Although it is night, the lights outside Ilia City are brightly lit at the moment. The dense magic crystal lamps on both sides of the road indicate the strong capital of Ilia City.
On the wide stone road leading to the city, there are countless pedestrians and carriages.
Behind the wealthy slave caravans were dragging a long line of unkempt slaves. There were men and women among these slaves, some were humans and some were aliens, but most of them were humans.
This also made Clemont feel a little surprised.
"Uncle Kyle, doesn't the empire not allow the capture of human slaves? Then where did these slaves come from?"
After stroking the flame dragon horse under his seat, Kyle looked at the slave caravan and said with a smile: "Haha, what if these slaves are not citizens of the empire?"
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Understood!
No wonder these slaves don't look like people from Ananke Continent.
Although the Ota Empire dominates the Ananke Continent, it does not have no enemies, but its enemies are not in the Ananke Continent.
"These Ozur people are warriors from the Kaya Kingdom east of the Ozur Mountains. Over the years, the Kaya Kingdom and the Yu tribe in the Ozur Mountains have colluded to force the empire to give up control of the Dani Strait.
But the Ota Empire was not something they could threaten. In anger, the old king sent a large army to the other side of the Dani Strait, controlled a large area in the southern part of the Ozur Mountains, and established Fort Branco in that area.
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However, this move also made other foreign races in the Ozur Mountains feel threatened, so they united and attacked from the east and west directions, hoping to completely eradicate the behemoth of Fort Branco that threatened them.
Unfortunately, they underestimated the strength of the empire, and their attacks were blocked outside the Seral and Spina defense lines established by the empire.
These slaves were also captured from these two defense lines."
As Kyle walked, he explained the current situation of the Ota Empire to Clemont.
I didn’t expect that the Ota Empire was so powerful, that it was a hegemonic existence that occupied a continent!
Clemont couldn't help but admired. The old king's temper was just to his liking. If there was a chance, he would definitely meet this hero who would take action even if he didn't agree with him.
Clemont only brought less than a hundred Eagle Knights with him on this trip, but the leader, Kyle, and the flaming dragon horse under him showed that he was extraordinary, so there was no blind guy to provoke them along the way.
When the group of people reached the city gate, the city guard who had noticed the situation hurriedly stepped forward to inquire.
Then an Eagle Knight stepped forward, handed over Enoch's souvenir, and said loudly.
"The Eagles of the Imperial Silver Knights were ordered to escort Baron Clermont to the Royal Academy of the Imperial Capital for further studies. We only passed through the city and stayed for one night, and will leave the city tomorrow!"
"We need to ask for instructions on this matter! Please wait a moment!" After the city guard made a military salute, he hurried towards the city.
After a while, an escort with the rank of Imperial Warrant Officer came over.
When he saw Kyle on the back of the flame dragon, he immediately gave a solemn military salute.
"Your Excellency Colonel, Warrant Officer Kelson of the Ilya City Guards wishes you hello!"
Looking at Kelson, Kyle on horseback waved lightly.
"This time I am just following the order of Lord Viscount Enoch to escort Baron Clermont to the Imperial Capital. I would like to ask your Excellency, Warrant Officer, for your convenience!"
"This...this, Colonel, it's not that I don't want to facilitate you, but the Viscount has an order not to allow any troops to enter the city, and there's nothing I can do about it.
However, you can leave the others outside the city. We have a special station to house your army, and Baron Clermont and you can enter the city to rest for a night. It just so happens that there is an annual slave auction in the city tonight.
You can go check it out!”
Seeing the embarrassed look on the warrant officer's face, Clemont didn't want to embarrass him, so he stepped out of the carriage and said to Kyle: "Uncle Kyle, let's do it! I just want to see this annual event
What’s the auction like!”
Wandering in the city of Ilya, watching the well-dressed pedestrians coming and going on the streets, and the brightly lit shops on both sides of the streets illuminated by magic crystal lamps of various colors.
For the first time, Clemont felt that his city of Sacker was so rustic.
"Hey, when will Sacker City be so prosperous!" Clemont lowered his head and sighed.
But he also knew that this kind of prosperity would not appear in a city like Sakr, which is not far from the border, because this is determined by the geographical location.
"Uncle Kyle, let's find a hotel first! After washing up, we'll go to the auction house to have a look!"
According to the city guard officer just now, at tonight’s slave auction, various rare alien races will be auctioned. In addition to the common alien races such as the beast race, sea race, and feather race, it is said that there are also forest elves and other races.
The darling of the wood element.
Fairies are the product of the condensation of elements. Wherever the elements are abundant to the extreme, fairies with corresponding attributes will be produced.
For knights and magicians who practice the wood element, the forest elf is not only a very considerate assistant and attendant, but also a walking humanoid charger.
When fighting, once the fighting spirit or magic is exhausted, don’t panic! As long as the forest fairy is by your side, hold it and take a sip, and the fighting spirit and magic will be replenished immediately!
Therefore, a big boss with status and strength usually has a goblin by his side.
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The auction house is located in the center of Ilya City, far away from the magnificent castle of Viscount Adolf.
It is said that the owner behind this auction house is Viscount Adolf, and Clement is convinced of this.
"Two female slaves from the orc, half-orc and leopard clan, fifty gold coins each, please give me your price!"
Clement, who had just walked into the auction house, heard the host's cadence of introduction.
"one hundred!"
"One hundred twenty!"
"One hundred and five!"
"Tsk tsk!" Good guy, these people are really rich!
After finding a seat and sitting down, Clemont couldn't help but exclaimed.
You must know that an ordinary slave is only worth five gold coins at most, and Ozul's warriors are only worth this price at most, and they must be of the knight level.
Now, two ordinary female slaves of the Leopard tribe were actually offered nearly two hundred gold coins. These nobles who were calling out prices probably had some strange hobbies.
In the end, the two leopard girls were photographed by a middle-aged nobleman with a fat head and big ears.
But looking at the graceful and exotic Leopard Girl on the stage, Clemont suddenly could understand these people.
After all, it is also a very wonderful thing to lead a leopard to gallop.
"The next auction is for three Yu Clan girls!"
Soon, three girls from the Yu tribe who looked exactly the same were brought to the display stage. Their pure and pleasant looks, white and slim-fitting long skirts, and the look of fear on their faces at this moment, added to the excitement.