Chapter 21
"Noah, someone's causing trouble!" an immature voice called out, it was a little girl with a ponytail shouting from below the building.
Noah who was sitting on the window of the second floor closed his book with one hand and looked up.
The 10-year-old Noah looked extremely healthy, his neat attire and meticulous temperament made him the leader of the local Cauchy youth organization.
Putting the book on the table next to him, Noah jumped down from the window and tidied his black hair, making him look nothing like a 10-year-old boy.
"Tell me what's going on, who dares to cause trouble in this area?" Noah squinted his eyes, this place was no longer the small village of 10 years ago.
Ever since the great Negri performed his miracle and repelled the Kent tribe 8 years ago, this originally small village was called Reystromia by the others, meaning 'the land of the great'. The 'great' here could be used to refer to things that surpassed humans, such as demons or Gods.
Slowly but surely, the name Reystromia was recognized by the Cauchy people, after all, this village didn't even have a name before this.
After that, the Kent tribe launched a second wave of retaliation, but under the glory of Negri, the Kent tribe was forced to retreat once again. Reystromia also entered a period of rapid development, a large number of Cauchy people came to join them. After all, Negri was a legend of the Cauchy people, whether it was a Righteous God or an Evil God, the Cauchy people had a much stronger sense of belonging.
In 10 years, Reystromia had become the largest trading hub in this area, the people here had become very complicated.
The Cauchy people were the main group, they believed in Negri and established the Crowmen organization to maintain order in Reystromia. Next were the merchants of the two countries, but of course, they weren't exactly regular merchants. After all, the relationship between Royas and Interkam was currently tense, so the two countries nominally cut off all trade.
However, in the face of profit, the ban on trade was nothing but a joke. There were still quite a few people who continued to trade with each other, and the gradually growing Reystromia was the best place to do so.
A large number of smugglers brought Reystromia a great deal of wealth. Of course, wealth also brought in even more people. Among them were mercenaries looking for missions, bodyguards, robberies, and all sorts of other kinds of missions.
Apart from mercenaries, pickpockets, killers, and prostitutes also started to gather in Reystromia because of the riches here. Of course, there were also people who didn't come here for the riches, such as fugitives, deserters, or intelligence agents.
Geographically speaking, Reystromia was still part of the Interkam Kingdom, but because this place was so remote that it didn't have much value and only had a group of Cauchy tribesmen living on their last breaths, the Interkam Kingdom didn't pay much attention to it and didn't send anyone to manage it.
The current Interkam was powerless to govern even if it wanted to. This country was growing weaker and weaker, the internal strife of the royal family back then had consumed a lot of Interkam's national power, which was also the reason for the tense relationship between the two countries.
It was said that the Kingdom of Royas was already mobilizing the nobles within its borders for war. It was estimated that a war between the two countries would be inevitable soon.
That was why the entire Reystromia was slowly becoming unstable. Not only did the Interkam Kingdom want to become its leader in name, they also wanted to take over the place and turn it into a line of defense against the Kingdom of Royas.
At the same time, Royas also wanted to take over Reystromia so that the Interkam Kingdom wouldn't be able to set up a line of defense against Royas.
Between the two countries, the ruler of Reystromia was more inclined to help the Interkam Kingdom.
Firstly, the Kingdom of Royas was different from the Interkam Kingdom, it was a kingdom with a standard ethnic class system. The nobles of the kingdom were all Royas people, while other races were only second-class citizens, or even third-class citizens or slaves in Royas.
Secondly, the current Royas was too powerful, if they truly sided with Royas, they would very likely be skinned alive by Royas in the end.
As Noah walked through the chaotic but strangely orderly Reystromia, a large number of Cauchy teenagers were also gathering behind him.
As the merchants around him watched this group of teenagers, their eyes were full of caution. Unlike the Crowmen organization that the Cauchy people used to maintain order in the local area, the Cauchy youth organization formed by this group of teenagers also had considerable combat prowess.
At first, this organization was only treated as a group of ignorant children playing around, but not long after they were formed, they managed to recruit a large number of pickpockets in Reystromia and became the ones who maintained order in the underground world.
These Cauchy teenagers, especially those who were born after Negri manifested, were far superior to their peers in terms of physique, personality, and intelligence, some of them were even comparable to adults.
"There was a lone wolf who came to Reya today. After Raas succeeded, he was chased all the way to his lair" The girl explained to Noah what happened, the lone wolf she mentioned was a mercenary who wasn't part of a team.
"So that lone wolf wanted an explanation from us, what does he want?" Noah wasn't surprised at all. Pickpockets were bound to slip up, and those who could come to Reystromia were bound to be experts. They usually dealt with the victim's situation according to the victim's situation, if the victim had a backer or means, then they would apologize and send the victim away. Out of respect for the Cauchy people, the victim wouldn't care too much about the victim.
But if the victim had no backing or power, then they could only admit that they were unlucky. If they didn't know what was good for them, then they would most likely become food for the crows, and the crows didn't mind having an extra meal.
"No, that person detained some of our companions, hoping to receive our help. He seems to be looking for someone" the girl had a strange expression on her face: "He seems to be looking for the Crazy Girl's family"
Noah stopped. The Crazy Girl that the girl mentioned was Nala, one of the few Cauchy teenagers who refused to obey him. Of course, even if she chose to obey him, Noah wouldn't choose to accept her, after all, she was the descendant of a sinner.
"Let's go see that lone wolf first" Noah headed towards the pickpockets' nest.
Meanwhile, on top of a large tree deep within Reystromia, Wang Yuan opened his eyes. A large mass of black substance suddenly erupted from the tree as hundreds and thousands of crows flew out from the tree, forming a large flock of crows.
"Someone looking for Nala and Isabella?" as Wang Yuan's' Righteous', everything he knew, Wang Yuan naturally knew.
"He's not a member of the Interkam royal family, but a mercenary" Wang Yuan was a bit surprised, but only a bit. His research on Nala was still at a crucial stage, so Wang Yuan didn't intend to let anyone take Nala away, at least not now.
That was why even though Isabella had tried to leave Reystromia many times over the years, she was always stopped by Wang Yuan.
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