Chapter 522 Half-Beast Demon

"What happened?" Olena asked.

"No, nothing... just a little problem. Let's start from the product drying room." Philip said calmly, as if he didn't care about this accident at all.

But soon, the noise was mixed with whipping and screaming.

There were also insults like half-beast and lowly.

Li's ears stood up immediately, and she took the lead to walk to the side of the factory.

"Who is this..." Philip couldn't help but frown. He had always treated the fox demon as air before. Not speaking out to drive it away was already a manifestation of gentlemanly demeanor. Unexpectedly, this servant was so bold and presumptuous that he actually acted faster than his master. This was really beyond his expectations.

But to his disappointment, the Oriental man and the Dragon Girl did not punish him at all.

Not to mention punishment, there was not even an angry scolding.

"Li?"

"I want to take a look at the situation."

Seeing her say that, Xia Fan could only choose to follow - before coming here, Olina had repeatedly reminded him that this was not Jinxia, ​​and if Li did not cover up her appearance, she must not be allowed to contact outsiders alone.

The factory building was only a hundred steps from front to back.

But the scene presented was completely different.

There was also a small open space here, but it was not piled with goods, but torture racks. Seven or eight people were tied to thick wooden poles with their backs exposed, and a strong man was waving a whip and whipping these skinny people.

The source of the dispute was a half-orc woman, or a demon. Judging from her ears, she should be a cat demon - she had short curly hair, wheat-colored skin, and a pair of eyes like orange-red crystals. She did not look like a native of the Saint Wing Islands.

"You are doing this for no reason at all! If they hadn't been owed wages, they wouldn't have starved to eat a few fruits!" The woman said angrily to a tall man, "Besides, the fruits were damaged during transportation, how much can they be worth? You injured them, which is equivalent to interrupting their work for a month. What's the difference between this and murder?"

"It's not worth much money, so why don't you pay for them?" The man was unmoved, "Stealing is stealing, whether it's one or ten, it can't change the nature of stealing. I've said it before, any act of stealing must be severely punished, and you won't remember it at all if I don't teach you a lesson. Don't stop, beat him hard!"

"Stop, don't beat me!" In a hurry, the cat demon hugged the strong man's arm and opened his mouth to bite him.

"Damn it-this beast dares to bite people!"

"Quickly pull her away!"

The other three or four supervisors immediately rushed over, breaking their hands and pulling their hair, and forcibly separated the two.

"Damn, I'm bleeding!" The strong man hugged his arms, looked angrily at the catwoman who was pressed to her knees on the ground, and kicked her with his foot. The latter had nowhere to hide. She was kicked in the abdomen and her body instantly shrank like a shrimp in the severe pain.

"You want to stand up for them, right? I'll help you." The tall man said with a gloomy face, "You, go and hang her on the stake for me!"

The woman struggled hard, trying to break free from the control of the crowd, but was beaten again.

Because of this commotion, the scene was in chaos, but Xia Fan noticed that in the factory shed less than ten steps away, the workers were still busy with their work, and few looked up. Occasionally someone looked over here, and their expression was also wooden.

"Xia Fan." Li said in a deep voice.

"I know." Xia Fan was very familiar with this tone. Even if the other party said nothing, he knew what the fox demon wanted to do next. But if Li really took action, the situation might become out of control, so he had to take the lead.

"Everyone!" He walked towards the supervisors, "Can you tell me what they did wrong? Maybe I have a better solution."

"Who are you?" The tall man glanced at him coldly.

"Gore, don't be rude, this is a guest!" Philip hurriedly chased after him.

"Brother?" The man called Gore's face changed immediately, and he immediately put on a smile, "Ah, it turns out to be a guest... Sorry, I scared you, but it's actually nothing big, just dealing with a few mice."

"They... are not mice." The cat demon said with gritted teeth, ignoring the blood flowing from the corners of his mouth.

"Stealing things is a mouse, not to mention that there are more than one person who steals food."

"If it wasn't so hungry that it couldn't hold on, who would-"

"Come on," Gore interrupted her, "Which criminal doesn't have difficulties? Words are like wind, and actions are the standard for measuring people. Besides, I did this for your sake. If this happened in the market area, you would not see a whip, but a gallows."

Things are really not that complicated.

Several employees working in the factory stole a box of fruit because their wages were paid late and they were extremely hungry. As a result, the supervisor discovered this behavior and immediately reported it to the manager's brother Gore, so this scene happened. Catwoman did not steal, but she couldn't stand Gore's behavior and took the initiative to stop him. Unfortunately, Baiguoyuan's actions were intended to kill the chicken to scare the monkey. Whether it was for the purpose of establishing authority or suppressing, it would not be stopped because of the protest of a half-beast.

"How much is the fruit?" Xia Fan asked.

"Mr. Xia, this matter actually has nothing to do with you." Philip coughed twice and said, "I can ask them to stop first, and I guarantee that I won't disturb your mood for visiting."

"Just think of me as following God's will and being kind to others." Xia Fan winked at Olina, "Is that what the Hera Church said?"

The dragon girl nodded, "Saving the world is indeed the doctrine of the sun god."

Seeing that the church was brought out, Philip was unsure of the identities of the two for a moment. Considering the status of the dragonborn, he finally chose to give in, "In that case, let's give each of them a silver thorax."

"Fruit... how can it be so expensive!" The half-beast girl struggled.

"Okay." Xia Fan took out the purse and took out nine silver coins, "Count this person in too."

The "this person" he was talking about was the demon pinned to the ground.

After taking the coins, Philip nodded to his brother, "These guys are lucky, untie them. By the way, tell them that if they do it again next time, it won't be solved by a few whips."

Gol seemed to want to say something, but after looking at Olina with silver hair and red lips, he finally swallowed his words.

"Then Mr. Xia, the trouble has been solved, do you still want to visit the factory?" Philip asked enthusiastically.

"Why not?" Xia Fan also pretended that this matter was not worth mentioning and said, "Please lead the way."

...

After leaving the Hundred Fruit Garden, the other two had no interest in strolling around.

Just looking at the prosperity of the market area, it has a bit of the shadow of Jinxia City, but the things that support it behind are completely different from Jinxia.

"Let's go back." Li suggested.

Although Xia Fan still wanted to visit other factories, especially those large factories located on the riverside mentioned by Philip, considering that there was still a long time to go, he did not object.

Just as the group passed through the shack area along the original route, the cat woman appeared in front of them again.