On the Seven Towers

Under normal circumstances, a healthy slave with normal working ability can only buy four to eight golden axes at most. Of course, if he has some skills, it will be more expensive. But this is for experienced craftsmen, and such slaves are rare everywhere. Many of the slaves in this team are beasts, and they don’t look like craftsmen. Regardless of injuries or illnesses, it is absolutely impossible for one person to be worth ten golden axes. There must be something wrong with the kingdom’s willingness to purchase such slaves in large quantities.

Gallo and others felt that this matter was not simple, but the man didn’t know more about the situation. After all, he was just a person who did things.

After Gallo asked the question, he sent the man away.

The man asked Gawain tremblingly: "My lord, what should I do with my subordinates?"

Gawain said: "They will wake up naturally after a while. As for those who haven’t woken up... maybe I hit them too hard and they can’t wake up."

The man ran back to his team and pushed those people one by one. Several guards woke up, but two of them were no longer breathing.

He vaguely recalled that these two men were the ones who whipped the slaves in the team the most fiercely. No matter which terrible man killed people for what reason, he dared not do anything. With his knowledge, the man's strength had broken through the limit of imagination. He had no idea what level of master he was. Anyway, it was normal to die on the road these days. He could use all kinds of reasons to deal with the lord.

After the guards of the slave caravan woke up, the man urged them to pack up and continue on their way. Several guards wanted to whip the slaves, but they were whipped twice by the man. It took them more than 20 minutes to settle down and rest, but when they evacuated, it only took two or three minutes, leaving a lot of things on the spot.

Neither Gallo nor Gawain let these slaves go. These slaves were marked. If they were released from here, they would not be able to find their way home, but the lords along the way had the power to capture or execute them. So it was relatively safer to let them stay in the team for the time being.

"There must be some conspiracy behind this. This deal is totally against common sense." Gawain said.

"It's not like there haven't been similar cases before," Gallo said. "I remember there was a case where a high price was paid for each person."

Bella said, "Who would do business like this?"

"That time it was a necromancer. He bought those people just to extract their souls, so it didn't matter whether they were injured or not. People with weak bodies don't necessarily have weak souls, but the necromancer's hand was not that big. He only bought less than fifty slaves, and was later discovered by the Temple of Nature. In the end, the necromancer died at the hands of the Shadow Group of the Temple of Nature." Gallo said.

Gao Wen said: "If that's the case, it shows that there's something fishy about the kingdom's actions. According to what he said, many nobles, soldiers and merchants are involved in this matter, and the number of slaves must be far more than dozens or hundreds."

Mo Yu said: "What's there to think about? Let's follow them and take a look in that village and we'll know."

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The slave team in front naturally couldn't move fast, so Mo Yu and his four companions rode their horses far behind.

They followed the team for an afternoon, and when it was getting dark, they saw the border checkpoint of the kingdom in front. The soldiers guarding the checkpoint seemed to be used to it, and they let the slave team pass directly when they saw it. When it was Mo Yu's turn to pass the checkpoint, they were questioned instead.

However, it is not uncommon to see mercenary teams shuttling between the empire and the kingdom these days. But it is rare to see people passing by at this time of night.

A man who looked like an officer saw the soldiers stop four people who looked like adventurers, and hurried down from the tower. He said to Gallo who was in charge of the negotiation: "You appearing in the checkpoint at this time looks very problematic. Hand over your weapons and follow me."

"Sir, isn't the relationship between the Empire and the Kingdom back to normal now? When did adventurers not pass through?" Gallo flicked the enchanted armor on his chest with his fingers and said, "You can see that we are not ordinary adventurers, right? We serve some big shots. If our actions are delayed because of this checkpoint, you will probably be in big trouble."

The officer saw the equipment on these people, which really gave him a very sophisticated and advanced feeling. Whether it was the short sword and dagger on the waist of the man in front of him, the long sword of the man behind him, or the staff in the woman's hand, he felt a magical atmosphere. Even the black big sword on the petite woman's back, although plain, was different from ordinary metal just by looking at the color under the moonlight. Their horses were also very special. They were all beast-blooded horses from the north of the empire. These horses alone were not something that ordinary nobles could afford.

Seeing the surprise in the officer's eyes, Garo grinned. The officer felt a sinking sensation on his waist. He reached out and touched it, and found a heavy purse there. As a mid-level warrior, he didn't even realize when the purse appeared on his belt. A few drops of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. Since this person could unknowingly hang a purse on his belt, he could naturally stab a dagger into his stomach silently.

Seeing Garo's eyes lingering on the soldiers around him, he had to wave his hand and let the soldiers leave some distance.

"Listen, let us go there. It is convenient for everyone. Otherwise, it will cause a big fuss and it will not look good on anyone." Gallo said softly.

"But...your identities."

"Do you have any questions? If it's hard to make up your identity, then just say that we are with the team in front. We are just a few guards at the rear. Who cares about this in such a dark time? Gallo said.

"Okay. However, I want to remind you that if you are going to the hinterland of the kingdom, keep going forward after passing the border. Don't have anything to do with that slave team, otherwise you will be in big trouble." The officer said , "You must know that all people with suspicious identities who come and go at night in the past few days have been intercepted."

Gallo said: "Do you even need to say this? We just have to go there and we don't have time to meddle in other people's business."

"There is no problem in the inspection. These people are with the front, but they have fallen behind." The officer said loudly. Then he stepped back, covered the money bag with his hand, and waved the soldiers through. Mo Yu and the others passed this checkpoint and disappeared into the night.