Chapter 475: Chapter 245: Concealed Perception and [Red Armor Lord]
Layers of gray clouds piled over the sky, swirling and tumbling, as if struggling with something, yet their faint trails at the edges were feebly descending in the misty humidity.
The wind gradually picked up.
The damp coldness in the air seemed to seep through the gaps between armor and lining, pressing tightly on the skin, causing discomfort.
A wet, cool sensation suddenly reached the tip of his nose.
Xia Nan instinctively looked up at the sky, his dark eyes reflecting the heavy lead clouds.
“Is it going to rain?”
He frowned slightly.
Whether it was in his previous life or after crossing over, he wasn’t averse to this kind of weather, and even had a slight fondness for it.
He enjoyed the sound of raindrops hitting the glass, even when the wind howled outside darkly, as the indoors remained warm and peaceful, providing a comfort and safety that felt innately soothing;
also enjoying the cool and refreshing drizzle enveloping his body; or the fresh air mixed with the scent of earth on rain-drenched streets.
But right now, even with his fondness for such gloomy and moist weather.
Faced with the nearly shoulder-to-shoulder crowded street, filled with various foul odors.
He could not help but feel annoyed.
“What do they mean by this, not letting anyone through?”
Next to him, Sava the Dragon Descendant grumbled in dissatisfaction.
Though not a cold-blooded creature, perhaps her lizard-like upright posture granted her some similar traits, instinctively detesting any environment lacking sunlight.
The yellow-brown mottled scales quivered slightly due to the increasingly dense moisture in the air, with some areas on her arms and the back of her neck slightly lifting, akin to human goosebumps?
“Could something have happened? I’m not quite sure either.”
Luca, aligned in interests from the casino ordeal, and having a much improved relationship with the Dragon Descendant, chimed in proactively.
Meanwhile, standing on tiptoe, relying on his own tall and burly stature, he craned his neck to peer forward.
Now, the escort squad had left the Resting Dragon Nest Inn, arriving at the main road near the exit of Melted Scale Town.
Along the way, though occasionally seeing hurried guards, nothing out of the ordinary.
But as they approached the road leading to the Melted Scale Mountain Range, built alongside the mountain, the road, already not too spacious due to the dense buildings surrounding it, suddenly became congested.
Vendors, pedestrians, adventurers, coupled with several carts, blocked the entire road, making it a struggle to move even two steps forward without relying on the physical prowess of a professional to squeeze through.
Instinctively guarding his pouch, Xia Nan looked around.
Undoubtedly, those now crowding the street were all travelers like them, planning to leave the town.
Such a scene clearly indicated a problem at the exit over there.
Though Melted Scale Town was not large, it was the only human gathering point nearby.
If one wished to traverse the Melted Scale Mountain Range and enter the Yuan Sha Province from the Nianshu Territory’s side, a stop in town to rest and replenish supplies was usually needed.
This made the town’s foot traffic far exceed what its size would suggest.
Furthermore, due to its unique terrain and architectural design, the town has only two entrances, front and back.
Unless one had the ability to fly, or was confident enough to climb the towering cliffs on either side without tools, passage was limited to these two routes.
This meant, if anything serious happened in the town and the exits were blocked, they’d be trapped like turtles in a jar.
Buzz——
While observing, suddenly a commotion arose behind him.
Looking back, he saw two or three young knights, clad in standard equipment, hurrying toward the exit.
Without any disguise, the now fully equipped outfit made Xia Nan recognize their identity at a glance.
They were knights he had seen in the inn lobby earlier, from the Molton family under Terry William’s command.
Recollecting the casino encounter, he formed some guesses in his mind.
Recognizing the identity as well, Wood quickly stepped forward, stopping one of them and asked:
“What’s happening, can we still get out today?”
Identifying this person as the personal guard of the Neum City Lord’s second son, the young knight intercepted showed no annoyance, only a slightly apologetic smile as he replied:
“Sincerely sorry, Mr. Wood.”
“We have an unforeseen situation here. If you want to leave the town now, you may have to go through a more stringent search which you might not accept.”
“I suggest you find a safe place in town and wait a bit.”
“It shouldn’t take long, an overnight wait should definitely suffice. By tomorrow morning, passage ought to be restored.”
Terry William, though forced to act early and engage Lawson due to his tail-watching brother being captured.
Had watched carefully as an unobtrusive outsider not yet involved.
Possibly, Lawson indeed held the treasure, and his recent moves were nothing but a decoy.
But the existence of a third-party force in town that stole the secret treasure before Lawson did was a substantial possibility.
Now, with himself and Lawson entangled in conflict, both parties were preoccupied.
If the force possessing the secret treasure still lingered in town, they would certainly seize this opportunity to slip away.
Therefore, he had specifically assigned a small portion of his knights to seal the town’s exits once action commenced, while instructing them to scrutinize suspicious individuals.
As for whether this would trouble the town’s sheriff…