Seeing Noid agree, the girl smiled for the first time.
She saw that he did not immediately agree but thought about it for a long time. This shows that Noid had really thought carefully about this matter. He did not agree immediately because of haste or money.
Although these were only very small signs, even insignificant. But for the girl, the hope of escaping slavery was probably no longer so vague and distant.
"My name is... Anna, how about you."
"Just call me Noid."
The two have worked together for a long time, and only now have they revealed each other's names.
After discussing, the two returned to the man in charge of collecting slaves.
Noid received a small scroll, this was the slave contract for selling Anna. He sold Anna as her father, for several hundred coins.
It turned out that Anna was really young, she was only thirteen years old.
No wonder she didn't dare show up during the evacuation period.
And it's also because Anna is still so young that she can sell for such a price.
"Take it."
The man threw Noid a bag of money. Inside, besides the tarnished metal coins, there was also a rare coin made of silver.
Receiving the bag of money, Noid couldn't help but sigh.
If it were before, he would have only heard of human trafficking, but never thought that he would be involved in human trafficking, and it would be a case of a father selling his daughter.
However, everyone appeared completely normal, even the other refugees looked at Noid and his money bag with envy.
"Keep the contract, if you want to redeem your daughter later, come here, remember to bring money."
The man finished speaking and impatiently took Anna's hand and walked away.
The ransom amount is four times the sale price.
It's really expensive.
"Dad, I'm going."
Anna waved at him, Kain didn't know what to say, just waved back unconsciously.
Even though they had discussed the matter of pretending to be father and daughter before, Noid still felt it was strange when Anna called him father.
At the same time, there was a strong feeling of self-reproach.
Damn it, this damn world, even being a slave is a kind of happiness.
"I will get you back, I promise!"
Kain shouted loudly, but the people around, from the common people to the poor refugees, did not take Noid's words as true.
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Noid then went to investigate several other places, all of which stopped accepting male slaves, only accepting female slaves.
Reluctantly, Noid had only one path left.
It is to join the army and become a soldier.
The military camp was dozens of miles away from town, so Noid had used money to buy some food and water before setting off.
Once again, he set out, but now he was alone.
Before he could feel the loneliness, the wind and cold that came with the setting sun made it difficult for Noid to think of anything else except keeping his body warm.
After a night's rest, Noid sets out again.
On the way to the military camp, Kain was not alone. Apart from him, there were many refugees, obviously all of whom had chosen to join the army like him.
Compared to starvation, living a little harder is not a problem. No matter how brutal the army is, at least there are two meals a day.
Finally after a long walk, Noid finally saw a military flag fluttering in the wind, with camps in the distance.
Under the flagpole was a wooden table, on which sat several soldiers watching.
"You came here to join the army?"
A soldier with a slightly pot-bellied body raised his eyebrows and looked towards Noid.
He nodded, taking it as an answer.
The then soldier stood up and looked at Noid very attentively, then said to the soldier beside him.
"Hey, I think we've recruited enough new soldiers, right?"
Hearing this, Noid's expression changed slightly. But immediately after, the soldier with the big belly rubbed his two fingers together.
Kain understood the meaning of this action all too well.
"Want to join? Give me money."
Looking at Noid's haggard face, as if he was deep in thought, the soldier not only did not feel sympathy, but also laughed.
There were really too many refugees. Under normal circumstances, the army would have to forcibly recruit them, or use criminals to barely maintain enough. Now, there was no need to force them to come.
This leads to the soldiers in charge of recruiting like the big belly guy being able to share in quite a bit of money. Even if he only got one coin from each recruit, he would still make a fortune.
Noid looked sad, pretending to rummage through his body.
Actually, he is considered to have money now. But if he were to hand over the money now, he would definitely be robbed until he didn't have a single cent left.
After struggling for a long time, Noid was able to take out a few dozen metal coins and offer them to the soldier.
The big-bellied soldier received the money, but did not immediately let Noid go. Instead, he spread the money out on the table, counted it over and over again, and then knocked on the table.
"This place is not enough, you know?"
Even though the amount of money Noid offered was already a lot for a refugee, he still wanted to squeeze a little more.
Noid bowed his head and shook it.
"There's no more, sir. I only have half a loaf of bread left."
Saying that, Noid pulled out a dirty, low-quality loaf of bread. The fat soldier looked disgusted when he saw it.
"Tell me, what's your name?"
"It's Noid, sir."
Then, the big-bellied soldier signaled to the person next to him and threw Noid a wooden card with his name engraved on it, as proof of identity.
"Go to the other side of the barracks and find Over."
The big-bellied soldier pointed in one direction. Finally, he smiled and added another sentence.
"No need to feel wronged. We'll take some money from you, but this money isn't free."
According to him, Noid seemed a bit sullen, as if he had held a grudge against him. He didn't want that, after all, he just wanted to earn some money.
"Thank you, sir."
Noid bowed his head, then passed the others and followed the direction the soldier had pointed.