Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

3rd Rune Smith · Boros · Dragon Hammer

The managers of the Gray Market Chamber of Commerce had long noticed Su Li and his party. These strangely dressed foreigners were clearly pioneer knights who had just arrived in Maleburg.

Such individuals were golden clients for all major chambers of commerce. Before leaving Maleburg, most knights would spend their money lavishly, emptying their pockets. At this point, they no longer spent money rationally. As long as a commodity seemed valuable, they would desperately cram it into their entourage, as if doing so could add a touch of farcical security to their anxious future.

This was obviously wishful thinking. The vast majority of people didn't even make it to their pioneer territories, getting robbed by bandits, thieves, warbands, or even other lords along the way. The last of these usually accounted for the majority.

However, all of this was irrelevant to the merchants of the chamber of commerce. They only wanted to fleece these fat sheep for every last bit of value they had.

Seeing Su Li lead several well-equipped, armor-clad knights into the chamber of commerce, three managers immediately rushed forward. Eating such a fat sheep would be enough to make them rich for three years.

In the end, a middle-aged fat man wearing a gorgeous blue silk robe and multiple gold and gemstone rings on his fingers displayed extraordinary speed under the temptation of money, reaching Su Li before the others and seizing Su Li's right hand first.

He wore a false smile on his face, but his attitude was extremely enthusiastic: "Welcome, esteemed Knight, to our Gray Market Chamber of Commerce! I am Oliver, the manager here. How may I assist you?"

Su Li scanned him up and down. It was clear that Maleburg truly gathered the world's wealth. Silk clothing was not common, and the silk garment draped over this merchant's body was worth at least a hundred gold coins, making him truly wealthy and demonstrating the strength of this chamber of commerce.

After retracting his right hand, Su Li looked around and said, "I'll get straight to the point. I'm here to buy a batch of slaves, the valuable kind."

Oliver's smile widened, and he patted his chest, saying, "Then you've come to the right place! Our chamber of commerce has its own slave-catching团, and our sources are first-rate throughout Maleburg. No more than three companies in all of Maleburg have such qualifications. Our slaves are sure to satisfy you."

"What category are you looking to buy? Farm serfs for farming, gladiators for combat, or prostitutes to motivate soldiers?"

Su Li frowned slightly and said, "Don't try to fool me with ordinary goods. Shablin told me you have some special merchandise here."

"Lord Shablin introduced you?" The false smile on Oliver's face faded, and a glint flashed in his eyes. He glanced at the griffin perched on Su Li's shoulder and the well-equipped knights behind him, pondered for a moment, and finally made a decision.

"Then, esteemed Knight, please follow me."

He led Su Li into the building, and after a few twists and turns, they actually left the chamber of commerce through the back door, then entered a brothel, and from there, went down a tunnel beneath the brothel's laundry room.

The light quickly dimmed. Fearing that Su Li would overthink, he explained, "A cunning rabbit has three burrows. The origins of some of our goods here cannot be explained. Once you buy these goods today and leave this door, we won't acknowledge them anymore. You should be mentally prepared."

Su Li nodded indifferently. He was too lazy to investigate the secrets behind the chamber of commerce. Who didn't have their own secrets?

After passing through the tunnel and reaching the underground area, the light gradually brightened again. Two soldiers wearing breastplates and holding halberds guarded a barred iron gate.

Oliver stepped forward and said a few words, and the guards opened the heavy iron gate. To Su Li's surprise, the space inside was very spacious, probably more than fifty square meters, but it only held one slave.

The slave sitting on the bed was like an iron block, almost equal in length and width. His gray beard was a meter long and braided into whips, shining with a greasy luster.

Hilde covered her mouth and whispered in surprise, "Young Master Su Li, it's a dwarf."

Oliver also turned to look at Su Li at this time and said, "Boros · Dragon Hammer, an elite dwarven forging master from the Dragon Rock Forge. He can forge double rune mithril armor and mithril weapons. If you can get in touch with the Dragon Rock Forge and use the dwarven ancestral equipment of the Dragon Rock Forge, he can even help you forge triple rune equipment."

Su Li raised an eyebrow and glanced at Oliver without batting an eye. Dragon Rock Forge, he had just seen this place!

It was on the map Shablin had shown him, one of the dwarven islands in the Black Forest Foothills, and a stronghold of dwarven wonder architecture, capable of forging a large number of excellent equipment, even legendary equipment.

But this area should be surrounded by an ocean of beastmen, goblins, bandits, and hill trolls.

How did these Gray Market merchants get this dwarf from the Dragon Rock Forge?

Before Su Li could think too much, Oliver couldn't wait to ask with a smile: "How about it? Is this slave valuable enough? Only 300 gold coins."

Before Su Li could speak, Boros · Dragon Hammer had already roared in rage: "Despicable humans, I would rather die than be your slave! I'll kill you, you bastards who collude with monsters and commit all kinds of evil!"

However, his legs were chained to two huge iron balls, fixed to the ground. He couldn't get up at all and could only roar angrily on the edge of the bed, his eyes bloodshot.

Originally, Su Li was still wondering whether to buy him, but listening to his roar, Su Li decisively made a decision. He might have some understanding of the situation in the Black Forest Foothills.

Su Li turned to look at Oliver and said, "150 gold coins, I'll buy him. I have a way to make him quiet, otherwise, in this state, you won't be able to sell him to others."

Oliver's eyes widened instantly, with an unbelievable look: "Oh, God, who taught you to bargain like this? Cutting the price in half right away, we can't accept it. This is an elite dwarven forging master, even without mithril, letting him forge dwarven heavy armor can earn a fortune. A set of dwarven heavy armor can sell for at least 50 gold coins. So below 250 gold coins, we will never sell him."

Dwarven heavy armor is a best-selling excellent equipment in all forces except elves. A set of excellent plate armor sells for at least 30 gold coins, and in some war-torn areas, the price may be as high as 40 gold coins. But 50 gold coins is too exaggerated. You can't completely believe what merchants say.

Su Li immediately bargained with him, and finally successfully bought the blacksmith for 220 gold coins.

And in Oliver's surprised gaze, Su Li asked the Orstein Knight to step forward and say a few words in Boros · Dragon Hammer's ear. The furious dwarf actually calmed down and accepted reality.