Chapter 390 389. New Captive in the Mushroom Garden
A week later, two dwarves strayed into a mushroom garden.
It smells so good.
Now Glenn only had to follow behind more than twenty Pujis and direct them to transport the stones to the designated location.
Compared with the days when I had to carry everything on my shoulders and back, it is now easy and efficient. I can earn about ten contribution points every day without much effort.
The only drawback is the visible traces of mycelium on the body, which always makes people feel uncomfortable, but there is nothing that can be done about it.
They had personally experienced this icy and snowy landscape and realized that escape was impossible.
The hope of rescuing the tribe members is even slimmer, and it is not even clear whether the space rift still exists.
You can only follow the rules here and accumulate contribution points in exchange for freedom.
For this purpose, they specifically sought out Jeff to repeatedly confirm the authenticity of the "ransom" system.
Jeff cited many examples of nearby tribal people.
Before the rules were changed, some tribal members would deliberately come from far away and break in illegally in order to gain resistance to the cold and the power to command Puji. After obtaining free mycelium symbiosis, they would usually regain their freedom after working for half a month.
Hearing this, the two dwarves couldn't help but regret secretly. If they hadn't done those crazy things in the first place, would they have been able to regain their freedom with only a few hundred contribution points?
After confirming the authenticity of "redeem freedom", the two dwarves had no choice but to grit their teeth and choose mycelium symbiosis.
After the symbiosis, they discovered that the unremarkable Jeff was actually the elite among the captives. His command limit was twice that of an ordinary person. No wonder he was rated B.
Moreover, after the symbiosis was truly completed, Glenn discovered that Jeff had not told him all the benefits at the beginning.
In addition to being able to command Puji and take off his thick animal skin clothes, Glenn can now use a similar ability to "telepathy" to communicate with demons or humans who do not know the common language without any obstacles, which is much more convenient!
What made Glenn more depressed was that during the symbiosis, it was said that Thorin had a talent for driving the Jida, and his rating was raised to B.
Class B prisoners will be provided with an extra delicious mushroom with each meal, which makes Glenn very envious.
The ordinary prisoner meals in the Mushroom Garden package do not include delicious mushrooms, which require a lot of contribution points.
Even so, Glenn still felt it was a bit outrageous. After all, when he was in the mountains, he had only tasted "delicious" food a few times thanks to Thorin.
But in this seemingly desolate land of ice and snow, prisoners can actually eat delicious mushrooms every day as long as they are willing to spend their contribution points?!
The huge gap gave him a sense of unreality.
By now, the two dwarves had figured out that they had not come to the Demon Empire, but to a force in the north called Mushroom Garden.
Logically speaking, seeing the weather here, one should think that this is not the Empire, but the northern border is completely blocked by the Empire's territory, and very little information flows out. Ordinary dwarves like Thorin and Grumm really don't know unless they specifically look into it.
And now, they finally understood what Jeff meant when he said he was "exchanged".
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Glenn was concentrating on directing a team of workers to move stones when he was suddenly patted on the shoulder by Thorin.
Thorin motioned him to follow, and the two of them walked out of the unfinished city wall one after the other.
Outside the city wall, a group of demons came.
They are called demons, but judging by the animal skins they wear, they are probably the nearby tribesmen that Jeff mentioned, rather than the demons of the empire.
The team of more than ten people brought five empty wooden carts, each pulled by two slaves.
The reason why they could be identified as slaves at a glance was not only because there were half-demons among them, but also because there were humans in the team.
In this land, there can be no free human beings.
Xinghuo led a few mushroom people forward and had a brief conversation with the team leader.
Then he led a group of fat guys over. These mushroom giants took out a large number of mushrooms from their round bodies and filled the cart.
After loading the truck, Xinghuo handed the leader a bag of delicious mushrooms.
After the transaction was completed, the tribesmen personally pulled the fully loaded carts and set off on their journey home, while the slaves were left where they were and taken away by people arranged by Xinghuo.
"Slave trade..." Glenn muttered as he looked at everything in front of him.
On the continent, humans and demons are engaged in the slave trade.
Due to factors such as the constraints of the church and the threat of demons, human slavery is still limited, but the demons seem to be unscrupulous about it.
Although this is not the empire, even the empire is engaged in slavery, let alone these tribes in the north.
Criminals, prisoners of war, and even passing travelers within the tribe could be enslaved.
Elves and dwarves view slavery with disdain.
Putting aside the moral stance, let’s consider the practical interests alone.
For the elves, who are rich in resources, the security risks and management costs brought by slaves far outweigh the value they can create.
The same is true for the dwarves. Their greatest output is mining and forging, two tasks that foreign slaves simply cannot match the dwarves in.
Witnessing this transaction that represented barbarism and primitiveness, Glenn couldn't help but reveal a look of disdain.
Jeff had come to the two dwarves at some point, and looking at the slaves being taken away, he couldn't help but sigh, "Another batch of lucky people!"
"Lucky guy?" Glum couldn't associate the word slave with it.
Jeff understood the dwarf's thoughts and chuckled, "Did you know that most of those humans probably can't even speak the Common Language well?"
Seeing the two dwarves' puzzled expressions, he continued, "Many of the humans who appear here have been slaves for generations! To them, Demonic language is the everyday language of their 'masters'! And now, these guys, who should have been slaves their entire lives, only need to work here for two years without too much hardship to gain freedom and protection. Compared to other slaves, don't you think they are lucky?"
As he spoke, Jeff pointed at himself.
Jeff was also a slave who came here through exchange. Compared with his previous life, he felt very satisfied even though he had not redeemed his freedom yet.
Before this, he had never been able to eat something like "delicious mushrooms"!
Not to mention, in the mushroom garden under the boss's rule, even captives would not be bullied for no reason, and he thought that all kinds of conflicts were handled fairly, which was something he had never dared to think about before.
"Praise, boss!" Jeff bowed devoutly towards Puji, who was wearing a striking bright red cloak and standing on a tower that had already been built in the center of the city, then turned around and continued to work.
The two dwarves were left there in a daze, silently savoring the words they had just heard. (There is more chapter before 1:00)
(End of this chapter)
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