The roads were muddy, the effects of the recent heavy rain were not over, and the city by the sea itself was relatively wet, and as a slum here, the crushed blades of grass, excrement, and unknown strange objects were mixed up by the passing carriages and pedestrians, and the color looked disgusting.

There was also an unbearable fishy smell in the air, and the fishmongers on both sides were dealing with their harvest in this environment, exchanging the leftover stinky fish and shrimp for some dinars. As a new colonial city, there should not have been such a large slum, and most of the people who came here were nobles with stable incomes.

And some other free people who took the initiative to come here, most of them have extraordinary courage to pursue wealth, but the colony has been peaceful for decades, and in the last ten years, there has been either an orc invasion here, or underground creatures of unknown origin have been found there, and a large number of war refugees have gathered in various large cities, resulting in the scar of this huge city.

When Xu Yichen and Vittoria appeared here in cloaks, both the numb paupers and gang members on the road avoided the two of them from afar, the Seris man with two knives at his waist, and Vittoria who was not like a good person with a murder weapon, it seemed that it was not easy to mess with, and the strangers who were not easy to mess with were synonymous with trouble here.

"Vittoria, we need to find a local guide." Xu Yichen looked at the winding paths here, and the countless improvised simple buildings made this place completely different from the map, but he didn't know if Vitoria was too intimidating, and everyone was far away from them.

"We should come back in the evening, our goal is too obvious, it will startle the snake." Vittoria was familiar with this kind of reconnaissance mission, and in the ghetto, where the enemy was hidden in the shadows and she was as conspicuous as a light bulb, she couldn't help but think back to her days patrolling the Arab erosion zone.

Xu Yichen shrugged helplessly: "No way, I am not sure in the dark that I will fight against the assassins who attacked me last time, my teacher said that they are good at using the power of shadows." Forget it, use the stupidest way to find a local snake. ”

Xu Yichen found the one he looked down on the most in the crowd. The skin that was naked on the outside of his clothes was covered with fancy patterns, and his frivolous expression made his every move different from the ordinary poor people around him, and when he found that he was being targeted by a strange samurai not far away, the tattooed man turned around and was about to leave under the cover of the crowd.

Vittoria easily squeezed through the crowd, and Xu Yichen and the two followed behind the tattooed man so unhurriedly, and chased him closer when they found him running slowly. In less than five minutes, the hapless creature was out of breath running into a building that looked a little better than the surrounding messy houses.

As one of the indigenous gang members here, Mike's job is to collect protection money in the gang's area and squeeze the last bit of oil out of the poor people. His recent job is to collect business tax like those gangsters on the black street - the official name of Boss Boke, by the way, warn them that the slums have not been peaceful lately, and people often go missing, and if they find something wrong, they can exchange the news for some pocket money.

At this time, Mike's heart was full of remorse, he saw two outsiders on the street who looked bad, thinking about the task assigned by Boss Poke, and paying more attention to the abnormal situation on the street, so he took a few more looks, but he didn't expect to be chased all the way to the nest! Looking at the momentum of those two people, I wonder if Boss Pock can keep himself?

Xu Yichen looked at Vittoria, signaled the lady to take precedence, and the strong woman took the lead, reaching out and pushing open the door of the dead room, under the effect of up to 19 points of force, the door lock was stretched to the limit as if it was made of plasticine, and then collapsed and bounced away. Vittoria stooped sideways into the room under the frightened gaze of the insiders, as if she had opened her bedroom door.

Xu Yichen followed closely and walked into the room, and there were seven people in the room, including the tattooed man who led the way before. The bald man in the lead, who was already very acquainted, raised his hands high, and kicked a few little brothers who subconsciously picked up daggers and sticks with his feet.

"Two adults! If Mike does something to provoke you, please feel free to deal with it! I don't have any idea at all! The bald man did not hesitate to sell his men.

The tattooed man immediately collapsed, turned to face Xu Yichen and the two, and looked aggrieved: "Two adults, I didn't do anything... Are you adventurers here to investigate the little secrets of the ghetto? ”

Mike came up with a reason in a hurry, and looked innocently at the two outsiders with a pair of obscene little eyes.

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Antony Grand Port, garrison.

A warrior covered in armor hurried into the room and said to the two people who were arguing, "Oh no, my lord! ”

Before he had time to catch his breath, the soldier then reported: "This morning I received a report that the patrolling guards have found that fourteen more people are missing in the port area!" ”

The original argument in the room came to an abrupt end.

Of the two men arguing, the richly dressed Sir Castle of Antony Grand Harbour, a man in his early fifties who had followed the old Earl in building the city, looked up with bloodshot eyes.

Ser Kasra said angrily, "Isn't the port area on guard? Why is someone missing again? You bunch of waste, when someone will do something to the city guards, you don't even know who did it! 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, and when he heard this, he calmed Ser Carsra and said in a deep voice, "Sir, it's time to give the temple permissions, I have tangible information that it is the fallen Chaos Cultists hiding in the city to make trouble!" This is not something that worldly forces can handle, and you don't understand what the white fog that appears in the Black Forest means! It's time to let go of the stereotypes of the past! I must report to the Church and send the Paladins to the city for a massive investigation! Otherwise, the city will be in danger! ”

Is it really necessary to use the power of the church?

Sir Kasra's face showed a look of hesitation, what the holy warrior in front of him said, in fact, he already believed it in his heart! Because what the paladin didn't know was that the disappearances in the ghetto had started since last month, from the first few people disappearing, and later, every morning people would find the entire street and the entire street of people missing, and even the gangsters in the slum who felt that human life was the least valuable began to take the initiative to report the crime to the city guards.

But what about the little secret between himself and Antoine?