Chapter 430 - King City
The Black Bear group carried the goods and tied them to the bears. They carried the bundles while eyeing Shao Xuan quickly, whispering among themselves.
“Who is this kid?”
“I don’t know. He doesn’t look like much but that was powerful. Hmmph.”
“Maoda said the kid will follow us to King City. We can ask him later.”
On the other side, Maoda gave an awkward look. Even the person with the thickest skin could not help but feel embarrassed. He had been bragging too much. Now to think of it, the Flaming Horn people were experienced hunters. They were a tribe living deep in the forest, encountering countless beasts within. These bears might just be nothing to them. Plus, these bears were trained to be pack animals and not fighters. That was why although they were sometimes ill-tempered, their ferocity was not comparable to forest beasts.
Seven bears crouched while the people tied the goods. Some yawned lazily, pawing their ears. They did not look fierce at all.
“Alright, we’re done. We can go,” someone said to Maoda.
“These lands belong to the aristocrats. The slaves live in the shorter houses,” explained Maoda as he instructed the party to walk on the main road. Here, if they did not take the main road, they could be viewed as hostiles and killed here. That was because everywhere else was private land owned by slave masters.
There was not a blade of grass on the soil road about twenty meters wide. Perhaps due to the high traffic, the soil on the ground was packed very tightly. Even the wagon wheels left light marks.
Many people travelled on the path in big and small parties. There were groups of guards in armour on both sides of the road. They were all holding metal weapons with a solemn face, their eyes piercing like daggers as they glared at every person on the path. They looked like they would not hesitate to stab a person to death with their spear if something was wrong.
Some people grew very anxious as they walked, almost tripping themselves over.
The Black Bear team stood out here, people in front quickly moved to let them pass. The guards recognised them by their bears, one of the guards even chatted happily with Maoda. Maoda had handed over two animal hides and the guard was so happy his eyes were two lines. The furs sold by the Black Bears were always of good quality.
The head of the guards even helped them clear a path, making the smaller merchants in front make way.
This was already the norm for everyone, no one thought it was not appropriate. Even the frustrated ones swallowed their words. Even Guang Yi, who was here for the first time, did not think there was anything wrong. The universe had its rules.
The party travelled ahead. Shao Xuan thought he’d arrive at King City soon but they had to walk for half a day before seeing the City walls.
Anba City would never allow these bears to enter but King City did. This was power. They were not afraid of these giant bears causing trouble and had absolute certainty that they were in control.
The city walls were made of giant rocks, every rock was about five meters long and three meters wide, more than one meter thick. Shao Xuan could tell they were middle-grade rocks and in some places, for example near the city gates, they used high-grade rocks.
It was a luxury to use such good rocks as a mere city wall.
The sky darkened as Maoda brought the party to the Black Bear’s base in King City. Some people went to unload the goods and brought the seven bears to the animal pens. Maoda brought Shao Xuan and Guang Yi to Black Bear the leader. If they were looking for Ji Ju, it was best they were brought by ‘Black Bear’.