Volume 5: If you are poor, you should be alone Chapter 144 Wolf King's Dissatisfaction
“Oh no!”
As soon as the Brotherhood members jumped out, the faces of several men who had been squatting nearby and staring at the Snow Wolf Tribe for most of the day suddenly changed.
"What should we do, Barritt?" someone asked nervously.
"These idiots are more likely to cause trouble than to help!" Barrett said with a grim expression, "If they ruin Master Eddie's business--"
Before he could finish his harsh words, a white-haired, wolf-eared, bear-like werewolf rushed into the Brotherhood's ranks. He raised his palm and slapped Martin, the brothel owner and vice president of the Brotherhood, to the ground. He twitched for a long time and couldn't get up...
More than a dozen daggers and machetes were swung at the snow wolf man, who easily... moved sideways and knocked over several people who had surrounded him to escape, and his big feet trampled the people who were knocked down, making them scream...
Several more Snow Werewolves charged into the Brotherhood's ranks. Every time they raised their hands or feet, someone would be knocked down, unable to get up again. In the blink of an eye, a large area of the densely packed ranks was emptied...
Barritt & his brothers: "..."
"Don't move!" Xiao Yun turned around and pointed at the three cubs sternly, "You guys are too rough when you fight. These hooligans can't stand a fight like adventurers."
Yangguang and the others squatted on the spot groaning and looking very aggrieved.
Isaac, Hannah and other adventurers: "..."
"Isaac, Hannah, you will come to Valentine again in the future. You won't have to do anything to deal with these local tyrants." Xiao Yun didn't feel like he had stabbed someone. He pointed at the streets on both sides and said, "Go and block the roads on both sides. Don't let anyone get away."
The two team leaders left without saying a word.
In a little over a minute and less than two minutes, more than a hundred fraternity members who were walking around the downtown area were knocked to the ground.
Barritt and others who were observing secretly: "..."
"Barrit, what should we do?" the man who asked the question earlier asked dryly. The words remained the same, but the meaning changed.
"...Ignore them." Barrett was still in shock and gritted his teeth, "Don't forget our mission...Master Eddie won't let us go if we delay his business."
The others all nodded and squatted where they were, feeling particularly at ease - if Barritt really said he wanted to stand up for the Brotherhood, that would be a real headache!
"One hundred and eight, one hundred and nine... OK."
The grassroots leader put the last bruised brotherhood member with his head facing north and feet facing south to the end, stood up and looked at the local evil forces lying neatly in rows along the street, nodded with satisfaction: "It looks much better this way."
Xiao Yun: “…”
Adventurers: “…”
"I said just throw it nearby... Never mind, it's up to you." Xiao Yun glanced at the troublemakers who had turned the scene into a disaster just by covering it with a piece of white cloth, wiped his sweat, and said, "Ignore them, let's go back to the dock."
"Oh, let's go~" The cubs, who had been squatting in boredom for most of the day, no longer wanted to stay in the city and ran forward happily.
"Come back! You should walk in the middle. What if you run in front and scare others?" Xiao Yun shouted.
Adventurers: “…” So you have self-awareness too!
Before leaving, Isaac looked back at the Brotherhood members who were still lined up neatly on the street after being beaten up by the Snow Wolves. He felt nothing in his heart - to put it bluntly, these guys were just useless people who had neither the courage nor the strength to be adventurers and who hid in the city. Not to mention the Snow Wolf Tribe, it would not be difficult for an ordinary adventurer team to deal with them.
Of course, under normal circumstances, adventurers are not willing to provoke local tyrants. After all, no one wants to get into trouble for no good reason... But can this be called a normal situation? Ayun, who can embarrass the city gate officer for a few silver coins, will have a good ending if he snatches someone from him? A beating is the least of his punishment!
After packing up their things, they set off. Both the adventurers and the Snow Wolf tribe had no feelings towards the Brotherhood member who volunteered to come out and get beaten. The Snow Wolf tribe, as a fighting race, had become less prominent due to its decline in the past two hundred years, but even so, they were not something that a bunch of street thugs who didn't even have a fighting profession could jump in and mock them... Even the Lamia Chamber of Commerce was too cautious to confront them head-on. Who gave them the confidence?
However, the female workers who were waiting to be assigned to work kept looking back even after they had walked a long way. In their opinion, the Brotherhood, which was so powerful that it could cover the sky with one hand, was defeated so easily with so many people, and they could leave the downtown area so openly. If they had not seen it with their own eyes, they would not believe it was true.
"Mom..." The girl, whose face was still covered in cheap makeup, held her mother's hand tightly. The joy and happiness that only a young girl possessed returned to her young face. "We can go now, Mom."
"Yeah." The mother's chest was still rising and falling. The shock she felt from the scene a few minutes ago had not yet subsided. "Yes, baby, we can leave now...we can...leave..."
"Don't cry, Mom, we should be happy."
"...Yes, baby."
"Wu... Wuwu..." Another young girl who was walking with the mother and daughter couldn't help crying out loud. The women around her were infected by the cry. Some covered their mouths tightly, while others wiped their eyes silently.
"...Eh?" The Grassroots Chief looked back and saw a group of human women as weak as bean sprouts sobbing and crying. She was at a loss, "A-Yun, what happened to them?"
"It's okay, they are not sad, they just need to vent their emotions." Xiao Yun said expressionlessly.
The grassroots chief scratched his head in confusion, looking back as he walked.
Xiao Yun could understand the feelings of these human women and did not feel impatient with their crying to vent their emotions.
The two clan leaders plus six or seven adult clan members worked together and took care of more than a hundred strong men in five minutes. This does not mean that this gang of evil forces is really so weak... If their targets were the residents of the lower city who were scattered and malnourished as a whole, these guys would definitely be as powerful as if they were on cheats, beating up orphans and kicking widows, and being so arrogant.
Just like the "famous" Eight Great , for the common people at that time, wasn't it a purgatory on earth where once you entered there was no way out and people were eaten without leaving any bones?
The lower class, who feel they are being oppressed, become more ferocious and hideous when they draw their knives to attack the lower classes; when public power fails to fulfill its due responsibilities, it is normal for the big fish to eat the small fish, and the small fish to eat shrimps, and the process of eating people layer by layer downwards is a normal occurrence in the world.
No matter how pragmatic he was, Xiao Yun was not really heartless. The experience of going deep into the lower city to recruit workers that day did not have no impact on him. The young and middle-aged men who over-exploited their vitality to support their families, the women who were basically not well-dressed, with rough hands and feet like tree bark and yellow faces, and the skinny and hungry children who had no energy to play in the streets, the more he saw the residents of the lower city, the more uncomfortable he felt, and his evaluation of the city lord Philip, who Sean had repeatedly praised, plummeted.
Especially seeing that there were minors among the women forced to sell their bodies, this broke Xiao Yun's bottom line - what about the Kronin bureaucratic star and the conscience of the nobles! It's okay if you don't know about one or two special cases, and ignorance is not a problem, and you can't expect the archon to be omniscient and omnipotent; but these pimps are so arrogant, and they can't wait to show off to the world how powerful they are in oppressing the lowest class. As a city lord, this "conscience" is really valuable!
"Trash!" Xiao Yun had a blank expression on his face and gave a negative review.
Although Hannah was criticized by Xiao Yun for being too fat and unfriendly, she was a woman after all, and could still be more careful than a man. Seeing Xiao Yun's indifferent expression along the way, she subconsciously felt that she must be planning something bad...
"...We have completed our tasks well today, no one should bother him, so..." Hannah silently glanced at the female workers waiting to be on duty who were still sobbing from time to time, and seemed to understand something, "--This should be it. I said that he would not be so kind to the guy who hit him in the face and robbed people, and let him go after beating him up. How could such a good thing happen..."
Xiao Yun turned his head and said, "Hannah, why are you looking at me with such weird eyes?"
"Really? No." Hannah denied it firmly.
"Yeah." Xiao Yun didn't take it seriously. He turned around and continued on his way.
Hannah stared straight ahead, thinking frantically in her mind, "She didn't even take advantage of the situation to make a bunch of demands - she's obviously planning something bad!"
...Women's intuition is still very scary.
Not long after their team left South City, the residents of South City who had been hiding in their homes waiting for things to be over quietly walked out of the alley to check the situation.
There were no secrets in such a place where families lived in close proximity, and when the fraternity gathered, the news spread among the locals.
There was no resident of South City who had not suffered at the hands of the Brotherhood, but it was impossible for them to take the risk of informing those outsiders who were recruiting workers. Including those who had signed the Snow Wolf employment contract, everyone chose to turn a deaf ear and dumb - it would be a good thing for outsiders to give the Brotherhood, which had a much worse reputation than the union, a good beating. If the outsiders were defeated and driven away by the Brotherhood, it would be equivalent to them getting a free meal and a hundred kilograms of food, which was not a loss at all.
Sam was also one of the smart guys who knew how to protect himself. His house was on the street, and in order to avoid being implicated when the two gangs fought, he even took his wife, children and the food he had just received to a close friend's house to hide, and only sneaked out to check the situation when there was no sound outside.
The outsiders who were recruiting workers had already left, and the street was very quiet. If it weren't for the more than a hundred fraternity members lying in a row on one side of the street, it would be impossible to tell that anything had happened on this street - there were no signs of a "big battle" on the street, and the walls of the houses on both sides of the street were not damaged at all.
Sam looked in shock at the row of usually arrogant fraternity members lying flat on the ground, and he was unable to recover for a long time.
The sky grew darker, and the fraternity members who were neatly lined up did not move. Only occasionally could one hear someone groaning in pain.
Sam hid in the dark alley and observed for a long time. After confirming that no one was coming, he quickly took off his tattered linen clothes and covered his head with them. He tiptoed out of the alley, approached the row of lying fraternity members, moved closer little by little, squatted down, and secretly searched their pockets.
After a while, Sam took out a few silver coins and a dozen copper coins from a man whose clothes were not patched, and stuffed them into his trouser pocket with surprise.
There are not many fools in this world. When Sam touched the fifth person, three or four people hurriedly ran out from the alley next to him, also covering their heads and faces with clothes and approaching stealthily...
"What are you doing...Ah!" Someone woke up when his pocket was searched. He just asked loudly when he was knocked unconscious by a punch from the nervous Sam... The strong arms and fists as big as bowls trained on the dock are not to be trifled with!
There were about a dozen brave people like Sam who were the first to "touch the corpse". After they took out different amounts of coins, they left happily. The second group of people who came out to check the situation were a step slower and couldn't pay, so they simply took away the weapons, belts, waist bags and other small items carried by the brotherhood members. Some of them were unwilling to give up and even took away the better coats...
More fraternity members woke up when their clothes were stripped off, and then they were lucky enough to be beaten and kicked until they fainted again... This is what the people before them all did, and following the crowd has never been a burden for the masses.
When the brave women followed the men in their homes and ran out, the fraternity members could not even keep their patched clothes or even their underwear, socks, and shoes...
Two hours later, the Brotherhood felt something was wrong and sent people to South City to check the situation. What they saw were more than a hundred clean men...
Xiao Yun and others arrived at the North Gate before the city gate was closed.
The city gate officer was still the same Dominic from the morning. When he saw that there were more than 30 women in the Snow Wolf Clan's team, who were obviously the cheapest prostitutes in the lower city, his expression suddenly became very interesting...
Dominic had been an adventurer when he was young, and he knew that the orcs were different from humans, that the orcs did not have the year-round estrus that humans had, and that brothels could not make as much money as the orcs; so he looked at the human males among the adventurers with a particularly meaningful look... and admiration. They looked like decent people, but how could they be so hungry and not choose their food?
Isaac, who had a relatively simple mind: "???"
Knight brothers: “…”
After leaving the city gate, Isaac asked in confusion: "Edward, does the city gate officer know us?"
Edward: “…”
Xiao Yun pouted.
Barritt and a few others stood in a hidden place on the street and watched the snow werewolves leave the city gate, feeling particularly conflicted.
"Are you still following, Barrett?" the subordinate asked cautiously.
"Following for nothing!" Barrett said angrily. Following him in the city would be fine, but chasing him out would definitely expose him. He was not tired of living like that!
After it got dark, the Snow Wolf Tribe, who were traveling with a group of malnourished women, returned to the Adventurer's Association Transportation Department dock.
Five rooms were cleared out for the women to live in, and Xiao Yun immediately went to bring the doctor he had hired previously to treat the women - the Snow Wolves and adventurers could do as much as , but ordinary people couldn't. In order to avoid the recruited workers dying before they could get a job, Xiao Yun hired a doctor through Margaret on the day the ship arrived at the port.
By the way, at first Xiao Yun thought that hiring a doctor to treat humans was troublesome and expensive, but after asking Margaret, he found out that it was not the case at all... The profession of doctor is actually classified as "unfair" in this world!
Why? Because there is an unscientific classification of spellcasters called alchemists in this world. Anyone who is willing to spend money can buy legendary alchemical potions that can regenerate severed limbs. Common ailments can also be cured with alchemical potions with healing effects.
Not only did it destroy the doctors' jobs, even the Vatican was gnashing its teeth in hatred...the alchemical potion stole so much business from the priests!
As for the issue that alchemical potions are expensive and poor people cannot afford them - can the lives of poor people be called lives?
Due to various reasons, the medical skills in this world have not gained the corresponding status, and doctors are not much different from craftsmen serving the lower classes. In Bloomfield, where the Church is not prosperous, doctors can still be active in densely populated areas. In Bradrick Continent where the Holy Land of the Church is located, doctors will even be treated as cultists...
In short, Xiao Yun did not pay too much to hire a skilled human doctor, Xiao Yun. He only paid five gold coins for a year, and the cost of equipment, medicine, food and lodging was reimbursed. When the other party heard about it, he hurriedly packed up his things and came over, and lived directly in the port without moving...
The accompanying doctor with glasses examined the thirty-six women overnight. Cyril, who was in his prime, took off his gloves and said to Xiao Yun directly, "All of them have STDs. The genitals of these five are rotten. They used iron rods to burn the wounds to cover them up. They are not curable at all. And that one, did you see the sores on her body? They are in the late stage. If they rot to her face, there is no hope for her."
Xiao Yun originally didn't want to come in for a gynecological examination, but after discovering that Dr. Cyril was perfunctory in his attitude towards patients with more obvious symptoms, he had to come in and watch. Now that he was talking rudely, he was not very happy: "Those who can be cured should be treated first, and those who cannot be cured should be prescribed medicine to control the condition. I will ask the alchemist for medicine later."
Mr. Cyril didn't have much contact with Xiao Yun, so he treated him like a kid and waved his hand impatiently: "The alchemical potion to treat this disease costs at least ten gold coins a bottle. This price is enough to buy a healthy woman. I would say you don't need to worry about these guys..."
Xiao Yun stared at him expressionlessly without saying anything.
Several women with serious illnesses looked ashen.
"Ayun, are you not feeling well yet?" Just at this moment, Margaret came over.
"Ma'am." Dr. Cyril's attitude changed instantly and he bowed politely.
"Margaret, does Valentine have any other doctors?" Xiao Yun asked.
"Yes." Margaret lowered her head and said indifferently, "Ayun, you think this one is not okay? Okay, I'll bring you another one tomorrow." She turned to look at Cyril, too lazy to say anything, and gestured for him to pack up.
Doctor Cyril was confused...
The next moment, the doctor who worked in the Central City finally understood what was going on, and quickly turned to face Xiao Yun: "Mr. Ayun, I can cure their illnesses, and for those that cannot be cured, I can also control their conditions to a level that will not worsen further. Please believe that I can do it. There is no doctor in the Central City who is better at this than me."
Xiao Yun was not the kind of person who would not tolerate others making mistakes. He walked to the wooden bed and pulled up the woman with abscesses all over her body, spreading her hands towards Cyril: "Look carefully at her hands, your hands are ten times more delicate than hers! If she had a choice and could earn a living with her own hands, do you think she would sell her body and get sick?! If she had a better family background and could live by her own efforts in a place where no one eats people, do you think you would have the chance to stand here and despise her for being sick?!"
When the women who had been feeling confused heard Xiao Yun say this, even the strongest ones couldn't help but burst into tears.
Dr. Cyril lowered his head in embarrassment.
"Try to cure those who can. We, the Snow Wolf, will find a way to cure those who can't. We won't blame you." Xiao Yun softened his tone. "I know you have been treating people in the Central City and look down on these cheapest prostitutes in the Lower City of Valentine. But just because they were prostitutes before doesn't mean they will be in the future. I hope that while you are curing the disease, you won't hurt their hearts with a charity mentality. You are also a human. Don't let a Snow Wolf like me think that you humans are not human."
Margaret stared at Xiao Yun in surprise. When Xiao Yun came over, she adjusted her mood and smiled from the bottom of her heart: "I think I understand why Mr. Primo and Mr. Sean respect you so much, Mr. Ayun."
Xiao Yun waved his hand, said nothing, and led the way out.
He couldn't feel happy.
After all, he has been an Earthling for more than 30 years. Although he traveled through time and space and became an unscientific Snow Wolf, in his heart he still regards humans as his own kind. This is not a matter of which he can easily give up just because of where he sits.
But he really couldn't do anything now... He hadn't even dealt with the safety risks of the Snow Wolf Tribe, so how could he have the energy to worry about Valentine across the inland sea?
Now he was only helping a small number of people conservatively, modestly, and selfishly within his ability. He was only a little different from those sophisticated egoists who were only willing to pay lip service to the Virgin Mary. If he shamelessly regarded himself as a friend of humanity after protecting such a small number of humans, then he would be shameless to the extreme.
With this depressed mood, when Xiao Yun entered the city again the next day and took the carriage of the Transportation Department to visit the City Lord's Mansion in the Upper City, his face looked very bad...
It can’t be said that it’s ugly, but Xiao Yun is really impatient to show his expression…
In the living room of Philip's mansion, Sean enthusiastically introduced his old friends Count Philip and City Lord Valentine, and lamented about his and Philip's youthful and frivolous years to hint at his closeness with Philip; but Xiao Yun didn't buy it at all. He had no expression on his face when he entered the door, when he sat down, and when he talked... He seemed to be responding properly, but could you show some expression? !
City Lord Philip knew that the foreign youth with childish features in front of him was Prince Carlisle's mysterious teacher. He had also been brainwashed by Sean for two days about how awesome Xiao Yun was, so he was as polite as he could be. However, he did not expect to be met with a cold shoulder, and he felt a little unhappy.
"Mr. Ayun, your tribe has been in Valentine for a few days. I wonder what Mr. Ayun thinks of Valentine?" Philip said sarcastically.
Sean wanted to shut his friend's mouth at that time...
"Haha." Xiao Yun smiled, but his tone and words were impeccable. "It's quite good, very lively and prosperous, worthy of being the second largest city in the Kingdom of Kronin. Lord Philip has worked diligently and conscientiously for the development of Valentine. He is a role model for my generation to learn from and emulate."
Philip: "..." It was clearly a compliment, so why did he feel like something was wrong? !
"Philip, why don't you ask Marcus to come and chat for a while? Marcus and Mr. Ayun are close in age, so it should be easier for them to get along." Sean quickly interrupted.
Philip knew that he had a bad temper and was easy to offend people, so he agreed with Sean's suggestion to let Marcus get acquainted with Xiao Yun. He immediately asked the butler to call his son who was waiting in the side hall.
After a while, a typical aristocratic dandy with slicked-back hair and powdered face appeared on the scene.
This young master Marcus had a very neatly trimmed beard, pointed jewel-studded nails on the ring and little fingers of his hands, sleek hair, exquisite clothing, and aristocratic manners. When he greeted Sean warmly and politely, even the way he phrased his greetings was very aristocratic, even though his father and uncle introduced him to a young man of another race who was just plain-looking and of ordinary temperament (neither elegant nor aristocratic), their contemptuous attitude was well hidden.
Xiao Yun looked at Sean expressionlessly.
"Mr. Ayun, this is my old friend's eldest son, Marcus..." Sean was halfway through the introduction when he couldn't continue - it was really because the contempt in Xiao Yun's eyes was too strong, and the spellcaster's perception was strong, so it could not be ignored!
"Excuse me..." Xiao Yun was still polite and courteous, with no expression on his face, "Mr. Sean, I envy you for your deep friendship with City Lord Philip. So, in this matter, are you serious?"
Sean: “…”
