The carriage traveled along the path of the dead woods all the way east, heading towards the Dark City.

On the way, Chu Yang felt a little bored inside, so he walked out of the carriage and sat next to Dute.

Dutt is a young coachman, just 20 years old this year, with broken blond hair, a very sunny look, a smile on his face, and a very friendly attitude towards people.

He is mainly engaged in the route between Raven Town and Dark City, in addition to carrying people, he will occasionally help transport some goods and the like, so his carriage also has a lot of space, and can seat a dozen people at a time.

And his carriage was also driven by two tall horses, one black and one in color, and after eating grass and grain in the morning, he was now full of energy.

The ground was dusted by them, and they made their way towards the Dark City at a rapid pace.

"Drive. ”

Dutt suddenly saw Chu Yang sitting beside him, and hurriedly greeted him.

"My lord, why did you come out?"

Chu Yang said: "It's a little boring, so come out and talk to Big Brother Dute by the way." ”

"My lord, just call me Dutt, don't be my big brother Dut!" Dutt was a little frightened, if he hadn't been driving the carriage to pay attention to safety, he would have knelt down immediately.

"Ahem, what's wrong with that?"

"Of course, if the mayor knew about it, they would have to skin me. Dutt said with some apprehension.

"Okay. Chu Yang said: "Then I'll call you Dute." ”

"Yes, sir. ”

"By the way, Dut, tell me a little bit about the Dark City, it's our first time there. ”

Dutt nodded hurriedly and said, "Is that so? Then I really have to talk about it." ”

When Dute heard Chu Yang say this, he also became serious, and said: "There are many rules in the dark city, when you enter the city, you must be careful, and don't offend the Gros people inside." ”

"Oh?"

Dutt knew that Chu Yang was an outsider, and looking at Chu Yang's appearance, it was very likely that he was from the Xuan Empire, although the two empires were currently in a state of fawning, but even so, the people of the Xuan Empire entered the Gross Empire, and they had to abide by the local regulations, otherwise there would be serious consequences.

So, he talked to Chu Yang. Chu Yang also nodded while listening.

It turns out that the Dark City is ruled by the Dark King of Gross the Great, the Imperial General, the General of the Expedition to the West, the Iron Fist King, and the Monk known as the Eagle of the Empire.

This is an iron-fisted king, with unusually tough methods, and his subordinates are in control of a dark army of 200,000 troops.

On his side, he pursues the principle of 'those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me perish', and if you don't want to die, you must wisely obey his management. At the same time, he prefers to be called the Dark King by others over many titles.

After Chu Yang heard this, he was hehe in his heart. But on the surface, he nodded in agreement and said, "Mm-hmm." ”

Dutt is young and has a good mentality, and he used to go to the Dark City alone, which was inevitably a bit boring.

But this time, because he brought Chu Yang and the three of them, they immediately became lively, and they talked a lot, which also impressed Chu Yang and the two girls sitting in the carriage.

However, thanks to his words, they have a lot of understanding of Dark City.

The Dark City is divided into an outer, a middle, and an inner city, with the outer city consisting of slaves, untouchables, and commoners.

Slaves in the slave areas were basically sold, abandoned, or war criminals.

The untouchables, on the other hand, are people of other races except the Gross.

The civilian area is the Gross.

The middle city is an aristocratic district, and the people who live here are either rich or noble.

As for the inner city, it is also known as the Intramuros.

The royal city is where the Dark King Monk and his family live.

Outsiders like them can only move around the city. If you want to enter Midtown, you must pass the Colosseum assessment, and once you succeed in the challenge, you will be able to enter Midtown.

As for the inner city, it is necessary to be summoned in order to enter Qizheng

At the same time, in the Dark City, all the people are divided into five classes, or the entire empire.

The fifth-class citizens were slaves, the fourth-class citizens were untouchables, the third-class citizens were commoners, the second-class citizens were nobles, and the first-class citizens were royalty.

The citizens of the lower class must obey the citizens of the higher class, and when they see the citizens of the higher class, they must be respectful, otherwise it is a capital offense.

At the same time, in order to protect the citizens of the lower class, the citizens of the upper class are not allowed to cause trouble except for nobles and above, otherwise they will be punished accordingly. However, this article is not valid for citizens of the second class and above.

Moreover, citizens of the second class and above, who kill citizens below the lower second class, do not need to pay for their lives and will not be punished. As for compensation, it can be as they please.

Therefore, this makes the status of second-class citizens and above transcendent, and at the same time, it also stimulates the determination of more low-class citizens to climb up.

Outsiders like them will not be regarded as citizens of the Dark City, but will be treated as outsiders, and outsiders must abide by the local legal requirements and strictly enforce them, otherwise they will be enemies of the Dark City, expelled at the lightest, and executed at the worst.

"I didn't expect Dark City to be such a strict place. Ah Li was in the carriage, listening to the conversation between the two Rao outside, and looked at Meng Yao with some incredulity.

Meng Yao also came to the Gross Empire for the first time, and although she had heard of this powerful empire, she had never been there.

"It's the first time I've heard it, and it seems that we're going over there when we get there, and I'm afraid we're going to be a little more careful. ”

"yes. Ah Li couldn't help but think of the Vast City, and suddenly felt that the situation in the Vast City was much better than the situation here.

At least, there will be no citizen classification, and the lives of the people in the city are relatively stable, although there is also the phenomenon of oppression, but it has not yet reached the point of blatant.

"Dut, thank you for telling us so much. ”

"Haha, you're welcome. Dutt laughed and said, "If it weren't for a few adults, I'm afraid we would be miserable, and when I left, the mayor asked me to take care of you more." If you have anything unclear, you can always come to me. ”

"Well, thank you. ”

And as they chatted, time passed quickly, and before they knew it, they had left the dead woods, climbed a long mountain road, and finally saw the outline of the huge city wall in front of them.

By this time, the sun was already high and scorching the earth, and after most of the journey, Dutt was a little hungry and tired, but when he saw the outline of the city wall in front of him, he also showed joy and said, "We are about to arrive." ”

Approaching the Dark City, Dutt took control of the carriage, and his speed slowly slowed down and became smoother.

"Is that the Dark City?" Chu Yang was also stunned for a moment after seeing it.

He had seen two cities, one was the Vast City and the other was the Tong City, but neither of these cities had the shock that the city in front of him had brought him.

As they approached, tall, majestic walls appeared in front of them.

"Okay, so high. ”

At this time, the two women couldn't help but come out, looked at the dark city outside, and let out an exclamation.

"It's really high. ”

The walls of the Vast City are more than five feet high, but compared to the Dark City in front of them, they are simply a big deal.

"At least, there are dozens of feet, right?Why is it built so high?It's too exaggerated, isn't it?" Meng Yao said.

"Haha, I was shocked when I saw it, but when you know about the situation in the Dark Forest, it won't be like this. ”

Dutt suddenly smiled mysteriously.

"Oh, is there any reason?" Meng Yao looked at Dutt.

Dute showed a solemn expression and said in a deep voice: "Yes, because there is a giant clan in the dark forest. ”

"Giant Clan, what Giant Clan?" Meng Yao asked again, and even Chu Yang and Ah Li looked at him curiously.

"The giant clan, also known as the giant cannibal clan, those giant clans, the most of them are more than a zhang tall, and the height even reaches seven or eight zhang, which is terrifying. A large part of the reason for the existence of Dark City is because of this giant clan. ”

"Oh my, such a tall guy, is it a monster?"

"They shouldn't be demon beasts, and this has only appeared in the past few years. Thanks to the sacrifice of the scale capital that predicted their existence, the dark city was established in time, otherwise, these giant clans would probably be directly killed in the belly of the scale capital, and I am afraid that this way will be a river of blood. ”

"Are the giants really that scary?" asked Ah Li.

"Yes, they eat people, what about you?" said Dutt, with a look of fear.

At this time, he no longer had the ease he had at the beginning.

"Ahh Both women looked shocked.

"Fortunately, the Giants are active in the northern depths of the Dark Forest, and have not been seen since they were defeated by the Dark Legion led by the Dark King Monk a few years ago. Dutt shuddered at the thought of the Giants, and although he hadn't witnessed the Giants' food, he had heard of their horror.

Today, there are still traces left by the original giants on the city wall, there are claw marks, deep cones, depressions, and all kinds of damage, but it is not very obvious on the side of the east city gate, and on the side of the north city gate, it is called horror.

However, after Chu Yang heard this, he looked up at the huge city wall, there were some figures walking around on it, in addition, he also faintly saw some heavy crossbows, heavy trebuchets, and some arrow towers, and there were some things like spikes on the edge of the battlements, shining in the sunlight.

Looking at all this, Chu Yang thought about it.

"We're coming. ”

At this time, Dutt suddenly said to everyone, and everyone's eyes were also staring ahead.

The carriage slowly came to the city gate, and I saw that there were several rows of horses on both sides of the gate, and the gate was tall and open, which could fit seven or eight carriages when passing through.

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