Chapter 374 Entering the City to Search

"From now on, everyone should be restrained. If anyone dares to mess around, I will hang you on the mast!" The leader of the Imperial Inspectorate reminded loudly.

Everyone responded lazily.

George sneered secretly. Although the other party said this, he was probably hoping that the pirates would make some trouble so that they could fish in troubled waters. After all, the lord and the officials above took the biggest share. If the people in charge don't take this opportunity to take more, when will they wait? In the end, hanging one or two blind sailors would be a happy ending for everyone.

As the captain, he personally searched for elves, naturally not for some bullshit sense of responsibility.

Jinxia City did close all the gates except the east gate, and there were no guards on the city wall. The whole city seemed to open its chest to them.

"The assembly time is before sunset. Each team will count the number of prisoners by themselves-only those with pointed ears who are alive will count! There is nothing else to say, everyone act!"

The pirates immediately dispersed.

"There are elves here!"

"I saw them over there too!"

"Guys from the Skeleton, follow me!"

George naturally gathered a group of crew members from the Black Crow and ran towards the south of the city. He had noticed long ago at sea that the houses in the south of the city were obviously more magnificent than those in other places, and were obviously the residential areas of the rich. Of course, the rich generally have their own defense forces, and he didn't think of looking for bad luck with these people, but as long as he took a walk around their houses, the profit would be much greater than robbing ten poor people.

"Boss, someone is following us!" the first mate reminded.

"Damn, it's the people from the Blood Shark."

Obviously, he was not the only one who noticed the distribution of buildings in Jinxia City, and the colleagues from the two ships also had the same idea as them.

"Forget it, just ignore them." George spat, "Anyway, there are many houses over there, enough for us to share."

"But...isn't this city a bit strange?" The first mate smacked his lips.

"What's so strange?"

"The government didn't send anyone to watch us, and... there's not even a single person on the street." He looked around, "Even if they asked the locals to stay in their houses, it's impossible that all the beggars and vagrants would disappear, right?"

"Who cares? We're not going to the slums." George said indifferently, "Wouldn't it be better if no one was watching us? That way, no one else would know what we did in the house."

"You're right. I just think... such a big city is a little too quiet."

"Boss, look over there! It's the elves!"

Someone suddenly shouted.

Two streets away, a group of pointed-eared people hurriedly crossed the streets and alleys, as if they wanted to escape from the south gate.

This is exactly where they were going.

"Look, it's not quiet now." George waved his hand, "Guys, chase them!"

A group of people followed closely with knives, guns, sticks and clubs. As soon as they rushed past the corner, they saw a row of sandbags separating the road. A dozen elves relied on the sandbags and pointed their muskets at them.

Wait, why do the fleeing elves have the weapons of the Empire?

George almost subconsciously bent down and stepped back.

Then he heard a whistling sound and a dull puff.

The sailors who rushed in front fell down instantly.

The screams and cries of pain broke the silence of the city!

What happened?

George squatted in the corner with a shocked face. There was no sign when those pointed ears fired the guns - there was no smoke or gunshots. If it weren't for his men lying on the ground wailing with blood all over their bodies, he would have thought that the two sides had just staged a drama.

This movement alone was not enough to wake up the pirates who followed behind, and they even regarded the screamers as the elves.

But the people on the Blood Shark did not receive extra favor from God, and the weird situation just now was repeated again - the living people rolled and crawled out of the streets, and there were more dead and wounded on the ground.

"Damn, the weapons in the hands of those pointy-eared guys are really powerful! Brothers, let's kill them from the roof!"

The head-on attack aroused the bloodiness of the Blood Shark crew. They held their scimitars in their mouths and climbed onto the roof one by one. However, there were also people guarding above the house. Although there were only two or three people, the bullets fired were dense like rain, which made it impossible for everyone to move forward.

Those experienced pirates were used to choosing to hide or charge according to the sound of gunfire or the gap in reloading, but their experience became a deadly noose here. Even if they saw that the other party had run out of ammunition and was lowering their heads to reload, they would pick up their guns again after running a few steps.

Some of the pirates also carried muskets and even double-barreled pistols, but the other party had sandbags for cover and dense firepower, so the suppression capabilities of both sides were not at the same level at all.

George felt a great sense of uneasiness in his heart.

However, these elves seemed to be well prepared!

"Go check the street behind!" He ordered the first mate while kicking open the door of the nearest resident. The room was empty, not even a single person could be seen.

George broke into several houses facing the street one after another, and the result was the same.

The residents here had already evacuated from here!

"Boss, no, it's not good!" The first mate hurriedly reported back, "The other street leading to the south has also been blocked!"

As expected!

His heart suddenly sank - the walls of Jinxia City seemed to be undefended, but in fact, a long blockade had been set up at the edge of the city. Pointy Ears could not do this by himself.

The people in this city are in the same group with them!

"We... retreat the same way!" George gritted his teeth.

"Go back?"

"Yes, let the crew with guns cover us to prevent the elves from chasing us," he said decisively. Money is important, but saving lives is always the first priority. "By the way, gather the people from the Blood Shark, one more gun means one more -"

At this point, George was suddenly stunned.

He saw a huge black bipedal monster appear at the other end of the street.

...

"Why haven't we caught even one elf so far?"

Tular used a telescope to observe the wide-open East Gate of Jinxia, ​​and said in a slightly unhappy tone.

The boat had gone back and forth three times, and the team sent to the land was at least more than a thousand people, but the spoils taken to the beach were still nowhere to be seen.

He allowed these people to covet money, but that was only after they had completed their mission.

"With the inspection team watching, there shouldn't be any problems," the captain guessed, "Maybe they want to bring more people back at one time?"

"Those guys better not forget that they are working for the empire." Tular couldn't help but unbutton his collar, "The gallows by the harbor has been vacant for a long time."

He suddenly felt a sense of restlessness.

At some point, the cold wind blowing from the sea had subsided, and the wind flags standing on both sides of the stern tower all fell down. In the absence of wind, it would not feel too cold even in winter, and this thick set of clothes seemed a bit redundant.