Magic Tower Starry Sky

In the winter of the year 751 of the Aramaic calendar, the twin towers of the gate were on the side of the abyss, and the city was changing.

Jike, a young man from the Brotherhood, walks in this magic circle city perfected by demons and humans. Because the main purpose of this city is for transactions between humans and demons, it was named 'Yi City'.

Because the environment of the abyss is quite special, even if the complete abyss door does not impose any restrictions on creatures below the level of gods, it is very difficult for ordinary people to live in the abyss environment.

The air smells of sulfur. It feels like summer all year round, and the climate is unbearably hot. It's so dry that your throat will feel dry no matter what time it is. These are quite unfriendly to humans who are accustomed to living in the Lost Land.

If you are too weak, you may get seriously ill if you stay in the abyss for a short time. Therefore, if you want to move in the abyss, you either have to be in good physical condition, or you have to have a magician or magic apprentice cast an environment-adapting magic on yourself.

Jike is the kind of person who is in good health, but he came to Yi City on the side of the abyss partly for internal tasks within the Brotherhood. The other half are the adults who help the comprador to deliver the transaction documents to the devil.

Comprador is a unique regional chamber of commerce that has emerged in Yishi over the past year or so. It basically does not go outside the scope of the Twin Towers.

In view of the fact that ordinary people make deals with demons, they are often tricked into losing both their lives and their wealth. It doesn’t matter if the money is gone, sometimes you even lose yourself.

Then the owner of the Magic Tower irresponsibly refused to ensure the fairness of the transaction and the safety of humans, so some people who were confident of normal transactions with the devil jumped out as middlemen.

Specifically, the comprador would buy the goods of the Midland merchants, then trade with the devil, and then sell the goods obtained from the transaction to the Midland merchants. They earn the middle price difference, but they have to bear the risk of dealing with the devil.

Another reason why this type of business behavior is accepted is that the Abyss Demons have no habit of using coins and still continue to barter. But the settlement between the Midi merchants and the compradors was done with the coins of the Gold Goddess.

This is much more convenient for ordinary small businessmen, otherwise they would have to find ways to sell the goods traded with the devil. For compradors, being able to collect large quantities of goods is also more conducive to negotiations. Not bad for demons...demons.

In short, this kind of comprador is not the same as the comprador that emerged in a certain hometown after the end of the 19th century.

The latter was because foreigners were too lazy to trade with people who did not understand the language, so they designated some brokers who could communicate as their agents to conduct trade. This type of comprador has a condescending attitude because they are backed by foreigners.

The devil is willing to make a deal with anyone, even appearing to be humble. But other humans are afraid of being deceived, so they would rather earn less and let the bold and smart ones negotiate deals with the devil.

However, don’t think that being a comprador means you will be more stable. There are often compradors who are tricked and become missing persons. The devil also knows how to play the long game and catch big fish. But as long as you are brave enough, have a clear mind, and earn a few times, you can accumulate a substantial net worth.

The job that Jike does is to pass the transaction book between the comprador humans and the demons. The reason why they don't negotiate deals is because the devil often uses charm during the transaction process to make people agree to some outrageous conditions.

Such behavior is not among the prohibited behaviors of the Magic Tower. Therefore, in order to avoid being deceived by magic, some humans who have little self-confidence use this method of middlemen to communicate with demons.

In Yi City on the abyss side, more than half of the area is dominated by demons, while another part is populated by humans, and only a small part is a mixture of humans and demons. The two parties to the transaction do not necessarily live in one place, so sometimes the letter has to be sent far away, sometimes very close.

Because communication before a transaction cannot be completed in just one or two exchanges of letters, messengers like Jike have a large amount of activity.

And because the abyss environment is not suitable for everyone, those who can become a messenger must have a certain level of physical fitness.

Generally speaking, anyone who can become a registered member of the Adventurer's Guild or Mercenary Guild is qualified to do this job. However, this kind of people may not be able to afford a job like messenger, which is not well paid, so there is a shortage of manpower.

Some human beings who personally go into battle to negotiate business with demons are sometimes not very confident in their own strength and are not afraid of being charmed by magic; in fact, they have no choice but to do it themselves because they don’t have the manpower to do the errands.

At this time, in the holy city of Estali, a small school opened by a certain magician, the talents cultivated by that weird education method were very popular.

In the early stages of primary school, educated children will be involved in various fields, from knowledge to magic and martial arts. At least there will be no shortage of physical training. In the words of a certain magician, if you can't win, you have to be able to escape.

Wait until the child confirms his or her expertise and interests before carrying out specialized training. There was about a year or two in between. After some children are divided into majors, some feel that it is not suitable to switch to other programs. Basically elementary schools do not prevent such behavior.

In other words, children born in primary school have good physical fitness because of their good nutrition, and they also practice basic martial arts. They also have a basic understanding of literacy, arithmetic and other skills for doing business.

And not everyone is keen on the adventurous life of fighting and killing. Therefore, in Yishi, this kind of external feeling is very dangerous. In fact, it is just more physically demanding and does not require any mental work. It has become the graduation choice of some older children.

Because the environment is special and the people they come into contact with are also special, the remuneration for the job of messenger is very good for some older children who are just starting to live independently.

Moreover, while walking around the streets, they can also collect information about needs or goods and sell them to interested compradors. It's a nice side income.

Otherwise, those human compradors can only risk contact with demons in areas where humans and demons are mixed, to find suitable trading partners for the goods in their hands and make preliminary contacts.

No matter what the abyss produces, there is always money to be made by bringing it back to the lost land. But there is still the problem of earning more and less for different things. Certain goods that are in short supply are, of course, the targets of competition. So business intelligence is still very important.

Walking on the streets of Yishi, the devil area. Occasionally, there will be a female succubus wearing thin veils, leaning against the door, seducing demons or humans who come and go.

Skin and flesh trading is considered an open business here. There are many brave men in the lost land who specially come to Yishi on the side of the abyss to get a taste of the devil. Some people can go back, and some people just stay, or stay permanently...

Jike was not afraid of these things, and instead greeted some familiar demons enthusiastically. After all, if you want to know information, it is more direct to ask instead of looking. So if you want to make extra money, you can’t be afraid of communicating with the devil.

Anyway, just remember one thing, that is, don’t agree to anything to the devil. Then you can avoid the pit dug by the devil to the greatest extent. Yishi does not allow any violent behavior. There is a magic tower to monitor it, even indoors.

Jike just wants to be a courier safely and make extra money by selling some information. I didn't want to be like some adventurers who thought about starting a comprador business after working as a messenger for a long time.

Mainly because Jike came to serve as an outpost when the Magic Circle City was first established. Jike has seen a lot about what happened to the many merchants who traded with the abyss demons.

People who basically cannot control their greed will not live to enjoy it even if they can make money in the early stage. One of the most famous negative examples in Yi City is Big John, a great businessman from a tribe affiliated with the Suli Tang Empire.

Transaction behavior is bound to involve both parties having needs and exchanging with each other. The Lost Land requires various mineral specialties from the Abyss, and the Abyss requires the blood food provided by the Lost Land.

The best sources of blood food are magical beasts, followed by ordinary beasts. But the most, and what the Suli Tang Empire has the most to offer, are various domesticated cattle, sheep, horses and pigs.

The most advanced ones are of course all kinds of Homo sapiens, including humans, elves, dwarves, etc. It's just that these 'goods' that can be used to trade with demons are considered taboo by everyone.

Warcraft have the same shortcomings as ordinary beasts, that is, they are obtained through hunting and are limited in quantity. And many times they can only be disposed of and then sold. When the devil receives the goods, the living ones have one price, and the dead ones have another price. If you can take the living, you won't take the dead.

Therefore, the Suli Tang Empire, which mainly focused on animal husbandry, took advantage of the proximity to the water, and the already developed industries became more prosperous. It is precisely because of this that the empire's hostility towards the Magic Tower has dropped significantly, and it has even become more involved.

If it were not for this benefit, it is estimated that the hatred of the 500,000-strong army would last for several generations. Although there are still people who hate the existence of the Twin Towers of Gates, UU Reading www.uukanshu.comｍbut it’s profitable to make money, isn’t it nice?

Big John was one of the first to become a comprador, and he himself was a large rancher. Because some small ranchers were afraid of being tricked by the devil, they came to make some money by hooking him up. He himself took a pass and made some profit difference.

It is this kind of behavior that inspires others and hence the emergence of comprador groups. And those who have the ability to make a deal with the devil and escape unscathed will of course be praised by everyone. My heart becomes bigger unconsciously.

Human desires are unlimited, and some people will indulge these desires, which can be called greed. Big John is such a person. Especially now that the southern border of the Sulitang Empire is being re-established, he needs more money to operate and gain status.

At the devil's suggestion, he started a forbidden business. At first they were secretive, hiding the captured people in boxes in the middle of the night and sending them across the gate of the abyss on pack horses. Also trade at night.

Later, a group of people were chained up in broad daylight. There are goblins, orcs and other undesirable Homo sapiens species, and most of them are so thin that they look like poor people who have not had enough to eat for a long time and have been sent to the abyss.

The Magic Tower doesn't care about such things, and other major forces don't know how to deal with it for a while. The Suli Tang Empire was managed well by Big John, and it vaguely became its backer.

After all, for this country founded by a people on horseback, it is almost natural to hunt slaves. It’s just that I don’t do it very much now, and I don’t use the term slave. But if you want to arrest someone, it is very simple and there is no psychological burden at all.

With such a trading product, Big John has certainly become a leading figure in the eyes of the devil, and he can eat everywhere. As a result, his power has expanded, and he has a faint tendency to become the dominant force in Yi City.

But he didn't realize that maybe all this was done deliberately by the devil.