"A Divine Envoy is arriving?"
The four men's expressions changed drastically. After a brief moment of silence, their gazes gradually sharpened.
The arrival of a Divine Envoy was the foremost event in Sin City. The emergence of any disturbance would be exceedingly ill-timed.
Divine Envoys had varying temperaments and acted in the territory without any restraint, handling matters entirely as they pleased.
Serving a Divine Envoy required the utmost caution. Any sudden incident or anomaly could give the Divine Envoy an excuse to make an issue of it. That was a grave taboo.
The same matter weighed less than four taels before it was put on the scales, but a thousand jin once it was.
Cleaning everything up beforehand was a must. Anywhere visible could not have anything "unsightly." This was the territory's shared understanding when receiving an unfamiliar Divine Envoy.
"Since that's the case, we can only blame them for their bad luck," the Yellow-faced Armored Soldier said through gritted teeth.
"People die in Sin City every day. Their luck was simply too bad." The thin-faced youth shook his head as well. In such a situation, even if the City Lord were here, he would go along with the mistake.
That was Sin City's way of doing things. Having even a single thought of kindness was already the utmost limit.
Once interests were involved, ruthlessness was the proper path.
Boom!
At that moment, a muffled blast sounded from within the cave, and the sparse shrubs around it visibly jumped.
Immediately afterward, a figure shot out like an arrow loosed from the string.
Looking closely, it was a plainly dressed young man carrying a weapon over his shoulder that looked neither like an axe nor a long blade.
He was also gripping someone in one hand, baring a mouthful of