Being a lord in another world begins with farming

Chapter 418 The name of despair

After paying a silver coin as the city entry tax, Katie finally entered Mithril City and came to the Lower City.

As soon as she entered, the first thing Katie saw was the most common slums in the lower city, but there were more places near the city wall, and they were already connected.

This is because the pollution becomes more serious as the water flows outward, and the dense population in the lower city makes this situation more serious. Therefore, anyone with some ability will try their best to get close to the city wall in the middle city. If the water just discharged there is filtered through layers, it will be barely It can be drunk. Of course, various sequelae and diseases are inevitable, but occasionally some property can be salvaged from the sewage, which is naturally more popular.

Those who have no means can only live farther and farther away, and the farther away they are, the poorer they become. For example, the outermost slums near the base of the city wall are almost all penniless and can only survive by picking up garbage.

These areas composed of large and small shacks are like psoriasis growing in the city, hiding countless sins and malice, and it is not as simple as it seems.

There is no way, a large number of the lowest-class residents live here. Some of them are runaway slaves, some are criminals, and the most are incompetent people who have no ability to make money, no ability to kill, and no value in being killed. They have nothing to eat unless they pick up garbage.

The vast majority of the residents here are so poor that they only have one worthless life left. Therefore, they either live in pain or choose to risk their lives. Over time, poverty and death become the only things left here.

As soon as Katie came in, she was stared at by countless malicious eyes. Many of them didn't understand what a witch represented, and of course they didn't care. Living in hell itself, no matter how miserable it is, can it be worse than now?

And as long as they succeed once, the money from selling high-quality goods is enough for them to move out of the desperate place of Xiacheng District. Even if they are squeezed and bullied by others in Zhongcheng District, it is better than living here every day from the inside out. started to rot.

Fortunately, Katie was accompanied by the Minotaur. This monster was not easy to mess with just from its appearance. With its blood-red bull's eyes glaring, even a senior adventurer's legs would have to be weak, let alone the spirit. The gods are poor people who have suffered serious losses, so even if there are those who are not afraid of death, they are unwilling to act rashly, because they can't see the slightest possibility of success, so it is better to choose a goal that is bigger than success.

At the same time that Katie felt countless malicious eyes, the caravan that entered the city with her had already hacked to death seven or eight poor people in the lower city who were petty. Used on both sides of the carriage to deter those who came after.

But it's useless. The poor people in Xiacheng District don't care about death. As long as there is a chance, they are willing to risk their lives for a piece of bread and a bowl of water. There are many people who are willing to sacrifice their lives for it. This makes the caravan even more nervous than outside. Do not temporarily hire local gangs to escort them to Midtown.

These local gangs, who were wearing torn pieces of cloth and carrying all kinds of tetanus weapons, were quite reputable. After receiving half of the money, they formed a circle and beat anyone who dared to get close to them without saying a word.

As for resistance, haha, they are local snakes. They are all beaten out. Those who can fight better than them either join or go with them. In order to maintain the sustainability of this industry, they will not easily break the rules and fight each other. Therefore, the caravan is in their Under the escort, they successfully entered the middle city area guarded by the city defense army, and they also got a sum of money to survive as they wished. As for the poor people in the lower city area who were about to starve to death, who cared.

Katie thinks she has seen many bad places, but this is the first time she has seen one that is so bad, and as she goes deeper, more dark sides of the slums are revealed, making her realize that the bad environment is just the worst. On the humble side, despair is the theme here.

There is no land that can be cultivated, no jobs that can be worked, and no chance to get ahead or hope of survival. There is despair everywhere. The skinny poor are either stealing or waiting for death. .

What's even more frightening is that there are three large-scale transactions in this transaction, slaves, death and souls.

Selling oneself as a slave in the middle city is almost the only chance for the poor in the lower city to escape their fate, although it may become a target for killing for fun, a live bait for feeding pets, a laborer who works to death, or a legal professional. Experimental materials, but as long as they can escape from the lower city area, some people are willing to sell themselves. Therefore, the lower city area has the largest slave trading market in the entire Mithril City, and even attracts many surrounding slave traders who specialize in this business, and together they build the market. Be bigger and stronger.

Katie had expected this, but the undead casters who chose corpses and living people openly here still made her gain knowledge.

The corpses floating down the sewage from the Shangcheng and Zhongcheng districts will be salvaged by the poor here, and the severely decomposed ones will be cut into a pile of bones. The fresher ones will be embalmed and wrapped with cloth strips to prevent insects and rats from eating them.

These are just placed one by one, and let the undead spellcasters in the central city choose.

Occasionally, a living person is noticed by the undead spellcaster master. As long as a pitiful sum of money is given, he can be taken away. It is estimated that it will not take long before he will become a dull skeleton soldier. If he is lucky, he may become a A good-looking zombie can at least see its appearance before birth.

There are also some cultists who buy a bunch of fresh sacrifices in a big way and perform blood sacrifices in any open space, making the surroundings smoky. But as long as they give money, these are not problems, and no one cares where their souls will end up. Whether the devil is in the hands of the evil god, the local gang will even prepare the sacrifices in advance according to the other party's request, and even clean up the site afterwards.

This is not hell, but more like hell than hell.

As a sensitive witch, Katie's mind was undoubtedly greatly impacted when she witnessed everything. Now she seemed to be trapped in a swamp called despair, penetrated by despair all the time.

Fortunately, the Holy Emblem of the Shadow of Death emitted a shadow that enveloped Katie, allowing her to gain a brief moment of peace in the shadow of tranquility.

"Now I understand why my mother's prophecy ended up here." Katie, whose name is the witch, said with a bitter smile.

Fortunately, the shadow of death tolerates death and darkness, so that Katie's mind will not be distorted by feeling too much despair, but instead find a new path.