At this moment, an obese middle-aged man trotted all the way, stopped in front of Qianye, bent down and panted and said, "Is it the leader? Hu Wei, the villain, it's Heini Town now." The mayor of the town. Please take care of Master Qianye from now on!"
Qianye sized up Hu Wei, feeling a little surprised, this fat man is a second-level soldier.
After looking at the situation in Heini Town, Qianye has already discovered that this place is completely different from Lighthouse Town. No matter in terms of importance or danger, it is not comparable to the peaceful town he once stayed in. In this way, Hu Wei can secure the position of mayor with only a second level, either because his strength is higher than the level, or because he has some background. But if he really has a background, where can't he find a stable job and come here to seek death
Qianye pointed at the homeless people lying on the ground, and asked, "Mayor Hu, what's going on?"
Hu Wei said with a smile: "This town will belong to you from now on, please don't call me the mayor. You can call me Hu Wei. If you don't mind, you can also call me Xiao Hu."
Looking at this fat man who already had many wrinkles on his face, whether he was over forty or under, Qianye frowned and said, "What's the matter with these people?"
Hu Wei glanced at the homeless people all over the ground, and said: "They are all scavengers, and they make a living by collecting medicinal materials and resources in the swamp. But only a few of them are real herb pickers, and the rest are just A guy who takes his life to try his luck."
Herb collection is a technical task, otherwise there is not only the risk of mistaken drugs with similar shapes, but also some harmless plants that are separated and put together may become highly poisonous. But this is also a costless and high-profit business, much more valuable than the scrap metal that can be seen everywhere on the Evernight Continent, so scavengers are still flocking to it.
Qianye was standing at the entrance of an alley at this time, looking around, there were at least twenty or thirty people lying in the alley that was more than ten meters long. These homeless men who were asleep heard the sound and sat up one after another, staring at Qianye and Hu Wei who was pointing at them with beastly eyes.
Qianye suddenly saw a black figure walking past the other end of the alley!
It was an ordinary-looking adventurer, his whole body was wrapped in a dark cloak, and he couldn't see his true colors at all. However, his gait and posture gave Qianye an indescribable feeling, as if that person was not walking on flat ground, but floating on water!
"Wait!" Qianye immediately rushed to the alley, but the homeless people were so densely packed that he couldn't find a place to step down.
Seeing Qianye rushing towards him, most of the homeless people started to move out of unknown motives. Some deliberately raised their legs to create more obstacles, and some directly reached out to grab Qianye. Looking at those eyes burning with greed, one knew that if Qianye was pulled down by them, everything in his body would be stripped and snatched away in the blink of an eye.
How could Qianye be stopped by these ordinary people? He jumped up, took a few quick steps on the wall of the side building, jumped onto the roof, and then chased in the direction where the adventurer disappeared.
But with such a delay, Qianye looked down at the row upon row of roofs in front of him, and couldn't find any trace of that figure passing by. Groups of dismal light sources projected on the ground, the light was no more than a square inch, most of the homeless people lying in the open air were sleeping soundly, and the undisturbed places in the town were peaceful.
Qianye's heart sank slightly, such a speed and agility are no worse than Gu Liyu's, and they are still above him. Qianye glanced at the whole town again, but still couldn't see anything unusual, so he jumped off the roof and landed in front of Hu Wei.
"Lord Qian, was that... your friend just now?" Hu Wei asked tentatively.
"No, that's a vampire, a senior vampire."
Hu Wei's fat face turned pale with fright, and he let out a sharp cry, then lowered his voice immediately, and asked, "Senior vampire! How tall is it?"
"Should at least be a knight."
This answer almost made Hu Wei faint, and said with a trembling tone: "Jeez, Sir! Why did you come here, there is nothing in a small place like ours!"
"Someone is enough." An expeditionary officer next to him interjected.
"Impossible. Although the town has a large population, how could the high-ranking blood race look down on this kind of person?" Hu Wei almost screamed again, but he also knew that such things should not be yelled, so he managed to control the volume.
Qianye was slightly surprised, and took another look at Hu Wei. How did the mayor of a border town know such a thing
The empire's propaganda on the blood slaves is quite extreme and simple. Just looking at the fear of being infected by ordinary civilians when they approach the blood slaves, it is clear that the empire has no intention of popularizing and disseminating knowledge. Even Qianye in the elite legion has no authority to know this secret.
It wasn't until he had sucked blood himself that he realized that the attraction of biological blood to vampires actually lies in the original force contained in it. Especially for high-level blood races, it is true that only blood rich in force can arouse their appetite. Like these tramps who have no original force, even if they are washed and placed in front of them, they are afraid that they will not be willing to enter.
Hu Wei glared at the homeless people in the alley, rushed up suddenly, kicked a homeless man to the ground, kicked violently, and shouted: "You dare to block the way of adults! You are really blind Dog eyes! If it weren't for you, my lord would have caught that vampire! Today, if I don't beat you up, I really think this black mud town belongs to you!"
As he said that, Hu Wei seemed to feel that kicking and beating were not enough, so he took out a whip from his arms, and whipped it at the homeless people without thinking, making them cry like wolves, rolling and crawling. The alley was empty.
These homeless people seemed to be very afraid of Hu Wei, and they didn't dare to resist at all, they could only run away.
"These sluts can't survive a day without beating them!" Hu Wei said out of breath. With the whipping just now, he jumped up and down, which really exerted a lot of strength.
Qianye was noncommittal. After walking around the town and looking around, he followed Hu Wei to his house.
The mayor's residence is located in the central area of Heini Town. It is a solid stone three-story building. The windows of the small building are narrow and small, making the whole small building look like a miniature castle.
After entering the small building, Qianye discovered that Hu Wei's room was on the third floor, the second floor was the guest room, and the first floor was the kitchen and the officers' quarters of the expeditionary army garrison. Therefore, in this small building, there are not many places that really belong to Hu Wei.
After walking around, Qianye sat down in a pitifully small reception room on the third floor. Standing in the room, it seems that you can touch the walls on both sides with your arms outstretched, and it will be crowded if three or four people are seated.
"I don't seem to have seen your family?"
Hu Wei smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, how can you start a family while staying in such a ghostly place? Who knows when those black-blooded bastards will rush out of the swamp, don't talk about guarding them, if they can't escape, then they are a die."
After a pause, Hu Wei lowered his voice and said, "Actually, I have a child who is being fostered by his aunt's house in Hongsong City..." His tone became softer, as if carrying a fatherly feeling. .
Qianye chatted with Hu Wei for a while, and learned about the environment and history of the Black Mud Marsh. In the middle of speaking, Hu Wei suddenly remembered something, almost jumped up, and said in surprise: "There is still a high-ranking blood in the town!"
Qianye said indifferently: "What does that matter?"
Hu Wei immediately came to his senses, and understood why Qianye didn't order the whole town to search at that time, and the officers of the expeditionary army next to him didn't move. In such a complicated environment as Heimi Town, it is very easy for a noble blood clan to hide from the trace or escape into the swamp. To deal with this kind of enemy, there is no good way except to lay a trap and wait for him to jump in by himself.
And what Qianye said was that under normal circumstances, there is nothing worthy of a knight's attention in Hei Ni Town, unless Hu Wei has something to hide here.
After Hu Wei figured it out, he broke out in a cold sweat and quickly expressed his innocence. Then he frowned and thought hard, and murmured, "Is there anything good here that is worth running for a big man like Sir?"
Qianye saw that Hu Wei's appearance didn't look like a fake. He didn't expect to find out any clues easily, so he just said: "If there is no one, it is nothing. It is best that the appearance of the blood race is just an accident. My soldiers will come to take over in two days. Defense, about 200 people. You make some arrangements in advance."
Hu Wei immediately put aside his uneasy thoughts, rubbed his hands together happily, and said, "Please rest assured, my lord, I will take good care of them all!"
Qianye looked at Hu Wei strangely, and asked with a half-smile: "You really want my people to come?"
Qianye's question meant something else. As we all know, the military discipline of the Imperial Legion has never been very good, and the expeditionary force is particularly famous in this regard. In the name of hunting blood slaves, the expeditionary force can do whatever they want. Qianye has seen this point more than once, and experienced it personally. As for the reason why the mercenary regiment was slightly reduced, it was because of insufficient strength and authority, not other things. In the wilderness, the difference between mercenaries and bandits was not obvious.
As for the elite army like Red Scorpion that Qianye belonged to, they rarely disturbed the people. This is not because of how strict the military discipline is, but because their supplies are too abundant, and the little things in the hands of civilians cannot be seen by the masters of the elite army. However, the Elite Corps is notorious in another area, and that is the so-called "casualty indicators". In the eyes of local officials and minor nobles, the elite legion is as terrible as the dark race.
Therefore, as a petty bureaucrat at the bottom of the empire, Hu Wei should stay away from expeditionary forces and mercenaries. The most common situation is that the mayor also has his own armed forces and is not weak, so that he is eligible to share the spoils with the expeditionary army.
Hu Wei smiled wryly and said: "Even the jazz has appeared, which means that the war is not far away. Besides, my place is extremely poor, and the men of the expeditionary army can take whatever they want, as long as they can hold the town That's fine. But that's it, there are fewer and fewer uncles who are willing to come. But, how did you find out that it was a high-level blood race?"
"Experience." Qianye replied simply.
In fact, it was the high-ranking blood race who might be too confident that there was no strong man who could find him in such a small settlement as human beings, and he never restrained his aura at all. The strong blood power aroused the golden and purple blood aura in Qianye's body. , thus being seen through the whereabouts.
Qianye didn't intend to rest, he ordered Hu Wei to prepare some dry food, took his own equipment and left the town alone, preparing to enter the black mud swamp overnight.