0p0 Chapter 246 The Hound Guard
Chapter 246 The Hound Guard
It seems that every city has its own special gathering place for extraordinary individuals, and this phenomenon is even more pronounced in large cities.
Sand King's Mouth is such a place in the Sand City. It is located in a remote urban area. Compared with other places, there are not many people living here. However, about 80% of those who live here are superhumans. Even those who are not superhumans have some knowledge of these things.
Officials were naturally happy to see this happen, since it would be better if the superhumans could gather together, as it would be easier to manage them and they could be contacted here if anything went wrong. News circulated here, and apart from the slave trading guild, the news here was generally very fresh.
Every day after 6 PM, a special market, which we'll call the Black Market, opens at Shawangzui.
The black market is where many superhumans trade. Unlike the Sen Sen Tavern Lin Tian visited before, the city of Sand City is the capital of a country and is extremely large, so there are naturally many superhumans gathered there. Lin Tian walked through it and saw no less than a hundred superhumans at a glance.
The further in he went, the more people gathered there, which made Lin Tian gasp in amazement, truly seeing the world for him.
"There are a lot of people here."
The one who spoke was a middle-aged man accompanying Lin Tian. He was not tall and had a knife hanging at his waist, but this did not add to his imposing presence. His short, stout figure and憨态可掬 (simple-minded) face gave people the feeling that he could not be hostile.
The "many people" he mentioned naturally referred to the large number of extraordinary individuals. Lin Tian understood his meaning and nodded in agreement.
Just as Lin Tian was about to show him around, the short, stout middle-aged man suddenly touched his arm.
"Your Majesty, look!"
He pointed to the entrance of the black market, where a commotion was taking place, and half of the superhumans present had gathered around.
Seeing this, Lin Tian blinked and slowly walked into the crowd.
"Make way, make way! Give my big brother some room!"
The short, stout man pushed people aside one by one, finally leading Lin Tian to a position where he could observe the situation.
But when Lin Tian saw what was inside, his pupils dilated in shock.
"This is... the Hellhound Guard."
"Why would the members of the Hellhound Guard be here...?"
The hound guards, clad in golden round collars, black dog helmets, and thorny leather belts, appeared brazenly in this rather special and sensitive location.
You should know that the hounds are the royal dogs. What is the job of these dogs?
Stay home.
The main task of the Hound Guard is to protect the safety of the royal palace and, incidentally, the city. However, this incidental task does not include the black market, since such underground areas have always been a no-man's-land.
This is why everyone was quite surprised by the appearance of the Hound Guard; this is not their spawn point.
However, the members of the Hound Guard clearly had no intention of explaining to the crowd. After a disdainful snort, a person wearing a gold-trimmed cloak stepped forward.
The one who could act so flamboyantly was naturally the leader of this group, and he was the one who made that soft hum just now, so everyone was very unhappy with him.
However, despite the hostile and suspicious gazes of the crowd, the leader showed no fear. Instead, he calmly pulled out a wanted poster from his pocket.
"This man is currently a wanted criminal by the royal family. The reason we've come here is to hope that you can provide any clues. If this helps in finding him, there will be a generous reward!"
Since the wanted poster had been presented, the meaning was self-evident. Everyone nodded in understanding, their eyes revealing thoughtful expressions. Clearly, the promise of a hefty reward had tempted them.
There's no doubt about the weight of this statement. After all, you can say the Sand Kingdom is poor, but you can't say the Sand Kingdom's royal family is poor. The royal family members are all known for their extravagant spending.
What they were more curious about was which lord and which big shot issued the arrest warrant, that would prompt the royal family to be so eager to search for him.
That must be a mysterious and powerful individual...
Upon realizing this, some of the more sensible people knew that something was wrong and secretly dismissed the idea.
However, what they didn't expect was that the extremely mysterious person in their eyes was right among their crowd.
Lin Tian naturally recognized the wanted poster; wasn't that his pre-disguise self? However, Lin Tian was still somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected these guys to have found their way here, and with such seriousness. That guy, Ji Jia…
But to Lin Tian's even greater surprise, when this guy appeared, his task panel beeped again.
[Ding! Mission triggered, reverse bounty!]
[The bounty target for Ding Fan has been identified.]