Chapter 175: Back Alley

Madoso City is located in the desert area of the central part of the Eastern Continent, the local language calls this place "Gogol", which means "sea of sand", you can imagine how large the area of this desert is, but even if the environment is so harsh, there are still life can take root here, and even build a city, which can not help but make people feel the magic of dominating creation. Of course, the reason why the city of Madoso can be famous all over the world is not only because of its unique location, but also because of the unique composition of its inhabitants, because of its remote location, it is difficult for official power to reach, it has become a paradise for fugitives since ancient times, thousands of people who have been abandoned by the world gather here, and the result can be imagined, it is said that the most common blessing of the locals is "May you see the sun tomorrow", so this city is also called the "city of crime", I have doubted these rumors before, After all, there are too many things in this world that are reversed in black and white, and it is very likely that those things about the city of Madoso are just exaggerated words of good people, but when I really came here, I found out that I was wrong, just being close to this city made me feel a burst of inexplicable excitement, and the air continued to emit strong black energy, as everyone knows, the so-called "black energy" generally comes from the negative emotions of life, such as sadness, pain, anger, despair, etc... I've been surprisingly sensitive to "black energy" since merging with the Demon King, but no other city has ever been completely surrounded by black energy like Madoso, and when I saw the resentment that pervaded the city, I began to believe that the rumors I had heard before were true, and what we had experienced since then was even more than those rumors.

After entering the city, we were greeted by extremely unfriendly eyes, originally this is normal, most remote and isolated areas are not very welcoming to foreign areas, but Madoso's situation is particularly special, those eyes are not only guarded, fearful, but also coveted, especially when those people see the beauty of the princess and their children, you can feel the greedy gaze that only animals usually have, although just me and Anton La are enough to raze the city to the ground, But in the end, all we can do is keep a low profile as much as possible, and luckily most of us are used to this kind of evasive life.

The church where Ellie and her stay is located on the west side of the city, but I personally don't know how they survived in this "crime city". Could it be that those thieves and robbers will come here to give alms? For this problem, Ellie explained that it mainly depends on the subsidy of the Holy See and the self-sufficiency of the church members themselves, although the Holy See does not expect to be able to develop many believers here, but after all, Madoso is the only way to enter the Gogol Desert, and there are still many lifeless caravans who venture through the city in pursuit of high profits, which is also the main source of income for Madoso to exist so far, so it can also be said to be an important intelligence gathering place in the desert area, and the Holy See will certainly not sit idly by and ignore this. And the locals, out of consideration for their own way out, are also happy to see the papal power continue to exist here, so the "believers of God" have taken root in this city full of sin, and the whole thing is really a bit of black humor.

However, despite the support of the Holy See, the day-to-day operation of the church is still difficult, which can be seen from its appearance, without the grandeur of other churches, and what is presented in front of us is an old building... No, more precisely, some dilapidated buildings, the tall walls are covered with stains and graffiti, and at a glance you can see no less than five kinds of swear words written in five characters, and some people even draw a picture of hell on them, which is probably the scenery that can only be seen in this "crime city".

Although it was still daytime, the church had closed its doors early, of course, it is not difficult to understand this, opening the door in such a place is tantamount to inviting thieves to patronize the door, only to see Ellie step forward and knock on the iron door a few times, but there is no response...

Knock again, still no response...

"Could it be that there is no one?"

"No way, there are more than 100 adults and children in the whole church."

"Could it be that you've been taken away?"

"No, those people promised that they wouldn't attack them until I came back?"

"Hey, you also believe that kind of person's words, just kick the door in my opinion!" No need to ask, the one who can say such a hot line must be our dear "King of Red Flames" Antonla, in fact, the old dragon king not only said this, but also did it, at that time, I saw it step forward and raise its foot to kick, but fortunately it was pulled back by me and the princess on the side.

"Why are you stopping me?"

"Nonsense, now the situation is unknown, what if there is an ambush inside? What if the people inside are okay? Isn't that just going to scare them?" Maria coldly counted, and although everyone was nominally on the same side now, her previous feud with Anton La still showed no signs of abating.

"Then you can't just stand here stupidly, right?"

"By the way, there's a back door here, why don't we try our luck over there?" Ellie said.

"Why didn't you say it earlier if there was a back door?" Anton La's eyes blanked when she heard this.

"I'm sorry, I was a little nervous just now..."The little girl led us to the back door while laughing, in fact, don't look at this girl's age, she is still more cautious in doing things on weekdays, it seems that she really doesn't care about things, and if she cares, she is chaotic, and the people in this church are really unusual for her.

It didn't take long for our group to go around to the back alley, and before we could enter, we heard a scream from the alley, and everyone's nerves immediately became tense, the princess and Maria almost simultaneously pulled out their blades in front of everyone, and I hurriedly pulled Ellie and Ah Zi and others to my side, and the air in the alley seemed to freeze suddenly.

"Haha... This kid is really useless..."To everyone's surprise, there was a burst of laughter, a burst of children's laughter, and everyone's vigilant spirit finally relaxed, after all, there are not many organizations in this world that will use children to ambush, but soon a greater wave of doubts came to everyone's hearts, what happened in the alley?

At this time, I saw the princess gesture to Maria on the side, the latter nodded to understand, and then the princess quickly moved to the corner of the wall, squatted down and quickly poked her head into the alley, but quickly retracted, in the eyes of the layman, the princess's move is undoubtedly a little strange, but the insiders understand that this is the most effective way to detect the enemy's situation in the unclear situation of the battlefield, if it is not for the battle-hardened warrior will be difficult to do so fluently. Under normal circumstances, if there is an ambush in the alley, an attack must have been launched at this time, but after a long time, no enemy situation was found, on the contrary, there was only a burst of laughter from the children, and this time everyone was even more like falling into the clouds.

"Give it back to me!" At this moment, another child's voice sounded, and it sounded like the one who had screamed at first.

"Malfoy!" Ellie exclaimed.

"What, you know him?" I asked in a whisper.

"He's an apprentice here!" Ellie said and wanted to get up and go over to see what was going on, but I pushed her back.

"It's dangerous over there, stay here and don't move." With that, I went to the princess with my sword.