Chapter 156: No smart person lives long
The black market is not a slum, and a golden louis is not a huge amount of money in such a place, but Charles still sees the nervousness and excitement of the lame boy.
"I'll take you to Colonel Camondo right now, but you can't look like this, Camondo is very vigilant, a badge of honor doesn't make him trust you completely. The lame boy gestured to Charles' face, signaling that he had to show his face.
Charles took off his cape, hat, and scarf, revealing the face of a 'handsome uncle'. Then he casually asked, "Who is the person in the back room?"
The shop wasn't huge, and as soon as Charles entered, he sensed the breath of another person behind him.
"How do you know there's someone in the back?" the lame boy became alert again.
Charles took out the 'work meal' he had brought with him from his arms and threw it on the counter, pointing to his ear and smiling, "I heard the gurgling sound in his stomach." ”
The roasted veal with spiced sauce was fragrant, and the lame boy pursed his lips, but his newly bulging Adam's apple couldn't help but move.
A smaller boy leaned out of the doorway of the back room, his sparkling black eyes staring at the barbecue on the counter without blinking.
"Emer, go back to your room!"
The black-eyed little boy pouted, but quickly went back, but his stomach made another 'gurgling' sound out of place.
"That's your tip!" the lame boy said as he swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
Charles tilted his head, looked at the stubborn boy, and nodded gently.
"Good!"
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Charles followed the lame boy in the alley in the dark night, there was no light around, only the broken horse lamp in the boy's hand flickered on and on, and he didn't meet anyone after walking for a long time, and it was quiet and a little infiltrating.
"Why are you taking these paths? And you seem to be taking a detour. In fact, Charles didn't care if he was walking in a place where the street lamps were shining, but he felt that Quinn was taking him on a long detour, so he naturally asked about it.
"The fifth division is divided into many territories, there are Engru and Prussian, even if they are all Flense gangs, they are not necessarily friendly with each other, and we have to bypass their territory. ”
"What's your name, and when did you end up on the black market?"
The boy lowered his head and only led the way, and only replied after a long time, "My name is Quinn, and I was born here!"
"Oh! How did your father Joffrey die?"
“........”
"Hacked to death!"
“............”
"What about your mother?"
"Died of illness half a year ago!"
“............”
Charles didn't ask any further, and when he was sorting through the belongings left behind by the Marquis of Lorraine, he happened to find a letter from Quinn's father, Joffrey, to the Marquis, so he learned about the existence of Joffrey and deduced some of his temperaments.
Quinn's father, Joffrey, was a heavy cavalry squad leader under the Marquis of Lorraine, who lost two fingers in a battle and could no longer hold a shield, so he left the army after taking a personal compensatory payment from the Marquis of Lorraine.
Unwilling to be mediocre, he finally chose to enter the Nasser black market and joined the Southwest Gang, which was mainly composed of retired soldiers of the Southwest Front.
In Joffrey's letter to the Marquis of Lorraine, he proudly claimed that he had not disgraced the Southwestern Front, as evidenced by nicknames such as 'Joffrey the Greybeard' and 'Joffrey the Honest Knight', which were well-known on the black market.
Charles originally wanted to become a retired soldier who was also a member of the Southwest Front and enter the black market with the help of Joffrey's contact, but he didn't expect that this 'famous figure' would die early.
Although in a place like the black market, being hacked to death and dying of illness is not an unnatural death, but a family suddenly has no adult support, only two children are left, life must be very difficult, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old thin boy dragged a five or six-year-old brother, the hardships and grievances Charles can guess one or two, at this time to ask any more questions is to destroy little Quinn's heart.
Quinn finally led Charles out of the alley, and after turning a corner, he saw the wide Naser River, and today the wind on the river was very strong, whistling and blowing out the broken horse lantern in Quinn's hand.
Charles suddenly stopped, his left shoulder shaking slightly, causing the little tiger cat boots to jump to the ground, and his right hand touched the hilt of the sword under the cloak.
"Hey, look who this is? It's Cripple Quinn, he's sent it to the door, did you hear your dead daddy's call, look, he's brought us a fat lamb, oh...... Are you trying to use him to pay off your debts?"
More than a dozen figures came out of the darkness, all carrying swords, muskets and other weapons in their hands, and their malicious eyes swept around Charles, and they did not look like law-abiding citizens.
"Cobain, you bastard, this is the territory of the gray wolf, you have crossed the line!"
"Gray wolf, the gray wolf died the night before, don't you know this? It seems that not only did you receive a summons from your father, but your mother also missed you!
A guy named Cobain stepped forward, two triangular eyes glaring at Quinn and Charles, shooting a cruel and bloodthirsty gaze.
"The gray wolf is dead and one-eyed, one-eyed is dead and there are bloody fangs, you damned Alans, one day you will provoke everyone's anger and drive you out of the fifth district......."
Quinn shouted angrily as he shifted his skinny body and quietly hid into the darkness, but a palm reached over and grabbed him by the collar and dragged him back.
"Why did you take me here?" asked Charles, looking coldly into Quinn's eyes and in a stern tone.
"You let go of me!"
Quinn pressed his palms around Charles' palms with both hands, but he didn't shake a single penny even as hard as he could.
"Answer my question, or else....... You're going to die before they ......"
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"Hahaha! What is this big man talking about? Who did he say he wanted to die? What a laugh at me......
When Quinn heard Charles's words, he immediately gave up his fearless struggle, and his black eyes were filled with tears, "You can kill me, please kill them after killing me, they killed my parents, killed a lot of us, and sold my brother......."
"He killed Joffrey, just with their goods?When did the kingdom's heavy cavalry become so weak?" Charr opened his spiritual power vision and swept it slightly, and he saw that the other party's bottom line, he didn't have any spiritual power on his body, at best, he was just a few well-trained ordinary soldiers.
"Hehe, that's because we have real knights, but you big man can't seem to see the situation clearly!
Cobain lazily pulled out a double-barreled short musket and nodded at Charles, "Kill him!"
More than a dozen Aylanders drew their swords and rushed forward, looking at their sophisticated and ruthless appearance, it was obvious that they had done this kind of thing.
In the dark night, the sword light flashed, and the momentum of one of the Ailans at the head slowed down, and he threw himself on the ground with an ordinary sound, and the blood on his neck sprayed on the ground, making a "zizi" sound.
"Little ..... Heart!"
"Bang!"
"Charles's figure moved continuously in the darkness, the long sword swung rapidly, as fast as a ghost, harvesting the lives of a dozen Ayland people in a row, and Cobain only had time to shout 'be careful', and only fired a shot, and was pierced through the chest by the long sword thrown in the air.
“.........”
Quinn, who had slipped into the small alley, walked back slowly, the speed of his run just now was really not slow, he didn't look like a cripple at all, but now he was limping almost unable to stand.
"They are all elite Ellan warriors, you kill them all, you are ...... How?" asked Quinn as he walked over to Charles, excited and scared.
Charles drew his long sword, wiped the blood on the corpse of the Elan, turned his head to look at Quinn indifferently and said, "They deserve to die, but this is not a reason for you to use me to tell you everything you know, maybe I will spare you and your brother!"
“.......”
"Tell me if you're a transcendent, and I'll tell you everything I know!"
"Smack!"
There was a blood mark on Quinn's face, and a stream of blood ran down the corner of his mouth.
"Don't think I'm merciful, you have to remember that a person like you who is not strong and too smart will not live long!"
Charles withdrew his sword from its scabbard and looked at Quinn indifferently like an emotionless god of killing.
"A child dares to fool himself, does he seem so good-looking?"
Charles was so irritated for no reason, he didn't want to be a virgin, but he didn't want to be a cold-blooded person without a loving heart, this choice between good and evil was really torturous.