Ryan asked, and Irina's eyes immediately lit up.
"A first-tier Magical Beast Egg is worth only two to three hundred Gold Coins. Even a peak second-tier Magical Beast Egg would be worth around fifteen hundred Gold Coins. Considering that the Frost Serpent is rather rare, if raised properly, it could become an assistant to certain knights, sorcerers, or mages."
"How about eighteen hundred Gold Coins?"
Ryan nodded and smiled at Irina.
"A very fair price." Ryan extended his hand.
Thus, on the way back to Frozen Earth Territory, the group gained another ten people: Irina and nine guards from the Blade Rose Merchant Guild.
Two of those nine guards were Formal Knights, while the rest were all Apprentice Knights. According to Harrington, they were likely all veterans who had retired from the battlefield.
"That Countess Blade Rose is especially fond of keeping demons as slaves, so nearly all the soldiers under her command have fought Abyssal Demons. They should be somewhat stronger than ordinary knights."
When Harrington said this, he showed little concern. After all, they too were warriors who had followed Count Clayton deep into the Northlands.
The completely thawed Swampland sharply slowed the group's advance. After crossing the marshes and part of the mountain roads, the road-building crew working in full swing appeared before Ryan once more.
When he had left, he had taken only two hundred people with him. Now that he had returned, there were tens of thousands, leaving many of the road-building slaves and overseers stunned.
"Split up all these orc slaves, then build five slave quarters along the road from Frozen Earth Territory to the province for them to live in."
At Ryan's command, the two hundred Knight Retainers behind him, along with the five hundred soldiers borrowed from Viscount Landa, quickly ran toward