Chapter 135 Meng En City
After seeing the boundless army of undead and the "heroic appearance" of the undead dragon, Raven, Viscount John and Judra briefly discussed and decided together - Camp where you are and never get even half a step closer to Men'en City before the nobles from other counties arrive!
Fortunately, the Death Hand army did not seem to be interested in their small force. The skeleton dragon was lazy and unwilling to leave the bone spire most of the time, so it remained There was no conflict.
The weather gradually began to warm up, the ground thawed, and the ground became muddy - this was not good news for Raven and the others.
The muddy road means movement is difficult, and perhaps other nobles will arrive later than they expect.
Raven was sitting on the cliff, holding a piece of green grass in his mouth, looking leisurely at Meng City, which was surrounded by numerous undead creatures.
I have to say that as the "Pearl of the Province of Nord", this city is still very beautiful when viewed from a high cliff. The city walls are regular and well laid out, and there are two magic crystals placed on each wall. Cannons make people look at them with envy.
He once imagined what it would be like when he returned to Men'en City, but when he actually saw it, all his assumptions were meaningless.
This city carried the first half of Raven's life. He was born here, grew up here, and hung out here.
Meng'en City is divided into five urban areas, namely the inner city where the city lord's palace is located, the Embassy District where the economy is the most prosperous, the Holy Moon District where the middle class gathers, the old city where the poor are everywhere, and the area near the Meng'en River. port area.
The first three are called Shangcheng District due to their good public security and prosperous economy; the latter two are called Lower City District.
Life in Shangcheng District is naturally bright and beautiful, full of all kinds of enjoyment, such as enjoying a concert, watching a musical, or sitting in a circus tent. One day, I went to watch a beautiful woman kiss with a lion's tongue.
Every time he sees this scene, Raven always wants to replace the lion - does tongue kissing with a beautiful woman need training?
But Raven rarely has the leisure and money to enjoy life so much because he lives in the lower city.
The people there are greedy, shameless, despicable, and nasty. They have no so-called morals and bottom lines, because people with those beautiful qualities simply cannot survive.
Raven sighed with emotion: "It's a miracle that a noble and outstanding person like me can survive!"
The last conversation with Lux ended abruptly when he was eight years old. Now that he thinks about the next In the urban area, various memories about that time began to appear in his mind.
The first woman to bear the brunt was Ms. Lean, the correctional nun in the orphanage.
To be honest, even by previous standards, she was not good-looking, her legs were short and her skin was too rough.
Eight-year-old Raven chose to please her, not because he was too precocious at a young age, but purely out of survival considerations. At that time, he noticed the difference in the eyes of this nanny when he looked at him.
Eyes full of desire.
The reason why Raven was not attacked when he was young and unable to resist was probably because of the strict control of Dean Nightingale.
Of course, later, Raven's ambition grew and he took the initiative to climb into Lien's bed, which was another story.
Recalling his first time, Raven felt a little funny. He smiled and sighed again.
“Still too picky about food.”
At that time, he finally failed to take the right path.
It’s not that Dean Nightingale is not attentive enough, it’s actually that the lower town of Men’en City is full of too many temptations.
Due to the absence of official management, snakes and rats are rampant in Xiacheng District, and fish and dragons are mixed. Naturally, there are people to fill the vacancy, and that is——
The gangsters.
In Xiacheng District, large and small gangs have almost a monopoly on everything related to people's livelihood and entertainment. Even if they sell wild oranges picked from the forest on the street, they have to be "offered" to them.
After Raven was kicked out of the orphanage, he quickly integrated into the big dye vat of Xiacheng District. His entire "social college" career was a history of blood and tears entangled with gangs.
There are countless small gangs, but there are only three that can really be considered as having a big name.
They are the "Bloody Harpoon" in the port area, the "Silver Hand Brotherhood" and the "Split Tooth War Gang" in the old city.
As the name suggests, Bloody Harpoon was formed by fishermen in the early years and was originally a trade union organization.
But just like bacon left in a smelly ditch will go bad, the blood-stained harpoon gradually changed its appearance, turning from a group of resisters into rentiers and defenders of the underground order, with a bloody style. Cruel, everything fished out of the river is under their control. If you don't obey, they will turn you into river food.
If someone dares to sell fish without their permission, there will be no good results.
Leaven still remembers that he once ate river mussels in a tavern and ate a big pearl. Then he was forced by a little boss with a blood-stained harpoon to pay a "pearl tax" of two silver coins. "Even if the pearl itself is only worth one silver coin.
Of course, in retaliation, Raven later slept with the kid's wife and took away his son's teddy bear.
The "Silver Hand Brotherhood" has a loud name, but it is actually just a group of thieves gathered together.
I don’t know if it’s because they have lived in the gutter for too long, but this group of thieves actually has very clear rules internally, stipulating who can steal and who cannot steal. Thieves seeking a living must obtain their permission.
And when the scale grew, what they did was no longer just petty theft, but began to organize smuggling, theft, and even kidnapping and assassination.
As for the "Splittooth War Gang", it is a newly emerged organization in the past ten years. It was formed by the "Splittooth Tiger" Honduras. It has a complex composition and includes all kinds of people.
For example, prisoners who escaped from prison, horse thieves who betrayed the organization, mercenaries who were expelled from the mercenary guild, ducks who robbed guests... It can basically be said to be a scum concentration camp.
The jobs they do are also varied, from collecting protection fees to running underground casinos and brothels. Basically, they do all the jobs you can think of, and they also do the ones you can’t think of.
And because of their rapid expansion, they have constant conflicts with the Silver Hand Brotherhood and the Bloody Harpoon.
There are only two ways out for the young people hanging around in the lower city. They can either work hard to lick the traps of the "noble people" in the upper city; or they can join the gangs and strive to become the kind of people who walk on the streets one day. , a "big shot" with three or five younger brothers around him.
Raven doesn't like licking hooks.
So naturally, joining the gang became his "lifelong" pursuit.
But gangsters are not so easy to join. The entry requirements for small gangsters are not high, but Raven doesn't like it, and because his life like a little bee is too "exciting", he will always attract some surprises. trouble outside.
For example, the husband of a certain wife, the son of a certain mother, the father of a certain daughter...
So he really needs a big gangster as a backer to help him avoid those troubles.
The "Blooded Harpoon" has strong regional attributes. Even though it has deteriorated, it still tends to choose new people in the port area. Raven's background is a bit different.
Now that I think about it, it’s really ridiculous, the gangsters who talk about blood, my God!
The style of the "Splittooth War Gang" is too tough. Although Raven is not afraid of fights, he can't bear to fight eight times seven days a week and rest in the underground hospital occasionally. day.
Raven even suspected that the reason why these big men from the Split Tooth War Gang were happy every day was because they were injured too much and were beaten stupid!
After much thought, only the "Silver Hand Brotherhood" is most suitable for me.
Walking through the streets and alleys, coming and going like the wind, waving your sleeves, leaving no wallet behind.
It is very consistent with Raven's imagination of "Romantic Rogue".
And Raven also has a natural advantage.
He has skills at his disposal. He can slip a door and pick a lock. It can be said that if you give him a piece of iron wire, he can enter and exit any house.
Things were going very smoothly at first. Raven took several orders from the Silver Hand Brotherhood. Although he inevitably offended the Bloody Harpoon and the Split Tooth War Gang, he gradually began to be attracted by the Silver Hand Brotherhood. Accept that they can use their name to intimidate others on a limited basis.
But Chazi also appeared in Raven's good skill.
When he was short of money and needed to temporarily borrow money for "turnover", Raven "accidentally" walked into an empty door.
It was really careless. If he had known there was someone in the house, he would never have gone in.
In fact, it was too late to leave immediately after entering, but what he saw restrained Raven for three minutes.
Wheat-colored healthy skin, sexy pink lips, looks extremely slim, but that figure after taking off the clothes, hey!
If it was just like this, it wouldn't be a big deal. After all, it was not like Raven had never peeked at others changing clothes.
But the problem is that this person is not an ordinary person, but the daughter of the president of the Silver Hand Brotherhood.
More importantly, she usually presents herself as a male!
This stirred up a hornet's nest, and the girl was also gentle. She gave Raven two options at that time: either dig out the tongue on the top and stuff it below, or dig out the tongue on the bottom and stuff it on top.
Raven didn't want to lose either of these two things, so he chose the third way: running away on the spot.
Then, Raven was gloriously listed on the Silver Hand Brotherhood's wanted list. The Bloody Harpoon and Split Tooth War Gang also "contributed" and offered a total price of fifty for his head. Gold coin bonus.
Thankfully, otherwise, Eric would not have been able to find him so easily.
If he had stayed in Men'en City, this would have been a problem that Raven couldn't solve, but now that he is an Imperial Baron and a first-level magician, these things are just a memory.
"You have to live a good life for me!" Raven stood up and stretched: "I am still waiting to settle those old accounts with you!"
It is already noon, Raven mounted his horse and slowly returned to the camp.
Not only Raven, but everyone in the three coalition forces, except for the scouts, is somewhat idle.
Although I was very shocked when I first saw the undead army, I basically got used to it after being shocked.
Unless the undead army comes, they can't rush down like moths to the flames; but now they have reached this point, and no one will be willing to retreat.
Another six or seven days passed like this, and Raven would go to Gaoya to see Meng'en City basically every day. Gradually, when the memories became tasteless, the situation finally changed.
The nobles from the remaining counties in the Nord province came.
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(End of this chapter)