Astral Apostle

The two ran all night, and the night gradually faded.

When the outline of White Essence City appeared at the end of the line of sight, it was the eve of dawn, and the sky was dark blue, and dawn was brewing.

Zhou Jing stared at the wilderness. The comprehensively strengthened physical fitness improved his eyesight to a certain extent. The sight of White Essence City was immediately enlarged and clear in sight.

Before the time to open the door, the gate of the city gate was still closed, and the braziers on both sides burned overnight, and they were all gone, leaving only wisps of smoke.

There are no villagers or caravans waiting to enter at the door. Several guards are next to the wall, with little by little heads. They should be dozing off.

Zhou Jing raised his eyes and looked at the crenellation on the city wall. The lighting torch was still burning, but there was no guard patrolling silhouette. And in the observation port of the city wall tower, there is no guard standing guard at all times.

"The defense is so sparse, I earned open the city gates last time, more than half a year has passed, the defense of the town seems to have not improved much."

Zhou Jing muttered to herself .

Although he and Ross are currently dressed in coarse cloth and can pretend to be a farmer, he does not want to be just and honorable into the city.

More than half a year later, maybe someone in the town knows his face. After all, this world town is just this big.

Now he is in the dark. He doesn't want to easily expose his whereabouts. He can't directly earn open the city gates with his identity as a strange beast hunter like last time.

Zhou Jing tore off the corners 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, always paying attention to whether there was any on the city wall. Patrol the guards and the lookout of the tower.

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

Furthermore, Zhou Jing used to chat with the town guards. Don't expect this group of people to have a high level of professionalism at all times. After standing guard overnight, some people have long been fishing and lazy, and the nerves are impossible at all times.

The two smoothly touched the roots of the wall. Zhou Jing grabbed the gap in the city wall and pushed his knuckles into the hard wall tiles. Before the physical fitness of 40, the world had a rough texture. The stone bricks and plastics are not much different.

The knuckles were inserted into the cracks in the wall, and with a slight creaking sound, he swam up the wall easily like a gecko, quickly turned into the city wall aisle along the crenellation, and then immediately squatted against the wall. His eyes quickly turned left and right, confirming that this aisle was temporarily unattended.

Zhou Jing beckoned Ross to climb up too. After the two got together, there was no delay. They immediately climbed over the wall and entered White Essence City.

At the time of the curfew, the street was almost empty. Only guards patrolled. The two walked close to the edge of the town for a while, hiding in the shadow of the house, waiting patiently for the morning to arrive.

It's not difficult to sneak into the town. Ordinary guards will inevitably have omissions when facing the xenoblood warrior. After all, the extraordinary physical quality lies here. As long as the guards neglect and relax, they can use quick actions to stealth the past.

While waiting, Zhou Jing sat cross-legged behind the house, thinking about a plan of action.

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

Secondly, we need to find out whether Rut's current defensive power will be blocked by a mysterious person like the flat head man last time, and estimate the difficulty.

Now that she is in good health and does not need to fight her life, Zhou Jing does not want to be surrounded and prefers stealth. It is best to abduct Rut quietly to ensure that she has the time to retreat.

"So first consider the retreat and prepare some things...I have to buy some equipment. Money is not a problem. Although shopping with a face covered will attract people's attention, just be careful... …"

Zhou Jing calculated in her heart, time continued to pass, and finally the bell ringing in the town, and the curfew ended.

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

Zhou Jing brought Ross into the pedestrians this time. Apart from covering her mouth and nose and occasionally attracting the attention of passers-by, she looked like an ordinary farmer, which was quite normal.

He is familiar with White Essence City, far away from the direction of the guards patrol, go shopping in the clothing store, dress up as a town resident, more unremarkable than a farmer.

By the way, I also bought two felt hats, which covered their ears together. On the contrary, the two people’s clothing covering their nose and mouth looked like cold protection, which was not so eye-catching... after all. This is the Northland, the weather is cold, and it’s normal to wear thicker clothes.

After buying things, Zhou Jing did not leave immediately. Instead, she went to the clothing store owner to tap on the side and heard the date-confirming that it has been more than half a year since her last death.

The current City Lord is still Rut. He has not been dismissed by the Empire, but he has rarely appeared.

While chatting, the shopkeeper suddenly felt a little emotional:

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

Zhou Jing came to be interested: "I came from another place, what happened later?"

The clothing store did not provide chat service, but Zhou Jing gave the money freely and there were no customers in the morning, the owner Don't mind talking about a few dollars with Zhou Jing.

"Well, after that, the hunters said that the lord had some inside story in private. They wanted to kill Jason, but they were almost killed by Jason. These rumors made the whole city known. And the lord has always I was sick in bed and barely showed up.

About a month or two later, it seems that some imperial messenger has come to investigate the matter, and finally publicizes the whole city, saying that the matter is a private revenge by the lord’s guards. It was a misunderstanding that the lord himself did not know, and then turned his head to appease the hunters in White Essence City..."

hearing this, Zhou Jing was contemptuous in her heart, but her face was calm.

"Then what?"

"The hunters seem to be very angry. They did not accept this explanation. Many hunters left directly. As a result, White Essence City did not have enough hunters to deal with the strange beast threat. , The neighborhood is getting more and more unsafe. In recent months, fewer and fewer foreigners have visited, and businessmen have stopped taking this route...On the contrary, more and more surrounding villagers have fled into the city."

"So after the hunter left, did many nearby villages suffer strange beasts?" Zhou Jing raised her eyebrows.

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

"Which two villages were the victims?"

"Snow Stone Village and Indigo Fruit Village, many people were killed by strange beasts. The survivors fled to the city. …Because of their experience, and now that hunters almost only guard the city and do not go out, other villages also feel that it is not safe to live in the wild, and many people have moved into towns voluntarily."

Zhou Jing nodded.

"This situation has continued to the present? Is there any improvement?"

The owner shook his head, helplessly said: "How can there be any improvement, although it has attracted a lot of stray mercenaries, but The new hunter hasn’t come for a long time. I heard people say that Jason’s attack on the lord spread to many towns. Rut’s reputation has been bad. Many people don’t want to work under a lord who killed the hunter. As long as he is here, Hunters won’t come...If this goes on, White Essence City will probably be over."

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

The shop owner couldn’t help feeling a little angry, and complained: “Who knows what the empire thinks, it doesn’t matter! Rut continues to be the lord, but as the strange beast threatens more and more frequently, the people in the city will eventually be unlucky! No more here! Safe, now people were alarmed. I heard that many White Essence City residents are planning to move to nearby towns."

"so that's how it is ……"

Zhou Jing has a general understanding of the current situation.

At the beginning, he killed the lord and died, and the prey injured him, fighting injustice for him, so he expanded the major event state and wanted a result.

Finally because the empire’s death protection Rut, most of the hunters in White Essence City were angry and dissatisfied, chose to leave, and at the same time spread the incident to more towns, so the entire White Essence City area has a huge security hazard. It's wind and rain faltering, the water is deep and hot...

It can be said that it is a profound influence caused by my own source.

It's just that, in this case, Rut, regardless of the negative effects he brings to White Essence City, still clings to the lord's position.

Although the reputation of White Essence City is also depressed, but for Rut, the hunter is gone and he is safe...Perhaps in his opinion, he has already suffered a huge loss, this matter It passed.

In the future, I will be a low-key lord, and I can continue to live my life... My own interests are protected, and the loss of the town and the safety of the villagers can only be resigned to their fate and let them go.

As long as Rut is in power for one day, White Essence City will go from bad to worse.

'Isn't this just occupying the pit and not shit...'

Zhou Jing pouted under the mask.

The Terra empire really is too la, this will not withdraw the lord of Rut.

It seems that whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it, you still have to go out on your own.

Since the problem is caused by people, the person who solves the problem is not enough.

Rut is holding the lord, and he will kill him directly. If he is replaced by another person, his reputation will not be worse than him. In this way, the decline of White Essence City can be gradually stopped. Some hunters in the past may return, and new hunters will gradually appear...

Zhou Jing estimates that among other hunters, there may be people who want to assassinate Rut. , But I was persuaded...After all, not everyone is as careless as himself.

It just so happens that he had a plan to kidnap Rut, when the time comes to tear up the ticket...This is saving White Essence City!

After hearing the information she wanted, Zhou Jing bid farewell to the shopkeeper, left the clothing shop, and looked in the direction of the lord’s long house, her eyes flashing.

"Next, I have to step on it."

……

Lord’s Longhouse, in the reception room.

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

One of them is Rut. Compared with half a year ago, he is much more emaciated. The dark circles are heavier and heavier.

Across from him is a man wearing leather armor with a dagger in his waist, like a mercenary...actually, he is a confidant messenger sent by the backer behind Rut.

At this time, the messenger frowned and looked at Rut, said solemnly:

"Your affairs are too bad for you. The court has a great opinion on you, thinking that you caused the first The occurrence of a strange beast hunter attacking the lord has caused great damage to the relationship between the hunter and the lord! Last time the imperial messenger endorsed you, the investigation said that this was a misunderstanding. Keep your position, the adults are under a lot of pressure... …"

"I know."

Rut's voice was weak and he coughed twice.

White Essence City caused such a thing, the empire must send someone to investigate the cause of the incident. Fortunately, he had cleared the clues, coupled with the backing of his back, and finally concealed the truth.

Although this result caused the loss of the hunter power of White Essence City, it kept the position of the lord.

"My lord means that you can consider changing your clan’s blood relatives to replace your lord position. Even if you are still the lord now, the pressure in the court will not disappear. The adults may not be able to withstand it all the time. . And without changing the lord, White Essence City will only be a vicious circle..."

"I have to consider."

Rut perfunctory.

The situation of White Essence City is also in his eyes. If he wants to revive this "business", he also knows that replacing himself is the best choice.

But in the end, he couldn't let go of the position of the lord, so he planned to just hold on...If he was not the lord, his position in the tribe would not be the same as it is now, so he couldn't bear it.

Furthermore, with the passage of time, the impact of this matter will slowly fade. Rut feels that as long as he survives the most stormy stage, he will be a low-key lord in the future and there will always be a chance to recover.

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

At this time, Rut remembered something and asked:

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

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

But Rut is still insecure, and only hopes to have a secret guard like a flat head man again.

He thought that after the death of the flat head man, the forces behind this person would send a new person to take charge of him. However, more than half a year passed and no one contacted him at all.

hearing this, the messenger helplessly said:

"I can't help the adults, the mysterious cooperative forces have all disappeared, and even the secret guards around the adults have also left, and now they are in contact at all I don't know what happened to those people."

"This...well."

Rut looked disappointed.

In the past six months, he has often had nightmares. He dreamed that Jason, who had no jaw, was approaching him with a bloody knife. He woke up in a cold sweat every time, so he is so haggard now.

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

Even if not Secret guard, shouldn't it matter?

Rut comforts himself in his heart.