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Chapter 348 - Chapter 348: Assistance

Of course, that very simple, even crude, opportunity did not work.

The Sword God Style doesn't need to think so much. The Sword God Style's swordsmanship has always been open and expansive, aiming for a one-hit kill.

In other words, the Sword God Style is offensive, the Water God Style is defensive, and as for the North God Style, Roa hasn't had much contact with it, but according to the evaluation of most people in this world, it's probably similar to the ninjas of his previous life. Unless they are a particularly strong group, they are just some clever tricks.

Roa arrived at the political and economic center of the Asura Kingdom while pondering.

The huge city walls were like a celestial barrier, separating the outside of the city from the inside.

Roa strolled along the snowy path, walking slowly forward.

He didn't walk fast, but what was surprising was that with each step the young man took, his figure would turn into an afterimage, and the next moment, the young man's figure would appear two or three zhang away.

The distance from the Fittoa Territory to the Royal capital, Ars, is actually quite far, requiring nearly a day's journey even by carriage.

However, Roa only spent less than two hours.

In this snow-covered world, Roa leisurely walked through it.

The city gate stood tall, reaching into the clouds.

This is the very center of the Central Continent, and also the lifeblood of this country.

Roa stood at the city gate, feeling the biting cold wind sweeping over him. This winter seemed particularly cold. He hadn't felt much in Fittoa, but here, both the snow and the cold wind had become more cruel.

Outside the city walls, there was a not-so-long queue. Two heavily armored soldiers were holding long swords, intercepting merchants or adventurers preparing to enter the city, and collecting some tolls.

Outside the city walls, there were also some people. Their clothes were not good, tattered, and their eyes were somewhat hollow as they looked into the distance. The distant gray sky seemed to be like their lives, which might completely dim at any time.

Roa only glanced at them indifferently, his expression unchanged.

Slums, such places exist in every world.

In this snowy world, these people sitting outside the cold city walls are undoubtedly the lowest of the low in the slums.

They have no money and can only watch their lives constantly slip away, unable to do anything.

Roa, dressed in a knight's uniform, did not stop. Roa walked to the city gate, preparing to queue up to enter the city.

The huge city walls separated two worlds. Through the city gate, one could see the prosperous scene inside, the hawking of vendors, which had not stopped even in this winter. The falling snow could not stop the rich people's interest, and they lazily drove their carriages through one street after another.

And outside the city walls, there was a group of people who might die at any time.

There were more ragged people outside the city walls than Roa had imagined.

Some had already frozen to death at the city gate, while others were dying, breathing in more than they breathed out, and seemed to be turning into stiff corpses at any moment.

Roa frowned, feeling somewhat unbearable in his heart.

Having received a good education in his previous life, he still couldn't accept such things happening.

He didn't hesitate for long. Roa left the queue and came to a person who looked like a decayed and withered corpse. The person seemed to have stopped breathing, and even their heartbeat had become very weak.

Roa raised his hand, and a touch of green light was injected into the frail person who was about to die.

Roa's face was stern, his handsome cheeks were expressionless, and he just coldly watched them.

The green light poured into the person's body. In this white world, these lights seemed so weak, emitting a faint green glow.

However, it was this touch of green light that represented the hope of life.

The green light entered that thin and pitiful body, and the corpse was like a long-awaited rain after a drought. The originally thin body began to improve at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The heart began to beat, and although the body was still weak, this little life was saved.

Roa's eyes swept over those people leaning against the city walls. There were not many of these people, only ten, and only three of them were breathing.

The other seven were dead, their bodies buried by the wind and snow.

Even the person Roa had rescued had a thin layer of frost on their eyebrows.

The soldiers guarding the city walls saw what Roa was doing. They were somewhat surprised, but no one came forward to speak. They just exchanged a simple glance and continued to collect the entrance fees silently.

Roa did the same, pulling the remaining three people back from the brink of death. Two of them had extremely weak magic power, and one of them didn't even have any magic power.

To Roa's surprise, all three were women, or rather, girls, around the age of thirteen, about the same age as Eris.

However, these girls were all disheveled, ragged, and as thin as skin and bones. If you didn't look closely, you really couldn't tell if they were male or female.

Roa gathered the three of them together and waited for a moment. He didn't want to save these people only to have them die because of something else.

What would be the point of saving them then?

Either don't do it, or do it thoroughly.

Since Roa had chosen to help them, he would naturally not let them wait outside to die.

The first girl Roa rescued woke up. The first thing she saw was still the white world, but there was a pair of boots in front of her. She was a little dazed, looked up, and saw a handsome young man in a knight's uniform.

The young man's face was cold, without any expression. He was not surprised by the girl's awakening.

The cold wind was still biting, and the snow was still cold, but in this cruel world, there was one more person.

When Roa saw the girl wake up, he simply said, "I saved you."

The girl nodded, her eyes hollow, her gaze somewhat dazed and confused. She didn't know what had happened.

Roa continued, "I need you to help me with things, because I saved you."

Roa spoke very bluntly. He didn't beat around the bush. He just said what he thought.

At this time, the two people sitting next to the girl also opened their eyes. They all looked at Roa somewhat blankly.

Roa's voice was not very loud, because the two people behind him had not heard what Roa had just said.

Roa patiently repeated what he had just said to the skinny girl in front of him: "I need you to help me with things, because I saved you."

This sentence made the three of them completely wake up. One of the older girls wanted to get up, but her body, which was already almost frozen, did not succeed. Her legs had been completely frozen. If Roa hadn't given them a little of the life force he had devoured, these three would have died here.

Roa looked at the three people leaning against the wall and continued, "Can you accept it?"

None of the three answered Roa immediately. Their reactions seemed somewhat slow. They were stunned for a moment before slowly nodding.

Seeing this, Roa shook his head helplessly. Roa's hand waved slightly, and three more green lights poured out, injecting into the three people's bodies.

The dead tree met spring, and the three people's physical condition improved at a speed visible to the naked eye. The pale faces, like those of dead people, also gained a touch of blood.

Roa said calmly, "Follow me."

Roa walked towards the city gate, and the people who were originally sitting on the ground reacted.

Even if they were stupid, they understood what was happening now.

They had been saved by a passing expert.

They didn't know what their value was, but one thing was certain: they didn't need to die outside like those corpses.

Roa stood at the gate and began to queue.

The queue was not very long. It was actually a bit late when Roa arrived in the Royal capital, Ars.

Naturally, there wouldn't be too many people at this time.

Soon, it was Roa's turn.

Two soldiers stopped Roa. The soldiers were wearing heavy armor with runes engraved on it. Roa glanced at it and quickly understood that the runes engraved on it were just a few runes with warming functions, given his mastery as a king-level mage.

When the soldiers saw Roa, they did not draw their swords to stop him. They looked at each other, looked at Roa's back, and asked, "How many people are entering the city?"

Behind Roa were three people who were so thin that they were almost unrecognizable. These three girls were the three Roa had saved.

"Four people," Roa said calmly.

"Three silver coins per person, so four people is twelve silver coins."

One of the knights stretched out his fingers to calculate and got this number.

It could be seen that his arithmetic skills were not very good.

Even addition and subtraction within ten required him to use his fingers to calculate.

As if afraid that Roa would think it was too expensive, the other knight explained, "Don't think it's too expensive. This is the normal price in winter. After entering the city, you can stay for as many days as you want. These three silver coins don't go into our pockets. We are just following orders."

Roa nodded, turned his right hand, and twelve silver coins appeared in Roa's hand.

The eyes of the two guards at the door lit up, and their attitude became much more polite. After taking Roa's silver coins, they didn't stop him any further, allowing Roa to lead the three of them forward.

Because he had suddenly saved three people on the way, Roa did not immediately go to find Ariel. Roa bought a set of clothes for the three of them and found a restaurant to have a meal.

The three girls devoured the food on the table, making a mess of the food on the table.

Roa didn't touch his chopsticks, just watching the three of them swallow the food without even chewing.

It could be seen that they had really been hungry for too long.

Time passed little by little, and Roa was not just sitting there idly. Soon, a girl in white armor appeared on the street.

A girl with silver hair like moonlight walked on this white street.

The armor on her body exuded a cold aura. When the surrounding pedestrians saw her, they shuddered as if they were mice seeing a cat, lowered their heads, and hurriedly fled the street where the girl was.

Elena, the claw of Ariel Anemoi Asura, the second princess of the kingdom.

Since Elena came to Ariel's side, Elena has been doing things that others dare not do by virtue of Ariel's identity.

The identity of the Royal family is more or less useful, such as in raising money and recruiting troops.

Occasionally squeezing merchants is even commonplace for the two of them.

The two cooperated with each other, and during this free period, they really expanded some forces. Although these forces seemed like children playing house in the eyes of Ariel's elder brother, they seemed very ridiculous.

But such a combination really has few opponents in the country, and merchants who encounter Elena can only obediently admit defeat.

This has led to Elena's reputation directly dropping to a negative number, belonging to the kind of person that everyone has to detour when they see her.

However, this little ancestor actually appeared here at this moment.

The merchants' hairs stood on end. Those who could run had already quickened their pace, while those who couldn't run huddled in the corner, acting like quail eggs.

Of course, some merchants were holding a wait-and-see attitude.

And most of these merchants with a wait-and-see attitude were merchants who had joined the Second Prince or the First Prince. Their lives had long been tied to those two high-ranking princes, which could be described as a relationship where they would prosper together and suffer together.

So, these people believe that Elena wouldn't dare to cause trouble for them, which is why they brazenly stare at her as she walks down the street.

However, this time Elena's target isn't those merchants.

Half an hour ago, Elena was still in the Royal palace dealing with some trivial matters.

Having experienced so many setbacks, Elena has also grown a lot. She was already a cunning woman, but she was too young and lacked life experience.

But the current Elena is different, giving people a feeling of transformation.

Elena walked straight to the dining hall and glanced at the cafeteria, which wasn't particularly large, her sharp eyes sweeping across faces both strange and familiar.

Some of those who were scanned were merchants who had been reprimanded by Elena, and their expressions instantly became as uncomfortable as if they had swallowed flies.

However, when Elena looked over, those merchants still squeezed out a smile that was more painful than crying.

These merchants really have no way to deal with this little devil.

Elena's gaze quickly settled on the young man sitting in the innermost window seat.

The young man was by the window, and the woman next to him obscured most of his figure, making it difficult to see clearly.

But you could see the luxurious knight's uniform he was wearing. The knight's uniform didn't belong to any particular country, and the style looked quite novel. The overall color scheme was grayish-white, which didn't make it stand out too much, belonging to the understated luxury type.

Elena's wine-red eyes narrowed slightly. She could feel a very familiar scent on the other person, and a voice in her mind kept telling her to approach him.

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