In a forest in the middle of Oskar continent, the midday sun shines on the ground covered with shrubs, and the cool autumn wind blows gently, picking up the few fallen leaves on the ground.
Autumn has just entered, and the leaves are gradually turning yellow. This autumn is a little colder than in previous years.
In the howling autumn wind, a cavalry team of about 300 people was walking leisurely.
This is exactly where Wuyou's team is on this escort mission.
Because it was just a small escort mission, not all of Long Tian's team was present, only the eight people from before plus Wuyou.
Wuyou and Lan Jin were all noble magicians, so they were arranged to walk in the middle of the team, protected by the surrounding mercenary warriors. Several of them were following the team in a hurry while whispering.
Talking.
The person escorting this escort mission was a noble from the Beiyue Empire. Although he was only a small baron, his status as a noble was always a superior one to these common people.
The baron thought he was a hero and rode a second-level monster wildebeest beside Wuyou and the others.
Of course, this is actually what he thinks, but in fact it is not the case at all.
Real heroes are those who put life and death at risk. Although the baron in front of him was not sitting in a carriage like the others, he was in the protective circle of a large number of mercenary warriors, close to the magician team. This
What a hero!
In fact, most of the mercenaries are very confused. It is understandable for a noble to hire mercenaries for protection, but hiring a team of 200 people, not including his own 100 guards, there are 300 people in total. Even if the noble's goods are very valuable, there is no need to do so.
Raise troops and mobilize people.
How did they know that although this nobleman was greedy for life and afraid of death, he was actually doing business that he was not afraid of death.
Baron Robin made money by catching slaves. To be precise, he was a notorious slave trader.
At this time, he had just returned from the orc territory in the north. With his army of one hundred people, he had just looted a large fox tribe a few days ago, killed most of the people, and then
All the young women who were specially captured alive were taken away.
Baron Robin believes that he did it very cleanly and killed all the witnesses. Moreover, he has left the territory of the orcs and hired two hundred mercenaries to protect him on the road, from Sunset Forest to Beiyue Empire.
He was not worried about his safety along the way.
In fact, this is not the first time such a thing has happened. Baron Robin has come here several times to catch slaves, but every time he was unaware of it.
Otherwise, how could a small baron like him have the financial resources to hire a mercenary team of two hundred people? For him, money is important, and his life is even more important. Because of this, every time he goes back to the Sunset Forest, he
They are all protected by hiring heavy soldiers.
For the income from selling orc female slaves, the cost of hiring mercenaries is really not worth mentioning.
For example, this time, he successfully made a fortune again, a dozen beautiful female slaves from the Fox tribe, each worth two thousand gold coins, plus some animal skins and magic cores seized from the tribe, this time
The harvest can reach almost 80,000 gold coins.
For Baron Robin, this is definitely a huge sum of money. The one hundred people he leads, including the people, horses, and equipment, the total investment is only three thousand gold coins. The remaining gold coins are enough for him to squander for a while.
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However, for Baron Robin, how to transport is still a headache. After all, the human kingdom and the orc kingdom have a good relationship. Everyone knows that it is forbidden to sell each other's slaves. If they are discovered, it will be a shame.
But this is just a superficial phenomenon. In fact, whether it is a human noble or an orc leader, who does not have several female slaves of the other race? Where do these female slaves come from? Are they not trafficked by slave traders?
When humans were plundering the orc kingdom, the so-called heroes of the orcs were also running rampant in the human-controlled areas. Everyone was the same. So Baron Robin’s explanation for this was that he was doing it for the country and that he was a hero.
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As long as you return to the Beiyue Empire safely, nothing will be a problem. Auctions and the black market are in short supply for these orc female slaves. No one will ask where they come from. Everyone understands and does not trace the source. This is the reason for the human traffickers.
Feel brave, as long as it is not discovered during transportation, everything will be no problem.
In the middle of the magician team are three carriages. One of the carriages has two large wooden boxes. The remaining two are covered with tight black cloth. Judging from the shape, they should be two wooden boxes. In fact, of these three carriages,
The two prison cars were for female slaves. They were covered with cages covered with black cloth. Inside the cages were female slaves who had been drugged and fell asleep. As for one of the two boxes, it was specially set up by Baron Robin to cover up his crimes.
The mercenaries only thought that Baron Robin's cargo was very valuable, so they hired so many people to guard it. They guessed correctly that it was very valuable, but it was not the cargo but the female slaves.
It was almost dusk, and the team stopped under the command of the Baron. The mercenaries began to light a fire and set up camp, waiting for night to fall. The mercenaries' camps were set up around the carriage, so that they could take care of the goods while resting.
of safety.
After the camp was set up, the mercenaries gathered around the stove and roasted various monster meats as their dinner.
This is Wuyou's first time grilling meat by himself, and it feels very fresh. I usually eat what others roast, but now it's very interesting to do it myself. However, it is obvious that our young master Wuyou is not the right one, and he grilled the meat without paying attention.
It turned into a piece of charcoal, causing Long Tian and others to laugh.
Later, it was our elf Mia who gave hers to Wuyou. As a result, she took the Warcraft meat grilled by Mia and Wuyou happily ate it. He ate the barbecue he made and grinned at Mia.
Mia was dazed by her smile. When she came to her senses, her face turned red and she lowered her head shyly and continued to grill.
Since everyone was very hungry after a day's journey, they were engrossed in eating and did not notice Mia's abnormality. Otherwise, the blushing look of the little elf Mia would have fascinated a large number of people.
It was already dark, so some people were left to keep vigil while others went into the camp to rest. Since Long Tian was sent to take turns keeping vigil for the representatives and other mercenaries, Wuyou and another male magician were arranged to go first.
take a break.
In a small space, Wuyou was a little embarrassed to be so close to a strange man for the first time. However, the naive Hu Cheng didn't feel Wuyou's embarrassment at all, and fell asleep.
After a while, he heard Hu Cheng's snoring. Wuyou smiled, found a seat next to him, sat down, and began to meditate.
As a magician, you can meditate instead of sleeping. Wuyou has developed this habit over the years. Although he changed places and there was an unharmonious person next to him, Wuyou quickly adapted and entered a meditative state.