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"It's been a long time. You've become so powerful." Remy quickly suppressed his panic, a professional smile appearing on his face, his hands unconsciously rubbing together in front of him. "Baron, shall we take a look at the goods?"
As a well-known slave trader, Remy was quite good at judging people. He treated different people differently. Some people needed to exchange pleasantries with him, some needed to be flattered first, and others needed to be provided with some extra services in order to make the transaction go smoothly.
Isaac, on the other hand, is clearly the type who dislikes small talk and prefers to get straight to the point.
“Okay, let’s take a look at the goods first.” As expected, Isaac showed no dissatisfaction and nodded, following behind Remy.
Soon, Remy led Isaac to the first carriage. Lifting the black cloth, they found a small iron cage filled with more than twenty adult men. It was crowded and the conditions were quite poor, but the food was decent. These were high-quality laborers.
"They come from the recently destroyed Kingdom of Ray. Although they have no special skills or extraordinary talents, they are healthy and strong. They are worth one gold coin each."
"One gold coin?" Isaac looked at Remy in surprise. It wasn't that it was too expensive, but rather too cheap. "Isn't this just the cost price?"
Generally speaking, slaves are cheap, but it depends on the type of slave. Different slaves naturally have different prices. Slaves that are healthy, strong, and of good birth are high-quality slaves and can be bought to build territories. Their market price is around ten gold coins, and bulk purchases will cost at least seven or eight gold coins.
One gold coin is a rock-bottom price, practically worthless!
Chapter 146 Elf? Witch: ? Knight? Slave!
"It's just a small gift, nothing special," Remy said with a smile.
Isaac raised an eyebrow and nodded without refusing. He wasn't just buying slaves this time; there would be many more opportunities for cooperation in the future. So he turned his gaze back to the slaves in the iron cage: "How many like these did you bring? I'll take them all."
Remy looked at Isaac with some surprise; he was now confused about Isaac's purpose in buying slaves.
He initially thought Isaac was conducting experiments. This world was different from Isaac's previous life. Although not everyone could accept human experimentation, at least they wouldn't be overly resistant.
At least, as long as the subjects of your experiments are slaves, there won't be any legal issues.
At most, it will affect public opinion.
But for experiments, there's no need for such good slaves at all; these slaves are usually bought to expand territory.
However, Remy didn't ask any more questions. As a qualified slave trader, not asking how the slaves were used was the most basic principle of his profession. It was just a pity that he hadn't prepared much.
“That’s a bit of a shame. I only brought about forty of them this time, which is a little short. If you need more, you may have to wait a while. I need to make some preparations.” With that, Remy waved his right hand lightly, and the black cloth on the second carriage fell down, revealing slaves that were almost identical to those in the first carriage.
Isaac examined it carefully and said with satisfaction, "Hmm, not bad. You can keep it for me first. Give me three thousand now, and send it over as soon as you have it."
Remy glanced at Isaac with some surprise, three thousand...
The price will definitely be based on the market price from now on. We can't continue with one gold coin for three thousand slaves, which is more than twenty thousand gold coins!
This is quite a big order for Remy!
But what use are so many slaves? As far as he knew, Isaac shouldn't have any territory he wanted to expand...
Could it be a blood sacrifice?
Remy felt a chill run down his spine. Blood sacrifice was different from human experimentation, especially when it involved using humans as sacrifices, regardless of whether they were free citizens or slaves. It was not permitted by secular law.
But Remy still didn't say anything, only nodded, indicating that he would send more slaves.
Who cares if it's a blood sacrifice? It's not like he's the one being sacrificed. Why not do business when there's business to be had?
"Take a look at this..." Before the discussion was even over, a big order had been placed. Remy was extremely happy and led Isaac to the third carriage with a smile.
After the black cloth was removed, the creature in the iron cage caught Isaac's eye. Unlike the first two carriages, the third carriage was a "single room" with only one slave inside—a beautiful slave!
Long golden hair, fair skin, a slightly heaving chest, emerald green eyes, pointed ears...
"An elf?!" Isaac's eyes widened slightly, and a native elf at that!
"You...you can get this too?" Isaac looked at Remy with surprise, and was quite impressed with him.
Elves are not ordinary slaves. Their beautiful appearance and unparalleled rarity keep their prices high. They are usually seen at auctions, and you can't even think about asking for less than 40,000 or 50,000 gold coins.
For slave traders, elves also hold extraordinary significance. The ability to capture an elf has now become a watershed in the slave trade. Capturing an elf means you have officially established yourself in this business!
Because elves are a very exclusive race, and they only live in the Elf Forest, which is said to be a moving forest, there are very few ways to locate the Elf Forest.
Moreover, the elves all possess exceptional magical talent, making them formidable forces.
Even if a typical slave-catching team happens to encounter the Elf Forest, they will not be able to break through the outermost barrier!
So, sensing Isaac's surprised look, Remy couldn't help but feel a little smug. He puffed out his chest and waved his hand: "I got it by luck. So, how about it, Baron, are you interested?"
"Lord Remy is willing to part with it?" Isaac asked in surprise.
Elves are no ordinary slaves. Besides fetching high prices at auctions, they also serve as excellent advertising. This one elf slave is enough to double Remy's business!
“If Your Excellency is interested, I’ll give you 100,000 gold coins as a token of our friendship,” Remy said with a smile.
Isaac was genuinely surprised. He looked at Remy carefully, then shook his head and declined Remy's offer: "I appreciate your kindness, but I'm not interested in elves. Let's move on to the next one."
At least for now, Isaac has completely lost interest in elves. In his opinion, elves are just so-so; apart from having a higher average appearance, they are no different from humans.
Oh right, and he also has exceptional magical talent.
But that's all. Elves aren't of much research value to him right now, and as for their looks...
Sorry, this elf is not within Isaac's XP range, at least compared to Ruri, she is much inferior, although Ruri's is just a superficial one.
Upon hearing this, Remy felt a little regretful. He wasn't just being polite; he genuinely wanted to sell directly to Isaac, as he had said, to make friends.
All I can say is that this is very much a businessman's approach.
Isaac's identity as a mad witch both terrified and excited Remy!
The fear stems from the fact that the mad witch is insane; no one knows what he will do next, because no one knows in which ritual he will become a puppet of the Outer God. Destruction is always a constant companion of the mad witch!
And it was an exceptionally terrifying destruction!
But at the same time, this made him very excited!
As the saying goes, fortune favors the bold. The mad witches were indeed mad, but there is no doubt that they were all geniuses!
A first-rate genius!
Therefore, they often come up with many ingenious ideas, and these ingenious ideas may have extremely high value!
Even disregarding all of this, from a potential standpoint alone, each of these "mad witches" is a stock with significant future growth potential!
As long as I can survive.
So while Remy's rational mind told him to stay away from Isaac and ideally never have any contact with him, his business instincts were also urging him to cultivate a good relationship with Isaac and hold onto this potential asset!
Pity……
Isaac doesn't want elves...
Next, Remy showed Isaac several different types of slaves: dragonmen, ratmen, adventurers, and even first-tier knights, but unfortunately, none of them were to Isaac's liking.
He bought slaves to train arcane mages. Once they learned arcane arts, Isaac would kick them out. He had no intention of keeping a bunch of useless trash in his territory who weren't even as strong as the Greatsword Demon.
Therefore, the other slaves are quite ordinary; either they cannot practice secret techniques, or the cost is too high.
Until the last carriage...
"Baron, I guarantee you'll be satisfied!" Remy smiled mysteriously, then rubbed his hands together lewdly and stuck out his greasy tongue to lick his lips.
However, Isaac narrowed his eyes and looked somewhat serious in the face of Remy's disgusting action.
Because he sensed magic in Remy's movements!
At the same time, the carriage covered with a black cloth in front of them also emitted a magical fluctuation.
In other words, Remy's series of seemingly disgusting actions were actually a way to break some kind of magical seal... Interesting...
Isaac was starting to look forward to what was inside the carriage. You see, even the carriage that imprisoned the elf and the knight hadn't been sealed with magic by Remy, which showed how much he valued this thing.
But what could possibly be more important than elves?
Soon, to Isaac's expectant gaze, the black cloth fell down, revealing the contents of the carriage. Isaac's expectant and excited expression froze for a moment, and after a while, he turned his head and looked at Remy with the eyes of someone looking at a madman.
"Are you crazy? You dare to capture a witch?!"
Yes, the black cloth fell down, and inside the iron cage was a girl who was about 1.5 meters tall, sixteen or seventeen years old, a few years younger than Isaac.
Although the girl was dressed very plainly, her long gray hair was messy and covered her face, obscuring her beautiful features. She was now curled up in a corner of the iron cage, looking very petite and pitiful.
But no matter how pitiful she looked, Isaac could still see the surging magic within her at a glance!
It's at least comparable to the magic power of a peak-level formal wizard!
Of course, not all women with magical powers are witches, but if it is chaotic magic, then that's another story.
Without a doubt, she is a witch!
Witches cannot be enslaved!
Because there is a kingdom on the continent that specifically accepts and protects witches—the Kingdom of Witches!
It was a country ruled by madmen, so although many of its laws were quite domineering, most of them concerned the protection of witches. Therefore, even though it wasn't a single country, the other nations on the continent would recognize some of its laws and regulations.
Among these rules is the rule that no one may capture a witch as a slave for any reason; doing so would be considered a declaration of war against the Witch Kingdom!
Of course, in this world, as long as there is enough profit, there will always be people willing to take risks, and the witch slave is no exception.
However, very few people dare to do this; at least Isaac has only seen it mentioned in literature...
This is the first time I've seen one alive.
"Hehe~" Remy chuckled smugly, seemingly unaware of just how crazy his actions were. "So, do you want some?"
"..." Isaac paused for a moment, then asked, "How many gold coins?"
Although Remy's act of selling witch slaves was crazy and the risk of buying witch slaves was very high, Isaac admitted that he was tempted!
During this period, he would often immerse himself in the research group's library, absorbing all the knowledge like a sponge. In the library, Isaac came across an incomplete but very interesting black magic experiment notebook.
Black magic itself is quite ordinary; it's a form of magic derived from heart transplantation, except that it involves replacing the enemy's heart during battle and using the rejection reaction to kill the enemy.
However, one concept mentioned in the book really interested Isaac: the witch's heart.
In his experimental notes, the author viewed the witch's heart as the source of the witch's power, believing that as long as a witch's heart was transplanted, one could possess the witch's magic.
Actually, this kind of idea is quite old-fashioned in the world of legendary wizards, since the power of legendary wizards comes from the study of witches.
The idea of a witch's heart has long been refuted; simply transplanting a witch's heart is of no use.
However, the author believed that a simple witch's heart was indeed useless, but what if a ritual was used to condense the witch's power into a heart? Would that also be useless?
The author believes this is not necessarily true. He even boldly speculates that early legendary wizards must have done such things, but as the system of legendary wizards gradually matured and witches gradually united, this bloody and primitive method was completely sealed away.
Isaac shares a similar view with this author, believing that wizards are not necessarily good people and do not have high moral standards.