Thorny City, slums.

Light and darkness are twins. If the prosperous Thorny City is light, then the slums outside the city are dark.

The houses here are low, the shacks are continuous, the aisles are narrow, and the air is filled with an unpleasant smell of excrement mixed with the smell of food. The patrol soldiers responsible for safety are unwilling to come here, and they are basically in the area of ​​no-cost.

Like all three areas, the order in the slums in Thorn City is chaotic, the gangster forces are separatist, and the street fighting often occurs.

Dead people are not news here, but it is new.

Phelas avoided human waste in the narrow alleyway and continued to walk forward, his pace was neither fast nor slow.

His walking posture seemed to be leisurely and slowly, but in fact he was loose on the outside and tight on the inside. His eyes turned from time to time to check the shacks on both sides of the lane.

In the shack with dirty cloth curtains, the indigenous people in the sloppy slums also looked at the strangers in front of them. The poor people looked complicated, fearful, begged, and warned, and some adult men were greedy.

The neatly dressed visitor was incompatible with the slums. Obviously, he did not belong here, and not belonging to this place means he was a target that could be hunted.

Of course, the premise is to be able to beat it.

When you see the bows and arrows behind the visitor, quiver, and swords hanging on the belt around your waist, you will suppress the malicious intentions. People who dress up and dare to walk alone in the slums are usually professionals.

Phelas suffered from malicious eyes all the way and continued to walk through the slums. He was going to a gang station called the Viper Gang. All this stems from his acceptance of a task officially released by Thorn City - [Investigation of Missing People in the Slums].

According to the mission information, a small orc gang called the Viper Gang in the slums reported the case, and disappeared one after another within its "jurisdiction". The missing person seemed to have suddenly evaporated and could not find any clues. The security team in Thorn City had no choice but to go to the Adventurers Union to issue a mission.

Phelas thought carefully and took on the task.

As the son of a wealthy businessman, he did not value the bounty of the mission, but the publisher of the mission was Thorn City Official. He hoped to use this mission as the starting point to connect with Thorn City Official.

Phelas has been to the Triangle Plain for a week. Through these days' observations, he found that this was a vibrant soil. He was very optimistic about the future of the Forsy Kingdom and decided to do something in the Forsy Kingdom.

This is not a temporary heat, but a result of careful consideration.

Through daily observation, Phelas discovered that there were many races in the Triangle Plain, but there was no local human force, so he decided to fill this vacancy.

If the plan is successful, the family and the Forsy Kingdom will be launched and supply channels are opened, the family's business will go a step further, and they may be able to cross the threshold of large chambers of commerce in one fell swoop and become giant chambers of commerce.

If he wants to open up the commodity supply chain of the Forsy Kingdom and family, he must get the official support of Thorn City, so he accepted this task and reduced his reputation in Thorn City.

However, there is a problem that he underestimated the responsibility of the laneways in the slums, so that some of them could not find the direction.

At this time, he met an orc child sitting by the roadside. He moved his heart and took out a silver coin.

"Hey, kid, take me to the Poison Snake Gang's station, this silver coin is yours," he said, throwing the silver coin in his hand.

The silver coins leaping in the air shone brightly under the sun, and a hint of desire flashed in the dirty orc child's eyes.

With a guide, everything is much simpler.

Phelas paid a silver coin and found his destination - the Viper Gang's headquarters. This is a dirt house surrounded by earth walls. The cottage comes with a small courtyard, which houses many wooden sticks and a very small amount of iron tools.

In most slums, this house is definitely a luxury house.

At the door of the mansion, two bragging and fucking gangsters sat.

Phelas Jin walked straight to the door of the Viper Gang's garrison, walked to the gangster who had stood up, and said directly: "I am an adventurer who has taken the mission of investigating the missing, and take me to see your boss."

"Okay... OK, sir, please come with me."

The two gangsters were intimidated by the momentum of the high-level ranger, swallowed their saliva, and turned around to lead the way.

After passing through the courtyard in front of the door, Phelas entered the door of the house and saw the boss of the Viper Snake Gang. The boss of the Viper Snake Gang is an ugly middle-aged man, a first-class thief.

When he saw Phelas, the boss of the Viper Gang was slightly stunned and said uncertainly: "You... are the poet of death - Mr. Phelas?"

Phelas's body stiffened and felt a little embarrassed.

In the [Wild Boar and Whistle] tavern incident, he defeated most of the drinkers in the tavern. In addition, the reason for this incident was that he was not sound-complete, so he got the nickname of the Dead Poet.

If you don’t go out for good things, you will go thousands of miles away from bad things.

Not only Shixie Town, but also Thorn City, there are some legends about him. Of course, the publicity contributions of members of the Tiger Mercenary Group such as Merck are indispensable.

For a small gang that is not as easy as possible, Ferras did not have much leisure to talk about, and looked straight to the point: "I'm very busy, just talk about the task."

Although Phelas's attitude is not very good, the leader of the Viper Gang doesn't mind at all. This is the privilege of the strong man who hangs half a tavern.

"I have never seen such a strange thing in my life."

The leader of the Viper Snake Gang's tone was a little trembling. He picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of bitter tea. He temporarily suppressed the panic in his heart and continued, "I disappeared one after another in my territory, and there were thirty-eight people missing. Some of them met the first day, but they disappeared the next day. Moreover, the people around him heard no movement, and there was no trace of fighting at home, as if they had suddenly disappeared."

Phelas tapped the table with his fingers, and his mind was running: "How long has this happened?"

“It’s been eleven days.”

"Why did it report yesterday?"

"Hehehe," said the leader of the Viper Gang, "Sir, you know, for my job, that butt is clean, how dare you bother the adults of the Public Security Team? Besides, even if I report, those big guys may not be able to care about it."

Phelas nodded, understanding in his heart.

In the slums, almost all residents are grassland natives who have entered the country illegally. The official of Thorn City does not care about these people. They have always had a free-range attitude. Otherwise, the slums in Thorn City would not be like this now.

However, this incident was really weird. Thirty-eight people disappeared for no reason, which made the official Thorn City pay attention to it.

After all, there are too many lessons in the human kingdom. The slums hide necromancers, terrifying monsters and other dark creatures, arresting the poor and causing trouble. The city managers did not pay attention to it in the early stage, which led to the incident eventually turning into a disaster.

“…”

The two sides talked for a while, and seeing that the boss of the Viper Gang could not provide more information, Phellas said: "Tell me, the distribution of missing people, where did the recent disappearance case happen?"

"...I have disappeared recently, one of my younger brothers. He and his younger brothers and sisters live behind my house. I saw him two days ago in the evening, but disappeared the next day..."

Under the leadership of the gangster, Phelas came to a sweat-smelling shack.

The shack has no door, only a curtain made of cloth, and there are several obvious cloth scars sewn on the curtain. You can see the scene inside the shack when the wind blows.

Phelas crawled into the shack alone and began to check for suspicious signs.

It took twenty minutes to spend in this small shack, but nothing was discovered.

"EMmm..., according to the mission instructions, the high-level werewolf police officer of the Public Security Team searched for the missing area, but found no clues. If I continue to search like this, I will probably not find any results."

Fellas thought around: "If the victim is captured without the people around him being aware of it and the victim is not resisting at all, either the criminal is very strong or he has used some means. Unfortunately, there is no Justice Church in the North Prairie and cannot get high concentration of holy water..."

After thinking for a while, Phellas decided to use the stupidest method - to wait for the rabbit.

At night, the moon is hidden and the stars are sinking, and the earth is pitch black.

The slums has the best view on a big tree, and Phelas is hidden among the dense branches and leaves, and its slightly shiny pupils scan the roof of the shack.

"The True Vision Potion can only last for six hours. If the enemy does not appear during this period, it will be a big loss," he thought to himself.

True Vision Potion, a special magic potion that can enhance night vision and allow users to have certain ability to see through invisibility. It is rare in quantity and valuable, and is a treasure he brought from his home.

Suddenly, Phellas' ears moved and heard a different kind of movement, as if the sound of his clothes floating in the wind, the sound was very small. If he hadn't had a magical magical creature that enhanced his hearing, he would not have noticed it at all.

Phelas was shocked and cheered up, scanning and searching for possible targets.

“Huh?”

After a while, he discovered and saw a blurry darkness flashing across the house, and then the shadows lay on the tallest house, motionless.

Phellas felt a little strange because he found that the black shadow seemed not the target he was looking for, but more like a competitor.

Because if it is a target, you should arrest people directly and then leave. Only competitors will not sleep in the middle of the night and lie on the roof of the house to look for suspicious matters.

"Thieves, are there other forces interested in this matter?"

Phelas remained silent and continued to hide on the branches.

Time passed by little by little in silence, and Phelas felt a little solemn.

"This guy has been moving for three hours, and he is a monster?"

Given the pressure of blood circulation and gravity, living things remain motionless for a long time, which will cause numbness in the body. Only the most strictly trained thieves can overcome this biological characteristic with the tenacious will of the ascetic monk.

Phelas realized that the "competitor" in front of him was definitely not an ordinary thief, and he might have been involved in a major event by accident.

…………………………………………

On the roof, the intern member of the [Red Dagger], Church, lay motionless on the roof, concentrating on feeling the movements around him, and closely monitoring all the movements in the alleys.

As a new werewolf growing up under the rule of the Red Dragon, he dreamed of joining the army since he was a child and serving the great real dragon.

There is no doubt that Church is lucky. He has a good thief talent. Not only did he achieve his desire to join the army to serve the True Dragon, but he also stood out from hundreds of students of the same period. He was the third to break through the middle level, thus gaining the opportunity to join the thief organization directly belonging to the True Dragon - [Red Dagger].

After repeated special training, Church learned about the power of [Red Dagger] and the importance of [Red Dagger] to the Kingdom of Forsy, and became more and more determined to join [Red Dagger].

Therefore, he attached great importance to the task of surveillance of the slums in Thorn City this time, and lay motionless on the house.

"According to the intelligence, there may be a slum that hides an evil god cult. He is responsible for providing the "materials" and does not know if he will do it tonight."

Suddenly, Church's ears moved, and he heard a slight sound of footsteps, which seemed to be wrapped in a thick cloth around his shoes, with extremely small sounds, but the zombie's sensitive hearing could still capture this movement.

He turned his head and saw a man in black robes walking through the alley, his hooded head flashing through the gap.

Church stood up carefully, and the cushion on the zombie's feet played a good cushioning role, absorbing the sound produced by movement.

He jumped out of the house and hung far behind the man in black robe, keeping a certain distance. He had to wait until the man in black robe collected the "materials" before he could formally determine that this person was the target he was looking for.

Sure enough, the man in black robe came to a shack, took out a small bottle from his arms, opened the bottle plug, and stretched into it through the curtain of the shack.

At this moment, the high-level ranger - Phelas and the intermediate-level thief - Church were both sure that the man in the black robe in front of him was his target.
To be continued...