Doomsday Code

When Scorpion arrived in front of the cage, he saw Queen Chen, who was huddled up in wet leather armor and dying. He then reached out and touched his forehead and felt a burning sensation coming from it.

Because of the forest chase three days ago and the heavy rain that followed, Chen Cheng, who was originally a little stronger than ordinary people, was naturally no match for these warriors who had cultivated their fighting spirit. After three days of bumpy ride, occasional rain and no food, Chen Cheng's body could not bear it and he caught a bad cold.

Not giving Chen Cheng food was an unwritten rule in the slave-catching world because they were afraid that these savage slaves would escape after having enough food and enough strength.

As for diseases, these warriors usually have excellent physical fitness and rarely get sick. Even if they get sick, they have the wizard William with them, so they can be easily cured by William using low-level light removal techniques.

Now William has been killed by Chen Cheng, and he didn't know how many days Chen Cheng had been burning with fever. Seeing him dying, Scorpion and others were heartbroken.

After all, he suffered heavy losses in his attempt to capture Chen Cheng intact this time, and he was just waiting to sell Chen Cheng for a good price to recover his losses.

"Captain, please set off quickly. We must take him to the nearest town. Perhaps the priest in the church there can lend a hand."

The team members around Xie Er urged in a low voice that they didn't want Chen Cheng to die of illness and gain nothing.

This is not only related to their actual interests, but also to whether the Scorpion slave-hunting team can continue to exist in the future.

This time, the team suffered heavy casualties due to Chen Cheng's firearms. If they cannot get the reward they want, these slave-hunting team members will go their separate ways after this.

Seeing that the situation had come to this, Xie Er had no choice but to follow his subordinates' advice and go to the nearest town in order to sell the goods at a better price.

Scorpion took out his precious map. In this world, the map was a rare item. The map not only marked the towns and villages, but also had the approximate markings of dangerous areas. Only some nobles had it.

The towns and noble territories near the Nanmu Forest were clearly marked on this map. He then pointed to the nearest town called Kekeber, which was the territory of Baron Kekeber. Perhaps he could get help from the church priest there.

After determining the route, Scorpion led the team and set off.

The prison van swayed along for most of the day, and the group finally arrived at the town of Kekeber.

Scorpion took out a silver coin as bribe and found the patrol guard of Baron Rickerber in the town, asking them to lead him to Baron Rickerber's residence.

The entire town of Kekeber covers an area of nearly 20,000 acres, and the terrain is mostly mountains, forests, and fertile fields, with a small proportion of fertile farmland. Naturally, the tax revenue is much less than that of ordinary nobles. So naturally, the manor of Baron Kekeber, the owner of the territory, does not appear so grand.

After the Baron's servant passed the message on, the Baron summoned Scorpion.

Entering the manor room, walking through the wooden corridor to a reception room, Scorpion pushed the door and walked in.

"Respected Baron Kekeber, Scorpion Slave Catching Team greets you."

Scorpion said to Baron Kekeber in the house with a respectful smile.

A middle-aged man with a big belly, wearing a silk suit that didn't fit him very well, said with a smile, "No need to be polite, Captain Xie'er. I don't know why Captain Xie'er came to me. I don't have the extra wealth to buy your slaves, ahahaha."

When he saw that Baron Kekeber was so easy to talk to, Scorpion felt much more relaxed and he stated his request.

"I really shouldn't disturb you, Lord Baron, but this time one of my very important slaves is seriously ill, so I ask you to allow me to find a priest in the town to treat him."

………………

At this time, outside the town of Kekeber, the eldest daughter of Baron Kekeber's family, Finelle Kekeber, was patrolling the town with her hands behind her back, pretending to be a little adult.

The residents of the town all liked this eldest lady very much. Because of her birth, the Baron directly exempted them from half of their taxes for three years. Then when she was one month old, the Baron added another three years on top of that.

It can be said that Baron Cockeber's tax cuts gave many of them a way out, allowing them to avoid the huge pressure of paying taxes in the past few years. Now with the extra money they had before, the pressure of living has been greatly reduced.

When little Finny reached the town entrance, she saw Scorpion's slave-hunting team. These guys who killed people without blinking an eye in the mountains behaved like pugs when they saw Finny, the descendant of a noble family, and gave her fawning smiles.

There was no way. Although they looked strong as a whole, their social status was lower than that of the nobles. If they dared to offend the nobles, even if Kekeber could not defeat them, the viscounts and other nobles, who were also nobles like Kekeber, would send troops to destroy them in order to protect the honor of the nobles.

Little Finney nodded pretentiously, then walked through the team, and then she looked at the cage where Chen Cheng was imprisoned.

"What's in here?"

Finny said, pointing at the cage.

"Miss, there is a very powerful savage slave imprisoned there. He is very ill now, so please stay away from him for your own health."

But Finier didn't care about the so-called disease at all, but became interested in this so-called very powerful slave.

Although Baron Kekeber had no habit of buying slaves, Finier, who had studied at the Huidun School of Magic for a semester, had seen slaves carried by other noble children.

This made her want to see what the powerful slaves mentioned by the slave traders looked like. Maybe there was an orc among them, Finier thought to herself.

She walked to the front of the cage and ordered the people beside her to lift the animal skin on the cage. She wanted to see what the slave inside looked like.

Although these guys were very reluctant, on the one hand they were afraid that Finier would catch a cold because of being close to Chen Cheng, and on the other hand they were afraid that Finier would fall in love with Chen Cheng.

They knew very well that Baron Kekeber's current financial resources were definitely not enough to buy Chen Cheng.

But in the end they uncovered the hide.

The noise outside also alarmed Chen Cheng inside. He knew that he had a severe cold. In this era of shortage of medical care and medicine, he might die from the illness.

When he felt the animal skin on the cage being lifted and the cold wind blowing in, Chen Cheng held up his heavy eyelids and looked around, trying to see if those guys outside were ready to abandon him.

However, when he opened his eyes, he saw a little girl who was as clean, pure and flawless as a white porcelain doll, and this little girl was looking at him with a pair of big, watery eyes.

When Finny saw Chen Cheng looking into her eyes, she lowered her head shyly.

"you……"

Before Chen Cheng could speak, the guard saw Chen Cheng looking at Fini so recklessly, he took out a wooden stick and hit Chen Cheng, cursing as he hit him;

"You lowly slave, how dare you look at a noble lady like that? I will beat you to death."

The others also saw that they had already arrived at the town, and if Chen Cheng's behavior was not punished, he might be retaliated by Baron Kekeber, and there would be a priest who could heal him later, so they did not stop him from beating Chen Cheng.

Moreover, so many of their people died at the hands of Chen Cheng. If it weren't for the fact that Chen Cheng could be sold for a good price, they would have skinned him alive long ago due to their anger towards him.

When Finny, the kind-hearted little girl, saw Chen Cheng being beaten, she immediately told the guy to stop. At this moment, Scorpion came over respectfully with Baron Kekeber and a priest in priest's clothes.

Seeing his captain leading his men over respectfully, this guy, who was not without good eyesight, gave up beating Chen Cheng.

At this time, Finny ran to Kekebo and called him dad, then pointed at Chen Cheng with her little finger and said:

"Dad, I like that little slave. Can you buy him and give him to me as my tenth birthday present? What do you think, Dad?"

After hearing this, Xie Er and Ke Ke Bo felt a little embarrassed.

Scorpion didn't want to sell it at a low price, and when Keke saw Scorpion bringing Chen Cheng here to seek the pastor's help, it also meant that Chen Cheng should be very expensive.

But when he saw his daughter's big, blinking eyes, Kekeber finally compromised.

"Reverend Farmar, please identify this slave's potential and value for me."

Hey, it’s rare that Nier likes something, so even if the price is a little expensive, I will grit my teeth and buy it for her.

Although Scorpion wanted to refuse this matter, he also wanted to get the money as soon as possible. Besides, Baron Kekeber was a businessman before, so perhaps he still had some spare money.

Moreover, he was not very clear about Chen Cheng's potential now, and he doubted whether Chen Cheng was not as powerful as he imagined, because he had never seen any powerful slave get sick.

Because the strength has reached a certain level, diseases such as typhoid fever can be immune to the strong physique.

So he didn't try to step forward to stop it.

As the pastor in Baron Kekeber's territory, Farmar naturally has to give face to the baron.

He came in front of Chen Cheng holding the Bible of Light, and then chanted a unique low-level identification spell. As he chanted, a white halo moved towards Chen Cheng.

However, what no one noticed was that the crystal pendant on Chen Cheng's neck flashed, and then everyone saw the white halo passing over Chen Cheng without any change.

When seeing this situation, Scorpion immediately lost his composure, because the fact that the aperture did not change meant that Chen Cheng's potential was even worse than that of ordinary people. He was simply a waste among wastes.