Lord Shadow

Chapter 1315 City of Pirates

At first when Azief first saw this city, he simply thought of it as a port city. But when he enters it and saw pirates guarding the city gates, he thought that this is a city dominated by a pirate lord or something

But a she walks and he listen, he understood very clear that this is not some kind of city that is hijacked by pirates, this is a city made by pirates for pirates.

It did not escape Azief feeling that all of these people is very powerful and very experienced

Katarina who was walking beside Azief also notice this. 

Usually Azief would kill criminal without batting an eye. But pirates on the other hand…Azief had some experience with pirates. 

Of course not in this world …but in others…. he had quite the experience with pirates

Azief himself knows it is not easy to judge good and bad. 

If not for the fact that he could see the resentment around a certain people, even he would not have certainty of killing people that are guilty

Of course, having resentment around you did not always means that you are evil.

After all resentment is not only exclusive to people being killed.

Azief also is not that intolerant to crime as the world thinks he is. 

The only reason he maintained such a tough stance on crime is because of his enemies who is mostly crime lords. 

This did not mean he is softhearted or that he tolerated criminals that commit great harm to people

To him, if you were ready to kill, you should also ready to be killed.

It is the same for him. Azief never held any illusion that he is exempt from this rule. Even he had to be careful not to be killed by other people. 

The only reason why he could survive even after declaring war with the organized criminal organization all over the world is simply because his strength is so overwhelming that the world that used to be run by criminals and conglomerate had to listen to him

And Katarina is also someone who abhors evil very much. If she did not abhor evil, the massacre all over the Dark Alleys of Europe would not happen.

But, Katarina had also grown from her time in Seresian world. She frowns but she did not raise her sword to attack.

She too had learned the subtlety of good and evil and how it is very hard to distinguish the two. It is fine if the act of evil is pure. A pure evil is easy to cut down.

But an evil that is executed because of circumstance and the tangled cause and effect, this kind of evil is hard to categorize.

Though Katarina was impressed with what she is seeing. A pirate city. 

A true pirate city. Azief and Katarina could see that there is also establishment of the immoral kind yet it is very orderly

It is not rambunctious like those in Las Vegas or like the hush-hush establishment in certain countries. But it is also not hidden

Instead it is very casual, like some kind of normal stall you would encounter anywhere

There are casinos and there are brothels that serve men and women alike. It is a city of Sin, hidden by the light of orderliness

’It is interesting’ Katarina whispers and Azief nodded. 

Katarina look around and like Azief she was also shocked at how this city of pirates is nothing like she had imagined. 

They walk past a few avenues and road and then after a while Azief spotted a stall. 

The stall itself is big and there is a tree in the middle of the stall counter. 

This tree is very tall and the branches and tee laves provides shades below. 

So that even right now with the sun over their head, one would not feel so much the heat of the sun

Of course, for people like Azief and Katarina regulating the heat in their body is the easiest thing to do but it does not mean that they don’t feel heat. 

It seems that the tree development is guided as it only grows on one direction to cover the people who is coming to this stall. 

The stall seems to have all kinds of food. 

From Asian noodle to Italian pasta, to Arabic cuisine, there were too many that it is hard to choose.

And they have the outdoor chair and there are the indoor chairs. 

All kinds of people eat and drink here and Azief also felt that he wanted to eat here.

And it is also a good place to eavesdrops on conversation. 

Azief gesture to Katarina to enter the area of the stall and they both immediately went inside the area of the stall and sat down on one of its outdoor chairs. 

From what Azief could see he could simply sit down and a few minutes later a waiter would come to ask what he wanted to eat and drink

Almost a few minutes later, someone came to take their order. 

Azief order for both of them. It turns out that they had to pay first.

From what the waiter told him this is because there is always a chance that any of the pirates here would start swinging their sword or weapons and began to fight.

The waiter even shares to him, that it happens a lot in the beginning. Azief smiles listening to the waiter.

The waiter himself is a middle age man. His body is sturdy and he is around Seed Forming level. But Azief could tell, that this person probably used to fight with a lot of people.

The Seeds in this waiter body seems to have died in infancy. This kind of injury could only be found in people who over drafted their energy.

Azief did not mind hearing the waiter talking about his experience and the city. It is something that Azief welcome right now

Since there are not many customers right now, the waiter sat on the empty seat and talks to them while they were thinking what to order. Katarina was startled by this overfriendliness. But it was not so for Azief.

Azief don’t k now about other cultures but in his culture this is considered normal. When he goes to a stall or a small restaurant operated by small business owners, it is normal to talk with the waiter and even share stories or jokes.

Sometimes, if you are a regular you also would talk a bit with the waiter about some stuff. 

So, unlike Katarina who seems weirded out by the friendliness of this waiter, Azief on the other hand felt very at home with this kind of behavior.

It turns out this waiter is also a Malaysian. Though he does not look like it anymore. With one glance he looks like a Caucasian man.

It turns out he is a mixed child. 

It is rare for Azief to find a Malay people. Of course it is not like Malay people was wiped out from the rest of the world like some kind of other countries.

China for example had its population nearly all wiped out.

Most of the population of China is concentrated in only a few regions in China so, it is kind of easy for the monster to wreak ultimate damage.

There are also a few nations where the monster nearly wipes out the entire population living there like in Australia and island nations.

As for Australia, the circumstances are a bit different because a forbidden zone was created there with all kinds of monsters and beast and all kinds of wonders erupted there during the initial years of the Fall

It was not until Azief clears the monsters there and created Pandemonium that Australia is safe again for people to come there.

Azief also learns that this person then become a pirate, sailing the seven seas and live as free as a bird. 

He even said he had a great ship. He seems to be talking about his ship with great gusto. Azief simply listen to the waiter. 

Every once in a while the waiter would look around the stall to see if there is any new customer entering the area of the stall.

And if there is not, the waiter would continue talking. Most people might not be interested but Azief is not most people.

He listens to the pirate and Azief could tell that this pirate simply likes sailing through the seas instead of pirating

Thought from what Azief had gathered, this waiter does not dare sails the waters of Pandemonium.

He even curses Death Monarch in an expletive laden sentences. It seems a few pirates agreed.

’You’re right’ some pirates who heard the waiter cursing Death Monarch chimed in from a few tables forward.

Azief even chuckles at this.

  if these pirates know that they are talking smack about Death Monarch in front of Death Monarch, how would they would react?

It is clear to Azief now that even though pirates are not the main target of Pandemonium, they were also affected with Pandemonium tough stance against criminal

And his standing with the pirate is very low. 

It is amazing what Azief find out in that brief time they were talking with each other. 

Maybe, that is why someone who is a Seed Forming leveler would condescend to become a waiter in some stall at a pirate city. 

In such event, any loss must not be attributed to the stall or the establishment and instead if you order something and you could not have the drink because of some fight, you are welcome to challenge the pirate that did the problem in the Life and Death Duel Arena near the volcano.

If the pirates try to run, then the formation would be truly activated. 

Of course this also applies to anyone regardless whether they are a pirate or not

Azief was surprised when he learns about this. He did not think that there is such a rule. No wonder, there is so many pirates and yet so little problem.

Azief understood the thinking. The method is very simple and treated human life as grass but it is also very effective in taming these wild pirates.

Because no matter how wild a pirate is, in the end, they still wanted to live. 

Azief understood how the way it works in the minds of the pirates.

The reason that they are afraid to do any trouble in any of the establishment is simply because it is hard to tell if there is someone better than you in a certain establishment

What if you were doing some mess and you accidentally disturb some powerful level. 

Then, what would happen next is you were invited to the Life and Death Duel arena and simply dies.

In that short conversation Azief found out a little bit of reason why this city of pirate is so orderly

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