NOVEL NEXT Chapter 30 - The Minotaur Who Can Eat a Lot!
【Woah, a minotaur! Did the streamer actually bring this thing out?】
【So tall! If this role is being played, where would they find such a tall actor?】
【Awesome!】
【Anchor, buy it!】
【…】
As the netizens in the broadcast room were discussing fervently, Richard walked over.
As he approached, the minotaur in the iron cage looked even taller.
And this thing was not only tall but also robust. Its physique was much larger than that of a human.
“Stand up, stand up.”
After Richard walked over, he saw the minotaur trying to squat down, but a slave trader holding an iron rod kept banging the cage to make it stand up straight.
The minotaur reluctantly stood up, looking very dejected.
It seemed to have been hungry for a long time.
After looking at the minotaur, Richard looked at the other cages.
There was only one minotaur, while the other cages contained a very short person, a very ugly person, and an empty wagon.
It seemed that the slaves on the empty wagon had already been sold.
Richard withdrew his gaze and looked at the slave trader.
This time, the slave trader was not the same as the last one. It seemed that there were quite a few slave traders in this border area.
“My Lord, how about this minotaur? With such a large physique, it can work and fight. Buying it will definitely not be a loss!” the slave trader introduced.
“My Lord, don’t be fooled. The minotaur indeed has great strength, but it eats a lot. Basically, no one is willing to buy it. I heard that a baron was eaten to death by several minotaurs before,” the secretary who had previously reported whispered to Richard.
A baron eaten to death by minotaurs?
Richard looked at the minotaur again. Its robust physique indeed had quite an appetite.
But eating a baron to death?
That seemed a bit exaggerated!
On the other hand, after the secretary spoke, the slave trader’s expression turned slightly unpleasant.
Richard asked with an unchanged expression, “What’s the price for this minotaur?”
The slave trader hesitated for a moment and held up two fingers, “2 gold coins, I’ll sell it to you.”
Richard looked at him calmly without any change in his expression.
The slave trader couldn’t bear it anymore.
The secretary’s words… had quite an impact.
Indeed, the minotaur was difficult to sell.
In some large cities, there might occasionally be one or two wealthy nobles who might consider buying them.
But they also found it troublesome.
In large cities, there wasn’t much threat of war, and even if a large-scale war broke out, one or two minotaurs wouldn’t make much of a difference on the battlefield. It was difficult to maintain a large number of minotaurs, and it was also challenging to acquire them in large quantities.
For those nobles, having too many minotaurs could also pose security risks. After all, minotaurs were demi-humans, and in the eyes of many human nobles, they were uncivilized barbarians.
For these small nobles in the border areas, it was even more burdensome to keep minotaur slaves.
If they didn’t feed them, where would they get the strength to work?
If they fed them… a single minotaur could eat as much as ten or even dozens of people!
So minotaurs were quite difficult to sell.
Seeing that Richard didn’t seem interested, the slave trader gritted his teeth and said, “One, I’ll sell it to you for 1 gold coin.”
Richard still showed no expression.
The slave trader thought about how he had walked through several territories, and none of the lords had shown interest. Moreover, the minotaur ate a lot every day. He gritted his teeth and said, “80 silver coins, this is the lowest price!”
“Alright, deal!”
Richard didn’t haggle this time and simply agreed.
Just like that?
The slave trader suddenly realized… that he had been getting anxious under Richard’s calm gaze!
Suddenly, he felt like he had sold it too cheaply!
【Haha, fell for it, didn’t you!】
【The streamer’s gaze is powerful!】
【Death Stare!】
【Slipped a bargain!】
【…】
The viewers in the live chat laughed.