Tang Yu didn't dare to be careless, concentrating his perception, he realized there was a clear difference between the inside and outside of the city.
Outside the city, it was desolate, barren, as if the entire world had already withered away.
But inside the city, there was still vigor, not just the breath of life, but the sense that the world was still alive.
Expanding his personal domain, Tang Yu finally ca to a realization.
"...This feeling, is it a domain? Or should I say, a world domain?"
It wasn't an individual's domain, but the range defined by the world itself, combined with the Devil Race's devouring of the planet's origin, Tang Yu quickly ford a hypothesis.
This planet, as early as fifty-eight years ago, had suffered an invasion, and to this day, most likely, a large part of the planet's origin had been devoured, most areas had completely died, only within human cities, they still belonged to the range that had not been devoured.
"Previously, I was planning to establish a Sub-territory, but I had a bad premonition. Perhaps, if a Sub-territory was established in the wilderness, it would be like sticking a small piece of white paper on black paper, painfully conspicuous, likely attracting the attention of the Alien Race, or even the Devil Race."
"While the remaining human cities are few white areas on the black paper, putting down a piece of white paper there wouldn't be as eye-catching."
"Especially when a Territory is opened up, it might change the originally desolate landscape and bring back life."
He had intended to stroll around and leave, but now his goal had changed.
In this city, he would establish a Sub-territory and make it a bridgehead for Green Shadow to explore this part of the world.
After all, the Inner City wasn't large, after walking for about fifteen minutes, he had already arrived at the front of the City Lord Mansion, from a distance, he could see the bright lights inside the mansion, prominently visible in this dark-toned city.
At this mont, the City Lord Mansion was holding a banquet, with dancing girls twirling their skirts and nobles toasting each other.
City Lord Hett Eddie sat on the throne at the head, glancing over indifferently.
Each city was isolated, cut off from the world, each one a small kingdom, and each City Lord was a King.
"Let us welco the arrival of a few out-of-towners."
City Lord Hett spoke a few indifferent words, which imdiately stirred discussions among the nobles seated along the long table.
The way they looked at Tang Yu and his companions was filled with curiosity.
"Out-of-towners? So there are still other humans alive."
"What does it have to do with us, they probably fled here out of desperation when their city got destroyed."
"They seem quite strong; I wonder if they could be taken on as followers. They'll probably be snatched away by the City Lord, hahaha."
Tang Yu frowned.
On one side was a long table laden with abundant food, and on the other were dancing girls and a band.
The group of nobles looked at them as if they were sizing up monkeys, an environnt he didn't like.
The general who had just led them in now stood at the entrance of the banquet hall like a wooden stake, having no right to enter.
Shay stepped forward two paces and spoke with displeased tone, "You invite us here but make us stand? Is this the hospitality of Gel City?"
The City Lord Hett glanced over, remaining silent.
A noble from one side of the long table let out a scoffing sound, "A re few adventurers, do they really think they deserve to sit with us? Have you lost all sense of decency?"
The identity of the adventurers was, of course, a disguise already made known to Tang Yu and his company.
To these nobles, the lowly adventurers, how could they possibly deserve to share a table with them? Much less that the several of them, in order to fit their disguise, had not allowed Transcendent Power to expel the dust, and although their Equipnt was neat, it had inevitably gathered so dust and blood.
"You may go and report to the City Defense First Army in a bit, now go on, be off with you," City Lord Hett waved his hand, setting the tone.
The surrounding small nobles sighed with a tinge of regret.
After all, their own influences couldn't compare to that of the City Lord. How could these out-of-towners, who had fled from other lands, choose to serve them as re enforcers when they were entering the First Army, the most Elite unit of the City Defense Army?
At least in the First Army, there was a path for commoners to rise to nobility, even if it was exceedingly slim.
Tang Yu exchanged a glance with Eileen and shrugged their shoulders resignedly.
That City Lord was a great master at the level of a Half-step Transcendent, and he held absolute power within the city. For several strong, but rely strong out-of-towners, this attitude, according to Luo Zhe's opinion, was already considered mild.
Or perhaps it could be said that during the banquet, City Lord Hett was in a rather good mood; if it had been a hot-tempered City Lord instead, Shay's comnt just now would have certainly incensed him.
As for offending soone they shouldn't have, that was even less likely.
Transcendents in this world were similarly few and far in between, most of them being high nobles who traveled with great pomp and circumstance. For Transcendents who placed imnse value on their reputation, it was impossible for them to arrive dusty and disheveled, much less to have waited outside the city, obediently, for nearly an hour.
However,
"Do you perhaps have so misunderstanding?"
Tang Yu spoke up, his use of the common language slightly clumsy, and his tone seemingly devoid of any concern.
Again and again, City Lord Hett's face grew a touch darker, "Are you planning to spurn my goodwill?"
"So you see, you've misunderstood. After all, we just wanted to co over for so tea, only to find there was no tea to be had, and the chef's skills were wanting. We thought about buying a piece of land from you, but then figured you wouldn't agree. After much thought, it seed winning you over with virtue just wasn't going to work."
His words were exceedingly casual, and his already clumsy common language was peppered with so jargon the nobles didn't understand.
General Buckley, who was guarding the entrance to the banquet hall, was becoming anxious.
In their exchanges on the way here, he had a favorable impression of these adventurers, but he hadn't expected them to be so bold as to talk to the City Lord as if he were a random person on the street.
It was likely that their years of fleeing had made them forget the dignity of nobility.
But this way, they were bound to anger the City Lord!
Buckley felt an urgent anxiety, but constrained by decades of ingrained status hierarchies, he dared not speak up. He turned his head, signaling with his eyes, but could only see the backs of Tang Yu and the others' heads.
"Hold your tongue!"
"How bold!"
"How dare you speak to the City Lord in such a manner!"
Several guards inside the hall and so small nobles eager to show off began to chide them.
The City Lord stood up from his throne, his gaze sweeping over them authoritatively, "It seems you have grown too lax in the wilds, well then…"
A dozen armored guards drew their swords and surrounded them.
The nobles looked on with great interest; witnessing a real fight at the banquet thrilled them to no end. One of them even yanked a serving girl into his arms, his hands sneaking inside her clothes and rubbing indelicately at unspeakable places.
Loud discussions and the clink of wine glasses created a crisp sound.
So were already lanting the adventurers' fate with laughter.
Tang Yu shrugged his shoulders, "It's all yours."
Shay grinned, "I should have convinced with reason earlier, but my spear has been impatient."
The dozen elite guards of the City Lord Mansion, whose strength ranged from the Seventh Layer to the Ninth Layer, pounced forward.
Bang bang!
Shay didn't pull out any firearms, but with his fingers ford into the shape of a gun, he mouthed the sound of bullets firing, and suddenly, energy bullets flew out from his fingertips.
The City Lord Mansion guards that had just started to move were knocked back and sent flying.
So were thrown tens of ters, slamming into the walls of the hall; others crashed onto the tables replete with sumptuous food, causing a ssy upheaval.
Small nobles positioned towards the back of the long table, who had been ready to enjoy the spectacle, quickly altered their expressions, terrified at the sight of ominous-looking Shay, and quickly got to their feet, backing away. So weak and corpulent nobles still needed their attendants to help them retreat.
City Lord Hett narrowed his eyes; in that brief mont, he felt threatened by Shay.
"Well well, I hadn't expected you to hide your strength. I misjudged you; however, you seem to have forgotten that this is the City Lord Mansion, my domain."
As his words fell,
A weightless force enveloped them; in an instant, Tang Yu felt his body becoming heavier...bit by bit.
He couldn't help but show an intrigued smile.
(Yesterday's two chapters should have been included in the new volu; alas, the author forgot and doesn't know how to transfer them now...)
Reviews
All reviews (0)