"Uncle Kermidis, it looks like it's going to rain heavily!" Yan Tielong and the others walked out of the barbecue restaurant, and they found that the sky had become a little gloomy, and Yan Tielong said a little worried.

"We are going to the black market now, even if it rains heavily, it won't have any impact on us.

But there should be a few grocery stores on our way to the black market, where we can buy some rain gear." Kemedis looked at the sky and said.

"That's the only way! I hope I don't become a drowned rat!" Yan Tielong muttered when he heard Kermidis decided.

"Captain, what is a drowned rat?" Ospine asked Yan Tielong curiously as he walked.

"Haha, Ospine, have you ever seen the chickens getting soaked by the rain because of the rain?" Yan Tielong asked Ospine next to him while following Kermitis' pace.

"No!" Ospine responded directly shaking his head.

"Ospine, if you haven't seen it, then you can't understand it. You will understand when you have time to buy a chicken." Yan Tielong said helplessly when he heard that Ospine had not seen it.

After a while, raindrops began to fall from the sky, and the density of the raindrops became more and more intense.

"Damn! I almost turned into a drowned rat!" Yan Tielong and the others entered a grocery store. Many of their clothes were soaked by the rain. Yan Tielong looked at how many of his clothes were soaked by the rain, and he said thankfully.

"Boss, bring us some cloth and four raincoats." Kermidis said directly to the grocery store owner.

"Okay, guest!" The grocer heard what Kermidis said, and he happily went to prepare what Kermidius ordered.

The grocery store owner gave the cloth to Yan Tielong and others and then went to the raincoat. Yan Tielong and the others wiped the rain off their bodies with the cloth.

After a while, the grocery store owner put four raincoats woven with special long grass on the counter. The grocery store owner said to Kermidis and others: "Guests, these are your raincoats. Do you think you are satisfied with them?"

Kemidis checked the quality of the raincoat and asked the grocer: "Boss, how much do these four raincoats cost in total?".

"Guest, four raincoats total 80 silver coins." The grocery store owner rubbed his hands and smiled.

"Money, boss!" Yan Tielong said to the grocery store owner when he took out a gold coin while Kermitis was still bargaining with the grocery store owner.

"Tielong, I know you are rich now, but you can't spend money like this! You must know that you will also organize a mercenary group in the future." Kermedis frowned and reminded Yan Tielong as he paid generously.

Yan Tielong touched his hair and responded sheepishly: "Uncle Kemedis, I will pay attention to it in the future.".

When Kemidis heard Yan Tielong's response, he was slightly satisfied, and then he directly ordered: "Let's go!" after everyone put on their raincoats.

Kermidis took Yan Tielong and the others to a somewhat shabby wooden house on Xiaoshui Street in a civilian area. The signboard of this house read "Authentic and Fake Antiques".

Kemidis said to Yan Tielong and others behind him: "All the things in this antique shop are fake. Wait a minute, you can use a gold coin to pick an animal-shaped object and put it on the counter. Don't talk too much. By the way, if you don't have money,

, you can ask me to borrow it."

Yan Tielong and the others looked at each other and took out their gold coins one by one. When Kermitis saw the gold coins in the hands of Yan Tielong and the others, he said directly: "Then go in!".

Kermitis took Yan Tielong and the others into the antique store. When Yan Tielong and the others entered the antique store, they saw all kinds of ceramics in front of them.

The owner of the antique shop was a gray-haired old man. He looked at Yan Tielong and the others and closed his eyes and dozed off.

Yan Tielong and the others followed Kermidis' previous reminder and directly chose an animal-shaped ceramic.

When Kermidis and Yan Tielong picked out animal-shaped ceramics and put them on the counter, Yan Tielong looked at the animal-shaped ceramics they picked with a blank expression, but he muttered in his heart: "Oh no! All the ceramics sold in this store are actually called

It’s a real and fake antique shop, and this animal-shaped ceramics are all made by children! Why don’t they make them more beautiful?”

The owner of the antique shop looked at the customers under the counter who were picking animal antiques. He said to the cabinet on the wall: "Ah Li! Work!".

The wall cabinet slowly moved away: Zhi~, Zhi~. When the wall cabinet moved out of a passage, a very tough man walked out of it. He directly said to Kemedis and the others in a loud voice: "Follow me.

Come!".

Yan Tielong and the others followed the tough man through the secret passage and came to a gate. The tough man opened the gate with great effort. He was panting and said to Yan Tielong and the others: "Welcome to the secret street!".

Wow, when Yan Tielong entered the dark street, the door behind them slowly closed. Yan Tielong and the others were shocked by the scene in front of them, because this is a street, and it is a very bustling and lively street. This one has nearly 500 people.

There are vendors lined up on both sides of the road about a few meters away.

"Come with me to meet the real owner here. By the way, I want to remind you, don't be surprised when you see anything later, and don't mind your own business. Got it?" Kermedis looked at him with a serious expression.

Yan Tielong and the others, who were stunned by the situation, ordered, and Yan Tielong and the others nodded in response.

"Then let's go!" Kermidis said directly when he saw Yan Tielong and the others nodding, and then he led the way.

Yan Tielong and the others followed Kemedis, and they saw vendors on both sides of the street selling some strange things, including very obedient green-skinned imps, as well as strange beasts, monsters, and unseen medicinal materials...

.....

Touch! "Ospine, don't stop suddenly!" Ospine suddenly stopped when he saw something, and Yan Tielong paid attention to both sides and did not notice Ospine stop. He directly bumped into Ospine,

Yan Tielong complained about Ospine's sudden stop.

Yan Tielong noticed something was wrong with Ospine's expression. He noticed that Ospine's expression was filled with anger and was about to explode at any time. Yan Tielong looked in the direction where Ospine was paying attention. He noticed that three people

The strong man used a leather whip to drive a dozen children wearing tattered linen clothes to the counter. It looked like those children were being sold by vendors.

Yan Tielong also frowned when he saw those children, but he held back the anger in his heart and grabbed Ospine's hand as he was about to rush forward: "This is a dark street! If you rush forward so recklessly, I doubt you will still

Those children were killed without rescuing them!".

Kermitis walked for a while, and he noticed that Yan Tielong and the others did not follow him. Kermitis only went back to look for Yan Tielong and the others. When he saw Yan Tielong holding Ospine's hand and heard Yan Tielong's words, he left

He came to Ospine and said: "Ospine, Yan Tielong is right, if you are so reckless, you will really die here, and don't look at the surface."

"Kemidis, what do you mean?" Ospine asked, looking at Kemedis angrily.

"The goods in this dark street all have a certain value. Children like those are all talented people, and they are very willing to be bought." Kemedis looked at the items being sold on the counter.

The child said to Ospine.

Yan Tielong was a little confused when he heard Kermitis saying that the children who were sold were voluntary: "Uncle Kermitis, what is going on?" At the same time, Ospine was also waiting for Kermitis.

answer.

"Those three big men, their profession is called Star Diggers." Kermidis told Yan Tielong the professions of the three big men over there who were driving the children to the stage with whips.

"Star Digger!" Yan Tielong and Ospine were confused when they heard about this profession.

Kemidis looked at Yan Tielong and the others with confusion and continued: "They are a group of people who will detect the growth talents of children aged 6 to 1. They usually look for children with good quality in the slums. Once they find out, they will spend a lot of money.

Purchase children.

In this way, poor families will have money to survive, and these children will not die of hunger or disease, nor will their talents be wasted. Most of these children will be bought and trained by powerful families as guards.

Of course, human trafficking is illegal in the kingdom, so these people can only be sold on the black market, but most of these children are trafficked voluntarily. If you don't believe it, Ospine, you can go and take a look."

When Ospine heard what Kermidis said, he stepped forward to the stall where the children were being sold. He asked the children at the counter: "Are you willing to be sold? If not, you can come with me!".

"You bastard boy over there, how dare you cause trouble here!" The three big men selling children said very harshly when they heard what Ospine said.

"Are you Star Diggers?" Kemedis stepped forward and asked. When the people around heard Kemedis' question, they all stared at the Star Diggers, waiting for their answer.

"Of course, otherwise we wouldn't be here!" One of the leading men among the three child traffickers used his eyes to stop his brother's reckless actions, and he stepped forward and responded.

"Since you are Star Diggers, you should know the rules of this industry?" Kermidis asked directly.

The leading Star Digger looked at Kermidis and the people around him, and he responded: "Of course I know!" Then he walked up to a few children, and he whipped those children a few times.

The tattered linen clothes of those children were shattered and left in pieces, but those children were not harmed in any way, which shows how strong the leading Star Digger's control over the whip is.

The leading Star Digger pointed at the bodies of the children and said: "These little guys don't have any scars on their bodies, which also means that we did not abuse them."

"Wait! This child has scars all over his body, and you said you didn't abuse them." Ospine pointed at a timid little girl. Many scars could be faintly seen on her tattered linen clothes.

"Haha, Your Excellency, you can ask her how she was injured!" The leading Star Digger saw the little girl pointed by Ospine and responded confidently.

"Little girl, tell me brother, where did you get these injuries?" Ospine heard the words of the leading Star Digger and asked the timid little girl in a very friendly tone.

I don't know if Ospine has a strong affinity with him, but the little girl stretched out her hands and looked at Ospine with expectant eyes and said, "A hug."
Chapter completed!