my age of magic

Chapter 1600 149. The Slave Catcher

Passing through the moss-covered bluestone road, the layers of rain-proof eaves in the alley are dripping with water.

In the gaps of many bluestone slabs, there are some purple mosses, and these mosses are covered with small yellowish flowers smaller than the head of a match. A dog ran out of the yard with its tail between its legs. There was also a woman's angry curse.

There were hardly any pedestrians on the street. A few children squatted at the corner of the street playing marbles. When they saw us coming out of the alley, they ran away in a swarm.

Capa took Katerina and me through several streets and alleys, and walked a long way. It felt like we had traveled through a small half of the city before we came to this slum area. There are no cheap Rental houses, the houses here are built very compactly, and these houses are crowded together like pigeon cages.

A shrewd boy in shorts, with his upper body bare and his bare feet running back, picked out a marble with three-color petals from a mossy stone crevice. He squatted on the bluestone slab at the entrance of the alley, terrified Seeing a few pairs of feet stop in front of him, he subconsciously wanted to run away, but found that there was a cold stone wall behind him. If he wanted to leave, he could only bite the bullet and pass by these three people.

He was like a little pitiful creature, standing nervously against the stone wall, with his head bowed deeply, like a child who had done something wrong and was punished to stand.

Capa took a step forward, then crouched in front of the child and asked him, "Do you know Nathaniel?"

The child nodded subconsciously, and then realized that he shouldn't admit it, so he quickly shook his head in horror, his hair was like a pile of dead grass like a bird's nest.

"You know where his home is, don't you? Tell me!" Capa stared at the boy, with a bluffing look that looked like he needed a beating.

The child hesitated for a moment, but finally gave in under Capa's sharp eyes, and pointed to the courtyard at the end of the alley.

Capa took out a piece of hard beef jerky from his arms and stuffed it into the child's hand.

The child curiously put the dried meat under his nose and smelled it, with a hint of joy in his eyes.

Taking advantage of the moment when Capa turned his head, he slipped away from Katerina like a loach.

The child ran away quickly, and we walked towards the yard in the direction the child pointed, and after only a few steps, the child ran back with a 'hush' and shouted loudly to Katerina: "Nathani I'm not here, he's out."

Capa waved him, indicating that he could leave.

In fact, this was the third child he had questioned in this alley.

The three of us walked along the alley to the door of Nathaniel's house. Katerina went up and tried to knock on the door, but no one answered for a long time.

Katerina deftly turned into the yard and opened the door from the inside, and we walked into Nathaniel's yard.

This small courtyard looks dilapidated, the corners are full of sundries, the door inside is not locked, I opened the door and walked in, the living room and kitchen of this house are connected together, the furniture in the room is very old, hanging on the wall There is a lizard skull, and a blanket full of weird patterns, and some simple wooden objects are placed on the dining table.

There are two bedrooms in this house. In one of the bedrooms, there are several worn-out leather armors, a rusty alloy bow and seven pairs of worn-out leather boots on the shelves. On the wall, I also found a simple self-made map, but those messy lines and graffiti, I am afraid that no one except the drawer can understand the meaning on it.

This is Nathaniel's house, and there's still a ragged net hanging on the other wall...a hammock, maybe, but it's pretty dilapidated.

I reached out and touched the table in the bedroom, and there was some dust on my fingertips.

There was nothing useful in the house, and after searching around Nathaniel's house, Capa and I left the house, even relocking the courtyard door.

Walking out of that narrow alley, there is an ice drink shop after a short walk along the street. We randomly found a shady place, sat down and ordered three glasses of ice drinks.

Capa stared at the huge goblet filled with finely chopped fruit pulp and crushed ice, and couldn't wait to take a big sip.

The weather in Qiyan City is hot. After running in the city under the scorching sun for half a day, it is inevitable that my mouth will dry up. At this time, I can drink a cup of sweet cold drink.

Most of these street cold drink shops are set up in noble living areas. Although this cold drink shop is located in a slum, a relatively prosperous main street is a few tens of meters away. Capa enjoys the refreshing coolness brought by this cold drink, He vowed to me: "I've said it all, I'm as familiar with Qiyan City as my own body, no matter how remote it is, I can find it."

I sat across from him, took out a gold coin and threw it to him.

He stretched out his hand to catch the gold coin firmly, not forgetting to put the gold coin in his mouth, and bit it hard with his teeth.

After confirming that the gold coin was indeed genuine, he said to me with a beaming smile, "Your Majesty the Magician, you are truly a generous man."

The reward of one gold coin is a bit high for Capa who only took us around Qiyan City for a short time.

"One more thing, I hope we can continue to work together." I said to him after a pause.

His eyes lit up, and he asked quickly, "Where are you going?"

"No, I will stay in Qiyan City for a while." I said.

Sitting under the pergola outside the cold drink shop, watching the pedestrians coming and going, I took out two gold coins and said to Capa: "This is an advance payment for you, I hope you can help me inquire about any payment related to payment." The news about Sanil, I want to know where he is, as long as the news is confirmed to be accurate, I will pay you another."

"News from Nathaniel?" Capa frowned, hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but said, "With all due respect, Saniel's reputation in the guide circle has always been good. A bad guy who doesn't care about pay, and is born with an adventurous heart, likes to explore dangerous places, if there is any misunderstanding, everyone can sit down and talk..."

"You mean we are Nathaniel's enemies, looking for revenge?" I glanced at him.

"..." Capa didn't speak.

"I just want to find out about him." I said to Capa, "If you can find out anything about Nathaniel, you can come to the Hollyon Hotel to find me at any time. I want to know where he is."

Katerina sat on the side, with her legs crossed, drinking an iced drink leisurely, her eyes as dazzling as rubies were particularly dazzling in the sun.

Watching Capa quickly disappear around the corner of the street, I look back.

"Where do we go next?" Katerina asked me.

I squinted my eyes, "Go and meet the guides that Jonah Adams recommended for us, I always feel that something is wrong with this Strange Rock City..."

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Jonah Adams is the slave owner who sells lizardman slaves in Haiyinsi City. Although his business is mainly concentrated in Haiyinsi City, if he wants to obtain high-quality lizardman slaves, he will naturally have to catch slaves in Qiyan City. are connected.

The lizardmen slave catchers in Qiyan City are the group of people who are most familiar with the wild swamp. Only those who are familiar with that swamp can hunt those lizardmen called jungle hunters.

In my opinion, the slave catchers in Strange Rock City are the best guides for walking into the wild swamp.

That's why I didn't hesitate to take a detour and go to Haiyinsi City, and even used some of Prince James' connections and connections to let the steward of the Prince's Mansion take us to the slave market to visit Jonah Adams in order to Being able to obtain a list of guides drawn up by himself, it is better to say that these people are simply a group of slave traders than the guides in Qiyan City.

According to accurate information from the Magic Union, seven magicians have disappeared one after another in the past two months.

The Law Enforcement Team of the Magic Union is also working hard to track down this matter. In my opinion, these seven magicians are certainly not brave enough to walk into the wild swamp alone. They probably followed the adventure group into the swamp jungle Yes, and now these magicians and adventure groups are disappearing one after another...

Although the civil war broke out recently among the lizard tribes in the wild swamp, any adventure group that broke into the wild swamp will be attacked by all the lizard tribes, but it will not be possible for all adventure groups to be completely wiped out.

A standard adventure group consists of four professions: knight, swordsman, archer, and ranger. Many adventure groups can also invite magicians to accompany them. Before the temple was closed, even priests or combat priests joined. Now the latter two Occupations are hard to see in the Grimm Empire except for temples.

According to the address Jonah Adams wrote down for me, Katerina and I arrived at Bell & Ross Avenue in a magic caravan.

In addition to the slave market of Qiyan City on this street, the arena of Qiyan City is built next to the slave market. Many slave owners will rent the cages in the arena to imprison those war slaves. Usually, these war slaves will be placed in the slave market. They will be auctioned in the market, and they will also take their war slaves to participate in gladiatorial competitions.

I usually pay little attention to the gladiatorial competitions of the Grimm Empire. Compared to such bloody events, I think the water polo competitions held between the Schools of Magic are more interesting.

The magic caravan drove into this street, and I found that there are still a lot of lizardmen here. These lizardmen all have copper collars on their necks that symbolize the status of slaves. With heavy shackles, these lizardmen stood in the shade by the wall, their golden pupils exuded a cold light, and when they stared at them, they would feel chilly all over.

Affected by the war between the planes, even in a place like Qiyan City, where there are a lot of lizard slaves, it seems that it is difficult to see male lizard slaves.

Some lizard war slaves wearing scale armor and heavy shackles on their hands and feet are more or less the signs and guises of those slave owners even if they stand under the arbor on the street. There are also some contestants in the gladiatorial arena. Even if this kind of lizard war slaves are put on display openly, besides the astronomical price tag, many of them are not for sale at all.

Compared with these lizardmen war slaves, the female lizardmen slaves under the arbors on the street who are only covered with linen sheets are the commodities that slave owners want to trade.

The selling price of a strong lizard slave is about [-] to [-] magic crystals, and the average price of female lizard slaves is about [-] to [-] magic crystals.

The arena in Qiyan City looks more like two crescent sculptures built on a spacious open space, and the arena in the middle rammed with loess is still quite flat.

Under the awning at the entrance of a shop next to the arena, a dozen or so lizard female slaves were standing or sitting, and their eyes fell on these lizard female slaves. The shell of the soul, the empty eyes are full of dead silence.

Walking in along the gate, I saw that there were six lizard war slaves practicing their fighting skills in the inner courtyard. They were catching and fighting in the courtyard. An instructor in leather armor stood aside with a straight face, holding a sword in his hand. Wearing an oily black long whip, the black is definitely not the true color of the long whip, it should have been stained when beating the slaves of the lizardmen.

The lizard man war slaves worked very hard during training, and they could hear their bodies colliding with each other and making a powerful impact sound.

A well-dressed female slave in tight leather armor came out of the room. She had two short swords hanging from her belt, and she even walked with a certain rhythm. There was a centipede-shaped scar on her slender face. Destroying the beauty of the entire face, the figure is first-class.

"May I help you? Your Excellency the Mage." The lizard slave girl seemed to be of high status, and she had some corresponding right to speak in this courtyard.

"I'm looking for Abraham, is he there?" I stood in the yard, looked around slightly, and asked the lizard slave girl.

Looking at her golden pupils, I thought of Takama, Qige's personal slave.

"Did you make an appointment with the master?" The lizard slave girl led me into the yard.

"No, I'm taking the liberty of visiting today." I said.

The houses around the yard are all very solid stone houses, and these stone houses have no doors and windows, only iron fences as thick as arms. There are also some lizard female slaves crowded in front of the fences, watching everything in the yard silently. Human slaves are in better condition than those lizard slaves for sale, at least a little angry.

"I don't know what to call you, but I will report it to the inner court for you."

The lizard slave girl looked me up and down, and took me to the grape arbor in the yard, asking us to have a short rest here, and the lizard slave girl turned and walked into the inner courtyard.

While waiting under the grape arbor, I couldn't help but take a closer look at the three pairs of lizard war slaves in the yard. They held heavy wooden swords and shields in their hands. Every time the wooden sword hit the shield, it would only There was a bang bang.

Those lizard war slaves looked very strong physically, but the martial arts they practiced was nothing new, more like the dueling lessons of those warrior apprentices in the junior war academy.

Katerina took only a few glances before losing any interest.

Not long after, the lizard female slave came out from the inner courtyard, behind her...

(End of this chapter)