The streets in the King's Port area are not as clean, tidy and brightly lit as the streets in the Noble District, and you don't even have to think about the magic lighting equipment at night.
There are only a few places here that are illuminated by the dim light of dim torches, and the rest of the streets are completely dark.
At night, the area near the pier in the port area turns into a cold ghost world, with only rats and people with invisible light secrets lingering mysteriously in the corners and alleys.
Old Cherki was humming a tuneless tune as he walked in the streets leading out of the city. He skillfully avoided the avenue out of the city, because those bastards from the port patrol liked to patrol the avenue the most.
Although he had been rescued by these guys once, he didn't want to be stopped and searched by these gangster-like bastards every time he went out of the city.
"The fish in the July Sea are the most beautiful women in the May Sea..."
Today's drink was the most refreshing one Cherki had had in a long time, so he drank a lot more than he should have. When he walked out of the tavern, he was blown away by the sea breeze again. Now he was so drunk that he couldn't even walk.
I can no longer walk in a straight line.
Of course Cherki, who was so drunk, didn't know that not far behind him, in the ubiquitous shadows of the alley, two or three guys in black robes were quietly following him.
One of these people had followed Cherki when he left the tavern, and the others followed him when Cherki turned into an alley.
The three men in black robes used the various debris piled up beside the alley as cover and quietly followed the old Cherki. However, these guys who thought they were very hidden did not know that under the eaves above them
On the wall, four or five invisible killers, invisible to the naked eye, are playing the role of oriole.
At the same time, in the Shewan Tavern, Xue Hua pushed three silver sail coins from the bar to the bartender.
"You won't need so many, sir." The bartender took two of them, but pushed the last one back.
"Take it, consider it a tip for you. Also, do you have a guest room in your pub? Open a guest room for me."
Xue Hua smiled and said nonchalantly.
Most of his energy is now spent on the shadow bugs on the other side who are tracking the stalkers, and he just needs to find a quieter place to observe the development of the situation.
Although old Cherki seemed to have a physique that attracted all kinds of strange things, he was very lucky and managed to escape unscathed every time.
But this time, these men in black robes were obviously coming for him. It might be a little difficult to escape like they did before.
"Yes, yes, generous sir, please register your name, and then I will ask the clerk to take you to the guest room upstairs."
The bartender put the coins into his arms with a beaming face. He had earned nearly a month's income just by serving Xue Hua today. Such a good thing had not happened once in several years.
So he was extremely diligent and quickly took out a parchment book and put it in front of Xue Hua, and respectfully handed over the quill filled with ink.
Xue Hua took the quill and wrote the name "Charlie Wales" on the register. This is the pseudonym used by his current will clone.
"Greetings to you, Mr. Wales, please come this way."
After paying the room fee, a tavern attendant led Xue Hua upstairs.
The Snake Bay Tavern also operates a hotel business, but the businessmen who come here to discuss business usually go directly to the aristocratic district to find better hotels, so the hotel business of the tavern is not very profitable.
Xue Hua was taken to a relatively clean room by his attendants.
After the attendants left, he couldn't wait to put all his energy into the drama that was about to start on the other side.
At this moment in the alley, old Cherki still hadn't noticed the group of people following him.
He held on to the wall beside the alley and vomited once, then continued walking toward the city gate while humming a tune crookedly.
Behind him, the three men in black robes were getting closer and closer. These guys were obviously familiar with the cobweb-like anthill-like alleys of King's Harbor. They seemed to be preparing to wait until the farthest point from the main road to attack.
Already.
"Isa, how are you? Is there anything unusual about these three men in black robes?"
"Master, judging from the surveillance data currently obtained by the Supervisory King Insect, these three targets all have psychic levels of about 6.2-6.4, and further biological signal monitoring shows that the three targets are all human evil contracters, but
There are subtle abnormal changes in its biological characteristics, and it may be a modified life form, but the specific situation requires further contact and observation."
"Evil Contractor? Got it, continue to monitor and see what they plan to do to old Cherki."
Xue Hua nodded and saw the three men in black robes getting closer and closer to the old man. He knew that these guys were about to start taking action!
Sure enough, dozens of seconds later, when Cherki walked to the corner of an alleyway and was about to turn towards the city gate, three men in black robes suddenly appeared and blocked the old man in the corner.
"Who!? You...what do you want to do?" Three black figures suddenly flashed in front of his eyes, and old Cherki was also frightened.
He instinctively pulled out the short knife hidden at his waist (this is an old habit of sea hunters, never leaving their bodies with the knife), and waved it in front of the three men in black robes in a panic.
"I...I have no money...really! I don't have a penny on me..."
Old Cherki swallowed dryly, thinking that he had encountered bandits cutting off the road. The security in the port area was chaotic, and the patrols were in chaos. This kind of thing happened basically every day in the streets and alleys behind the dock.
Cherki was very experienced in dealing with these gangsters who robbed him. He knew that he must not show any weakness at this time. He must show his weapons and clearly tell the other party that they will not get half a copper from him.
In most cases, these robbers are just looking for money, and they generally won't force themselves when they encounter someone with a sharp weapon.
This trick of old Cherki has been tried and tested many times. In the past few decades, the only people who have successfully robbed him of money are those damn port patrol members.
However, this time, Cherki's trick failed.
Facing the dagger that shone with a cold light under the dim moonlight, the three men in black robes not only did not hesitate to flinch, but one of them even laughed disdainfully.
"Okay! You damn little bastards! Have a taste of my knife!!" Cherki knew that there was probably no way around this matter today, so he simply took the initiative and yelled, with a heart-warming strike.
The knife stabbed the chest of the man in black robe in front of him.
However, a scene happened that made Cherki's forehead immediately covered with cold sweat.
Facing the sharp blade coming straight at him, the guy in front of him stretched out his right hand and grabbed the blade of the dagger without any hesitation.
Cherki immediately felt like he had stabbed a knife into the closed mouth of a giant beast. The blade seemed to be welded into the palm of the guy's hand. No matter how hard he tried, he could not pull the knife back.
"Uh...you...who are you?!" Cherki let go of the handle of the knife in a cold sweat, and pressed his back against the cold, wet wall at the corner.
He was a sea hunter in his early years. Although he is a bit weak now that he is older, his most basic physical fitness is still there.
No matter how strong an ordinary person is, if they want to seize the knife from his hand with bare hands, they will have to fight for at least several rounds. How can this guy in front of him be stronger than a ship-eating whale?
"Old Cherki, look at you, what have you become?
Didn't we just meet once not long ago?" Just when Cherki was sweating and at a loss, the man in black robes standing in front of him suddenly turned the short knife in his hand and handed it back to him.
He lifted the hood covering his head.
Under the dim silver light of the moon, a face with a huge scar running through the entire face appeared in front of Cherki.
