The Throne Under the Starry Sky Chapter 55: The King of the Night (Part 1)
Eyokotel rises in the east, and the bright red moon has arrived.
The task bulletin board on the back wall of the old man’s broken wooden house posted a striking notice: Early payment and early enjoyment, late payment of rent is more dangerous.
For the upcoming death line, the tenants of a51 did not show more concern. The head of the room had already made up enough of the room price for the whole house; only Jona himself got up and ate in anxiety. , Practice astrology, follow your partner to complete trivial tasks, perform night lighting, chat with roommates, and fumble over and over again with the leftover pages of an unnamed book until you fall asleep.
"Man, what do you think?" This afternoon, while sitting in front of the house basking in the sun, Sibi came out of the house yawning and kicked Jonah in the back. Jonah glanced at her sadly, and said nothing.
"Hello." Sibi was dissatisfied with this attitude, kicking a gray plum blossom mark on the blue astrologer apprentice robe.
"Little grasshopper, don't bother him. The head of the room wants us to buy food outside the town." Elliott turned out from the back of the house.
"Even you call me that..." Sibi curled his lips, "Okay. A constipated man, shall we go together?"
"...Go." Jonah considered for a second, and decided to find something for himself to ease the tension.
Today is April 15th in the unified calendar. In other words, in five hours, he will stand on the roof of his father and become a witness or even a participant in the death line battle on the rent payment day.
According to the introduction of the partners, the cherry crossing began to surging undercurrent two days ago. In a night raid, the "Flint" team in room a61, which scored 14 points and ranked 25th in overall terms, was killed by the group and six people were killed. Enemies tied to the bed, bandaged their wounds, sealed their mouths, and wrapped in thick clothes. Three or four days later, after the 72-hour lethal recovery time limit for a-class guest rooms, they will die lonely and painfully dehydrated unless they get help. ——But who will rescue a bankrupt, dying squad?
The attackers composed of three teams left seven dead bodies. Before new players were added, these teams were badly injured and survival became more and more difficult, but at least they had survived the immediate rent limit. .
"Why?" After hearing the news, Jona asked inexplicably, "Choose an opponent who is not weak and bear such a big loss."
"I know. The Flint guys have revealed their riches. A few days ago, I saw them in the underground market. The tall and thin female leader took out a large bag of gold coins to buy meat. About...the biggest matsutake mushroom Such a big bag of gold coins." The head of the room made gestures graciously.
"A bag that is enough for three A-level teams to make up for the room fee." Long Ji added.
"Sometimes I think...A-class tenants really have no protection. Although their lives are protected, they are still tortured to death by others like Harold or a61 tenants. People come to Cherry Du and Hua What are the benefits of staying in a Grade A room for a big price?" Jona frowned.
The Rose Knight thought for a while and replied: "We think so.
First, compared to the war-torn world outside, the cherry crossing itself is a relatively safe place. People with a certain strength may be crushed by the war machine, but they can protect themselves in the cherry crossing.
Secondly, the battle between the cherry crossing team will not happen unless it is forced to happen. The smart team leader will use various loopholes in the additional clauses to cause the father's intervention;
Thirdly, teams that are too poor to be desperate and rich but lack strength are always in the minority, and battles will not erupt between teams whose strength and savings are close;
Fourth, the status of a-level tenant is the lowest threshold for staying in Yingtaodu;
Fifth, many tenants escaped to Cherry Du to escape the pursuit of the government, the army or the enemy. Your Excellency, you might as well take a look at Additional Clause 20. "
Additional clause 20 is a relatively unimportant one in the "Cherry Crossing Survival Guide". Jonah opened the book and read silently:
Additional Clause 20: Visitor System:
1. Those who do not have the identity of a guest, are not invited by the protected person themselves, and enter the scope of the cherry crossing (with the outermost number 1 to 6 of the cherry crossing as the boundary) are regarded as visitors;
2, the visitor stays in Yingtaodu for no more than 4 hours;
3, visitors must leave before ten thirty at night;
4, female visitors enjoy the treatment of a-level guest during their stay;
5, male visitors can enjoy the treatment of a-level guest within 15 minutes before the period of stay;
6, visit Cherry Du no more than once a day, no more than four times a month;
7. Visitors must abide by the relevant provisions of other additional terms, otherwise it will be regarded as a direct challenge to the protector of Cherry Crossing.
Jonah despises his father's sexism, but he also understands what Cherry Du means to the refugees.
If the hunter crosses the barriers of the powerless gathering area and walks into the cherry crossing, in just fifteen minutes, before they find their enemies, they will be torn to pieces by the hungry and impoverished tenants,— —You don’t have to do it yourself.
"Wait, the powerless squad that attacked us that day was a visitor. Why did no one attack them?" Jonah suddenly remembered the battle he hadn't witnessed. The demon was fighting for him.
"Because they took over the task. According to Additional Clause 35, the team was protected to a certain extent during the task. However, we eliminated them under the Recourse Act 40-6. One more thing, according to Clause 36, the team can attack any of them. Guests in other rooms have the right to “independently designate” and include this person in the mission reward and protection recourse of this team. At that time, we independently designated the a77 “Sick Dog” Master Jeff Tower, so he could legally use spells to attack none. Powerful team." Elliott talked eloquently.
Jonah waved his hand dazedly. Daddy's 55 additional clauses are a nightmare, really.
The Rose Knight took the lead, and Sibi proficiently took Jonah's arm and kicked and stomped on the stone road at Cherry Crossing.
"Man, why are you frowning? The black gold hamster meat I ate yesterday is not easy to digest? I told my uncle a long time ago that the stuff should be roasted for more time, and then cooked into a broth and eaten, or else It sinks in the stomach like a stone, making people want to run to the toilet for a week, but can't pull anything out." The grasshopper looked at Jonah with green eyes, and said with a hard smile: "Or, Help you find some laxatives? By the way, the day we first met, I remember..."
"...I'm not constipated, Sibi." The astrologer apprentice hurriedly choked the painful subject to death in the baby. "I am worried about the death line at night."
"Oh, can you give me some confidence? Also, call me sister!" Xibi slapped him on the back of the head, and knocked out the careless liver that almost knocked Jonah out of his mouth.
"We are very strong. When you didn't see me showing off, who could not think of calling us? Brother, you just stood on the roof and held a big candle shining brightly, I'll help you Kick all the troublemakers one by one. In a blink of an eye, the time limit for paying the rent is over. We happily finished the beef painting rice made by the father himself, and went home to sleep, okay?"
Rose Knight turned his head from the back of the unicorn and said: "Don't worry, sir, the situation this month is not as tense as it used to be. With the war and the approaching day of sailing, a large number of tenants are staying at Cherry Ferry, and the property inside the town is abundant. Through robbery and missions, most of the teams have completed the redistribution of wealth. Only a handful of unlucky people who can't collect the rent. We will protect you. One more thing, Dad's beef risotto is really good. "
"I'm worried but hopeful." Jonah pursed his lips, pretending to be righteous.
The three people walked along the eastward path through Pit No. 2 and walked out of the Cherry Ferry.
Next to the narrow buffer zone, there are densely packed shabby shacks for the powerless, and an oval empty field is set aside in the middle of the shacks area. Every afternoon of odd-numbered days, there will be small stalls for trading all kinds of food, the king of the night Mr. W provides shelter for this traditional underground food market.
Jona looked curiously at the shacks on the side of the road. These temporary buildings tied with rotten stakes, dirty linen and messy hemp rope seemed to be unable to withstand a slightly heavy wind and rain, and the darkness under each shack. There were several pairs of malicious green eyes squeezed in.
When the market opened, armed fighting was forbidden. The powerless and the residents of Cherry Tou mixed into a crowded crowd. The rusty sword collided with the bright armor and made a crisp sound. The muddy dwarf thief drilled between his legs. Come and drill, the air exudes the smell of roast potatoes and the stench of silt.
I don’t know where, the bard sang the narrative of the ancient hero with the tara, and Jonah heard that it was one hundred and fifty years ago. The story of the lover, the Duke of Redstone, the story of his hometown.
He wanted to get closer and listen to familiar tunes, but the flow of people pushed them in the opposite direction. The chants gradually faded away, and half of the tenants of a51 came to the center of the market.