As the only city under Viscount crescent, Xinyue city is much more dilapidated than Morton city.


    Fang Cheng walked all the way. The whole city, let alone the moat, and even the city wall was made of a pile of broken stones. The city wall was very low, less than five or six meters high. Entering the city was different from the prosperous scene Fang Cheng saw in Morton city.


    It is very desolate here. There are few pedestrians on the dirty streets.


    In fact, Fang Cheng doesn''t know that many of the residents here have fled to the hinterland of the East holy empire. Almost all of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and have no ability to travel long distances.


    After all, the transportation in the foreign world is not more convenient than that on the earth. It is very difficult for ordinary people to travel here. They almost all rely on walking. If they are a little richer, they can also take a carriage. However, whether they walk or take a carriage, they are not strong enough and obviously can''t afford it.


    ......


    Mccaus was a Viscount with a new moon collar. He was very young, but in his early twenties.


    He inherited the territory of the new moon collar at such a young age. According to theory, McCarthy should be a winner in life, but this is not the case. If he had been a year ago, the new moon collar would have been a rather ordinary border territory.


    However, since the eastern holy Empire destroyed the Principality of Nova, there has been a kind of terrible monsters in the Principality of Nova. These monsters are powerful, cruel and bloodthirsty. Civilians in the territory are often killed and eaten by wandering monsters.


    Many civilians risked being killed by guards and captured as slaves by slave traders to flee to the hinterland of the eastern holy empire.


    Later, even the guards of the territory fled.


    If it weren''t for McCarthy, the Viscount of new moon city, he would have the idea of packing up and running away.


    At this time, McCarthy was sitting in front of the dining table in the castle hall. The lights in the hall were dim, which matched with McCarthy''s godless face. McCarthy is very similar to his dead father. They are all chubby.


    But compared with his father, McCarthy looked much cowardly.


    "Lord Viscount! Lord Viscount!"


    Outside the gate of the castle, a very strong man with a height of nearly 1.8 meters rushed in. His hair was gray and looked old.


    Hearing the housekeeper''s cry, Mycos immediately raised his head, stood up and greeted him.


    "Uncle Eun, how''s it going?" McCarthy''s face was tense.


    Eun saw the look in his little master''s eyes, and the loneliness in his eyes flashed away. He smiled and said, "Lord Viscount, the other party wants 10000 gold coins."


    "What?"


    Macaus was stunned, as if he had heard wrong. He put his hands on the housekeeper''s shoulder and repeated incredulously, "how much do you say? 10000 gold coins? Why don''t these greedy guys rob!"


    McCarthy was furious.


    "Viscount," said Eun, taking a sneak look at his master''s face and carefully explaining, "this is the price for the formal apprentice of the black-and-white tower. They also said, or ten magic stones."


    "Magic stone?" McCarthy was even more excited, "where can I get the magic stone? I''m just an ordinary person with fourth-class qualification. Where will there be the magic stone?"


    McCarthy angrily picked up the silver glass on the table and fell to the ground.


    "It''s just a letter of recommendation from a formal apprentice in a black-and-white tower. They actually charge such a high price. These wizards are too greedy."


    Eun looked at his master venting there. He didn''t speak, but he said psychologically that you didn''t see the arrogance of those wizards, otherwise you wouldn''t think greed was their biggest problem.


    "Viscount," Eun hesitated for a moment, "why don''t we stop going to the black and white tower and live safely in Crescent City."


    "Safe?" McCarthy seemed to be a different person today. He changed his usual cowardly appearance. His face turned red and shouted, "Eun, you know, I have nightmares every night, dreaming that I was captured and eaten by those monsters.


    Can you understand this feeling? How many civilians are there in Xinyue city now? Our guards are running out, Wuwuwuwu -- "


    With that, McCarthy squatted down and began to cry.


    "Uncle Ewan, I''m afraid. I want to get out of here."


    This is the real idea of McCarthy. Learning magic from the black and white tower is just an excuse to hide people''s eyes and ears in order to escape from the new moon city.


    "Otherwise, let''s run away." Eun hesitated for a long time and said such a sentence.


    McCarthy was very excited. For a long time, he shook his head and said, "it''s a capital crime for nobles to abandon their territory and run for their lives."


    "Well," thought Eun, "we can sell the new moon collar."


    "Poop! Hahaha!"


    McCarthy heard this, his eyes still shed tears, but his mouth laughed, and then the laughter grew louder and louder. Eun saw that his master was crazy and knew he had said the wrong thing.


    This is not a rich territory. This is crescent city. Let alone sell this territory. Even if it is given away, there will be no nobles to take over. Why does no one occupy such a large territory as the Principality of Nova?


    It''s not because of the rampant looting of living corpses. Even if Xinyue city is better, it is often invaded by living corpses near the Principality of Nova, which is also the reason for the serious loss of civilians in the territory.


    Such a territory is a hot potato. No one is willing to take over. Even the powerful wizard apprentice will not choose to take over such a troublesome territory.


    Originally, McCarthy intended to get a letter of recommendation from a formal apprentice and become an ordinary apprentice in the black-and-white tower, but those greedy guys offered 10000 gold coins.


    Ten thousand gold coins can buy a formal Knight slave.


    McCarthy was thinking.


    A male servant in gray came in. He fell on his knees, bowed his head and said, "Viscount, there are guests outside the castle."


    In front of the servant, McCarthy immediately put on a noble posture. He quickly wiped the tears on his face and said in a deep voice, "who is it?"


    "The villain doesn''t know, but he gave me this and said you''ll know it after reading it." Then the servant took out a metal sign, stood up with his head down and handed it up with both hands.


    Mccaus frowned and took over the metal card in the servant''s hand. He seemed familiar. He looked carefully at the complicated lines on the metal card and felt dizzy.


    Mycos dared not look more. He then asked, "what does that man look like?"


    "He''s wearing a black robe," the servant thought. "By the way, there seems to be a silver pattern on the robe."


    "What?" McCarthy was instantly excited. "Are you sure it''s silver?"


    The servant thought about it for a moment and nodded.


    McCarthy saw the servant nodding and hurriedly said, "please invite him in."