Man in the Ark: Revitalizing Kazdel

"Although I've heard about the relationship between Her Highness Theresa and Her Highness Roy before, I didn't expect to see them on the street. Are they on a date?" Ermengarde hid behind a billboard of a jewelry store and poked her head out to peek at the two people shopping.

But her big hat was too conspicuous and could not be blocked by the billboard. Passers-by on the street turned their heads to check, thinking that Ermengarde was the new model hired by the store.

After all, she didn't hold anything in her hands, so she didn't look like she was shopping. But in fact, it was because Ermengarde had already repaired her little cube, and all the goods she bought on the street were put into the little cube, so she looked like she had nothing in her hands.

Roy, who was accompanying Theresa to buy fabric, felt someone was watching him. He tilted his head slightly and glanced at the street. He immediately noticed the distinctive hat next to the billboard and the tall figure mixed in the crowd.

"Ermengarde, Elki, why are they here?" Before Roy could figure out the reason, Theresa picked up a piece of sky blue cloth and asked, "Roy, what do you think of this?"

"Yeah, it suits Amiya quite well."

"I think so too, boss. Take this too." Theresa folded the cloth and handed it to the boss.

Theresa picked out a lot of fabrics this time. The boss recognized her and insisted on giving her a discount.

After some hesitation, she still couldn't refuse the boss's kindness. She had to accept it with a smile and said she would patronize the boss's business next time.

Ermengarde and Elki, who were secretly watching the two people's date, saw Roy and Theresa walking out of the store hand in hand, and quickly shrank back to avoid being discovered.

Roy's mouth twitched when he saw this, but he didn't expose their poor disguise and continued to walk into the next store.

Compared to Ermengarde and Elki's disguises which were full of loopholes, Ascalon was much more clever. She used magic to hide herself, so that even pedestrians passing by her could not see her.

Since the end of the civil war, Ascalon's work scope has expanded to the entire city of Kazdel. Now she needs to be responsible for the counterintelligence and infiltration work of the entire city. Although she has many capable people under her, she has relieved a lot of work pressure.

But Askalon still does many things himself to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

Now she appeared here not only to protect Her Highness Theresa, but also to investigate a caravan from Longmen.

Three days ago, a caravan of seven people applied to enter Kazdel City at the city gate control area. As an extremely exclusive Sarkaz city, it is generally unwilling to receive caravans from other countries.

The Sarkaz caravans would exchange supplies with these caravans outside the city, on the one hand to ensure the safety of these caravans, and on the other hand to seek greater benefits.

This time, the situation was different. The staff in charge of reviewing the application approved the caravan's application. The reason he gave was that Kazdel needed to communicate with other countries in Terra and could not stand still.

But Askalon always felt that it was not that simple, so she decided to first find out the purpose of the caravan entering Kazdel. If the other party was really a spy sent by Yan Country, then deal with the caravan first, and then deal with the staff at the city gate.

After two days of surveillance, Ascalon found nothing unusual about the other party. They were just like ordinary caravans, selling the goods they brought with them while purchasing goods from Kazdel.

Askalon knew that the presence of this caravan in Kazdel was the biggest anomaly. Any normal caravan would not risk being robbed on the road to come to the demon Sarkaz city to conduct business activities.

They must have other needs besides exchanging goods, but Askalon has not found them yet.

......

At the end of the street, there is a simple shop covered with tarpaulin. There are many Sarkaz people around here, and it seems that the business is very good. But in fact, some people here are just here to watch the fun. After all, the shop owner and the clerks here are not Sarkaz people, but Longmen people.

These Dragon Gate people suddenly appeared on the streets of Kazdel City, selling some daily household appliances and daily necessities. Putting aside the novelty, their products were cheap and durable, so they attracted many residents to buy them.

There were only a few items left on the shelves, and the caravan should have been preparing to return, but they were still selling, seemingly in no hurry.

On the other side of the street, Roy put the pile of goods Theresa bought into a small space. There were many things that Roy didn't know what they were for, but Theresa liked them, so she paid for them.

Theresa seemed to have awakened some extraordinary talent. She held Roy's hand and went in and out of store after store. Soon, they had visited all the stores on the street.

The group of people gathered at the end of the street attracted Roy's attention, and Theresa also looked in the direction Roy was looking in. Seeing so many people gathered together, she was worried that there might be a violent conflict, so she decided to go over and take a look.

At this time, the members of the Longmen Caravan's shop saw that the goods were almost sold out, so they took on the job of storytellers, telling the well-known myths and legends of Yan State and the strange people and events in a rhythmic tone.

As professionals sent by Madam Wen Yue to gather intelligence, they possessed a variety of practical skills and strong psychological qualities. They had done their homework before going to Kazdel. They seemed to be trading goods every day, but in fact they were exchanging intelligence.

They used this conspicuous shop to collect intelligence, hid the secret letters in the goods and gave them to specific people, secretly took them out of Kazdel City, and sent them back to Madam Wen Yue in Longmen.

Everything went smoothly. They found out that these demons who were described by outsiders as murderous and evil were actually just like that, not much different from the people in Longmen Slums.

It’s just that these Sarkaz people really don’t seem to be troubled by Originium disease. It seems that the rumors that they have overcome Originium disease are true.

The ghost team leader in charge of this operation noticed a sudden commotion among the crowd. He instantly became nervous and signaled to his brothers to get ready.

A path was formed in the crowd, and the Sarkaz lowered their heads and addressed the newcomer as "Your Highness" in a very respectful tone.

The well-prepared captain recognized the identity of the Sarkaz in a white skirt and long pink-white hair. She was one of the high-ranking Sarkaz figures that Madam Wen Yue had given him. The current Sarkaz Demon King, Theresa.

Standing side by side with her was Roy, who was suspected to be the second demon king.

How come these two are here?

These Sarkaz high-ranking officials were the people the captain least wanted to meet, especially the Demon King Theresa, who was rumored to have the ability to see through people's hearts.

My seemingly perfect disguise might be exposed by those pink eyes.

"The story is very exciting. Are you from Yan? How come the Yan people appear here?" Theresa was knowledgeable and recognized the source of the story they told.

The team leader pretended to be calm, stepped forward and answered: "We are a caravan from Longmen, and we tell stories to entertain ourselves when we are not busy with business."

"Did Wei Yanwu send you here?" After Roy learned that the ghost in front of him was from Longmen, he subconsciously thought of the old dragon Wei Yanwu.

"Sir, you are joking. How can we, small people, have the opportunity to meet Lord Wei? We just want to come to Kazdel to see if there is any business that can make us a little money." The team leader skillfully put on the face of a profit-seeking businessman and replied with a smile.

"So you are guests from Longmen. Kazdel welcomes you." Theresa didn't know much about this border city of Yan Country in the north of Kazdel, but she knew that Longmen had a developed commercial economy and advocated openness.

"Your Highness Theresa, you are joking. We are just a few small vendors, not really customers." The team leader put on a very humble attitude, acting like a small-time figure, trying to get away with it.

But Theresa has lived for hundreds of years and has a lot of life experience. Even if she doesn't use the power of the Demon King, she can see through their little tricks.

These people are definitely not just simple vendors as they claim.

Kazdel will need to communicate with other countries in the future and open up his own business path. This gantry may be a good choice.