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Chapter 723 The Bad Influence of Strangers

Strangers, as the name suggests, are people from another world.

Most of the time, strangers are in their original world. Their activities in this strange world for them will not be too long, about 1 or 2 hours on average.

If the strangers are in a state of mental illness called "long grass period", they will consciously isolate themselves in their own world until they recover from the illness.

There have been many major events recently, and the foreigners have not had a "long summer" for a long time, and the time they stay in this world has also increased.

However, this does not change one situation, which is that it is quite difficult to take the initiative to find strangers because they are elusive.

Blaze planned to hand over the dog-head statue to Wardsifer personally, so he went directly to the headquarters of [Azazel] - the Low Howling Mountains.

This is the neutral zone between the Giant Kingdom Alliance and the Eternal Kingdom. Although a town has been built, it has been abandoned because there are too many dangerous monster groups and bandit strongholds around...

That was a thing of the past, but now it has become a prosperous town.

"This place is pretty amazing." Blaze scratched his neck uncomfortably.

"Balkan City is like the countryside compared to here, right?" Herbie, who was acting as a tour guide, patted Blazer's arm.

"Don't worry. Compared to here, most of this world is the countryside."

Logically speaking, it is impossible for a super killer guild like [Azazel] to establish a guild. Even if a building is built, it will be classified as a bandit stronghold due to the lack of [property contract].

However, [Azazel] is a legitimate guild. They took a fancy to the terrifying monsters around the Howling Mountains and the terrain that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. In exchange for regularly clearing the monsters outside the town and escorting caravans, they obtained the [Real Estate Contract].

As mentioned before, the Low Howling Mountains are a neutral zone between the Giant Kingdom Alliance and the Eternal Kingdom. Previously, due to the harsh living environment, no party was willing to take on this mess.

And [Azazel] brought new life to this mess and turned it into a prosperous town, making the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.

No kingdom would mind having a prosperous town on its map, so both the Eternal Kingdom and the Giant Kingdom Alliance presented [Real Estate Contracts], and [Azazel] accepted them without hesitation.

In this way, the Howling Mountains remained neutral, but was officially recognized by both kingdoms and enjoyed the benefits brought by the secret struggle between the two kingdoms.

Of course, there are bound to be dirty tricks in the open and secret struggles between kingdoms, but [Azazel] is the world's number one killing guild, and using dirty tricks will result in them disappearing from the face of the earth.

"What is this called? It's the right to self-management. That's why the foreigners from Azazel can transform this town into something so unique." Hebi looked at the surrounding buildings of different styles with envy. These unique architectural styles alone can attract many guests.

"Because it's a neutral zone, there's a [black market] here, which is definitely a huge profit, and there's no tax!"

“Is the latter the key point?”

Blaze raised his eyebrows. How should he put it? Most of the time, strangers brought good things from their world.

There are endless delicious foods, imaginative architectural styles, etc., but where there is good, there is also a bad side, and the bad part is [tax evasion].

Before the appearance of foreigners, merchants did not want to pay taxes, but the only way they could evade taxes was to falsify accounts.

But after the arrival of foreigners, there were so many things going on that it was hard to describe, and it brought extremely bad influence to the order of the kingdom.

Fortunately, the devil is as high as the road is high. There are foreigners who bring in tax evasion and there are also foreigners who check the accounts. No matter which world you are in, there are wars around tax evasion.

"Have you never used any of the stranger's tricks?"

"Silly, cough, cough. The great [Hermes' Traveling Hat]'s behind-the-scenes supporter, Culene, once said that taxation is a contract between the kingdom and the merchants." Hebi coughed, pinched his throat and took a few steps forward, imitating Culene's appearance.

"The kingdom has given us the right to do business, and we will repay it with taxes. Tax evasion is a heartbreaking betrayal."

When talking about heartache, Herbie even made a gesture of holding his chest in pain.

"Of course, the main reason is the word 'trust'. Once you do it, it's like leaving a stigma on your face that 'this person is a liar'. The more stigmas there are, the less trust there is."

"Besides, the taxation between the kingdoms is reasonable. It is a win-win situation for us and the kingdoms. There is no need to destroy our reputation for a small profit."

"Really? Maybe he really feels bad." Blaze listened to Herbie's chatter.

I don’t know if it’s because the success of the exchange of authority between the earth and the sun is imminent, everything is turned upside down, and all of Typhon’s problems can be solved, so he feels a lot more relaxed.

Perhaps it is really as Kullene said, the day when the authority between the Earth and the Sun is exchanged will be the moment when a true new era arrives.

The world will be reborn.

"But aren't you busy trying to gain benefits from the World Series of Strangers recently? How can you be my guide when you have time?"

Herbie paused, crossed her arms, and tapped the ground. After a moment, she turned her head as if she had made up her mind.

"Tell me honestly, is there something wrong with Vader?"

"Well, there was indeed an accident."

"You're lying, she used to come to play with me every day, but recently she... eh? Something happened!?" Hebi shouted out the question he had prepared long ago, but he didn't expect it to be invalid.

"Didn't you tell me not to lie to you?" Blaze looked at the snake beside him, asking with his eyes whether she wanted to explain to Herbie in person, but the snake shook its head at him.

"That guy did have some big problems, and I basically went to heaven and earth to find a solution. During this process, Kullene also appeared and helped me."

"Yeah……"

Hebie felt a little uncomfortable. She thought she would be very excited, but unexpectedly she was very calm.

This was probably because Blaze was very frank and told her about the chicken without hiding anything.

She is a calm person who tries not to let herself get emotional, so when she knows the problem and doesn't need to guess, she won't panic.

"You should have told me this earlier. Things like collecting materials and props are what I, as a logistics support person, should do."

(End of this chapter)