"Ratty, hey, Ratty......"

In the civilian area of Tania, in an alley on Yar's Street, next to a figure hiding in the corner, another dark shadow suddenly flashed: "Wake up, something is wrong......"

“……”

"Wake up...... Hey! If you don't get up, we're going to be out of luck! ”

"What are you doing, let me sleep more will ......"

"The weather is about to get cold, you still have the heart to sleep, aren't you afraid of winter?" The man patted Ratty on the back: "Hurry up, we need to get out of ...... quickly"

"You don't know the gathering place outside the city, where there is a spare place. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" The man lying on the ground turned over impatiently: "Instead of being cold and hungry there, it is better to have a good time in the city, and you can go to the Ville Tavern every day to ask for a glass of wine and ......"

"That's not it!" The man screamed and shook his shoulder: "The guards are coming!" We've got to find a place to hide......"

"What? Guardsman? Ratty's eyes widened, and then she scrambled to her feet, "Didn't we give Spicer fifty gold coins?" Why did he ......?"

"So that's not the problem!" The man interrupted Ratty impatiently: "Can you listen to me and talk nonsense?" There was big news in the city today, the speaker was attacked outside the city! Now he's seriously wounded, and he's catching the refugees who ran in from outside the city! ”

"Catch us?" Latty, who was sitting on the ground, shouted, "What does this have to do with us? He was injured and we didn't do it......"

"Can you be quieter!" The man hurriedly covered Ratti's mouth: "Refugees shouldn't stay in the city in the first place, this is a rule that people have set a long time ago, and they don't know what is going on with us, of course they want to treat us as suspects...... And even if they know that we didn't do it, why should those officials listen to us? They just want an explanation! ”

“…… What should I do if the five doors are swollen? ”

"You calm down first, and then listen carefully to me......"

"Hey, you two!"

With the sudden sound of a loud shout, a dazzling light came from the end of the alley, and the two figures pressed together were clearly illuminated: "Aha! You're really here......"

"Oops, noos......"

"It's disturbing your close communication, but don't try to run away, little ones...... There are also our people on that side. The light faltered, gradually sinking into the darkness of the alley: "Come, come, come back with us, we have something to ask you......"

"I, we don't know anything!" Latty, who was leaning against the wall, struggled and shouted, "You can't just arrest us!"

"Arrest you? No, no, no, you must have made a mistake. The guard with the lantern laughed and approached: "We just want to take you to ask a few questions, as long as you can explain it clearly......"

"Not only are you all right, but you might get some credit." Another man, hiding behind the glare light, suddenly spoke up and added the sentence.

"Really, really?" Ratty scratched her hair, then hesitated and asked, "Will you let us go?" We didn't do anything......"

"Don't listen to him!" The companion standing beside him suddenly shouted, "He's just stalling for time, it's too late to leave......"

"Martin! You bastard, be careful that I peel you off!"

"Less scareless, Spicer! We also gave you fifty gold coins, and you did this to us! ”

"You...... What nonsense are you talking about? I'm telling you, Lord Boris of the City Guard is standing right next to me! You can't talk about it...... Hey? What about people? ”

"Ran away? Guardsman! Give me chase! ”

A brief chase broke out at the edge of the alley, and then came to an abrupt end in the midst of the surging crowds - a few swearing guards had just run out of the other side of the alley, and lost their target in the lively street like a night market: "What about him, what about the people?"

"Escaped so quickly...... They are very suspicious. ”

"That's what the adults say...... Do you hear that? Search for me! Catch them!"

"Yes!"

The cheers of the guards gradually rushed to the surroundings with the sound of scattered footsteps, and then slowly dispersed with the crowd, and finally disappeared into the streets in all directions. The two captain-looking men who stood in place checked back and forth a few more times, and then discussed a few words in a low voice, and the captain of the guard with the lantern lowered his body a little humbly, and set off with the other person towards the next target location. After a while, two dirty heads slowly emerged from the stall near the entrance of the alley, and they patted their chests with some fear, but their eyes with fear fell on each other's figures.

"You ......" Ratty touched her hair, and then opened her mouth with a sigh: "Isn't it ......good for us to do this?"

"Poor coward, what are you afraid of? We're not criminals! The companion replied disdainfully, "They have no reason to arrest us in the first place!"

"But, but ......"

"Don't do it, let's think about what to do next." The man known as Martin spat at the base of the wall next to him, and then looked at the endless crowd: "I can't stay in the city anymore, we should change places......

"My poor cocktail." Ratty said with some frustration, "And Miss Isa, we've only known each other for a short time......"

"Come on, do you really think you have hope?" Martin said disdainfully, "Hope to stay here for a long time?"

"Don't forget who you and I are." He tapped his companion's chest and said with some hatred.

“…… I just don't want to go out of town. Ratty shrank her head and said in frustration, "No matter how bad it is, it's much better than the rest of the Principality."

"When the Empire comes, everything here will be over!" Martin shouted, "How did our hometown burn down, are you already ...... That's right! ”

"I've heard there's a place where we can hide!" As if remembering something, he suddenly lowered his voice: "As long as I can get some relationship with the owner of that tavern......"

"What?" Ratti asked curiously, "Is there anyone else who dares to take in refugees?" It wasn't long after little John's affair passed......"

"No, it's not to take in, it's to dodge!" Martin excitedly shouted, "If you're lucky, maybe it's a break!" We may be able to carve out our world in that place! ”

“…… Where is it? Looking at the light in his companion's eyes, Ratty's heart also became inexplicably hot: "Is it a free city?" But it's too far away......"

"It's a black market!"

The lights of the night were still shining, not only casting a dark shadow behind the two of them, but also making the starry sky in the sky even darker: "Tania's underground!" Have you heard of it? ”

Ratty shook her head blankly, and then in this atmosphere, the most concise unity was completed.

"Shall we go to the black market?"

“…… All right. ”

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At the same time, in the depths of the black market, several player-like people were gathering in a different style of hut to discuss it as if they were in a battle meeting. The dress of the few people in the meeting seemed to be no different from the cloaked robbers in the depths of the passage outside, but the content of the discussion was a surprise to everyone who heard it: "What number to choose?"

"Eight."

"Why? Is it just because of the digital auspiciousness? ”

“…… It's intuition, does intuition know? ”

"I don't believe in intuition...... Sister Ning Lan, you pick. ”

"Everything is up to the head of the group, your decision is Ning Lan's ......"

"Oh, it's all this time, don't talk about this, what we need now is advice, do you know?"

"If you want any advice, didn't you listen to my advice......"

"Shut up!"

Looking at Duan Qing, who was silent, the maid covered her mouth and snickered for a while, and then lowered her hand elegantly: "Then, then Ning Lan will choose the twenty-seventh."

"Twenty-seven? Why twenty-seven? ”

"Hmm......" deliberately glanced at the man opposite, and said with a smile: "Probably...... It's Ning Lan's lucky number. ”

"Uh...... All right. Mengzhu nodded, and then glanced back at the counter behind him: "But...... People don't necessarily have that big number. ”

Behind a few men, on the ground behind the counter, large and small boxes were stacked in rows behind the hunchbacked old man, as if he were laughing at the crowd with the old man, and showed a strange smile - just before the old man, with a nimble hand and foot completely out of his age, quickly placed the "prizes", and then, in a very kind tone, told them that they could make their own decisions and choose the numbers they wanted.

True, this time there was no draw at all, but let them pick out an option for themselves.

"So, can we take a look at the boxes in advance?" At that time, Mengzhu had an idea, and hurriedly asked.

"Just look at it, but ......" The old man smiled slightly: "I haven't posted the number yet."

“……”

Knowing what the cunning old man meant, several people had no choice but to get together and began to take this opportunity to make a fortune again, and even the Thousand Fingered Crane, who was not yet a member of the adventure group, and Xiao Hongchen, who still didn't know why, also joined the discussion of the meeting. The bare-chested guy didn't have much interest in such a thing, but the fine quality axe he originally liked had been sold to the shop by the little girl, so he had to care about it now - according to him, he also had his share of the gambling opportunity this time, so he had to gamble all his strength to make this transaction less loss-making. But...... As soon as his opinion was raised, it was rejected by the little girl.

"Number one?"

"Of course! What should Jianghu people not be the first to do? The ancients said well, it is called what is not the first, what is not the second, which means ......"

"Stop, stop, you go while you rest." Mengzhu pushed the man aside expressionlessly, and then took the hand of the red-haired girl who had not spoken: "Xiaoqian, you pick one."

"Huh? I, I'm ......" Thousand-Fingered Crane hurriedly waved his hand: "My luck has always been bad, I didn't find anything good when I was in the fortress......"

"Don't say that, just pick a number." Duan Qing explained: "It's not for you to make a decision, what are you afraid of?" Just close your eyes and choose one......"

"Oh, oh......" The red-haired girl hesitated to agree, and then blushed for a long time: "Then, then I'll choose...... Select ......"

"Pick number seven."

"Seven? Why? ”

"Probably ......" The girl glanced at Duan Qing's face, and then whispered, "Probably because of intuition."

"Oh-?" After looking at the other party for a long time, Mengzhu finally nodded: "Okay, then choose No. 7."

"Hey, I'm going to protest." Duan Qing next to him immediately said loudly: "It's also intuition, why don't you choose her and not mine......"

"What's the matter, there's still a number between the two of you." The little girl wrinkled her nose dissatisfiedly: "If you choose well, doesn't it also prove that you have chosen well...... Is it about the same? ”

"How can this be proven?"

"What, have an opinion?"

"No, no, no, the head of the regiment has the final say."

"That's good." Retracting the small fist he threatened, Mengzhu shook his braids proudly: "And ......"

"Seven is also the number I want to choose."

You said that you would have said that it would have been over...... Duan Qing shouted in his heart.

"The owner...... Oh no, Mr. Black Camel. Running to the front of the counter, Mengzhu put on a smile again: "Let's choose number seven."

"Seven?" The old man known as the black camel raised his godless eyelids: "Don't change?"

"Well......" Seeing the other party's reaction, the little girl suddenly became nervous: "No, don't change it."

"Okay—oh!" Without giving the other party a chance to react, the old man who was pulling his throat immediately shouted, and then turned around and lifted a long box at the bottom to the counter: "Seven...... That's it. ”

He pushed forward and pushed the big box in front of the little girl's eyes: "Take it."

"So I've always felt that this old guy was cheating, at least he knew what was in those boxes......"

That expression...... It seems to portend some kind of bad future. ”

"Whatever, as long as it works! Of course, it's best if I can use ......"

"It's not the same as the arsenal of the fortress...... There's still a bit of a feeling of opening the box here. ”

In the whispered muttering of a few people in the back, Mengzhu stretched out his hand tremblingly, slowly pushed open the top cover of the box, and then froze in place.

【Garia Long Knife (Finesse)】

[Weapon Power: Strong]

[Equipment Requirements: Strength 30, Agility 10]

【Strength +3】

[Equipment Effect: Increases your damage to beasts by 20%. 】

[Equipment Effect: Heavy Attack, the heavy blade makes each slash of the wielder more powerful, and increases your heavy slash effect by 40%. 】

[The standard weapon used by the Garia clan, although the heavy whole makes it difficult for everyone to grasp its balance, but at the same time, it also brings a solid and sharp blade, as well as unparalleled slashing power. 】

[The vanished Garria clan was once the king of hunting in the grasslands, and the relics they passed down still seem to contain some kind of power to deter wild beasts. 】

"What's wrong?"

Seeing that the other party didn't react for a long time, Duan Qing took a few steps forward, patted Mengzhu's shoulder, and at the same time caught the weapon in the box with the shape of a horse chopping knife: "This is ......"

"Lost." The little girl looked at each other with blank eyes, and muttered, "Now ......"

"We're really losing."