When Kedar saw Kulut leave, he immediately reached into his clothes and rummaged through them.
"By the way…even if you take the express public carriage, it will take you five days to reach the big city. It was impossible for him to not eat or drink during this period of time.”
After saying that, Koda placed a simple and low-key bag on the table.
"You can use this to buy some food and water.”
"No, I can't bear to trouble you so much…"
Before Qing Yang set off, he had already received some travel expenses from Kulun.
Although eight small silver coins was not enough for him to request luxurious food and accommodation, it was definitely enough for him to go to a big city.
However, the amount of money in the small bag that Koda took out was definitely more than that.
Just as Qing Yang was about to politely decline, Kedar extended his hand and interrupted him.
"Aiya, you don't have to be so polite with me. It was all thanks to your help before. More importantly, you're just my niece's savior. Although this small token is not enough to repay your kindness, please accept it.”
Koda had a smile on his face, exuding a firm will that could not be rejected.
If this continued, it would only evolve into an endless refusal. At this moment, it was better to go along with the other party's good intentions.
"Thank you."
"Thinking that you might be able to make a name for yourself in the future, it's not a bad thing to do you a favor now.”
Qing Yang could not help but smile bitterly. Koda's expression was filled with a scheming look that did not match his gentlemanly image.
"In order to live up to your expectations, I will work hard.”
"Haha, I will also be filled with anticipation and wait for your good news.”
At this moment, Kurut returned to his room. He placed the pen, ink, and parchment in front of Koda.
Koda wrote with smooth and practiced movements.
"Give this to the coach boy.”
As the ink had not dried yet, the kraft paper was not rolled up. Instead, it was unrolled and handed directly to Qing Yang.
"They will prepare the fastest carriage for you. However, due to the high speed, the ride might not be comfortable.”
The roads that the public carriages traveled on were mainly managed by the country, so they were called the Imperial Road.
Apart from regular maintenance, there were resting places at regular intervals, where open-air vendors would gather to sell food and water.
In order to prevent thieves and monsters from causing trouble, the nearby cities would often send guards to patrol. It was precisely because they could ensure a safe journey that the citizens liked to walk the Imperial Road.
"Ah, in addition, you don't have to worry about the Doomsday Black Dragon. I'll take good care of it for you. You can go to the big city without worry.”
Actually, he could ride the Doomsday Black Dragon to the big city, but Qing Yang considered the possibility of getting lost, so he decided to use a public carriage to be safer.
"Thank you. Then I'll set off."
Qing Yang left the residence under Ke Da's gaze and walked towards the relay station.
The blazing sun shone on his body, and his skin seemed to be scorched. However, the cool breeze brought a sense of healing. After passing through the iron gate of the mansion under the white walls on both sides and walking down the long hill, it was the northern district where the upper-class citizens lived.
Qing Yang first passed by the posthouse, then turned into a tavern. As he passed by, he could see that the tavern was filled with citizens who were jubilant from their recent victory.
After a turn, Qing Yang saw a lawn surrounded by tall fences.
There were dozens of strong horses used to pull carriages.
Not far from the lawn stood a magnificent relay station built with logs and a red roof.
Qing Yang walked into the courier station and handed the parchment that Koda had given him to the station staff.
Not long after, a carriage with seven horses was brought to Qing Yang.
"A big city, huh…A thousand years ago, it was called the capital. It should have changed a lot now.”
What kind of changes would there be? Qing Yang was filled with anticipation as he jumped into the carriage.
On the day Qing Yang set off for the big city, a strange phenomenon occurred in the southernmost town of the Liao Dukedom called Ernis.
The town was very lively because of its rich fishing resources. However, at the same time, there was also a murderous aura. The reason was that ships from all over the world that carried slaves would dock at Ilnes.
Some distance away from the port where many slave ships were docked was the coast where the fishermen gathered their small boats.
The fishermen's resting place on the rocky ground by the shore was not occupied by fishermen, but by six mercenaries armed with dangerous weapons.
"It's all the duke's fault for overestimating themselves and provoking the empire, which is why they lost their eldest son and third son.”
"If the Atlantean Empire sends troops to take revenge, even though this is the southernmost point, it's still very dangerous.”
"Ha, you're talking the other way around. What I heard was the Duke's idiot! In order to avenge the death of his heir, he was preparing to attack the Empire. I even heard that he was trying his best to recruit soldiers.”
"Hey, you guys are still resting there!”
Suddenly, a voice interrupted their conversation. The mercenaries looked at the source of the voice in unison.
A well-dressed fat man, the slave trader who was the employer of the mercenaries, was running across the beach with sweat all over his face.
In front of the man's line of sight, a brown-skinned girl ran as fast as she could.
The mercenaries all shrugged and sighed in unison. This scene was already common in the territory of the Liao Kingdom. It was common to see people being sold cheaply or exiled citizens trying to escape from the slave traders. The brown-skinned girl must have escaped as well.
"Hey, the important goods have escaped! Hurry up and catch him!"
After the mercenaries heard this, their gazes focused on a man.
"Leader, what should we do?"
"No matter what, he's still a client. Hurry up and catch them!"
The man who had been lying in the shade stood up and pointed at the mercenaries around him with his chin.
Immediately, the mercenaries ran to the beach with dexterity.
The mercenaries first chased after the sweaty slave trader and soon caught up with the girl.
Surrounded by the strong mercenaries, the girl stopped in her tracks, her expression twitching in fear.
" P-Please…Please move aside…"
"I'm sorry, we have to live too.”
"What a pity. She should be an outstanding beauty when she grows up.”
Girls who became slaves had no chance of growing up. Almost all of them could not survive the harsh life and died early before they could grow up. Even so, the treatment of the female slaves did not improve. Anyway, even if a slave died, he just needed to buy a new one.
"Phew…A mere slave actually dares to cause me so much trouble!”
Finally, the slave trader caught up and grabbed the girl's hair roughly, throwing her to the ground.
"Ah!"
The slave trader then stepped on the girl's head and pressed her face into the hot sand under the sun.
"Waaah!"
In order to escape from the scorching heat, the girl kept struggling with all her might. However, she was suppressed by the fat slave trader, and the weak girl could not escape at all.
"If you dare to escape again, I'll kill you! Remember this! Did you hear that?"
"Hey, hey, enough is enough…"
The mercenary shouted to stop him, but the slave trader revealed a despicable smile instead.
"Hmph, she's just my product. It's not up to you to tell me what to do.”
"Is that so? Since you don't care, then that's good.”
Hearing the slave trader's retort, the mercenaries pulled a long face.
At this moment, the leader of the mercenaries was holding back his yawn as he walked over from behind the crowd.
"Have you caught the escaped slaves?"
"Yeah, but if you guys could get her sooner, I wouldn't have to work so hard.”
"Heh, don't say that. Didn't you catch him now?"
The leader only laughed at the slave traders 'dissatisfaction.
"Then let's set off quickly. It was simply too hot here.”
Just as the leader turned around,
"Ah?"
A huge figure suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Who are you?"
Standing in front of him was a man taller than anyone else present. The leader reflexively put his hand on the hilt of his sword to prepare for battle.
"Humph. Such a weak body…could it be a human?”
"What are you talking about? Which language?"
"This is indeed the Central Mainland, right?”
The man seemed to want to drive away the heat as he impatiently lifted his bangs.
As the man moved, a small purple crystal appeared, reflecting the sunlight.
"The Central Continent is dominated by the Atlantean language, right?”
"Hey, big guy, didn't you hear me asking you a question?”
"I'm sorry. How about this? Are there any similarities in language?"
The man spoke in the Atlantean language with a strong accent.
"Are you from the Empire?”
"Do I look like a human like you?”
The leader frowned and observed the man carefully. Soon, the corner of the leader's mouth twitched slightly.
"Could it be…"
They had light purple skin and were stronger than humans.
The small purple crystal embedded in his forehead was the decisive key. The answer derived from the above points was
"Demons?"
"Correct, human."
"What did you say?"
The slave trader exclaimed.
"Hey, if what he said is true, I'm willing to pay you three times the amount. Help me catch him!"
A thousand years ago, the demons invaded the Central Mainland.
At that time, in order to resist the demons who were constantly expanding their sphere of influence, the humans, the minimans, the long-eared elves, and the beasts joined forces. After an intense battle, they successfully destroyed the demon country. However, they were unable to completely cut off the demon bloodline.
It was said that after the war, in order to escape from the persecutions, the demons crossed to the southern archipelago of the Central Continent, Ambision. Due to the turbulent waves in that area, outsiders could not enter at all, so it was still difficult to confirm the authenticity of the rumors. However, not all the demons moved to the Southern Archipelago. There were still a few demons who remained in the Central Mainland.
"However, the remaining demons are now protected by the Atlantis Empire and rarely enter the slave market. Even if they really entered the market, they were all fellows whose bloodlines were so faint that they only had dregs left. It was even a big question mark whether they could even be called demons. However, from this guy's appearance, his demon bloodline should be very pure. If they could be sold as slaves, the profits would be unimaginable!”
In the northeast of the Atlantis Empire, there was a country called the Rebellin Kingdom. It was originally a country established by the demons to save their compatriots from being persecuted. Now, the Atlantis Empire had taken it in as a vassal country in the name of protection.
"Boss, since you know that, isn't three times too little? It was very likely that this fellow had not mixed into the pure bloodline of other races. If it wasn't five times, it would be too much!”
Before the leader could finish speaking, a pool of blood spurted out from his body. Blood flowed out of the open wound, and at the same time, the internal organs scattered on the beach with a chilling sound.
"Seriously…every time you talk, it's either slaves or money. It's the same no matter which country it is. A guy who doesn't even know the difference in strength between us actually wants to capture me?”
The demon sighed impatiently and reached out to grab a big sword.
"Leader!"
"Bastard!"
The other mercenaries drew their weapons and attacked the demons.
"Hmph, the more arrogant a fellow is, the more he knows how to boast.”
The demon lightly waved the sword in its hand and sent three mercenaries flying. Their internal organs scattered on the beach and they died.
The remaining two mercenaries seemed to know that they were no match for him. They exchanged a glance and ran away.
"Hey, hey, wait a minute! Don't you want the reward?"
"Life is more important than money! Who would have a way to fight against that monster!”
"You, are you considered mercenaries?”
"Don't worry, no one can escape."
The demon knelt on the beach with one knee and gave a high-five.
Suddenly, the sand swelled up in an unbelievable manner, wrapping around the mercenaries 'feet and tripping them to the ground.
"What happened?"
"There seems to be something on my feet…"
In the next moment, there was a loud bang, and dust swirled in front of the mercenaries. Suddenly, a large sword cut through the sand and cut off the heads of two mercenaries. A large amount of blood gradually dyed the beach red.
"Humans are really fragile. Forget it, let's not talk about this for now. You're the only one left.”
The demons stepped over the corpses of the mercenaries and approached the slave trader with their swords.
"I'm willing to pay ten times more than them. Do you want to be my servant…Caw!”
The demon stretched out his hand and covered the slave trader's face, lifting him up in the air. At the slave trader's feet, the brown-skinned girl fainted with a flushed face.
The demon glanced at the young girl, then looked coldly at the slave trader.
"You are really a hopeless fool.”
"Waka!"
Blood spurted out from the slave trader's eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and all the other pores on his body.
The demon who was splashed with blood did not change his expression and threw the slave trader who had turned into a pool of flesh and blood out.
"It's better to reincarnate as soon as possible.”
After the demon finished talking to himself, he knelt down beside the brown-skinned girl.
He reached out to caress the girl's red and swollen face as if to comfort her. Then, he hugged the girl in every possible way.
"You've finally gotten your life back. It seems like it's not a bad idea to test my strength here.”
The demon carrying the young girl walked on the endless beach.
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