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Chapter 45: Midnight Massacre
Translator: WQL Editor: Geoffrey
Deep in the ht, Blackhot City was covered in tranquility Ever since the curfeas iht, the entire Blackhot City would fall asleep like a giant that they had finished their day of busy work
Like birds singing in the daytiht, soht rather than the day, especially those fro the railway station where people of all walks of life converged Afteroutside Unfortunately, if they were captured by the patrolling City Guard Ars, would have to serve in Glanceburg Prison that was located outside Blackhot City, and would become a joke to many pioneers However, for those pioneers, this punishht, hence why the bar in an alley near the railway station filled with pioneers, the “Treasures of the Poisonous Snakes”, was extree adolescent like Zhang Tie, they would never know of the wonderful nightlife that Blackhot City had
As for the new arrivers, Huck and Snade, they had investigated the areas near the railway station before finding the bar called “Treasures of the Poisonous Snakes” After 00:00 when the curfew came into effect, the two entered the bar as they pushed open the two doors
The bar was not spacious inside After ht, the bar was boisterous, as there were around 30 people inside,the uniforhed loudly as they touched the breasts of the prostitutes beside thehts in the bar, where one would occasionally see twohidden within their broad sleeves at the table Some nodded when they were satisfied, while others shook their heads to show disagreereement, they would pull back their hands This was the usual trading pattern a pioneers The transaction was done within their sleeves to keep the items and prices of the trade a secret Only the two parties involved knehat had happened, thus one would never know the topic of their conversation, even if they were planning your assassination and its price
When Huck and Snade entered the bar, lanced at them and continued their own business, while otherclose to the on the table or beside the them in a convenient position in case a critical situation arises
The htly nice-looking bar waists They intended to lower their bodies to show their exposed, plump breasts “Handsome boys, what can I do for you?”
“Two cups of black pine wine What kind of food do you serve?” asked Snade
“Toast, soybean, beef soup, and crispy sausage!”
“One set for each of us!”
“Okay!”
After the bar what the two had ordered, the others azes away from them, as they kne trouble trouble in the bar
Soon, the food ordered by Snade and Huck were served Looking at the food, Snade didn’t eat it irass root, which looked like a dried trapped in silver wires and poked every ite of beer as he checked for a change in the color of the grass root and the silver wires After no color change was seen, they started to safely enjoy the supper After several hours of work, the tere currently really hungry
It was corass root of a Soul-Eating Thorn that rapped in silver wires Silver wire and the grass root of the Soul-Eating Thorn was the perfect co the “powerful rat poison” that only required a srowntheir food for poison before eating, hence others did not find it strange when they saw this Even the boss and bar pioneers Aside from frequent customers, many new arrivers of this bar, which was teemed with pioneers, would test poison like those two It was just a living habit
The guests of the bar were loudly talking about the town hall of the Blackhot City The town hall had increased the pay the black areas north and west of Blackhot City, rising to a price of 46 gold coins per squared kilometers of black area Additionally, for every extra square kilometer, the price would increase by 5 Over the past few days, several waves of pioneers who considered theroups; however, it was unknotheir meal, Huck and Snade pretended to listen to the news inside the bar before preparing to leave and called the bar to pull out his purse, Huck’s purse suddenly dropped onto the ground, causing two gold coins to roll out of his purse Huck hurriedly put away the purse Instead, Snade settled the bill before the talked out of the bar Soon after they left, a man in a corner of the bar also picked hi the last of his beer, he purposely spilled some beer on himself Afterwards, he followed the two and left the bar
The actions of the man surprised no one in the bar
“It seeht’s prey Heh… Heh” Soot about the three who had just left In this world, each and every one of them had their own set of survival rules If others didn’t affect the beside thee
The moment Squirrel Pond teetered out of the bar, he looked around and saw Huck and Snade walking into an alley on the left Narrowing his eyes, he continued to follow them as he pretended to be a drunk lanced back at him; however, they see close to Huck, he tumbled forward as he ers touched Huck’s clothes, he heard a cold sneer
“Too slow!”
Before Squirrel Pond realized what had happened, his hand was already firripped by Huck The moment he was about to pretend to be a drunkard and shout loudly, an ice dagger had already arrived at his neck The dagger cut into the skin and left a shallow cut Pond was really scared and began to sweat Afterwards, as if treating a chick, Huck covered hisPond into a shadow beside the alley, a place where nobody would see
“Take us to see your boss We want to see hiuy, seemed to be not that patient as he threw Pond directly onto the ground and spoke in a straightforwardabout! I am… ah…” With hisa cold sensation on his right hand, he lowered his head and sahat had happened to hand What he found was thehis blood to pour out like a fountain The wound looked like a mouth of a beast and had almost scared Pond to death