From the outside, the city of Sicily looks like a standard ancient European city, very much like a medieval European city-state. Even the impoverished beggars outside and the greedy guards at the door did not disappoint Xin Yuntian.
Although he had already guessed that this mission was likely to be about a corrupted and fallen king or city lord, he still had a glimmer of hope.
After all, the city of Sicily described by those two damn guards was still very beautiful. Even if it was exaggerated, it shouldn't be too much, right?
However, when he walked into the city, he immediately understood what it means to be golden on the outside but ruined on the inside. The statues and walls outside the city all looked so rich, as if this city really is such a beautiful city-state.
, but only after entering, it was like lifting off the white cloth on a wounded person who had been seriously injured for many days. Everything was devastated, and maggots were crawling everywhere.
This Sicilian city can probably be described like this.
The streets in the city cannot be described as dilapidated, they can only be described as garbage dumps.
Yes, garbage dumps. The potholed streets are covered with garbage, and some rotten food is already smelly. Countless flies will leave as soon as they touch these things. The shops on both sides of the street can only be described as dilapidated. Those
The shops basically don't sell anything good. They have wooden doors that can't be completely closed, broken doors, and shop owners wearing patches.
Think about it, these businessmen are all wearing patched clothes, what will it be like for other people in the city? Xin Yuntian shook his head as he walked, and occasionally two mice came out of the alley, both of them were hungry.
Skin and bones, and when the nearby residents saw these animals that could run and move, they rushed towards them as if they had seen gold. In the blink of an eye, these two mice had been caught, and the others who had not caught the mice were
He pounced on him like crazy, roared, pushed the npc who caught the mouse to the ground, beat him up, and took away the loot.
Three minutes into the city, Xin Yuntian was stunned to see a murder caused by a rat.
"This has almost reached the point of cannibalism. Those two damn guys, are this what they call the beautiful city of Sicily, with its rich and contented residents?" Xin Yuntian shivered all over and looked at it.
There are a few refugees staring at me not far away. These guys are definitely not good people.[
He walked quickly and finally found Nick's Tavern in the central square of the town. There was also a statue erected in the center of the town. The statue was located in the center of the fountain. However, the fountain no longer sprayed water and the pool was dry.
It is about to crack. As for the statue, it has been wiped very clean. Judging from the appearance of the statue, he should be the master of this city. The crown and scepter look majestic, especially the two eyeballs on the statue.
Carved from fine gemstones.
As for Nick's Tavern not far away, it looks much cleaner and neater than other places, especially its doors, which are all intact and damaged. What's even more outrageous is that the signboards of this pub are all inlaid with gold, and there are three
There are gems of different colors. Outside the tavern, there are two burly men standing. As long as a refugee in shabby clothing approaches, they will draw their weapons and rush forward to beat them up.
"Nima, it seems that this Nick's Tavern only provides services to the rich."
Understand, the guards here are no different from gangsters and robbers. They have to pay to even enter the city gate. You can imagine what kind of life the ordinary people here live.
Just when Xin Yuntian walked towards Nick's Tavern, he heard a burst of shouting from the pub, and then, a thin figure was thrown out of the pub, rolling on the ground several times and rolling to Xin Yuntian.
At Yuntian's feet, a fat woman wearing gold and silver walked out of the tavern and roared angrily: "You damn bad thing, you are the rat in the stinking ditch, and you actually sneaked into my house.
Want to steal something from the kitchen? You're lucky if I don't kill you today. Next time you dare to steal something from me, I will definitely kill you."
The boy lying on the ground didn't know whether it was fear or pain. He was shivering and groaning in pain. From Xin Yuntian's point of view, this little guy only had a trace of blood left and would die soon.
He smiled bitterly and shook his head, trying to squat down and feed a bottle of life potion into his mouth.
Some NPCs cannot accept help from players, such as NPCs who are set to die by the system. However, many ordinary NPCs can accept help from players. For example, a bottle of life potion can not only restore the player's own health, but also
Rescue an NPC who is in a dying state.
After drinking the life potion, the young man raised his head and looked at Xin Yuntian, saying gratefully: "Thank you, stranger, for saving me. You are such a kind person."
"You're welcome." Xin Yuntian shook his head, glanced at the fat woman who was yelling at the door, and said to the boy, "How could you be thrown out by him? And this city in Sicily, I heard that this is
It’s a beautiful, rich city, but what I see now is that it’s simply a slum.”
"Slums, oh no, not at all." The boy's complexion improved a little, and his health bar returned to more than half. He groaned vigorously, "Our place here is definitely not a slum, but our money has been stolen by the greedy Diogo.
He has restrained himself. No matter how much money we make, he wants to take half of the tax."
"Diogo? Who is he? Is he the city lord here?"
"Ah, he is not the city lord." The young man curled his lips, and then said, "Stranger, come to my house, don't go to Nick's Tavern, they will kill you severely. One gold coin is not enough for you.
Have a glass of fresh water inside."
Your sister!
Xin Yuntian rolled his eyes, do you want it to be so dark?
The young man took Xin Yuntian to his home and said as he walked: "My name is Vic Wilkins. You can call me Vic, or Sloppy, whatever." [
"So Vic, tell me, what is going on in this city?"
Vic sighed deeply and said: "Sicily is a beautiful and rich city. This sentence is true. At least I heard my grandfather said that it was still a beautiful city ten years ago, but ten years ago, when greed
After Diogo came, everything was different. Ten years ago, our princess married a stranger like you, that is, Diogo. Because the city lord was old, Diogo became our
The new city lord. When he took the power, he revealed his true face. He ordered everyone to hand over the gold to him. Every day, the butchers had to pay half of the tax and half of the meat. The clothing merchants had to pay half of the taxes.
The most beautiful clothes were handed over to him. These were all surrendered. Under his leadership, the guards in the city gradually changed their minds. They no longer defended the honor of the Sicilian city. Instead, they helped Diogo suppress the rioting residents.
.In the summer of their violent suppression, we residents became impoverished overnight, and 99% of all our wealth was concentrated in the hands of Diogo and a few of his cronies."
This Diogo, likes golden coins?
Xin Yuntian frowned slightly. He thought of two races with this hobby, goblins and dragons. Moreover, the name Diogo did not seem to be a human name.
Just listen to Vic continue: "The old city lord was angry to death by Diogo, and the princess was placed under house arrest in the palace. She opposed Diogo's violent regime, but she is only a woman and cannot fight against Diogo at all."
Xin Yuntian nodded. After hearing what Vic said, the source of the evil this time should be Diogo? However, the task will never be that simple!
He frowned slightly, there must be something else he hadn't noticed. With the cunningness of the game designers of Tianwei Company, if the mission could be completed by just killing Diogo, there would be no difference between this and those ordinary and elite missions. There would be no difference at all.
What is the challenge and difficulty?
At this moment, the door of Vic's house was suddenly kicked open, and two guards rushed in from outside the door, shouting at Xin Yuntian: "Stranger, our city leader wants you to see him immediately."
"Is it Diogo?"
"How dare you call our city lord by his name? Arrest him."
The two guards immediately rushed towards Xin Yuntian, reaching out to catch him. How could Xin Yuntian be caught by them? With a flash of his body, he dodged the palms of the two guards and shouted: "Stop, I will follow you.
past."
These two NPC guards are only level 57. Xin Yuntian can kill them even if he kills them, let alone just avoid their attacks?
Although in the unknown land, the undead souls there are all level 80, but those undead souls are all bred from the fragments of Pandora's Box, and this place, no matter where it is, as long as it is about the trial of the artifact
, then the monsters and NPC levels here are similar to the player levels.
Xin Yuntian is now at level 57, and the combat NPCs here are also at level 57. As for ordinary NPCs like Vic, it is not necessarily the case. There are those at level ten and fifteen. They are all civilians and their level will not exceed twenty.
class.
Vic was shocked when he heard Xin Yuntian said he wanted to follow him: "Wuchen, you can't go there, Diogo will kill you."
Xin Yuntian smiled and said: "Don't worry, Diogo can't kill me. I'm going to find the truth."
"Is it the truth?" Vic showed a look of confusion. He watched Xin Yuntian leave the room and then a ferocious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "The truth... Where is the truth? Damn it. You
Just kill Diogo, why bother looking for the truth?"
Xin Yuntian had no idea what Vic said after he left, let alone his expression. He just followed the two guards to the most luxurious place in the city - the castle of the city lord.
