Chapter 652: Civilians of the Empire

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The cold river breeze hung from south to north, and the sailed Nature sailed fast on the Vimur River.
Affected by the fact that the average temperature of the Fairy Forest is higher than that of other regions throughout the year, the monsoon will blow from the relatively low temperature fertile plain to the Fairy Forest every winter, and on the Vimur River, it forms a rare winter south wind.
Sophia stood at the bow of the ship, with a relaxed and expectant expression. Sometimes she looked at the shining silver river in the distance, sometimes closed her eyes to feel the cool breeze blowing on her body, happy as a bird flying out of a cage.
Until a familiar voice drew her attention back:
"I'm in a good mood, Miss Viscount."
It's Demacia.
Seeing that nasty handsome face, the half-elf girl's expression immediately faded.
However, just when she was about to start the satire mode, Demacia waved her hand quickly:
"Don't... don't scold, I'm here to give you something."
After speaking, he took out a scroll from his arms and handed it to the other party.
"what is this?"
Sophia frowned.
Perhaps because she was in a good mood, she rarely rejected each other.
"It records the powerful disguise technique that can help you change your appearance and become an ordinary human."
Demacia said.
"Change appearance?"
Sophia was stunned.
"Yes, in a while, we will reach the destination. The half-elf's appearance is too conspicuous, so it is better to dress up. Not only you, we will all change. This time we are going to pretend to be humans. Mercenary."
Demacia explained.
Sophia frowned slightly at what he said.
She glanced at her appearance in the river, which was obviously different from ordinary humans, hesitated, and finally took it.
"correct."
At this moment, Demacia spoke again.
"What else?"
Sophia asked unkindly.
"Nothing else, just want to say one more thing. Hewan Town may be a little different from what you imagined, so don't expect too much."
Demacia scratched her head and said.
Sophia frowned slightly at his endless sentence.
She was about to say something, but Demacia turned and left. She didn't know if she was afraid of staying too long and was ridiculed by the girl again.
"God talks about it."
The girl snorted coldly and said.
After Demacia's interruption, her mood of viewing the scene disappeared a lot.
Looking at the blue sky, the girl put away the scroll and went to rest in the cabin...
The ship continued to sail, and half a day passed quickly without knowing it.
And when it was almost noon, a small port town finally appeared in sight.
"Hewan Town is coming! Get ready for disguise and get off the boat right away!"
On the Nature, the voices of the elves rang.
Sophia was also attracted by the voices of the elves, her eyes lit up and she quickly got out of the cabin and looked towards the shore.
However, when she saw the town on the shore clearly, the look of expectation and excitement soon turned into amazement.
It was a port town less than half the size of Grey Harbor. It was located in a "U"-shaped river bend. The buildings on the bank were low and dilapidated. I don't know how long it has not been repaired.
There are some caravans of cargo ships parked on the pier of the port, which are loading goods, and there are people coming and going on the shore, which is slightly popular.
It’s just that, with the exception of some of the merchants who came down from the merchant ships who were dressed more decently, most people’s clothes were dirty and torn, skinny, and even some begging around merchants, thin and ragged like saplings. Children.
This dilapidated and impoverished scene formed a sharp contrast with the prosperous and fertile scene of Grey Harbor, so that the young girl was slightly lost for a while.
"This... is Hewan Town?"
She muttered in disbelief.
"Yes, this is our destination, River Bend."
Demacia said, who didn't know when he appeared again.
Sophia didn't sneer again because of Demacia's sudden interruption, she seemed to have been stunned by the sight before her.
She stared at the dilapidated port in front of her with wide eyes, shaking her head and said:
"No...impossible. The documents in the castle record that Hewan Town is a jewel on the Vimur River and an important port town in the western region. How could it be like this?"
"Miss Sophia, don't compare Grey Harbor with this place. The city of the elves is not comparable. Don't compare it with Zerowan. Both banks of Zerowan River are rich areas."
Demacia shook her head.
He took out the scroll to disguise himself as a human mercenary, and said:
"What you see now is the real human civilian port."
"Go, ready to dock and disembark."
...
The Nature slowly sailed into the port, and Sophia, who was disguised as a human mercenary, followed other elves who had also dressed up and boarded the dock.
Their landing immediately attracted the attention of port residents, and everyone looked at them with curious and vigilant eyes.
When the residents saw their obvious mercenary costumes, many people's complexions changed slightly, and they hurriedly left. After a while...the harbor was deserted a lot.
Only the unloaded caravan looked at them with watchful eyes, and many caravan guards clenched their weapons in a defensive manner.
Seeing this scene, Sophia was slightly stunned.
"Why do they hide from us? Is there something wrong with our transfiguration?"
She asked questioningly.
Seeing the port town in front of her that was so many times worse than her expectations, the girl was planning to find a resident to ask why it was so dilapidated, but she did not expect everyone to hide from them like the plague...
"This is normal. We are now pretending to be mercenaries, and mercenaries are synonymous with chaos in the human world. For safety, no one is willing to approach them. Of course, this is also our purpose, pretending to be mercenaries. There will be a lot less trouble."
An accompanying elf explained.
Sophia listened, her expression even more shocked:
"Why? Is it possible that a mercenary dare to be presumptuous in the city? Isn't it afraid that the city guard will imprison them?!"
The talking elves spread their hands:
"Then I don't know. I've been to Maple Leaf Collar once. I only know that civilians are afraid of mercenaries. I don't know the others. However, Demacia sees it a lot, and he should know more specific situations. "
After listening to the elf, Sophia fell silent.
She did not continue to entangle on this topic, but followed the elf who got off the boat, mounted a dragon-scale horse disguised as an ordinary horse, and walked towards the town.
As he entered the town, the more detailed appearance of Hewan Town gradually appeared in front of the girl.
Low buildings, messy streets, poor residents...
This scene of poverty and backwardness greatly impacted the girl's worldview.
The faces of the pedestrians passing by were numb and unreliable, and they looked at them with fear, that fear...sophia felt inexplicably sour.
Along the way, the girl was even more keenly aware that she hadn't seen even a city guard soldier along the way.
Riding a dragon-scale horse, a group of people slowly moved forward in the awe of the eyes of the residents.
Suddenly, a clamor and cursing caught Sophia's attention.
In front of a dilapidated tavern, a few humans dressed as mercenaries were punching and kicking an old woman in a basket of clothes.
A fruit basket was overturned on the ground, and many of the wild fruits scattered on the ground had been trampled by the mercenaries, and the mercenaries let out a burst of arrogant laughter.
Seeing this picture, a trace of anger flashed across Sophia's face.
She squeezed the necklace on her chest, and was about to sing something, but a faster figure rushed out of the team.
It was a female elf disguised as a mercenary. Sophia remembered that the other party was called Jasmine Moon. She snorted and kicked several mercenaries out in twos or twos.
"roll."
Yuexia Jasmine said coldly.
Several mercenaries got up from the ground and were about to get angry, but they felt the powerful aura on the opponent's body, which instantly turned into panic, and then they didn't even pick up the equipment that fell on the ground, and even ran away.
Seeing this, Sophia released the necklace in her hand. She turned over and got off her horse. She came to the old woman and helped the other person up, and picked up the berries that fell on the ground one by one.
Seeing Sophia who came up suddenly, the old woman's eyes clearly flashed with fear, but after the girl began to help her, her fear gradually dissipated.
"Thank you...thank you...sir..."
She wiped her tears and thanked Sophia.
Looking at the cowering old woman, a trace of anger flashed in Sophia's eyes.
She chanted a spell, and under the surprised eyes of other players, cast healing magic on the old woman.
"Damn it, it turned out to be a mage? Why didn't I see it...Is there any hidden props?"
Seeing this scene, Demacia muttered in the distance, while taking back the healing potion in his hand.
"Thank you... thank you... Master Master... thank you..."
After receiving treatment, the old woman's voice choked.
Sophia sighed. While helping the old woman pat the dust on her body, she said:
"No thanks, do you still feel uncomfortable?"
"Much better...I'm much better...thank you...really thank you..."
The old woman held the fruit basket and said gratefully.
Sophia glanced at the already messed up berries in the fruit basket and couldn't help asking:
"Is there no guards in Hewan Town? How could these mercenaries be so arrogant?"
The old woman sighed and shook her head:
"My lord, the guards of Hewan Town have already escaped with the noble lords. The Maple Leaf Rebellion has rebelled. They were afraid of spreading here and fled a few days ago."
"Ran away?!"
Sophia was taken aback for a moment, and then looked angry:
"What a shame to a group of nobles!"
She looked at the mess around and couldn't help asking:
"What about the church? The lord fled, didn't the church come forward?"
"Teach... the church?"
The old woman was stunned.
Then, shook his head:
"The church has also evacuated, following the noble lords..."
Sophia was stunned.
Looking at the girl's stunned expression, the old woman said:
"My lord, are you also a mercenary? Are you going to participate in the draft of Lord Rosen?"
Sophia hesitated for a moment, then nodded slowly.
"Then I advise you not to go. The noble lords are the masters who cannibalize people without spitting out bones. Don't look at the rewards they give so high. In the end, it is still a question of whether you have your life...You are a good person, don't go. If they were the desperadoes, I would not say that, but you... are a good person."
The old woman shook her head.
Sophia fell silent.
She sighed slowly and said:
"I know."
After speaking, she looked at the old woman shivering in the cold wind, and glanced at the pulpy berries in the basket. After thinking about it, she took out a golden pound from her arms and stuffed it into the old woman. In his arms:
"This is a little money, you can buy some clothes and food."
"Gold...Golden pounds!"
The old woman's eyes widened, and a trace of greed flashed in her eyes.
However, she quickly shook her head and smiled bitterly:
"Thank you for your kindness, but...you should hold the golden pound."
"It's just a little bit of my heart."
Sophia insisted.
The old woman sighed and said:
"My lord, even if you give me such a large sum of money, I'm an old lady, I'm afraid I can't keep it..."
After listening to her, Sophia was taken aback.
Following the old woman's gaze, the young girl looked around, and when she saw the vagrant who did not know when they gathered around and was looking at the golden pound in her hand with greedy eyes, her heart was finally stunned.
"I understand……"
The girl's expression became lonely.
She felt sour in her heart. She took off the torn coat that she wore from the elves and disguised as a mercenary and put it on the old woman, and took out some delicacies that she had put away in Grey Harbor from her storage ring. The pastry was handed to each other:
"You can eat something, and I will leave when you finish."
"Thank you...thank you...sir, you are a good person, and the Lord will bless you."
The old woman said gratefully.
After speaking, she gobbled it up, not knowing how long she hadn't eaten properly.
Bless me...
Looking at the dilapidated streets around and the closed doors of the church further away, I don't know why, Sophia suddenly felt a sense of irony...
Saying goodbye to the old woman, the young girl's heart weighed a lot.
At this moment, she no longer had the excitement she had when she started.
The group of people continued to move forward, and gradually reached the hinterland of the town, and entered the wealthy area in the traditional sense.
This is the place where the nobles live. It is magnificent and in sharp contrast with the previous area. Sophia found a little familiarity.
But this did not make the girl happy. On the contrary, her mood seemed to be getting heavier.
Along the way, Sophia said less and less, and her eyes became more and more gloomy.
Even the players who wanted to talk to her were quiet a lot.
The town of Hewan is not very big. After passing through the noble area that is no longer inhabited, Sophia and her party soon came to the other side of the town.
As they progressed, the surrounding houses became dilapidated again, forming a sharp contrast with the rich areas.
The town on the other side is guarded by a wall, and there is a moat outside the wall.
Of course, there are no guards anymore.
Riding a dragon scale horse, Sophia and the elves finally left the town and entered the hinterland of the Western Territory.
However, not long after walking out of the city gate, Sophia saw a sneaky pedestrian passing by the roadside.
It was a man who looked thirty or forty years old, holding something in his arms, his expression numb, he walked to the ditch by the side of the road, and threw the thing in his hand.
However, when he saw Sophia and others, his face changed slightly and he ran away in a panic.
"What did he leave behind?"
Seeing this scene, Sophia frowned slightly.
"I suggest you don't watch it."
Demacia who was with him suddenly spoke. UU reading www.uukanshu.com
For some reason, his voice is unusually heavy.
Of course, the half-elf girl would naturally not follow his advice.
She snorted coldly, pinched the belly of the horse, and rode towards the side of the road.
As she approached the ditch, Sophia gradually smelled a disgusting smell.
That seems to be the smell of something rotten.
And when she came to the side of the gully and saw the situation in the gully, her vision suddenly froze...
In the gully.
It is a pile of dead babies.
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