Chapter Twenty-Seven: A Peep from Another World (Part II)

“…… This handsome and dashing magician brother, are you new to this city? You must be tired from the journey, right? Would you like to come with me to the hotel? Got a taste of what this place has to offer? It is guaranteed to make you forget the fatigue of the journey! ”

“…… Meow! Want to get a taste of the wonders of a cat's tongue? By the way, I also bought it, let's go to bed together, okay? ”

“…… Meow! Pretty magician brother! Hurry up and buy me meow! Give you a half-price meow! ”

“…… Meow Woohoo...... As long as three silver coins, people and Sister Lena can accompany you until dawn! ”

On the streets of Itarika City, Wang Qiu, who originally just wanted to inquire about some news, accidentally fell into the siege of Meow Niang who stood on the street. Next www.biquge.info there was even a particularly enthusiastic cat-eared lady who took the initiative to lift her skirt and let Wang Qiu look at her fluff-covered "buds".

In the face of such a large group of enthusiastic sieges of "meow girls standing on the street", Wang Qiu, who couldn't resist it, had to throw a few copper coins indiscriminately, break free from them and run away - well, if it weren't for the wrong occasion, Wang Qiu really had the urge to miss these cats...... No way, Cat's ear Niang's fluffy arms and soft meat balls are so comfortable to touch. I believe that those shovelers who often pet cats must have a deep understanding.

Moreover, the appearance of these cute cat-eared girls sticking out their tongues from time to time to lick their fur is full of a certain wonderful allure - as we all know, cats are very clean animals, and they always use their tongues to remove dust and dirt from their hair, keep their bodies clean, and sometimes lick each other...... And once this happens to the cat-eared girls...... Oooh, why are you so cute?

“…… Hoohoo - I say, this city of Itarica...... It's really 'prosperous and prostitute'! Could it be that this is a special industry? ”

Finally suppressed the impulse in his heart, and looked back at the cat girls, monster girls and winged human (angel) prostitutes with different postures all over the street, smoking delicate little pipes while attracting customers with a bewitching smile, Wang Qiu couldn't help but be a little surprised, "...... Speaking of which, this city doesn't look huge, but why are there so many prostitutes? On the street in front of me alone, there are already hundreds of girls selling meat on the street, right? ”

“…… Ahem, this ...... This lord, the original Itarica City is not so degenerate! These subhuman prostitutes on the street today are all things I haven't seen before, probably the flood disaster people who came from the imperial capital recently! ”

One of the indigenous guides of Wang Qiu's group, the old village chief of Gota Village, coughed a little embarrassed and explained, "...... Outside the southeast gate of the imperial capital of Ulabianca, there is a famous 'black street', which is full of all kinds of gangsters and illegal trades, and it is also the largest Fengyue Street in the entire empire, where prostitutes of almost all races on the entire continent gather, it is said that there are at least tens of thousands of people...... Now that the emperor has been destroyed by the flood, they have no business and can only scatter with the refugees. Seeing that you are dressed decently and have an extraordinary bearing, you naturally want to come up and offer your courtesy......"

In this regard, Wang Qiu could only roll his eyes helplessly...... Even if this operation was to infiltrate and reconnoiter in disguise, Wang Qiu and the others did not change into a tattered shirt and pretend to be a poor bastard, and then go out to suffer the interest of others: not to mention that they don't look like it at all-how can they be such a ruddy-faced and sturdy poor bastard? Moreover, in these sensitive times of constant calamity, it is likely that the ordinary sloppy poor man will not even be able to get through the city gates.

Therefore, although they changed into clothes similar to the local indigenous style, according to the standards of this world, Wang Qiu and they were still dressed luxuriously. For example, Wang Qiu's magician's robe is made of very high-grade tweed, with exquisite embroidery patterns on it, the boots under his feet are also brand-name goods, and the hat is also inserted with a badge made of gold. Levi's half-body armor and helmet were also gilded and silver-plated, and the hilt of his sword was even inlaid with rubies...... In order to show that they treated everyone equally, before leaving, they also gave Lei Lai and the old village chief two leading parties, and they also changed into clothes of high-end materials.

As a result, when this line of "big guys" entered Itarica City, it immediately made the fierce competition and business difficulties (a small city of more than 10,000 people, so many prostitutes poured in at once, which is naturally a serious oversupply) street women...... Not to mention Wang Qiu, a young temporary worker at the deputy department level urban management, even the political commissar Guo who has reached the age of retirement and re-employment is entangled by several prostitutes of the winged human race. And the dignified, handsome former paladin Levi, a large group of overly enthusiastic beast-eared girls took the initiative to kiss him, which made him a little dizzy, but unfortunately he found that not only was the money bag taken away, but even the ruby on the hilt of the sword was pried away by a certain beast-eared Lori with quick hands and feet......

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All in all, despite the ridiculous hiccups mentioned above, the entire reconnaissance operation was generally successful. Wang Qiu and the others walked around the main streets of the city, and also bought a batch of strange-looking vegetables, fruits, herbs, and small animals in the market in Itarica. Some of the coins spent came from donations from the refugees in the refugee camp in the Arnous hills, but more were collected on the road - on the way to Itarica, Wang Qiu and the others encountered three waves of routs and robbers, and the result was naturally that these unlucky bandits kicked the iron plate, were slaughtered like melons and vegetables, and let the people who touched the corpses get a lot of coins from their own planes......

For the invasion of the Otherworld, the walls and towers of Itarican City were no obstacle at all. Therefore, Wang Qiu did not pay much attention to the city's defense facilities, but focused on the city's residents and social conditions.

According to Wang Qiu's observations, although the Earldom of Fomar did host a large number of sub-human immigrants and was known for its "racial equality", the citizens living in Itarica were still mostly pure-blooded humans, or even the vast majority. Most of the sub-inhabitants of the territory are scattered in the rugged and barren mountains of Romania, forming villages and small towns inhabited by different races.

The old village chief's explanation for this phenomenon was that it involved a question of citizenship - the social system of this otherworldly empire, roughly equivalent to a mixture of the ancient Roman Empire and medieval feudalism. In the beginning, it was basically citizens who were eligible to live in the city, and "barbarians" and strangers who lived outside the city. Although the situation has since changed, if there is no citizenship, there is still discrimination in living in the city. For example, they have to pay additional taxes, are treated unfairly in the law, etc., and in times of crisis, they can even be expelled from deprivation of property.

The citizenship of the empire is very precious, and there are only more than 2 million first-class imperial citizens, who are the backbone and foundation of the country, as well as the "imperial people" in the true sense; The second class of freedmen, mainly from other human nations conquered by the Empire, had to put a question mark on their loyalty to the Empire (cf. the loyalty of the Jews and Britons to the Roman Empire), but there was also a certain chance of citizenship if there was merit. The third class of "foreigners" is currently the citizens of the various vassal states that are subject to the Empire. As for the lower ranks, they are serfs and slaves.

As for the sub-human races such as orcs, elves, and dwarves, only a small part of the empire was able to qualify as free people, and the rest were treated as barbarians, with the same legal status as beasts (equivalent to how early Americans treated Indians), and unless there was a special provision in some treaty or agreement, it was perfectly legal for the citizens of the empire to kill them and capture them as slaves. It is very absurd that if they become slaves, their legal status rises...... However, due to the right of the lord to issue local decrees in his own domain, thanks to the protection policy of the previous earl, the overall status of the sub-human race in the domain of Count Vermar has finally risen from the level of "huntable beast" to the rank of "protected animal", so that the suffering sub-human tribes from all over the empire flock to settle here. However, this does not mean that Asians without citizenship can live directly in the city, in fact, they generally have to settle in the wilderness.

Although there have always been many hideous-looking subhuman races in the various legions of the empire, such as giants, goblins, ogres, pig-headed people, etc., in fact, in the eyes of the ruling class of the empire, their status is actually similar to that of pterosaurs, war horses and military dogs, and they are not regarded as soldiers at all, but are treated as animals, which can be called cannon fodder in cannon fodder, and as for political status, it is a pure joke.

However, there are also a few races of subhuman intelligent beings who are able to gain the same status as human soldiers in the Legion, and gain Imperial citizenship through meritorious service, and even become officers and nobles. Among them are mainly werewolves who act as commandos, dwarves who serve as craftsmen with the army, and elves who serve as elite archers and scouts - although some reasonable parties think that the elves of the forest are good at bows and arrows is pure nonsense, because in the dense woods, the view is blocked by plants, and the ability to shoot arrows is not easy to use, and in the Black Forest of Central Europe on the earth, there are Germanic berserkers with axes and maces, and only among the horseback nomads of the steppes will produce the most powerful condor archers......

But in fact, this only means that the forest is indeed a battlefield where bows and arrows are not suitable for humans, but for elven warriors who are light and have strong jumping power, this is not the case at all. It is true that it is difficult to use the power of a bow and arrow on the ground of the forest, but if you are fighting in the canopy, the long-range shooting of a bow and arrow is still useful. And lying in ambush on the trees in advance, shooting arrows to sneak up on the enemies on the ground, and then retreating with tree vines to avoid melee contact, is the standard tactic of elven archers against human adventurers. In addition, in the fantasy world, the elves of the forest have to deal with many flying targets, such as strange birds, pterodactyls, and human dragon knights.

Of course, the city of Itarica at this time, not to mention the multi-racial regular legions of the Empire, even the noble private soldiers under the name of Count Vermar have been lost in the great flood of the Arnous hills, and the civil strife between the other two noble lords for the custody of the young countess - although the previous Count Colt died in an accident before the "door" at the top of the Arnous hills was opened. But before that, as the closest aristocratic domain to the "Gate", most of Count Vermar's private soldiers had already followed the conscription orders of the Emperor and the Senate, and had marched to the camp on the Arnous Hill to assemble and prepare to participate in the invasion of another world. As a result, a great flood was ushered in, which immediately wiped out the entire army, and also led to the tragic death of a large number of military nobles in the county of Vermaar, which dealt a devastating blow to the ruling class of the entire county.

In other words, in today's Earldom of Vermar, not only is there only one young daughter left in the Earl family to be the heir, but even the side branches of the Earl family and many vassals such as barons and knights below have been almost swept away, leaving only a group of crying orphans and widows. Not only was the military power of the entire county weakened as never before, but the administrative system was also paralyzed and suspended - in an era where the ruling class was often not divided between military and government.

Under such circumstances, Princess Pinna, who came from the imperial capital, was able to smoothly take over Itarica City without any objections. And the armed forces currently guarding Itarica City, except for a small number of militiamen, are Princess Pinna's personal guard "Knights of the Rose". (To be continued.) )