Werewolf wizard

Chapter 363: Slave Traders of Eagle Harbor

Storm Kingdom, Year 58, Autumn.

Su Nan arrived at Eagle Harbor, a neutral port in Asia Minor.

Currently, two-thirds of the Asia Minor region is in the hands of the Nicomedia Empire, but about one-third of the territory is in the hands of various forces, and even in the hands of pagan tribes.

The pagans worship the Desert God system, which, according to their legends, rose from the Outer Plane [Domain of the Natural Gods] as a product of the Celestial Gods banding together to exclude alien races.

Therefore, the followers of the Desert God system believe that it is fairer and more civilized than the Celestial Gods.

The Desert God system has no God-King, only the Nine Pillars, each of which is equal and has no hierarchical distinction.

Pagan countries that believe in the Nine Pillars of the Desert God system generally do not force people to convert.

They only implement a system within their own country where believers of the Desert God system are exempt from taxes, while believers of the Celestial Gods must pay taxes.

Su Nan disembarked at Eagle Harbor, a neutral port country that believes in the Desert God system.

Because this operation would primarily take place within enemy territory, Su Nan did not wear noble attire.

Instead, he wore tight-sleeved, close-fitting black clothing and walked through the port with the Black Wheat Matron, who was dressed in a black dress.

Su Nan had arranged to meet the Rubber Witch in Miletus, but Miletus was one of the important cities of the Nicomedia Empire.

Therefore, Su Nan planned to hire some locals from Asia Minor and disguise them as a trading caravan to enter the city.

Although ordinary soldiers could not harm him, he couldn't just kill everyone wherever he went.

Moreover, Asia Minor was a region he had never been to before, and the situation, environment, and the number of wizard and warlock forces there were all unknown.

Su Nan bought a set of merchant's clothing and even a walking stick from a century-old shop in Eagle Harbor.

Then, he walked forward with the walking stick in hand, while the Black Wheat Matron beside him held a parasol to shield him from the sun.

She appeared to be Su Nan's maid.

Although, in a way, that wasn't wrong.

As he walked towards the market of Eagle Harbor, Su Nan began to recall the situation when he interrogated the Shadow Assassin Wizard in the dungeon under Count Peter's territory in the Storm Kingdom.

First of all, the Pure White School certainly had a inherited wizard array, which was very rare, but it was the core magical resource of the Pure White School.

That inherited wizard array gave the Pure White Wizard combat power beyond that of an ordinary First Ring Wizard, and it also increased his ambition.

However, that inherited wizard array had not been maintained for a long time before, so it could not be used.

It was only in the last two months that the Pure White Wizard, through the Pure White Wizard Council he formed in the Storm Kingdom-Nicomedia Empire region, accumulated wealth and repaired their inherited wizard array [Pale Shadow Array].

That Pale Shadow Array can use the special rune power of the Shadow School to mine power from a world called [Shadow Plane], and can transmit power through the Shadow Plane from thousands of miles away, or even across different planes, to enhance the wizard's magic.

This is the secret to the Pure White School's enduring prosperity.

This meant that even if a generation of Pure White Wizards was weak, they could rely on this inherited wizard array to become a hegemon.

This kind of inherited wizard array is actually not uncommon, but it is mostly found in senior Second Ring Wizard organizations.

The Pure White School did not know what kind of luck they had, but their former wizards found some of this inherited wizard array that used the power of the plane, and as a result, they built the current hegemony of the Pure White School.

Su Nan was greatly moved when he heard this, and he also wanted to get one of these inherited wizard arrays.

After all, he is now a Second Ring Wizard, and he also has a medium-sized plane.

As long as he can have relevant information, he can completely create an inherited wizard array himself.

Su Nan also learned from the Shadow Assassin Wizard that their school did have frequent contact with a mysterious existence and had gained a lot of benefits.

It's just that his status was limited, so he really didn't know more.

Su Nan and the Black Wheat Matron walked into the market.

Slave trading is relatively prosperous among the pagans, so there are a large number of slaves sold in the market of Eagle Harbor.

When the Black Wheat Matron saw the rows of iron cages on both sides of the street, and the naked, undignified people inside, she showed a strange expression.

"Master, didn't you say that the administrative system on the surface is generally feudal? Why are there so many slaves? I thought I was back in my hometown."

Su Nan smiled. "There are still a lot of slave trades left among the pagans."

The Black Wheat Matron bowed slightly to Su Nan. "I thought the slave system was the best system. The strong get everything."

"A wizard like you should have a million elite slaves."

Su Nan glanced at her.

The Black Wheat Matron immediately bowed to Su Nan to apologize. "It was this concubine's slip of the tongue."

Su Nan didn't care, but found the largest slave market in Eagle Harbor, walked directly into the white room, found a pagan slave trader, secretly used the First Ring spell [Linguistic Understanding], and said, "I want to buy some slaves."

The pagan slave trader looked at Su Nan and the Black Wheat Matron and immediately perked up.

"This guest, may the Desert God be above, today must be my lucky day. How many slaves do you need, I even have non-human slaves."

"As long as you want it, I, Ahmed, can get it for you."

"Even those genie slaves, as long as you can afford the price, you can have them."

Su Nan glanced at him indifferently, unsure if the other party was bragging or had genuinely sold genie slaves.

Su Nan looked at the Arcane Super-Intuition Ring on the index finger of his right hand. The brass ring flashed, and a vague thought arose in Su Nan's mind.

It seemed that this Ahmed had really sold them.

However, Su Nan didn't care much about it. There were several ways to make genie lamps. Although they were relatively rare, a Rank 1 wizard could do it. For a Rank 2 wizard, it wasn't anything rare.

It was just that the merchant Ahmed in front of him did seem to be extraordinary.

Su Nan said, "Can I pay with Storm Kingdom gold coins here?"

Su Nan didn't intend to hide his identity because there was no need. If there was any trouble, he would directly use the vampire's hypnotic ability to solve it.

Ahmed, whose head was wrapped with a white cloth into a hat, smiled and said, "It used to be possible, but not anymore, guest."

"Because now the Storm Kingdom... it's hard to say whether it will even exist. We don't dare to accept their country's currency now. Even if we do, it will be discounted by more than 50%."

Su Nan nodded. "Then I'll just pay with gold bricks."

The smile on Ahmed's face froze, and then he was overjoyed, his smile even wider. What a lavish guest, actually paying directly with gold bricks.

He was right, these two guests who were obviously not from Asia Minor were definitely not simple.

Su Nan said, "Arrange some slaves for me. The requirement is that the slaves preferably know each other, and there shouldn't be too many old or young ones."

This would make it easier to disguise them as a merchant caravan.

Otherwise, if everyone didn't know each other, it would be easy for others to see through it.

Ahmed was quite knowledgeable and roughly guessed the purpose of Su Nan's purchase of these slaves. "That's great. I happen to have a group of Storm Kingdom noble slaves who fled. They were captured by the Bulgars during their escape, and because they couldn't pay the ransom, they were sold to me as a package."

"Distinguished guest, they've only been here for less than two weeks, they're in good spirits, and they haven't been treated harshly. I'll take you to see..."

Ahmed signaled a subordinate to entertain the other guests in the house, and then led Su Nan and Black Rye out of the back door of the house and into the fence behind the house where a large number of slaves were held.

Most of the slaves here were listless and despondent.

Su Nan followed Ahmed, turning left and right, and came to a separate iron fence, where there were seven people.

Judging from the clothes they were wearing, there was a middle-aged Storm Kingdom baron, his adult daughter, and a boy of about 12 years old, as well as four family male servants.

Su Nan could tell what was going on at a glance. After all, he knew the nobles of the Storm Kingdom very well, even better than Ahmed beside him.

Ahmed smiled and said to Su Nan, "These slaves are all in pretty good shape, they don't have any diseases, and that twelve-year-old boy can do some work too."

"However, he... I can give him to you for free."

"Four servants, half a desert gold coin each, but these two nobles together cost 70 desert gold coins..."

Inside the iron fence, the woman's face changed drastically. She wasn't worth that much money, but if someone bought her back with that much money...

They would definitely want to recoup their investment.

Ahmed smiled and said to Su Nan, "Of course, if you think buying nobles is too expensive and not worth it, I can also recommend other commoner slaves to you. Those slaves are cheaper, there's no premium..."

Su Nan waved his hand and signaled Black Rye to go over and give Ahmed a gold brick directly, and let him break off a small corner from the gold brick according to the gold content of the desert gold coin.

Ever since Su Nan began exploring planes and developing the underground world, he really hadn't put gold in his eyes.

Ahmed was almost blinded by the large gold brick in Black Rye's arms.

However, he still felt Su Nan and Black Rye's true attitude towards him from Black Rye's efforts to avoid direct skin contact with him, as if he were a kind of dirty garbage.

That was a kind of superiority, indifference, as if he and all the slaves here were just stones on the roadside.

The well-informed Ahmed guessed who Su Nan and Black Rye were. So he didn't have any intention of provoking the two of them because of greed.

Black Rye quickly handed over the work to Ahmed. At the same time, Ahmed also tried his best to recommend himself to Su Nan, saying that if there was any need in the future, he could find him in Eagle Port to buy slaves.

Even, Ahmed quietly said a sentence before Black Rye and Su Nan left the store.

"Greetings, two wizard adults, I am also from a wizard family, but unfortunately my magical talent is low, so I can only do this kind of thing."

Black Rye sneered at him. "A mere first-class wizard apprentice."

"Who do you think my master is?"

Su Nan didn't care about their communication. Since he had finished his business, he directly left the market.

Ahmed stood at the door of the store, wiping the sweat from his forehead. "I guessed right, two Rank 1 wizards actually entered my shop."

"Recently, doing business in Eagle Port is getting harder and harder."

"Why does it feel like it's easier to encounter high-ranking wizards than before?"