A strange world

Looking back on the experience after arriving in Breeze City, Annan was not inactive.

He knows very little about the world, so he makes friends everywhere and reads books to increase his knowledge;

Because he needed to know the nobles, he held a banquet to invite them;

You don’t know who your enemies are, so you have to contact the people around you, get to know them, and become friends;

Now, Annan has joined the Scavengers, and his bond with the world continues to deepen;

Moreover, Annan's reputation in the eyes of the residents of Breeze City is surprisingly good - he does not hold extravagant and lewd parties like other nobles, does not bully and enslave the common people, nor is he boring as hell like the old-fashioned nobles, and actively brings people interesting things after dinner - -For example, the King of the North, like the warlocks in all stories, has a penchant for foreign races.

And at some point, rumors began to spread in the city that Annan was the nemesis of banquets: the first banquet he attended scared away the guests by announcing his identity, the second private banquet at the manor also broke up because of uninvited guests, and the third banquet because of Refusing contact can only invite a group of friends goblins or even civilians. The fourth party almost succeeds - before being taken away by the scavengers to investigate.

Now everyone in Breeze City is saying that they can be invited to the fifth banquet - they will never cause trouble and will drive away enemies who prevent the banquet from continuing.

Annan guessed that these were arranged by people around him, and the rumors were biased - the third banquet was clearly a banquet at the city lord's palace, and that banquet ended smoothly, and he also got to know the countess.

anyway. Annan and the four-person team all completed each other's tasks:

The four-man team discovered the Skaven clan, rescued two survivors, and successfully sustained them until rescue arrived.

Annan did not sit back and watch the four-man team die. He showed up with integrity and faced the rat tide with them.

"I originally wanted to hand over this territory to you."

A crow mask walked up to him and said. Annan turned his head and looked at him, recognizing Olmedo.

"You are the leader of Breeze City during the day and a hero who saves the world at night, and your parents are still alive?"

"My mother died when I was young."

"Feel sorry."

"It's okay. In fact, I haven't been involved in a few incidents, but just like you, I need to know what happened here."

One of the scavengers waved to Olmedo, who ended his small talk and walked toward his companions.

The scavengers cleaned up the village after the flames extinguished, but found no more survivors. The woman and child were the only ones who survived.

They are the key to learning the truth. Because they were slightly corrupted, the Centurion first took them back to the Scavenger Headquarters for purification.

The scavengers searched the village and set up camp next to the ruins - they needed to burn the bodies and deal with the contaminated water sources and wheat fields.

Annan and the others returned to the scavenger headquarters through the portal built in the camp.

While being tested for contamination, Annan approached Riddle Grotto and asked about the origin of the firecracker. The answer was, as expected: the South.

But the "fire gun" did not have the black powder that Annan imagined. It is powered by magic crystals, fires arcane missiles, and is just a well-made magic weapon rather than a firearm.

Annan's gift package for visitors from another world is still there.

After telling the four-person team the address of the manor and inviting them to visit during their free time, Annan left the headquarters.

"This newcomer seems to be a noble? That fire element ring costs at least 10,000 gold coins..." Riddell Gro said enviously.

"Don't you know?" Guido Rona pointed to his brown hair, "He is the King of the North."

…

It was already daybreak when we returned to the manor.

Abby's brother is chasing the ogre in the grass——

The ogre could not live in the mansion, so after getting Annan's consent, it built an ogre shack at the back using readily available wood in the manor, and built an orc shack for the howler next to it.

Abby stood nearby, watching worriedly as the ferocious ogre played with his brother and played with food.

Annan walked towards Abby and asked her: "You said yesterday that you had something important to tell me?"

"I...I want to thank you for helping me and my brother."

Abby didn't want to say that Annan didn't ask any further questions. Just as Francois arrived, he met Francois who was stepping out of the carriage holding an oil painting.

"This is the piano you asked for."

Annan looked at Francois strangely: "This is a painting."

"Uh... there's no neotrude in Breeze City."

Annan's eyes fell on the oil painting and unexpectedly discovered that the stringless instrument in the painting was very similar to the piano played in the village house.

“Are there few such pianos?”

"It is said to be a musical instrument of the southern tribes."

Why do southern tribal instruments appear on farms occupied by ratmen?

Annan vaguely caught some information and raised his head.

"I'm going to the Scavenger Headquarters."

…

Under the leadership of the centurion, Annan and Francois entered the third floor of the scavenger headquarters and saw the originator of the music in the dungeon - a prisoner leaning in the corner wearing a dirty fancy dress.

"who is he?"

"A bard who has devoted himself to chaos. He believes that human aesthetics is close to the limit, and only chaos has infinite beauty." The centurion next to him said, "We can't pry his mouth open."

Neither can Annan. No matter what he said, the figure didn't respond, as if dead.

But Annan got an unexpected surprise from the rescued mother and daughter.

The woman who woke up said that a few days before the rat invasion, an old man with a distinguished status and blue eyes came to the lord.

The image of Augusta Olmedo suddenly appeared before Annan's eyes.

On the way out, Annan fell into deep thought.

If Augusta Olmedo really dominates everything... what is his purpose? In order to make his son the city lord, he even colluded with the rat people?

"What are the scavengers going to do?" Annan asked the centurion.

"The search continues for evidence of Augusta's involvement with Chaos."

"Doesn't this count?"

"Not yet. She could be making a false accusation, or what she saw was a disguise, or it could be a hallucination. We need real evidence."

Just saying "go see him" can't overthrow the uncrowned king of Breeze City.

"But I'm worried about Jeffrey Olmedo finding out."

Olmedo is also a scavenger. When he knows that his father is on the opposite side, can he still maintain justice?

The centurion said meaningfully:

"We weren't here, and the survivors didn't say anything, right?"

…

Annan returned to the manor to re-examine the situation in Breeze City. At this time, he unexpectedly discovered that a vortex appeared in Breeze City, quietly swallowing his sense of existence.

People in Breeze City no longer talk about Annan after dinner, and bards in the tavern no longer talk about the avengers crawling out of hell, but about the scandals of a few minor nobles.

Annan went to ask Andrew Luna and he said this was indeed not normal.

Normally, this kind of drama would be enough for people in Breeze City to talk about for several years, but now, the impact of the King in the North is quickly disappearing——

Annan was not sure why "Augusta Olmedo" did this, but he remembered Fast's warning:

"The less they want you to do something, do it."