Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree-Chapter 295 - 281: Did an Elf Commit Suicide?

Sorren Commerce.

Cage was quite pleased as he looked at the dozen or so obedient elves he had obtained at a high cost.

These elves were indeed excellent, and although the lack of females was a bit regretful, their appearance and level of taming fully made up for these shortcomings.

Moreover, if maneuvered well, they might even sell better than female elves!

Thinking of this, Cage felt even more wonderful.

"Take them down and take good care of them."

After watching the players for a while, he ordered the butler.

The butler hesitated for a moment and asked,

"Should we lock them in the slave room?"

"Of course, lock them up."

Cage rolled his eyes,

"It’s always better to be cautious."

The butler quickly agreed.

"However..."

Cage changed his tone,

"Lock them in the best slave room available, treat them better, and handle them with care. These are treasures!"

Upon hearing this, the butler accepted the order and retreated.

Having finished all this, Cage also felt wonderful.

He played a little longer with the Lion Heart Sword and then worked on some of the commerce’s accounts. Before he knew it, half a day had passed.

Time... had reached late night.

By this time, his subordinates, who were secretly watching Li Mu and Demacia, had returned.

"Did they do anything later? Where are they now?"

Looking at his returning subordinates, Cage asked while munching on a green apple.

The subordinate had a strange expression,

"Those people... drove the carriage into a courtyard in the civilian area."

"A courtyard in the civilian area?"

Cage was slightly taken aback.

"That’s right. I asked around the residents, and it seems... they bought it."

The subordinate replied.

Cage nodded knowingly and ordered,

"Continue to have people watch them."

"Yes."

...

The night passed quickly.

The next day, Cage got up early.

Last night, he slept beautifully through dreams of getting rich, acquiring the method to enslave elves from Demacia, making a great contribution, and being summoned back to the headquarters to become the head of commerce.

Upon awakening, Cage was radiant and in a good mood.

As soon as he arrived at the commerce, the old butler, who had been waiting for a long time, greeted him with a strange expression,

"Master Cage! That... there’s someone else who wants to do business with us."

"Someone else?"

Cage was slightly taken aback.

Moments later, Cage once again met new guests in the commerce hall.

They were a few young men in a Southern noble dress, with a playful and smiling demeanor, resembling Li Mu from yesterday.

"Got good stuff to sell us?"

Looking at the young men before him, Cage’s expression slightly moved.

This scene felt somewhat familiar to him...

"That’s right!"

The young men smiled and then mysteriously said,

"Fully tamed elf slaves, how about it?"

"Fully tamed elf slaves?"

Upon hearing this, Cage was initially stunned, then his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Show me the goods first."

He said nonchalantly.

The others were delighted and quickly brought a male elf with outstanding features.

Afterward, they even performed various commands ceremoniously.

However, Cage’s expression remained very calm, so calm that it even seemed playful.

Because... this scene was all too familiar.

"Well?"

The young men asked somewhat nervously.

Cage didn’t answer directly but instead asked with interest,

"What is your relation with Demacia?"

"Demacia?"

They were initially stunned, and then their faces changed,

"He was here?"

"Yes, he was here. We just did a deal yesterday, buying the elves."

Cage said nonchalantly.

At this, he noticed with some surprise that the young men’s expressions suddenly fell.

"Damn! So that guy has already been here!"

"Wait... is this the Sorren Commerce?"

Cage: ...

"Don’t you look at the signs when you walk?"

He pointed at the sign outside the commerce and asked, with a helpless expression.

However, as he spoke, he carefully examined them all over again, harboring a suspicion,

Were they together with the two from yesterday?

Where did they get so many tamed elves?

Wait... could it be that yesterday’s transaction was a loss for me? Or was I deceived?

But before Cage could say anything more, he noticed that the young men immediately became disappointed,

"So it really is the Sorren Commerce!"

"Sigh... It’s been tapped out here, let’s go to another place."

With that, they took the elf and turned to leave.

Cage: ...

"Wait... I didn’t say I wouldn’t take your elves!"

He called after them.

However, they gave him a pitying look and shook their heads,

"Not dealing anymore."

With that, they left directly.

"What is this?"

Cage was left bewildered.

He still wanted to ask about their relationship with Demacia and the origins of these elves, but they had already run off.

And also...

What was with that last pitying look?

Cage suddenly felt a bit irritated.

For a while, he couldn’t shake off the feeling that something was off.

Could it be... the transaction was really a loss?

But... he thought he should have profited.

Suddenly, Cage had a flash of inspiration,

"Wait..."

"How many of these tamed elves are there... and how many came to Fengye City with those two yesterday?"

Seeming to have realized something, Cage’s expression changed.

He suddenly stood up and ordered the butler,

"Hurry, accompany me to check out the other commerces!"

The Sorren Commerce’s base was at the core of underground trading in Fengye City, hiding many well-known black market commerces.

And Cage naturally had dealings with them.

Soon, with the butler’s accompaniment, Cage arrived at another black market commerce near the Sorren Commerce.

As soon as he got there, he saw several carriages speeding away, and the style of those carriages... he knew it well.

The president of that commerce stood at his door with a beaming face, clearly thinking he got a great deal as he watched them leave.

Cage’s heart skipped a beat. He hurriedly greeted him,

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The other saw Cage and said,

"Ah, it’s Mr. Cage, good morning!"

Cage didn’t hesitate and asked directly,

"Mr. Adolf, did you just do business with those people?"

He pointed to the gradually distant carriages.

Adolf grinned,

"Hehehe, big business! Cage, this auction, our Golden Apple Trading Company is definitely going to surpass your Sorren Commerce!"

Hearing this, Cage was moved,

"What did you trade?"

Adolf just smiled without answering.

Cage snorted and said,

"Tamed elves?"

At these words, Adolf’s smile froze, his expression startled,

"How do you know?"

Cage didn’t explain but continued asking,

"Did you trade something with them? Trading untamed elves for tamed ones?"

"How do you know?"

Adolf was dumbfounded.

Cage: ...

He stopped asking and turned away.

"Next commerce..."

He ordered the butler with a gloomy expression.

Soon, with the old butler’s accompaniment, Cage arrived at another black market commerce.

The other had encountered much the same thing.

"Hehehe! Those people really had no vision. I just used a fake divine artifact to exchange for a tamed elf, haha, struck it big."

"But... they were too picky, rummaging through my warehouse, and I barely set them a trap."

The president of that commerce boasted smugly.

Cage: ...

He went on to ask from one commerce to another, becoming more and more astonished, shocked to find that almost all the underground black markets had received similar deals...

Some were done last night, others, this morning.

Of course, the traded items varied wildly, with elves sometimes traded for elves, sometimes for equipment, and yes... in a minority of cases, for money.

In general... it seemed that tamed elves had suddenly become worthless.

And in total, the number of tamed elves they had traded away amounted to nearly fifty!

What troubled him even more was that among these tamed elves, there were actually female elves!

By the Eternal Lord!

Where did all these tamed elves come from?!

And... why must there be females?!

Cage’s expression was somewhat twisted.

His first thought was that this was terrible, as this meant that his plan to get rich off those elves was likely to go bankrupt...

With so many tamed elves on the market, making huge profits would be impossible!

Not to mention... other slave commerces even got females!

However, he barely remained calm.

At least... on alert, he had signed a Blood Covenant and left some contingencies.

But this calmness finally turned to panic when he learned of another news:

"What?"

"A tamed elf bought by a Slave Trading Company... committed suicide?"