Chapter 66: Unexpected People

Sakavi left the Imperial Square and walked westward aimlessly. After passing through several wide avenues, he entered a residential area known as the "Solid Rock District."

This area is located between the city center and the outer wall and is a gathering place for the empire's vast craftsmen, low-level officials, soldiers' families, and stable merchants. It is not as holy as the area adjacent to the temple, nor is it as mixed as the outermost civilian area. For Sakavi in the guise of a scholar, it is a good place to hide his identity.

Walking into the Solid Rock District, the streets are obviously narrower, but still clean and tidy. Most of the buildings are stone-wood mixed structures, with shops on the bottom floor and residences on the top floor. Clothes are hung on the windows, and potted flowers are placed on the windowsills. The air is filled with the smell of baked bread, stewed soup, and faint wood chips. The rhythm here is slower than the central district, more orderly than the market district, and full of the life atmosphere unique to civilians.

At the corner of a crossroads, Sakavi saw a tavern named "Song of Stone and Fire." The entire building is built of gray stones that are rough but tightly fitted, short and sturdy, like a dwarf crouching at the street corner, with bronze strips nailed to the heavy wooden door to prevent splitting.

The windows are not large, inlaid with cheap but colorful glass, from which warm, dim light shines inside. The cast-iron sign hanging at the door is a sign carved into the shape of a cutting board and hammer crossed, weathered, rusty, but even more heavy. Looking at this place full of human fireworks, Sakavi remembered that he had once seen such a tavern in Weilincheng.

Pushing open that heavy wooden door, the sound waves and heat rushed toward him. The indoor space is more spacious than it looks from the outside. The ceiling is not high and has been smoked black by smoke. The main lighting is the jumping flames in the fireplace and the oil lamps hanging on each table. The walls are smoothed with mud mixed with gravel, and a few retired weapons, a huge plateau rhinoceros skull, and a city landscape painting with immature brushwork but full of sincerity are hung on them.

In the center are a few huge long wooden tables, surrounded by craftsmen and soldiers who have just finished work. Their voices are loud, drinking ale with huge ceramic mugs, talking about today's work and gossip in the city. In the corner by the window, there are a few people talking in low voices, looking like merchants living nearby and grassroots civil servants.

Behind the bar, the burly boss wearing an apron is nimbly wiping cups with a cloth, while observing everything. Behind him, the air is constantly filled with the mellow aroma of ale and the rich meaty aroma of stewed meat. Sakavi walked to the front, asked him for a glass of locally produced wheat ale, and sat in an inconspicuous corner, looking at the book he had just bought.

"This friend, are you alone? Do you want to have a drink with me?"

Sakavi looked up at the person coming. She was wearing a "Twilight Star Blue" robe, and a short shawl made of the fur of a plain snow fox was loosely draped over her shoulders. The collar, cuffs, and hem of the robe were embroidered with abstract patterns of "canal ripples" and "wheat ears" in a slightly darker silk thread.

Seeing the face of the person coming, Sakavi gave the other party a solid hug. In this foreign land, meeting an old friend he hadn't seen for many years, the excitement in his heart could not be described in words.

"It has been ten years since we parted in Aguerike. I didn't expect to see you here again. How come you haven't sent a letter all these years? Today, no matter what, we have to have a good drink."

"Hahahaha! I didn't expect that you haven't learned anything else, but you are quite good at tricking girls into drinking!"

"How old are you, still a child? I haven't seen you so pretentious before."

"Only you dare to say I'm old. If it were someone else, I guarantee I'd beat them until they were covered in bumps, hahahaha! But why did you run here?"

"Hey! Life forces me!"

"What happened? It looks like you've been having a very bad time lately!"

"I'm doing okay, but your good brother Gelapu is having a much worse time. He has been bullied miserably recently."

"There's actually such a thing! How did you become the boss? Your subordinate was bullied, and you still have the heart to run here to drink beer and read poetry."

"It's not that I can't beat them!"

"Gelapu is my good brother, his business is my business. Tell me quickly who did it, and see how I clean them up. I also brought three particularly powerful thugs. This red-haired human is named Salma Helipu Nuosha, the blue-haired one, full name is Krage Erion Serafei, they are both Legendary Rank giant dragons.

The little girl next to him who looks a bit like an elf is named Inolin Yuelu. Her father is a high elf, and her mother is an ordinary human. But these identities are not important, what is important is that she is a Master Rank ranger, and she is very powerful when fighting."

"Then I can rest assured. The person who bullied him is the Chiguang Sect of the Church of Light. When do you plan to go?"

"This..., actually, my relationship with Gelapu isn't that good, we're just ordinary friends, haha. Is there a simpler way to solve the problem?"

"Isn't that what I'm planning to do? People from the Morning Light Sect of the Church of Light asked me to kill Earl Kelifu here recently, but if I go directly, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave here alive."

"This is easy to handle! Leave it to me, I'm a Legendary Rank assassin anyway, killing people is what I'm best at."

"Put this aside first, tell me how you appeared here, and why are there only two of my dragon-beasts left? Where did the others go?"

"The others are somewhere in the underworld. Bringing six Legendaries at once, even a big empire like Kunodan doesn't dare to let them in easily. Besides, except for Su Lai De, everyone is shouted at and beaten, and they don't dare to run around."

"When I go back, I must settle the account with Wendisha. Actually using giant dragons to impersonate dragon-beasts is simply unreasonable! These giant dragons are also true, I actually haven't discovered until now that giant dragons have mixed into the dragon-beasts I raised."

"It's easy to check this. When you go back, look at which one is usually lazy and only cares about fighting and brawling, that's likely to have dragon inheritance. But according to Iguluo, his mother sold a whole nest of juvenile dragons to you, and specifically instructed before leaving that whoever exposes their identity would be skinned and cramped on the spot by a certain black dragon."

I'm afraid there are not many five-colored dragons in your hands that are true dragon-beasts. Metal dragons are still okay. According to what Molakes said, there are only a few that have dragon inheritance mixed in, such as Aikuilong, this bronze dragon."

"Good guy, there are so many profiteers. I originally thought I was already very cunning. Today it seems that I am still too honest, actually being deceived by so many dragons."

"Sakavi, what is this? I'll tell you a bigger secret, I guarantee you won't be able to sleep from anger. Do you know why I am here?"

"Is it the arrangement of fate?"

"What fate! I was chased and killed, and had no choice but to come here to avoid the limelight. Actually, I have never told you the real reason why I became your dependent, because I was afraid that if you knew, you would just take the money and run away."

In the Storm Sea of the Red Moon Plane, which is the estuary of our territory, there is an Abyssal rift. After years of Abyssal pollution infiltration, if there is active elemental disturbance here, it can directly open a stable channel to the 1872nd Abyss.

Now many forces have set their sights on the Abyssal plane there, letting the demons in first, exhausting the demons' energy, so they can enter and carry out cleanup operations. Our territory happens to be located directly in front."

"So now the forces everywhere intend to let me go up and consume, and it would be best if I were killed directly, so they can get benefits without paying any price, right?"

"Not entirely. To be precise, they didn't intend to let you live to share the benefits. Otherwise, why catch Gelapu, and me? You lost your capable assistants, even if you don't die, you have to leave the Red Moon Plane. There are only so many benefits, if you take them, others will have less."

"Letting me come to kill this time is also to reduce competitors, right? This Earl is only Legendary Rank, does he have such great power to influence the overall situation?"

"Originally there wasn't, but the force leading this time is the Kejinuoer plane. The Valuoga plane's strength is about the same as theirs. This Earl Kelifu is the key figure who controls the balance of all parties. If he is killed, I'm afraid this plane won't be able to reach a consensus in a short time. You know, they have fought quite a few wars among themselves."

"So that's how it is. Since that's the case, let's not kill people, let's find a new place to migrate quickly! The territory that was built with such difficulty cannot be a wedding dress for others. This matter cannot be delayed."

"That won't work. I defected to you in the first place to get enough benefits here. If you run away, then I will lose a lot. Besides, who says we can't stop the demon army? If you don't try, how do you know?"

"Vierna, so you have full confidence? Can you tell me about it?"

"Actually, it's simple. The 1872nd Abyss is actually a medium-sized plane. There are no True Deity Rank demons inside, and their attention is also focused on the 64th large Abyssal plane connected to it. Our current strength still has hope of withstanding the attack."

And I am also good at killing people. You can just leave it to me. Within a month, I guarantee Earl Kelifu will die. During this time, you'd better get along with the marginal forces here. They are considered powerful outside, but they are not well-known here."

"Alright, then I will meet with Su Lai De and the others first. It has been so many years, and I am very curious about the extent to which he and those dragon-beasts have grown, so I can make an assessment of whether to stay and try. After all, the Abyss is not so easy to touch, and we must make various preparations." ===== CHAPTER 67 =====