You must know that in the largest slave trade in human history, there were not many slave-catching teams at the beginning. Everyone bought the goods from chiefs in various places. Only later, when the supply exceeded demand, did large-scale hunting begin.
"There's nothing we can do about it. I had some minor accidents here."
Looking at this elf, the lord's cold and hard aura suddenly softened a lot, and when he spoke, the feeling of being prone to killing people also disappeared.
"ha?"
The elf mage turned his head and glanced at Li Ke and Martin, and then looked at the lord.
"Lenny is not here, are you fighting among yourself?"
"That's right, there was some minor accident and Lenny was killed by Sean..."
The lord had a headache and covered his forehead.
The elf mage was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then spoke in a somewhat doubtful tone.
"What do they think? Forget it, I don't care about this. I just want to know, can you still guarantee that this matter will be kept secret?"
While she was speaking, she glanced at Li Ke, and then Li Ke saw her profile and saw an equally beautiful cheek.
"Can."
The lord sighed.
"Then where is the goods this time? As an apology, I can give you 10% more this time."
But the female mage just shrugged.
"That's great, but I'm not here to bring you goods, so this time we cancel each other out."
The lord frowned.
"what happened?"
He thought there was something wrong, but the female mage just shrugged easily.
"His Royal Highness the Prince has not been in a very good mood recently, so the consumables in the laboratory have been consumed relatively quickly recently, which caused the king to check the funding issue, so the three or four-year-old goods you want cannot be obtained for you. At most, I can help you.
You get a few adult male pets, but as you know, this kind of male pets are relatively risky and require some special collars to ensure that they are foolproof, and the price is a bit more expensive."
There was a sense of schadenfreude in her tone, but the lord frowned.
"How much."
"A five thousand gold coin."
"Why has it increased by five hundred gold coins? A female slave only has four thousand gold coins."
"Because the risk has increased."
The female mage had a take-it-or-leave-it attitude, and the lord pondered for a while before nodding.
"Okay, I want them all."
He looked at Li Ke, and the female mage saw the old lord's gaze and looked at Li Ke with a surprised look.
"Is this the successor you are preparing for? He looks quite handsome."
She was a little surprised. Compared with other humans, Li Ke's appearance was much more refined, and not too bad compared to some elves. The most important thing was that he didn't have that feminine aura, but had a sense of vitality unique to humans.
The most important thing is that the look in his eyes that is suppressing something is really interesting.
However, she was concerned about another thing.
"Is he reliable?"
"He is my son-in-law."
The elf mage raised an eyebrow, turned his head, and finally noticed the black dress on the lord, as well as the exhaustion and helplessness on his face.
"It seems that your son's death is no longer a rumor... To be honest, I have advised you a long time ago that you should not let your eldest son kill your other sons, but you just don't listen to me."
"We humans don't have as much time as you elves."
The old lord coughed, and the curse in his body was expelled, but the curse in his heart did not disappear.
To this day, he still can't determine whether someone tripped him up and made his son possessed, or whether he was weak. Because at that time, the best solution was to let his son kill him.
No, Sean, he's not ready yet...
Thinking of his son's style, the old lord sighed deeply.
"Maybe you are right."
"So, I will be the one talking to this guy from now on?"
The elf mage walked up to Li Ke and looked at Li Ke with interest.
She was very tall and was not on the same level as the elf from Li Ke's family. When Li Ke stood in front of her, he could only reach her shoulders and just see where her evening dress-like clothing was exposed.
With her huge chest and snow-white and delicate skin, compared with the elf in her own family, she is undoubtedly more delicate and white.
It's a pity that he is a damn human trafficker.
"Yes, I originally asked Lenny to take over this time, but something like this happened..."
Rubbing his temples, the old lord forced himself to cheer up, but the nightmare of killing his son with his own hands and forcing his family to have an illegitimate son inherit it still haunted him, making him feel that he was unworthy of his ancestors.
But now it's useless to say anything.
"I understand, then I wish us happy cooperation in the future."
“A pleasure to work with.”
The female elf stretched out her hand to Li Ke. Li Ke held the first half of her palm, shook it slightly and then let go. This made the elf look at Li Ke one more time.
This kind of etiquette is not something that ordinary small nobles would care about.
However, at this moment, the elf frowned, and she looked at the old lord, her eyes full of suspicion.
"Then I'll leave. There is a very powerful mage in your castle, and she is exploring my teleportation direction... I can't stay here any longer."
The old lord was stunned for a moment, and then spoke.
"That's Your Highness Jaina, don't worry, I will take care of it."
As soon as the name Jaina appeared, the elf's expression became very exciting. Li Ke could see contempt, helplessness, and some envy from above.
But soon, the elf mage became expressionless.
"Then I can't stay any longer. I won't come next time. My people will bring the goods to the old place."
The next moment, the elf mage disappeared from the room as abruptly as she came - it was obvious that she really didn't want to stay here for a minute longer.
After the elf mage left, the old lord's demeanor became stern again, but his tired look could not be concealed.
And he was not in the mood to continue asking.
"Martin, you and Norman go take care of things. Li Ke, you can go back and rest. Starting tomorrow, you and my butler will learn some noble etiquette. I need you to join me in three days to receive His Royal Highness Prince Alsace.
."
After he finished speaking, he stood up and walked to the living room, intending to interrupt Jaina's exploration and get rid of the matter. After all, it was better not to let the other party continue to investigate this matter.
Li Ke, after agreeing, looked at the lord's back and squeezed his palm.