A few days ago, his elder brother, the second son of the Conscrete family, also came to ask about the slave. To be honest, no one has offered a price of 150 gold coins these days... Before that, the highest bid came from a priestess from the Sixth Family, for 135 gold coins. However, Ouhunt thought about it and comforted himself: the Conskerette family's repeated inquiries were both a bad thing and a good thing. The bad thing was that they had a clearer understanding of the market situation, and the good thing was that they were very interested in this product. Therefore, the key next depends on how you perform. O'Hent cleared his throat and repeated his well-thought-out introduction: "My lord, this is a unique treasure in all of Nevre!" "With the physique of a minotaur," he stretched out a long stick and tapped Li Yin's chest, ignoring Li Yin's angry eyes, "with the speed of a giant lizard!" "Come, show your strength to the master." He looked at Li Yin and pointed at the iron bar in the cage. Li Yin rolled his eyes at him expressionlessly. "Then why don't I buy a minotaur and a giant lizard?" On the other side, Damon didn't seem to care about Li Yin's reaction, but just asked along the lines of Ouhunt's words.
"You know, the market price of a minotaur is only 45 gold coins, and it has dropped recently due to sufficient supply. As for the price of giant lizards, it is even cheaper than minotaur. So why should I spend a price far higher than the sum of the two to buy a superposition of the two?" Li Yin knew something about the abundant supply that the dark elf man had mentioned. He had heard from people in the slave market that a nearby city of Mind Flayers had been destroyed for some unknown reason not long ago, and a large number of slaves had fled and were captured by the dark elf slave-hunting team roaming the border... Li Yin guessed that the place they were talking about was where he had escaped from. He was one of the "large number of slaves" they were talking about. "In my opinion, my offer was a bit too generous," the young dark elf man concluded. "The key is superposition!" Ouhunte was well prepared and hurriedly followed up, emphasizing in a heavy tone, "Sir, it is precisely because it has the characteristics of both that it should be more expensive than the sum of the two individual units." "After all, you can easily buy a minotaur at the slave market and a giant lizard at the livestock market at any time. But goods like this," he pointed at Li Yin, "are rare." "Slaves are just tools, not works of art. Their scarcity is worthless. I only care about their practical value." Damon said briefly without any fluctuation. "Practicality... Of course there is practicality - and there is still considerable room for improvement!" After swallowing a few times, Ouhunt continued to explain anxiously, "He is a human being, not a damn orc or ogre." "He has enough wisdom and can be trained. You can ask your family warriors to teach him martial arts. With a little training, you can have a combat slave that is comparable to the elite warriors of the dark elves. Such an outstanding slave, hehe, cannot be bought with money alone." "Come on," Dimon waved his hand, "We all know that, Ohunte." "It is precisely because it is a human being, a sinister, treacherous, cunning and greedy human being that it is so difficult for you to sell it at a high price." "No dark elf would be foolish enough to train a human to be a real warrior - unless he wants a dagger from behind." Ouhunt pursed his lips and wanted to say something, but found that he had nothing to say. Because he knew that Dimon was telling the truth. In fact, if No. 18 was really another race, such as an orc, troll, tauren, bear man or other stupid thing, it would be much easier to sell it. The human race is too treacherous, too cunning, and too easy to betray, so generally no dark elves would use them as combat slaves, but only as laborers, or to engage in some technical jobs that require intelligence but do not pose any threat. "But," he thought for a moment, and then continued to ask out of confusion, "if you don't plan to fight with it, why did you buy it?" No. 18 possesses combat power far beyond that of ordinary slaves, which is why they finally decided to ignore its inherent disadvantage of being a human being and sell it as a combat slave. Dimon pursed his lips and smiled mysteriously, "It will eventually participate in the battle, but not directly. The Conscrete family will let it play its role in another form." Yu Han÷;ＱＵN:岜&〉⒌☆齐⌒‖溜□√⑹⒊☆♀死司爾Ou Hunter was confused at first, then his eyes suddenly widened. Chapter 19 Sacrifice
"I understand. You want to—" Ohunte looked around, then leaned close to Dimon and whispered, "'Sacrifice'?" Dimon neither denied nor admitted it, but showed a slightly unhappy expression, "As a businessman, you seem to care about too many things." "Sacrifice..." Although Ouhunt's voice was faint, it was still clearly transmitted to Li Yin's ears, who had a very keen sense. He was suddenly startled and had a very ominous premonition. "Sacrifice—sacrifice?" This doesn't seem to be a beautiful word. He pretended nothing had happened, but secretly pricked up his ears and began to listen carefully to the conversation between the businessman and the potential buyer. "Isn't this a waste?" Ouhunte continued to ask in a low voice, curiously, "Using a slave worth hundreds of gold coins for a one-time sacrifice." "An ordinary combat slave only costs 5 gold coins. If it is a non-combat slave, it will be even cheaper. If--" "Whether it is a waste or not depends on the harvest after the investment," Dimon seemed to have understood Ouhunt's thoughts, and before he finished speaking, he continued without question. Under Ouhunt's rather confused gaze, he raised the corners of his mouth with a certain pride and said, "Our family has recently established contact with a Berserker." Ou Hunt's gaze immediately changed from confusion to astonishment. On the other side, Li Yin, who was listening attentively, also felt a huge wave in his heart. The Berserker that Dimon mentioned is a very powerful demon from the Abyss. Dark elves have always had a tradition of making treaties with demons and using the power of demons to achieve their own goals. But demons themselves are not kind and helpful guys. On the contrary, they are one of the most evil and brutal groups in the entire universe. It can even be said that they are the embodiment of the concept of "evil". Such beings, their power is not for nothing. Therefore, if you want to ask for the help of demons, you must pay a high price. The usual practice is to offer them sacrifices. And these sacrifices, generally speaking, are their favorite food - the flesh and souls of mortal creatures! At this point, Li Yin knew for sure the dark elf named Dimon's plan - he wanted to buy him as a tribute to the devil. "...You know," on the other side, Dimon was still narrating in an irrepressible boastful tone, "powerful demons like the Berserker are not easily dismissed by some inferior sacrifices. Only the flesh and blood of the best and strongest warriors can satisfy them..." Listening to the dark elf's talk, Li Yin's heart felt like it was sinking into an icy cave. The other party really wanted to sacrifice him alive! He stood up suddenly and looked at the tall and thin dark elf with shock and fear. How can this be? Although he was caught by the dark elves, he didn't expect a good ending. But this ending was terrible, even worse than being caught by the spider elves before! Being eaten bit by bit by the spider elves would only cause unimaginable physical pain, but when the devil eats people, it will eat up the flesh and soul of the person. At that time, even if his body has long been destroyed by the devil's chewing and biting, his soul will be imprisoned by the devil's body and will become a part of the devil, suffering from intense pain that can never be relieved! In panic, he subconsciously grabbed the bars of the cage with both hands, and the shackles collided with a loud noise. He wanted to break the cage and run away with all his strength. Escape from this villain who sacrificed people to the devil, and escape from his own tragic fate. But the cage he was in was different from the other cages. In order to cope with his tremendous strength, this cage was not made of wood but steel. The heavy and cold iron bars did not shake at all despite his fierce grabbing. Moreover, his struggle was futile. Li Yin looked blankly at the bustling crowd outside the cage and suddenly realized an extremely cruel fact.
There was no use trying to break free from the cage; even if he could break free from it, he would have nowhere to escape to. This is Nevre, a city of dark elves. A place where thousands of cruel and evil slave owners live. Even if he can escape from this cage, he can't escape from this slave city! Then... Realizing this, Li Yin felt a chill in his heart and was extremely frustrated... Is there no other way? Is he just going to be eaten alive by the devil as a sacrifice? At a loss, Li Yin turned his head and looked at the two people who decided his life and death. "...450 gold coins. Out of respect for the Seventeenth Family, I can make some concessions, but you..." Ouhunte said, "You can't be too stingy when trading with the devil, right? Otherwise, it will be easy to anger the other party." "You are not a devil." Dimon chuckled unmoved, "As for the deal with the real devil, our Conskerette family will take care of it ourselves, so you don't need to worry about it." "But the price of 150 gold coins is really too low." Ouhunt looked embarrassed. "In the process of capturing this guy, we lost two soldiers, a captain, and 150 gold coins. This amount of money is not enough to make back the cost..." "Excuse me, but you shouldn't pass the losses caused by your own unprofessionalism onto your customers," Dimon said bluntly. The two men were in a stalemate. Li Yinzuo looked at Ouhunt and then at Dimon. He could only pray that time would stop at this moment forever, or, just like the more than ten bargaining scenes he had witnessed before, both parties would part ways unhappily because of a price that neither of them was satisfied with. But after a while, Dimon was the first to say, "200 gold coins." "400 gold coins." Ouhunt hesitated and said with a frown. Li Yin's heart suddenly sank. The ridiculous hope was finally shattered. Although Ouhunt and Dimon had not yet agreed on the price, from their expressions, Li Yin could easily see Dimon's strong desire to buy and Ouhunt's desire to sell himself as soon as possible. If this continues, it is only a matter of time before the deal is done. We can't expect their negotiations to break down, but what else can we expect? Li Yin was extremely anxious. He looked through the fence and around, looking left and right, trying to find another glimmer of hope for rescue. Perhaps, he should expect a savior? The moment this thought came to him, he dismissed it. This was even more ridiculous than the previous idea. No one in this city would be a kind-hearted philanthropist who would be willing to spend a large sum of money to buy him in order to prevent him from being sacrificed. However, his mind suddenly changed: What if he didn't want to rescue me, but just wanted to use me as a slave? Just like this guy named Dimon, but he didn't want to use me as a sacrifice, but just wanted to use me as a slave? Chapter 20 Charm Once this thought comes into being, it cannot be stopped. Although Li Yin understood that this hope was very slim, it seemed that it was his only possibility of being rescued. He looked anxiously toward the street, watching the people coming and going on the road, and the customers stopping in front of other stalls. Is there anyone! Can one more person come? Anyone is fine, just anyone! As long as I can be bought before this damn demon priest, it will be fine! The silent cry in his heart was like the roar of a trapped beast.
In the dozen days and nights in Nevre City, he had never wanted to be a slave as much as he did at that moment. ………… However, although his eyes swept back and forth on the street for a long time, lingering on the body, face, and even eyes of every passerby, no one among the various people showed the slightest interest in him. The only thing he gained was some people who were offended by the "slaves" looking directly at them, and they burst into obscene words and even spit... Gradually, he realized the ridiculousness of his hope - if there was really someone who was interested in him and was willing to pay a higher price, he would have been bought long ago, instead of being imprisoned in a cage for more than ten days and still stranded in the slave market. However, he was still unwilling to give up this fantasy because it was the only fantasy he could have. His eyes were still anxiously fixed on the passers-by, looking around without stopping for a moment, even though he knew it was probably in vain. "…250 gold coins…" "…350 gold coins…" At the same time, the prices offered by Ouhunt and Dimon were becoming more and more consistent during the discussion. Li Yin listened and became more anxious. He even wanted to really roar at those people outside the fence - if he didn't deeply understand that it would have no effect and would only cause those guys to laugh at him and make fun of him. But please, he still cried silently in his heart, anyone, just one person, please save me. He stared with wide eyes, looking from the west side of the slave market to the east side, and then from the east side back to the west side, his eyes bloodshot. But still no one showed even the slightest interest in him. At this time, another group of people came in from the west entrance of the slave market. Li Yin realized despairingly that this might be his last chance, or his last fantasy. Because on the side, Ouhunt and Damon's conversation became more and more intense, and the tone of both sides gradually softened. He stared at the group of people, examining them carefully. There were six people in total, but five of them were staring straight ahead, looking indifferent to everything. Only the woman with short silver hair in the front was looking around casually. Li Yin's eyes followed her cheek, and shifted as her gaze shifted. For a moment, their eyes met. He stared at her without blinking, trying to get her attention. It was stupid, but it was the only solution he had. If she was a little interested and walked over here, the slave trader would naturally introduce her diligently. Then what? What should he do at that time? Li Yin thought - then for the first time in his life, he would fully cooperate with the slave trader's command and perform like a monkey in a zoo, trying to make her understand her own value... And the prerequisite for doing so is that the other party must really be interested in him, instead of spitting at him like other dark elves before. The female dark elf did not look away immediately, nor did an angry look appear on her face immediately. She did seem to be somewhat interested, and their eyes froze for a moment when they met. Li Yin didn't dare to breathe and his whole body was stiff.
Please help! Help! He called out silently in his heart. The two eyes were burning as if they were about to spit fire. However, at this moment, the woman just curled her lips slightly, turned her head away, no longer looking at him, but started talking to a female companion beside her with a slight smile on her lips.