Chapter 30: Caged Animals
The door slowly opened and a humongous and obese man came in. His large gut made his over-the-top garments look tight. He wore many exotic cloths and furs making him look like a money burner that had no sense of fashion.
He was a middle aged man with shady and slimy features making the girls shiver. The teeth in his big and creepy smile were all made of gold. His balding hair was covered up with a tall top hat. He almost looked like a showman at a circus with his multi-colored style.
"Greetings my honored guests! What type of goods are you looking for?"
"I just want to browse," Kyren's heart was thumping as he internally crossed his fingers. If he said something wrong and this man sent those guards outside after them, they were done for. After all, all of them were only C~grades.
He wasn't worried about himself, but the two with him made his heart do somersaults as he imagined what could happen to them.
"Of course, right this way... I suggest you leave your servants here."
"No, they stay with me," He didn't hide his distrust and produced a domineering aura.
"That's all right. Just prepare them for what they are about to see."
The girls had conflicted emotions when they heard the exchange. They were delighted to stay with Kyren, but scared as to why they were warned to stay behind.
They followed the man as they were lead down winding hallways. The door they came in front of was massive, almost resembling the gates to hell from ones imagination.
Once inside, they were greeted by the sight of thousands of cages neatly stacked and separated. When the group saw what was in the cages, they all understood what business this was and why it demanded so much secrecy.
Slave trade...
Thousands of raggedy and thin humanoid and non-humanoid being stood or laid in the cages screaming, crying or simply unconscious. Some looked half dead while others looked beaten and exhausted.
Despair and agony dominated the room as the circus man looked over the selection with a disgusting grin.
Kyren kept up a perfect calm front but he was absolutely appalled and furious by the sight and smell. He was worried about Dragon's Anger coming out so he immediately suppressed his frenzied emotions.
The girls on the other hand weren't doing so hot as they looked away. Luckily their masks covered their expressions.
A radical idea popped into his mind as he looked over the crowd. Although he hated this kind of business to the very core, this was a golden opportunity to further his plans and help others at the same time, "You girls stay here, we shall take a look up close."
They were stunned by Kyren's decision to still go through with this. All they wanted to do was leave but they trusted him.
Him and the circus man walked down the aisle of cages and he looked left to right, assessing each and every being he passed carefully. He also asked for the prices of each one.
Humans...
Elves...
Beast men...
You name it and they had it.
Most of them were women while the minority were strong looking men. All sorts of different races could be seen everywhere, making the selection quite diverse. Collars and shackles with powerful looking runes covered their poorly treated bodies.
They all looked desperate as they reached out through the bars and yelled at him, begging him to take them away. Some women even used the "I'm a virgin" card in order to get out of this hell they were in.
After they finished browsing and price checking all of the "products," Kyren turned to the man and spoke in a calm voice, "Is this all of them? Are there anymore 'quality' goods that your hiding?"
"Nothing escapes your careful eyes m'lord... this way please."
They were lead to a back wall with a plain metal surface. The circus man placed his hand where a secret switch was and they walked into a hidden door.
The interior was staggeringly different from outside. It was cleaner and quieter with even a pleasant fragrance in the air.
He passed each cell with even more care than before and stopped at the last one.
The two identical looking girls inside were absolutely gorgeous as they slowly woke up after hearing a commotion. Their charisma attribute had to be in the hundreds at the very least, maybe even close to his and Rayna's.
They were two beautiful blond elf twins with different colored irises. The left one had stunning and dark shadow grey eyes while the right had vibrant green ones.
Both of their pyramid like figures were similar to Maya's, but their breasts were decently sized unlike hers. Rayna's were still bigger but the twins weren't too far behind.
Their hair was wavy and long as it neatly stopped around the middle of their backs. The long and pointy ears and star shaped pupils were a trademark of the high elves of this world.
"Hoho, are you interested in them. Elves fertility rate are abysmally low so even having one child is difficult.
If twins or triplets are born though, they are innately much more powerful than regular elves, almost as strong as high elves. These two were born as high elven so their power must be insane. Sadly twins are so rare that they only appear once every couple millennia."
Kyren sponged the information as he stared at them.
"Their prices are 8 platinum each. Still virgins."
When the twins heard the "each" and "still virgins," they looked at Kyren in horror as they quickly embraced each other. They absolutely did not want to be separated or assaulted so they held on to the other for dear life.
"Good, I've decided on what I want so let's go discuss in a private room."
Both of the twins lunged at the bars simultaneously and looked at him desperately, "P-Please don't separate us!"
Kyren used his cold aura for when he killed in reaper training and looked at them with an air of indifference, almost as if her words didn't matter. He turned around and continued to follow the circus man, completely ignoring their pleas.
They both slumped down to the ground with defeat as they looked at the other with a grim expression. They instantly started sobbing and hugging each other.
The circus man was utterly impressed with his cold performance and started to trust and like him more. That aura Kyren used could only be made by someone who was indifferent to suffering, just like him when deals with those animals in the cages.
He could smell a fruitful partnership on the horizon.
.....
In a private room, the two men sat on different couches with a coffee table in between. Maya and Rayna both stood up behind the couch Kyren was on as they tried to figure out what he was planning.
"Let's get down to business. I calculated and the total price for all of the 'merchandise' is exactly 577 platinum, 38 gold, 96 silvers and 16 coppers.
I'm willing to spend 580 platinum for every last slave out there, wether they are sick, old, expensive or on deaths door, I'll buy them all.
The extra money is for you to consider me first for any future shipments and a long and prosperous partnership. I'll also need transportation but that should also cover it. What do you say?"
<You have gained the proficiency, [Calculations].>
Leo was calculating the price the whole time as he carefully observed everyone.
His plan was to buy any and all slaves he could get his hands on until he was strong enough to completely eradicate the slave trade. He didn't care about the losses because he could always make more money in the future. Their were also many benefits for what he was doing, not counting the lives he was saving.
The money he just offered him was extravagant even for a duke. Only royalty would spend so frivolously. Maya made thousands of platinum off of the auction so he wasn't to concerned about it right now. He almost had enough money to be comparable to a small country or a clan.
"You-You're serious!?!"
The circus man has never made such a big deal in the span of his career. The overpowering greed in his small and corrupt heart went crazy for the amount of money that was just offered to him.
He totally didn't care about how this mysterious man was going to use thousands of slaves. He was buying the ones that no one wanted for crying out loud! So why should he care.
He didn't answer but the domineering aura he emitted was enough confirmation for the circus man.
"I will start making arrangements right away."
Kyren pulled out his bank stone and took out two hundred platinum like it was nothing, "You'll get the rest once we make the transfer."
"That sounds amazing! I look forward to our future together. Here's the contract, let me wright up the terms..."
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You've made a [Social Connection] with the human npc, [Quill]...
{Job}
Fourth Manager of Alvestine Slave Trade
{Benefits}
You will be notified in advance about future shipments of goods before other high nobles. You will also get first dibs on even the rarest of products. He admires your cold heart and is excited for future deals.
{Relationship}
Friendly ::: 76%
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'It says human? So he isn't a demon in disguise...'
They shook hands and exchanged contacts before arriving at the entrance again. Quill ordered one of the B~grades to escort them out.
Along the way, Kyren noted down the way and specific actions they took so he would remember for the future.
They said unemotional farewells before exiting through a secret stair case in a different part of the canyon.
It was night time and they still needed to find a way home.
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