286 Fight for You, My Queen (2/2)

”What’s going on here, tell me the truth?”

This bad attitude triggered a reaction from Wang Lu who sneered, ”I, your father, have killed people, and it’s none of your business!”

”Presumptuous!” one of the knights shouted and the others drew out their swords, preparing to deal with force.

As the main guardian of the Master of the city, most of them have wealth of experience, thus, upon seeing the bloody scene, how could they not see the cause of the matter?

As an important trade hub between east and west, Deep Earth City has received many cultivators from Nine Regions in recent months, and… the robbery and killing of Nine Regions people were not uncommon. It first originated from the nearby even larger port city of Permanent Summer and gradually spread to Deep Earth City. At the moment, it was clear that the bandits failed to kill their target and were killed instead.

Looking from the situation at the scene, these Nine Regions cultivators were ambushed on the road—in fact, most of the recent killings were also out in the open. However, these people have a special means so that they didn’t repeat the mistake of others. On the contrary, it was the ambushers who were killed instead. Thus, it was reasonable to say that they were the victim here.

However, at present, the team of knights really couldn’t muster up the feeling of sympathy for the victim. Their faces were gloomy, especially after hearing the response from Wang Lu. They glared at him, wishing that they could help the ambushers and capture these Nine Regions cultivators.

When the situation was tense, from the rear of the team of knights, one of the Deep Earth guardians said, ”We are the main guard of the Master of the Deep Earth City. We discovered signs of fierce battle outside the city, so we came here to investigate.”

Seeing that this Deep Earth Guardian has a friendly attitude, Wang Lu also put up a smiling face. ”Oh, so it is your jurisdiction, I understand, you guys are actually really fast.”

That Deep Earth Guardian nodded. ”For any big fights within a certain distance of Deep Earth City, we will be the first one to know. Especially for the situation like now.”

Wang Lu said, ”Oh, I understand. You guys have worked hard then, Very well, goodbye.”

With that, he turned around, wanting to board the carriage.

”Freeze, who told you to leave?”

The silver-armored knight captain snapped. ”You think you can just go like that after killing so many people?”

Wang Lu turned around. ”What? Are you going to avenge this gang of robbers? When did Deep Earth City start to collude with the robbers?”

”Shut up! Even if you are a barbarian from a different continent, you ought to know that you should obey the law of the land. In accordance with the regulations, any occurrence of homicide, regardless whether you are the murderer or the victim, must be investigated by Deep Earth City!”

”Oh, whoever it is must be investigated? What if it’s your dad?”

”You!”

Seeing that no one would want to budge even an inch, and at any time the fight could erupt, that Deep Earth Guardian hurriedly said, ”The reason for this rule is to enable us to grasp more information, to better maintain the security in order to avoid more murders from happening. I hope we can obtain your understanding and cooperation.”

Seeing that Wang Lu and his team didn’t give any reaction, obviously unwilling to cooperate, that Deep Earth Guardian said, ”Recently, the ambushes of Nine Regions cultivators by several adventurers has aroused the attention of many nearby city masters. And our Deep Earth City Master once said that if some people could help him solve this matter, he would give his utmost gratitude. He said that most the Nine Regions cultivators that traveled to Western Continent in recent months came here for a treasure. And the most famous place to look for treasures in Western Continent is Taobao City. In his younger years, the Master of Deep Earth City had once taken his chance in experiencing Taobao City. Thus, his experience and harvest will certainly give you help.”

Wang Lu was inwardly moved.

In general sense, he, of course, didn’t care about receiving gratitude or thanks. As the successor disciple of one of the Five Uniques, what treasure that couldn’t he get? However, if it was about information regarding Taobao City… that might be worth paying attention to.

”Very well, lead the way.”

That Deep Earth Guardian was immediately relieved. If they clashed with this group of Nine Regions cultivators, the outcome would be difficult to say, and the City Master would surely be furious.

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When Wang Lu agreed to go back with the Deep Earth Knights for investigation, the others naturally didn’t object or say anything. The Knights’ Captain was still sullen, as if his father had been slain. Along the way, the Deep Earth Guardian explained to Wang Lu.

”Please do not mind his attitude, sir. Sometimes ago, because the Nine Regions cultivators have been frequently ambushed, one of your powerful people lashed out at innocent people, massacring tens of thousands of civilian and military of Storm Wind City. As it happens, the captain’s family is in Storm Wind City, so towards your Nine Regions people, he inevitably…”

Upon hearing this, Wang Lu was inwardly horrified, massacring civilians?