Doomsday Code

Chapter 697: Marketplace 3

When the little thug heard Chen Cheng's question, he stood up straighter and said:

"To be honest, even among those like me, Lai San, none of us escaped. We all responded to His Highness's call and stayed."

Then his tone changed, becoming somewhat sad and angry:

“And I heard that the nobles in other cities contacted the church first and found some kind of teleportation array to escape, leaving the ordinary people behind in the city.

They are nothing.”

"But His Highness said that even if they escape first, they will already be charged with the crime of abandoning the city and losing the land. From now on, they will no longer be masters, but criminals."

"We are now responding to His Highness's call, and His Highness has already contacted the guild.

We used the teleportation arrays that were used to help nobles escape to escort our wives and children out of the Western Territory, so now almost all the men in the Western Territory have stayed."

Lai San said with some pride.

Chen Cheng also had a rough idea in his mind. It seemed that Huidun was going to use the tactic of delaying, using the young and strong people in each city as a flesh and blood Great Wall to buy as much time as possible for evacuation.

This is not because Huidun is cold-blooded, but only in this way can more people survive.

At this time, Lai San also realized that Chen Cheng and his men were not bandits.

When he calmed down, he noticed the differences in the appearance of Silfit and the others. Then, thinking of the elf case he had heard of a few months ago, he immediately recognized the identities of Silfit and the others.

The next moment, Lai San knelt down in front of Sifit and the others with a plop.

"I think you are all powerful elves. I heard from wandering poets that you are all kind and gentle people. Could you please save us?"

Having said that, Lai San kowtowed directly to Sifit and the others.

Upon seeing this, Sifeite immediately pulled him back, and then said in a cold voice:

"We haven't received any request for help from your king, so we can't take action."

Sifit's words were like an ice knife in the snow in December, piercing people's hearts and making them feel even colder.

Lai San was stunned for a while, and then he kept kowtowed and said, regardless of Sifit's pulling:

"Please, please, no matter what you ask, I believe His Highness will agree to it."

Sifeite wanted to answer him in a cold tone, but Chen Cheng pulled her back and said to Lai San:

"Did His Highness Lai San ever tell you that you had to wait here for someone to come back?"

Lai San has been in the adventurer business for many years, so having sharp ears and eyes is the most basic thing. Even when asking for help, he would prick up his ears and listen to the movements around him.

He immediately listened to what Chen Cheng said.

"Yes, but I don't know... Could it be that you are the one His Highness is waiting for?"

This time Lai San finally reacted, stopped kowtowing and looked at Chen Cheng.

Only then did he realize that Chen Cheng did not have pointed ears, and Chen Cheng was not an elf.

These low-level people didn't know that elves were only female. After all, according to common sense, the birth of a child was the result of the balance of yin and yang between men and women, and it was impossible for a child to grow from a tree.

So when he saw the pointed ears of Softfit and the others, he thought that Chen Cheng was also an elf, and an extremely rare male elf.

If it were in the past, Lai San might have looked at Chen Cheng carefully because he saw that the male elf had the capital to brag to his friends, and then he would find out that he was not an elf.

But he doesn't have that intention now.

"Why don't you know that there are no male elves?"

Lai San smiled awkwardly and said:

"I thought the wandering poet's claim that elves had no men was false. But it's good to have you back, sir. Your Highness has been looking forward to your return day and night."

Feisili and the others were also amazed at how quickly and richly Lai San's expressions changed.

They live in a moonlit forest that is like a paradise on earth, so how could they know the hardships of the workers outside who work like cattle and horses.

You can easily express all kinds of emotions, sweet, bitter, and spicy, and switch between them at any time.

After all, there is no extra time in this world for hard-working people to slowly change their mood.

Then Lai San looked at Sifeit and the others and said hesitantly:

"So what are they doing..."

"They are just the elves' guards who escorted me back. But if I arrive in Huidun City and the beast tide comes, they will naturally help me out of their friendship."

"But we have to hurry now. We must first return to the city to find His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and have him write a letter requesting assistance in the king's name. Then I can send someone to find the elven elders and ask them to come forward to help us."

When Lai San heard that there was a play, he immediately stood up from the ground and said:

"Then please hurry up, sir."

Chen Cheng looked at Lai San and asked:

"What about you? You should come back to the city with me. If a real beast tide comes, the earth will shake and the sky will be trembling. You can see it even from the walls of Wisdom Shield City. We don't need a scout like you here who is willing to die."

Lai San is just an ordinary street thug. He has the ordinary heroic spirit, but also the ordinary greed for life.

He knew that if he accepted this frontline scout mission, he would die, but in order to allow his mother and child to be sent away first, he still accepted the mission.

Now that the person that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was waiting for, Chen Cheng, said that he could go back, the greed for life in his heart took over.

This is not cowardice, but the mentality that every normal person has.

Seeing his expression, Chen Cheng knew that he had agreed, so he invited him:

"Since you've already received me, your mission is accomplished. If you don't want to come up and ride together, don't fall behind later."

Lai San waved his hand and said:

"Sir, please don't underestimate me. I may not be able to fight, but my running skills have earned me the nickname of Flying Marten."

When Lai San mentioned his nickname, Chen Cheng immediately remembered it.

Because this guy is the boss of the burglary gang that Tophis had previously cracked down on.

At that time, in order to catch him and prevent him from escaping, it took a lot of effort from Feitofis.

"So it's you. Okay, you have to keep up."

Then Chen Cheng patted Daha on the back, and Daha immediately took Chen Cheng towards the familiar Huidun City like a gust of wind.

After running for a while, Chen Cheng looked back and saw that Lai San's footwork was indeed very powerful and he could actually keep up with Daha's speed.

"Your Majesty...Brown, you don't have to worry. He must have learned a set of secret leg techniques that can quickly burst out with multiple times the speed of jumping and running in a very short period of time.

But if he keeps running like this, his legs might become useless in the future."

Sifit said to Chen Cheng.

When Chen Cheng heard this, he frowned and wanted to stop and call Lai San to get on Daha's back.

He was not a stingy person, and the conversation he had just had with Lai San had made him look at this man with new eyes, and he did not want to see him ruined like this.

Sifeite saw his thoughts and immediately reminded him:

"Brown, don't stop. Let him continue to explode. When we get to Wisdom Shield City, I will use magic to heal the wound on his leg.

And maybe because of this outburst, his leg skills will improve a lot."

This Sifit still appears cold on the outside but warm on the inside in front of outsiders.

Although he looks cold, he actually cares a lot about people in his heart.