As usual, Adam got up and went directly to the carriage.
Poor people living in slums do not have the habit of eating breakfast.
The main reason is that I can't afford to eat. It's good to have two meals a day, and it's common to stay up all day with just one meal.
Unlike adventurers who can obtain food by hunting, they cannot defeat the lowest level monsters they encounter in the wild. They can only operate in safe urban areas or main traffic roads where monsters and beasts rarely approach.
Poor people like Adam are in good condition. At least they can rely on horse-drawn carriages to transport people and goods. If they are lucky, they can earn more.
But this line of work isn’t that easy!
As soon as he left the room and was about to board the carriage, he saw several adult men with fierce faces, also wearing poor clothes and holding daggers in their hands coming towards them.
Adam subconsciously turned around and wanted to hide in the room, but was quickly stopped by them.
"Hey! It's time to pay!" The leader narrowed his eyes, "You don't want to escape, do you?"
"No... of course not!" Adam faced them, his voice trembling.
There is a group of guys in the slums who like to get something for nothing. They all get together like a small gang and live by collecting "protection fees."
The person who wanted to rob Renn before was also a member of them. Most people living in the slums are afraid of them.
The people in charge of Storm City seem to have forgotten that there is a slum in the city, and basically don't care about what happens inside. The city guards rarely come close, so this "gang" is unscrupulous.
In fact, it is the class concept of the aristocracy that is at work. In the eyes of those in power, ordinary people are still human beings, but the "parasites" in the slums are like wild beasts. No one cares about their life and death. It doesn't matter if they can keep these "parasites" in the city.
Show great mercy.
Therefore, people in the slums will not report the crime if they are robbed. Even if they report the crime, it will be useless. They may be retaliated by the "gang" and lose their lives when they come back!
At least half of the money Adam earned was robbed by this "gang", but he had no way to resist or escape.
Even if you drive a carriage to other cities, you will still have to live in slums. There will be other "gangs" there. You may even be killed by locals who don't like you in an unfamiliar environment, and no one will help you.
Overturn the verdict.
So Adam obediently took out the money he earned yesterday and gave half of it to the other party.
After the other party got the money, he patted Adam on the head, satisfied with his cooperation, and walked to the next victim.
"Hey~" When the other party left, Adam couldn't help but sigh. Although he had been used to it for a long time, he still felt uncomfortable.
If possible, I would like to leave the slums.
Unfortunately, there are official records. No matter where you go, you will have the identity mark of being a poor person. Only by bribing the household registration officer or making a huge contribution to Storm City can you have a chance to become an ordinary citizen.
The problem is that in the slums, it is completely impossible to earn enough money to bribe the household registration officer!
As for making a huge contribution to Storm City? What can a poor man do?
We can only barely survive, this is a world with distinct classes!
In order to earn money for food, even if he was forced to pay "protection money", Adam would get out of the car early in the morning when he was in a bad mood and rush to work.
We got on the carriage and got ready to set off. It was fine at first, nothing unusual.
After walking for a while, I felt that the left wheel seemed a little loose and the car became unstable.
These are all experiences. After driving for such a long time, Adam can quickly judge from a subtle problem and find the crux.
If the car breaks down, I repair it myself.
I quickly parked the car and went to the left side to check. Loose wheels are common and not surprising.
"What is this?" Adam skillfully used a tool to knock the wheel tightly, and Adam, who was kneeling on the ground, found something stuck to the bottom of the car.
When I got under it and took a closer look, I found a piece of paper hidden in a quite hidden position, nailed with an iron nail.
Adam showed a puzzled expression. Why did the note appear under the carriage? Who put it? When?
With so many people in contact every day, he couldn't judge.
I quickly took out the note and after opening it, I found two sheets stacked on top of each other.
There are words on both of them, one is written to myself, and the other is written to the members of the Chinese Hero Squad, signed "Ren Hooper", and the time is exactly the day when the two met by chance on the road driving their carriages.
"Strange! When did he hide the note underneath?" Adam's face was full of questions. He couldn't figure out what method Renne used to do this without anyone noticing, just by driving the carriages at the same time.
Or did he sneak into the slums that night and hide the note under the car while he was sleeping?
Why did he do this?
Wanting to understand the situation, Adam opened the note with his name on it.
He didn't know many words. There used to be an old man who lived nearby. He had nothing to eat, so he used to eat a few times. The old man was a kind man. He not only gave him food, but also used his free time to teach him how to read. Unfortunately, he died of illness.
Fortunately, the content on the note is simple, and you can understand the general meaning by inferring the words you know.
Renn told Adam in the note that as an exile, he would encounter various situations at any time. The only people who got along well with him after coming to Storm City were Adam and the members of the Chinese Hero Team. If something happened one day and it was inconvenient for him to show up, just let him
Adam helped send a note, which must be handed over to a member of the Chinese Heroes Team. In order to thank Adam, he had hidden money somewhere in the city in advance and asked him to dig it out on his own. There was a specific location and a simple picture behind the note.
Adam didn't doubt the content and time on the note. He really thought that Ren had hidden it under the car a long time ago. He was still feeling guilty that it took him so long to find out. Would it ruin his business?
Renn is still very good, maybe because he is an exile, and he is also discriminated against in Storm City, so he and I can talk together. But he is better than me, can become an adventurer, has enough strength, and even has
An adventurous team.
So Adam collected the note and quickly got in the car and set off.
He did not read the content of the note written by Ren to the members of the Chinese Heroes Team, and rushed to the Adventurers Association as quickly as possible to ask where the members of the Chinese Heroes Team were.
I found out that they were all at the hotel and hurriedly drove there.
When we arrived at the hotel, we found Billy, Taylor and others. They quickly handed over the note and explained clearly the cause and effect.
Billy and others were quite surprised. They took the note and checked the content. It turned out that Ren had written it "in advance" and told them that if there was a "special situation", they could go to Hope Castle to meet up and he would wait for everyone there.
Obviously, this is a "special situation"!
Although Colin blocked the news, as an adventurer, he could still get important information through the association. He knew that Charlotte, the eldest daughter of the Jimenez family, had run away from home. However, ordinary people could not know about it. No one dared to leak it. Everyone was afraid of Jimenez.
This behemoth.
They also heard that Ren's "base" in the Warcraft Forest had become "ruins" and was "empty of people." Apparently the Jimenez family is also looking for him!
The team members thanked Adam and decided to go to Hope Castle immediately.
Adam delivered the note and finally felt relieved. He went back and compared the location and image provided by Ren, and sure enough, he dug out a clay pot under a tree with 10 silver coins hidden inside.
Adam was so happy that he quickly hid them, saying that no one else would know and he would keep the money secretly for himself.
