Shadow Covenant

Chapter 145 "Market"

Palermo's mules and horses market is in the neighborhood near the gate of the North City. It is very close. Before getting close to Woody, you can smell the unpleasant smell of feces mixed with human sweat in the air. This is different from the seaside with salt. If you want to describe the wet and fishy smell, it is more like a dried mouse.

On weekdays, most of the natives of Palermo will stay away, because it makes them feel no different from the farmers in the small town. It is full of pastoral flavor, not fragrant, but a stench that can only be smelled in the countryside. .

They have complained about this mule and horse market more than once, suggesting whether it can be moved outside the city or placed in a poor area, but the final result is always nothing. After all, the merchants and mules and horses in the trade zone are an inseparable part. .

Asenland is the same as most planes. Most of the creatures that can be seen in the mule and horse market are horses, mules, donkeys, and a small amount of cattle.

After all, the mounts of truly powerful professionals either use the expertise of the profession itself to summon special mounts, or have a better choice than horses. As Woody knows, some barbarian tribes in the Northland will raise some panhorn sheep. Those who live in the high mountains will even try to domesticate the flying mount giant crow, but the most outrageous thing is that some paladins will make a contract with the kind dragon.

Woody remembered that a country on the plane of Terra even had a special advanced profession called Silver Dragon Knight. Coincidentally, the group of Githyangis who looked like pirates in the star world also signed a contract with Tiamat. Red dragons at the youth level will be recruited to serve in the star realm for hundreds of years, employ child labor, and belong to...

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Woody stepped into this neighborhood where horses neighed. The road was covered with black mud formed by feces and dirt. Stepping on it would make the shoes stick to a layer of dirt. On both sides of the road that could accommodate two carriages There are all open-air animal pens, a few of them are covered, but the kind are often very large, and they are fixed in Palermo for a long time. In the open-air animal pen closest to him, there are sparsely tied animals. There were a dozen horses and a few donkeys or mules that were obviously much shorter. Three people were leaning on the stables, two were chatting, and one was concentrating on combing the horse's mane.

Woody walked directly towards the nearest animal pen. He didn't plan to find a satisfactory mount here, he just needed a simple means of transportation.

In his opinion, as for mounts, it is only once and for all that he masters the spell of summoning mounts in the conjuration system. He can come and go as soon as he calls. An awkward situation on foot.

But the choice still has to be chosen. Compared with the horse breed, he hopes to choose an excellent traveling horse with plateau blood, which will be beneficial to his next trip north.

However, he took a casual glance and found that most of the animal stables were small, typical mountain horse breeds, and there were no traveling horses he wanted, so he chose to quickly pass by the next one.

But maybe it was the equipment on his body and that immature face that was a bit mature, which attracted unnecessary conversations.

Just when he was about to quickly finish the third open-air animal stable, and was about to go to the side with the shed to try his luck.

A voice sounded in his ear.

"Sir, do you want to buy a horse?"

Woody turned his head slightly, and saw a young man with slightly curly blond hair facing him with a smile on his face. Judging from his clothes, he was wearing a linen shirt with hay in the gaps. The groom was out of place, but wearing rare silk underwear, no different from a little nobleman.

"Is there a problem?"

Facing the accost, Woody replied lightly, and at the same time glanced at the other stables and frowned slightly. Just now, he realized that it wasn't that the mules and horses market in Palermo didn't have horses that were particularly suitable for traveling in the Northland, but that All the traveling horses were swept away by a rich man from the North not long ago. It is said that they are used as an alternative to pull goods, and the horses here are all left over by him, no wonder there are none.

"I just heard the conversation between you and that friend. I heard that you want to buy a traveling horse. I just happened to have one out of my hand. It was a retired army horse before. If you don't mind, I can Selling it to you is the price, it may be higher."

Speaking of this, the blond man seemed to be afraid that Woody would be in a hurry, and emphasized.

"But the current market is like this. Palermo has no horses. Southerners do not lie to southerners. If the circus is not leaving today, I am really not in a hurry to go out. At least the next batch of traveling horses will be added to the mule and horse market. Before, this horse in my hand is the only one, and Aisha has a strong physique and strong limbs, you must be satisfied after reading it."

"Yes, where is the horse?"

Woody didn't listen to his chattering sales, but from his mouth, this horse named Aisha seemed to be really good. Not only did he have plateau blood, he was strong and strong, he had a strong personality, and he had plenty of endurance. It was used to pull goods in the circus, but this time they replaced it with a ground-moving dragon animal cart that was better and more attractive to customers, and the horses were naturally freed up for sale.

"It's not far away, you come with me."

Going around several animal pens, Woody finally saw "Aisha" in the mouth of the animal trainer in a small stable in the corner, amidst his calling.

"Come on! Girl, let him take a good look at you, good boy! He will be a good master." The animal trainer named Quinn said happily, stroking the horse's neck sticking out his head.

As he said, what emerged from the darkness was a purebred plateau horse, more than two meters tall, with black fur like ink, tall and burly, and looked very good. It is easy to think of the terrible nightmare warhorse summoned by the death knight, and it also gives people a feeling of dusty pearls in this small and dark stable, but what surprised Woody even more is that this traveling horse , It’s a bit too much, it’s very wrong, he couldn’t help stroking it with his hand, it was smooth and supple, and the black horse was also very docile, without a huge sense of oppression at all, but Woody still found a flaw in it.

"Not satisfied!" The curly-haired man who called himself Quinn with a smile on his face looked at the surprise in the corner of Woody's eyes. He didn't care about Woody's temptation, and there was only a confident smile on his thin cheeks. In this respect, he believed that no one Being able to reject his traveling horse, the best of the best, is also a card in the circus, if it wasn't for...

"Yes, how much." It was still the indifferent voice, but Quinn had long been used to it, and he also quoted a price that he was extremely satisfied with.

"Two hundred gold coins, as long as two hundred gold coins, Aisha will be yours, and I will leave with the leader in peace." Quinn said with a happy face, and he had already knocked the hammer in his heart. After all, according to past experience , he should obediently pay.

"Two hundred gold coins, not a bad price, but I'm probably not the first person you peddled." For some reason, the man's voice became a little hoarse, or with a little teasing, Kui who was dazzled by the success En said with a compliment.

"Of course, this master, there are very few people who are as rich as you and can spend 200 gold coins to buy horses in one breath. Those poor people can't even afford a single hair of Aisha."

"Really? Hehe, all right, take it."

"Thank you, master, for your generosity, but before the sale, the team leader said that in order to prevent transaction disputes, we have to go to the notary office."

"But don't worry, I will pay you the handling fee."

After the voice fell, Quinn found that a bag of gold coins had been thrown into his hand, which contained exactly two hundred gold coins. He immediately nodded overjoyed, but it was not over. He said with a perplexed expression on his face. To trade livestock with information everywhere, both parties must pay an amount equivalent to 5.00% of the value as a handling fee for supplying to the market.

"no problem."

Woody thought for a while, then nodded again, without any objection.

Soon, the two walked out of the notary office specially used for paying formalities and delivery procedures in the mule and horse market. In addition to paying handling fees for selling here, both parties have legal benefits for buying and selling, and the party who breaches the contract will be punished and also It is an alternative contract, guaranteed by the city's reputation.

Soon, the former owner's name was erased from the parchment that had recorded the information of Aisha's horse, and the horse named Aisha also belonged to Woody.

However, he didn't go to get the horse immediately, but looked at the back of the horse seller, with a smile of interest on the corner of his mouth.

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"Get rich, hehe."

Quinn, or Paslin, was walking in the alleys of the trade zone, touching the bulging bag around his waist with joy in his eyes, with a satisfied expression on his face.

Originally, he just wanted to sell it for [-] gold coins as usual, but today's situation is simply the God of Wealth sent to his door. No, he still underestimated the God of Wealth, and it should be said that it is a treasure from heaven.

The two hundred gold coins were actually not counter-offered, so the deal was done directly.

oh!Goodness, gods behold!This is not a dream!

If it weren't for the fact that there were too many people around here, he would have wished to make a groundhog call on the spot.

What an idiot, I guess it is some idiot aristocrat who can't get the territory and can only come out with some money to act as a wandering knight.

Paislin thought cheerfully, and at the same time put the money bag in his arms more carefully, not hanging it on his waist. Although the trade area is much safer than the dock area, it is better to be cautious just in case .

After all, the money is enough for him to repay the debts of gambling losses, and he still has a slight surplus.

But who would have thought that the bag contained not 200 silver coins, but 200 gold coins.

It was the first time that Paislin, who had obtained such a huge amount of money, could not suppress the thoughts in his mind.

He is now so grateful for this way of making money that he discovered, that the casino staff who pawned his pawns for the first time to pay off the debts did not hold grudges so much.

Of course, the most grateful thing is the father who is the animal trainer, and there is no precious wealth left by him-the agate war horse statue.

This magic wonder not only allowed him to find a position as an equestrian performer in the circus, but also traveled around various city-states with the circus during the past few months. During the tour, he could eat, drink and have fun without any scruples, and gambling in casinos was even more commonplace.

After all, it is a genius idea to use the horses summoned by magic statues to sell them to extract money on the last day before leaving the city.

The speed of getting money is much faster than performing equestrianism for a group of bumpkins who have never seen the world in the circus.

Moreover, he also deliberately selected young adventurer buyers. After such a set, combined with the war horse summoned by the agate war horse statue, it is an invincible killer.

It's a pity that a city can only do this once, otherwise, it may cause unnecessary trouble. After all, the statue in his hand can only summon black war horses. It would be great if he could change the color at will, but unfortunately it is fixed.

Thinking of this, Paislin couldn't help sighing, as if he was sad that the leek field he could harvest was decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he seemed reluctant and sad.

But on the next road, as he went to the casinos, taverns, and shops in the trade area, and squandered the gold coins given by Woody one by one, his mood gradually improved, and he chose to return to the circus. At that time, the tents set up in the past had long been dismantled, and the people in the circus were very busy, those who moved things moved things, and those who loaded the cages into cars.

After seeing him, many acquaintances couldn't help urging him.

"Little Paislin, come and help."

"Where have you been? Paislin, and where is your horse? I didn't see your horse in the stable!"

"The captain calls you to come back and see him, Paislin."

Faced with these greetings, Paislin was quite dissatisfied, brushing the curly hair on his forehead, blowing upwards, and said perfunctorily.

"Got it, got it, don't worry, I will bring Aisha when I get on the boat."

The cooling time for summoning a war horse is 24 hours. Although the duration is also 24 hours, the next call will have to wait until eight o'clock tonight, but by this time the circus ship should have sailed away from Palermo. Let alone 200 gold coins, even 1000 gold coins can't stop a ship leaving the port.

While calculating in his mind when was the best time to summon Aisha, Paislin muttered to himself why the leader, that bad old man, was looking for him.

Has the gambling incident been discovered?It shouldn't be, he hides very deeply every time, basically going out from the hotel in the middle of the night to gamble.

Originally, he was curious, but after he had sustainable financial resources, he acted recklessly, using every city he visited without any scruples to overdraw the quota for horse sales.

His walking is neither fast nor slow, but in this circus with 50 helpers, it took a little time to find the head of the group. He was about to say hello, but he saw the head of the circus standing beside Kuruman. behind the person.

Immediately, he froze in place, because that person was not someone else, but the young bully who had just given him two hundred gold coins.

An adventurer named Woody...

(End of this chapter)