Chapter 541: Potential Partnership

Chapter 541: Potential Partnership

Although Luna detested Ghur, her expression betrayed no hint of revulsion.

Throughout the entire time, she remained extremely courteous but noticeably lacked enthusiasm toward him.

“I can guarantee she’s taken a liking to you. Do you want to make a move on her? In my experience, you have a sixty percent chance of success!” Ghur whispered to Sein via mental focus.

Sein rolled his eyes at Ghur’s words, dismissing them.

After taking a tour of Luna’s establishment, Sein, who was usually quiet, suddenly asked, “Have you considered expanding your business to other divine towers in the Magus World?”

Sein’s question caught Luna off guard before her eyes lit up, sparkling like magicoins.

“Of course! Our tribe has hundreds of thousands of slaves ready for sale, and we can increase supply to meet demand if needed,” she replied eagerly.

“Master Sein, do you have any well-off clients you might recommend?” Luna asked, blinking her large, light blue eyes as she moved closer to Sein.

For Luna’s tribe, the primary challenge in the current enslaved creature trade was not a lack of supply, but a scarcity of suitable buyers.

The tribe had already paid a hefty price to secure entry into Fredem Underground City and establish their own trading area.

If they were not urgently seeking a reliable trading partner to recoup their initial investment, there would be no need for Luna and her fellow centaurs to give such a huge discount out of desperation.

Despite the apparent bustling activity in their trading area, the reality was that they might not be turning a profit—at best, they were just managing to break even.

What they needed most was to establish a reputation and boost sales.

The divine towers and orders of the knights in the Magus World would be ideal customers.

However, most already had established supply channels for enslaved creatures or their own enslaved planes.

Furthermore, Luna’s tribe was not super powerful. It was a large tribe led by two demigod-level centaurs and could provide only two to three hundred thousand qualified slaves at most in the short term.

After all, establishing a stable partnership with a divine tower on the Magus World side could greatly benefit her tribe.

Sein never made any commitments with either of them. He merely revealed his status as the tower master’s apprentice and encouraged House Jobbs and the centaur tribe to initiate contact with the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring.

If the negotiations went smoothly, everyone would benefit. Even if they did not, Sein had nothing to lose.

In any case, keeping the interests of the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring in mind during his travels would certainly please Master Lorianne.

After discussing potential collaboration with Ghur and the others, Sein continued his exploration of Fredem Underground City.

This vast underground city spanned nearly eleven floors, with rumors suggesting that construction on the twelfth and thirteenth floors was underway, soon to be opened to the public.

Here, Sein encountered an array of exotic enslaved creatures—finger-sized, beautiful humanoid butterflies; docile beastman maid on all fours; and behemoth slaves ranging from several meters to tens of meters in size...

All sorts of enslaved creatures were available.

However, Sein noticed the absence of the elf slaves he had once seen in the black market, let alone the rare and elusive mermaids.

Upon asking, Ghur explained, “The Elven World does not engage in the slave trade, and the Magus Alliance respects their stance and vigorously enforces the prohibition against trading elves. And as for mermaids, well, I myself have yet to discover what they taste like.”

After a pause, Ghur leaned in closer and whispered, “However, if you’re interested, I know a place—a hidden slave market on the East Coast. They have not only elf slaves but also mermaids. The last time I went there, I acquired a female giant.”

Ghur raised an eyebrow suggestively as he said that.

The giants he referred to were likely titans, who, like the elves, were officially protected from the slave trade under the Magus Alliance’s rules.

As far as Sein understood, the appearance of the titans from the Titan World was... He could only conclude that Ghur was indeed adventurous.

It seemed that where there was light, there was also shadow.

The East Coast’s proximity to the Western Archipelago likely also made the underground black market and illicit activities more rampant here than on the South Coast.

In response to Ghur’s invitation, Sein ultimately shook his head and declined, “Forget it, I'm not interested.”