The Villain Saint is my secondary account

Ye Xiao slightly lifted the hat covering his face. "The beastmen are actually a race that values ​​traditional rituals and honor. Judging from this, they shouldn't be ordinary beastmen."

"Oh, so the orc lady is getting married."

Mingya stroked his chin. "If it were a noble lady from the human empire, I might be curious to take a look, but an orc is out of the question. A green-skinned lady is still a green-skinned one."

As she spoke, Mingya suddenly caught a glimpse of Jinli in the corner of her eye. "Ah... um, Miss Jinli, I didn't mean all beastmen are ugly. I'm just a green-skinned one."

"puff."

Koi chuckled, "The fish-men in our area and the beastmen here are probably two different things, but you'd better watch your words."

"After all, just because I don't care doesn't mean that other people who hear it don't care."

"what?"

Mingya scratched his head, then turned his gaze and saw that many green-skinned orcs in the crowd around him were angrily looking over, their faces turning slightly pale, and they quickly covered their mouths.

Because they happened to encounter a wedding procession, their speed in getting into the city was slowed down a bit.

Just like Storm Harbor in Loren, Thunder City, as the largest port city in the northern part of the Southern Continent, gathers people from all over the world who go out to sea or land, and the races included are naturally very diverse.

Moreover, compared to the human empires that generally follow the doctrines of the Holy Church, Thunder City's inclusiveness and composition are obviously more complex.

Besides the main inhabitants—green-skinned orcs, trolls, tauren, goblins, furry beastmen, and human merchants—there are also dark elves, undead, and blood elves, races rarely seen in the Kingdom of Order.

Mingya, clinging to the carriage, was naturally amazed by what he saw, and like a curious child, he kept asking Ye Xiao all sorts of questions.

"Brother Ye, why can that pile of rocks move even when they're stacked together? Holy crap, it even pays money."

"Brother Ye, it's an undead! Holy crap, green flames are coming out of its skull! Oh, it's looking this way."

"Brother Ye, that blonde girl with the pointed ears is so gorgeous! By the way, are there any WeChat or similar contact methods in this world? Can I add her?"

"Brother Ye, Brother Ye..."

Faced with this barrage of eighteen questions, Ye Xiao naturally didn't answer a single one.

It wasn't that he was aloof, but seeing that Mingya seemed to be able to entertain himself, Ye Xiao was too lazy to answer.

He used his senses to push aside the noisy crowd around him. Without Ella's crows to help him, he could only search for clues about his target on his own.

Theresa's Holy Army once encountered an orc army that appeared out of nowhere, which suggests that some orc groups have indeed been influenced by that evil god.

If a location outside the free port were to be chosen as a target for spreading the cult of evil gods, this well-connected port city would be the most suitable.

However, this would inevitably conflict with the beastmen's belief in the beast god. Ye Xiao was not quite sure what methods the evil god used to spread distorted beliefs in the past, but if he could find out how it opposed the belief in the beast god, he might be able to get a glimpse of it.

Judging from the totems hanging at the doors of the orc houses on the street, the main faith in this city still belongs to the beast god and has not been corrupted.

Ye Xiao's gaze swept across the streets and alleys.

The architectural style of the orc city-states is quite different from that of the human empire. Unlike human cities that pursue rigorous aesthetics, the houses here are mainly made of wood and are mostly rough and crooked. They are arranged in rows on the streets like octagonal tents, with various totems and colorful flowers hanging on the outer walls.

The further in you go, the higher the proportion of stone houses becomes, though they're not exactly orderly and still look rather haphazard.

The inner city is filled with clusters of pointed towers that resemble a towering forest, which looks quite similar to the Demon King's castle in a fairy tale.

The free and unrestrained design style is probably the aesthetic that orc architects pursue.

Ye Xiao did not discriminate against the aesthetics of different races, although he knew that if the designers of the human empire came and saw this scene, they would definitely curse in their hearts, "This is the construction of history. It is a miracle that this city has not collapsed."

While they were pondering, their trucks finally lined up at the front of the queue and were inspected.

The minotaur from the Bloodhoof clan who was driving the wagon was indeed quite capable. The guards at the city gate originally wanted to search the wagon, but the minotaur showed them a letter and immediately let them pass.

"It's still early, so I plan to go to the market next."

Upon entering the city and reaching a fork in the road, Jinli and Ye Xiao said, "If you want to take a ship to Free Port, you can ask at the dock to the north or at the square in the west district. There are goblin airships there."

"Airships sound cool!"

Mingya grabbed Ye Xiao's clothes and said, "Brother Ye, let's go ride the airship."

"If you want to ride an airship, I'd recommend you go to the human empire and find a dwarven airship to experience."

Ye Xiao waved his hand, "According to statistics, the accident rate of goblin airships is 10%, and the survival rate after an accident is also 10%. I don't really want to gamble on this."

Of course, the advantage of goblin airships is that they are indeed very cheap, and many people are more willing to risk their lives than keep the gold coins in their bags.

After all, if you lose your life, you're gone; but if you lose your money, you're doomed.

Listening to their conversation, Jinli covered her mouth with her hand and smiled slightly. "Anyway, it's time to say goodbye to you two here. Thank you for your company along the way."

"Not at all, we should be thanking Miss Koi for her help."

Mingya said, her face slightly flushed.

"Yes, thank you for your help. Until next time."

Ye Xiao smiled too.

After saying goodbye, Mingya seemed a little reluctant to see the girl leave in the truck, but Ye Xiao next to him immediately pressed his shoulder down, "Alright, alright, you know she's a beautiful girl, it's impolite to keep staring."

"Hey, Brother Ye, how can you speak so superficially? I'm just expressing my reluctance to part with my companions."

Mingya put her hands on her hips and turned around. "Shall we go straight to the port now?"

"Goo-"

As she spoke, Mingya's stomach suddenly let out a low rumble.

"...Let's eat first."

Ye Xiao glanced helplessly at Mingya, whose face showed embarrassment, and said, "Let's get on the ship after we finish eating."

Chapter Seventy-Nine: Harbor Blockade Line

In Ye Xiao's experience, taverns have always been places where accidents frequently occur.

So this time, Ye Xiao didn't choose the old place to solve the problem of having enough to eat. Instead, he and Mingya found a street stall and quickly finished their meal.

"Fish fin soup..."

Mingya looked at the crooked handwriting on the shop sign, scratched his head in embarrassment, and turned to Ye Xiao, "Is this really something we can drink?"

"You can try this too."

Ye Xiao leaned against a lamppost and pulled a bamboo skewer out of his mouth.

"what is that?"

"The grasshopper skewers sold at the stall next door."

"Damn it, I'd better try this one instead."

Mingya's lips twitched as he ordered a bowl of merman fin soup from the short goblin stall owner.

He took a bowl of white fish soup, tasted it, and found it to be surprisingly sweet and fresh, with a slightly spicy aftertaste as it went down his throat. "Hey, it seems pretty good."

"Of course, this is a specialty of the Fishman Village."

While eating skewers, Ye Xiao said, "In this peaceful era where it's forbidden to hunt fishmen on a large scale, they mostly have to rely on their own gathering or the black market to obtain them."

"Cough, cough..."

Mingya choked several times. "The broth for this soup was taken from those fishmen?"

"Otherwise, why do you think it's called Fish Fin Soup?"

Ye Xiao smiled and said, "Don't worry, they have their own complete corpse industry chain, so they probably don't harvest live... I guess so, I'm just guessing."

"I can't feel at ease at all."

The sound of those adorable fish heads making "woo-woo" echoed in Mingya's mind.

But anyway, we've already ordered it, so we can't waste the food.

Mingya still downed the bowl of soup in one gulp.

Although it felt strange, as if the bowl contained the organs of a friend who had greeted me just a few days ago.

Fortunately, my friend's food was indeed quite good.

After a quick lunch, the two headed straight for the pier.

With the system's built-in translation for common languages, finding ships heading to the free port on the route markers isn't difficult.

Unfortunately, the next shift hasn't arrived yet, so they have no choice but to wait by the dock.

Just then, Ye Xiao saw a group of orc cavalry riding dire wolves enter the dock with great momentum and begin checking the identities of the surrounding passengers without saying a word.

Mingya had obviously seen it too, and asked curiously, "What's going on over there? Are they catching a fugitive? There's such a commotion."

Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

He had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, when the cavalry turned their attention to the two people squatting in the queue, they immediately stopped investigating the identities of the surrounding passengers, flicked the reins, and headed straight for them.

"Hey, they're not coming for us, are they?"

Mingya belatedly asked a question, but the perceptive Ye Xiao had already grabbed his shoulder and pulled him to the side.

"Let's excuse ourselves for a moment."

The dock was bustling with people. By the time the wolf riders finally managed to squeeze through the crowd and reach the spot where Ye Xiao and Mingya had been squatting, the two had already vanished.

"Where did he go? Damn it."

The wolf rider captain gave orders to his men to spread out and search the vicinity.

The dire wolves beneath them also brought their noses to the earthenware bowls casually tossed on the ground, sniffed them, and then glared fiercely at their surroundings.

About a hundred meters away, in a wooden barrel among the goods, Ye Xiao watched this scene through the crack in the lid, speechless as he turned to Mingya, who was hiding next to him, "...Did you throw that bowl away?"

"Damn it, I had no idea this would become a clue."

Mingya's lips twitched.

Ye Xiao shrugged, but he also knew that he couldn't really blame the other party.

The other side has only been in this world for a week, and has spent it all on a deserted island. It would be really strange if they had the counter-surveillance awareness to deal with orc cavalry.

The real question to consider is why that orc cavalry charged at them.

Ye Xiao believed that he hadn't caused any trouble along the way, and there was no reason for him to be wanted for no reason.

Since it wasn't without reason, Ye Xiao could only conclude that someone was targeting them.

Considering that he was able to travel back in time from the underground lake to find traces of the evil god, the evil god might not have been alone when he returned to the past.

Even for a deity, opening such a vast time travel portal would likely require some sacrifice.

Furthermore, it would certainly be a troublesome matter to find believers and establish faith from scratch on one's own. Therefore, it should not be too difficult to bring a group of believers back to the past as his protectors and henchmen.

Ye Xiao quickly realized the crux of the problem, while Mingya said anxiously in a low voice, "Brother Ye, the ship has docked at the pier. If we don't go, we'll miss this boat."

Ok……

Ye Xiao pondered, staring at the wolf riders who were searching for passengers one by one in the distance. After thinking it over, a subtle plan emerged in his mind.

About half a minute later, at the dock, a burly troll, over two meters tall, with most of his face covered by a hat and wearing a thick coat, staggered toward the boarding gate.

"stop!"

The eerie figure naturally caught the attention of a wolf rider, who raised his scimitar at the troll and commanded, "Take off your hat!"

The troll immediately raised its bloated arm, removed its enormous hat, and revealed a hideous, azure face.

Although it looks strange, it is indeed the face of a troll.

"Wai...waibibabu?"

The troll made a muffled sound.

The wolf rider glanced at it, and the captain next to him impatiently slapped him on the shoulder, "What's so interesting about this? Go search those short humans."

"Yes!"

The orc cavalryman quickly sheathed his sword and waved impatiently at the troll, "Go away, go away."

The troll nodded slightly in greeting, then turned his hat back on.

"Holy crap...that's actually pretty good."

Mingya sighed inwardly as he peered through the gaps between the buttons of his coat at the outside.