Jiangning at night is confused and dazzling. Neon lights reflect the river, creating all sorts of bizarre reflections.

But as in all big cities, there are always dark and dirty corners behind the prosperity, like the dirt that cannot be removed from the intricate patterns - insignificant and harmless, which can only make the already prosperous even more prosperous.

"Chirp...... Chirp ...... "In the quiet alleys, there are still unknown songworms living a difficult life.

Worm, are you also like me, lonely in this drunken gold fan?

Faust put on the hood of his sweatshirt, put his hands in his pockets, and left the alley hunched.

"Bang!" Without paying attention, a thug with ringed nostrils and a red mohican head was knocked to the ground by Faust.

"Are you blind, can't you see your chicken brother?" the thug deftly turned over and stood up, grabbing Faust's collar without saying a word, "I'll tell you, you knocked me out of my internal injuries, you won't compensate me today......"

"Fuck off. Faust didn't lift his eyelids, and waved his hand as if driving away flies, "I crashed the car, and the money came quickly." ”

The thug's cruel words were interrupted, but instead of being annoyed, he suddenly froze there, and after two or three seconds, he gently loosened Faust's collar and carefully sorted it out, "Yes, I obey your orders." ”

After saying that, the thugs rushed to the mud truck on the road without looking back.

"Bang...... "The sound of the impact this time was much more exciting just now, and there were more brakes and the noise of onlookers-by, and for a while, this neighborhood was very lively, approaching the commercial district in the distance.

Faust stood there for a few seconds and then left without looking back.

It's been a few days since he returned to Earth, and he still retains the psychic abilities he got from the other world, but Faust doesn't seem particularly happy, on the contrary, he is even quite resistant to returning to Earth.

Faust is not a noble person, he is more obsessed with power and enthusiasm than anyone else, and he has no empathy at all, he can be said to be an antisocial personality, and it should be a happy thing to keep his superpowers and return to Earth.

Why, then, am I unhappy? Faust had a thought in his head for a moment, but it was fleeting.

He shook his head and looked up at the night sky, since I have returned to Earth with a gift from heaven, it is up to me to write my own legend!

Leorik was dressed in a gray linen robe, holding a girl about ten years old in his right hand and a small package in his left hand, quietly queuing up at the port.

"Son, I think you're here as a fugitee, right?, where are you from?" said the old lady who was standing behind the prince, and after chatting with the people behind her for a while, she found Leorik again.

“...... Red Algae City. "Red Algae is the closest city to the coast of the Kingdom of Aventu, and the good sunlight makes it an excellent crop producer.

"That's a coincidence, I live on Oaklin Island, but I have a sister who is married to Red Algae......" The old lady babbled about the good old days, and soon turned to herself.

This is Alexandria, part of the Sultanate of Al-Hasad and the largest port city south of the Kingdom of Aventu. After meeting his father for the last time, Leorik fled south with his sister at his behest and finally decided to go ashore here - the fish-people, unlike the Aventus, could not survive long without water, so they were still safe on land.

The prince walked slowly towards the city with the procession, and could see soldiers in the distance setting up a card to intercept him.

The fall of the Kingdom of Aventu was not a sensational event in the world, but it still had some impact on the surrounding countries.

The Aventus are a true amphibian subspecies, possessing both aqua and human characteristics, and are able to survive in both environments. As a result, they have become almost the largest conduit for trade between land and sea.

Wealth is always heartbreaking, and the invasion of the fish-people is not unrelated to the huge wealth amassed by the Aventus.

After the fall of the entire kingdom of Aventu, of course, there will be a large number of refugees.

Although the Fish-Man Emperor declared that he would not discriminate against any surrendered Aventus, all Aquatic Intelligence races would be treated equally in the new Empire. But there are still many Aventus who are more willing to live in a human country that looks like them.

As a result, almost half of the team was Aventus, and the prince and princess were not particularly conspicuous when they changed into civilian costumes.

The old lady finished chattering by herself, still unsatisfied, and in a blink of an eye saw the little princess led by Leoric.

"Yo, this kid is so cute, what's your name?"

The little princess glanced up at Leoric, and saw that Leoric nodded imperceptibly, and then lowered her head and replied in a low voice, "Lamona." ”

The old lady's smiling eyes bent into crescent moons, and she introduced her four grandsons to Princess Lamona, "This is Leo, this is John, the two who are playing over there, the taller one is called Lucas, and the other is called Tim, when you enter the city, let them play with you, okay?"

What followed was the commonplace peasant woman-style teasing of children, to which Leorik did not pay much attention.

Soon it was Leorrick's turn, and the soldiers weren't particularly bothered by the two - if you stood in front of the makeshift easy checkpoints from morning till night every day, you'd be just as numb.

Next to the checkpoint stands a sign with the words "Five copper plates for adults and three copper plates for children" written in lingua franca and Arabic in Tutu.

Due to the existence of spells, the composition of the coin can be easily determined by the zero-level identification technique, so almost no one can do anything when minting the coin, and almost all the money in the world can be exchanged for equal value.

The prince took eight copper plates from his waist and handed them to the soldiers guarding the door.

The soldier shook his head, closed the prince's palm, and said in an accented Aventu: "Not enough, pay ten." ”

Difficult circumstances can transform a person to the greatest extent possible - for example, to make the prince learn to give in. Leorik didn't argue, just silently pulled two more coins out of his pocket.

The soldier smiled and raised his left hand, and the other soldiers moved away from the barricade. Leorik walked to the left—this was the road to the city.

Leorik walked for a moment when he suddenly heard a commotion from behind.

He looked back, only to find the old lady on her knees, holding the soldier's leg and praying for something, and the other soldiers around him were punching and kicking the old man, and the old man's grandchildren were also pounced on the soldier and tearing and biting.

Soon, a soldier who had been bitten pulled out a knife and slashed at one of the children.

"Can you help them?" said Ramona, tugging at the corner of Leoric's coat.

Leorik didn't answer, and after a while, he shook his head, and then took Lamona into his arms and covered her eyes with his hands.

And he himself kept an eye on the scene of the soldiers' violence: one soldier's knife drew caused a chain reaction, and all the soldiers chose to resort to force in the next five seconds, and the old man and children were cut down in a few strokes.

Later, as the soldiers skillfully dragged the corpses aside, Leorik noticed that there was a small clearing on the edge of the level, unusually dark brown, where the bodies of the old man and children were piled up.

Leorik glanced back and forth, as if to keep everything in mind.

In the middle of the night, he squatted down, picked up Lamona directly, and walked towards Alexandria without looking back.