Chapter 59: Chapter 59

Dark elf assistant Benny immediately smiled and said, "Then, respected customer, I recommend you purchase our shop's minotaur slaves."

"Minotaur slaves are hardworking and enduring, eat little but work much. Their intelligence just reaches the level where they can understand your complex instructions, but is insufficient for contemplating life, reflecting on the past, or finding ways to slack off."

"Moreover, due to the recent collapse of the Minks Beastman Empire, large numbers of beastman and beastman subspecies slaves have entered the slave market, causing minotaur slave prices to drop significantly. This is the perfect time for an excellent breeder like you to acquire them."

Dark elf assistant Benny hinted to Locke, "Currently, one minotaur slave costs only twice as much as a male human slave, but a minotaur can do 3 to 4 times the work of a male human slave per day."

"Moreover, minotaur slaves only need to eat grass, making their food absolutely cheap."

"One male minotaur now costs only 5 magic stones, whereas it used to require 10 magic stones."

"Our shop's slaves are indeed more expensive than other shops."

"But all slaves in our shop have undergone mental modification through enchantment school magic, making it absolutely impossible for them to attack their masters or rebel. This cannot be compared to those cheap slaves sold for one magic stone each at other shops."

Dark elf assistant Benny said, "Furthermore, these slaves' bodies have been carefully examined and won't have hidden diseases, and we guarantee certain professional skills. For example, if you purchase minotaur slaves now, I'll prioritize selling you those minotaurs who master agricultural skills."

Most importantly, for farming, he seemed to trust humans more.

Dark elf assistant Benny immediately said, "But respected customer, Lilith's Cottage is a wizard organization under the White Wizard Association."

"There are strict ethical review mechanisms here. Using large numbers of human slaves might violate certain ethical review regulations... Many of my customers have been involved in troubles because of this, so I generally recommend avoiding extensive use of human slaves."

"Especially for industries that are relatively important to you."

Locke asked, "What problems would this cause?"

Dark elf assistant Benny said in a low voice, "Respected customer, in the White Wizard Association's territory, the human slaves that can be used are generally death row prisoners, serious criminals, and soldiers from defeated nations."

"When using large numbers of human slaves, if even one of them has a problematic identity, you might be targeted by your enemies, leading to trouble later."

"The ethical review mechanism established by the White Wizard Association even explicitly prohibits turning wizard apprentices into slaves. That's a bottom line among white wizards and an absolute mistake that cannot be made."

Locke said, "I understand. Then I'll purchase minotaur slaves. I need 6 minotaurs. That's thirty magic stones."

"Give me six minotaurs with professional agricultural skills."

Six minotaurs should be more than enough to care for a five-acre botanical garden.

Dark elf assistant Benny immediately smiled, "Very well. Please come this way. We'll sign a contract so you can come find us if there are any problems later."

"Expensive has its reasons. The slaves in our shop will absolutely have no problems."

Locke entered the shop and saw more iron cages inside the Slave Depot, each imprisoning a slave.

Some slaves inside the shop seemed more advanced than those displayed outside. The most update n0vels are published on N0v3l.Fiɾe.net

After Locke finished signing the contract with Benny, Benny led Locke to a large iron cage imprisoning a group of minotaur slaves.

It was a large iron cage.

Benny used a key to open this cage and selected six minotaurs from the group.

Benny pointed to six muscular, strong minotaurs and said, "Customer, you can also inspect the goods."

"After confirming there are no problems, you can take them away."

"These minotaurs' minds have been subjected to specific enchantment school cantrips, so you only need to activate the specific activation ritual, and the master in their minds will automatically become you. Just crush this runic stone and let them see you first."

"The Beastman Empire was a semi-nomadic, semi-agricultural empire. These six minotaurs are all lower-class minotaur minor nobles skilled in farming, with some technical skills."

Locke glanced at one of his gray dwarf servants and commanded the gray dwarf to communicate briefly with the six minotaur slaves. After confirming their intelligence wasn't problematic and they indeed knew some cultivation techniques, and being pleasantly surprised to discover the minotaurs could read, he told Benny he had confirmed his choice.

Indeed, if they could read, training them would be much more convenient.

At the same time, Locke sighed that the wizard world was indeed more cruel than the mortal world. An entire empire could actually be sold into slavery wholesale.

Obviously, that Beastman Empire had offended some wizard organization.

This was something that wouldn't happen on Corfu Continent.

Yet these six minotaur minor nobles, due to inflation in the wizard world, had actually depreciated in price. One quality minotaur noble only cost 5 magic stones.

And this was the price for trained, properly conditioned slaves with established master-servant mentality that only required one runic stone to activate.

If purchased directly, probably one magic stone could buy a minotaur noble slave.

Locke directly crushed the runic stone inside the shop. Immediately, the six minotaurs' eyelids gradually became heavy, as if they were falling asleep, slowly closing.

Dark elf assistant Benny quietly stepped back.

Three seconds later, the six minotaur slaves opened their eyes. The first thing they saw was Locke, and their expressions changed from numbness to enthusiasm and excitement in a very brief time.

The six minotaur slaves looked at Locke with reverent and loyal gazes. "Great wizard master."

Locke glanced around and confirmed there were no problems.

This was a classic enchantment school cantrip model [Minor Slave Thought Brand], approximately only 0.3 circles in strength, not very powerful.

Therefore, it would be difficult to affect third-class wizard apprentices.

Moreover, this cantrip model could easily be broken by certain strong external forces, such as intense pain and fear of death when near death, causing mortals to break the spell.

Or when the subject faced certain intense emotional fluctuations, they might partially break this spell.

But regardless, this level of cantrip model was indeed sufficient for minotaur mortal slaves.

He only needed them to work for him, not fight for him, so this level of spell was enough to control them.

Moreover, after a long time, even if they gradually became aware of something, they probably wouldn't choose to rebel.

After all, working somewhere was still working.

Dark elf assistant Benny seized the opportunity to actively market to Locke, "Respected customer, is there anything else I can serve you with?"

"Do you perhaps need charming beauty slaves, or..."

Locke interrupted him, "I heard your shop has rare cat girl slaves with ancient bloodlines?"