Several loud shouts came from the street, and when Lester looked around, he saw a big Shurima man standing on tiptoes stepping on a wooden stake.
The wooden piles are scattered high and low, forming a thrilling "back" shape. The area of the blunt end is less than five centimeters. The open space below the wooden piles is filled with short metal sticks with pointed tips upward. If you lose your footing and fall from above, the short metal sticks can be used to retrieve the wooden stakes.
human life,
Under the attentive gaze of the onlookers, the Shurima acrobat with a thin layer of sweat on his forehead was concentrating on stepping on the wooden pole with his bare feet. He looked steady. As the pace gradually accelerated, the big man seemed to be on the wooden pole.
As if he were running on a pile, there was an afterimage within his sight.
"Take the knife!"
A powerful shout attracted the attention of the onlookers from the big man, but it was a brown-skinned woman with dreadlocks who was also a juggler who threw a common desert scimitar onto the wooden stake.
Without stopping, the man with quick eyes and quick hands grabbed the spinning scimitar and began to play with the sword in a decent manner.
"Good skills!"
"This action is so beautiful!"
"This guy is quite skilled. I don't think he's a good person..."
"Performing is not easy. A rich man can do it for money, and a poor man can do it for himself. Thank you!"
Amidst the cheers, many onlookers were already throwing coins in their hands at the leather rug at the feet of the brown-skinned woman. In just ten seconds, five pieces of coins were piled on the leather rug of about two square meters.
Sixty copper coins, considering the price level in the desert, is not too small.
After looking around for a moment, Lester touched his pocket and popped out a silver coin.
The silver coin passed through the crowd and landed on the head of a girl in a perfect parabola. The girl who was crowded in the front row to watch the performance was stunned for a moment, touched her head, and found an extra silver coin in her hand.
The girl raised her head and looked across the crowd, only to see a good-looking young man gesturing to her in the crowd.
Scratching her head, the girl glanced at the silver coins in her hand, thinking of her embarrassment just now, and showed a grateful expression.
"Sister! This is what the big brother rewards you for! Take it!"
The female acrobat looked towards the direction where the voice came from, and happened to see the silver coin thrown by the girl. She was happy and caught it with her right hand. After confirming that it was a genuine item from the empire, the wrinkles around her eyes bloomed.
"Little girl, which elder brother awarded this?"
The girl pointed at Lester who had lost the silver coin.
"That handsome guy in the hood!"
The female acrobat turned around and took a closer look, smiling brightly.
"He is indeed a handsome man! Thank you for the reward!"
Smiling at the female acrobat, Lester winked at Camille and Syndra. The two women left silently, then gestured to the girl and began to walk out of the crowd.
Quite puzzled by her own adventure, the girl lowered her head and pondered for a moment before squeezing out of the crowd. In addition to the two of them, there were three or four gangsters who looked anything but kind and followed them out.
Lester stood in front of an antique stall that was not too noisy, and carefully looked at the girl who was following him. He was almost certain that the outstanding girl in front of him who stood out from the crowd should be the person he was looking for.
The girl is a typical Shuriman race, about 140 centimeters tall, with healthy wheat-colored skin.
Even a cheap short coat of coarse cloth cannot conceal the girl's tight and shapely streamlined muscles. Her thick brown hair is tied into a thick braid with animal sinews. Her thick eyebrows and big eyes do not lose the softness of a woman. She has a sexy smile at the corners of her lips.
She has a perfect beauty mark.
The most unforgettable thing is the girl's piercing emerald eyes, which are filled with a kind of fascinating wildness. Looking at these eyes, Lester seems to have seen a tropical world in South America.
Jaguar hunting in the rainforest.
He could see that although the girl was a little wary when facing a stranger like him, she did not feel any fear. Instead, she was a little excited.
"This handsome man, you gave me the silver coins because you wanted me to reward that big sister with my identity, right?"
"Not bad, I
I just saw that you were quite addicted to acrobatic performances, and you were a little short of money. I thought it was quite interesting, so I wanted to help you. After all, in this world, there are not many people as honest as you."
"Haha, are you sincere? The handsome brother is very interesting to talk to. Thank you for your kindness. You rewarded me with this money. I can't take advantage of it."
She said that Lester was very interesting, but the girl seemed a little embarrassed.
"Actually, I just don't care about money. For me, this thing is enough. But I didn't expect to encounter such a wonderful sideshow when I went shopping this time, and I didn't bring any money. My parents
I make a living by juggling, and I hate the spectators who don’t pay me the most...
Well, this is also the last time I go shopping. It just so happens that the empire is recruiting new soldiers in Bergun. I am already preparing to go to Noxus to join the army. I am afraid that money will be even more useless to me by then. People like me must be
To make a living in Noxus."
Noticing that many people were already staring at him, Lester was determined to test the girl's nature, so he smiled and said.
"It seems that you quite like the Noxus Empire? As far as I know, in the eyes of most people, the Noxus Empire is not a good thing, right?"
Hearing this, the girl frowned and asked.
"Handsome brother, don't care what others say, what do you think?"
Leicester shrugged amusedly.
"I am a noble of the Noxus Empire, so of course I support the empire."
"Ah? Are you still a noble of the empire? Ah, no wonder you are so rich, and you just give me a silver coin casually.
But the question is, how can you speak Shurima so well?"
"It's just a skill, not worth mentioning."
When he was talking about this, a "passer-by" happened to walk by Lester. Before he could touch anything with his unclean hands, he was grabbed by Leste.
With a "crunch", the thief's wrist joints were dislocated, and he screamed like a slaughtered pig.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The girl's expression changed, she turned around, and there were already five people surrounding her aggressively.
"Hey, what are you doing? Are outsiders coming here to bully locals?"
"You dare to bully my brother, are you tired of living?"
"Geneva! Pay compensation!"
"Bring me ten silver coins quickly! Not even one penny less will do!"
Almost not being amused by these hopeless local gangsters, Lester managed to calm down, kicked the struggling thief to the ground, and said coldly.
"This seems to be the territory of the Noxians. How dare you blackmail me in broad daylight?"
"Who said this was blackmail? You were obviously the one who hit my brother first. Even if the guards came over, it would still be the same. If you don't pay, you can't leave!"
"Yes! I saw it all with my own eyes!"
"I can testify! Just tell me whether you want to pay or not?"
When a few people started making trouble, the antique stall owner packed up and left, and other pedestrians stayed away from the place. It was really hard to find witnesses.
"I can prove that you are farting! You are obviously targeting the handsome man's money bag, so stop talking to these useless bastards!"
The girl cleverly hid behind Leicester and cursed angrily.
"It's too late to get out now! Otherwise, the guards will come over later and arrest you all!"
"Hey! There's a naughty little aunt here! You don't want to live anymore, do you? Damn, she's pretty pretty!"
"I recognize her! Her name is Samira. She is the daughter of the vaudeville artist Grantham. She has a fierce personality and is more troublesome than his grandma's grandson. You'd better not mess with her."
"Grantham...ah, it's the couple who fled from the east!"
"A little girl is just patient, she's so scared!"
"Listen! Little girl, it's none of your business here! Don't cause unnecessary trouble for yourself!"
Faced with threats from several people, Samira tugged at the hem of Lester's clothes.
"Hey, noble and handsome brother, you are a big shot, I want to make a big fuss
Can you hold it?"
Lester smiled slightly.
"Yes, what do you want to do?"
Samira also smiled.
"As long as they can hold it, I'm going to teach them a lesson."
As she spoke, Samira took out a slingshot from nowhere, loaded it with stones and shot it out, hitting someone in the crotch.
"Ouch!
"
The beaten gangster rolled his eyes and covered his crotch with his hands. He curled up and fell to the ground like a dead shrimp, exhaling cold air, causing the souls of several other gangsters to escape.
"Damn! This *** really dares to fight!"
As she spoke, Samira tightened the rubber band again. The moment she let go, a stone hit the side of the gangster leader's thigh. The gangster leader felt a sharp pain in his thigh and secretly felt lucky. If he hadn't been smart enough to turn around early, he would have been afraid of it.
Isn't it necessary to suffer a crippling blow?
"I'm telling you! The last thing I'm afraid of is trouble! Either you fuck me! Or we fuck them!"
As he spoke, several more pebbles flew by, and the remaining gangsters finally did not dare to stay in place, and fled in all directions, leaving only three unlucky ones.
The commotion here finally attracted the attention of the Berguen City Guards. Three soldiers wearing light armor and holding imperial spears quickly ran over and surrounded the five Lesters.
"What happened? How did this happen?"
The gangster leader who had been hit on the thigh burst into tears and told his grievances to the old acquaintance who pretended to be a "stranger".
"Master Jun! They bully people! First they broke my third brother's hand, then hit him with a slingshot, beat my second brother's second brother, and then crippled my leg. They didn't put Jun Master at all.
In my eyes!"
The leading city guard didn't seem to believe the gangster's words and looked at Lester and Samira warily.
"Let me ask you, is what they said true?"
Whether it is true or not, and in the case of conflicting opinions, these troublemakers must be taken to prison for further interrogation. It will be clear at that time whether they have a background and whether they can be provoked, at least on the surface, they cannot show obvious cover.
tendency.
Knowing that these city guards might have something to do with these troublemaking gangsters, Lester took out his imperial pass and explained in a leisurely manner.
"The one with the broken wrist is a habitual thief. I caught him stealing my things, so I punished him a little. Who knew he had a gang, and they surrounded me and blackmailed me?
Fortunately, this girl was brave and courageous. In order to protect me, she had no choice but to use a slingshot to repel these thugs. This is the truth of the matter."
Laister deliberately spoke in Noxian. The city guard looked at Laister's imperial pass issued from Fidelite, and couldn't help but feel a little panic.
"I see, that's it. Sir, I'm sorry for bringing you an unpleasant travel experience... I will definitely punish these bastards who commit crimes...
Well, girl, thank you for your brave behavior, it’s amazing.”
Staring at the city guard soldiers whose attitude changed, Lester smiled and said nothing.
After returning the pass to Leicester in a humble manner, the city guard looked over his shoulder and winked at the gangster leader, his expression turning cold.
"Catch them! Take them away!"
Knowing that he had met a big shot he could not afford to offend, the gangster leader did not dare to say anything and allowed the soldiers to tie him and his two men away.
A farce came to an end, but it also unknowingly revealed a dark corner of the empire.
Wherever rights can be exercised, there must be corruption. Greed is human nature, and it is a bad root that humans can never eradicate.
Lester knew that such cases of collusion between officials and bandits were by no means rare, especially at the borders or in imperial strongholds outside the national borders. This kind of thing was simply unavoidable, unless all law enforcers and judges were cold and ruthless.
Artificial intelligence that recognizes right from wrong,
Only by letting those cold procedures that have nothing to do with interests control the law can we ensure relative fairness. There is nothing he, the emperor of the empire, can do.
Just try your best to reduce the occurrence of such things where you can have an impact.
Maybe after he completely masters all the world's runes, he might be able to find a suitable way to solve it.
After the city guards left with the gangsters, Samira put away her slingshot and excitedly came to Lester with her hands behind her back.
"As expected, brother, you are very powerful. I saw the right person."
"Aren't you afraid that I will lie to you and hand you over?"
"Don't be afraid, because big brother won't be that kind of person, let alone betray me."
There was no wavering in Samira's eyes, and Leicester didn't know where the confidence of the girl in front of him came from.
The man lowered his head and glanced at the Qian Jue mark on the back of his right hand, thinking to himself.
Could it be that the person who marked the Mark of Kindred can have a sense of trust in the owner of the Mark of Kindred?
If that's the case, it makes sense. It seems like I'll have to ask about Mirror Claw if I have a chance.
"Um...handsome brother, what's your name? Can you tell me?"
For some reason, the sassy Samira suddenly became a little shy, even though she was just asking for her name.
In fact, for Samira herself, this inexplicable shyness comes out of nowhere and is not like her style at all.
"Lester, my name is Lester."
"This name always feels a bit...familiar..."
Changing "kind" to "familiar", Samira suddenly gave up the idea of joining the army. She had a hunch that if she missed the man in front of her, she would regret it for the rest of her life.
Thinking more utilitarian, the handsome man in front of you is a rare big shot. He joined the army just to become stronger. If he can get the favor of such a big shot in the empire, how many detours will he have to avoid?
