Chapter 127: THE BLACK MARKET
The black market was a place of mysterious trades and transactions, never lacking in providing even some forbidden goods or items for sale at inflated prices.
The money used often came from irregular channels as well, such as usury loans, laundered funds, thus making the entire market ’black’.
The black market was an illegal place where you could trade anything, or anyone. There were no explicit rules here, aside from all things that happened there would remain there and anyone that you saw mustn’t be discussed with the outsiders.
If these rules were breached then the consequences would be dire, since it was easy to track you down through the magical tattoo on your arm.
All in all, this was a very secretive organization, the owner of which was unknown. But according to rumors, it was someone from the Andelus Continent, because Andel language would be often used during the transactions in the black market and the auction.
More so, even the king seemed to be well aware of this place, since the crown prince was here on orders from him. Meaning, he turned a blind eye because he gained benefits from this place as well.
Before daybreak, they finally arrived in the black market, which was called Sky Black Pearl. It was a fortified stronghold located completely underground, despite the name ’Sky Black Pearl’, with its entrance hidden on a barren hill.
As soon as they reached the barren hill, all of them dismounted their horses and walked toward the entrance.
They stopped walking when they reached a dark, upright stele. With no words on its surface, the stone looked markedly cold and gloomy.