Twenty miles southeast of the imperial capital, there was an adventurer's camp.

This adventurer's camp has been around for twenty years, called the 'House of the Brave', and it was originally the headquarters of a mercenary group, but after the mercenary group was completely wiped out in a mission, this station was occupied by a number of beggars, paupers, and bankrupts, and over time it became a simple gathering place.

The imperial authorities of this kind of gathering place generally only send one or two tax collectors and local clerks, so the specific management authority of the gathering place is controlled by the local gangsters, and the imperial official also turns a blind eye to this.

Led by Hanko, the outer line of the guard and the biggest gang leader in the Imperial Capital, Pedi and Ser Gus El arrive at this legendary adventurer's paradise.

After Pedi's report, Gus El plans to personally direct the capture mission.

Pedi refused on the grounds of safety, as they could not have entered the gathering place in a large group, as they would not have been able to catch anyone, but Ser Gus El insisted.

Before Pedi and Gusel entered the 'House of the Brave', the guards had cut off all the surrounding traffic arteries, almost two-thirds of the police force of the action team was deployed nearby, and a squadron of guard cavalry armed to the teeth was ready to support Pedi and the others as they entered the gathering place.

...

Pedi and Gusel, along with their five retinues, plus Hanko, who led the way, a group of eight people, soon reached the gate of the gathering place.

However, he was unexpectedly stopped by several shirtless shaggy men at the door.

Pedi frowned slightly, looked at Hanko who walked forward, shook his head at Harus next to him, and then began to take a closer look at the gathering place known as the 'House of Warriors'...

On the periphery of the gathering place were a number of broken carriages piled together to form a circular fence, and a simple wooden gate was flanked by two earthen watchtowers, and several archers inside were looking coldly at Pedi and his party.

Hanko stepped forward with a cold face and didn't speak, and smashed his hammer-like fist directly into the face of a big man nearby.

"Bang!"

This punch was very strong, directly smashing the opponent to the ground, and blood was bubbling in his mouth. This sudden clash immediately caused the guards guarding the gate to surround the vicinity.

"What?" Hanko pulled a polished scimitar from his waist, "Are you all blind?

With that, he grabbed the collar of the big man who was smashed to the ground by his fist and lifted it suddenly, and the scimitar in his hand slid lightly on the other party's face, and a clear blood mark was hideous and terrifying where the tip of the knife passed.

Hanko stared coldly at the gate guards who were getting closer and closer, and scolded, "Don't move!"

Pedi subconsciously rested his right hand on the saber at his waist as Hanko drew his scimitar, and cautiously looked at the guards on the watchtower who had already set up arrows on their bows.

"Don't be nervous. Sir Gus El smiled and looked ahead, "The people here don't dare offend Hanko. ”

The old knight was right, and as soon as he finished speaking, a short fat man in silk sleeves ran quickly from inside the gate, the fat on his face trembling up and down as he ran, and the silver-white collar around his neck shone with a little white light.

"Oh, damn it, stop, stop!"

The short and fat man shouted as he ran, and although he ran fast, there was not a trace of gasping, and it was obvious that he was a good fighter.

The fat man ran to Hanko, bowed down and said with a smile on his face: "Hey, Boss Hanko, why do you have time to come to a small country like ours today?"

"Get your people out of the way, my guest is going to go in and buy something. Hanko threw aside the guard who was already trembling with fright, and then pulled the short sleeves on his body, and without explaining, he directly said in a condescending tone: "Otherwise, I'll let someone else manage here... Of course, if you doubt my abilities, you can give it a try. ”

"Haha!" the fat man laughed first, and then, walking in two steps, the guard, who was slumped on the ground and stunned, pointed to the other party's nose and looked at Hanko and asked, "Do you mean him?"

"If that's not your attention," Hanko looked coldly.

The fat man quickly turned out the topic, "You and your guests will get a satisfactory answer." As he spoke, he waved at his nearby men, then bowed to Gus El and Pedi's group.

"Boss, boss, I know it's wrong, I know it's wrong..."

"You have the final say on what to do with him. The fat man didn't seem to hear his men's pleas for mercy, and asked Hanko with a smile on his face.

"I hate that hand that holds me back. ”

The fat man said, "Then cut off his hand." ”

Hanko smiled faintly and put the scimitar back into its scabbard and said, "You'd better not break your word!" With that, he hit the fat man with his shoulder, knocking him aside, and then turned to Pedi and Gus El and said, "My friend, you can go in now." ”

Gus El ignored the fat man's Shi Lili, didn't look at Hanko, and walked straight to the door, while Pedi looked at the fat man seriously and nodded at him.

...

As soon as he entered the gathering place, a disgusting stench suddenly made Pedi frown.

It's the smell of poop and corpses mixed together.

"It's easy to get contagious diseases in this kind of place, are all the officials in the city idiots?" Pedi scanned everything around him, the buildings were in a mess, there wasn't a decent street, and the roads were muddy, like paths after rain.

"Rest assured, those who enter here will hardly have a chance to go out again. Sir Gus El shrugged.

Hanko elaborates: "The inhabitants here are mostly black households, and the nobles don't like the imperial capital to have too many such people, so the city officials throw these people here, but the underground gangs and some merchants like them very much, because these people can get through with only a quarter of the salary of the average worker." So, there are very few people who can afford to get out of here. ”

Pei Di was stunned for a moment, and then realized that this was not an adventurer's camp at all, but a place where a group of merchants kept black workers in captivity.

"Are you all arranged?" Gus El asked in a low voice.

"Don't worry, sir, my men have confirmed. Pedi affirmed, "They were already lurking nearby, and they weren't from the guards. ”

...

The dirtiest and messiest place to the west of the 'House of Warriors' hangout is so dirty that even the local gangsters don't want to set foot in it.

After Sir Gus El informed Peddy that he was going to join the mission, Peddy had a small room rented on the outskirts of the area, as it was impossible for the Commissioner to actually go and arrest him.

Beside a public manure pit to the west of the settlement, Pedi's men were already in action, and Pedi himself had rushed there with Gusel's permission.