"Make some tables and chairs, and a couple of cabinets, something to put things in."

　　Shelia said.

　　"The table and chairs are fine, as for the cabinet, there's nothing that needs to be put in it now is there, we don't have anything!"

　　Carlos said.

　　"Not now, not all the time?

　　Be prepared for the future!"

　　Shelia said.

　　"Okay, and yes, there will definitely be more stuff later, so let's make it bigger!

　　Hoffman come and help me along, put up that long board first" Carlos was working hard, the house was getting more and more furnished, it no longer felt like a bare home, the house was gradually becoming fuller and fuller.

　　"Cubicles and baffles too, it's always a bit inconvenient with so many people."

　　Shelia said.

　　"Good, I was going to put up the cubicles too."

　　Carlos said somewhat against his will.

　　Despite some reluctance, the cubicles were quickly erected.

　　"I think we should also add a little bit of fortification, so that no one can just come and go as they please, and be a little bit of a deterrent threat!"

　　Avril said.

　　"That's something I've considered, but I can't make it relying on these things, so I'm going to go trade a little bit of weapons back with someone else, preferably one or two magical guided cannons."

　　Carlos said.

　　"Where can I go to trade for a magical cannon, do they have them at Elenster's?

　　I didn't even see them take it out and use it when we were fending off the beast tide!"

　　Shelia said.

　　"Not with the Mythic Rat People, there's a human merchant group coming in from out there, they're going to be borrowing a route from here to trade in the center, and I'm going to trade weapons with them."

　　Carlos said.

　　"Humans come from here for commerce?

　　The Orc Empire has a seaport on the south coast dedicated to maritime merchants, ah, why would they take a detour from here?"

　　Shelia said suspiciously.

　　"Hmm?

　　I told you there was something wrong with them, and it doesn't seem to be me being sensitive!"

　　As soon as Carlos heard it, he realized that there was indeed something wrong with that merchant group!

　　Next, Carlos explained in detail to Shelia and the others about the bizarre behavior of this merchant group, not only did they frequently travel merchants from here, but they also had to give a little something to the Meiss Rat People every time, although it wasn't much and it wasn't anything good, but every time, they gave it, and it also happened to be some of the supplies that the Meiss Rat People needed.

　　"Very abnormal indeed, like he's done something wrong, he must have some untold secrets!"

　　Avril said with a frown.

　　"I don't think it's anything, it's not wrong for people to give more stuff, maybe it's just gratitude, it's a bit quicker to come from the north coast as opposed to circling around the sea to the south coast, and if it were up to me, I'd have taken the shortcut, too."

　　Hoffman sees it differently.

　　"I'm just afraid that they could have taken the south coast, but they specifically spared the north coast!"

　　Hylia's bland statement was creepy and thinly veiled!

　　"There's no need to think too much, we just need to know that there's something wrong with this human merchant group, so be more wary when the time comes."

　　Carlos said.

　　"Knock, knock, knock!"

　　As he was talking, a knock sounded on the door, and Carlos opened it to see Elenst leading a dozen humans standing in the doorway.

　　"Lord Priest, the human merchant group has arrived, I'll bring them directly to you to talk about the trade, is it convenient for you now?"

　　Erlangist said respectfully.

　　"Convenient, of course I'm convenient, come on, come on in, but it doesn't seem like there's a need to have so many people together!"

　　Carlos said.

　　"That's right, you guys just stand guard outside the door, Tubman you come in with me."

　　The lead one said.

　　"Are you the head of the merchant group?

　　I am a Priest of Order in the Imperial Pantheon, my name is Carlos, and may I ask who you are?"

　　Carlos said politely.

　　"Greetings Priest, I am the sub-chief of the Central and Western Heights Branch Merchant Group of the Starfall Empire's Wanbao Merchant Group, you can just call me Sheridan."

　　Sheridan said with a smile.

　　"Yes, please come in."

　　Carlos sidestepped slightly then reached forward, letting both the humans and Elenst in, then closed the door.

　　Inside the house, upon hearing a human coming, Hylia and the rest of them all hid on the other side of the cubicle at the first time, Hylia secretly showed half of her head to observe the people inside the house, and when she saw the human who claimed to be the sub-chief of the merchant group, her pupils instantly shrunk, and her mouth opened so wide that it could be directly stuffed into an egg!

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　　"It's actually him!"

　　Shelia's voice was lowered, a little out of breath, like she was in some kind of shock.

　　"Whoops!"

　　Avril whispered back.

　　"They're the fake merchants from last time!

　　It's the crooked mercenaries!

　　!"

　　Hylia's voice dropped even lower, not in shock this time, but in extreme anger.

　　"No way, didn't all those mercenaries die last time?

　　Those other two ships have sunk!"

　　Avril whispered, suspecting that Shelia had misread the situation.

　　"Yeah!

　　I'll look again."

　　Shelia froze for a moment, then stole another look.

　　"There's no mistaking it, it's him!

　　He's also the one who negotiated the deal with me in the first place. There's no way I could be wrong!

　　It must be him!"

　　Shelia said very firmly.

　　"Are you sure?"

　　Avril still did not believe, after all, those two ships were watched with their own eyes sank into the sea, that is an endless sea ah, how can humans have hope of survival without a boat!

　　"I swear on my noble honor, that man is definitely the fake merchant I negotiated with, he's a mercenary through and through!"

　　Shelia affirmed.

　　"That's a quick way to warn Carlos that it's a fraud!

　　Can't let him get fooled too!"

　　With Shelia having said that, Avril chose to believe her.

　　And at that moment, Carlos was having a rather pleasant conversation with the so-called sub-chief Sheridan in front of him.

　　"I heard from the Mys Ratman Clan Chief that you, Lord Priest, would like to make a trade with our merchant group, I wonder what you would like to trade?

　　And what is your bargaining chip?"

　　Sheridan said with a light smile.

　　"I'd like some weapons, preferably magical ones, like a magic cannon kind of thing, and as for leverage, I've got a bunch of magically energized magic crystals on hand that I think you'll need."

　　Carlos said calmly.

　　"Weapons?

　　Bows like this one are very good, it's a good choice for arming your subordinates, we also have the magic guided cannons you want, but they're all on the ship, we're here for commercial trade, not arms dealers, it's unlikely that we'll be bringing such heavy weapons as the magic guided cannons along with the team, and besides, the magic guided cannons can be very expensive!"

　　Sherid casually picked up a bow and crossbow and introduced it, and also explained to Carlos about the magical cannon, the meaning of the words was a bit afraid that Carlos couldn't afford it.

　　"If you have it, I can send someone with you to get it, as for the price we can discuss it."

　　Carlos responded nonchalantly, his subdued demeanor seeming airy.

"How many magic crystals do you have?

　　The amount needed to replace a heavy weapon like the Magic Cannon is not a small amount!

　　Are you sure you have enough?"

　　Sheridan said.

　　"You don't have to worry about that, you just need to tell me how many magic crystals a gate is."

　　Carlos responded stoically, not letting Sheridan's words weigh him down.

　　"A magic guide cannon costs at least two thousand magic crystals, is this price acceptable to you?"

　　Sheridan asked tentatively.

　　"Cough cough!"

　　A slight cough suddenly sounded behind the cubicle flap, the sound was unhurried and didn't feel serious, Carlos didn't pay much attention to the coughing behind the cubicle flap.

　　At this time, Carlos is thinking about a thousand magic crystals a magic cannon in the end cost-effective or not, for the judgment of value Carlos does not have any reference, afraid of being treated as a big fat sheep to the businessman in front of him to slaughter, after all, the businessman is too good at messing with these things.

　　"Ahem!

　　Ahem!

　　Ahem!"

　　Carlos ignored it, and the coughing came back, and this time it was a little more urgent than earlier, as if something was going on.

　　"Lord Priest, do you have a patient here?

　　Sounds like it's a bit serious!"

　　Sheridan said as he listened to the coughing.

　　"This. I don't think so, there may be someone who is suddenly unwell, I'll go to the back and have a look around, we'll talk later."

　　Carlos eyed Elenster to talk to Sheridan first, then stood up with a slight apology before saying.

　　"The priest-sama has some things to take care of, let's talk about what we need for this crossing, we're not short of food right now, so can we get a little more materials?"

　　Erlangist took over and said.

　　"Of course, we've brought a lot of materials on board this time, how much do the Mythic Rat People need?"

　　Sheridan said.

　　"More steel, and," Eranster said very delicately, and Carlos didn't hear the rest of it, for Carlos had gone behind the flap, and saw Shelia and the others, gathered in the cubicle, and strangely enough, there was a slight look of panic about them.

　　"I had a pretty good talk with that human out there, what's going on with you guys, what's going on?

　　Who was coughing just now?"

　　Carlos asked suspiciously.

　　"That human out there isn't a businessman at all!

　　He's a mercenary through and through!

　　This is the man who took us captive last time!"

　　Shelia gestured for Carlos to lower his head, then crouched down and whispered in Carlos' ear.

　　"Hmm?

　　No way!

　　Weren't those men all buried at sea, or did you sink the ship yourself."

　　Carlos looked incredulous.

　　"I know this isn't normal either, but that guy really is from the mercenary ship, and he was the one who pretended to negotiate with me last time!"

　　Shelia said with great certainty.

　　"I just took a peek and I'm sure it's him!

　　Did he say that he's the sub-chief of the Central and Western Heights Branch Merchant Guild of the Starfall Empire's Wanbao Merchant Guild?"

　　Seeing that Carlos still wasn't quite convinced, Shelia threw out even stronger evidence.

　　"How do you know?

　　! That's how that Sheridan introduced himself!"

　　Carlos' eyes widened, this was said by Sheridan in the doorway, it was so far away from the doorway and it wasn't very loud, it was logical that Shelia couldn't have known about it ah!

　　"Because that's how he's lied to us before!

　　This man is a mercenary from the Duchy of Pivov, specializing in capturing and selling orc slaves!"

　　Shelia whispered.

　　"In that case, that proves you're right, what are we going to do?"

　　Carlos asked.

　　"Just take them out, of course!

　　No slaver should be allowed to stay, in Imperial law such people are found to be arrested and sent to the gallows!"

　　Avril said in a murderous voice.

　　"Just!

　　I'm going out here right now to get him!"

　　Hoffman is even going straight out.

　　"Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute!"

　　Carlos hastily pressed Hoffman while whispering urgently.

　　"Don't be so impulsive, there are more than these two people coming, there are still more than a dozen people standing outside, and the merchant group is surely not far from these few people, we can't act rashly!"

　　Carlos said anxiously.

　　"Afraid of what?

　　This is the land of our orc tribe!

　　The Mythic Ratman Clan and the Oro Owl Clan are here, how much more can the Human One have, if we really fight, we won't lose no matter what, right?"

　　Hoffman was direct.

　　"I'm not afraid of not being able to fight, but I'm afraid of spooking the snakes, now directly in the two killed, the dozen or so people outside to run may not be able to catch the first time, they directly back to the ship to run how to do, we can't catch up, the most critical, I still want to magic guided cannon it!"

　　Carlos whispered.

　　"Also, if we can't get them all, what if they go back to the Duchy of Pivov and call up other mercenary groups to make a comeback together?"

　　Avril said agreeably.

　　"Yes, that's it, so I think just don't reveal them first, talk business first, let them let their guard down, then take them by surprise, it's best to seize the ship as well, there shouldn't be any leaks this time, and without spending a single magical crystal stone, you can get your hands on the magical guide gun as well, two birds with one stone!"

　　Carlos said slowly.

　　"The most important thing now is to stabilize them first, let's talk about things about business first, just now I talked about the price with that person called Sheridan, he said that a magic guided cannon should cost at least two thousand magic crystals, the magic crystals that I took down from that mercenary ship before totaled just a little more than three thousand, which is really a little bit shabby, it's not enough to buy two magic guided cannons!"

　　"It's a pity that that Uncle Palista of yours took that mercenary ship we snatched straight away, it would have been better to move all the magic guided cannons off that ship, and we wouldn't have to worry so much about this."

　　Carlos said with a frown.

　　"Uncle Palista is also trying to maintain law and order on the border, it's their responsibility of the Kelon Minotaur Clan, as well as the law of the Empire, so you can't blame him for that."

　　Shelia said.

　　"I know, just mentioning it casually, and I don't blame him for that one, do you know anything about magical cannons?

　　I don't know too much about this, I hesitated when he said this price just now, does this price seem reasonable to you guys?"

　　Carlos inquired.

　　"Uncle Palista is in charge of border defense things, and I've heard them talk about the price of magic cannons, and if a normal magic cannon costs two thousand magic crystals, it's a bit too much!

　　The orc empire has a lot of magic guide, cannon magic guide cannon is also divided into levels, different levels of power is different, if and before the mercenary ship that kind of the same words at most a thousand magic crystals a door, used for a long time if you look at the degree of wear and tear can also be a little lower!"

　　Shelia analyzed the situation.

　　"Sure enough, he's just purposely screwing me over!"

　　Carlos said indignantly.