No, Li Yin was shocked for a moment - this was the only chance. "300 gold coins," Ou Hunt said in a final tone, "This is the biggest concession I can make. If you are willing, I will ask someone to get paper and pen to complete the transaction contract." Dimon did not refuse immediately, he did not even give another price immediately, but fell into silence! There is no time left. Li Yin's heart skipped a beat and a chill ran through his body, as if he had been sentenced to death. Please help! Help! He finally looked at the woman's profile in despair, like a dying man chasing an impossible phantom. His rapidly beating heart gradually slowed down, and his brain completely emptied in an instant, as if he subconsciously understood the absurdity of this thought. It was over. It was all over. That was the only thought that crossed his mind. His unrealistic hopes, his strange and treacherous life, were all over. Suddenly, at this moment, once again, without any warning, his temple began to throb.
A familiar feeling surged from his mind like a wave, and then swept outward and spread. That feeling was a little similar to when he accidentally activated "detect thoughts" in the cave, but it was also very different. He felt that his emotions seemed to be transmitted along with this wave. It was a kind of benevolent prayer, hoping that the other party would respond with a friendly and amicable attitude. It even contained elements of guidance and temptation - Li Yin noticed this with his keen intuition as a mage - it seemed that even if the person on the other side was a stranger who had never met him and was indifferent to him, this wave of thoughts was trying to draw out the friendship hidden in his heart in a subtle way. Li Yin shuddered. He almost immediately understood where that unprecedented sense of familiarity came from. Not "detecting thoughts", that's just a small similarity, a formal consistency based on psionic powers. What’s more important is the content. He knew the spell. He used this spell - Charm! Although the method of release was different, this time it was in the form of psychic power, while in the past it was in the form of wizard arcane magic, but at the moment this power was released, relying on his understanding of its essence, he instantly realized the high degree of overlap in the effects of the two. This is the charm of psychic power! The goal of this technique is—— Li Yin's eyes were still looking straight ahead, staring at the silhouette of the woman with short hair and a silver shawl. Eyes are the windows to the soul. Before Li Yin had time to give any deliberate guidance, the psychic "charm" was transmitted in the direction of his sight in an instant. Chapter 1: Unexpected Friendship () Will it succeed? Can it succeed? Li Yin looked at the female dark elf in doubt and surprise.
In an instant, the female dark elf turned around and walked towards him. Li Yin was stunned. This... can also succeed? He suspected that he was hallucinating and wiped his eyes. But after he brushed his eye sockets with the back of his hand, he saw the female dark elf walking towards him clearly again. Her steps rise and fall with a strong sense of rhythm, showing strength without sacrificing elegance. Her beautiful silver short hair rises and falls on her shoulders. The black silk sleeveless slim dress is smooth and ironed, hanging from her shoulders like water, highlighting her beautiful curves; the color is as noble and calm as the night, which complements the milk-white skin revealed on her collarbone and arms. Li Yin's heart skipped a beat. For a moment, he even forgot the desperate situation he was in, and immersed himself in a peaceful and calm atmosphere of appreciation, just like appreciating a flower or a famous painting. A faint sense of shame arose from the bottom of his heart. Then, in an instant, he came to his senses, and with a feeling of anger and disappointment, he immediately cut off the inappropriate thoughts in his heart. What are you doing? Why are you so ashamed? Are you ashamed of yourself? Damn it, this is a life-or-death situation. He is a poor guy who is about to die, not a naive boy with a head full of youthful feelings! He came back to his senses and stared at the woman carefully, but temporarily put aside all distracting thoughts in his mind. "Cassia Borgia," a figure quickly noticed the woman's arrival. Ohunt stepped out quickly, standing between the two of them, spreading his hands and bowing slightly, "Youngest daughter of the Seventh Family, your arrival is an honor to our humble home. Is there anything I can do to be of great honor to you?" The seventh family... Li Yin was slightly surprised. This represents a very prominent status in the dark elf society. The dark elves would rank their noble families. This ranking was not based on illusory honors of blood or history, but was based on the actual strength of the family. Therefore, families whose rankings did not match their strength would soon find themselves in a dangerous situation - those families that were inferior to them but stronger than them would be eager to revise their rankings - by completely erasing those families that did not deserve the reputation at the top of the rankings. The Seventh Family represents one of the dominant forces in this city. No wonder Ouhunte left behind Dimon from the 17th family whose deal was almost successful and came directly to greet them. "This slave--" The dark elf woman named Cassia stopped, stretched out a finger and pointed at Rein. She didn't say anything else, but Ouhunt already knew what to do. He walked to the cage where Li Yin was imprisoned with great joy and excitement and began to introduce him in a torrent of words. At the same time, Li Yin's gaze was still on her. At this moment, he noticed a detail that he had overlooked: why did the other people who were in the group with the woman not look away? At this moment, they all followed - their eyes were unbiased, still focusing on following the only figure. As for Cassia herself, she raised her eyes slightly and looked at Li Yin with interest. Her eyes were bright and shining, and her scarlet pupils were like two rubies of fine quality. Above her slightly raised eyes were two thick and long eyebrows, which were silvery and straight like two sharp swords. Combined with her tall and straight nose and pointed and hard jawline, she looked as cold and majestic as a glacier, and could not be looked at directly. The slightly upturned corners of her mouth seemed to increase her arrogance, but the smile itself seemed to show her joy and friendliness, giving people a rare sense of closeness. This temperament of being close and distant not only gave her an evil charm, but also added an unfathomable deep cunning to her sharp and cold appearance. "...It runs faster than a giant lizard," Ohunt recited the introduction by heart, "If we hadn't shot its foot with a crossbow, our cavalry would never have been able to catch it here..." "That's enough," Cassia stretched out her hand and interrupted him with a calm smile, "I'm not going to buy a mount." That's not necessarily true. Ou Hunt glanced at the beautiful girl whose eyes were still fixed on the slave in the cage, swallowed his saliva, and said meaningfully in his heart, our slaves can indeed be used in many ways...
However, he did not dare to make such an outrageous joke in front of the youngest daughter of the noble Seventh Family. "Well," he came to his senses, raised the long pole in his hand, turned around, and prepared to command the uncooperative slave in vain again: "Show me your——" He suddenly froze, his eyes wide open, his chin hanging exaggeratedly, unable to close for a long time. Inside the cage, No. 18, who had always been unyielding, was now holding one end of an iron rod in each hand with great seriousness. He clenched his teeth and tightened his cheeks, bending and straightening the iron rod as thick as a thumb, repeating the same process tirelessly. Ouhunte was stunned for a long time before he reacted. He turned his head to look at Cassia and said proudly, "Look." Cassia nodded, her smile brightening a little. Seeing this, Li Yin stopped bending and straightening the iron rod and put his hands back beside his legs. "This is a miracle!" Ouhunt added without losing any time, "Miss Cassia." "I don't know if this slave has an intellectual disability or is just too stubborn. I asked him to perform like this before, but it never worked. No matter how I beat him or deprived him of food, it just wouldn't work no matter how I disciplined him." "But when you come, hehe, it knows what to do without anyone telling it what to do." "It seems that Miss Cassia, your charm has transcended the boundaries of species. Even these stupid and inferior creatures have to be impressed by it!" Cassia pursed her lips at first, and then a faint smile blossomed. It seemed that the slave trader's words really pleased her. "Miss," at this moment, the female companion who had talked to her before, another dark elf, suddenly spoke, "Please be cautious. Since this slave is so difficult to discipline and his power is quite threatening, I'm afraid buying it is not a wise choice." Instantly, Li Yin's heartstrings, which had just relaxed, became tense again. A wave of regret surged in his heart, and he wished he could go back to the past and slap himself. If he had known this would happen, why didn't he cooperate honestly at that time... And there’s that brainless idiot Ou Hunt. He’s a businessman, doesn’t he know what to say and what not to say? Chapter 2: Unexpected Friendship () "Moreover," the woman continued in an extremely stern tone, "it is a human. The human race is known for being cunning, treacherous, sinister and vicious." Cunning and treacherous? Insidious and vicious? Li Yin's eyes widened, and he protested loudly in his heart, what is this thief crying thief? In terms of these, how can we humans compare to you dark elves! At this moment, the crimson pupils in Cassia's bright eyes shrank slightly, and she seemed to have realized something. "You seem to understand what we are saying." She stared at Li Yin's face carefully, paying attention to the changes in his expression. Li Yin's heart skipped a beat. Ohunt didn't know that all the Mithril Hunters didn't know that their prey could speak Elvish, and Li Yin never showed it deliberately. Because he thought that among these cruel and evil guys who took pleasure in abusing and enslaving others, pretending that they couldn't communicate might be a good thing - communication would only make it easier for them to understand the pain they caused themselves, and it would be easier to guide them to cause more pain for themselves. Therefore, the limited communication that the slave traders had done with him during these days was all done through demonstration. They used other poor slaves who had already been tamed as demonstrations, or they demonstrated it themselves. For example, in the game of asking Li Yin to wrestle the iron rod, at the beginning, they had an ogre do it in front of Li Yin. Even Ohunt himself would show how to wrestle the rod every time he threw it to him before losing his patience. Because communication was so difficult, Li Yin was happy to be alone. Otherwise, he believed that he would have endured more humiliation and torture these days. "How is it possible?" Cassia's female companion was stunned for a moment, then said in an unbelievable and disdainful tone, "How can stupid creatures like humans understand what we dark elves say?" Cassia smiled and looked at Ohunte for the first time, "It's not an ordinary human, right?" "Of course," O'Hent nodded hurriedly, "Ordinary humans are weak, stupid, and short-lived, pitiful creatures. What I'm selling now is a living beast!" "However," Ouhunte hesitated for a moment, "Based on the professional ethics of a slave trader, I must be responsible for the goods I sell, so I still want to remind you, Miss Cassia, not to have too high expectations of a human's IQ."
When he added this, Cassia had already turned around and continued to look at the slave in the cage, examining him intently. "Do you like me?" Her crimson eyes stared deeply at Li Yin, as if to penetrate his eyes and reach his soul. The corners of her rosy lips were slightly raised, her silver eyebrows and eyelashes trembled slightly, with an intoxicating smile. Li Yin hesitated and nodded. "Look," Cassia's guess was confirmed. She turned around and looked at Ouhunt and her maid happily. "I was right. It is indeed very spiritual." "Spiritual?" Li Yin's eyes widened and his mind went blank in an instant. What does spirituality mean? Shouldn't the conclusion be that I can understand the language of the dark elves? Is this... treating yourself as an animal? He stammered, not sure whether he should say something to defend himself. While Li Yin was stunned, Cassia had already turned around. She took a few steps forward, almost sticking to the front of the cage, so as to take a closer look at Li Yin. "You have a pair of beautiful eyes." After looking at him for a while, she stared into Li Yin's eyes and said in a very serious and appreciative tone. Eyes? Li Yin's eyes were filled with doubts. Is there anything special about his eyes? His eyes are just a pair of ordinary black eyes... From childhood to adulthood, Li Yin has never heard any descriptive words about his eyes. As the doubts in his eyes grew, a serious and doubtful expression slowly appeared on Cassia's snow-white face. She interpreted Li Yin's doubts as the other party's inability to understand what she said, and thus began to question her previous evaluation of his spirituality. At this moment, Li Yin instinctively rubbed his eyes in confusion, and then looked at the palms that he had just rubbed his eyes. An elegant and confident smile reappeared on Cassia's fair face. "Look," she turned around and looked at her maid, "I was right, this guy is really spiritual." "My lady," her maid replied anxiously, "even so, I still think it is too risky to keep this slave." "It is a human being, a cunning human being, and not just any human being, so strong and so dangerous." "Wolves are never afraid that the antelopes in their hunting grounds are too fat or too strong," Cassia said calmly with a smile, "It's the same for us dark elves." "It's like galloping a wild horse or wielding a sharp sword. The strength of the slaves we control determines our own capacity." "It is only because of its fierceness and cunning that it is worth taming, isn't it?" "Miss..." the maid murmured, but could not find the words to refute. The youngest daughter of the Seventh Family had turned around and was once again staring at the dangerous and treacherous beast trapped in the cage. "Besides," she smiled, "we're off to a pretty good start, aren't we?" After saying that, she stretched out her right hand and reached straight into the cage. "Miss!" At this moment, her maid screamed in shock.
At the same time, the other four dark elf warriors who had been following them silently immediately rushed forward and drew out the swords at their waists with a clang. "Miss, be careful." The four said in unison. The slave trader Ouhunte was also dumbfounded. He had never expected that this woman would do such a dangerous thing, so much so that he couldn't even speak out to stop her at the first moment. That thing could bend an iron rod with bare hands. If it got angry, it could snap the noble but slender wrist of the youngest daughter of the Seventh Family in half... It could even grab her wrist, drag her between the fences, and crush her pretty head like squeezing a watermelon. "Ka..." After a long while, the first syllable came out of his choked throat.