Chapter 265 (1/2)

Book 3, Chapter 1 – The Arrogant Store Owner

Magistrate Seacrest called back the patrols They hadn't found anything out of the ordinary However, as they were preparing to return to barracks, the sounds of an argu their way, covering bloody noses

The Sandbar ell known to havethe populace, but there were feith the gall to assault elysian soldiers This was especially true after the surveillance outpost was established It was no wonder, then, that so expressions on their faces

fuck! Who did this?

This was a clear slap in the Magistrate's face!

Hahy body shook Only, his pudgy face and bald head, along with his round body, reen-bean eyes were evenHe howled at the crowd around hi at?! Disperse!”

He turned his attention back onto the soldiers who'd embarrassed him

“What happened? And don't tell rel”

“Magistrate” The aze One of theh his battered nose “We were following a lead from an informant There's been word of a suspicious person new to town transporting a bunch of illegal goods When we get to investigate this guy wouldn't cooperate He even hit us! His people are more than we could handle”

“What? Who would dare be so arrogant?” Hammont's already beady eyes almost disappeared when he narrowed them He put one hand on the hilt of his sword and pointed at his patrol with the other “You, you, you, and you I'll give you fivetoto end Nohat happened?”

“The suspect was openly purchasing guns, ammunition and banned substances He then turned around and started a black market stall We followed up on a tip from an information that led us to hi contraband, he also sells arments of relics”

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The Sandbar wasn't the place it used to be! Who didn't know that he was in charge now? Even the stronger ones hiding a the people had to bend the knee or suffer harassment from his soldiers But even if they didn't respect the authority of the inspection force, they had to fear the forces stationed at the nearby border! What about the whole Skycloud army?! Who would dare spit in the eye of that?!

Sandbar Station was still mostly lawless, where petty cri they could do about that, really After all, this wasn't Skycloud Nothing they did was going to change that fact, nor was Ha to completely shut down the supply chains that kept black uy was, he dared to do it right in front of their faces?!

But aselysian military supplies! And relics! Crimes like that were not soods or weapons for evil it would be traced back here As Magistrate, Hammont would be held responsible and all his ould be destroyed He didn't care that this crioing to ruin all of the Magistrate's career goals!

He was furious A dozenthe rest of the story

The Magistrate was anxious to learn ould have the gall to piss on his head like this and not fear retribution The two soldiers, after being thoroughly eistrate gathered their people

Over the last few years, Hammont had done well by the Sandbar

Things were cleaner, more orderly, and the streets reflected that The population here had increased by a hundred percent since his days as a patrol captain and allup to meet the demand

They came upon a nondescript corner in a poor part of town

“Is this it?”

“Yes sir, this is the place”

“A group of you stay here and surround the exterior Don't let anyone through, in or out You, you and you, with me!”

A dozen soldiers cordoned off the corner as instructed while Hah for one person to pass through at a tile to squeeze his girth through But before he even ed to shuffle in, his nose was assailed by a peculiar smell

Gunpowder Mixed with engineering oil There was also a noise, too harsh in tone to be elysian y

Contraband! A trove of illegal goods!

It was strictly forbidden for any old technology to be dug up, researched, or sold It was even al for it to be sold

When Haed to trundle inside the shop's contents were revealed All sorts of iteun parts, oil-fueled eneral store To establish a place like this is so short a ti short of conceited