Chapter 157: Slums
The two of them changed their clothes and walked down a large tunnel leading to the underground at the edge of the square. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"It's a mechanical golem excavated from here, and the dwellings inside are not only cheap, but they also often serve cheap food, so it's very popular with the poor, and we call it a slum. This is just one of the nine slums in the Qinghuan neighborhood. ”
As he spoke, Chell pointed to the crowd of people coming and going, looked at them with disdain, and continued:
"People living in slums have to find a way out every day to find a job, and if they don't have a job, they are hungry, and those who have jobs are desperately looking for opportunities, hoping that one day they will be able to soar to the sky!
"Are housing prices expensive in the Holy City?" asked Mark.
"It's ridiculously expensive!" said Cheel, who seemed to have a deep understanding of this, and said hatefully:
"With my income, even if I don't spend a penny, I don't want to buy even the smallest and cheapest house without more than two hundred years of accumulation!"
"It's just- it's a little expensive. Mark was also slightly stunned when he heard such a terrifying house price. Not to mention ordinary people, even for official wizards, it is extremely difficult.
Feeling the darkness and dampness of the ground, Mark looked up to see a cheap fluorescent stone embedded at intervals above his head. This is the only lighting facility underground, and it is very rudimentary indeed.
The underground air is not smooth, resulting in a strange smell rushing to his nose from time to time, coupled with the sloppy clothes of the surrounding people, Mark can't help but sigh, it seems that there are poor people everywhere! And the hierarchy of this world seems to be more strict, and the gap between the rich and the poor is also greater.
The slums are much bigger than Mark imagined, and the more you go inside, the worse the air becomes, and the lower the strength of the people who live there, and the poorer they are. Crowds of people fighting are often encountered on both sides of the road, and it seems normal to kill and injure a dozen people a day here.
This is still the main street of this slum, and you don't know what mess is going on all day long along the dim alleys. The more Mark walked in, the heavier his mood became, although he had been in this world for so many years, and the concept of equality in his previous life had gradually faded, but this situation of not treating ordinary people as human beings and living a precarious life all day long still made Mark unacceptable.
"If the mortality rate is so high, why are there so many people here?" asked Mark as he walked.
"People come to the Holy City to pan for gold, and countless mortals come from all over the world at all times, dreaming of becoming famous or rich overnight. There are countless opportunities in the Holy City, and there are indeed people who soar to the sky, but many more still die silently, or struggle between life and death. There is no shortage of adventurers in this world. ”
Cair also fell silent when he said this, as if he thought of something that had happened.
Mark glanced at him, and there was a sadness in Chell's eyes for some time, this is a man with a story. Is there anything he can't let go of at the age of more than 200? But he actually looks a little sad now, which shows that that incident has stimulated him a lot. Mark patted him lightly on the shoulder and didn't say anything more.
Chell glanced at him gratefully, and pointed to a few beggars on the side of the street who were kneeling on the ground begging, dressed in shabby clothes, and said:
"Head, I was like them more than two hundred years ago, and at that time I didn't know that I had a talent for wizarding, and I didn't want to do anything but stuff my stomach all day. Life at that time was full of fear, despair, and self-abandonment. ”
"Suddenly, one day, I met the noble man in my life, a rich lady who came to the slum to play because of curiosity, she was not deeply involved in the world, and was deceived into a dark corner. Just as she was screaming about to be raped by the brutes, I saved her.
Actually, I don't know what I was thinking at that moment, but after that she brought me to her family, a wizarding family that had been passed down for countless years, and it was a bit of a decline, but it still had a lot of influence in the local area. She gave me a decent living, and then by chance, they found out about my wizarding credentials, and I became a peripheral wizard in that family. ”
At this point, Chel paused, his eyes showing an unforgettable pain. Mark was originally intrigued by his story, but when he saw his appearance, he opened his mouth and didn't ask. Mark believes that this memory will not end well. But Chel went on to say:
"I fell in love with the young lady, and although she was a woman with no wizarding qualifications, she was very beautiful and a descendant of that family. Unfortunately, a few years later, she was spotted by a wizard from another family, and the family elders couldn't wait to send her over to curry favor with the one who was much more powerful than theirs. ”
Speaking of this, Chell was silent for a long time, as if he was caught in deep memories, and finally said the end of the story in a trembling voice:
"I won't talk about the process in the middle, anyway, in the end she committed suicide, and I also betrayed the family, and returned to the Holy City all the way, when I was only a high-level wizard apprentice, after decades of struggle, I broke through to the official wizard by chance, and this is how I live a little like a person. But she died, and I still remember the peculiar smell of her, and the blood that was all over the floor when she committed suicide. ”
Cair's eyes were red, but the expression on his face was still calm, and Mark nodded after listening to the story:
"Speaking of which, you're lucky, there are so many people here, how many of them can eventually become official wizards?"
"Yes, hehe-you're right, I'm not dissatisfied!
Speaking of this, Mark suddenly looked ahead, and not far away, several strong men were grabbing seven or eight children of five or six years old and walking towards a large house on the side of the road. The children were held around their waists with one hand, struggling desperately with their hands and feet, shouting "help" in their mouths, but the people on the side of the road avoided this scene one by one, and none of them stepped forward to speak.
Robbing children on the street?
"Stop!" Mark, shouting, as he walked over there. He can ignore the fight between adults, but he has to take care of these innocent children, after all, he is already the highest governor of this Qinghuan neighborhood.
Hearing Mark's roar, a strong man in the lead showed a fierce look on his face, he turned his head to look, and found that it was a richly dressed young man, with an old servant who was also dressed gorgeously, walking towards this side, he was stunned for a moment, and then a thoughtful look appeared on his face. With a sneer, he said softly:
"Hmph--it's another hairy boy who has no skills, but his sense of justice has not changed! Arnold, teach him a lesson, don't kill people, and make the master embarrassed when the time comes!"
"Big brother, don't worry!" a big man with a huge body with knotted muscles smiled hideously and handed over the child under his arm to the others, and then came out in front of Mark. The others did not stop and continued to walk towards the gate, not paying any attention to Mark and Chell.
"Boy, let the master teach you, in this slum, is the territory of our lord Kamem! Whoever dares to disobey our lord will be the end!"
As he spoke, he punched him.
"Ahh
Hearing only a sharp scream, the strong man's right hand was broken inch by inch from the wrist to the arm bone, and it was thrown high and landed at the gate of this mansion, just blocking the way of the group of big men.
Seeing Arnold's tragic situation, the face of the leader changed slightly, this Anno is an eighth-level reserve warrior with strong strength, even if he reaches the peak of the ninth-level, it is difficult to beat him like this with one punch, it seems that he has encountered hard stubble today!
When he turned around, his face was already full of smiles, and he made a small movement with his hands behind his back, and then he bent down and bowed with a smile:
"This gentleman shouted at us, I don't know what to do?!"
His small movements had long been exposed under Mark's mental power scan, but Mark didn't care. didn't pay attention to the big man, but asked Chell, who was standing behind him:
"Have you heard of this one called Kammam?"
"Kammam, I have the impression that he is a local snake who does not enter the stream, but I didn't expect him to be the boss in the slums. ”
"Do you know what he's doing with these kids?" asked Mark, looking at the seven or eight children who were still struggling with the strong men on their shoulders.
"I don't know, but I've heard that the rate of child loss in our area has been increasing in recent decades, and I guess there are people who are in the business of human trafficking, but because the children who have lost are ordinary people, these cases are under the control of the police. ”
"Well-" Mark nodded, and was about to ask a question, when a person walked out of the door of the mansion, this person was dressed in aristocratic clothes, his face was slightly fat, and his body was a little bloated, but Mark could see at a glance that this person was a veritable strong warrior.
"Ahhh
When Kammam saw Chell, he suddenly let out a "pout" in his heart, and even the dignified captain of Chel had to follow behind this man, who was afraid that he was the new purple guard who was in charge of the entire Qinghuan block.
Kammam is an old man, where do he dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward to bow and greet. When he heard the report from the people below, he knew that the two people who came were not easy to mess with, but he didn't expect it to be so big.
Hearing this, Chell glanced at Mark in front of him and didn't speak.
"You're Kamem?" Mark looked at the fat man in front of him, who was smiling all over his body, but his whole body was glowing with a cold aura, and his heart moved, and his spiritual power spread overwhelmingly, sweeping towards the depths of the mansion.
At this moment, Camim was stared at by Mark's eyes, and a natural coercion was instantly felt by him, which was the coercion of the momentum of the upper warrior against the lower warrior, and it was also the aura suppression of the strong against the weak.
This purple-clothed guard is at least a qi warrior! A thin layer of cold sweat suddenly broke out on Kammam's head. This group of people under his command are all pig brains, how can they offend such a bad star! However, he can't retreat, let alone run away, he can only lower his posture, and he has already decided to meet any request of the young master in front of him. To be able to become a famous purple guard at such a young age must not be small! Even "that person" is afraid that he will not dare to offend easily.
Mark's mental power had increased dramatically since he had been promoted to a full-fledged wizard, not to mention that he was now about to liquefy, and he quickly found a basement and easily penetrated the thick stone door of the basement, which made Mark shocked and angry. Hundreds of children between the ages of five and ten were locked inside, and the basement was dark, damp, and cold, and some of the children with poor physical fitness were dying.
Mark's anger was quickly felt by the people around him, and the momentum that erupted in anger spread throughout the audience, and Kamem, who was standing in front of him, naturally bore the brunt.
"Ahh
The identity of a purple guard is already incredible. Coupled with such a young Qi warrior and a formal wizard, it is not something that ordinary families can cultivate! It seems that "that adult" must be notified quickly in order to deal with it!
"Chel, tell the police department that they should be here within half an hour, and if I don't see anyone in half an hour, don't be the police chief!" Mark said with a deep look at Kamem, who had fallen to the ground.
"Yes!"
"It's over!" Kammam heard Mark's words, and there was no trace of luck in his heart. Over the decades, he has abducted and trafficked enough children to put him on the gallows dozens of times. If you are caught by the people below, you can still spend a lot of money to buy it, and as for Ziyiwei, I'm afraid that if you have all your net worth, it will be just a little drizzle for others. Now the most important thing is "that adult". I don't know if the power of "that one" can affect the purple-clothed guard in front of him.
As for the betrayal? Remembering the blood oath he once made, Kammam didn't even dare to think about it. (To be continued.) )