Chapter 7: Sin City
Duan Xiaofei changed into a very common civilian clothes, and Miao Ke also took off the conspicuous red robe, dressed like a girl next door, not to mention, Miao Ke is much cuter than wearing a robe. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The equipment of the two people is also very light, you must know that Miao Ke is a magician, and there are also magic storage bags in this world, and the gold coins, general money tickets and some clothes needed on the road are all included in the storage bag.
According to Duan Xiaofei's current estimates, the territory of the demon clan is about equivalent to a medium-sized province in reality, from the demon capital to the territory of the human race, according to the time he was escorted to the demon capital at that time, it would take two or three days to ride a horse.
Previously, Duan Xiaofei was summoned to the Rich Continent in a human village, although it was also considered a human territory, but the city where Miao Ke's teacher was located was not in this direction, according to Miao Ke, it was a ten-day journey from the Demon Capital to the flint city where her teacher was.
After dealing with the people of the demon race for a few days, Duan Xiaofei always has a certain understanding of this race, and within the demon race, it is actually divided into two categories, one is called the true demon race, and the other is called the alien demon race.
Miao Ke, Wren, and the second prince are the real demons who look like humans, but most of the population of the demons is made up of alien demons.
As for the alien demon race, Duan Xiaofei has also seen a lot these days, with the demon capital of the demon race as the center, the further he goes to the periphery, the more the number of alien demon races, half-orcs, skeletons, and even some other strange races exist.
In the demon race, the status of the alien demon race is actually very low, and they can generally only be used as servants of the true demon race, although the alien demon race has the strength and some special abilities that the true demon race and human beings cannot match, but their wisdom is low, if there is no leader of the true demon race, the alien demon race is just a group of powerful people...... Intellectual retardation.
The main living area of the alien demon race is in the outermost part of the demon territory, and the meaning here is also very clear, that is, when the human invasion, the alien demon race needs to be cannon fodder for the real demon race.
From the Demon Capital to the border of the Demon Clan's territory, Duan Xiaofei and Miao Ke walked for four days, and when Miao Ke first set off, Miao Ke used magic to turn Duan Xiaofei's hair and pupils into light brown, this hair color can be seen everywhere on the Rich Continent, so Duan Xiaofei did not attract the attention of others at all.
The distance ahead was easy for the two of them, but when they arrived here, Duan Xiaofei obviously felt that Miao Ke was nervous.
"Now that we've stepped out of the Demon Clan's territory?" Duan Xiaofei asked.
"Hmm. Miao Ke replied, "Now that the demons and humans are in a period of truce, there is a war buffer zone on the national border, and neither side can garrison troops in the buffer zone. ”
"But I think there's a lot of people here. Duan Xiaofei said, "Where did all these people go?"
If you don't count the alien demon race, the population of the demon race is actually not much, but Duan Xiaofei and Miao Ke went all the way along the road, but they met a lot of people who came and went.
"These are merchant groups, there are both humans and demons in them, although the relationship between the two sides is very tense, but there is still a certain amount of business contacts, humans and demons each have each other's necessities, which is also the reason for the truce now. Miao Ke explained.
"Necessities, what necessities?" Duan Xiaofei was a little curious, he could see that most of the goods were pulled behind the carriages that came and went, but these goods were packed in boxes or covered with animal skins, and he couldn't see the things inside.
"Our demon specialty magic energy crystal, although the rough stone of this crystal can be mined in the crystal ore, but only the demon clan has the refining technology, so even if the human race occupies the original mine cave of the demon race, it cannot produce the magic energy crystal. ”
"But this crystal is their necessity, without magic crystals, all magic weapons cannot function, and until now, human beings have become extremely dependent on magic weapons. ”
"However, the demon clan holds such an important thing for human beings, so why do they still fight?" Duan Xiaofei was a little puzzled.
"Because humans have resources that are equally important to the demons......"
"What resources?" Duan Xiaofei asked.
"Grain. Miao Ke pointed to the caravans coming and going on the road and said, "The land of the Demon Race is not suitable for cultivation, except for the Demon Capital, almost all the towns of the Demon Race need to import human food. ”
"So, in the buffer zone, the caravans of demons and humans built a neutral area dedicated to trading between the two sides, and later, this area gradually developed into a city ......"
"Understood. ”
Duan Xiaofei also understood, to put it simply, the demons and humans have energy in their hands on the one hand, and food on the other, both of which are necessities, but in this way, it seems that food is more important than energy......
Just imagine, if there is no energy, human beings are just social regression, but if the demons have no food supply, they will face an existential crisis.
Probably because of this reason, human beings often occupy the initiative in wars with demons, and demons give way again and again......
Following the caravan, Duan Xiaofei and Miao Ke finally came to this neutral city, the border city.
"Your Highness, in addition to the caravans, there are many vicious bad people in the border city...... "Miao Ke said with some concern, "because the border city is neither in the territory of human beings, nor does it belong to the demon race, so it has slowly become a place where no two sides are concerned, and some people even call it the city of sin." ”
"Miao Ke, do you know a lot about Border City?" Duan Xiaofei asked with some curiosity after listening to Miao Ke's narration.
"Hmm. Miao Ke nodded and replied, "I grew up in a border city. ”
"Miao Ke, you grew up in a border city?" Duan Xiaofei expressed his shock, didn't he just say that this was the capital of sin? How could Miao Ke grow up in the capital of sin?
"Your Highness, Miao Ke didn't tell you before. Miao Ke looked a little lost, she said, "Miao Ke is an orphan, abandoned in the woods when she was a child, and later adopted by her teacher, so she survived. ”
"And my teacher is from the border city, so I lived here with my teacher until I was eight years old, because I was found to have a talent for magic, and then I was sent to the magic capital. ”
"And what happened to your teacher?" asked Miaoke.
"My teacher ...... him" Miao Ke hesitated a little, but after thinking for a while, he still said, "The teacher can't go back to the demon clan for some reason, so he lives incognito in the human world. ”
"No wonder you know Frontier City so well. Duan Xiaofei said, "But that's just right, you can take me around the city to see it." ”
"It's going to get dark, so let's spend the night in the border city. Duan Xiaofei said, "It seems that the city is not as chaotic as you said." ”
"Although the border city is not controlled by both humans and demons, there is an organization called the Federation in the city. Miao Ke explained, "It is precisely because of the existence of the Federation that even the most vicious people dare not kill people in the border cities, and the murder rate here is much lower than that of ordinary cities." ”
"Then the federation must have a master in charge. Duan Xiaofei praised.
"It turns out that when I was with my teacher, I heard that the president of the federation was a transcendent magister. ”