Hearing Suldak talk about his rough experience of selling salamander meat, Karl could only hold back a smile and told him.
Helensa City is a quite three-dimensional city. Surdak led the horse and followed Karl up the street. The foundations of the houses on both sides of the street were sloping. In order to keep the buildings level, each building had its own independent
Therefore, all the shops on this street have several steps at the entrance. The steps are not facing the door, but are built against the walls of the building. Some shops also have some awnings built on the steps. The style is similar to that of Bena City.
A big difference.
When he heard that Suldak followed the villagers into the Paglos Mountains to hunt limestone iguanas, Karl said with emotion: "Every year, I hear that some lizard hunting groups in some villages disappear in the Paglos Mountains.
Although this desolate land is barren, monsters often appear in the mountains. The Knights of Halanza City have also organized demon hunters to hunt those sand wolves, poison-tailed sand scorpions, and carrion-eating vultures, but every time they enter the mountains, they are
Nothing was gained. Later, when I tried to organize this kind of action, I always raised my voice, but no one was willing to go. Every time, it always ended in vain. In the past two years, no one has discussed this matter again. "
The drainage ditch on the street in Helensa City is covered with stone slabs. Several Helensa women squatted beside the ditch and were washing vegetables. The copper basins were filled with green leaves. They wore gray and white striped long skirts and gathered together.
We were washing vegetables and chatting together, and we seemed to be living a very simple life.
Surdak thought about how this hunting experience was actually quite successful, and said to Karl:
"We also saw a group of sand wolves this time, but those guys were very cunning and walked away silently when they saw our lizard hunting group."
Although Suldak did not go into details, Karl felt that the process must be thrilling.
The sand wolves in the Paglos Mountains are notoriously difficult to deal with. Many lizard hunting groups will be pestered by the sand wolves whenever they encounter them. Karl wanted to know how Surdak got rid of that sand wolf.
A pack of sand wolves.
But in fact, even Surdak himself didn't know. In short, the group of sand wolves disappeared inexplicably at that time.
Karl could only come to this conclusion: "Perhaps it is because the lizard hunting group in your village has a large number of people, and what they encountered happened to be a small wolf pack."
"But having said that, haven't you ennobled the knighthood yet?" Karl asked Surdak.
Surdak coughed twice and said, "Ahem, I'm still a reserve knight. I still have to study at the Knight Academy for half a year and get the graduation certificate from the Knight Academy."
"But you are really lucky to meet a salamander this time!"
Just as he was talking, Karl led Suldak into a narrow alley.
Surdak led the horse and walked into the alley. The horse could not turn back. Surdak turned his head and looked at the stone houses on both sides. He could only see a sliver of sky above his head.
"Where is this?" Surdak asked.
Karl smiled mysteriously, lowered his voice and said to Suldak: "You can call the underground exchange of magic items a black market."
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A double arched stone door was in the doorway of the building on the left side of the alley. Karl stood outside the door and knocked three times before waiting patiently.
Not long after, the door was opened from the inside. A naked man more than two meters tall stood inside the door. He stared at Karl, then his eyes fell on Suldak, blocking the door without saying a word.
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Karl said to the big man: "His name is Suldak, and I am his recommender."
When the big man with bulging muscles heard what Karl said, he stepped aside to get out of the way and said to Suldak: "Your horse can't enter. You can tie it in the stable and take it away when you come out..."
"
To enter the black market in Helensa City, you actually need a guaranteed recommender.
Surdak tied the horse in the stable, and then followed Karl into a building. It was surrounded by high walls, and it was impossible to see how big the building complex was.
The light inside this building is somewhat dim. The ground paved with ashlar slabs is very flat. There are stone pillars all over the place. The top of the stone pillars is an arched dome. Dozens of stone pillars hold up the hall. There are some colorful incantations on the skylights on the roof.
Glass, stroll through the colored glass and shine in, leaving clusters of light spots on the floor.
There were not many merchants setting up stalls in the building, and Surdak had never seen most of the products on display. However, there were some magic swords and arcane recurve blades placed on a stall, and Surdak wanted to join them.
Look, the stall owner wearing a magic robe didn't even raise his eyelids.
The magic scrolls of 'Water Gathering' and 'Fire Gathering' were bundled together, and there were so many scrolls on the stall that they were piled together like firewood piles.
There was even an ugly, shriveled head on one stall, which was so rotten that it was impossible to tell what kind of monster it was, and the magic power contained in it had almost dissipated, making it more like an abstract work of art.
Surdak saw a stall owner selling devil antelope skins. The devil antelope skins on the stall were arranged neatly like foot pads stacked together.
Karl whispered to Suldak: "All the items sold here are magic materials. If you have no idea of buying them, it is best not to strike up a conversation. These magicians are not very good-tempered."
Surdak nodded and took out a piece of hard cowhide from his magic waist bag. Unfortunately, it could not be spread evenly. He took out some salamander meat and pressed it on it. He also sat on the ground behind the stall. The salamander meat had been there for almost a day.
If Surdak hadn't stored them in his magic belt bag, they would all be smelly by now.
Again, the presentation of the salamander meat on display was not very good, and the skin was even a little dry.
But before Surdak could sit down and warm up, he saw a somewhat unkempt magician wearing magic robes squatting in front of the stall, holding a short silver dagger and going back and forth on the salamander meat.
After stabbing continuously, the salamander meat was cut open, and the fresh meat inside was revealed. The unkempt magician took a deep sniff, then raised his head and asked Surdak: "What kind of meat is this?"
"Salamander meat." Surdak answered honestly.
"No wonder there is such a strong smell of fire element." The magician said, then looked at a few pieces of meat on the stall, and asked Surdak: "Is there only this much?"
Surdak directly took out all the salamander meat from his pocket, piled it together and said, "That's all, about 160 pounds."
The magician glanced at the lizard tail on top and asked calmly: "What do you want to exchange for, gold coins? Magic crystals?"
Hearing that magic crystals have been depreciating recently, Surdak replied: "Just gold coins!"
The magician looked at the salamander meat on the stall and said directly: "Eight."
Eight gold coins is equivalent to the value of 5 silver coins per pound of salamander meat, which is completely in line with the price that Surdak expected.