Chapter 51 The Trading Floor
The sun shone on the earth rat, but he felt unusually cold. After a brief silence, Moroji and Anna glanced at each other, not knowing what to do, it was worth letting the repression creep in.
I don't know how long it took, maybe it was a minute, it could be half an hour, and the ground rat felt that his concept of time was blurred. Finally, Austin spoke, "Ah...... I'm sorry I'm wandering again. Alright, Ground Rat, huh? Arrange a ....... for us Forget the room, let's wander around and make a bigger place to feed our horses. ”
The earth rat hurriedly got up and yelled around, "Didn't you hear the adults' orders? You, you, you ...... Hurry up and take your horses away, and you guys go and empty the warehouse on the west side, and push the closed back wall directly to keep it ventilated, you have half an hour!"
However, the surrounding residents cowered and did not dare to go up, and the earth rats even pulled out a fairly delicate revolver and dodged.
Some of the people were already frowning, but Austin made a gesture with a look that he had long been used to, and the people who followed him dismounted one after another, and walked into the town with Austin, leaving only the iron wildebeest in place. Finally, the inhabitants stepped forward and waited for the horses as if they were offering to their ancestors.
Austin led the people to walk through the town of Crow, and the buildings along the way were very different from what they remembered, and most of them were not recognized.
It's no wonder that there aren't too many settlements that can exist in the wilderness for a long time, and Crowe Town is one of the oldest settlements in the Apocalypse City Defense District, but five years can make a drastic change here.
Along the way, Austin was able to see a few familiar faces, but they all seemed to be avoiding him. Austin was in no mood to greet them again, and walked from memory to the caravan trading ground in the middle of the town.
Although the town of Crow is small and chaotic, due to its proximity to water sources and few wild beasts, caravans used to come here to resupply, and after the wrestling of all parties, it brought a calm that was not prosperous for decades.
One of the "wealthy" mayors even used his own money to build a trading ground in the center of the town, where a huge house made of bluestone strips was divided into many stalls that resembled shops, and the mayor collected the rent of passing caravans.
It has to be said that it was a good idea to make a fortune, and the mayor of the town made a lot of money in seven years in office, and finally even formed a caravan of his own. Since then, the area has been idle, and the rent collected has been used for the construction of the town of Crow, and of course, most of it has gone into the pockets of successive mayors.
Austin left fifteen people scattered outside, and then walked in first.
Inside, unlike the rugged vicissitudes of the wilderness, there is a kind of bustling large trading market in Apocalypse City, with a lot of people, pedestrians in a hurry, and even long-term rental caravans that have slightly beautifully arranged the compartments.
Austin also wandered here as a child, but most of the caravans in the wilderness were not good at stubble, and there were many ruthless people who could cross the wilderness, and sometimes it was full of dangers.
When he was older, he would be able to do some dirty work in some dark corner of the room, and he remembered that his first life was taken here.
He shook his head fiercely, took a deep breath to clean up his mood, and said to Anna, "Anna, do you remember where you bought that piece of cold jade?"
Anna said with a slight smugness: "Of course I remember, I also thought about coming back for a while!"
With that, Anna sold a small pass and led everyone to a corner of the trading floor. There was a nondescript cubicle with thick curtains, and the loud shops next to it completely stifled the limelight. If it hadn't been for Anna, Austin would probably have thought it was closed.
"How did you end up here?"
"The more remote the place, the more surprises, isn't it?" Anna shrugged indifferently.
Austin thinks about her out-of-the-box nature and feels that there is really a lot of uncertainty in this girl.
He didn't rush inside, and found a wooden chair nearby to sit down. Davix continued to lean over him with a tactical dagger manicure, he seemed to have fallen in love with the event lately, while Moroji accompanied Anna around the small shops nearby, his eyes scanning Austin's direction at any time.
It wasn't long before Austin saw the object he was looking for, and a pale-faced old man stepped out of it, wrapping himself in a heavy trench coat. He seemed to be disgusted by the sunlight outside, so he found a shaded spot and bought a can of fruit wine that had been very popular in Apocalypse City recently, and drank it slowly.
It was a blood clan, but the talent was obviously not high, and at this age, there was still only a third-order source power fluctuation.
The Holy See does not exclude the subjugated Bloods from mixing with humans, and although they are still not so friendly as vampires, they are generally accepted as long as they do not injure people at will. And after several encirclements and suppressions that were almost wiped out, those blood clans finally learned to suck the blood of ferocious beasts. Although not as tasty as humans, it can at least save life while meeting daily needs.
Austin nodded at his entourage, and Davix immediately led the two of them towards the Blood Old Man.
Suddenly sensing the danger, the Bloodclan put down the fruit wine in his hand and looked around, and Davix suddenly lifted the coat that he had been holding in his hand, which was wrapped in a small rapid-fire pistol.
Such a rapid-fire pistol has only fifteen rounds, which is a full ten fewer than standard ordnance, but it can instantly unleash all the bullets at the same speed.
The old man glanced at the pattern on it, resigned himself to the aluminum can in his hand to the ground, and raised his hands slightly.
Davix nodded in satisfaction, but with some regret. He has at least six ways to make people suffer a lot of pain without screaming.
The two men blocked their view, and Davix exchanged "cordially" with the old man for a long time before returning to Austin's side and whispering a few words.
Austin nodded, and made a gesture at any time, and everyone walked around at will, but was able to monitor the movement in there at any time. Seeing this, Anna and Morogie walked over and followed Austin open the curtain and inside.
"Nothing to worry about. I've checked it before, and this caravan ...... It's a bit surprising, but it's not unacceptable, and there's no malice. ”
Austin didn't say anything, but carefully packed the furnishings.
There is no basic decoration inside, just a stone platform with goods for trading, and there are many large boxes in the corner, and the faint smell of fur and flesh comes out.
I don't know if it's because the curtain is rarely opened, and there is a musty smell and dampness inside, which really doesn't smell good. Anna covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, fanned her other hand slightly, and the other three were often born and died on the battlefield, and the smell did not bother much.
I really don't know how Anna found this place in the first place and was able to buy a cold jade. Austin thought. But he himself would certainly not admit that he was becoming more and more interested in this girl, like reading a novel book.