Chapter 273 The Cunning Vic
The city of Sicily, from the appearance, this city is a standard European city, like a medieval European city. Even the poor beggars and greedy guards at the door outside have not disappointed Xin Yuntian. Although he has guessed that this task is likely to be about a corrupt one. The depraved king or the lord of the city, but he still holds a glimmer of hope.
After all, the city of Sicily described by the two damn guards is still very beautiful. Even if it is exaggerated, it should not be too much, right?
However, when he entered the city, he suddenly understood what it was. The statues and walls outside the city look so rich, as if the city is really a beautiful city, but only after entering, it is like lifting the white cloth on the body of a wounded man who has been seriously injured for many days, full of devastation, and maggots wriggling everywhere.
This Sicilian city can probably be described as this.
The streets in the city can't be described as dilapidated. It can only be said to be garbage.
Yes, the garbage dump. The potholed streets are full of garbage, some rotten and spoiled food has become smelly, and countless flies walk away with these things. The shops on both sides of the street can only be described as dilapidated. Those shops basically don't sell anything good, wooden doors that can't be completely closed, broken windows, and the shop owner wearing patches.
Think about it, these businessmen are wearing patched clothes. What will the rest of the city be like? Xin Yuntian shook his head as he walked. Occasionally, two mice came out of the alley, all of which were hungry skin and bones. When the nearby residents saw these animals that could run and move, they rushed over as if they had seen gold. In the blink of an eye, the two mice had been caught, and the others had not caught mice. The man rushed up like crazy, roared and pressed the NPC that caught the mouse on the ground, beat him, and snatched the booty.
Three minutes into the city, Xin Yuntian was stunned to see a bloody case caused by a mouse.
"This is almost enough to eat people. Those two damn guys, this is what they call the beautiful city of Sicily, the rich and peaceful residents?" Xin Yuntian shivered all over and looked at the few exiles staring at him not far away. These guys were definitely not good things.
He walked quickly and finally found the Nick Tavern in the square in the center of the town. There is also a statue in the center of the town. The statue is located in the center of the fountain, but now the fountain is no longer spraying water, and the pool is dry and almost cracking. As for the statue, it is very clean. Looking at the appearance of the statue, it should be the owner of the city. The crown and the scepter look majestic, especially the two eyeballs on the statue, which are carved with good gemstones.
As for the Nick Tavern not far away, it looks much cleaner and tidy than other places, especially its doors and windows, which are intact. What's more, the signboard of this pub is gold-encrusted, with three gemstones of different colors on it. Outside the door of the pub, there are two big men standing. As long as there are shabby-dressed exiles approaching, they will pull out their weapons and rush to beat them.
"Nima, it seems that this Nick Tavern only provides services for the rich." Xin Yuntian shook his head with a bitter smile. The city of Sicily is not rich, but the gap between the rich and the rich is extremely huge. In fact, I don't understand that the guards here are no different from rogue robbers. They even have to pay for entering the gate. You can imagine what kind of life ordinary people here live here.
When Xin Yuntian walked to Nick's pub, he heard a loud shout in the pub. Then, a thin figure was thrown out of the pub and rolled on the ground a few times to Xin Yuntian's feet. A fat woman in gold and silver came out of the pub and roared angrily, "You damn bad guy, you are the mouse in the stinky ditch. How dare you sneak into my kitchen to steal? You are lucky not to kill you today. Next time you dare to come to me to steal, I will definitely kill you.
The teenager lying on the ground didn't know whether he was afraid or in pain. He trembled and whispered in pain. In Xin Yuntian's opinion, there is only a trace of blood left in this little guy, and he will die soon.
He shook his head with a wry smile and tried to squat down and feed a bottle of life potion to his mouth.
Some NPCs cannot accept the rescue of players, such as NPCs that must be killed by the system. However, many ordinary NPCs can accept the help of players, such as a bottle of life potion, which can not only restore the player's own health, but also save NPCs on the verge of death.
After drinking the life potion, the teenager looked up at Xin Yuntian and said gratefully, "Thank you, stranger, you saved me. You are such a kind person."
"You're welcome." Xin Yuntian shook his head, looked at the fat woman who was scolding at the door, and said to the teenager, "How could you be thrown out of it by him? And this Sicilian city, I heard that this is a beautiful and rich city, but what I see now is simply a slum.
"Slums, oh, no, it's not." The teenager's face was a little better, and the blood bar recovered to more than half. He moaned feebly, "We can't be regarded as a slum here, but our money has been converized by the greedy Diogo. No matter how much money we make, he will take half of the tax.
"Diogo? Who is he, the owner of your city?
"Ah, he is not the owner of the city." The teenager curled his lips and said, "A stranger, come to my house. Don't go to Nick's Tavern. They will kill you fiercely. A gold coin is not enough for you to drink a glass of fresh water in it.
Your sister!
Xin Yuntian rolled his eyes. Do you want to be so dark?
The teenager took Xin Yuntian to his house and said as he walked, "My name is Vic Wilkins. You can call me Vic, or a sloppy ghost. Anything is fine."
"So Vic, tell me what's going on in this city?"
Vic sighed deeply and said, "Sicily is a beautiful and rich city, which is true. At least I heard from my grandfather that it was a beautiful city ten years ago, but ten years ago, when the greedy Diogo came, everything was different. Ten years ago, our princess married a stranger like you, Diogo. Because the city owner is old, Diogo became our new city owner. When he was in power, he showed his true face. He ordered everyone to give him the gold. Every day, the butchers had to pay half of the taxes, half of the meat, and the clothing dealers to give him the most beautiful clothes. These are all paid free of charge. Under his leadership, the guards in the city gradually changed their minds. They no longer defended the honor of the Sicilian city, but helped Diogo suppress the rioting residents. In the summer of their violent crackdown, our residents became impoverished overnight, and 99% of all our wealth was concentrated in Diogo and several of his cronies.
This Diogo, like golden gold coins?
Xin Yuntian frowned slightly. With this hobby race, he thought of two, the govron and the dragon. Moreover, the name Diogo does not seem to be a human name.
Only Vic continued to say, "The elderly city owner was pissed off by Diogo, and the princess was under house arrest in the palace. She opposes Diogo's violent regime, but she is just a woman and can't fight against Diogo at all.
Xin Yuntian nodded. Hearing what Vic said, the source of evil this time should be here in Diogo? However, the task will never be so simple!
He frowned slightly. There must be something he didn't notice. With the cunning of the game designer of Tianwei Company, he can complete the task if he just kills Diogo. What's the difference from those ordinary and elite tasks? There is no challenge or difficulty at all.
At this moment, the door of Vic's house was suddenly kicked open. Two guards rushed in from outside the door and shouted at Xin Yuntian, "A foreigner, you can see our city owner immediately."
"Is it Diogo?"
"Bold, how dare you call the name of our city lord? Arrest him."
The two guards immediately rushed to Xin Yuntian and reached out to grab him. Xin Yun, can you let them catch it? As soon as his body flashed, he flashed the palms of the two guards and shouted, " Stop, I'll follow you."
These two NPC guards are just level 57. Xin Yuntian can kill them even if he kills them, not to mention just avoiding their attack?
Although the souls of the dead in the unknown place are all level 80, those souls of undead are born from the fragments of Pandora's box, and this place, no matter where it is, as long as it is about the trial of artifacts, the monsters and NPC levels here are similar to the player level.
Xin Yuntian is now level 57, and the combat NPCs here are also level 57. As for ordinary NPCs like Vic, it is not necessarily. There are both level 10 and level 15. They are all civilians, and the level will not exceed level 20.
When Vic heard Xin Yuntian say that he wanted to follow him, he was shocked and said, "Muchen, you can't go there. Diogo will kill you."
Xin Yuntian smiled and said, "Don't worry, Diogo can't kill me. I'm going to find the truth."
"The truth?" Vic showed a trace of confusion. He watched Xin Yuntian leave the room and a ferocious and cruel smile appeared at the corners of his mouth. "The truth... What's the truth, damn thing. You just kill Diogo. Why do you need to find the truth?
Xin Yuntian didn't know what Vic said after he left, let alone his expression. He just followed the two guards to the most luxurious place in the city - the castle of the city owner.