The road was muddy, and the heavy rain that had not long ago had not ended yet. The city near the sea was relatively humid. As a slum here, crushed grass leaves, excrement, and unknown strange objects were mixed together by carriages and pedestrians, and the color looked disgusting.
The air was also filled with an unbearable fishy smell. The fishmongers on both sides were dealing with their harvest in this environment, and exchanged them for the remaining stinky fish and shrimps here for some dinars. As a new colonial city, such a large-scale slum area should not have appeared. Most of the people who came here were nobles and had stable incomes.
Most of the free people who came here actively have the courage to pursue wealth, but they have been peaceful for decades. In the past decade, there have been orc invasions here or underground creatures of unknown origins found there. War refugees gathered in large cities, resulting in the scars of this huge city.
When Xu Yichen and Vitoriya, who were wearing cloaks, appeared here, both the numb poor and the gang members avoided the two of them far away. The Seris with both swords on their waists and Vitoriya, who was carrying weapons, looked difficult to mess with, and strangers who were not easy to mess with were synonymous with trouble.
"Vitoria, we need to find a local guide." Xu Yichen looked at the winding paths here and countless temporary simple buildings, which made this place completely different from the map. I just don't know if Vitoria is too deterrent, and everyone is far away from them.
"We should come back in the evening. Our target is too obvious and will alarm the snake." Vitoria is familiar with this kind of reconnaissance mission. In this slum, the enemy is hidden in the dark, and her side is as conspicuous as a light bulb. This situation makes her recall her days patrolling in the Arab erosion area.
Xu Yichen shrugged helplessly: "There is no way. In the dark night, I am not sure to fight against the assassin who attacked me last time. My teacher said that they are good at using the power of shadows. Forget it, use the stupidest method to find a local snake."
Xu Yichen found a person he looked down upon the most among the crowd. His naked skin was covered with fancy patterns, and his frivolous expression made him move different from the ordinary poor around him. He found that he was targeted by a strange warrior not far away. The tattooed man turned around and wanted to leave under the cover of the crowd.
Vitoria easily squeezed out the crowd, and Xu Yichen and the others followed the tattooed man slowly, and found that he was running slower and chased him closer. In less than five minutes, the unlucky guy ran into a building that looked better than the messy house environment around him.
Mike is a small person who is mixed in the slums. As one of the members of the indigenous gangs here, his job is to collect protection fees in the gang area and squeeze out the last bit of oil stars from the poor. His recent job is to collect business taxes like those who are mixed in the black streets - Boss Poke's official name, by the way, warns them that the slums are not peaceful recently and people often disappear. If you find something wrong, you can exchange news for some pocket money.
At this time, Mike was filled with regret. He saw two foreigners on the street who seemed to be difficult to mess with. Thinking about the tasks assigned by Boss Poke, paying more attention to the abnormal situation on the street, he took a few more glances. Unexpectedly, he was chased all the way to the old nest! Looking at the momentum of the two people, I wonder if Boss Poke can save him?
Xu Yichen looked at Vitoriya and signaled the lady to give priority. The woman took the lead and reached out to push open the door of the dead room. With the force of up to 19 points, the door lock was stretched to its limit, and then it collapsed and flew away. Vitoriya bent down and walked into the room with fearful eyes in the house, as if it was opening its own bedroom door.
Xu Yichen followed closely and walked into the room. There were seven tattooed men who had led the way before. The leading bald man was already very aware of it, and kicked several younger brothers who subconsciously picked up daggers and sticks with his feet.
"Two sirs! If Mike did anything to provoke you, please deal with it as you like! I have no idea at all!" The bald man sold his subordinates without hesitation.
The tattooed man collapsed immediately and turned to face Xu Yichen and the others, looking aggrieved: "Two sirs, I did nothing... Are you adventurers coming to investigate the little secrets of the slums?"
Mike came up with a wise reason in a hurry, and looked at the two outsiders innocently with a pair of despicable little eyes.
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Anthony Dagang, Guard.
A warrior covered in armor hurried into the room and said to the two people who were arguing: "Sir, it's not good!"
Before he could breathe well, the soldiers continued to report: "I received a report this morning and the patrolling guards found another fourteen people missing in the port area!"
The original debate in the room stopped.
Among the two people who were arguing, Sir Casra of Anthony Harbor, a man in his early fifties who once followed the old earl to build the city. He raised his head, his eyes were filled with blood.
Sir Casra said angrily: "Hasn't the port area been more alert? Why are someone missing again? You group of waste, when will they wait for someone to take action against the City Guard? You don't know who is taking action! What's the use of investing so much money in the City Guard every year!"
Opposite him was a young knight with a solemn face. After hearing this, he comforted Sir Kasla and said in a deep voice: "Just, it's time to give the temple authority. I have real information that the fallen Chaos believers are hiding in the city to make waves! This is not something that secular forces can deal with. You don't understand what the white fog appears in the black forest means at all! Now it's time to give up the prejudices of the past! I must report to the church and send paladins to conduct a large-scale investigation in the city! Otherwise the city will be in danger!"
Do you really need to use the power of the church?
Sir Casra showed a hesitation in his face. In fact, he believed what the paladin said in his heart! Because what the paladin didn't know was that the disappearances had begun in the slums since last month. From the beginning, a few people disappeared, to the later, every morning when people woke up, people would find that the entire street was missing. Even the gangsters in the slums, which felt that life was the least valuable, began to report the case to the city guards.
Chapter completed!