Chapter 1360 It is difficult for people to leave their hometowns
Starting from the Tranquility Garden, to the Nushui River at the junction of the western wilderness to the west of Ping'an Town, there is an east-west road called Forest Avenue.
The Forest Avenue is considered by many to be a masterpiece of nature. Because it didn't cost too much labor to build this road, people simply leveled some lots, or used thick hedges to isolate the vines that spread on the road, and the road was built.
The high-end of the road is not only in its spaciousness, but also in the fact that it is like a highway in Kane's hometown, and with the exception of a few sections, most of it is on a thick ridge-like foundation.
The foundation of this road is naturally formed, crisscrossing east and west, through the dense forest of ancient trees, up to more than 100 kilometers, and the mud and rotten leaves brought by the stagnant water are abandoned on both sides of the road, which is the place that makes people feel magical, as if the heavens cannot bear to make people travel hard in this dense forest that covers the sky and the sun, and specially opened up for people.
Unfortunately, this road is a bit southerly, and if it runs through the middle of the Twilight Forest, through Ping'an Town and Night City, maybe because of the convenience of this road, a large city on a par with Stormwind City will be born.
In modern times, Stormwind Kingdom has also added a lighting system to the Forest Avenue, and although the street lights are a little far apart, they still bring great convenience to the road.
Of course, it is not that no one complains, because while the kingdom benefits the people, it also adds an extra road tax, the kind that is collected by cards.
This road was the most comfortable journey the Destiny Four have ever had, and Yakari even prayed for it, saying, "May the gods bless us and we will always be as smooth as this." ”
Neither Sako nor Grum paid any attention to the phrase 'blessed by the gods', and Olaf did, but said nothing.
This is an age of lack of faith, and conversely, an age of disorderly faith.
Although there have been several foul moments in history, the Holy Light Faith is still the mainstream.
However, the Holy Light faith is concentrated in large cities, and there are many middle-class and above people.
Many people complain that its canons are not close to the people, and many ordinary people cannot believe it. But the Holy Light Church did not change itself because of this, but there was no lack of sarcastic expressions: it can't even do such a small effort, let alone sacrifice?
In villages and towns, the Holy Light faith has become even more flavorful, and has simply become an invisible ticket to the 'upper circle', and the church activities have become richer because of it, and ordinary people can benefit from it, such as more service odd jobs and more opportunities to receive daily necessities for free.
People in villages and towns are often more realistic, don't say just a few words of praise in public, the price is right, and the skin will be given up. The types of services that churches need to carry out their activities are quite broad.
Of course, all this has nothing to do with orcs.
However, the atmosphere of the orc community is also very open, after all, this is an era that is not deliberately promoted, but it is actually being staged in the era of 'more people are stronger', and if anyone has seven or eight brothers, they can go out and talk more hard.
From this point of view, the Destiny Foursome from three families are all substandard models, and there are too few siblings, which may be an important reason why they can get together and play.
After Kane learned about the living environment in which the four grew up through the Dharma Body, he even had a feeling that they did not belong there in the first place, and were destined to wander and find their belonging.
It's not that they're taller, but compared to the other orcs in that environment, they have too many thoughts, like monkeys in a herd.
It is difficult for a monkey to settle down for a long time, and when a road is repeated several times and fails to close with the known information, some people become impatient.
It was Grum who spoke: "How many times have we passed this place!?"
Sacco was also a little impatient, and quickly answered: "According to the intelligence, there should be a river near here, and the wooden bridge on the river is the kind of covered bridge with a warehouse-like triangular roof, which is very easy to identify." ”
Grum said: "I know this information, and our problem now is how to find this bridge. Our speed is not fast, four pairs of eyes look seriously, this road has been seen back and forth several times, and there is a must to see it again?"
Sacco asked rhetorically: "What do you say? This area is not the kind of place where there are many forks in the road, and I don't think we turned the wrong way when we came down the main road." ”
"I didn't say you were on the wrong track. ”
"And what do you mean?" asked Sacco.
"I mean, there's something wrong with the intelligence itself. ”
Hearing Grum say this, Olaf was no longer silent and said, "The intelligence is absolutely fine. ”
One sentence made Grum sneer. But Olaf also knew that such a victory was meaningless, and all four of them, including him, now needed answers to prove the correctness of the intelligence, not some verbal guarantees.
After a while, Olaf said, "Stop!"
"What are you doing?" asked Sacco subconsciously.
"I'm going to get out of the car and look for it. ”
“......”
Groom said sarcastically, "You're going to get out of the car and find a stealth path that the four of us haven't been able to discover for most of the day?"
"Maybe covered by branches or long grass. ”
Grum sighed angrily, "That's a ...... The mountain paths that the hunters take are not covered with grass and branches, are they?"
But Olaf came up with great strength, and no one could stop him.
The car ended up parked on the side of the road, the kind that just found a random place to park.
In this way, if Olaf can find the right way, then it can only be said that Olaf is the son of Lady Luck.
In fact, he didn't find it, Olaf didn't even look for it, he got out of the car and just relaxed. Because even he felt hopeless. There is too little information, they have fewer options here, and the clues seem to be broken.
Olaf's way of relaxing was to yell in the direction of no one, and Yakali got out of the car as well.
"What are you doing?" Olaf asked, a little annoyed.
"I'll look for it with you. ”
Olaf was laughed at angrily, Sacco was surprised, and Groom had a gloomy expression, he was no longer Yakali's own brother, but Poole, who took Grum's body, he now has a deformed possessiveness towards Yakali, revenge, venting, of course, Yakali is young and beautiful, which is also one of the reasons.
Kane looked at this scene and sighed: "Look, am I wrong?
However, fate said that this is not a love soap opera at eight o'clock, and the bloody plot of 'I love you, but you are next to him' can have but it is absolutely implicit, not a timely and sufficient eye, and it is unlikely to be the theme.
So a police car slowly appeared on the road behind them before the bloody drama could unfold further.
Olaf and Yacali heard the sound of the car moving and turned their heads to look, while Sacco, who rolled down the window, also heard the sound, and looked at the red police lights on the car through the rearview mirror, and suddenly showed a helpless expression.
Sure enough, the two policemen who got out of the police car were on alert, and although they didn't aim, they were holding shotguns.
"Everyone in the car, get down!" the man wearing the sheriff's gold badge shouted solemnly.
Then he said to Olaf and Yakali, "Come and stand at the end of the car." ”
Olaf and they eventually chose to listen. This is the realm of the kingdom, and the police represent the official, and they don't look like wanted murderers.
The sheriff saw that they were cooperative, and walked towards them with a pretended leisurely pace.
On the diagonal flank not far behind him, another officer was visibly nervous, although both of them had guns, but this shotgun was a single-shot shotgun that fired paper pellets, and looking at the size of Sacco and Olaf, unless it was a critical hit, it might not be able to make them incapacitated with a single shot.
The sheriff was very old and asked quietly, "Who are you?"
"Sir, we're on a trip. I'm Nicolas Sacco, and it's my good friends Olaf, Groom, and Jaccarly. ”
"Where are you from?"
"Burning Plains, Flame Star Town. ”
"Then you're far from home. The sheriff said with some meaning.
Sacco laughed, "We just passed by here and stopped to go to the bathroom." ”
The sheriff did not speak, but looked at several people one by one with a scrutinizing gaze.
The atmosphere was a little awkward and tense.
Eventually, the sheriff spoke, "Do you know what Sunset Town is?"
Sacco and the others knew, of course, that they had done some homework before coming here. What's more, Sunset Town is not only unique to the Twilight Forest region, but also other regions.
The general meaning of Sunset Town is that the sun rises and the sun sets. Before the sun goes down, they go back to their homes and find their mothers, except in a town protected by high walls.
This kind of unwritten rule actually comes from the experience of human existence. In Azeroth, humans are not like Kane's homeland, the absolute overlord of the planet, other creatures are forced to change their habits, or simply survive by selling cuteness, and in some areas there is no relevant protection law, and it will be extinct after three years.
Azeroth has a lot of powerful magical beasts, beasts are fierce enough, and there are many semi-intelligent subspecies, which can threaten the safety of human life, and there is no way for humans to completely exterminate it, so in daily life, you have to pay attention to the ways and means of getting along with it. One of the simplest of them is that the day belongs to humans, and the night is reserved for beasts.
Today, however, Sunsettown's narrative has changed somewhat, or rather, it has become richer.
The main change is that there is an additional category of people targeted by this unwritten law, people!
This question, to put it mildly, can be understood in this way: within the territory of the kingdom, the area protected by the wall is outside the law.
According to such a line of thinking, most of the people who are still outside after dark are problematic and will be focused on by the patrol police.
So at this moment, when the sheriff asks, 'Do you know what Sunset is?' the subtext is: Are you willing to make me see you as criminals?
Sacco replied quickly, "Yes, we know Sunset." ”
The sheriff said with a smile: "If I find out after dark that you are still wandering around this area, I have the right to enforce the law against you in accordance with the relevant regulations, including hanging yourself from a tree." ”
Sako, Olaf, and Yakali are fine, after all, they were discriminated against when they were in their hometown, and they are even worse when they go out, and they are almost used to it.
Not for Groom, or Poole. In the past, it was good, even better than a half-orc, almost to the level of spitting on its own, but since mastering the power of darkness and wielding power in the Garden of Tranquility, it has gradually become inadequate. Even after the autumn settles accounts and secretly targets human beings, they have done not one or two things.
This is also the reason why the funeral business of Tranquility Garden is not bad, and the funeral truck driver who interacts with it more frequently has not handed a word to Poole for several years.
It was indeed hiding, but it was not because of fear and boredom, but because he was worried that the other party would say something cold, so he couldn't help but tear the other party apart on the spot.
So it was Grum who couldn't help it at this time, but fortunately, he didn't lose his mind, but just owed: "The sun hasn't set yet!"
The sheriff was stunned for a moment, and then said in a deliberately breezy tone: "Today's sunset time is 6:35. As he spoke, he raised his wrist and looked at his watch: "It's 6:22, and there are 13 minutes left." ”
Groom replied, "Then we'll be out of your precinct in 12 minutes." ”
The sheriff pursed his lips and sneered, "Do you want to drive south? 12 minutes will definitely not do." Unless you're speeding, and speeding is against the law. ”
In this way, the meaning of the difficulty is too obvious. This kind of secondary highway is not a section of the road, you can't go a few cars a day, where the speed limit is used.
But in the Kingdom of Stormwind, the power of the magistrate is great. Even has its own town and village rules, and the first-class legal team may not be able to overcome the local judiciary in legal theory, so ......
"Then we'll head north. ”
"Well, it's possible to succeed. You can try it. The sheriff smiled maliciously.
"Okay, Sheriff. Sacco immediately got into the car and signaled to his companion with his eyes, and finally the other party relented, and didn't flash quickly?
But before getting into the car, Olaf asked, "Sir, is it against the law to let the car turn around here?"
The sheriff snorted: "Good question, usually I would say that it is a violation of traffic laws to turn a car here because of the narrow road, but if you can ask me politely, I will open the net." ”
Sacco wiped a cold sweat, and Olaf said dryly, "Excuse me, sheriff." ”
The sheriff held out a finger and swung it around: "This is not going to work! I have to say: Please, let me, a clever bastard, turn around here." And if you can't ask for it, you have to come to him. As he spoke, he gestured to Grum, who was already sitting in the car.
Grum's angry eyes were on fire.
However, Sacco stared at him fiercely, which meant: Bear with me, say a word and no one will die, don't make trouble.
Groom gritted his teeth and said, "Please, let me, a clever bastard, turn around here." ”
But the sheriff refused to let go: "The tone is so blunt, and you don't even look at the other party?
Groom gasped for breath, but in the end, he held back, looked at the sheriff affectionately, and begged again amicably.
Kane secretly commented: "If this Grum has a future, not only will this sheriff beg for death, but his family will probably not be able to escape torture." ”
Of course, the sheriff is not worthy of sympathy, this guy is a typical black policeman, the thief shouts to catch the thief, and the basin is on the head of the innocent, which is his forte.
Moreover, it is not a coincidence that he appeared here this time, but he took advantage of the Night Town Hunting Team.
According to the behind-the-scenes deal, at that time, Olaf and they will be detained as a burglary and murder, and they will be used as a security performance, and Yakali will be sold to the hunting party.
The poor Olaf and the four have not yet seen the essence of the official and bandit family due to profits, and they still think that they can escape from this sheriff who discriminates against orcs, but also talks about the rules of the country.
But from Kane's point of view, this is the daily life of the child of destiny.
How can you do it without suffering some hardships?
Of course, it will not only suffer hardships, the sweetness will be greater, and it will come quickly.
For example, at this moment, the quartet who went north to escape the law of 'Sunset Town' is on the right path to their destination......
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