The Immortal God of War

Chapter 430 Adela in the Dark

After following Liu Chi for several streets and confirming that the thin man was just an ordinary person and had no followers, two groups of people surrounded Liu Chi at a corner.

"Hey! Boy over there, you look like a rich man dressed like that. We don't ask for much, just leave some money."

The bald man who looked somewhat strong shouted at Liu Chi, his cold-blooded eyes showed no mercy at all, only brutality.

Liu Chi sighed softly.

It seems that what is coming will come and there is no way to avoid it.

So Liuchi asked,

"I want to know how much money you want."

The bald man looked at the thin Liu Chi, who didn't look like he had a lot of money, so he said,

"How much money do you have? Hand it all over! Otherwise, you may not see the sun tomorrow!"

Liu Chi looked around and found that the people surrounding him all had ferocious looks and thick flesh on their faces. They looked like they were not easy to mess with, and were definitely street thugs.

Liu Chi, who grew up in the slums, knows very well that although what these street thugs do is immoral, they have the most sincere emotion as human beings, which is loyalty. At least most of them have some loyalty.

So Liu Chi said tentatively,

"I have a lot of money, but I don't have any on me. If you believe me, let me leave. I will come back to this place in an hour with 20 purple crystal coins."

Hearing what Liu Chi said about the twenty purple crystal coins, the group's eyes lit up, and they stared at Liu Chi closely as if they were looking at a treasure trove.

"Why should I believe you?"

The bald man smiled with his mouth tilted to one side, and his mouth full of yellow teeth made people feel that there was a smell.

"Then I'll be frank. Either you believe me or you die here. I believe the city lord would like to see fewer rats in the city."

Seeing that Liu Chi had never shown any fear from the beginning to the end when he encountered him and others, and had always been as calm as he is now, the bald man hesitated for a moment.

"I believe you, go ahead."

As the bald man finished speaking, the others quickly turned their attention to him with questioning looks. Some people's eyes even changed from questioning to anger.

"Boss! What do you mean? Steal some money to feed our brothers!"

Seeing some people resisting, some dissatisfied voices appeared among the remaining people.

"That's right! If everyone is like you, we won't live anymore. Aren't they soldiers stopping people to pay protection fees in deserted places? Aren't they the same as us?"

After these two sentences came out, the scene suddenly became like a vegetable market, everyone started to express their dissatisfaction, and it became noisy.

"Let him go!"

Following a loud roar, the field suddenly became quiet.

The bald man nodded to Liu Chi. He knew that Liu Chi was not someone to be trifled with. He was not sure whether he would spare his life at that time.

Many of the people who had originally surrounded Liu Chi spat on the ground and left amid extremely unhappy insults.

Liu Chi walked out of the intersection, and after a while, the thugs at the intersection dispersed.

After this experience, Liu Chi was very clear that there would definitely be other people trying to stop him, so he directly turned on the stealth mode of his armor and walked on the street.

An hour later, relying on the armor to fly almost close to the ground, Liu Chi explored the darkest area of ​​Adra at night.

This darkness does not refer to poor public security or chaos, but to the living conditions. In the whole of Adra, only this area is basically in a dark state under the night sky, without even the simplest light stone lighting.

Some are just low-quality light stones installed by a few shops and "organizations" that can only emit a little bit of "gray light".

As agreed, Liu Chi returned to the street where he was blocked and saw the bald man sitting in a corner. As the bald man looked around as usual, the two men exchanged glances.

The bald man immediately stood up and ran towards Liu Chi.

"Sir! You are here!"

Guangshi smiled, and his originally ferocious face suddenly became kind. He rubbed his hands with a smile. Although Adela was not as cold as Lilo in the north of the continent, it was still somewhat chilly in the late night of early March.

"This is what you deserve, go ahead!"

Liu Chi took out a purse from his pocket and threw it at the man.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, sir!"

The bald man who took the money weighed the purse lightly, but did not rush to open it. Instead, he smiled and said to Liu Chi,

"Sir, are you from outside?"

Liu Chi looked at the scenery on the street and nodded.

"go on!"

"If you are interested in this area, I would be happy to show you the way. It is far more exciting than you can imagine."

Liu Chi raised his eyebrows, revealing a very interested expression.

"Is there no one managing what you are talking about? What about the city lord? Does he condone such things happening in his territory?"

"Haha! My Lord, you probably don't know. I also heard that the cannibalistic restaurants in the city have to pay a lot of money every month. It is said that it has reached 50% of the turnover."

When Liu Chi heard the 50 percent mentioned by the bald man, he shuddered. You know, all this money can be considered ill-gotten gains. Its source is the common people, and the tool to exploit the common people is life.

Seeing that Liu Chi was a little surprised, the bald man sighed.

"There's no other way. In Adela, the food thrown away by the rich is enough for the poor to eat for a month or two. Some people starved to death on the street, and no one even picked up their bodies. The magicians burned them directly."

After hearing what the bald man said, Liu Chi realized that he had evaluated Adela too highly and the real situation was much worse than he thought.

"Why don't you become adventurers? There should be a lot of monsters around Adela's geographical environment, right?"

Liu Chi asked,

"Adventurer?"

The bald man laughed.

"The United Guilds in the city are all facing bankruptcy. The economy here has been monopolized. Once you get caught up in it, there is no way to leave without great courage. Your Excellency cannot have not heard about Adela's situation, right?"

Liu Chi shook his head. His memories of Adela were still the geographical knowledge explained in the geography book, and he did not have any knowledge of the local culture. This world lacked the means of communication and relied entirely on word of mouth. There was basically no way for general information to be circulated.

"So, sir, what are you planning to do in Adra? I don't think you are some perverted noble who comes here for fun."

The bald man asked politely. He was slightly taller than Liu Chi and bent his back slightly so that Liu Chi didn't have to look up at him.

"I'm looking for the city lord, Lloyd. Do you know him?"

The bald man was silent for a while, sorted out the information in his brain, and then spoke,

"I don't know that guy, but I heard that he is cruel and a pervert. However, almost no one in the city has seen him. He seems to stay at home all the time. He only comes out in public during important celebrations."

Liu Chi did not completely believe the bald man's words, because these words were most likely lies made up by these thugs to complain, just to brainwash himself and make himself reasonably accept all the bad things.

Liu Chi nodded. Judging from the bald man's words, he probably knew Lloyd better than he did.

"Thank you for letting me know Adela's basic situation."

After saying that, Liu Chi leaned against his armor and left quickly. He didn't want to take care of so many things. It was unrealistic to ask others to change their ways, not to mention forcibly changing the "ecological conditions" of the entire city.

After a while, Liu Chi returned to the fortress, washed up, and went straight to bed.

The next day, Liu Chi used his invisibility to sneak into the manor.

After Liu Chi entered the manor, he found that it was a different world. Although it did not look as big as the royal palace from the outside, the internal management staff and decoration level were no less than the three royal palaces Liu Chi had seen.

Apart from the palace of the Sunset Empire, what shocked Liu Chi the most was the manor in front of him.

With a tentative attitude, Liu Chi followed the patrolling soldiers and walked into the small castle in the manor.

After letting the soul domain slowly cover the castle, Liu Chi's expression suddenly changed after comparison.

What happened? When did the father and daughter come back?