Dark Redemption of Elf

Chapter 72: Thorn City

Ravel looked at the tall and majestic city gate. He felt that he must be crazy to follow Ayton and the others to Thorn City. Although he used to dislike the slave-catching group's behavior of capturing forest elves and wanted to help. Poor forest elf.

But I feel that I am not strong enough and have no companions, so I have never dared to take practical actions. Now, he saw that four of them, who were lower in rank than him, actually dared to come here!

Knowing that the other nobles probably had some fourth-level subordinates, and maybe even fifth-level and sixth-level experts, they just shrugged and said they didn't care.

"If I don't go, if there are undiscovered elves hiding in Thorn City, Iluli will regret it for the rest of her life. I don't want to see her cry."

These were the exact words said by the young man. Ravel couldn't help but feel a little doubt about himself. Did he refuse to help because he was alone and weak, or did he dare not go to that place because of his cowardice.

"Wow, this city wall is so high," Ariel sighed as she looked at the 30-meter-high city wall. She had never seen such a tall city wall when she was in the Wailing Cave.

"Tsk, what's the matter? The walls of our Yaolan Imperial City are more than 40 meters high." Lan Keke proudly puffed up her little chest.

The Imperial Capital is the largest and most prosperous city in the Yaolan Kingdom.

"Really? I will take you to see it when I have the chance." Ayton put a hand on Ariel's shoulder.

The latter leaned on his shoulder and said with a happy face: "Okay, I also want to see these tallest city walls in mankind."

This scene can't help but make Lan Keke feel a little sour again: "You must come to see me when you come to Yaolan Imperial City in the future. I can also take you to visit our palace."

But Ariel did not turn around to pay attention to Lan Keke, but continued: "Brother, do you think we can sneak into the palace and steal some good things? It's been a long time since we practiced the infiltration skills taught by our instructor."

"If you want to go, let's step down first and check the situation. If the defense is not tight, we can go in and take a walk."

Lan Keke: "..."

Iluli coughed slightly from behind. At this time, she was wearing a light green cloak on her head, covering her forest elf face. Fortunately, there were many people wearing cloaks on the street, so Iluli still didn't attract much attention.

Ravel originally advised Iluli not to go into the city to avoid attracting attention, which would affect her search for the underground auction.

But Ayton couldn't rest assured that Iluli was not with him, and he could also use the deception orb to change the appearance of others, without worrying about the exposure of Iluli's identity as an elf, which would cause unnecessary trouble.

Hearing this slight cough, Ayton leaned slightly towards Eluli and whispered: "We have to act more naturally, Eluli, relax."

"Um..."

On the bustling streets, several tall orc figures appear from time to time. It can be seen from their tails, animal ear shapes and eyes that they are all raccoon orcs.

"Ravel, isn't this human territory? Why are there so many orcs?"

"Oh, I heard that these orcs were expelled from their homeland and wandered all the way to the Land of Thorns. They signed some kind of treaty with the Marquis of Fnovich, and then these orcs were allowed to live here and engage in various activities. "cool labor"

"Yes, I heard that he relied on these strong labor forces to develop the land of thorns so well. Maybe these orcs have become his personal slaves," Lan Keke also echoed.

The Yaolan Kingdom allows slave trading, but only for nobles and civilians who have committed serious crimes, soldiers who have been defeated by foreign invaders, and some special races that no one cares about. Unless given permission by their masters, slaves' status would remain with them for generations to come.

If ordinary civilians of other races are illegally captured and then forcibly put into slave rings, those slaves will not be recognized, but the law does not say that they will be punished. There is a tacit sense of coordination among the nobles.

Unless things get serious, nobles everywhere turn a blind eye. Those ordinary civilians would not care about it, and would even help the nobles to report the escaped civilian slaves in order to gain the favor of the nobles.

"Brother, this place is so big, how are we going to find it?"

"Isn't there a guide?" Ayton turned to look at the half-elf.

"Let's go to the Thorns Chamber of Commerce, the largest chamber of commerce here first. They should know something," Ravel replied.

The Thorns Chamber of Commerce is the largest caravan in the Thorns Territory, and is also controlled by Green Ford, the youngest son of the Duke of Thorns, Norwich Ford. It is said that he often travels between the royal capital and the Thorns City, and has never encountered bandits. Earn a lot of money this way.

Considering that this is a Ford family property, Ayton felt it was necessary to take a look.

When the five people arrived at the headquarters of the Thorn Chamber of Commerce, they felt a majestic momentum coming towards them.

"Tsk, tsk, it's so luxurious." Ariel sighed. This was the first time she had seen the luxurious buildings in a human big city. The ones they had seen before could only be described as small towns.

There are exquisite knight statues on both sides of the door. The door is embroidered with exquisite thorn patterns, and pearls and gems are inlaid everywhere, but it does not make people feel messy at all. Ayton had seen buildings dozens of stories high in his previous life, but now he couldn't shake his mind at all.

"Tch, when the time comes, I will show you our imperial capital. That is true luxury." Lan Keke curled her lips and said. Although she is not as good as Ayton in terms of combat ability, she has much more knowledge than the two of them. , after all, she has lived in the prosperous imperial city since she was a child.

"The Imperial Capital..." Ariel groaned, then turned to look at Ayton: "Brother will take me there, right."

"Of course." Ayton took Ariel's arm and walked inside first: "We still want to see the entire continent."

Looking at the two people's backs as they entered, Lan Keke and Yi Luli glanced at each other, both seeing the envy in each other's eyes, and then followed them. Both of them were forbidden to travel far away from home since childhood, and their every word and deed must be punished by their parents. Controlled.

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The second floor of the Thorn Chamber of Commerce headquarters.

"How much does this sword cost?" Ayton asked calmly, pointing to a 'fine' grade weapon.

"The guest is very discerning. It took a dwarf forging master three months to create this sword. Although it does not have a crystal core inlaid in it, this sword is made of mithril fine iron and has a certain magical power. The conductivity is definitely an important helper in your career as an adventurer..." A servant introduced. He did not tell the price of the weapon first, but bragged about it crazily, and then judged it through the look on Ayton's face. How much he likes the sword and then quotes the price.

"Okay." Ayton interrupted the attendant, with a hint of disdain in his expression: "I don't know if this sword was made by dwarves, but the purity of this mithril iron is only 72%. Is there any magic conductivity? "

The attendant knew that he had met an expert at a glance, and smiled awkwardly but politely: "In that case, how about you only need 100 gold coins for this sword?"

"100 gold coins" Ayton frowned slightly. His excellent weapon was only sold for 50 gold coins, and the quality was much higher than this sword.

"100 gold coins is already the bottom line. After all, this is the territory of thorns, with many adventurers, and weapons are in short supply." The attendant said with some embarrassment, but he didn't know that Ayton was actually scolding the black-hearted businessman in Black Rock City.

"100 for 100, but let's see how this weapon looks like first." Ayton took off a sword from his back and put it on the table.

"This is..." The attendant's eyes trembled slightly, looking straight at the long sword with a cold light on the table. As a person who works in the weapons area on the second floor all year round, he must know a lot about weapons, but he doesn't Dare to make a judgment on this sword: "Dear guest, please wait a moment, this sword needs to be appraised by a specialized appraiser from our chamber of commerce."

"Hurry up, I'm in a hurry," Ayton said impatiently, then sat on the sofa with Ariel and drank tea.

"Is this tea? It's so bitter." Ariel slapped her hot little mouth. This is the first time Ariel has drunk tea, and it is also the first time Ayton has drunk tea in this world.

"It must be a little uncomfortable the first time, but you will get used to it after drinking it a few times." Ayton also took a sip of tea. The Thorn Territory is surrounded by mountains on three sides and is rich in tea.

"That's right, that Marquis pays tribute to our imperial city a large amount of Asahi tea every year. I didn't expect that he actually engaged in the elf slave trade behind his back. It's so abominable!" Lan Keke whispered: "But Ayton, Where did your sword come from? I’ve never seen it before.”

"It's just been kept in our package. It hasn't been taken out for use. You must have never seen it."

"But how did you install that package? It didn't show any trace." Lan Keke looked at Ayton in disbelief.

Ariel: "That's why you didn't notice it because you didn't observe carefully."

"Really?" Lan Keke said dubiously. She hadn't thought that Ayton had storage equipment on him.

That sword was also made by Ayton before. When he came out of the Screaming Cave, there were only two fine long swords left in the Dark Holy Orb, but now he has to sell them all for money.

Ravel was drinking tea silently on the side. He had already seen that Ayton and the others had many secrets, but he would not take the initiative to ask. Who didn't have any secrets? They were just a temporary cooperative partnership. After investigating the elf slave incident, they would separate.

"Sister Lan Keke, have you ever drank the tea produced in our Flower Language Forest? I think it tastes much better than this kind of tea." Iluli said softly. Of course she knew that Ayton had space treasures on him, and she also knew that he didn't want to This treasure was exposed in front of Ravel and Lan Keke, so I helped him change the subject.

"Of course I have, it's very delicious, but I only have the opportunity to drink it during celebrations..." As expected, Lan Keke's attention was suddenly diverted.

After a while, an old man with bright eyes and a gray beard walked over, with a hint of arrogance in his expression. Behind him was the attendant of the Chamber of Commerce, but he seemed a little timid at this time.