Chapter 14: Pandora
Crossing the Demon Dragon Mountains, the night officially came to the junction of the Roman Kingdom and the Antioch Kingdom.
The predecessor of the Kingdom of Antiochus was a vassal of the Eastern Kingdom at its peak hundreds of years ago, and knowing the rise of the Blood Alliance, he instigated the general of the Kingdom to rebel, kill the royal family and establish himself as king, thus severing ties with the Eastern Kingdom and becoming one of the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Blood Alliance.
This kingdom controls the Green Plains Corridor along with the Eastern and Western Continents. The vast desert is the only long, narrow and largest oasis in size, and the Kingdom of Antioch is the only way out of the West to the East.
With their clothes and gold burned, Nightnight attacked a caravan naked, killing them all, and then disguised themselves to a small village on the border between two kingdoms.
This small village is conveniently located in all directions, and the relations between the Blood Alliances during the truce have shown a strange harmony, so there is no shortage of commercial exchanges and contacts, and the coming and going trade has made the village much more redundant and the number of inhabitants is increasing day by day.
Carrying a cane and a thick black robe, the night was still wearing a wooden mask, leaving only a yellow blonde hair, and the occasional cough made strangers think of him as an old but mysterious witch doctor.
Such a strange dress can attract everyone's attention after entering the village, except for a few curiosity, more fear.
In this age of ignorance, witch doctors are equated with spellcasters such as mages and sacrificial shamans. However, the true caster class is also at least Tier 2, and it is impossible for them to appear in the Faith Harvest Zone, and it is impossible for the Observer to allow such characters to roam freely in the God's Ranch.
Therefore, witch doctors are more of swaggers.
From the caravan, Cangye looted more than 700 gold coins, as well as some silk, porcelain, tea, and spices from the East. Naturally, so much of the goods were dragged back to the small village to be stolen.
The people here have long been dazzled by the dazzling array of goods, and they don't care where they come from, anyway, everything from the eastern countries is plundered, and it doesn't matter if they pass through the hands of a few robbers in the process.
Night, along with the carriage, was also sold, sold at a low price, and together with the previous goods, he exchanged a total of more than 5,000 gold coins, and after spending a small part of the purchase of food, drinking water, and a small amount of medicinal materials, he bought a fine Antioch scimitar for a large amount of money.
The kingdom of Antioch is rich in scimitar weapons, forged with special metal ingots, with complex and gorgeous patterns on it, such as flowing clouds and flowing water, wonderful and abnormal, it is said to be from the ancient peoples in the depths of the Eastern Desert forging technology, so the Western Continent people called it "Oriental Magic Knife".
Item Name: Antioch Machetar (Finesse)
Item Type: Folded thick-backed scimitar
Item Class: Tier 1 Elite Weapon
Item description: From the ancient race that once conquered the vast desert and fought against the eastern countries, the magic pattern of the blade is actually a fine serration, the handle is ivory, and the handguard is gilded, which is a deadly weapon and a delicate work of art.
Limitations: Introduction to swordsmanship
Weapon Effects: Sharpness +1, Armor Piercing +1, Slash Steel
Holding it in his hand, a heavy texture came, weighing about 20 pounds, that is, eighteen pounds. It is hard to imagine that such a treasure could be found in such a place.
The scimitar is held by a down-and-out mercenary who may not know the value of the scimitar, so the price of 1,500 gold coins may seem like a lion's mouth, but in fact, even the asking price of 8,000 is worth it.
The elite cavalry of the Antioch Desert attacked with scimitars on horseback, which could easily cut the human body into two parts, and legend has it that the royal family of Antioch kept one of the finest scimitars of all time, which could easily cut through a foot of marble, which is 30 centimeters.
Weapons above the best are now restricted, but this is not worth mentioning to Night.
The mercenary took the heavy money bag in one hand, his eyes full of excitement.
What about family heirlooms? It's not as good as a sparkling gold coin. It is estimated that in his heart, he will still treat Cangye as a wronged man.
As soon as the three thousand gold coins are gone, the net worth is restored to the way it was when it left the royal city, and from the western continent to the east, it will cross the almost endless desert, leaving the kingdom of Antioch, it is difficult to encounter a city-state every hundred miles, and there are bandits rampant, so in addition to weapons and supplies, you also need a desert boat, that is, a camel.
Fortunately, camels were not expensive, and for less than 300 gold coins, Nightnight was able to purchase a Bactrian camel, one of the few subspecies of camels that could cross the continents of the East and West, for less than three hundred gold coins.
Leading the camel, dragging a full load of supplies on both sides, he walked through the noisy street market at night towards the border of the Kingdom of Antioch.
A little girl dragged a pile of firewood in front of her.
This is a little oriental girl, no more than twelve or thirteen years old, with a cover on her body that may be thinner than that of a beggar, walking barefoot on a muddy dirt road, with long hair covering her face, and she cannot see her specific appearance.
The pile of firewood was the size of two or three of hers, and it was only a cursory glance at the night to get the approximate figures.
It weighs forty or fifty pounds.
The reason why Cangye paid attention to her was because of her kindred, a plane where only the Easterners were full of black hair.
The status of the East in the Blood Alliance countries was equal to that of a slave, so it was not unusual for the little girl to be treated in this way, but soon, the night noticed the difference between the little one.
The little girl walked step by step, and the people around her did not hide their hatred for her, shouting and scolding, all kinds of foul language came out of their mouths, and even rushed up to punch and kick, and even the children would spit on her and throw stones.
Even though she was scarred and the bright red blood dripped down her forehead and the ends of her hair, the little girl still didn't stop. Until someone maliciously trips her up. There was a burst of shrill laughter all around.
Treating a little girl so viciously, if it's just an ordinary Oriental slave, one or two scumbags are fine, but there are too many of them, and the humiliation has become an atmosphere.
Suddenly, Cangye caught a glimpse of the little girl's appearance.
Although he is still young, he still has a delicate appearance, but the most dazzling thing is the pair of scarlet eyes.
Metis!
In the Middle Ages, mixed races were regarded as the offspring of evil, and the Orientals with black hair and black eyes were always regarded as "the people of the devil" in the Western Continent, and the half-breeds with Oriental characteristics were also denounced as "descendants of the devil".
Pandora.
From the scolding of the people around her, Cangye learned the name of the little girl.
In the old desert language it means "gift from heaven", but in the Romance language it means "devil's bitch".
A little girl of this age should be an innocent age, but Pandora's face does not have the liveliness and vigor that a person of this age should have, and the scarlet pupils that flow out are hollow and numb.
Cang Ye's heart didn't fluctuate, just glanced at it and continued to move forward.
He didn't have time to waste on the other party, the previous act of freeing the slaves had already caused him great trouble, and although his sensibility was good, he had to return to the realm of reason.