45 Blood Hand (1/2)
A week after the previous events, Rainer and his group managed to get out from the woods!
After several months they managed to reach civilization again! Although they had traveled a lot, they had not yet left the human territory.
Out of precaution, Alisha once again covered her ears and tail with her illusion magic and Liann put on her veil.
Rainer wondered why Liann wore a veil, if her intention was not to attract unwanted attention, that veil only made her stand out even more!
Xarcas clung to Rainer's shoulder, he had to pretend to be a pet monkey if they wanted to avoid problems. This annoyed the Demon Commander, in his own words, a Commander of his character could not degrade himself to being a simple pet, but if his general ordered him to, he would even pretend to be a fish!
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”We have come to RiverShore City, we have to be careful, this city is controlled by the Thorn clan, they are a small clan,but they have a connection with a Great Central Clan.”Said Liann as she led the group towards the city entrance.
”Why?” Asked Alisha.
”The public order in these cities is non-existent, if they see walking alone a girl as beautiful as you, who knows what could happen... ”She replied.
Gulp...
Alisha swallowed saliva, she had heard about this type of cities, they were called lawless cities, only the strongest reigned over the others, if you got confused one second, the next one you could be dead in an alley and all your belongings would be sold through the black market.
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”Stop right there! Who's going?” Asked a guard at the city entrance, even though it was called a city, it was even smaller than FairWind City, this city didn't even have the most basic of fortifications! Only a guard standing at the entrance...
”We are travelers, we come to rest and restock our supplies.” Said Liann as she strengthened her voice with her cultivation.
”...!”
The middle-aged guard was only at the Initial Manifestation stage, the power of Liann's voice almost made him pee his pants.
”Of course, you can enter the city, try not to cause a lot of problems...” Said the guard as he showed a bright smile, if it weren't for the sweat that ran down his forehead and formed a puddle at his feet, one would have thought he was greeting a friend....
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”Why did you intimidate him back there?”Asked Rainer.
Sigh...
”It is obvious that you have never left your clan...”
”If you see a small group like ours, with two beautiful girls, a brat and a monkey, anyone would think that we are an easy target. Remember that we are on the border, nobody here will come to your aid if you are attacked in the middle of the street, so the guard asked us not to cause many problems...” Replied Liann, she had more experience in these matters than Rainer and Alisha combined.
”So you did it to show our power?” Asked Alisha.
”Yes, remember this, it is better being feared than being underestimated, this will save you a lot of problems in the future.” She replied.
”If anyone dares to attack His Highness, I will personally handle his execution!”Shouted Xarcas before being beaten by Rainer to silence him.
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As Liann said earlier, law and order in these border cities was lousy, Rainer did not take five minutes to witness a robbery with violence.