It's a dark night as always, but if you stroll along the streets, you'll find that there are a lot of people here, just like every day.
The long-term absence of sunshine has long brought negative consequences. In this era when most people do not have clocks or "life schedules", without the guidance of the sun in daily life, chaotic schedules are inevitable.
In the streets of Schleling today, there are people on the street at any time. There are vendors and shops, but there are not many people. It is like a normal daytime life of ordinary people, which is divided into two or three blocks.
However, people on the streets are often agitated and have sallow complexions, and the long nights are a devastation to most lives.
In the temporary residence specially set aside by the lord, Lu Ping'an was bandaging Xia Qin, who had some minor injuries on her right hand.
".How is the strength?"
"It's normal. But it's a little weird. The one who was killed exploded with strong acid all over his body."
Lu Pingan nodded, then he knew what was going on.
A group of outsiders came, but they were not their own tribe.
The Sindak tribe has a triangular head and six arms that resemble arthropods. It is said that they can use acid-like, poisonous, and water-based extraordinary abilities. They are a powerful extraordinary race that can cross the astral realm and are also competitors of humans.
They did not have the teleportation of the "god of travelers" across the world. Most of the original means of transportation could not be used due to the different rules of the world. They came from the royal capital and walked one foot at a time.
This is also the daily life of most travelers from other worlds, and they spend most of their time traveling.
The initial destination may have been months or even half a year after we arrived, and the situation has changed drastically.
Their explorations often take them wherever they go.
"They, those Sindak bugs, should be just passing by to take a look at the situation. There are some locals in their team, not many in number, but they are very well-dressed and look like rich people."
Xia Qin added a few words. Although it was a little uncomfortable to be injured, this level was normal every day and did not even need to be postponed.
She met outsiders on the street.
Then, there were some normal quarrels. Finally, it turned into a direct fight.
"How are they doing?"
"We fought for two minutes and were separated by the knights. Two of them died and I was slightly injured."
Judging from the results, the Xindaks suffered a loss, but Lu Ping'an knew Xia Qin. She was not someone who took the initiative to stir up trouble, and she would not kill anyone at will under normal circumstances.
"I can see they are planning to kill me."
The ins and outs of the incident were quickly revealed. The other party took the initiative to provoke, and the quarrel turned into violence, and then he tried to kill someone on the street.
Xia Qin didn't tolerate them, and directly killed the two of them, and then the knights came out to act as peacemakers.
"This is a test"
The quarrel was just an excuse, it was clearly a test to test the strength of Lu Pingping and his team.
If Lu Ping An is not strong enough, why should he hesitate to eradicate weak competitors? Even if it does not become a murder on the street, they will come to their door later.
The other party's directness and decisiveness also gave Lu Ping'an a lesson for the new group of explorers. The relationship between foreign explorers of foreign lands may become quite cruel once they encounter a conflict of interest.
"Where are they?"
"At the hotel in the business district, we have hired two foreign mercenary groups, which are quite powerful. We don't have many people left behind, so we are in some trouble."
"Didn't you go to the lord?"
"I'm going, and there are a few local foreign nobles who are going with me. According to the informant, they will be out in five minutes."
"Haha, that old guy really knows how to behave."
Just judging from the fact that outsiders bring locals with them, they may also be selling "ship tickets". Yes, in this apocalyptic era, what else can make money faster and more than selling opportunities for students.
But obviously, the conditions they offered cannot be compared to Lu Ping An's.
What's more, the old lord has already made his bets. Smart investors may be hedging their bets, but obviously the chips provided by those outsiders are not enough to even enter the game.
The lord just talked for a few words and understood the general situation. In order to avoid Lu Ping'an's misunderstanding, he immediately chased the people away on the spot.
From the perspective of this second group of outsiders, Lu Ping'an and his party are naturally an obstacle. Their temptation is natural, and they may not give up after suffering a loss.
In a sense, Lu Ping'an and his party were lucky. It was Xia Qin who was found. As a melee professional, her strength was quite good.
"Wait a minute, I'll go talk to them."
Being actively attacked, Lu Pingan was not so easy to talk to. He was going to have a good chat with them and their bones.
While they were testing Lu Pingping and his party, they also revealed their bottom line. They were just a bunch of rubbish who were killed by Xia Qin when they met each other. What were they left to do? Give them a chance to dig into their own group? Give the locals snakes and rats to attack at both ends.
Any chance of betting?
Reason? Excuse? Does that matter?
Lu Ping'an is now the nominal adoptive father of the new local lord (who has fallen ill). Kill those things and find any excuse.
But before Lu Pingping set off, new news had already arrived.
"Did you run away? It seems that you are not stupid."
"I heard that the lord ordered them to leave within three days, but within three hours, I saw them leaving the city directly."
That cunning old guy, since he has determined that those Sindak people are not even capable of lowering prices, naturally he will not stay in the city to "affect the overall situation."
If the guess is correct, it won't be long before the old lord comes to visit and express condolences to the "injured victim."
And those Sindak people were not stupid. After confirming that they were unable to compete with Lu Ping'an and his party, they also saw the lord's attitude and made a prompt decision to head to the next stop.
"Which way did they go?"
". It seems to be over there in the Gray Forest. It is said that I want to go there to collect medicine."
Hearing this, Lu Pingan showed a subtle smile.
At this time, are you going to the Gray Forest? To deliver food to those undead, pollution monsters or hungry blood vines? These are really a group of good people.
But don't mention it, Schlei Territory is a rural place. Compared with the territory here, the gray Demonic Forest is more famous and valuable.
As a visitor from a foreign land, if you have traveled thousands of miles to come to this border area, it is very likely that you are coming for the forest.
Those Sindak people were probably just passing by, fishing for as much as they could, and now they ran into trouble and ran away.
If the relationship between the two parties is good, Lu Ping'an is willing to exchange some information and understand what is happening outside. But now, I don't know how many of them can come back alive.
"Tsk, let Maomao go for a trip. Just to pick up corpses, you can gain something. Since you have the obligation to be cannon fodder, you can also take the opportunity to find out if there are any changes in the forest after we leave. I always feel that something is wrong."