Volume 1: Walking on the Brink of Destruction and Deliverance Chapter 100: The Return
A silver-haired boy in a gray robe came to the gates of the outer city of Rockshire.
There was no post-war decadence here, nor was it shrouded in the shadow of what he thought he had.
Everything is thriving, business carriages from all over the world come and go, and there are many pedestrians who are tourists.
From the conversations of the people around them, it can be known that after hearing that the city of Rockshire had defeated the reincarnation of the Great Magician, they all came here to see the traces of the magic battle up close.
Of course, the forest in the suburbs where the reincarnation of the Great Magician was first captured was jointly sealed off by the Monster Bureau and the Demon Hunting Association.
Maybe I'm worried that too many people will attract the attention of the monsters and cause unnecessary trouble.
However, it seems that even the castle has traces of damage left by the reincarnation of the great magician, so the number of tourists brought in is still considerable.
The new warden of Rock County was very pleased with this phenomenon.
To say that this newly appointed county keeper not only did not have the title of nobility of the earl, but not many people had even heard of it before.
It seems that one of the staff members of the previous earl was selected by the Marquis of Milne, who guarded the Demonic Mountains and held real power, so he was helped to this position.
It may be that the new official took office three times, and when he saw so many people coming for sightseeing, the first decree he issued was not to repair the slums in the outer city that had not yet been restored, but to blame the culprits of these places on the reincarnation of the great magician, and at the same time hyped it up and attracted a large number of tourists to visit.
The most important thing is that he also added a toll point in the outer city, and just to enter the outer city, you need to pay a small imperial silver.
While this did bring a lot of profit, it is rumored that the economic gains could be used to repair the county warden.
As a result, families who are not wealthy have suffered even more, and the price of goods in the city has risen due to the accompanying tariffs.
In the final analysis, the money is still borne by the people at the bottom.
The gray-robed boy deliberately concealed the signature silver hair on his head, and lowered his hood to the toll gate in the outer city of Rockshire.
However, he soon realized that he had not taken a penny with him, and with no morality at all, he stole two pieces of Rockshire silver from the pockets of a passer-by with his dexterous hands.
After paying the fee, I didn't care too much about the identity of the visitor, and I didn't even ask some questions to verify it a little, so I let him go.
Maybe I'm too busy collecting money these days to care about this.
The gray-robed young man smiled helplessly, shook his head and walked into the city that filled him with sad memories.
The reason why he dared to swagger back here was because yesterday he heard that "the people of the Demon Hunting Society have left Roqueshire with the reincarnation of the Great Magician and are heading north." and so on.
Obviously I'm still here, why would the people of the Demon Hunting Association voluntarily give up the search? Is it because they haven't been caught for too long?
I don't remember the time, but I can tell by looking at the calendar hanging high above the city of Rockshire - today is the first day of the prosperous month, and it is the day of the opening of the prosperous year.
I guess I've been hiding in the forest next to me for more than a month.
Bearing the world's filth and infamy, he did not deliberately go anywhere, but wandered among the ruins.
His eyes were empty, and he was still vaguely thinking back to the days at that time.
Gradually, he stopped.
This is where he once lived, and it was a place to drink with a group of fox friends.
The charcoal-burned fence outside is still there, but a small half has collapsed – I don't know if it was burned or man-made.
The interior of the camp building has also been pushed to the ground, and it has lost its original appearance.
But this should be a lifeless scene, occupied by groups of tourists, showing excitement at the same time, it also left an indescribable sadness in his heart.
When he was sacked here, he was not present.
After this place became a ruin, I came here by myself, but I couldn't do anything.
The guide not far away explained in his loud voice: "This was a gathering place for reactionary gangs that supported the reincarnation of the Great Magician two months ago, and now it has been bulldozed by the heroic guards. It is precisely because of the advice of our current county guard at that time that it is impossible for us to sweep the stronghold of the reincarnation of the archmage in the first place, nor can we assist the Demon Hunting Association to successfully capture the reincarnation of the archmage. ”
"Eh, guide, what's going on with the rest of the world? Isn't it possible that the entire ghetto is a reincarnated colleague of the Great Mage?"
"Then the reincarnation of this great magician is really a! He will only collude with these mud legs, and it is difficult not to fail!"
"I'd like to call this great magician the reincarnation of the King of Rags!hahaha!"
There were sarcasm about the reincarnation of the great magician everywhere at the scene, and even the tour guide didn't answer immediately, just laughed along with it.
After waiting for the laughter to stop, the tour guide pretended to be indignant and said, "Laugh and laugh, everyone still needs to know the atrocities of the reincarnation of the Great Magician!"
He looked around, deliberately lowered his tone, and said with a little indignation, "Except for this ghetto, everywhere else is the masterpiece of the reincarnation of the Great Magician!"
The gray-robed young man raised his eyebrows not far away, and moved his gaze to the rhythmic tour guide.
He had already guessed what the other party was going to say in the next second.
"Here, including here, and there, are acts of revenge inflicted by the reincarnation of the Grand Mage after hearing that his stronghold had been destroyed. To put it simply, all these innocent people, those poor people who had refused to join him, were dragged down to be buried with him. The cruelty of the means is simply outrageous!"
"That's it! Bah! This guy is really not human!"
"Yes, yes, it's a shame that my old man still defends the reincarnation of the great magician! The facts are the best evidence, the reincarnation of the great magician is the filth of the world!
"Hey, is your old man like this? I really don't understand why the old fools in the family defend the reincarnation of the great magician like this!"
Listening to the fierce reaction of the people around him, the tour guide showed an imperceptible smile.
And the gray-robed young man who was hidden not far away easily caught the smile of this treacherous plan after it succeeded.
There is no doubt that what he said was reversing right and wrong, and was purposefully fanning other people's hatred of himself.
It's just some of the methods commonly used by the Holy Emperor Church and the government, and the gray-robed boy doesn't care too much about such a clown.
Even if you kill the other party here, it won't help, but it will get darker and darker. What's more, there are dozens of "tour guides" in this vicinity?
Now he doesn't want to kill, even if the other party is such a person who deliberately harms his innocence.
He followed his memory to the front of a tunnel.
Sure enough, this tunnel, which also contains memories, was also sealed and blocked by the government.
The gray-robed young man shook his head again and walked away.
This time I entered the city of Rockshire, not to reminisce about the past that has passed, but to learn information.
So far, there are only a few pieces of information that can be confirmed:
First, everyone didn't realize that they had escaped long ago, and the second hunt organized by the Demon Hunting Society also failed inexplicably. None of them realized the real purpose of the blockade of the forest.
Second, the original Fan Guangyu county guard was removed from his post and imprisoned for attempting rebellion, and most of them were going to be beheaded.
Third, the new county warden was elected by Milnehou, but the other party did not seem to think about the people as much as Fan Guangyu in terms of politics, but aimed to obtain the maximum benefit in the shortest possible time. It seems that the new county guard also knows that he is a puppet county guard with no power, no power and no background, and he will step down in a few days.
Fourth, and most importantly, the Demon Hunters had left Rockshire a few days earlier and headed north. The Monster Bureau did not respond to this, and unexpectedly chose to remain silent, and did not explain to the people how to deal with the reincarnation of the Great Magician. At the same time, there was gossip from people working in the Monster Bureau, and all the county towns were urgently summoning the scattered members of the Monster Bureau, and most of the leaders of the freelance team were called to the city of Rockshire.
Although it didn't cause much turmoil, some people have already begun to speculate that there should be some monsters with a strong threat in the vicinity, which caused the people of the Demon Hunter Association to go out of the city to crusade, and the Monster Bureau is gathering support or defensive forces to prepare to resist.
But what can attract so much attention from the two is that no one has guessed what it is, except for the reincarnation of the great magician.
And this point also puzzled the gray-robed boy.
His first thought was the Demonic Mountains, because if the north was not going to Iaur, it would be a little westward to reach the Demonic Mountains.
Could it be that something is going on there?
An idea popped into his head, but he eventually shook his head and threw it away.
Probably not, right?
Suspicious, he went to the inner city of Rockshire after paying a piece of Rockshire silver, and went straight to the direction where the Monster Bureau was located.
"It's a bit of a weird road. ”
The Demon Hunting Society, which had been cautiously navigating the Demonic Mountains for a day, felt a little strange about this quiet environment.
Although this is indeed a remote path, it seems that it should be a trail secretly developed by the Feather Clan.
But this situation without any interference gave the people of the Demon Hunting Association the feeling that the neighborhood had been cleaned up.
It stands to reason that the number of monsters in the Demonic Mountains is more than three times higher than that of ordinary areas of the same terrain, and it is indeed rare to have no monsters to interfere with it all day long.
"Can you only praise the strength of the Feather Human Race?"
According to the information obtained by Milnehou, a group of feathered people had already gone to the western exit first.
Maybe it was this group of feathered people who cleared all the monsters along the way in advance.
As for the suspected Feather People tribe settlement, they didn't visit it.
Not only did the trip be delayed, but it was also possible that the other party would have a transfer location or that all the team members would go to the West.
The elites of the Demon Hunting Association, led by Jun Xi and Mao Ruifeng, went deep into the hinterland of the Demon Mountains, and during this process, they also passed by the former stronghold of the Origin Demon Clan.
But he only felt the huge magical reaction of the legendary [Heavenly Demon Tree], and did not venture to it.
Because the demon tree there not only has its own thin consciousness, but also has the [Blood Thorn Great Array] under the protection of the Demon Emperor.
There's no need to spend too much effort on the stronghold abandoned by the Origin Demon Clan.
As we marched westward, we came to a seemingly ordinary path, and finally there was a disturbance in the bushes on the right.
Did you still encounter a monster?
"Prepare to fight! Finish it out as quickly as possible!"
Such a rough attack method must not be made by a monster of the level of the Origin Demon Race, if the comer is just a simple monster animal, then there is no need to worry too much about the problem of intelligence, just kill it directly.
At this time, even Jun Xi, the Punisher, was armed with a full set of savior armor, and his hand pressed on the hilt of Qixing's sword, ready to strike at any time.
The next moment, the pungent smell of blood came out, which shocked the hearts of the demon hunters present even more.
It should be that monsters can't be wrong.
Bow and arrow, weapon unsheathed, everyone ready to kill the monster the moment it appears and pounces on them.
But as the shaking of the bushes became smaller and smaller, all that came out was a blood-stained wing.
Then, a scarred arm reached out and grabbed the nearest stone, pulling out the face hidden in the bushes.
It was a humanoid who looked like he was about to lose consciousness, his eyes long since he was closed, as long as the arms and upper wings were not twitching to prove that he was still alive.
"Save ······ Save us ······"
After saying the last sentence with all his might, all the remaining energy of Yu Tian was drained, and his palms slowly lost their strength and fainted.
"That'······ Is it someone from the Feather Clan?" Jun Xi said, looking at Vice President Mao Ruifeng, who was lost in thought.