<h4>Chapter 539: Fredem Underground City</h4>


    House Jobbs was deeply involved in the trade of enved creatures.


    In Ghur’s private manor alone, Sein saw many catgirls and rabbitgirls employed as maids.


    These beautiful beastmen possessed an exotic allure distinct from the traditional women of the Magus World.


    Yet, none could rival the stunning beauty of the fox priestess named Azelia, who now stood before Sein.


    As Ghur had pointed out, this fox maiden was exceptional.


    House Jobbs had spent nearly two hundred magicoins solely in her importation.


    Considering the extensive efforts to tame and soul-enve her, House Jobbs valued her at no less than a thousand magicoins.


    Given the profit Rank One knights and mages could only gain from participating in an internar war, such high-quality goods were clearly not something ordinary people could afford.


    Ghur and the House Jobbs had indeed presented Sein with avish gift.


    Observing the fox maiden, who appeared timid despite her conditioning, Sein paused to reflect before ultimately nodding in eptance of Ghur’s generous gesture.


    Rather than her exquisite appearance, Sein was actually more interested in learning more about the Beastmen World and the priestess profession through her.


    “The mage sent by my family to negotiate a deal with you won’t arrive until a few dayster. Do you have any ns for now? Or should I show you around?” Ghur asked.


    Knights tended to be more idle than mages of the same rank.


    Mages like Sein would often spend their time immersed in long experimental research apart from meditating.


    Knights like Ghur, on the other hand, usually had a lot of free time after their usual physical training.


    When Sein traveled across the ocean some time ago, he had spent most of his time researching.


    In thest half of the year, he had been more interested in all the East Coast’s specialties.


    Since House Jobbs was a big yer in the trading of enved creatures, Sein casually suggested, “Why don’t you take me to your enved creature market?"


    “Sure! Come with me, I’ll take you to the biggest enved creature trading center nearby,” Ghur replied.


    ***


    Ghur took Sein to thergest enved creature trading center nearby. However, this ce was not fully controlled by House Jobbs; the family only owned a very small share of it.


    This was the most famous of the three major ve trading centers on the East Coast.


    ording to Ghur, many divine towers and orders of the knights on the East Coast maderge purchases of enved creatures from here before internar wars as cannon fodder.


    After the wars ended, they would supply tons of qualified extranar ves to this ce.


    Simr ve trading centers existed not only along the East Coast but also near the Viridescent Land where Sein resided.


    Although Sein had never heard about it from Master Lorianne, given the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring’s financial situation, they likely could not afford to makerge-scale purchases of cannon fodder without Lorianne considering additional magicoin loans.


    This underground city, known as Fredem, was constructed by hollowing out a circr basin.


    Ironically, its name, which sounded simr to “freedom” in themon tongue of the Magus World, was a stark contrast to the reality within its walls where millions of enved creatures were traded.


    Fredem Underground City was different from the underground world Sein had lived in when he was an initiate.


    It was vast and brightly lit.


    Within this circr giant basin, there were all sorts of ve trading areas.


    The underground city was bustling with not only mages and knights like Sein and Ghur but also arge number of extranar creatures.


    These extranar creatures that roamed freely were obviously not ves; the ves being traded were kept in cages or special spaces.


    Many of them could technically be called vers.


    More than seventy percent of the annual trade in enved creatures in Fredem Underground City was facilitated by these extranar vers.


    House Jobbs, to which Ghur belonged, might be considered vers, but they primarily acted as middlemen.


    The majority of the profit actually flowed to the suppliers, like the beastman sovereign who maintained a deep partnership with House Jobbs.


    The Magus Alliance had grown to the point where the prices for all kinds of enved creatures were essentially fixed.


    Although the onset of an internar war could cause slight market fluctuations, the overall impact was minimal.


    This stability was due to the vast size of the Magus Civilization and the huge number of ve suppliers within the Magus Alliance.


    If the price of ves from a ne increased slightly, cheaper cannon fodder from several other nes would soon drive the price back down.


    The Magus Civilization exercised macro-regtion over the entire Magus Alliance’s ve market.


    While ve owners from various nes earned substantial amounts of magicoins by selling creatures from their homene, in reality, it was the Magus World that profited the most.


    Without the hundreds of trillions of legions of enved creatures, the Magus Civilization could not maintain its dominance over the vast star domain.


    Moreover, under the control of the Magus Civilization, the prices of enved creatures were manipted at will.


    If the Magus World wanted the price of ve creatures to rise, it would rise. If it wanted the price to fall, it would fall.


    Very few nes in the Magus Alliance could take advantage of the Magus World in this regard.


    After arriving at Fredem Underground City, Ghur first took Sein around to House Jobbs’ properties.


    House Jobbs owned multiple stores in this vast underground city, primarily concentrated on the third floor.


    The ves they sold were mostly beastmen, weaselmen, cynocephali, and a type of savage beast averaging around ten meters in size.


    These categories marked the four allied nes with which House Jobbs was currently engaged in the ve trade.


    Among the four types of enved creatures, the weaselmen were undoubtedly at the lowest end of the scale.


    Standing less than 1.6 meters on average, they were the cheapest bottom-tier cannon fodder for internar warfare.


    Their advantagey in high quantity and low price, resulting in good sales.


    Cynocephali were slightly more premiumpared to weaselmen.


    Adult cynocephali were stronger than weaselmen, and a few individuals among them could wield elemental power.


    A scientific study from the Magus World revealed that cynocephali possessed traces of dragon genes—a finding corroborated by the major divine towers.


    Though the amount of dragon genes in cynocephali was negligible, many mages believed it to be the reason they could wield elemental power to a certain extent, despite their generally low intelligence.


    Within House Jobbs’ enved creature trading business, the beastmen held the most significant role.


    The Beastmen World had a vast array of beastmen species, yet House Jobbs only traded a select few.


    The minotaurs from Burr Tribe, hogfolks from Pigg Tribe, and Ratmen from Maus Tribe were the mostmonly sold beastmen ves.


    While beastmen ves of other races were also avable, they were more scarce.


    For rarer and more in-demand ves like foxgirls, catgirls, and rabbitgirls, House Jobbs rmended booking in advance.


    The type of beastmen House Jobbs tended to sell depended on the supply channel of the beastmen sovereigns they had befriended.


    Hard-working and physically strong minotaurs were Beastmen World’s best-sellingbat ves to the outside world.


    Sein recalled seeing minotaurs in Mystralora City when he was still an initiate.


    It was clear that the prosperous ve creature trade on the East Coast had not closed its doors to their western neighbors.


    “These were rare ves of the alliance that we at House Jobbs imported just a thousand years ago from the Savage Worlds Group,” Ghur said as he walked up to a giant iron cage.


    pping the cage hard, he continued, “See this big guy? I can give it to you for two hundred magicoins if you want it, consider it a friendship price.”


    Inside the giant iron cagey a giant gray wolf, nearly ten meters in size.


    This creature possessed a Rank One life level, and its body still bore some fresh scars.


    It was unknown whether these were caused during the taming process or if the wolf had been injured before it came to the Magus World.


    The gray wolf opened its eyes, nced at Ghur, then closed its eyes again.


    Despite its Rank One life level, its physique was truly impressive.


    In the Astral Realm, an increase in life level did not necessarily mean that creatures grewrger in physical size.


    Sev was also a Rank One magic beast, but it could only grow up to two or three meters at most.


    The ten-meter-tall giant wolf in front of Sein was undoubtedly a favorite among many knights.


    In internar warfare, such powerful mounts were not only impressive but also highly effective inbat.


    After all, physique was also a part of strength.


    At least in a close-quarters battle, Sev would not stand a chance against such arge beast.


    Ghur’s offer of a rtively rare Rank One creature for only two hundred magicoins was certainly a gesture of friendship.


    However, having already received many gifts from House Jobbs, Sein refused to take advantage of their kindness.


    He observed the giant gray wolf with interest but ultimately declined the offer with a shake of his head.


    Next door to House Jobbs’ store, a more lively trade in enved creatures was underway, drawing more attention than the one Sein was in.


    As Sein’s gaze drifted toward themotion, he first noticed a pure white mare adorned in pearls and silk.


    No, to be precise, it was a centaur.


    Moreover, this centaur was not somebeled enved creature on disy.


    With Ghur’s previous exnation, Sein could quickly tell that this female centaur, apanied by several centaurs, was an extranar ver.


    Sensing someone’s gaze on her, the female centaur turned to look in Sein’s direction.


    Despite the equine lower body, her face was strikingly beautiful, rivaling the allure of the fox maiden Sein had just received.


    Her rare silver hair cascaded down,plementing her white horse body.


    A white veil masked half of her face, and she had a silver metallic totem scepter in her clutch.


    At the sight of the female centaur, Ghur could not help but whistled appreciatively, clearly also captivated by her beauty.