Chapter 27, Peeping from Another World (Part 2)
"...This handsome magician brother, are you new to this city? You must be exhausted from the journey, right? Do you want to come to that hotel with me to have fun? Take a look at this place The wonderful style is guaranteed to make you forget the fatigue of the journey! ”
"...Meow! Do you want to taste the wonderful taste of cat tongue? I bought it by the way and let's go to bed together, okay meow?"
"...Meow! Handsome little magician! Come and buy me, meow! I'll give you a half-price discount, meow!"
"...Meow huhu... As long as you have three silver coins, I and Sister Lena can stay with you until dawn, meow!"
On the streets of Italica, Wang Qiu, who originally just wanted to inquire about some news, accidentally fell into the siege of the meow girl standing on the street. Next, there was even a particularly enthusiastic cat-eared girl who took the initiative to lift up her skirt and let Wang Qiu admire her "buds" covered with down.
Faced with the enthusiastic siege of such a large group of "meow girls standing on the street", Wang Qiu, who couldn't resist it, had no choice but to throw down a few copper coins at random, break away from them and run away - well, if it weren't for the wrong occasion, Wang Qiu would really be a bit embarrassed. The urge to kill these cats... I can't help it, the cat-eared girl's furry arms and soft balls are so comfortable to touch. I believe that those who often masturbate cats must have a deep understanding of this.
Moreover, the way these cute cat-eared ladies stick out their tongues to lick their fur from time to time is full of some kind of wonderful temptation - as we all know, cats are very clean animals, and they are always constantly Use your tongue to remove dust and dirt from the hair, keep your body clean, and sometimes lick each other's hair... And once this happens to girls with cat ears... Oh oh oh, why can you be so cute?
"...Huhu - I said, this city of Italica...is really 'prosperous and prosperous'! Is it a special industry here?"
Finally suppressing the impulse in his heart, Wang Qiu couldn't help but look back at the various cat girls, monster girls and winged human prostitutes (angels) all over the street, smoking small, exquisite pipes and soliciting customers with their alluring smiles. Er was surprised, "...Speaking of it, this city doesn't look too big, but why are there so many prostitutes that they are almost crowded together? Just on the street in front of us, there are already hundreds of girls selling their goods. Is it meat?”
"...Ahem, um... Sir, the original city of Italica was not so depraved! These demihuman prostitutes on the streets now are the likes of which I have never seen before. They are probably from the recent past. Come to the flood victims from the imperial capital!”
One of Wang Qiu's group's indigenous guides, the old village chief of Gota Village, coughed awkwardly and explained, "... Outside the southeast gate of the imperial capital Ulabianka, there is a famous 'black street' , which is filled with all kinds of gangsters and illegal transactions, and is also the biggest scandal in the entire empire. The street is home to prostitutes from almost all races in the continent. It is said that there are at least tens of thousands of people... Now that the imperial capital has been destroyed by floods, they have lost their business and can only follow the refugees to move around. I see you are dressed decently, sir. He has extraordinary magnanimity, so he naturally wants to show his courtesy..."
Wang Qiu could only helplessly roll his eyes at this... Even if this operation was a disguised sneak reconnaissance, Wang Qiu and the others had no interest in putting on rags, pretending to be paupers, and then going out to be looked down upon by others: Not to mention that they don't look alike at all - how can there be such rosy-faced and strong-bodied paupers as them? Moreover, in this sensitive time with constant disasters, ordinary slovenly poor people may not even be able to get through the city gate.
Therefore, even though they put on clothes similar to the local aboriginal style, Wang Qiu and the others still dressed up extravagantly according to the standards of this world. For example, Wang Qiu's magician robe is made of high-end woolen material with exquisite embroidery patterns. The boots on his feet are also brand-name goods, and there is a gold badge on his hat. Levi's half-armor and helmet were also gilded and silver-plated, and the hilt of the sword was even inlaid with rubies... In order to show that they were treating everyone equally, before leaving, they also gave Lelai and the old village chief the two guides, who also changed their clothes. Clothes made of high-end materials.
Therefore, when this group of "rich men" entered the city of Italica, competition immediately became fierce and business became difficult (in a small city with more than 10,000 people, so many prostitutes came in all at once, so naturally there was a serious oversupply) The street girls were targeted... Not to mention Wang Qiu, a young temporary urban management worker at the deputy department level, even Political Commissar Guo, who had reached the age of retirement and re-employment, was pestered by several prostitutes from the Winged Human race. As for the handsome and handsome former Paladin Levi, a large number of over-enthusiastic beast-eared girls took the initiative to kiss him, which made him feel dizzy. Unfortunately, he later found out that not only had he been touched, The money bag was stolen, and even the ruby on the sword hilt was pried away by a certain animal-eared lolita with agile hands and feet...
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All in all, despite the above-mentioned ridiculous episodes, the entire reconnaissance operation was generally successful. Wang Qiu and the others visited the main streets of the entire city and purchased a batch of strange-looking fruits and vegetables, herbs and small animals in the market in Italica. Part of the money spent came from donations from the refugees in the Arnus Hills refugee camp, but more was collected on the road - on the way to the city of Italica, the king Qiu and the others encountered three waves of defeated troops and robbers. Naturally, the unlucky gangsters kicked them onto the iron plate and were slaughtered like melons and vegetables. The people who touched the corpses were also given a lot of money. Coins...
Because for the People's Liberation Army invading another world, the walls and towers of Italica City were no obstacle at all. Therefore, Wang Qiu did not pay much attention to the city's defense facilities, but focused mainly on the residents and social conditions in the city.
According to Wang Qiu's observations, although the Earl of Formal has indeed received a large number of demi-human immigrants and is known for its "racial equality", the majority of citizens living in Italica are still pure-bred humans. Even accounting for the vast majority. Most of the subhuman residents in the territory are scattered in the rugged and barren Romanian mountains, forming villages and small towns inhabited by foreign races.
The old village chief's explanation for this phenomenon is that it involves an issue of citizenship - the social system of this alien empire is roughly equivalent to a mixture of the ancient Roman Empire and the medieval feudal system. In the beginning, those who were eligible to live in the city were basically citizens, while those who lived outside the city were "barbarians" and foreigners. Although the situation has changed since then, if you do not have citizenship rights, you will still be discriminated against when living in the city. For example, they have to pay extra taxes, are treated unfairly under the law, etc. In times of crisis, they may even be deprived of their property and evicted.
The citizenship of the empire is very precious. There are only more than two million first-class imperial citizens, who are the backbone and foundation of this country, and the true "empire people"; the second-class free citizens mainly come from For other human countries conquered by the empire, their loyalty to the empire has to be questioned (refer to the loyalty of the Jews and Britons to the ancient Roman Empire), but as long as they have merit, they will have a certain chance of obtaining citizenship. The third class of "foreigners" currently refers to citizens of various vassal states that have surrendered to the empire. As for the lower levels, they were serfs and slaves.
As for demihumans such as orcs, elves, and dwarves, within the empire's system, only a small number can obtain the qualifications of free citizens, while the rest are treated as barbarians, and their legal status is equivalent to that of beasts ( Equivalent to early Americans' view of Indians), unless there were special provisions in any treaty or agreement, it was completely legal for citizens of the empire to kill them and capture them as slaves. What is very absurd is that if they become slaves, their legal status will rise... However, since the lord has the right to issue local laws in his own territory, thanks to the asylum policy of the former earl, in Buddha In the territory of Earl Mar, the overall status of the demi-human race has finally been raised from "beasts for hunting" to the level of "protected animals", which has attracted the suffering demi-human tribes from all over the empire and migrated here to settle. But this does not mean that demi-humans without citizenship can live directly in the city. In fact, they usually can only settle down in the wilderness.
Although there have always been many ferocious-looking demi-humans in various legions of the empire, such as giants, goblins, ogres, pig-headed men, etc., in fact, in the eyes of the empire's ruling class, their status is actually Similar to pterosaurs, war horses and military dogs, they are not regarded as soldiers at all, but are treated as livestock. They can be called cannon fodder among cannon fodders. As for their political status, they are just a joke.
However, there are also a few races of subhuman intelligent beings that can obtain the same status as human soldiers in the legion, and obtain imperial citizenship based on their merits, and even become officers and nobles. Among them are mainly werewolves who serve as commandos, dwarves who serve as army craftsmen, and elves who serve as elite archers and scouts - although some reasonable parties believe that the elves in the forest are good at bows and arrows is pure nonsense, because in the dense In the woods, all sight is blocked Plants block it, and the ability to shoot arrows is not easy to use. In the Black Forest of Central Europe on the earth, the German berserkers with big axes and maces rushed out, and only the horse-riding nomads on the grassland rushed out. , will produce the most powerful Condor Shooters...
But in fact, this only means that for humans, the forest is indeed a battlefield unsuitable for the use of bows and arrows, but for elven warriors with light bodies and powerful jumping abilities, this is not the case at all. It is indeed difficult to exert the power of bows and arrows on the forest floor, but if you are fighting in the canopy, the long-range shooting of bows and arrows is still very useful. It is the standard tactic used by elven archers to deal with human adventurers by laying an ambush in a tree in advance, shooting arrows to sneak attack enemies on the ground, and then retreating on the vines to avoid close combat contact. In addition, in the fantasy world, the elves in the forest have to deal with many flying targets, such as strange birds, pterosaurs, human dragon knights, etc. How can they survive without exquisite archery skills?
Of course, in the city of Italica at this moment, not to mention the multi-racial regular legions of the empire, even the private soldiers of the nobles under the name of Count Formar have already been involved in the great flood of Arnus Hill, as well as the other two The noble lords of the family lost all their lives in the civil strife fighting for the custody of the infant countess - although the former earl, Colt, died in an accident before the "door" at the top of Arnus Hill was opened. But before that, as the closest aristocratic territory to the "Gate", most of Earl Fomar's private soldiers had already followed the emperor and the Senate's recruitment orders and set off to the camp on Arnus Hill to gather on standby and prepare to participate in the alien war. World invasion battle. The result was a huge flood, which wiped out the entire army. It also led to the unfortunate death of a large number of military nobles in the Earl of Formar, which dealt a devastating blow to the entire ruling class of the Earl.
In other words, in the current Earl of Formar territory, not only is the Earl's family left with only one young daughter as heir, but even the branches of the Earl's family and many vassals such as barons and knights below have been almost wiped out. A group of crying orphans and widows were left. Not only has the military strength of the entire earldom been unprecedentedly weakened, but the administrative system has also been paralyzed and shut down - in this era, the ruling class often does not distinguish between military and political affairs. Under such circumstances, Princess Pinna, who came from the imperial capital, was able to successfully take over the city of Italica without any objections. The armed force currently guarding the city of Italica, in addition to a small number of militiamen, is Princess Pinna's personal guard "Rose Knights".