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They called this the city of Wai, or Country. The city was divided into 4 parts. E.W.N.S.
West country has sea, East side has big forest and mountain. Mountain and forest spread east and south of the City. North side linked to other country.
North side has big Gate, and East has smaller gate. South did not have gate and West has port.
Cemetery located at south east of the city. And Royal Cemetery was located near North West and it was built in the City.
North side was face of country and south side was back of country. Because the main road to another country was on North side.
And they also have 1 big market each made 4 markets. But 2 big markets were more bigger than other two.
East and West market were bigger.
West side have ship port, market and Rich people area with palace.
East side have mix people, most of exchange were take place here,
Hunter or herb collector coming out from forest were sold their good in here,
Slave hunter, missionary, assassin, beggar, thief, kind of mix people stay here so, restaurant, gambling house, brothel and black market even hiding inside of it.
Zora hidden base was in south-east side poor area.
...….
They arrived in East market place, too many light were lit as a day. These were like night market in Asia, many small temporary shop were open on the street, and original building shop were open as well.
There were selling many foods, good material, snacks, etc...
New year festival was like 10 days celebrate in here.
Xiao Yu hold the big bag firmly which was tie with her like back pack in front of her chest, the small space bag was inside in it,
She took out money from small bag inside big bag, she bought most for their needed. She only took out money and pay the price of what she bought.
That what Zora told her to do. How to proper use money. Ye Ling follow her and take everything in her big bag.
At one place, Yu Rou stopped and looked at girl flowery hair clip on a girls accessories shop.
"Yu'er, if you wanted, go and buy it, that not too much and that not wasting money, that was using money."
She smile and went there quickly that like she afraid of someone took it. She hold it and...
"How much…." Before she finished her word.
A hand tried to grab the big bag which was tie with her and run. But Yu Rou's hand was so firm holding it and tied, the thief could not get at first tried.
Yu Rou fall down.
The hand tried to get second time but…
Yu Rou dropped the hair clip and hold the bag with her two hand grab it in her chest, even if she was on ground.
And a hand grab the thief hand before the thief touch again.
Zora knew two guys were following them.
He wanted Yu Rou got experience so he let them first time. But not second time.
Enough for a child.
And he did not know these thieves were so stupid and use forcefully take away. That make Yu Rou fell down. Zora thought they would cut the tied string first but now.
Zora so angry, for his own mistake. and he thinks 'This world people are stupid. Stupid world.' He curse.
Zora grab the pickpocket hand with left and..
He use his right hand.
He transformed his right hand palm turn into metal but only his palm could see other parts were hidden under his clothes.
Even if fire lamp were lit, normal people could not notice about his palm.
He used the edge of his right palm smash across the face of the thief. He used only half of his strength.
He used metal form so that it could prevent him from harm.
"Crack"
The thief face cracked. Nose, eyes and face was deform.
Blood were spread out.
He let out his anger on the thief.
Just one hit needed to made him fall down. But Zora did not stop. Three time he hit him on the ground.
The thief face were smash between ground and his edge of Zora palm.
Zora did not use his fist.
He got up and turn around, transform his right leg and kick the incoming another one. Just one kick needed again. This time he reduced to ¼ of his leg strength.
Bang..
Arrrr…
This one could still shout while first one down with just one without shout.
Bang...
Zora jump and follow that man and kicked again in his abdominal while the thief was lying on the ground.
These two thieves were weak, normal people here were x2 times stronger than earth. But that does not mean all people.
Even on earth there were many people who could not lift 10kg weight and hold for 1 min. Same thing applied here.
When Zora got this body, it was too weak too. He was now 16 years old his muscles were still developing, not too strong like mature someone who already trained.
But he still stronger than many people here, even without using his metal power.
He showed his power to ward off unnecessary incoming problems. But he still keep some hidden.
All people were move away from fighting places.
He than looking in the crowed of people, there must be still some more left.
"You all tried to steal from a little girl? Fvck you all."
"Go call your follow dogs and come gang at me. I am waiting."
He lift his foot and stomp down on the lying thief legs to break his both legs.
Than he went to another, this time he kick the thief the legs to break it again.
Zora is always rustless when in fighting,
In a fight, if you sympathy to your enemy mean you hate your love one.
If you don't want your love one got hurt never sympathy in fight.
And while he fight Zora did not talk. Or never got time to talk while in fight.
And he stand there for 10 seconds waiting for someone to come out but no one.
He turned toward Yu Rou, who was sitting on the ground. He sat down pick her up, checked her injury,
Small injury, he know it from the started, that why he took care of two thieves first.
He cleaned the wound on Yu Rou without caring other people around and applied medicine right away.
Everyone around already started going their way, they did not care this much of fight. It happen as daily life.
He picked up hair clip and check. There were nothing happen to it, so
"Yu'er, it is ok now, go buy it."
After she looked at two man on ground and she went back to buy her hair clip.
"How much for this?"
"20 copper little girl."
Yu Rou stopped for a while and think, 20 coppers was expensive. As for a solider who fought in a war would only got 6 silvers for monthly salary.
20 coppers were enough for some people food for 3 or 4 days.
Zora came stand beside Yu Rou and looking at the stand. He found another beautiful hair clip.
"How much for that?"
The shop keeper face disdain while looking at who wearing normal clothes, and telling himself
'They were just asking and even could not afford to buy.'
But he could not say out loud, he just saw Zora took care of two thieves.
"that for 30 coppers." The shop owner replied.
Zora notices about shop owner feeling but not worth to bark about that. So….
"Yu Rou, do you like this one?"
Both were pretty so,
"It is pretty too."Yu Rou answer with shinning bright in her eyes.
But she remember those days after her parents gone. Her father die and mother disappear.
Their relative came and took everything they have.
At that time they could not even afford to buy 1 meal for 1 day.
When their relatives came and took no one help them. There were so call his parents friends were no where to be found.
But before when they parents were prosper they always come.
These days were making her trauma all the time, Zora knew about these in two years this was another reason he wanted her to use money properly to gain back her confident.
"We would take both, Yu Rou gave him 50 coppers."
"One clip is enough for me, Ge Ge."
"Just bought it, a girl should have 2 or 3 at least." Zora told her with smile.
He remember how the earth girls were.
After they bought the clip, they left that place leaving two thieves.
Zora was excepted someone would come but still NO. And No police too.
They walked quietly for a while and after a bit far from thieves there were a tea house.
So, time for action,
Zora did not like passive way of handling things.
So he started his active part.
"Ye Ling and Yu Rou wait me at that tea house.
After that he went into crowded people.
There were five more people there waiting for Zora went away. After that they tried carried two guys and left.
Zora followed these men who took the two guy. They turn into dark valley to another until they reach another dark valley, there were two people in there wearing police uniform.
One was captain and his lackey.
"Are they dead?" police lackey asked the man who carried body.
"Not yet, Why don't you go arrested him?"
"Why don't you go out and fight him?" A Police lackey asked them back.
They all stop talking. They knew Zora was dangerous.
"Please, make him as murder and arrested him, Captain Yang."
"We would try but not sure, you all know what area was that." Captain Yang replied.
Zora was in the dark listening them, no one could see him as his metal form was black and clothes colour were ash colour too.
That area was very dangerous place that why these thieves operate stealing here too.
Many of hunter and killer here. Even if some people die, no one care.
But still many untouchable people here, that could cause all killer did not dear to run around and kill everyone.
All of them afraid of each other, many people here were hidden dragon and crouching tiger.
If someone wrong and provoke wrong person mean dead.
e.g. Thief try to steal from Zora.
And another example was the stupid group who tried to capture Zora before were die here in this zone too.
Around after 3 months they came into graveyard for looking Zora, and got prize money. After that they drunk here and provoke someone.
Here is not an earth city bar, that you could drunk and fight with everyone.
Just one wrong move would kill someone here.
This area remind him of a place where he once live on earth.
If on Earth area were divided with colour for danger there could find Five area,
Green or white area (if you went out at after midnight, with ear phone on you dead percent was lower than 3%)
(e.g….Sort of like, safe big cities)
Blue (if you went out at after midnight, with ear phone on you dead percent was lower than 20%)
Brown (if you went out at after midnight, with ear phone on, you dead percent was lower than 50%)
Black (if you went out at day time, you dead percent was lower than 25%)
Red (if you went out at day time, you dead percent was lower than 60%)
These were not a War Zone, it was like normal people living area.
If someone told there is a place like exit on Earth, to the Earth youngster who live in Green Zone, they would never believe it exit.
Because they thought the world was so peaceful, under law and order.
For Zora, this area here in this world was between a Brown and black zone, this area was just a joke for him, he who lived once in a Red Zone.
....
"Go and report to your boss." Captain said that to them.
"Ok,"
These two group part away,
Zora followed the Thieves group, Zora wanted to eliminate all of them.
Leaving a lose end would not get peaceful.
They were walking more than 15 mins, Zora thought that their base should not far from the market but he was wrong.
At that time,
Quest,
'Kept Lin Yu Rou safe, defend her from harm tonight.'
Reward: 300 sliver and soft carbon fibre clothes for young girl full set.
Failure: -10000 gold and 100 slashes
Would you accept?
YES/NO
It has been a long time, no quest for him, since begging food from bad old man quest.
Zora was already worried about leaving Yu Rou at tea shop, he thought it was not long to reach to thieves hideout but it took him more around 30 mins still haven't reach their base yet.
So, he looked at where these people went and answer the Quest,
YES
He wanted to say 'No'
Because of big penalties were inhuman.
But soft carbon fibre clothes attracted him more, so he said...
He runs rush back toward the tea shop.
...….
Thieves....
They went into big old house with big yard, at very North East edge of the city.
In the big yard, three house and a rundown temple.
There were around 20 guards guarding this place.
There were some people on 2nd floor the big open veranda, they were drinking and talking.
...
"So, you guys run back like dog tail between the leg?" The leader told to his subordinates.
"Boss, he was so strong, even Yang Yue Gin could not dare to fight."
"You mean, even Captain Yang was there?"
"Yes, boss,"
"Ok, you can go now."
"Boss, please revenge for us."
"I said you can go now!!!!"
That guy who reported run off.
"Cao Zhen, what do you think we should do?"
"Boss, we should lay low for a while, Lord Lu told us a big event would happen soon. And he wanted us to lay low."
"So, let him live for a while, next time we would send our people and if we found him, we will end his life and sold off his two woman."
"Don't worry boss, there were no place they could run, this is our area."
"Forget about small matter boss, let don't our happy time like that."
"You right, hay, call the girls now."
...