The dispatcher at the skyport had barely left when a dozen more carriages were sent over, and once the carriages arrived, the guards boarded the last two skyships.
Initially, what was unloaded from these two skyships were still demon corpses, but different from the ones before, this time the size of the corpses were bigger. Previously, two guards were enough to carry a corpse, but now it required four people!
“It’s, it’s armored bull demon corpses!”
When it took four guards to barely carry down a corpse from the skyship, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted out, causing others to immediately turn towards the corpse.
“Look at those horns, and the scales on its body, it truly is an armored bull demon!”
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“Yes! It’s an armored bull demon!”
As said before, the onlookers at this time were not idle bystanders, many among them were knowledgeable and had sharp eyes, and someone immediately recognized these corpses as those of armored bull demons!
This immediately caused a stir among the crowd because while the previous batch of over a hundred demon corpses might have seemed impressive in quantity, their quality was ordinary. Everyone knew they were just black-eyed demons, which weren’t particularly valuable, but armored bull demons were a different story!
In the Hunting Exchange of Eternal City, a well-preserved armored bull demon corpse could easily sell for over ten thousand gold coins. The horns and scale armor of the armored bull demons were particularly valuable, ensuring that these demon corpses always had buyers clamoring for them, some shops even offered higher prices for exclusive purchasing rights.
So, when the guards emerged onto the skyport carrying thirteen armored bull demon corpses, it indeed caused a small sensation. Thirteen armored bull demon corpses, calculated at a minimum of ten thousand gold coins per corpse, that totaled to a whopping one hundred thirty thousand gold coins!
By this time, people in the crowd finally could not hold back, and a man in his thirties stepped out from the group, then approached Rocky with a smile on his face.
“Sir, my name is Laight, I am from the Klein Chamber of Commerce, and this is our business card,”
While speaking, the middle-aged man named Laight handed over a business card to Rocky, then continued, “Sir, if you would like to sell this batch of demon corpses, Klein Chamber of Commerce is fully willing to take them off your hands. I don’t know if you have heard of us, but we have a wide array of channels for demon sales and guarantee your satisfaction…”
Clearly, this Laight was representing his chamber of commerce to do business with Rocky, and he wasn’t the only one with this idea, as more people from various chambers of commerce began approaching Rocky, each handing over their business cards, hoping to have a good talk with Rocky.
Among these people was also Maima!
After the guards carried out the armored bull demon corpses, a previously pale Maima, who had already distanced himself from Jia Xi, couldn’t help but try to negotiate with Rocky regarding such valuable goods.
Then, everyone saw what it meant for someone to turn their face faster than flipping a book. The previously pale-faced Maima instantly plastered a flattering smile on his face. After the other chambers of commerce people gradually moved away, he rushed up to Rocky.
“City Lord, you… look… see how senile I’ve become, what was I even saying just now, when can I transport the cloths?”
Approaching Rocky, Maima was all smiles, not mentioning the demon corpses at all, but just wanting to transport the cloths away as if nothing had happened just before.
Rocky merely glanced sideways at him and said directly,
“Steward Maima, you should take your medication,”
Rocky truly had never seen someone as shameless as Maima, daring to talk to him after behaving like that, insane.
Meanwhile, he also looked at Jia Xi, whose complexion was extremely ugly, seeming like he could die of anger at any moment, then he just smiled, “Overseer Jia Xi, you really should take your medication.”
These words were indeed no joke, as Jia Xi, who watched helplessly as each demon corpse was carried off the ship, appeared as if he was truly having an attack, so agitated he couldn’t even speak. If he didn’t take some medicine quickly, he really might die of rage.
So after Rocky finished talking, Jia Xi was so infuriated that he almost passed out on the spot. He staggered a bit before barely steadying himself, then clenched his teeth and walked away with a dejected Maima.
Unfortunately, the departure of the two went unnoticed as people continued to approach Rocky, hoping to discuss potential trades with him.
“What are you all gathering here for? Disperse!”
Just then, a loud voice suddenly rang out, followed by a group of Guards dressed in armor carving a path through the crowd.
After the crowd was parted, a squad captain, fully clad in Magic Energy Armor, led a team similarly equipped to appear before everyone, accompanied by the dispatcher who had left earlier.
The dispatcher who led the Guards quickly approached Rocky, said a few words to him, and with a wave of Rocky’s hand, the Guards who had already moved the Demon Corpses boarded the last Skyship and began to move boxes of cargo down one after another.
Meanwhile, the brought-over Guards started to disperse the crowd, asking the onlookers to back away.
Regrettably, the Guards’ efforts to disperse the crowd were ineffective. The dispersed people merely moved a bit farther away, as these were merchants who regularly dealt with Eternal City and were well aware of what kind of people these Guards were.
These Guards belonged to the Skyport Security Team, tasked partly with managing the security of the Skyport and partly with escorting valuable cargoes!
Eternal City is a trade city where countless goods are moved daily, including naturally luxurious goods. To ensure the safety of these items, even in a city where no one dares cause trouble, the God City still assigns a Security Team for escort duties.
Well aware of the Security Team’s responsibilities, the crowd was even less willing to disperse. It was clear to everyone that there was no security issue here. Given that, the reason why a squad of Guards appeared was easily understood—they were here to escort valuable cargo!
In this situation, the surrounding crowd was unwilling to disperse. Everyone wanted to see just what valuable goods Rocky had that required the escort of the Security Team?
During this curious process, the Guards had moved boxes off the Skyship and placed them on a cart. Clearly, these were the cargoes that needed to be escorted by the Security Team, but exactly what they were remained unknown, as they were all packed in boxes.
“Sir, the boxes contain Demon Cores.”
Among the curious crowd, a middle-aged man in his forties whispered to an old man beside him, revealing the mystery!
At that moment, the boxes that the Guards had methodically loaded onto the cart indeed contained Demon Cores!
“To think that there are so many boxes of Demon Cores…” Overhearing the middle-aged man’s words, the elder beside him couldn’t help but look towards Rocky: “Who exactly is this City Lord? How did he manage to procure so many Demon Corpses and Demon Cores.”
Muttering to himself, the old man then instructed the middle-aged man next to him: “Send someone to check this City Lord’s background, and also find out where they are staying so we can pay a visit later.”
“Yes.”
With that, the middle-aged man turned and walked away. Coincidentally, as he left the crowd, several other individuals also departed with similar intentions to investigate Rocky’s identity!
Earlier, when the armored bull demons were being offloaded, quite a few Chambers of Commerce eagerly approached Rocky to talk, but there were also a significant number of people who remained calm. These people also came from various Chambers of Commerce, but they were in no hurry.
Because they understood that any deal involving over a hundred Demon Corpses could potentially be worth four to five hundred thousand Gold Coins, and such a large transaction could not possibly be settled in a place like the Skyport. Hence, they only needed to note Rocky’s identity and where he was staying, and they could negotiate slowly later on.
So it wasn’t until Rocky began moving out the Demon Cores that these individuals finally sent their subordinates into action. Yet even so, a few people in the crowd remained stationary, although it wasn’t clear if these few were truly just onlookers or were genuinely capable of keeping their composure…