Chapter 933: Asking for a sky-high price and paying it back

Pete recalled for a moment, then suddenly realized.

“This looks just like the Kingdom of Reyak!”

“Royal blood!”

Memories of conversations with King Kenreddin came flooding back.

The other party had once received the prophecy of a giant dragon, and was even said to be the “destined king”.

The Reyak Kingdom has been passed down for thousands of years.

There were rebellions during this period, but they were mostly directed against local nobles because their tyranny or recklessness aroused public anger.

But as for rebellion against the royal family, there has never been one.

This is very similar to the situation of the gray dwarves.

Everyone unanimously acknowledged the nobility of this bloodline.

They seem to be born to be kings.

“Hey.”

Pete moved closer to Bron and poked him calmly: “You are going to see the Gray Dwarf King, right? Can you bring others with you?”

Bron turned his head blankly: “Ah? You guys want it too?”

“Yes, any chance?”

Braun hesitated and said, “It’s difficult, because they already know your public identities. I’m afraid it’s unreasonable for the Gray Dwarf King to meet the…guards of a caravan, right?”

Pete slapped his forehead speechlessly.

He forgot about it.

On the ground, he is a renowned hero of the kingdom, a pioneer of the Dark Forest, a defender of the monster red tide, and a savior of the Stone Castle.

If Pete or Miranda want to see King Kenreddin now, they don’t need to make an appointment in advance. They can enter the palace smoothly just by scanning their faces. As long as the king has time, he will definitely be happy to chat with them.

But in the deep areas.

He now plays the role of a member of a slave caravan, and a guard of a relatively ordinary status!

This character has no reason at all to meet the Gray Dwarf King.

“unless……”

Bron thought about it and changed the subject.

“Unless what?”

“Find ways to demonstrate your unique value, the kind that cannot be replaced by others.”

Pete cast his eyes thoughtfully towards the gray dwarves who were picking and choosing slaves not far away.

His eyes were focused on the tobacco bottles slung around their waists.

These gray dwarves no longer used cheap homemade pipes, but metal products engraved with beautiful patterns.

If they want to smoke, they just need to bring the pipe close to their nose, press the opening, shake it a few times, and immediately a light blue-purple smoke will float out, and then they can take a big, comfortable puff.

The “Gospel” has infiltrated the gray dwarves severely.

Everyone in the village of Paisi is taking in the gospel.

The situation in the Limoen settlement is even worse.

Pete even found a decent-sized tobacco shop in this simple market!

The existence of places like opium dens means that the trading and use of drugs has become widespread.

The gray dwarves took a sip of the gospel from time to time, and then shook their heads to check the condition of the slaves.

“I think I might have a solution.”

Pete lowered his head and sent a message to Hugo through the illusion light curtain.

……

Soon, one of them found Hugo and started communicating with him by gesticulating.

“Three, slaves, males only.”

A shrewd gleam flashed in Hugo’s eyes:

“What’s your offer?”

The gray dwarf thought for a moment and held up five fingers:
“For each slave, I will give you five chances to enchant.”

“You need to prepare the items that need enchantment in advance.”

“I’ll tell you what materials you need, and you’ll have to figure out how to collect them.”

Hugo immediately shook his head like a rattle: “No, no, absolutely not!”

“It’s such a loss, I can’t do this business!”

“Do you know how much gold coins I spent to hire these powerful guards and transport so many slaves to the Deep Region?”

“You want to get rid of me with just five enchanted items? And you want me to prepare the materials myself?”

“Then I’ll lose all my underwear!”

After complaining about the other party’s offer, Hugo rolled his eyes:
“One male slave, 20 enchanted items. We will specify the enchantment type, and you will provide the materials!”

The gray dwarf who came up to negotiate the price was suddenly dumbfounded.

The dark face was filled with a shocked expression of “How can you be so shameless?”

The price he initially offered was not intended to be negotiated right away.

According to the market price in the deep area.

A healthy human slave who is docile, honest, smart, obedient, good at serving others, and can do things that gray dwarves cannot do, so he can definitely be considered a “luxury product”.

But its actual price is only 7 or 8 enchanted items, and does not include those powerful enchantment types.

Because the biggest cost of “raising slaves” is not the purchase, but the rations needed to feed them later.

There is a lack of food in the Deep Regions, and the gray dwarves themselves can’t get anything good to eat, let alone human slaves.

I originally thought I could bargain and have some conversation with Hugo.

As a result, Hugo opened his mouth and mentioned 20 enchanted items, which almost made the other party angry.

“Absolutely impossible!”

The gray dwarf angrily opened his mouth and was about to greet Hugo’s family, but before he could curse, Hugo suddenly gasped:

“……but!”

I choked on the dirty words that were about to come out of my mouth.

“I’m quite interested in the thing you guys are smoking. I heard it’s called something? Holy Sound?”

The gray dwarf sneered: “Good news!”

“Oh yes, yes!”

Hugo grinned, with an ambiguous gleam in his eyes:
“Good news! What a great name!”

“I don’t think I’ve seen this thing on the surface. I think we can make a lot of money by transporting it back to the surface!”

“Name your price. If you want to exchange this thing for a slave, how much are you willing to pay?”

“Be honest! Don’t deceive me with such deceptive conditions, otherwise, you will never be able to buy even one slave from me!”

The gray dwarf subconsciously took another puff of Gospel, and then he confirmed blankly: “You want Gospel?”

“That’s right!” Hugo confirmed again.

The gray dwarf stretched out his arms helplessly and drew a big circle in front of him:

“With just a little bit of silver, you can buy such a big bag of gospel.”

“If you want the gospel, damn it, this thing is worthless in Limoen. I don’t even know how much it costs to buy a slave.”

Hugo glanced at his own illusion light curtain calmly.

The action was so covert that the other party didn’t notice Hugo’s eye movement at all.

“I heard that the gospel was created by the dark elves, is that right?”

“Those dark elves, I should be able to buy more gospels from them?”

The gray dwarf looked a little disdainful, but still nodded and admitted honestly: “That’s right, those bastards, they…”

Hugo interrupted.

“In that case, you should provide me with a few opportunities to enchant items.”

“10 times, how about that?”

“We specify the type of enchantment, and if rare materials are needed, we’ll find a way to get it ourselves!”

Asking for prices all over the place and paying back the money on the ground.

After the gospel “episode”, they finally reached a reasonable price that both parties could accept.

The gray dwarf pondered for a while, and finally nodded and agreed to Hugo’s proposal.

……

(End of this chapter)