Chapter 573: Chapter 508: Sudden Outbreak! Fire! (End of the month, requesting votes)

Mountains were impossible, so Lin Ke created a small hill.

However, the hill was bare, with no vegetation at all.

Lin Ke stood at the top of the hill, looking at the Great Wilderness City not far away, then raised his hand and waved towards Azanen Avenue over there.

A road extended from the wilderness, stretched directly to the foot of the hill, and then continued all the way to the spot where Lin Ke stood.

Looking at the small hill before him, Lin Ke nodded in satisfaction.

Just then, a flare of firelight appeared suddenly from the distant Great Wilderness City.

Lin Ke frowned, concealed his figure, and made his way over there.

...

Shabi was a Lizardman.

He originally belonged to Despair Pond, but after an injury during a mission forced him into retirement, he lived there doing odd jobs.

Though an eighth-level [Assassin], he struggled to survive on that bit of Magic Power and still maintained daily meditation; otherwise, even food would not suffice.

Most importantly, wherever he went would be the same.

At least at Despair Pond, he could stay with his kin, even if he had to wash dishes to barely scrape by.

Upon hearing the news of an alliance between Despair Pond and Great Wilderness City, he casually applied, never expecting to be accepted!

In his eyes, that city, strong on the outside but easily crumbled with one blow, was simply a honey-flowing city!

And as for the Duke of Lava, Lin Ke, to be honest, Shabi thought, although Lord Lin Ke was strong, he seemed a bit foolish.

Throughout Nathan’s history, which powerful lord did not exploit, did not enslave their people?

Yet, granting his people so many benefits, quite foolish!

But even as he thought the Duke of Lava was foolish, Shabi earnestly yearned to become a citizen here.

Although the lord was foolish, the benefits were good!

There were plenty of entertainments, and above the foolish lord, a hoard of stronger protectors.

Such a territory was simply an idyllic realm!

Originally, Shabi felt that nowhere else was better than Despair Pond because it had the most Lizardmen.

But now, he yearned even more to go to Great Wilderness City.

So, he sold off all his belongings and came to Great Wilderness City.

"Great! Really great!"

Shabi had just arrived today, hadn’t gone to his residence yet, and exchanged his gold coins for Azanen Coin, ready to buy things from the so-called supermarket.

In Despair Pond, you couldn’t buy things just because you had gold coins, and even if you did, you might not be able to keep them.

In those places, shopkeepers, neighbors, pedestrians, anyone might "help you" use up things and even gold coins.

But not here!

So, carrying his ID card, the first place Shabi went was the supermarket.

Super Market!

"Great name, really great!" Shabi pushed the wire cart filled with various foods.

These foods had one characteristic: high energy and long shelf life.

That was his habit; as an assassin, survival was far more important than taste.

In the past, such a big "cart" full of things couldn’t possibly cost only twenty coins.

Double that wouldn’t even buy it!

Even if bought, if not hidden well, it would be snatched away!

But now, the people around him were all ordinary with kind expressions, and Shabi could easily twist the necks of a hundred people around him in ten minutes.

"Great, hehe." An unusual sense of security enveloped him, making him stick out his forked tongue.

But in the next instant, he felt a wave of professional aura.

He instinctively looked over, his eyes filled with brilliance.

There stood a female Desert Cat-man near the cash register, seemingly a small manager.

A small manager, a person in charge of management, as written in Great Wilderness’s newspaper, which Shabi remembered well.

Fifth-level [Assassin]!

Was this manager also an [Assassin]?

Shabi was slightly surprised, with the skin beneath his scales suddenly tensing.

She’s also an [Assassin]! Could she be from the Shadow Organization? She must’ve sensed my aura too! What now? Attack directly or pretend ignorance? If she reveals my identity, will I be deported...

A heap of thoughts surged through Shabi’s mind.

He knew he had concealed the fact that he was still an [Assassin] when filling out the application form.

No lord favored having an [Assassin] in their ranks, especially one not under control.

But the Cat-man didn’t look at Shabi for long either, just nodded slightly with a smile, then turned her gaze to other customers.

Yet, Shabi’s muscles didn’t relax; despite his experience, he knew some [Assassins] pretended indifference to make others drop their guard before delivering a thunderous strike.

"Should be fine; this is the foolish lord’s territory." Shabi reassured himself in silence.

If she were an assassin from the Shadow Organization, it would be noticed easily, not like this, appearing so flagrantly.

Merely, the life he desired might be gone forever.

"Boom!!!"

Just then, an explosion sounded nearby, resonating loudly.

The explosion startled Shabi, and the customers curiously turned their attention to it.

Instantly, through the glass window, countless people saw a cake shop not far away catching fire.

"Oh no! It’s on fire! It’s on fire!"

"Relax, the [Firefighters] will be here soon!"

"Oh, Old George’s cake was always delicious, how did it catch fire today?"

The customers were caught in discussion, then suddenly saw a Lizardman lying on the ceiling with a broken arm and leg, its tail swaying, seemingly nervous from the explosion.

"Huh, could it be a newcomer?"

"Indeed! Either new or a spy. Let me tell you, just the other day a Shadow spy was caught in Chaoyang District!"

"Oh? Caught well! That organization is terrible... By the way, this Lizardman looks really tense, could it be because the spy was exposed?"

"Let’s go, maybe we should go to the street office, the neighborhood committee, and report this to Auntie Kakama."

The nearby customers pointed and gossiped about Shabi, the Lizardman.

Thus, Shabi, a seasoned Lizardman, blushed slightly.

He hurriedly got off the ceiling, coughed dryly, and immediately headed out.

At that moment, the Cat-man assassin was already flipping out the window, leaving a line behind:

"Something’s wrong with the energy fluctuation there! Customers, please exit swiftly and orderly!"

Something wrong with the energy fluctuation?

Shabi squinted his narrow eyes, initially intending to disregard the matter.

However, just then, an older human woman beside pointed at him and said, "Aren’t you a professional? You’re not going? If you don’t go, I’ll go!"

Saying that, the woman put down her basket, and magic power surged within her.

She’s actually only a second-level professional!

So courageous, being just second-level?

Shabi couldn’t perceive her profession, probably invented by that clever foolish lord.

And after the large form of the woman flipped out the window, the gaze from the people around Shabi changed slightly.

Even the second-level went, yet it seemed this stronger one did not...

"Isn’t he a professional as well..."

"Ah, he’s new, lacking a sense of responsibility is normal, Lord Lin Ke said, you can’t force people to do things, that’s moral coercion!"

"True, and he still seems disabled, forget it, forget it."

The customers casually said a few words, paying and leaving quickly.

But the way the customers looked at him made Shabi uncomfortable.

Thus, Shabi walked over to the window and flipped out as well,

Fortunately, despite being disabled, he was still agile in his movements.