<h4>Volume 4 Chapter 161: The Crime Of Concealment In The Fallen Nn City</h4>


    Trantor: The Light


    Edits by Grandia


    The southern border of Gabriel Empire, Nn City, the former capital of Nonder Duchy. As the formerrgest city in the southern border region of Gabriel Empire and now the secondrgest city, it was far more prosperous than the newly established Sarni City.


    Despite being baptized by the war after the invasion of the Beastman Army, Nn City hadn’t sustained much damage and most buildings were still intact. Presumably it had fallen too fast; the original defending soldiers were defeated by the Beastman Army before they could take the battle to the streets.


    This famous border city, which originally had a poption of more than a hundred thousand, was now controlled by the Third Army of the Beastman Race. This Beastman invasion army, dominated by wolfmen, was the main force that had attacked Sarnia Duchy over the past few days. They had originally had more than two hundred and fifty thousand soldiers.


    In the war against Sarnia Duchy, the Beastman Army lost nearly fifty thousand troops and still failed. More than thirty thousand of them died in the demon ambush at the rear of Sarnia Duchy and nearly twenty thousand died near the moat in front of the city walls.


    At present, the Third Beastman Army had only fifty thousand troops in Nn City, while the remaining hundred and fifty thousand troops had surrounded Sarni City. Be and the others had dressed themselves in ck Robed Wizard clothing, pretending to be ck Robed Wizards in order to infiltrate the scene.


    The many Wolf Knight teams patrolling the streets of Nn City and the heavy-armored Werebear Infantry, who had set up checkpoints on various major street intersections, made it hard to infiltrate the city. Arge number of sentry posts were guarded by Dark Human wizards and countless three meter tall crosses had been erected in conspicuous positions beside these posts.


    Hanging on these crosses were human corpses still dressed in assassin night garments. Depending on the situation, there weren’t many assassins who wanted infiltrate this ce. On the contrary, every time the Beastmen fought an invasive war, the Mercenary Union and the Assassins’ Union would issue high reward missions to assassinate the senior ranking officers of the Beastman Army, employing assassins and hitmen to observe them.


    This assassination mission must’ve failed. Previous assassination missions had high sess rates because the Beastman Army had no means of detecting assassins who were sneaking around. This time, the Dark Human wizards had joined them. These unsuspecting assassins were shadowed and killed near the sentry posts before their infiltration was sessful.


    Noreya silently looked at her failed “peers”, clenching her fists hard, trying to suppress the negative emotions in her heart. Be was thankful for her own foresight which had stopped her from sending Noreya, President Ivy, and L, these beautiful young assassins, to carry out an assassination mission. Otherwise, it would’ve been equivalent to sending them to their deaths.


    The Beastman guards on the streets didn’t dare interrogate Be and herpanions, who were dressed in ck Robed Wizard clothing. Dark Humans seemed to have a great say in the Beastman Army. Although the two were allies, the Dark Humans should have a higher status.


    The ck Robed Wizards originally stationed in various positions seemed to have received an urgent transfermand and had left their posts, heading towards the burial grounds outside Nn City. There, the Dead Army of more than tens of thousands, which Be had awakened, was revolting.


    The Beastman Army stationed in Nn City had about fifty thousand soldiers and it was really difficult for them to deal with the attack of tens of thousands of the dead. In order to stabilize the situation in Nn City, the ck Robed Wizards were going to quash these corpses back to the graveyard.


    For Be, the retreat of the ck Robed Wizards meant that each of the sentry posts was basically unguarded. The heavy-armored Werebears on duty didn’t dare question their purpose. Without the presence of other ck Robed Wizards, the Beastman guards were afraid to question them.


    “Why are you lot still strolling out here? There’s a big incident at the test site outside the city. Quickly, go support them. If you’rete, Master Keh might punish you severely.”


    At thest checkpoint to enter the central area of Nn City, Be and herpanions were blocked by several ck Robed Witches. Thenguage of Dark Humans was quite simr to the humannguage here, but there were many additional demon words in the middle. Be and the others understood everything.


    Out of the concern that the more they said, the more likely they were to fail, Be nodded to indicate that she knew and didn’t reply. They were afraid of revealing themselves and silence was the best disguise. Nn City was shrouded by the veil of eternal night. There wasn’t much lighting outside Nn City. Under such blurry conditions, the ck Robed Witches on the opposite side couldn’t tell that these few panions” were imposters. They only saw Be and the others nod.


    “That’s right, Master Keh told us to go over and help... What... what are you doing? Someone... “


    In a dark corner of the city gates, Be grabbed a ck Robed Witch from behind and put her hand over her mouth to pull her into the dark. Before the other ck Robed Witches could respond, they had fallen to the ground after being tied up by ine’s puppet strings. Noreya drew out her sword and with a sh, she shed off all the defensive magic artifacts on the ck Robed Witches.


    “Aren’t you both a little too skilled? No matter how I look at it, you girls seem to have a rap sheet...”


    “Be, how can you say that. Didn’t you hint with your eyes?”


    “Be, I’m acting ording to your practices. Do you want me to behead them all?”


    Although Noreya and ine had repeatedly denied this, Be was somewhat embarrassed by their subsequent coordination. Their technique was more experienced than Be’s. She would’ve doubted them if they said that they had never done anything like this before.


    Be’s ambush was a sess. No Beastman guard found anything unusual here. Over the past few days, they had thwarted many attempts to infiltrate the city by human assassins with the help of Dark Humans. The great sess convinced them of the ck Robed Wizards’ witchcraft. With this, they rxed their vignce a little.


    With the help of Noreya and ine, Be stripped the ck Robed Witches of their clothing. The wizard garments they had on were specifically made for men, so they weren’t used to wearing them. Now that they had new clothes, they couldn’t wait to change into them.


    Aside from suitable underwear, the witches almost had everything. Be and herpanions couldn’t be bothered about these things. They simply put on garments that fit them.


    These ck Robed Witches looked cold and elegant with jet-ck hair that trailed over their shoulders. With just a nce, it was obvious they had been selected with utmost care. This was the first time Be had seen a Dark Human girl. Besides their abnormally pale skin, they weren’t much different from human girls. Their pupils were purely ck, which greatly differed from the vacant eyes that real zombies had.


    Be couldn’t feel their heartbeat. Members of the Dark Human race all had the gift of immortality. The only strange thing was that these witches were still undefiled and hadn’t been “used.”


    “Be, your hands are being naughty again. Really, what’s there to touch? You might as well touch...”


    “Be, there are too many Beastman soldiers here. I think it’s better I kill them.”


    Seeing that Be was up to her bad habits again, ine and Noreya were a little jealous. Noreya had already pulled her dagger out, ready to slice these enemy witches at any moment.


    “Don’t be impulsive, Noreya. I know you’re a good girl. Why don’t we go back to my room and chat alone?”


    “I’m not going to your bedroom! Who knows if there are any strange traps in there.”


    At Be’s dissuasion, Noreya and ine didn’t kill these “survivors.” Be looked around, intending to take these cold, elegant witches back for interrogation.


    Just as Be was hesitating on how to transport the captives back, a strange special carriage of the Human Race approached from outside. When Be saw this, she quickly hinted with her eyes for Noreya and ine to act with her.


    The witches had been knocked unconscious for a short time and soon regained consciousness. When they woke up, they were horrified to find that their clothes had been stripped, their entire body was tied up by puppet strings in a strange manner, and they were ced in a carriage.


    This was a carriage from the Human Empire, used by ve traders to transport ves. It was equipped with special wooden frames. Once the witches had been stripped of all their clothes, they were tied to these frames.


    These wooden frames had slots, which were made for cing the ve’s hands and feet so that they couldn’t move and could be examined like goods. Be still had some morals; considering the fact that these girls might have a ce in her pce in the future, Be covered up their private parts with white strips of cloth to prevent them from being totally naked.


    “Are you awake? Be quiet. If you don’t want to be sold as ves, stay still!”


    When she realized they had regained consciousness, Be, dressed like a ck Robed Witch, went over and quietly warned them not to create any trouble. Perhaps they understood what Be said in humannguage. These witches could only stare at Be unwillingly because they had no other choice.


    Their mouths had been stuffed with soft cloths, so they couldn’t even make a sound, while their magic powers were sealed by ine’s puppet strings. Be covered their eyes with ck cloth, not giving them the chance to beg for help with their eyes.


    “Be, you’re like a ve trader now, the worst kind.”


    “I’ve always been bad... Um, someone’sing. Be quiet!”


    The front seat of the carriage was designed to be spacious enough for three or four people to sit together. ine and Noreya were also dressed like ck Robed Witches to serve as attendants to Be, a “temporary ve trader.”


    Be didn’t care much about herpanions’ teasing. When the witches were being tied up earlier, the two girls had helped throughout the whole process without a change in their faces expressions. They weren’t any better than Be. Perhaps they were also hidden sadists.


    The southern border of the Gabriel Empire, Nn City, the former capital of Nonder Duchy. The former grand market area in the central part of Nn City was bustling with people.


    If it weren’t for the Beastman Wolf Knights patrolling the road back and forth, Be would feel as if Nn City was still under the control of the Human Race.


    These people who were bustling about in the central area of Nn City were all illegal merchants who took the opportunity to make money from war assets – ve dealers, illegal arms dealers, and treasure hunters who recycled valuables from the dead.


    Traces of these illegal merchants could be seen throughout all the war-torn areas in the Human Continent. Among them, the number of ve traders was thergest.


    The very system of the Human Empire was rejected and abolished as early as three hundred years ago by the Imperial Union and the correspondingws had long been propose and passed. However, the Great Lords of the upper-ss nobles of the Human Race had unbridled desires and these bills were worthless pieces of paper to them.


    After thew banning very was passed, on the surface, it was forbidden to have ves, but it was impossible to prevent people from doing so secretly. Unless there was conclusive evidence to prove that these Lords hadmitted treason, even the Emperor had no right to send people to search the Lord’s residence. As to whether or not these Lords had ves in their homes, he could only turn a blind eye.


    War was one of the important sources of ves. Looking at the active ve traders on the streets, Be was deeply moved. These ve traders from various human empires didn’t have any moral integrity at all. Not only did they turn a blind eye to the Beastman forces upying the city, they also bought and sold their former patriots.”


    ves traded here were basically residents of the Nonder Duchy. With the exception of a small number of people who had narrowly escaped, most of the residents had been captured by the Beastmen.


    The ves traded were all women and children because the adult men, the elderly, as well as the disabled had mostly been killed and thrown outside the city. Those who couldn’t be sold were disposed of. No Lord would purchase male ves. Even if they were used for manualbor, it was more cost-effective to employborers.


    With the exception of a few thin clothes on the children, the female ves were all naked, with heavy iron chains shackled to their bodies and ck iron rings around their necks.


    ve traders were negotiating the price with the Beastman soldiers holding the ves on one side. Once the negotiation wasplete, cash would be exchanged immediately. The price of children wasn’t high; they could be bought with one or two gold coins. The price of women was higher, starting at ten gold coins and were all priced ording to appearance and age. If it were a “first-hand” product, the transaction price would be much higher.


    Beastmen also used human currency. Gold coins were themon currency in the Beastman Continent. After the deal was concluded, the ve trader’s attendant immediately stepped forward to load the ves into a ve carriage and pulled off. They would be sold in the northern or western regions of the Human Continent, but wouldn’t be traded locally at all. These ve traders already had aplete supply chain.


    As for the ves who had been sold, whether they were reduced to being some great noble’s ythings or used for other purposes wasn’t the concern of the ve traders. They only recognized gold coins had zero conscience.


    Dark Humans didn’t participate in the direct underground trade between Beastmen and ve traders. All the humans here were illegal traders of the regr kind. There weren’t any Beastman guards to check their identities when Be and the others, dressed as ck Robed Witches, appeared here, so they easily infiltrated the ve market.


    They were pretending to be ve merchants in order to obtain information about Harrington, who was the Commander of the Beastman Army in this region. Even the elites of the Beastman Army had gathered in such a big ve market, so perhaps Commander Harrington was also here. When the time came, Be would kill him, dealing a blow to the hearts of the Beastman Army besieging the Sarnia Duchy.


    “How should I address you, boss? Here’s a token of my sincerity. Please don’t take offense!”


    Before long, ve traders stopped Be’s carriage. A middle-aged man with a conspicuous scar on his face handed Be a small bag of gold coins as a gift.


    “Don’t be so polite, boss. Here’s a show of my sincerity. Please ept it!”


    Be quietly shoved a gold bar into the hands of the middle-aged man. Such an ingratiating man was either a criminal or a thief. Scarface was staring at the cold, elegant witches in Be’s carriage. What he wanted was clear.


    “Boss, your goods are top grade. Would you like to trade with this humble one? The price is negotiable. By the way, this humble one is nicknamed Scar. How should I address you?”


    The exchange between them didn’t require their exact name or country of origin, but only their nickname. As for gender, it didn’t matter if they were men or women since there were also female ve traders.


    The ck Robed Witches were fitted with masks that hid their true faces. Scar couldn’t see Be and the others’ true faces and could only judge from their body shapes that they were all women.


    After discovering that Be was more generous than him, Scar figured that Be was probably a big ve trader who didn’tck money. Scar’s tone sounded a lot more respectful. ve traderspeted in strength through financial resources. Be’s ability to hand over gold bars showed that her financial resources were stronger than his own.


    Scar’s target was indeed the “fake goods” in Be’s carriage. Undoubtedly, the ve traders who came here didn’t know much about the Dark Human Race. They only knew not to provoke these ck Robed Wizards when facing them.


    If he knew that these beautiful, cold women were ck Robed Witches, he wouldn’t dare trade these “thorny” goods even if he had more courage.


    “Nickname? You can call me Lady. That’s my nickname.”