Chapter 647: City of Sin
After leaving Avis' fingertips, the silver dice rolled to the ground, spinning a few times like an ordinary dice, and then stopped with a crisp "ding——" sound.
Twenty o'clock——
“Pah--”
At the same time, a crack appeared on the corner of the dice.
As a practice piece, Anvis did not put too much effort into it, which resulted in the dice itself being of low quality.
"Is this the price of interfering with fate?"
Avis touched the crack and felt that if there were three more cracks of the same size, the dice would be completely scrapped.
"So, what happens next?"
Thinking about the effect of the mercury dice, Avis waited for a while. . ….… .Cohen was an unemployed vagrant who was idle all day long.
Of course, this is just his official identity. In order to make a living, he occasionally does some "part-time jobs".
For example, picking up a few bulging money bags that others have "lost", or helping those enthusiastic casinos to collect debts that lent money to others for emergencies but were unable to collect the debts when they were due.
On this day, he had just completed a business deal and taught a debtor a lesson. But when Cohen was feeling proud and satisfied, a pool of nature's gift suddenly fell from the sky and smeared on his face.
"Asshole! You stinky bird raised by a bitch! Don't let me catch you!"
While wiping the bird droppings off his face, Cohen cursed at the sky, but the culprit had already flown away, leaving only the sound of squawking.
"Ss ...
After wiping off the bird droppings, Cohen sniffed and felt that there seemed to be some smell left. He cursed again in a low voice and his mood became very bad.
While mentally cutting the dead bird into pieces, Cohen walked out of the alley cursing, intending to find some water to wash his face.
But as soon as he reached the other end of the alley, he noticed a handsome blond boy standing at the side of the alley facing him.
“Wow——”
Cohen was stunned, and his eyes instinctively scanned Avis, then paused at the ring on Avis's hand.
"Oh, you have delicate skin and tender flesh. Look at that ring. You are such a rare fat sheep!"
An idea flashed through Cohen's mind instinctively.
Although Anvis had taken off his noble clothing and the space ring on his hand had concealed its magical aura, Cohen, who had a keen eye, could tell at a glance that the ring was made of precious materials.
Cohen pretended nothing had happened and continued walking forward, but his eyes glanced left and right obscurely.
"Very young, without any guards, is he a young nobleman who sneaked out from somewhere to play? So? Maybe it's a magic ring? Even a space ring?"
He swallowed secretly, and a hint of greed flashed in his eyes.
Unlike other ordinary hopeless thugs, Cohen once had the honor of seeing a real wizard up close.
——That time he was blind and stole the magician’s stuff!
Fortunately, the wizard did not use magic to turn him into a toad. He just ordered Cohen to be his guide for half a day and take him to find the underground boss of this area.
Cohen didn't know what happened between the wizard and the boss, but because of his action of leading the way, after the wizard left, Cohen was severely beaten and lay in bed for half a month before he could barely get out of bed.
If he hadn't given the bag of gold coins he had stolen to the innkeeper, he would probably have starved to death in the past half month.
But during this period, the ring on the wizard's hand left a deep impression on him.
The old wizard just put his hand on a large box half a person's height. The gray-black ring on his index finger flashed slightly, and the box disappeared in a flash! The material of the ring was very unique, and Cohen had never seen it before, but this did not prevent him from remembering the appearance of that material.
"I need to get a closer look... He looks unfamiliar, and he shouldn't be the descendant of the local nobles. Gods, if we are careful enough, maybe... we can make a big profit this time!"
Carefully approaching Avis, Cohen secretly sensed Avis's strength, and finally found that the other party was just a formal professional, with similar strength to his.
This made Cohen even more convinced that this was definitely just a naive noble boy who was unaware of the dangers of the outside world and who dared to wander around Dragon Shadow City just because he had one or two pieces of magic equipment.
His throat moved slightly, and Cohen's dark brown eyes stared at Avis, his heart beating wildly.
It seems that today is Uncle Cohen's lucky day!
If he presented such top-quality goods to the city lord, the adults would be happy, and he would become rich! Few people knew that in addition to being a pickpocket/thug/vagrant, Cohen was also a spy of the city lord's mansion, responsible for secretly monitoring the situation in the city and helping the bigwigs of the city lord's mansion to search for "good goods".
However, before making his move, Cohen looked around cautiously to make sure there were no nosy strangers nearby.
Cohen's life has become much more difficult due to the large number of idiots who have appeared in the past two years for the sake of ridiculous "justice" and those unruly foreign companions.
There's no way, he is afraid of death, but those crazy people are not.
He had personally witnessed the fate of [Bloodthirsty Balza], a fourth-level great thief. Relying on his strength, he tortured to death two foreign thieves who had come to his territory, and sent a message to all foreigners:
No matter what you did before, when you come to Dragon Shadow City, you must abide by the city's rules! But the result was that within a magic hour, including the two strangers who died at the beginning, almost half of the strangers in the city gathered at the same time, and various attacks almost covered half of the block.
After desperately shooting and killing dozens of strangers, the great thief discovered in despair that the enemy had no fear at all. His killing not only failed to scare away others, but also made the number of crazy enemies increase.
What horrified Cohen, who was watching, was that the strangers who had been fatally wounded appeared again intact less than twenty minutes later.
Since then, he has been much more cautious in his actions, for fear of provoking these strange guys.
But this time it seemed that the goddess of luck favored him. There were no guys in strange costumes nearby, nor were there strange professionals jumping around, and no people on the street asking if you need help.
Feeling that there was no time to lose and having confirmed that it was temporarily safe, Cohen stopped hiding his true feelings and immediately put on an enthusiastic look and walked towards Avis.
"Hello, young sir. Are you lost? Do you need my help to show you the way?"
With a fawning smile typical of a lackey on his face, Cohen raised his hand and waved to Avis in a harmless manner.
He had a clear plan. Although the opponent was just an inexperienced young master, he would have no hope of winning if they fought head-on. He had to let the opponent relax his vigilance first, and then take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.
"...Lost? Maybe. I need to go to a tavern nearby, but the other party didn't tell me the exact location of the tavern, so I can only look for it slowly."
Seeing Cohen, who had been hesitating for a long time, finally coming over, Avis first glanced at him with a somewhat 'vigilant' look, and then he breathed a sigh of relief as if he was sure that he was not a threat to himself, and began to understand the situation he was facing with an unguarded attitude.
In order to avoid trouble, Anvis adjusted his appearance to hide his strength and the charisma of his bloodline. However, he did not expect that his appearance still seemed to be coveted by others.
(End of this chapter)
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