Chapter 66: Artisan Ironclad (1/2)
Everyone's eyes lit up hearing Old Li's words. The moment they had been anticipating all this time had finally arrived. Old Li grinned and stroked his white beard with his right hand with a confident and jubilant expression. Then spoke. ”As everyone knows, dwarves are very talented in artefact making. Anyone who could get their secrets would benefit greatly. The knowledge you would acquire can't be compared with a little money—money can be earned later, but opportunities such as these can't be found whenever we want.”
Kadyn couldn't help but sneer, hearing these words. This old bastard was really cunning. Though he was cunning, others weren't stupid either. The man from room number four couldn't take his bullshit and said. ”Old Li, we didn't come here to hear you. We are here to bid for the dwarf. Please, don't waste our time.”
Old Li froze on the spot at those words. He gritted his teeth and a vicious glint flickered inside his eyes. That man gave him no face at all. However, Old Li was also a veteran, he maintained his smile and said. ”Of course, if Artisan Ironclad wants me to speed up the process, I'd be glad to do that.”
”So that guy is Artisan Ironclad,” Khrom whispered.
Kadyn looked at him in confusion and asked. ”Do you know him?”
Khrom noted. ”A little. He's from Zhodon, which is comparable to Avibria City. He is just around twenty-five years old and has recently reached the Rank 1 artisan. At that time it caused a huge turmoil in the Shado empire. It seems that the Magic Association had invited him to join. Though he didn't refuse, nor did he accept the offer. He's a very talented person, and might be able to reach Rank 2 one day.”
Kadyn nodded and turned his attention towards the stage, as Old Li spoke. ”Bring him up here.”
The people fell silent hearing his words. Now they would be able to see the dwarf. After a few breaths of silence, three men drove a four-wheeled pushcart on the platform. It was closed from all sides with iron bars. A gate could be seen on one side of the cart and a large lock was hanging on it. However, Kadyn didn't pay attention to the cart. Instead, to the one inside the cart.
He saw a girl, she looked around ten or eleven, shrinking in the middle of the cart, coiling her hands around her knees. Her face was covered in dirt and her clothes embedded with filthy smudges of blood—traces of whipping—her short hair had been entangled among themselves due to the dust, fear and horror were evident on her innocent countenance.
The poor girl shivered with terror as she looked around at the vast audience, glaring at her like wolves. She was no different than a human girl, except her height was smaller than a human of her age.
Kadyn clenched his fist at such a scene. It was like a circus animal that humans captured on Earth and forced them to dance for their amusement. Anger flared inside his eyes. ”How could they do such a thing to a kid no more than eleven?”