Black Knight From Blue Star

 “Traveler.”

Hearing the other party's question, Hardy answered in a relaxed tone.

The guard above looked at Hardy in the dim light, and then was a little surprised: "Hey, he's still a pretty boy."

Hardy smiled helplessly.

"What are you doing here?"

"Business guy." Hardy said with a smile, "I've been here before."

"Are you kidding? In this situation, you come in alone to do business?"

Hardy smiled and 'explained': "It is exactly this situation that I have to come in to see the situation. My caravan is staying in a safe place outside."

"What kind of business do you do?" Seeing that this man was right, the guard asked.

"this."

Hardy took out a small piece of dried meat from the system backpack and threw it up.

The other party approached, smelled it subconsciously, and then said in surprise: "Are you in the grain business?"

"Yes."

"It's not human flesh."

Hardy shook his head: "This is beef. You will know after you taste it."

The guard licked it gently: "It does not taste like human flesh. It also contains salt."

Hardy was shocked when he heard this and asked, "Do you know what human flesh tastes like?"

The guard above cheerfully changed the subject: "Since you are in the grain business, come in."

After speaking, a ladder was lowered from above.

Hardy climbed up, and several guards came over and surrounded him.

"Is there any meat left?" asked a guard who was so thin that his cheeks were sunken.

Hardy shrugged: "In business, of course you can't carry all the meat with you. I want to talk to your leader about business matters."

After these people looked at Hadi for a while, they saw that he really didn't look like he was hiding anything. Then they let him go, pointed to a road inside, and said: "Go straight forward to the highest and largest road." In front of the house, tell me your intention, I hope our leader will meet you."

Hardy nodded, turned over and jumped down.

At a height of more than four meters, he fell lightly, and it looked like he was capable.

Several guards were stunned for a moment.

Hardy walked along the street. The rotten smell here was much lighter, but he still occasionally saw groups of skinny people wandering on the street. However, they obviously still had sense, but they just looked at people with a bad eye. Gotta panic.

Is there a famine here?

Hardy frowned and kept walking forward. In the dark corner, he didn't know how many eyes were looking at him.

Soon he came to the largest building, which was the Lord's Mansion here.

There are also several guards standing here, but their looks are obviously much better than those before.

Hardy walked over and immediately attracted the attention of those people.

They walked directly over and stood in front of Hardy.

One of the stronger men asked in a puzzled tone: "Young face, why did they let you in?"

"I'm here for business." Hadi looked around and said, "Grain business. We have a batch of grain in hand and need to exchange it for some valuable things."

"But you came here alone and didn't bring anything with you..."

Hadi explained again: "The things are outside the city. You must first ask your leader if he has any intention. Besides, it is normal if you don't have enough property to exchange for food."

The man frowned, as if he didn't like what Hardy said, but looking at Hardy's appearance of tender skin and tender flesh, he knew that this was the behavior of people who eat well and dress well.

So he said: "Wait a minute, I will send someone to notify the lord."

Hardy nodded and stepped aside.

While waiting, he looked at his surroundings. In the entire city, except for the two remaining light towers and some rooms in the lord's mansion that were lit, there were no lights in other places.

After arriving here, Hardy discovered that in addition to the rancid smell, there were also strange magic fluctuations in the air, which came in waves and were very regular.

This means that there is a magic circle placed in the lord's mansion.

Don't know what it does.

Not long after, someone came out and said, "Boss would like to see you, come in."

After that, he walked back, and Hardy followed.

Entering the atrium of the Lord's Mansion, the rancid smell became even more obvious.

Then turning a corner, Hardy saw a row of corpses hanging on the left and right sides of the road...most of the corpses were already rotting.

The most obvious corpse placed at the front seemed to have been placed there not long ago.

It was a female corpse, tied naked to a cross more than two meters high.

Even though she was dead, Hardy could tell that this woman was a wealthy person in her lifetime. She had a good figure and a plump figure.

In addition...the other party's body was covered with scars, and he had obviously been brutally abused before his death.

The man leading the way turned around and said, "Don't be afraid, these are rebels. The lord placed them here just to warn others not to participate in the rebellion again."

Hardy felt cold in his heart, but he smiled and said, "Your lord is very majestic."

"Hahaha, of course."

Then he turned around and continued leading the way.

The smile on Hardy's face quickly cooled, and he was very observant.

Most of the men and women hanging on the cross were dressed in servant uniforms.

He remembered something... the lord of this city should be a woman with a good reputation.

Then he turned back and looked at the most obvious female corpse not far behind.

He looked away with a strange smile on his face.

Soon, he followed the guide to the main hall door.

There were streaks of blood seeping into the huge wooden door.

Two maids with numb and expressionless faces pushed the door open.

The main hall was very spacious, and Hardy saw the strong man sitting in the main seat at a glance.

He was wearing a nightgown, leaning back with one leg still on his chair, looking at Hardy in a very disgraceful manner.

Hardy walked in, looked at the other party, and asked in a slightly strange tone: "It's strange. I remember that the last time I came here, the lord here was a woman. Are you her Hakka?"

This man was already showing his age and his hair was much grayer. He looked at Hadi's young and handsome face with a hint of jealousy in his eyes.

Then he pointed outside: "It's hanging there... If you don't mind, I'll have her put down for you to play with."

"Your Excellency really loves to joke." Hardy smiled.

At this time, his heart was full of murderous intent, but before killing, he wanted to understand what happened here.

"Although it stinks a bit, it's still quite refreshing. It's a pity if you don't like it." The man stood up. He was very tall, at least about two meters tall: "Are you a grain merchant?"

"right."

"That's so strange. Almost all businessmen will flee when they see the appearance of this city, but you ran in by yourself." The man slowly approached Hardy: "Why?"

“The louder the waves, the more expensive the fish.”

When the man heard this, he burst out laughing: "That's a good saying, yes, the more times like this, the more valuable food is. But... do you think you have the life to get out alive? You hand over the food, I I can spare your life."

Hardy spread his hands calmly: "I'm just a nobody. The owners of our caravan are waiting outside. If I don't go back for three hours, they will naturally leave."

The man stood in front of Hardy, looked down at him, and couldn't help but cursed angrily: "Damn businessman, don't give him any chance." (End of Chapter)