You've found the Gusha-hime Knight, so put your hair up in a bun!

Xiluo patted the shopkeeper on the shoulder again, gesturing for him to sit down. He then sat back down in his chair and said, "This customer is tired of playing with demons and wants to experience what it's like to be a different race. But you know the situation in the Empire's interior. If we're not careful, those damned knights and 'Blackthorn' will come knocking on our door."

"That's why I came here, to the border city of Clorensa, where chaos and order coexist."

Staring into the shopkeeper's eyes, the sight of Sirius's white teeth peeking out from under the hood made him feel a little uneasy.

"I know you people always have ways to make these alien races submit, don't you?"

Seeing Xi Luo's confident demeanor, the shopkeeper's concerns lessened considerably. He then composed himself and asked in a similarly low voice, "May I ask where you come from?"

"Southern region. As for the rest, I suggest you don't ask any more questions."

According to the buyer and seller list that Shiloh found in Stuart's basement, the southern part of the Empire was the area with the most illegal slave trades.

As soon as Shiloh uttered those words, the shopkeeper's worries were completely dispelled, and his familiar fawning smile reappeared.

"Please forgive my lapse in composure just now. It was all for safety reasons, hehehe..."

"Do you still have any objections to my identity?"

"That's all, that's all, hahaha... Come on, sir, please come inside. The finest goods you're looking for are right here..."

Xi Luo slightly curled the corners of her lips and followed the shop owner toward an inconspicuous room.

Chapter 96 The Elf High Priest (Two Chapters Combined)

Upon entering the room, the shopkeeper pressed a hidden switch, and magical runes appeared on the ground, revealing a secret passage door.

After opening the door, Xi Luo nodded and, accompanied by the bowing and scraping shopkeeper, walked step by step into the depths of the shop.

"This is a necessary procedure, please don't mind."

The shopkeeper stood in the middle of the magic detection device, conducted a full-body check, and then gestured for Silo to step onto it.

Shiloh shook his head and then readily accepted the examination, though he felt a little regretful.

Because the device monitors in real time, Shiloh could disable it with the "master key," but that would be too obvious and might cause unnecessary trouble, so he had to give up the idea of ​​secretly recording it.

After the test was completed, the shop owner placed his palm on the door, and intricate magical runes lit up. With a "click," the door opened a crack.

"Please go ahead."

The shop owner pushed open the door with one hand, bowing and spreading his hands with a fawning smile.

Xi Luo nodded, then strode inside.

Unlike the cages outside that held slaves, the interior space here was less like a prison cell and more like a kind of alternative luxury apartment.

"Hmm, the hygiene is quite good."

After looking around the clean and tidy slave quarters, which were filled with a faint floral fragrance, Xi Luo nodded slightly and said.

"Well, these are all important goods after all, so of course they have to be treated well."

The shop owner carefully closed the door, then said with a smile, "Please come this way with me, and see if there's anything you like."

Despite the clean and tidy decor, it still retains the essence of a prison.

Inside the slave quarters, apart from the toilet, the only other places were separated from the outside passageway by a thin but sturdy layer of glass, allowing an unobstructed view of the interior.

"Wow, there are quite a few alien races here. I've really learned something new."

Xi Luo looked around with his hands behind his back and said, "You know the environment in the mainland. These alien slaves can't just be seen by people. I've never seen anything like this before."

Along the way, the various alien races imprisoned in the rooms displayed different expressions.

Some of them looked like they had just been arrested and locked up. As soon as they saw the shopkeeper and Xiluo, they bared their teeth and said something in a foreign language that was hard to understand... Of course, it was probably some very nasty curse.

Besides, those who had been imprisoned for some time showed no reaction even when they saw the figure of the culprit who had arrested them. Their eyes were indifferent, as if they had lost all hope for the future.

Suddenly, Xiluo stopped, frowned at a slave with lifeless eyes, and said, "Why are your slaves not untrained, but just like this, so dazed? I'm telling you, are your trainers even competent?"

"Sigh, okay! It has to be okay!"

Seeing the displeasure on Xi Luo's face, the shopkeeper quickly clapped his hands and said urgently, "But you don't know this, the training of aliens is different from that of humans. After all, once a human signs a slave contract, no one cares whether it's legal or not. But it's different for aliens. Once a slave contract is detected, they're completely finished!"

"Therefore, this alien race needs to completely destroy their minds first, and then use mind control magic to attach control to the transaction contract. In this way, as long as the buyer signs the contract, he will gain the alien slave's mental submission."

Listening to the shop owner's explanation, Xi Luo raised an eyebrow, his dissatisfaction turning into a smile, and said, "Haha, I see. I was just a middleman and didn't participate in the process involving the alien races, so there was a misunderstanding."

"Haha, it's alright, it's alright... Come on, look here, these are the products that have been completely made."

The shopkeeper led Shiloh to a passageway where all the aliens whose souls had been completely destroyed were placed.

When they sensed someone approaching, they turned their heads stiffly like puppets, looking at them with empty eyes.

Sensing that gaze, Xi Luo remained outwardly calm, but inwardly she frowned deeply.

Ugly, so ugly.

His eyes were vacant, devoid of any spark of life, and he was like a walking corpse, waiting for the arrival of the "master" with whom he would sign a spiritual contract.

True advanced mind manipulation requires a very complex process, and Shiloh simply doesn't believe that a small slave workshop could do it.

The "spiritual contract" that this shop owner talks about is nothing more than a poorly simplified product.

Just like the "hypnosis" theme I saw in my past life, some of them involve implanting cognitive alteration. Without changing the target's personality, they subtly make the other person feel that doing a certain thing is "rational".

This kind of spiritual transformation is what aligns with Shiro's aesthetic, rather than a forced change of consciousness, which is like a puppet manipulated by a puppeteer.

Violence and brutality are utterly worthless.

"Let me confirm, do you strictly adhere to the 'all-female' principle?"

The so-called "all-female" principle means that all the staff on the assembly line who are cared for, trained, and transported are women.

This principle is to cater to the needs of our distinguished guests who are fastidious about cleanliness.

Moreover, the "all-female" principle would also reduce the resistance from the slaves.

"Of course, look, this is our business license and a group photo of our employees."

The business license is for legal slaves from outside the country. After examining it, Shilo nodded and said, "Not bad, not bad. I thought things would be rough around the edges in Clorenza, but it seems I was wrong."

"but--"

Before the shop owner could even breathe a sigh of relief, Xi Luo's drawn-out voice made his heart leap again.

"Since you have these items here, I believe other stores must have them too, right?"

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Xi Luo patted the shop owner on the shoulder, squinted, and chuckled, "Comparing prices at different stores is a very important way to choose, so..."

The shop owner opened his mouth, but before he could answer, Xi Luo said again, "Don't even think about lying, I can see through you. We're all in the same business, so I'll be blunt. These products are good, and I'm interested in buying them. But first, you have to show me enough 'sincerity'."

Sincerity means lowering prices.

The shop owner twitched his lips, inwardly cursing Xi Luo as an insatiable wolf.

But that's just how it is in this line of work; no businessman is without guile.

Moreover, Xi Luo's actions actually put the shop owner at ease. If the other party had arrogantly said he would buy it directly, he would have had some reservations.

"How about you name a price first?"

"40% off".

"what?!"

The shop owner stared wide-eyed at Shiloh in disbelief.

Although I knew they would ask for an exorbitant amount, I didn't expect them to ask for this much!

"60% off?! No, no, no, that's absolutely unacceptable! If I sell it like that, I won't even break even!"

"Then you tell me what discount you want."

"How about a 10% discount? With a 10% discount, you can pick a few of those slaves outside, and I'll treat it to you as a gift. Hey, it's not easy for us business people, so let's just consider it making friends?"

"30% off".

"8:50!"

"30% off".

"20% off, is 20% off alright?!"

"make a deal."

A sly smile appeared on Shiloh's face, while the shopkeeper looked utterly dejected.

"Give me one that's already been trained, and one that's halfway done too."

"Huh? This...why don't you want to reconsider? A 50% completion rate might be a bit risky."

Upon hearing this, Xi Luo shook his finger and said, "The harmless ones are for our distinguished guests. As for me... hehe, I still prefer those who haven't lost their wildness."

"Oh?"

The shop owner was taken aback, seemingly not expecting that the other one was actually bought by Xiluo for his own enjoyment.

In his eyes, Xi Luo's strength was unfathomable, so he put aside his worries and nodded, saying, "I see, I understand."

"I haven't tasted the flavors of a foreign race yet. By the way, this is for our distinguished guest, so you'd better take good care of it for me these next few days."

Shiloh pointed at him, then threw a sack of silver coins on the ground, indicating that he should count them himself.

The shop owner was taken aback by Xi Luo's lavish spending at first glance, and his frustration at being ripped off lessened considerably.

"Let me try out the little one that's halfway done. The rest, you can have them for now."

Silo stepped forward with his hands behind his back, scanned the area, and asked, "Hmm? There aren't any elves here?"

Upon hearing this, the shop owner, who was packing up the sacks, paused for a moment, then stammered as if he had something difficult to say.

Seeing this, Xi Luo's tone became somewhat dissatisfied: "What? Are you not being sincere? Are you just hiding the best stuff like this?"

"Well...you don't know this."

"Oh? How do you say this?"

"Uh……"

The shop owner looked around, hesitated several times, but decided to tell this important customer the truth. He then beckoned to Xi Luo to come closer.

"I'll tell you the reason, but you must keep it a secret! Of course, we'd love to have elves too. But... we took them all!"

The shopkeeper pointed upwards, indicating that the "upper-level" people had taken all the elves.

"Do you know who they are?"

"I don't know that, but in a place like Clorensa, who else could be the force capable of organizing the capture of alien races and never being arrested by the city's defense forces?"

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he revealed a knowing smile: "After all, the food and supplies sent from the capital are far from enough to support the soldiers of Clonorenza. Although buying and selling illegal slaves is very dangerous, it is absolutely extremely profitable."

Xi Luo knew the shopkeeper was right; outside the capital, corruption was not uncommon.

By the time the rations and pay arrived at the border soldiers, they had already been skimmed off layer by layer by the nobles along the way.

However, this situation is partly due to Clostridium Diversões de la Cerfense's awkward position.

Unlike those frontline border cities where the fighting was intense, this place was adjacent to a large forest inhabited by foreign tribes, so the supervision of food and supplies was not particularly strict.

Those nobles who gained titles through war could become soldiers filling in the gaps during wartime, but in times of peace, they could also become bandits who plundered indiscriminately.

Shiloh didn't say anything more, but simply asked for a slave who was charming and still looked wild, and took the switch to control her from the shopkeeper.

Sizzle—!

As the switch was pressed, an invisible rune appeared on the slave woman's neck. Then, her body was struck as if by lightning, and the intense pain caused her to curl up on the ground, convulsing uncontrollably.

"Be honest, you don't want to suffer, do you?"

Xi Luo crouched down, gently brushing her hair aside, and chuckled, "If you want to cause trouble, I'll let you later. But for now, it's better to listen to me obediently, understand?"

The calm tone carried a chilling undertone that sent shivers down the woman's spine. After her delicate body trembled slightly, she nodded, indicating that she understood.

"Hehe, very good..."

Xi Luo smiled slightly, pulled her to her feet with one hand, then casually draped a robe over her shoulders to conceal her identity and walked outside with her arm around her shoulder.

"Prepare my slaves these next few days. I'll come and get them when I'm done playing with them."

"Understood, I await your return."

The shop owner, beaming with joy after securing a large order and connecting with even more VIP customers, had his eyes almost closed in a smile.

Although Shiro's killing was somewhat cruel, compared to his other counterparts in Clorenza, he was quite lucky; at least he was able to sell these slaves.