It’s a new morning in Etide Harbor.
The sun has not yet risen, and the owners of the large and small shops along the streets have begun to wake up the yawning clerks by shouting and cleaning, and put a wide variety of goods on display racks. These goods from all over the world will gradually transform into golden and charming gold.
Although the Low Tide Port in Haishi Bay was originally established by a group of goblin traveling merchants, the main residents here have now become the overlords of the Blade Tower Continent, humans. After all, given the huge population base of the human race, it is not surprising that it appears to completely rule anywhere. What's more, the current Lunchide Port is a transportation hub and trade distribution center for several continents and large inhabited islands, with tens of thousands of merchants visiting every day. , sailors, mercenaries, and even pirates come and go, and only in this city built by goblins can you see various demihumans and humanoids.
Four hundred years ago, the Black Mountain Dynasty was founded. The Holy Dragon Royal Family and the Seven Sacred Beast Principalities swept across the continent with arrogance, driving the originally powerful humanoid and subhuman races into the underground wilderness or killing them all, completely consolidating the human race's identity as the overlord of the mainland. The once glorious Amani Troll Empire, the Insect Kingdom of Ahn'Qiraj, the Highborne Sin'dorei, the Bonechewer Orcs, the Dark Iron Dwarves... were all driven out of the rich and vast emerald plains. However, these races have not become extinct on the Dota Continent, but whether they are humanoid races such as elves, dwarves, orcs, halflings, or subhuman races such as centaur, naga, jackal, kobold, etc., they can only exist as slaves or bandits on the continent. .
The humanoid race is better. For example, the elves and dwarves are ethnic groups that have outstanding racial specialties and look similar to humans. It is okay to meet a generous and kind master. Sometimes they can even wear a collar and walk around in the streets. It is not all bad to live to old age. Impossible, and demihumans whose bodies are obviously different from humans can only appear in slave markets, slave factories with the worst conditions, mines without any safety measures, the most cruel and bloody arenas, and even... human beings dining table. There are very few demihumans who can successfully survive adolescence, and there is almost no possibility of elderly demihumans appearing in human society.
Unlike ogres who eat other creatures in order to survive, wealthy humans only eat other intelligent creatures out of some bad taste or to show off their wealth. Although such people only account for a very small proportion of the total human population, they are The most distinguished and powerful group of people in the human race.
With the same behavior, ogres have become the representative of the evil and perverted race on the Dota Continent, and have become an elegant gourmet culture in high-level human society.
All in all, wherever there are humans, what is hidden under the prosperity and richness must be distortion, sin, filth and blood.
Sleeping Giant Hotel…
Like hundreds of hotels of various sizes throughout the town, it provides several services that people need most, including food, wine, accommodation, and women...
Here you only need to spend dozens of copper coins to eat the most authentic seabird meat burgers, fried python steaks, and drink a small cup of the signature turtle egg cocktail. And as long as you take out a few silver coins, you can compare... Rest all night in a clean room. If you are willing to throw out a few gold coins, congratulations, you can hug the sexiest elf dancer in this room while you sleep.
Although the elf slave bought by the hotel owner Bearded Joe from the slave market is already quite old, there are still many indelible marks on her body from previous owners. She even only has one breast. But after all, the naturally beautiful pure-blood elves also have a beauty that cannot be matched by the females of most races. It is difficult for the ruthless years to leave obvious traces on them. In addition, the bearded Qiao has never minded customers playing with the elf dancers. For some of the more heavy-tongued mini-games, you only need to be willing to pay a certain amount of silver coins as compensation, so the Sleeping Giant Hotel will always have a few regular customers.
The business of Sleeping Giant Hotel has been better than usual these days, all thanks to the new young man hired by the boss. Several of the meat dishes he cooks are quite delicious, especially the grilled chicken wing schnitzel and snake egg soup, which are praised by everyone who has eaten them.
The business was good, and the smile on the originally grumpy bearded Joe's face naturally increased. Looking at the big boy who was busy working for him without any rest, the boss was still glad that he did not sell this brat on impulse. Go to the slave market.
To be precise, this little boy was not hired by Bearded Joe. Just three days ago, this little guy came to the Sleeping Giant for dinner. After the meal, when he dug into his pocket, he couldn't even find half a copper. Although he repeatedly reiterated that his wallet was stolen, the boss Qiao also believed this statement. After all, there are as many thieves unions as mercenary groups in Haishiwan Low Tide Port, and the little pickpockets Goldfinger on the street are almost as busy as the shops. As many guys.
But no matter what, boss Joe still can't forgive someone for eating Overlord Meal in his store. More importantly, the kid who eats Overlord Meal doesn't have any guardians or friends to help him pay the bill, so he has a hundred reasons to put this The imp was sold to a slave merchant, who used his body to pay for his meals.
However, this kid kept saying that he could make Bearded Joe more wealth, and then he dived into the kitchen, and in just a few minutes, he used a limited number of ingredients and seasonings to prepare several delicious dishes. When you come out, you must know that Bearded Joe, who is famous for being stingy, never has any valuable ingredients in his kitchen, and not everyone can come out with delicious food.
Bearded Joe has always been worried about not having a decent chef and being unable to compete with other wine shops. Recently, there have been no halflings who are good at cooking in the slave market. What? You asked Bearded Joe to hire a regular chef? Are you kidding? He is stingy and doesn't want a chef who needs to be paid every month, no matter how low the salary is. This is a matter of principle.
So of course, as soon as he entered the ebb tide town, Goldfinger took away all the gold coins on him, and he was reduced to eating the king's meal. In this way, he returned to his old profession in a muddle-headed manner. However, this was not good for Geron. It's not entirely a bad thing for Long.
Although he had learned a lot about human society in the story, it was still limited to the level of fantasy on paper. As a result, he was taught a good lesson on the first day he entered the town, even though he had known that thieves were rampant. But he was still tricked, his missing family members have not been found, and he was almost sold into slavery.
Fortunately, Goron has a strong ability to adapt and learn. Starting from the kitchen he is most familiar with, Goron got to know a little bit more, and then adapted to this real "world outside the forest".
Bearded Joe is very satisfied with this little guy. His cooking skills are good and his hands and feet are very diligent. Of course, the most important thing is that this taciturn and even a bit submissive gloomy guy will never ask for his salary, even though The money he earned for Bearded Joe had already exceeded the money he owed for food hundreds of times.
Of course, Bearded Joe doesn't want to be seen as the kind of harsh and stingy boss, so although there is no negotiation in terms of wages, he is still willing to give Gron "appropriate" rewards, such as two hours of free rest every day. Time, and even at Goron's request, he agreed to help him buy a ticket for the "Fairy Fairy" circus...
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