The Grey Parrot made its way slowly along the concave bay until it came to a halt when it ran aground. The captain had the sailors hang two oil lamps on the bow of the ship, and he kept an eye on the shore. After a while, a bright spot appeared on the beach on the shore, which flashed in place six times and then disappeared completely. The captain turned to the first mate and said, "Let the sailors drive all the slaves out, the current water level is not deep and direct, let them swim over." By the way, let the sea water remove the smell on their bodies, and the customers will be more satisfied when the delivery is made. ”

The first mate nodded and beckoned the sailor into the cabin, Henry stood quietly at the bow of the ship blowing the sea breeze, Debra walked up to him and whispered, "Master, do you need me to contact the union members?" ”

Henry shook his head. "No, I'll just see how they trade and how they get these slaves out of here. It seems that Robert has done a good job during my absence, and has reached into the periphery of Waterdeep. After a while, it's time to send him to Am's Shadow Thieves Guild for further training. ”

"Hehe, Robert will be very happy if he hears this news, he has always wanted to go to the best thieves' union in the mainland to see it." As soon as Debra finished speaking, she saw the first mate drive the slave out of the cabin.

The gray dwarves and dark elves who had been there for a long time had a strong stench all over their bodies, and some of them even had their own feces on them. Henry quickly moved out of the way, standing aside and watching from afar. Most of these slaves were gray dwarves, and the period of abuse did not affect their physique, but only a little sluggish.

In contrast, the Dark Elves were much more angry. Most of them are very unaccustomed to the surface environment, and a few of them are clearly a little dehydrated. The first mate pushed the men down to the sea in one fell swoop. The sea just grazed the dwarf's neck. The sailors forced them into the sea and rinsed them vigorously for a while. He then drove the slaves towards the coast.

The captain looked at the slaves who had gone away and said to Henry, "The proceeds of this sale must be good, at least there was no outbreak of infectious disease among the slaves during the voyage." Keep in mind that slaves who have just been captured from the ground usually die for a third of their lives, and then a third of them die while they are in transit. We were lucky to have not died a single one. ”

"If the mortality rate is so high, why are so many people still doing it? I remember that the Mind Flayer itself eats the brains of intelligent creatures to survive, and if they sell slaves in large quantities, won't it affect their daily eating? Henry asked, confused.

The captain gestured to the slave's back. "The purchase price of the Grey Dwarves and the Dark Elves in Skull Harbor is very low, and you only need to take a little risk to transport them here to earn more than ten times the profit. Mind Flayers don't just sell slaves, they also buy some humans on the surface to bring back.

You must know that the number of people who go missing in the port area every year is simply uncountable, and these people are all but a few who die in gang fighting. Most of the others were caught by the traffickers and sold to the octopus heads. In fact, they got more slaves in and out, after all, underground slaves are still very rare on the surface. ”

Henry secretly sighed to himself that the Mind Flayer was worthy of being a high-intelligence race, and he could even buy and sell so easily. After thinking for a while, he continued to ask the captain, "Does Waterdeep not care about this kind of human trafficking?" As far as I know, there are quite a few people in the Council of Lords who are hostile to the slave trade. ”

"Haha, the lords are unanimously ambivalent about the docks. They wanted to regain their rule over the region, but they didn't want the chaos in the region to spread to the rest of the region. As long as they did not make up their minds for a day, the slave trade could not have been banned. What's more, this trade route is through the city of the mountain, so let's wait until they get the black robe of Hylast. The captain laughed loudly at the Council of Lords of Waterdeep.

The captain's words reminded Henry of the Mad Mage and his clones, and it was estimated that the lords of Waterdeep would not have much to do with the Black Robe of Hyraste. "You're right, Yamashita is a big problem. For a long time to come. None of the lords' councils will come up with a very effective response. ”

While Henry was chatting with the captain, the slave trade on the coast was underway. Robert was personally inspecting the slaves. He was keen to train his men to adapt to the shadows, especially the sewers. Now the dark elves can meet his needs, and the gray dwarves can be thrown into the mage's tower workshop to be forged.

After counting the number of people. The first mate glanced at Robert. "Well, our goods are not bad this time. Now let's talk about the price. There were one hundred and twenty gray dwarves, half of them of adult men and half of them. A total of 25,000 gold coins. Twenty men of the dark elves have 10,000 gold coins, you must know that they are all quite good warriors. With a little training, you can become a great thief. The last four Dark Elf women were 6,000 gold coins, and some of them were minors. The other two are good scouts as well. And they can be used in a lot of places. After saying that, he glanced at several dark elf women with only two pieces of cloth on their bodies, with eyes that all men understand.

Robert didn't reply immediately, and waited until his subordinates had checked the health of the slave and found nothing wrong before he spoke: "This time there is a lot more than the last time, can you use spices as payment as last time?" ”

The first mate nodded immediately after hearing this. "Of course, this is the best news I've ever heard. This means that we can still make a profit when we go back, can I check the payment now? ”

Robert pointed to a cave on the shore. "It's inside, and if there's no problem, you can get your ship to load it."

The first mate quickly led the sailor into the cave, and a few minutes later he walked back with a smile on his face. "Excellent payment, what a pleasure to deal with you. If you have any needs in the future, please feel free to contact us. With that, he instructed the sailors behind him to start signaling the Grey Parrot.

When the captain saw the flickering lights on the shore, he smiled and said to Henry, "The deal is complete, and you can disembark and leave at any time now." ”

Henry nodded. "In that case, we will take our leave, and I wish you all the best on your return journey." After saying that, he blessed everyone with a spell and flew into the sky.

Twenty minutes later, the group flew over the city to the Lord's Palace. The guards at the door saluted when they saw Henry. "Welcome back, Count." With that, he pushed the door open.

As soon as he entered, the butler greeted him, and he bowed deeply. "Your Excellency, you have finally returned, and there is now a lot of business waiting for you. Mike from the Druid Valley has come to you once, and he says that two more apprentices have been promoted to First Class Druids. Robert has come to see you a few times, but he doesn't say what it is. ”

"Okay, I see, I'll take care of these things tomorrow. Now let's get us some food from the kitchen, then get hot water ready, and I'm going to take a good shower after eating. This trip has exhausted me. Henry sat down and commanded the butler.

The butler glanced at Vaughn and Debra, and finally his eyes stopped on Delina, who was wrapped in a cloak. Estimating the amount of food his guests would eat, he turned and walked to the kitchen and began to ask the chefs to prepare a sumptuous dinner. Henry looked at the somewhat nervous Tieflin girl and smiled. "This is my home, you can take your cloak off now. Don't worry, don't you see Vaughn just looking like it's natural. ”

"That's right, don't care about other people's eyes. After a while, when the people around you understand you as a person, they will see you as normal. The orc warrior echoed Henry's words.

Dai Lina stood up and took a few deep breaths before taking off her cloak. The horns on her head and the tail behind her immediately caught the attention of the maids, and the butler was even more startled when he came out of the kitchen. However, a good education allowed him to quickly regain his demeanor, after all, what the host invited was not something that he should worry about as a housekeeper. Seeing that there was no big reaction from everyone, the Tieflin girl put down her heart that was hanging in mid-air. She smiled kindly at the butler, and then sat down and waited silently for the meal to begin.

Henry was very satisfied with the servants of the house, and he smiled and said to the butler, "Well, my new friend didn't scare you." ”

The butler smiled bitterly. "To be honest, it did take me away, but I was prepared before I came here to work, who let the master I serve be a mage. You must know that no matter how normal a mage is, there will always be some friends who are not normal. ”

Henry laughed when he heard this. "You really have a deep understanding of the mage, by the way, why didn't you see my wife, mother, and sister when you came home?"

They both went to Hawke's house, and since Jazz had returned with his wife and daughter, the two ladies had become good friends, and they often got together to play cards and talk. But depending on the time, I should be back soon. The butler replied with a salute.

Dinner was soon ready, with delicious fresh fish soup, roast chicken, vegetable salad, steak, and a whole roast pig. One dish after another was brought to the table, and the half-orc warrior, who was already hungry, opened his mouth unceremoniously and began to eat. In contrast, the two women eat more gentlely, cutting the meat off with a knife and putting a fork into their mouths to chew it slowly. Henry smiled when he saw this, and began to eat his own food with his head down, and the butler stood aside and served everyone to eat. (To be continued......)

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