In the outer city of Slaughter City, simple black stone houses lined both sides of the streets. At regular intervals stood places devoted to serving food, where many fallen ones queued to receive their rations.
These people looked only slightly better off than beggars outside. Even villains were divided into ranks in Slaughter City. The truly powerful ones lived in the inner city, the real paradise of the fallen.
As for the useless trash, they had no right to enjoy themselves.
If the outer city was a world of deathly silence and indifference, then the inner city was a world of extravagance, clamor, and madness. Multicolored lights shone everywhere, and its population far exceeded that of the outer city. It was the complete opposite of the quiet streets outside.
Throughout the inner city of Slaughter City, excited laughter mingled with cries of pain and other spine-chilling sounds.
The Hell Slaughter Arena, the heart of Slaughter City, also stood in the inner city. Just then, its gates slowly opened, and Hu Liena walked out. She held one hand over her abdomen, evidently having suffered a minor injury.
Tightening her grip on her shortsword, Hu Liena hurried along. A glance behind her from the corner of her eye revealed several fallen ones following closely. Her keen instincts told her that they were clearly plotting something unsavory.
In the darkness of night.
With every step Hu Liena took, she could feel the shadows behind her drawing closer. A disdainful smile curled her lips as she slowly entered a deserted alley.
The fallen ones trailing her exchanged knowing glances, then rushed excitedly into the alley. They knew she had discovered them, but how could they back down now?
After all, they could hardly let a cooked duck simply fly away.
"Aah! Aah! Aah..."
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