Chapter 657: Bloody Case at the City Gate

"Roar~!!!" Jia Zhengjin roared with all his might, and it spread throughout the hotel hall in an instant.

All the sounds stopped abruptly, and everyone immediately covered their ears, frightened by the terrible roar.

And Kane, the big guy who bore the brunt, was even more directly confused. He was the closest, and the target was against him, so his mind went blank at the moment he heard the roar, all the nonsense disappeared, and all that was left in his head was the buzzing sound.

His hands slowly drooped, and finally he fell to his knees with a pop, holding his head as if he had become a statue motionless.

The guests in the hall also had their heads buzzing, and everyone covered their ears and stood still with their mouths wide open.

Even the young man behind Jia Zhengjin, as well as McGee, were shocked by the sound.

Looking around, he found that he seemed to be overusing his strength, Jia Zhengjin hurriedly turned around and slipped away before everyone could react, and ran back to the upstairs room.

"What's going on?!!" the soldiers in the city arrived quickly, probably startled by the roar just now.

After McGee reacted, he hurriedly explained the reason to the soldiers, and bluntly said that it was a dispute between the big man and the young man, skipping the topic of Jia Zhengjin. All the travelers and adventurers at the scene, after seeing Jia Zhengjin's ancient battle cry, no one dared to mention him easily.

Although Jia Zhengjin was worried about getting into trouble, there didn't seem to be anything special after the whole night.

When he got up in the morning to leave, McGee deliberately told him that both the big Kane and the young man had been taken away by the soldiers, and it was just a small crime of disturbing order, and they would be let go after a lesson. And then thank him for yesterday's events as well.

Jia Zhengjin knew that he was thinking too much, although he used the ancient war cry to frighten many people yesterday, but it would not let the soldiers investigate, after all, such quarrels happen everywhere, and fights and brawls in the city often occur and destroy facilities. So although everyone will be scared by themselves and know that they are not a character to be messed with, they will just talk about it as an after-dinner story, and no one will come back to find trouble.

The inn was just a small episode, and after leaving, he rode the butterfly winged bird towards the city gate, ready to continue on his way.

However, when he came to the west gate, he was stopped by the city gate guard with a large number of soldiers and was forced to descend.

The gates of the city were slammed shut, and countless adventurers, merchants, and civilians who were blocked here complained one after another.

"What's going on?" This inexplicably sealed the city gate, which is really troublesome. There was no way, he could only ask the city gate guard.

It's not just him, but the tens of thousands of adventurers, merchants, and civilians who are stuck here are asking what happened.

The gatekeeper and thousands of soldiers struggled to explain to everyone over and over again.

After listening clearly, Jia Zhengjin understood.

It turned out to be early in the morning, and there was a bloody case outside the city gate, including a passing merchant, a mercenary group and soldiers defending the city, a total of 174 people were killed, which was shocking!

What was even more frightening was that the corpses of the nearly 200 people were later turned into skeleton soldiers, leaving in full view of everyone and entering a nearby mountain forest.

In order to ensure the safety of passing merchants, adventurers, and civilians, the lord of the city had to order the temporary closure of all city gates, prohibiting anyone from entering or leaving the city. At the same time, the army is strictly ordered to deal with this case, find the necromancer who caused the panic as soon as possible, and destroy him!

But the army is also in trouble now, because ordinary soldiers simply can't deal with necromancers, as evidenced by the fact that so many of their companions have died before. And at present, the only strong man in the city, that is, the famous seventh-order warrior Paul, is also the leader of the army in the city, because he must protect the safety of the city lord, so he cannot take the initiative to lead the troops out of the city, which becomes quite difficult.

Jia Zhengjin was actually not afraid of any necromancer at all, so he also thought about whether to forcibly break out. But there were other adventurers who had done it before him, and were subdued by General Paul, who had rushed here.

It's not that he can't beat Paul, but he must use all his skills, and then his identity will inevitably be exposed, and there will be no point in disguise!

But he can't just stare at him and stay in the city, right? His time is precious!

Fortunately, at this time, the city lord came out and spoke to everyone: "Everyone! This morning, we have a terrible tragedy here! Just outside the city gate, 174 innocent lives have disappeared, and they have even been made into skeleton soldiers! Among them are many merchants, travelers, and even all the members of the Crow Mercenary Regiment, as well as the soldiers who have taken action to protect them! But don't panic, we will do our best to ensure everyone's safety, and we will never let the evil necromancer invade our city!" It is a pity that most of our generals and soldiers, in order to cooperate with His Majesty's policy of suppressing bandits, have not yet returned. If General Paul leads his troops to capture the evil necromancer, there is no guarantee that he will not fall for the other party's schemes! Therefore, the safety of everyone in the city is the first priority. But we can't sit idly by and watch the evil necromancer continue to mutilate the living. For this reason, I call on the mercenary group with a certain strength to take the initiative to stand up! We need everyone's support, and we need everyone to twist into a line to fight against the evil forces! I have issued a mission in the mercenary union to hunt necromancers, and only the mercenary union will take it. As long as they can destroy the necromancer and restore law and order inside and outside the city, the mercenary group will be rewarded with 1,000 gold coins, as well as my treasured fifth-order healing scroll!"

As soon as the city lord's words fell, there was immediately a lot of discussion on the scene. Many people were eager to try, but when their companions mentioned that among the 174 people who were killed, there were many fifth-order warriors and other similar professions, everyone was silent again!

Although some people can be seen here and there are people coming in the direction of the mercenary union, the number is not very large.

Now everyone looked a little disappointed, and the city lord was even more worried. He originally hoped that a powerful mercenary group could take on the task and help him solve this particularly troublesome problem. For this reason, they are willing to spend a huge amount of money of 1,000 gold coins and a fifth-order healing scroll, but it doesn't seem to work very well.

I don't know how much of a role those mercenaries can play?

Jia Zhengjin was reluctant to reveal his identity and cause more trouble. But I don't want to waste time waiting here, there is only one way to think about it, and that is to go to the mercenary guild. As long as you participate in this mission to recruit necromancers, you can leave at any time if you can leave the city, so there is no need to wait stupidly!

Thinking of this, he turned around and followed those mercenaries in the direction of the mercenary union.