Astral Apostle Chapter 56: Depression

The two of them ran all night, and the night gradually faded away.

When the outline of Baiyuan City appeared at the end of the line of sight, it was already the eve of dawn, and the sky was a dull dark blue, brewing dawn.

Zhou Jing focused his gaze on the field, and his comprehensively strengthened physical fitness improved his eyesight to a certain extent. It was like zooming in and out, and the scene of Baiyuan City was quickly magnified and clear in his sight.

It was not yet time to open the gate, but the gate at the gate of the city was still closed, and the braziers on both sides had been burned overnight, and they were exhausted, leaving only wisps of smoke.

There are no villagers or caravans waiting to enter at the door, and a few guards are leaning against the wall, their heads are biting, and they should be dozing off.

Zhou Jing raised his eyes and looked at the crenel on the city wall again. The lighting torches were still burning, but there were no guards patrolling. And there are no guards standing guard at the lookouts of the city wall towers at all times.

"The defense is so lax. It has been more than half a year since I opened the city gate last time. It seems that the defense of the town has not improved much."

Zhou Jing muttered to himself.

Although he and Rose are currently wearing coarse clothes and can pretend to be farmers, he doesn't want to enter the city openly.

After more than half a year, maybe people in the town still recognize his face, after all, the towns in this world are only this big.

Now that he is in the dark, he doesn't want to expose his whereabouts easily, and he can't directly open the city gate with his identity as a beast hunter like last time.

Zhou Jing tore off the corner of his clothes, covered his face, and asked Ross to do the same. Then the two deviated from the road of the city gate, and quickly touched the city wall from other directions. mouth.

Fortunately, this time is the most suitable time to sneak into the town. It is the dim hour before dawn, covered by night, and the fast-moving figures of the two are like ghosts, difficult to be detected.

Besides, Zhou Jing had chatted with the town guards before, so don't expect these people to have a high professionalism all the time.

The two of them reached under the wall smoothly. Zhou Jing grabbed the gap in the city wall, and with a little force on his knuckles, he inserted into the hard wall brick. Not much more.

With his knuckles inserted into the cracks of the wall, with a slight clicking sound, he easily swam up the wall like a gecko, quickly rolled along the crenel into the city wall walkway, and immediately squatted down against the wall, his eyes quickly turning left and right , Make sure that this aisle is temporarily unmanned.

Zhou Jing then beckoned Ross to climb up, and the two met without any delay, immediately climbed over the wall and entered Baiyuan City.

It was still curfew, and the streets were almost empty, only guards patrolling. The two walked close to the edge of the town for a while, hiding in the shadows of the houses, patiently waiting for the morning to arrive.

It's not difficult to sneak into the town. Ordinary guards will inevitably have omissions when facing the blood warriors. After all, the extraordinary physical fitness is here. As long as the guards are negligent and relaxed, they can sneak past with fast movements.

Taking advantage of the waiting time, Zhou Jing sat cross-legged behind the room, thinking about his action plan.

The main goal of sneaking into the town this time is to kidnap Root and pry out information from him. But before that, it is necessary to find out how long it has been since the last shuttle, how far the influence of the last time has fermented, what changes have taken place in Baiyuan City now, and so on.

Secondly, we need to find out Root's current defense strength, whether there will be mysterious people like the inch-cut man blocking the way last time, and estimate the difficulty.

Now that he is in good health and doesn't need to fight for his life, Zhou Jing doesn't want to be surrounded, and prefers to sneak. It's best to kidnap Lute quietly to ensure that he has the reaction time to get out of his body.

"So first consider the retreat after you get it, and prepare some things... I have to buy some equipment. Money is not a problem. Although covering your face when shopping will attract attention, just be careful..."

Zhou Jing was thinking in his mind, while the time continued to pass, and finally the bell rang in the town, and the curfew ended.

After waiting for a while, the number of pedestrians on the street gradually increased, and the urban residents began their daily life.

This time Zhou Jing took Rose to mix with pedestrians. Except for covering his mouth and nose to occasionally attract the attention of passers-by, he looked like an ordinary farmer, very normal.

He is familiar with White Plains City, he goes far away from the direction where the guards are patrolling, and goes shopping in a clothing store, dressed as a town resident, even more inconspicuous than a farmer.

By the way, I also bought two felt hats, which even covered the ears. On the contrary, the outfits covering the nose and mouth of the two of them looked like protection from the cold, and they were not so eye-catching... After all, this is the Northland , the weather is cold, it is normal to wear thick clothes.

After shopping, Zhou Jing didn't leave right away. Instead, he asked the clothes shop owner to inquire about the date and found out the date—it was confirmed that it had been more than half a year since his last death.

The current city lord is Lute. He has not been dismissed by the empire, but he has rarely shown himself.

While chatting, the owner suddenly felt a little emotional:

"Since that Jason attacked the lord half a year ago, Baiyuan City has become more and more depressed."

Zhou Jing became interested: "I'm from another place, what happened afterwards?"

The clothing store does not have a chat service, but Zhou Jing is quick to give money, and there are no customers in the morning, and the owner doesn't mind chatting with Zhou Jing for a few dollars.

"Well, after that, the hunters said that the lord had something in the dark and wanted to silence Jason, but in the end he was almost killed by Jason. These rumors spread throughout the city. And the lord has been ill all the time. bed, barely showing.

About a month or two later, it seems that some imperial envoy came to investigate this matter, and finally announced it to the whole city, saying that this matter was revenge by the lord's guards, and the lord himself did not know about it, it was a misunderstanding, and then transferred Head to appease the hunters in Baiyuan City..."

Hearing this, Zhou Jing sneered in his heart, but his face remained calm.

"And then?"

"The hunters seemed very angry and did not accept this explanation. Many hunters left directly. As a result, there were not enough hunters in Baiyuan City to deal with the threat of alien beasts, and the surrounding area became more and more unsafe. Foreigners who have visited in recent months Fewer and fewer, merchants don't take this route...instead, more and more surrounding villagers flee to the city."

"So after the hunter left, many nearby villages suffered from strange beasts?" Zhou Jing raised his eyebrows.

"There are two villages. Originally, if there were enough hunters, these beasts could be repelled in time. However, most of the hunters in the city now guard Baiyuan City, and rarely go to support the village." The shopkeeper sighed.

"Which two villages were the victims?"

"Many people in Xueshi Village and Languo Village were bitten to death by strange beasts, and the survivors fled to the city...Because of what happened to them and the fact that today's hunters almost only guard the city, other villages also Feeling that it is not safe to live in the wild, many people moved into towns on their own initiative.”

Zhou Jing nodded.

"This situation has continued until now? Has there been any improvement?"

The owner shook his head and said helplessly: "There is no improvement. Although many wandering mercenaries have been attracted, new hunters have not come for a long time. I heard from others that the news of Jason's attack on the lord spread to many towns. Root's reputation is already bad, and many people don't want to serve under a lord who kills hunters, as long as he is here, hunters will not come... If this continues, Baiyuan City may be doomed."

Zhou Jing clicked his tongue: "It's all like this, why don't you change to a lord?"

The shop owner couldn't help being a little angry, and complained: "Who knows what the empire thinks, it doesn't matter at all! Root has continued to be the lord, but as the threats of alien beasts become more and more frequent, the unlucky people in the city will be the ones in the end." It is no longer safe here, and people are panicking now, I heard that many residents of Baiyuan City are planning to move to nearby towns."

"So..."

Zhou Jing has a general understanding of the current situation.

When I attacked and killed the lord and died, the hunters hurt him and defended him, so I expanded the situation and wanted a result.

In the end, most of the hunters in Baiyuan City were angry and dissatisfied because of the death of Paulut. Dire situation...

It can be said that it is the far-reaching influence caused by this source.

It's just that, in this case, Lute still clings to the position of the lord regardless of the negative effects he has brought to Baiyuan City.

Although the reputation has been discredited and Baiyuan City has been depressed because of this, for Lute, the hunter is gone, and he is safe... Perhaps in his opinion, he has suffered a huge loss, and this matter is over .

In the future, if you become a lord in a low-key manner, you can continue to live... Your own interests are guaranteed, but the loss of the town and the safety of the villagers can only be resigned to fate and let them go.

As long as Lute is in power, Baiyuan City will go from bad to worse.

'Isn't this just occupying the latrine and not shitting...'

Zhou Jing pouted under the mask.

The Terra Empire is indeed Taila, and the lord of Lute will not be withdrawn.

It seems that the person who tied the bell is still needed to untie the bell, or you have to do it yourself.

Since the problems are caused by people, then the people who solve the problems will have to suffer.

If Lute takes possession of the lord, he will be killed immediately, and if someone else comes up, his reputation will be no worse than him. In this way, the decline of Baiyuan City can be gradually stopped, some hunters from the past may come back, and new hunters will gradually appear...

Zhou Jing guessed that among the other hunters, there might be some who wanted to assassinate Lute, but they were persuaded... After all, not everyone is as free from scruples as he is.

It just so happened that he had planned to kidnap Lute, and he would just tear up the ticket at that time... This is saving Baiyuan City!

Having obtained the desired information, Zhou Jing bid farewell to the shop owner, left the clothing shop, and looked in the direction of the lord's longhouse, his eyes flickering.

"The next step is to step on the spot."

…

The lord's longhouse, the reception room.

The two sat opposite each other, chatting in a low voice.

One of them is Lute. Compared with half a year ago, he is much haggard, with dark circles under his eyes, and his shape is broken.

In front of him was a man in leather armor with a dagger in his waist, like a mercenary... In fact, he was a trusted messenger sent by Lute's backer.

At this time, the messenger frowned and looked at Root, and said in a deep voice:

"The impact of your affairs is too bad. The court has a lot of opinions on you. It is believed that you caused the first incident of a beast hunter attacking the lord, which caused great damage to the relationship between the hunter and the lord! The last time the empire The envoy endorsed you, and the investigation said it was a misunderstanding, to keep your position, the adults are under a lot of pressure..."

"I know."

Root's voice was weak, and he coughed twice.

When something like this happened in Baiyuan City, the empire must send someone to investigate the cause of the incident. Fortunately, he has already cleared the clues, coupled with the efforts of the backer, he finally covered up the truth.

Although this result led to the loss of power of the hunters in Baiyuan City, it kept the position of the lord.

"My lord means that you can consider replacing your lord position with a blood relative of your tribe. Even if you are still a lord now, the pressure in the court will not disappear, and your lord may not be able to withstand it all the time. And if you don't change Lord, Baiyuan City will only lead to a vicious cycle..."

"I still have to think about it."

Root is perfunctory.

He also saw the situation in Baiyuan City. If he wanted to revive this "business", he also knew that replacing himself was the best choice.

But in the end, he still couldn't let go of the position of the lord, and he planned to hold on... If he were not the lord, his status in the tribe would not be what it is now, and he was reluctant.

Besides, with the passage of time, the impact of this matter will gradually fade. Root feels that as long as he survives the stage of the biggest storm and becomes a lord in a low-key manner in the future, there is always a chance to recover.

As long as the position is still there, then I have plenty of time!

At this time, Root remembered something and asked:

"By the way, when will my lord arrange a new secret guard for me?"

In the past six months, he has recruited some different blood guards, some of whom were transferred from the tribe.

But Lute still lacks a sense of security, and only hopes to have a secret guard like a short-haired man again.

He thought that after the death of the inch-headed man, the forces behind this man would send a new person to take charge of his handover~IndoMTL.com~ However, more than half a year has passed, and no one has contacted him at all.

Hearing this, the messenger said helplessly:

"My lord can't do anything about it. The mysterious cooperative forces have all disappeared, and even the secret guards around my lord have left. Now I can't contact those people at all. I don't know what happened."

"This... well."

Rut looked disappointed.

In the past six months, he often had nightmares, dreaming that the jawless Jason was approaching him with a **** knife, and every time he woke up, he was covered in cold sweat, which is why he is so haggard now.

But Jason is dead, the matter is over, no other hunters will attack him, he should be safe, so many guards are just asking for psychological comfort...

Even if there is no secret guard, it shouldn't matter, right?

Lute comforted himself in his heart.

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