"Sir, this is Elisha!"
"Yesterday, this kid stood up for a slave, so he was beaten up by a few of them. We only found out about this later."
"But don't worry! This kid is still alive! He's alive and well! There won't be any big problems!"
An armed man spoke softly. In front of him was a man dressed in gorgeous robes.
As soon as it got light today, he brought a few people here to ask for someone.
Of course, what they wanted was Elisha, whom he had already purchased at a high price.
But when the rich man saw "Elisha", he immediately frowned.
Because he could clearly see that "Elisha" had many wounds of varying sizes on his body, and many of them looked like they were caused by a knife.
The skin ulcerated and the flesh was exposed.
Some parts had even turned black and purple, and it was obvious that he had been beaten more than once.
Not only that, although this "Elisha" is standing now, his body is a little shaky and it seems that he may fall down at any time.
"Sir, look here."
The servant brought by the wealthy man pointed to the back of "Elisha", where there was a large mark of gouging.
Seeing this, the rich man narrowed his eyes slightly, then he turned his head and stared at the armed man who had just spoken.
"You just said this is Elisha?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the armed man immediately took up the conversation.
"Yes sir! This is Elisha!"
But in the blink of an eye, the rich man grabbed the other's armor and pointed his head at the back of "Elisha".
There is also a slight black mark below the place where the skin was gouged out.
In the city of Hebron, all slaves who were sold had a mark on their backs.
Obviously, although the armed men had gouged out the slave marks on Elisha's back, the black marks that had penetrated into his skin could not be completely eradicated.
If you want to completely eradicate it, you must cut it out along with the flesh.
Of course, the armed men only realized this after they had cut off Elisha's skin, but they no longer had time to look for a boy who was more similar to Elisha.
So, they finally chose to throw in the towel and pray that the wealthy man would not find out that this man was not the real Elisha.
But they didn't expect that in just a few minutes, this fake "Elisha" was exposed by the other party.
"This person has dark skin and a thin build."
"There were even slave marks on his back that hadn't been completely removed, and traces of prolonged beatings were visible on his body."
"And what I'm looking for is the boy who follows David, the clerk."
"What kind of skin and body do you think a young man who is able to follow the city lord should have?"
After hearing what the rich man said, the armed men looked at each other in confusion, and then smiled.
"But, sir, this is indeed Elisha."
"We brought him here when he first arrived. Look, these are the marks of the beatings he received."
The armed men pointed at several places on "Elisha's" body, without noticing that the wealthy man's expression was becoming increasingly grim.
"May I have your name?"
The wealthy man came to Elisha's side. Although his voice did not carry any emotion, it was terrifying.
"...Sir, my name is Elisha."
"Elisha" spoke slowly, his voice as small as a mosquito flapping its wings.
Moreover, when he spoke, his fingers and toes kept shrinking and curling together.
"Get down on your knees! You lowly slave!"
"How dare you stand and talk to me?!"
The rich man's words were like thunder, and even the armed men were stunned.
And that "Elisha" seemed to be inexplicably controlled, and he fell to his knees with a "thump".
The wealthy man didn't say much, just looked at the embarrassed armed men.
Their expressions were distorted, their mouths trembled slightly, but they couldn't utter a word.
Obviously, the sudden sound also scared the armed men, especially when they saw "Elisha" kneeling down with a thud, they were dumbfounded.
"Elisha" trembled even more violently because he felt the angry gazes from the armed men.
He knew very well that once the "adult" in front of him left, he would die.
"My Lord, I am... Elisha."
"I...I really am Elisha!"
Elisha's voice became more trembling, but the looks those armed men gave him became more terrifying and dangerous, because his words were not only powerless, but also made the wealthy man realize that these words were actually taught to him by someone.
"Kill him."
The rich man just said it softly and looked away.
His servants simply picked up their weapons and cut his throat as easily as killing a chicken.
"Elisha" couldn't even make a sound. He covered his throat, twitched in pain for a few times, and then fell to the ground, no longer breathing.
The wealthy man came to the side of the armed men and looked at them calmly.
“The essence of a transaction lies in integrity.”
"Since you are like this, I have no mercy on you."
"Come, take me to the leader of the Hybery Empire."
The leader of the Hybery Empire, and the leader of the armed men.
After hearing the words of the rich man, these armed men knelt down one after another.
"Sir! Sir, please spare my life!"
"Sir, we have no choice but to do this, sir!"
They kowtowed one after another, but the rich man didn't care at all and just turned around and left immediately.
"Sir! We know where Elisha is!"
"He was indeed imprisoned here by us, but last night...someone took him away!"
"Things are not what you think! We can't stop them at all!"
The rich man just sneered and didn't even look back at them.
"Save these words for your leader."
Just as the wealthy man took another step forward, the armed men spoke again.
"They...were sent by the 'Chief Forger' to pick them up!"
"They say he's the nephew of the 'Chief Blacksmith'! We had no other choice but to resort to this scheme, sir!"
"Or...or let us lead the way for you. Let us take you to Elisha!"
Hearing this, the rich man suddenly stopped.
His brows furrowed slightly and he turned halfway.
"Nephew of the 'Chief Blacksmith'?"
"Elisha?"
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