The Elven Survival Handbook.

The little girl's father did not expect that the aristocratic man in front of him whose gender they had mistakenly identified - his temperament showed that he was not an ordinary person - would eventually buy his daughter, and at the price he originally said. .

After the poor man who got the gold coin confirmed its authenticity - he took a bite of the gold coin - he carefully put it away, then turned around and began to worry about his daughter.

He was relieved that his family did not have to starve to death, but having his daughter sold by him made the poor people feel guilty.

But no matter how guilty he was, he sold it.

He groveled and asked the elf in an anxious tone: "My kind master, I wonder where you want to place this mark?"

Before a slave is handed over to his master, he must be branded to prevent the slave from escaping. The brand must be burned directly on the body with a red-hot iron. The size of the pattern can be chosen at will, and the position is determined by the owner himself.

Generally, nobles will have their own family crest. They like to use the pattern of the family crest to brand the slaves in their family. Most of them will be branded in a conspicuous position for easy identification.

But the branding is extremely painful for the slave. If the branding is too big and the wound becomes inflamed, it may directly kill the slave.

What the poor man is now worried about is that his daughter cannot survive this test, and if the other party wants to print it on his face, it will be directly disfigured.

Even if a disfigured slave grows up, he will only be able to do menial labor and will never have a chance to stand up again.

"The back of the neck does not affect the appearance and is eye-catching."

The elf said nonchalantly.

Of course he didn't intend to brand the little girl as a slave, and that wasn't really why he bought her.

But there was no need to tell the other party's father about this. Although he sympathized with the other party's family situation, the fact that the poor sold their girls still made him a little disgusted with this man.

If you can't afford it, don't have so many children. Men who are incompetent and unable to control their third legs should live with guilt.

After sending the poor people away with a few words, the elf lowered his head and looked at the little girl he had just bought.

The little girl only showed a frightened expression after her father left. She stood there cautiously, not even daring to raise her eyes, staring at the hem of the elf's robe tremblingly.

The elf's tone softened: "Martha, we still have to walk around here, is it okay for you to follow?"

This was considered a small test. Let the little girl follow her. If she wanted to escape, the elf would not stop her, but at the same time, she also lost the opportunity to change her destiny.

The little girl nodded timidly and automatically stood behind the elf.

Originally, the elf did not want to enter the slave market, but now that he has made a big discovery, the elf naturally plans to see if there are any other suitable candidates here.

"Please help me pay attention, I'm worried that I missed something."

"Yes." The Demon King nodded. His perception was stronger than that of the Elf, so it was indeed easier to detect.

But the elf is not bad either. He just needs to throw identification spells at the slaves standing in the shop. Those who don't have attribute panels can be skipped directly. Some of them pay attention to the basic attributes. If they meet the standards, they can go in and discuss with the merchants. The price is up.

However, this method is also very time-consuming. There are many slaves in each family, and some of them will not appear outside but in invisible places behind. At this time, you need to ask the slave merchant if he has any other slaves.

So they go very slowly, and at the same time, the harvest is not very good.

Although it is said that there are many magical elements in the Weif continent, there are actually very few people suitable for learning magic.

After walking past several slave traders' shops as if shopping, even those on the roadside, the elf discovered a pattern.

Those Veve people with obvious mutated characteristics seemed to be classified as orcs by identification technology - those who had attribute panels were all orcs in the race introduction on the panel without exception.

It is well known in "DW" that orcs are not suitable for learning magic, and the same is obviously true here.

Some of the Weevs do have attribute panels, and their basic attributes are quite good, but the intelligence and mental strength required to learn magic are not high, which does not meet the requirements for orcs to learn magic in "DW".

There are actually relatively few people without mutations, and even fewer of them meet the standards. At least the elves and the devils walked the entire street, and they could only find three that met the standards.

The probability is simply one in a thousand. No wonder there are so few magicians here.

The three selected slaves were all young, the oldest was 13 years old, and the youngest was only seven years old. Plus Martha, who did not escape, they happened to be two boys and two girls.

The four children all have similar qualifications, none of them are particularly outstanding, but they are all very quiet and obedient types. After being bought, they were asked to follow the elves, and none of them escaped.

However, the elves heard from one of the slave traders that the slaves they sold all had slave marks on them.

One is that the slaves were resold to them by their masters, and the original marks still remain. Generally speaking, slaves that have been branded will not be branded a second time. If the original owner is a noble, the slaves with their family crest will instead be branded. Will be very popular.

The other type was branded by slave traders.

This kind of mark is usually printed on the chest of men and on the lower back of women. The pattern is not too big, so that the owner can directly cover it with a new mark after buying a slave, but it is enough to identify the slave.

If he escapes and is caught, he will be beaten to death.

The three children purchased from slave traders were probably all born to female slaves. They were born slaves, and their marks were placed on them shortly after birth.

Only children who survive this disaster are qualified to continue living.

By the time the elf walked around here, it was basically getting dark.

"Let's go back."

After walking for a day, his legs were sore. The magician who lacked exercise was still very weak.

They found a carriage at the market intersection and went back with the four children.

The carriage was an ordinary passenger carriage. It was very bumpy to ride on, but it was more spacious. The elf and the devil sat on one side, and the four children sat opposite them.

Facing their future masters, the four children all expressed fear and confusion. Martha was a little better. The remaining three had heard from other slaves many bad things that happened after encountering bad masters. The owner opposite looked too mysterious, which always made them think the worst.

The four children do not know each other, have no support, and can only face the unknown future alone. This is the greatest suffering.

The elf felt that if they were allowed to think alone, the children would probably faint from fear. Look at what they were afraid of, even their dark skin could not cover up their bloodless paleness.

So he lowered his voice and said, "What are your names?"

Martha did not speak. She had already reported her name before. The smart little girl knew that the master was not calling her.

The other three little slaves quickly answered the elf's question. The oldest boy, 13 years old, was named Sata, the younger one was an 11-year-old boy named Attu, and the youngest, a seven-year-old girl, was named Ani.

This is a bit surprising to the elf. Generally speaking, many slaves, especially the younger ones, basically have no names. If they are older, they may give themselves a name. But when they were young, slaves without family members did not need names at all, and The three children he brought back were all orphans who didn't know who their parents were, but they had their own names.

When they introduce themselves, they always add "Master" at the end. This is probably because of intentional training, but the elf doesn't like such a title. He frowns and then relaxes quickly.

"Don't call me master, just sir."

This was probably different from the little slave's usual teachings. The three children hesitated to speak, but Martha, because she had seen the appearance of elves, felt that such a beautiful person would not be too bad-tempered, and soon she He changed his tune according to the elf's wishes.

Someone took the lead and was not punished, and the remaining three also successfully changed their tune.

The carriage stopped outside the hotel. The palace-like luxurious building made the children who got off the car more and more cautious. They didn't even know where to put their hands and feet, but their eyes showed curiosity and envy for this place.

As soon as they came back, the monsters came out to greet them one after another. After the leader of the succubus and the devil king reported that they were out, someone else sent invitations.

But it wasn't the Demon King who was invited, it was the Succubus who was invited.

"It's the businessman who was almost killed in Guma before, and he is the main target of those sand pirates." The succubus followed the demon king inside and said at the same time: "The other party sent the invitation to me, saying that he wanted to do something for the emperor. I thanked him for this, and the person who sent the invitation also said that many nobles from Adadala would be invited to the banquet, including even a prince."

A prince undoubtedly raised the level of this banquet a lot, and the succubus was somewhat interested.

The big businessman was quite knowledgeable and did not invite the Demon King directly, otherwise the invitation would have been rejected.

The Demon King said calmly: "It's up to you."

This is letting him make his own choice.

The succubus nodded in understanding and glanced at the four children following behind.

The four children were all trembling a little when they were glanced at by the sharp eyes on his handsome face that was barely concealed.

"Master, who are these?" It was difficult to address His Majesty when he was away from home, so they called him Master instead.

The Demon King didn't look back, he just said: "Those are Luvita's people, you don't need to worry about them."

"Ok."

Although I don’t know why the elf brought four children back, but the other party is the devil queen, the succubus is very sensible and does not continue to ask.

It's probably because of overflowing sympathy, as the elves tend to be soft-hearted towards cubs.

The elf didn't know what the succubus was thinking. He just felt his nose was a little itchy and wanted to sneeze, but luckily he held it back.

The two little devil maids heard that they were back and soon appeared in front of the elf.

"Master, sir."

"You came just in time." The elf pointed behind him: "Take them to take a bath and change into clean clothes, feed them some food, and then bring them over after dinner."

Then he turned back to the little one and said, "Be obedient and don't cause trouble for them, you know?"

The four children nodded nervously and were led away.

The author has something to say: The elf will not raise a child by himself. He has so many people to help him, and the devil will not let him do it by himself.

Demon King: The elf belongs to me as a demon, no one can steal it from me.