Silver Sand City is known as a pearl on the border between the Empire and the Orcs. No one can tell whether it is an Imperial city or an Orc city. For thousands of years, this city has been a window for trade between the Empire and the northern Orcs.
Even in the era when wars between orcs and humans were frequent, trade here never stopped.
Because the rulers here are often the most powerful armed forces in the northern border of the empire and the southern orcs. They can be mercenaries, bandits, or wealthy merchants. As long as their fists are strong enough, Silver Sand City will surrender to them. Of course, when their power is not enough to rule this place, Silver Sand City will abandon them. This does not mean that the residents of Silver Sand City are born with the attributes of fence-sitters, but in this lawless place, the rules derived are like this.
Both the Empire and the Orc King's Court adopted a tacit attitude towards this. As long as the city did not completely turn to the other side, maintaining basic neutrality was acceptable.
Therefore, the composition of the residents of Silver Sand City is very different from that of other cities. Under the iron fist of successive city lords, humans, orcs and half-orcs live together. Although they cannot be said to be very harmonious, they live in peace.
This city has been ruled by the Artur family for more than fifty years. They manage the largest local mercenary army and will fight for whoever pays more, the Empire or the Orc King's Court. The Artur family relies on its strong military power to oppress local families and merchants, and impose heavy taxes and forced sales. This has caused the well-endowed Silver Sand City to go downhill in recent years.
It was not until a year ago that the last incompetent patriarch of this family of ordinary reputation was knocked off the throne by a young girl and her companions, and Silver Sand City had a new owner.
The girl's name is Moyu, which is the name of a small flower in the desert that can quench travelers' thirst. Everyone who has seen her thinks that her appearance is very suitable for this small flower, and she looks petite and cute. However, everyone who has fought with her will think that this is an illusion.
Mo Yu looks young, but she is the most powerful warrior in the surrounding area. No one knows how strong she really is. They only know that all those who have challenged her have failed. Some people even rumored that she might be a quasi-saint who is about to advance, because at least three masters were defeated cleanly by her in full view of the public.
According to the residents of Silver Sand City, this girl is powerful, wise, fair and beautiful. She has brought many new things to this city that has been declining under foolish rule, so they affectionately call her the "Queen of Sand City".
And now, in the secret dungeon belonging to the city lord under the historic city lord's palace, the "Queen" is interrogating a prisoner.
A ray of light shone through the skylight of the dungeon and fell on Mo Yu. She was indeed not tall, but her body proportions were very coordinated, and she looked agile and explosive. She was wearing a very simple leather armor with a big sword on her back. She looked more like a mercenary than a queen.
Mo Yu looked to be in her early twenties, with delicate features, but there were several faint scars on her face, which added a lot of heroic spirit to her delicate features. The amazing thing was that these scars did not curl or bulge on the skin, but were slightly different in color from the surrounding skin, just like the natural markings of an orc.
Her hair was tied into a simple braid, slightly above her shoulders, but the most striking thing was that her hair and eyes were both black, which was extremely rare in the area.
Beside her, there was a handsome young man with brown hair. He was wearing a robe that looked a bit like a wizard's robe, but shorter than a wizard's robe. There was no hem that would hinder his movements, which made him look more capable. Some kind of monster scales were sewn on his shoulders, chest, thighs and other vital parts. He had a slender sword hanging from his waist, and his hand was on the hilt.
The young man's expression showed an aloof temperament, but when his eyes rested on Mo Yu, a hint of tenderness appeared in his eyes.
The third person in the room was a girl who was about the same age as Mo Yu. She had long dark golden hair and was even shorter than Mo Yu, only reaching the chest of the young man. The robe she wore was 70% similar to the priest robe of the Temple of Nature, but it was not green, but silver-white. There were many mysterious patterns painted on the robe, and there was a round badge on her chest. The patterns and badges were extremely strange and seemed to have never appeared anywhere else on the continent.
The fourth person standing in front of Mo Yu was a red-haired young man wearing light chain mail. He was thin, with a pointed face and a slick look in his eyes. He had two short swords as long as his upper arms hanging around his waist and a crossbow hanging behind his butt. This was a typical thief's outfit. Eight out of ten thieves in Yinsha City had equipment similar to his, except that the weapons and armor on him appeared to be very well-made, with faint flashes of magic.
The three people looked at the same thing as Mo Yu, looking at a man tied to the rack in front of them. The man's clothes were torn, and he seemed to have been seriously injured. There were flashing magic runes on his body and limbs, suppressing the power in his body. Like Mo Yu, this man actually had black hair. He lowered his head, as if he had exhausted all his strength and was about to faint.
"This guy is a monster. We killed him, but now he's alive again." The young man who looked like a thief took two steps forward, opened the door of the cell, vigilantly held a sword in his hand, stabbed the man with the sword, turned to Mo Yu and said, "Last week you rushed into the place that became the town of the undead alone, defeated him, captured him, and judged his crimes in front of the whole city and chopped off his head.
But this morning, he actually crawled out of the cemetery and attacked several porters and gravekeepers, killing them and turning them into undead. Fortunately, Gawain passed by there and defeated him again and captured him back.
The young swordsman in the robe, called Gawain, looked at the prisoner coldly and said, "We underestimated this guy's origin. I originally thought he was just an ordinary necromancer, but he must have an extraordinary origin to be able to be reborn. In the inheritance of our Sword Tower, similar things are mentioned." (To be continued)