The soldiers guarding the city wore tattered stitched chainmail and held metal spears. Their auras were mostly at the second or third stage.
They were at the level of a normal soldier.
The one who asked the question was at the peak of the fifth stage. He should be a captain of the city guards.
Roger transmitted his voice through the contract.
Tang Yu noticed that only the long spear in the captain's hand was a rune weapon.
Understanding this, he didn't say anything, allowing Roger to negotiate with the city guards.
"… We're adventurers from another country …"
Roger revealed their disguises in a low voice.
This world was generally a huge land surrounded by the ocean. On the land, there were countless large and small kingdoms. But perhaps because of the existence of high-end forces, communication was unhindered before the doomsday. The language of the continent had long been unified.
Both sides spoke in the common language of the continent, but the regional difference made the accent a bit different.
And Roger was indeed from another country. This wasn't a fabrication.
Tang Yu listened quietly and didn't speak. After all, he couldn't speak the common language. At most, he could convey the information he wanted to express with his spiritual power. At this time, his extraordinary brain power was working fast, memorizing and analyzing every word that Roger and the captain said. It wouldn't take long for him to completely master the language.
"I need to ask for instructions. Please wait a moment."
The captain hurriedly left.
The other city guards sized them up half-warily and half-curiously, as if they had never seen humans from the outside world. Under the shroud of darkness, most of the cities had already been destroyed. Only a few large cities survived, but they were like isolated islands in the middle of the sea. Many of them even thought that the city they were in was the only place where humans could protect themselves.
Tang Yu wasn't surprised. He had a certain understanding of this continent from Roger and Zapor.
Elaine didn't know the name of this city and couldn't determine its location on the map. But many kingdoms on the continent had a common characteristic. Vast land and sparsely populated. Compared to the Middle Ages, each city was much larger and had a much larger population. But the continent was even more vast. The land area alone was ten times the size of Earth.
Before the end of the world, the Genesis Qi in this world was much denser than it was now. There were countless strange beasts in the wild forests. Humans could only build cities in relatively safe places. After the outbreak of the Black Tide, communication between different places was even more difficult. Small cities were unable to resist the dark creatures and were gradually destroyed. After a few decades, there might not be many cities left in the remote countries of the continent.
Tang Yu felt a lot of life in the city. However, the surrounding resources were barren, and the destruction of the outer city further compressed the human living space. In the long run, the city could only go on a dead end.
"What's going on? It's been half an hour, and you still don't intend to open the door to welcome us in?!"
Shay complained. He took out a special pistol with a silencer and shot two dark creatures in the head.
The soldiers on the city walls nodded their heads, indicating that they didn't know what was going on either. They looked back from time to time.
Tang Yu was also a little impatient. Thinking that he had waited for half an hour, he had to maintain his persona, so he didn't smash the city gate.
Time ticked by.
After waiting for almost an hour, the city gate slowly rose with the sound of grinding teeth.
A team wearing silver armor and helmets, wielding shields and longswords, slowly walked out of the city gate.
"I'm General Barkley of Ghale City. Foreigners, the City Lord wants to see you. Come with me."
Roger nodded and walked at the front.
Tang Yu and the others followed closely behind.
After entering the city, General Barkley led them along the main road. Other soldiers wearing silver armor, holding the hilt of their swords, walked on both sides. They were more vigilant against them.
Tang Yu maintained his adventurer persona while being equally vigilant against these soldiers while observing them.
This team should belong to the elite legion. Everyone's strength was above the 6th Ascension Stage. Although General Barkley hid part of his aura, Tang Yu could still perceive that he was an 11th Ascension Stage powerhouse.
This was a force that was enough to balance a group of 8th and 9th Ascension adventurers like them.
He didn't care what these people thought.
The main purpose of looking for a city was to locate it on the map. Now, Zapor had already found the location of the city on the map he had drawn. It was a big city of the kingdom. Zapor said that he had found the location of the city on the map he had drawn.
It belonged to a kingdom in the southwest of the mainland before the doomsday. It was a big city second only to the kingdom's capital.
On both sides of the street, there were buildings with unique architectural styles. Some of them were old, and he even saw some wooden houses with a different architectural style. Some commoners in ragged clothes were waving hoes as they laboriously cultivated the small fields.
There were also some well-dressed upper-class people passing by in human-pulled carriages that looked like rickshaws from the Republic period.
'That's probably the nobles.'
In this continent, these countries, the nobles and the civilians were almost two distinct species.
There were many cases of civilians dying from famine, disasters, and diseases. But the nobles, especially the big nobles, enjoyed a luxurious life. Because of the existence of rune technology, the standard of living was much higher than the medieval times.
Shaking his head, Tang Yu was too lazy to care about these trivial things.
Suddenly, his expression froze.
He felt something was different.
Thinking about it carefully, the faint sense of rejection lingered in his heart when he was outside the city. But now, the rejection seemed to have disappeared?
Tang Yu didn't dare to be careless. He focused his senses and found that there was a clear difference between the inside and outside of the city.
Outside the city, it was lonely and desolate as if the whole world had died.
But inside the city, there was still vitality. Not only the breath of life, but the world was still alive.
Opening his personal domain, Tang Yu finally realized.
"… this feeling, is it a domain? Or a realm? "
It wasn't a personal domain, but the scope defined by the world. Combined with the demons' devouring of the planet's origin, Tang Yu quickly had a guess.
This planet was invaded as early as 58 years ago. Today, the majority of the planet's origin had been devoured. Most of the areas were completely dead. Only the human cities were still within the scope of being devoured.
"Before, I planned to build a sub-territory, but I had a bad feeling. Maybe if I build a sub-territory in the wilderness, it's equivalent to sticking a small piece of white paper on a piece of black paper. It's particularly conspicuous. It's likely to attract the attention of the aliens and even the demons."
"And the remnants of the human cities were originally a rare white area on a piece of black paper. It's not so conspicuous to put a piece of white paper on top of it."
"Especially the expansion of the territory, it's likely to change the originally dead landscape and revitalize it."
Originally, he planned to walk around and then leave. But now, his goal has changed.
In this city, he will build a sub-territory and become the bridgehead of the Tree Shade's exploration of this world.
After all, the inner city wasn't big. After walking for more than ten minutes, he had arrived in front of the City Lord's Mansion. From afar, he could see the bright lights inside the mansion. It was particularly conspicuous in this dark city.
At this time, the City Lord's Mansion was holding a banquet. The dancers' skirts were dancing, and the nobles were drinking wine.
City Lord Hurt Eddie sat on the first throne and glanced faintly.
The city was isolated and isolated from the world. Each city was a small country, and each City Lord was a king.
"Let us welcome the arrival of a few foreigners."
City Lord Hurt said a few words. Suddenly, the nobles on both sides of the long table were discussing.
Looking at Tang Yu's group, their eyes were more curious.
"Foreigners? So there are other humans alive. "
"What does it have to do with us? I'm afraid they had no choice but to escape because their city was destroyed."
"Their strength doesn't seem weak. I don't know if they can be accepted as followers. I'm afraid the City Lord will snatch them away. Hahaha."
Tang Yu frowned.
On one side, there was a long table full of sumptuous food. On the other side, there were dancers and bands.
The group of nobles looked at them like monkeys. He didn't like this kind of environment.
The general who had just led them in was now standing in front of the banquet hall like a wooden stake, saying he wasn't qualified to enter.
Shay took two steps forward and said unhappily, "You invited us here, but you let us stand. Is this how you treat your guests in Ghale City?"
City Lord Hurt on the throne glanced at them but didn't say anything.
A noble on the other side of the long table sneered, "You're just a few adventurers. You want to sit with us? Do you have any respect for the rules? "
The identity of the adventurers was Tang Yu's group's disguise.
And in the eyes of these nobles, how could lowly adventurers be qualified to sit at the same table as them. Not to mention, they didn't use their extraordinary power to expel the dust. Although they were neatly equipped, it was inevitable that they were stained with some dust and blood.
"You'll report to the First Army later. Alright, you can leave now."
City Lord Hurt waved his hand and set the tone.
The great nobles around sighed with regret.
After all, their forces could not be compared to the Castellan's. Since these refugees could enter the most elite First Army of the City Defense Army, why would they choose to be mere thugs for the nobles?
At least in the First Army, there was a way for civilians to be promoted to nobles, although it was very small.
Tang Yu and Elaine glanced at each other and shrugged helplessly.
The City Lord was already a Half-step Transcendent expert, and was an existence that could cover the sky with one hand in the city. To a few foreigners who were not weak, but they were merely not weak, his attitude was considered mild according to Roger's words.
Or it could be said that City Lord Hurt was in a good mood during the banquet. If it was a hot-tempered City Lord, Shay's words would definitely enrage him.
As for messing with the wrong people, that was even more impossible.
In this world, Transcendents were few and far between. Most of them were great nobles, and they paid particular attention to extravagance when they went out. For Transcendents who valued their reputation more than anything else, it was impossible for them to be covered in dust, and it was even more impossible for them to obediently wait outside the city for almost an hour.
But …
"Did you guys misunderstand something?"
Tang Yu spoke with a slightly broken common language. His tone didn't seem to care at all.
City Lord Hurt's face was a bit gloomy. "What? Are you planning to disappoint the City Lord's good intentions?"
"That's why I said you misunderstood. After all, we just wanted to drink tea. But we found out there's no tea here, and the chef's skills are limited. So we wanted to buy a piece of land from you. But after thinking about it, I don't think you'll agree. After thinking about it, we don't think we can convince you with kindness."
His words were very casual. It was originally broken common language, but there were some nouns that the nobles couldn't understand.
General Barkley, who was guarding the banquet hall, was a bit anxious.
Along the way, he had a good impression of these adventurers. But he didn't expect them to be so daring. Talking to the City Lord was like talking to a normal person on the street.
Perhaps they had been fleeing for years and had long forgotten the dignity of the nobles.
But if they did that, they would probably anger the City Lord!
Barkley was anxious, but he didn't dare to speak. He turned his head and kept signaling with his eyes. But he could only see the back of Tang Yu's head.
"Shut up!"
"How dare you!"
"How dare you talk to the City Lord like that!"
Several guards at the banquet hall and some small nobles who were eager to show off shouted.
The City Lord on the throne stood up and glanced at them, "It looks like you're used to being undisciplined in the wilderness. If that's the case …"
More than a dozen armored guards drew their swords and sabers and surrounded them.
The nobles watched this scene with great interest. To be able to see real people fighting in the banquet made them even more excited. Someone pulled the maidservant beside him into his arms, his hands reaching into her clothes and rubbing wantonly on that indescribable part.
The loud chatter made a crisp sound as the wine glasses collided.
Some people laughed and mourned for the adventurers.
Tang Yu shrugged, "I'll leave it to you."
Shay grinned, "I should've convinced them with reason long ago. My big gun can't wait any longer."
A dozen elite guards with strength ranging from the seventh to the ninth stage of the City Lord's Mansion flew over.
Bang!
Shay didn't pull out his gun. Instead, he put his fingers in the shape of a gun. His mouth opened and closed, and an energy bullet flew out from his fingertips.
The City Lord's Mansion guards who had just stepped out flew out one by one.
Some flew out dozens of meters and hit the wall of the hall. Some fell on the long table full of food. It was a mess.
At the back of the long table, the minor nobles who were about to watch a good show changed their expressions. Seeing the ferocious Shay, they were so scared that they hurriedly stood up and retreated. A few nobles with poor strength and big bellies had to be supported by their attendants behind them before they were able to leave.
City Lord Hurt's eyes narrowed. In a short moment, he felt a threat from Shay.
"Well, I didn't expect you to hide your strength. I was wrong. But you seem to have forgotten that this is the City Lord's Mansion, my territory."
As soon as his voice fell.
An invisible force shrouded him. In an instant, Tang Yu felt his body was heavy … a little bit.
He couldn't help but smile with interest.
(Yesterday's two chapters should've been in the new volume. But I forgot. I don't know how to move it now.)
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