At night, Tyre is a completely different city than during the day.

The noise was gone, and the merchants had left the bazaar, leaving empty stalls. The two moons hung in the sky, not as white as the moon on Earth, and looked pale yellow and covered with ugly potholes.

Muhati tightened his robes and glanced at the horizon with some worry and some surprise. By this time, the dark red sun of Atas had set, but there was still a shimmering cloud floating in the sky, which was particularly striking in the night sky.

Noctilucent clouds are a natural phenomenon on Earth, and this kind of cloud can float at a height of more than 80 kilometers, which is much larger than ordinary clouds. Scholars have different opinions on their composition. However, it is clear that noctilucent clouds are faintly bright because they float at a very high height, so when the sun sets, they can still refract daylight.

In the poet's mouth, such clouds are called silver clouds because they seem to glow with silver light. The boy stared at this unexpected natural wonder, and was a little worried about whether his disguise would be exposed.

Thankfully, the fear seemed unnecessary, and despite the two moons and silver clouds, Tyr was still shrouded in deep darkness at night. Although Muhadi's robes were precious, they could not be seen at all in such a night. Since he covered most of his face with a face towel, he didn't worry about being recognized.

"Listen," Muhadi said to his six men as he approached the dry riverbed of the halfling area, "and there are only seven of us combined, and the halfling killer is in his own territory, and I don't know if there are any other helpers." ”

"Even if you don't have a helper, you can't let them escape. So we have to disguise our identities, don't startle the snake, and wait until we find the target before we do it together. ”

The six men nodded in agreement, and the thief interjected, "Who are you going to disguise yourself as?"

Muhati asked, "What kind of business do the halflings of Tyr usually do, and are there any illegal trades?"

"If halflings don't do black work, then they're not halflings. "It's still the thief who answers, it seems that he is the talkative type of this group. "They sell happy herbs, they sell forbidden weapons, they also sell people. ”

"Then we'll pretend to be human traffickers," Muhadi decided, and after the abolition of slavery in Tyre, a large number of displaced people were created. Some even willingly become slaves of their own free will, just to be sold by traffickers to other cities in exchange for a good meal. At this time, disguised as an adult trafficker should be very inconspicuous.

"You," he said to the thief, "tell me more about halflings and their human trafficking business, and we're going to pretend to be some." "Although the boy had inquired a lot about the halfling before, it was definitely right to add some information from the mouth of the landlord.

"They sell humans and elves, mostly captives they take as robbers in the desert. The thief was quick to say, "They also sell halflings, all of whom are victims of their internal tribal wars. ”

"Someone would buy a halfling?" As far as Muhadi knew, the barbaric and uncivilized Cheng Dù, who was so unruly that it was almost impossible to tame, was not the right person to be a slave.

"Female halfling, my lord. The thief replied, "Especially the young and pretty." ”

"Because of their height, they look like little human girls, and some people are just like that, adults. "The group walked through the dark streets, and Muhadi noticed that there were no patrolling guards along the way. But on the top floors of several buildings on the side of the street, you can feel the fluctuation of thoughts, thinking that it is an ambush set by the Butcher of Truth.

The thief chattered, "I tell you, my lord, there are many perverts who want to play with halfling women." Some people say that those men's male roots are very short, like a small worm, so they can't help but like this kind of woman. I mean, a halfling woman or a little girl with a human elf, because that's the size matches. ”

"Do you always talk so much, or is it only in front of me?" the young man looked at him and his tone became stern.

"My lord?" the thief stammered as if frightened. "When I talk a lot, I get nervous. No, no, no, I mean when I'm nervous, I talk a lot. ”

"Enough. The boy interrupted him, "From now on, you are going to call me Lord Hassan." I was a merchant from Atki in the north, and I bought and sold steel, but I did not refuse to accept new slaves. ”

Seeing that several people nodded to show that they understood, he pointed at the thief. "You're here to pretend to be my sidekick, what's your name?"

"Name?" said the thief, "the villain has no name, and I give myself a pseudonym every day, and forget it the next day." There are many advantages to using a pseudonym, at least it makes it not so easy for the enemy to find him. ”

"Then you will be called Gosim from now on, and remember it for me. Muhadi casually gave the other party a nasty name, and in the story of Earth, Gohime is the poor ghost brother of Ali Baba.

"Whatever the adults say I am, I'll call me. ”

"Shut up. ”

Finally, the rubbish-like gathering place of the halflings was in sight, and the seven of them walked along the river for a while, finding a path that led down to the riverbed.

Halflings have better eyesight than humans, and most of them are poor and picky, so the gathering area doesn't seem to have much light.

The ground on the riverbed felt slightly softer when stepped on, and Muhadi looked at the narrow and jumbled road and the top-heavy, crooked halfling house. I can't help but imagine what Athas looked like countless millennia ago, when the raging waters were still rushing from here.

Halflings don't just have a surface part of the building, they also dig holes in the ground and build a huge network of ant nests. Living in a cave in the ground, although the light and ventilation are a little poor, it is better to avoid the vicious sunlight of Atas during the day.

Young Pi Gosim led the way, and he led the group to the front of one of the tallest two-story buildings in the garbage heap.

Fortunately, the halflings in Tyre are not completely incompatible with other races, so the door of this building, although it is a little low, is not impossible to enter.

Around the building, the worst slum on earth is not half as dirty. On the ground were all kinds of garbage, as well as traces of vomit and some unknown bones. There were too many buzzing flying insects to count, and they were not afraid of people at all, and they stopped at the young man and others unscrupulously.

A halfling's dwelling is more appropriate than a house. Muhadi saw a pile of rotten wood and set up a shack, and several unkind glances shot from behind the structure that could barely be called a door. Right next to this pile of rotten wood, there are some beggars who rely on the shack to prop up a piece of cloth, which is considered a home.

"Right here, adults, halflings and outsiders doing business are all talking here. Gohim pointed to the tall building, and when he saw the fierce look in the boy's eyes, he immediately added. "Lord Hassan. ”

"Very well," said the boy, "let's start here." ”

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