to escape?"
Meili hid behind Murray and used his tall body to cover herself, but the man turned around again, clearly wanting to see. Meili was so angry that her eyes turned red, but she didn't know what to do with him.
She glanced at the man who wanted to take advantage of her, then looked at the motionless Murri, gritted her teeth, and pulled open Murri's large black and gray cloak to cover herself.
Hooligan! I'll show it to him instead of you! Meili thought bitterly.
Murray looked ahead, realized something, and took a step back.
He spread out his cloak to block the petite red-haired woman, then turned his head to stare at the mercenary who was still trying to come over to see him.
The huge white animal skull revealed a hideous and deathly outline in the dark night. In the dark eye sockets, two red lights were like some ferocious beast, staring at him coldly.
The mercenary, who was thinking of taking advantage, felt a chill on his back and took a step back.
Mary heard the man curse something and stood on the other side without making any movement.