Kapitel 316: Need people
The wetland used to be a vast swamp, but now that winter had come, the swamp was frozen. The place where Beta flashed to was a boundless ice field. A bone-chilling wind blew from the north, and then whistled across the flat ice plains, rolling up the ice shards that would crack one's skin if they hit one's face, making rattling sounds.
Because Beta and Shirley were both Master professionals, such a natural environment had little effect on them. So, they didn't feel uncomfortable at all even though they were wearing thin clothes.
Jessica, on the other hand, was running around in excitement. She had werewolf blood in her, so it wasn't strange that she was born to love the ice field.
"Master, why do you want this barren land?" Shirley was slightly confused. "There are no resources and no strategic value here. Besides, it's a swamp. It's not cost-effective to build a city here."
"Who says there are no resources? There are abundant magic materials under our feet." Beta smiled and exhaled white air every time he spoke. "The resources alone are enough for us to use for many years."
Shirley found it odd. "How do you know that? If there are such precious magic materials down there, why don't other nobles mine them? "
"Not many people know that, and they don't have any experience in building a city on a swamp," said Beta confidently. "But I do. I've been making magic scrolls for this day in the past half year. "
Shirley's eyes glittered. "Mud to Stone?"
Beta admitted, "That's exactly the spell. Of course, it's impossible to turn the swamp into solid ground with Mud to Stone. After all, this place is too large. But let's harden the swamp first, in case it turns back into a swamp after the snow melts. That'll be tricky. "
"Master, let me help you." Shirley grew excited. "This is master's territory. So, it'll be our real home in the future?"
"Yes."
Beta chuckled. In the game, the wetland was the common home of all the players. He took out a lot of magic scrolls from his Backpack and gave some to Shirley. Then, the two of them kept throwing magic scrolls at the snow. Streaks of greenish-yellow light flashed. About three hours later, the two of them had used up the magic scrolls in their hands. Betta estimated and measured that they had turned the swamp, which was about a kilometer in both length and width, into solid ground.
About 1,000 magic scrolls had been used, which amounted to about 3,000 gold coins.
This was already an unimaginably large sum of money, and not many people could afford it. To many nobles, spending so much money only to build some land was a complete waste.
This was also the reason why many people knew that there were large amounts of magical materials buried underground, but no one was willing to take this land for themselves.
Back in the game, Beta didn't have that many gold coins. He looked for other Mage players on the forum and asked them to help him for free. It took him three months to turn the entire wetland swamp into solid ground. Because it was the first territory that the players owned, the players were all very happy and offered all kinds of resources for free.
Jessica watched Shirley and Beta work. She was rather disappointed that she couldn't use magic scrolls because she wasn't a spellcaster.
However, Betta noticed this. He patted the little girl's head and said, "Don't worry. Everyone has their own work to do. It won't be long before you'll be so busy that you won't have much time to sleep. So, take a short break right now."
Jessica's eyes glittered the moment she heard that.
Most people didn't like to work and would avoid it if they could. But Jessica was the opposite. She liked to do things, especially to help her master. Because of her previous experience, she had always believed that being a maid was the ideal job for a woman. It meant that she would have a place to sleep and food to eat in the future.
In particular, Shirley's arrival made her even more convinced that this idea was correct. Because a woman as beautiful and capable as Shirley was only her master's maid.
Shirley walked over from the side. She looked at Beta who was touching the little girl's head with envy in her eyes. "What should we do next?"
"The next step is to build the castle." Beta looked at the northern horizon. "We have to find some laborers to work here. But most people aren't willing to come to such a cold and snowy place to suffer, so we can only buy some slaves to replace them. "
"If there's a city selling slaves nearby, I think it should be Charonte."
Speaking of Charonte, a smile appeared in Beta's eyes.
In the game, Charonte City was the first city to become enemies with Beta, and it was also the first city where Beta almost beat its lord to tears. Later, Charonte learned its lesson. As long as Beta appeared, it would immediately feign fear and resolutely not participate in the coalition wars of the other nobles, which allowed it to avoid a lot of unnecessary losses. Then it traded with Beta's Wetland City and made a lot of money.
After reminiscing, he had the two women approach him, and Beta activated Teleportation.
The next second, they appeared on the road on the outskirts of Charonte. Because it was the snowy season, there were very few people outside the city, so when Beta and the other two came out of the magic array, they didn't cause any commotion.
The three of them passed through the gates of Charonte City, and the city guards naturally didn't dare to stop them when they saw Beta in his Mage attire.
As soon as the three of them entered the city gates, a young man with poor vitality came up to them. He bowed and said humbly, "Honorable Mage, your wife, and Miss … I'm Brad, the best guide in Charonte City. If you're new here, hiring me can save you a lot of unnecessary trouble. "
This person regarded Beta and the other two as a family of three. Beta didn't care, but Shirley's face was full of smiles. Jessica, on the other hand, looked like she didn't know what he was talking about.
Beta flicked a silver coin into his hand. "Take me to the largest slave market in the city."
Brad looked at the silver coin in his hand, his face wrinkled into a chrysanthemum. "As you wish, honorable sir."
A silver coin could do a lot of things. Brad put the silver coins away carefully and walked in front of them. As he walked, he introduced the types of goods sold in the surrounding shops to Beta, as well as whether they were fair and so on.
This was the quality that a good guide should have. Beta listened with great interest, and so did Shirley.
It turned out that the journey from the city gates to the slave market was quite long, but with Brad's eloquence, it felt like the journey was over very quickly.
Stopping before a black building, Brad said, "The slave market is inside, but people like me can't go in. Please forgive me for not being able to keep you company, sir."
Beta thought for a moment and said, "Wait here. I have other things to ask of you later."
Hearing that, Brad replied delightedly, "Thank you very much, sir. I'll be waiting for you here."
For Brad, it would be great luck if he could make two silver coins in a day.
Beta led Shirley and Jessica into the slave market, but the moment they entered, Shirley pinched her nose and stepped back, and so did Jessica.
"It stinks!"
They said at the same time.
As a matter of fact, Betta only smelled something weird. Although he didn't like it, he could still bear it. However, Shirley and Jessica were different. One of them was a divine creature, and the other had werewolf bloodline. Both of them had very sensitive noses. Betta knew what it was like in the slave market. It was indeed a bit too much to ask them to enter such an environment.
"Then you can wait outside."
Beta looked at the two women who nodded vigorously, smiled, and continued to walk in.
The building was rather dark, but it covered an unbelievable area. Also, Beta found that there were stairs leading to the basement.
He had only taken five steps into the building when a young man who looked like a city official came to him and said, "Hello, sir. I'm the manager here. Please tell me what kind of goods you need. We can help you find them as long as we have them."
"I need a batch of slaves." Looking at the guy's face, Beta tried to figure out what was on his mind. "Three hundred to five hundred people. I don't think it's hard for you to gather them with the capability of your club. "
The young man narrowed his eyes and said, "We have three batches of slaves that meet your requirements. Do you want to inspect them randomly?"
"I'll check all three batches."
"Okay, no problem." The young man smiled delightedly.
Very soon, Beta felt that it was unnecessary to check the three batches, because the slaves of two batches were not human beings at all, but kobolds and goblins.
Only the slaves of the third batch were human.
There were women and children among them, and there was even a baby. Beta did a rough count and found that it was indeed more than what he wanted.
These people looked numb. Regardless of their age or gender, they all looked lifeless.
"Do you know where they came from?" Beta asked.
The young man said, "The Yorks … offended the king of Udaligan two years ago and were hunted down by the king. That's how they ended up here."
The Yorks! Beta sighed and looked inside. He had an idea. "How much do I need for these people?"
"You want them all?" The young man was shocked. "There should be more than seven hundred people here."
"I think there are too few people." Beta looked at the skinny baby who had no milk to drink and said, "Hurry up and give me a number. I want these people."
"Please wait, I'll inform the big boss."
After the young man was surprised, he was ecstatic. He suppressed his excitement and left.
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