All Heavens: Start with Monster Hunter

Chapter 141 Blue Flame Tavern
"Does the rat in the gutter want to climb onto the table to get a piece of the pie?"

Planck's hoarse voice faintly reached the ears of every dock worker.

He took a step forward, surrounded by the pirates, and slowly approached the captured attackers.

The Bilgewater scimitar in his hand was slowly put back into the scabbard. The handle and fingers were still stained with the blood of the unfortunate boatswain.

But he quickly smeared all the blood on the faces of the attackers, marking them one by one.

"You guys are just a bunch of grasshoppers that only dare to jump around in the dark. Do you really think I dare not touch you?" The smile on Planck's face became more gloomy and cruel. "Now that the handle is in my hands, don't blame me for being rude."

"Otherwise someone will always forget that Bilgewater is mine!"

Planck seemed to be talking to the attackers, but if you pay attention to his eyes, you will find that his attention is not on these guys at all.

He stood up and waved to the people behind him: "Take them all away. If they are dead, throw them into the sea. If they are not dead, skin them and hang them in the market. I want everyone to see their end."

After hearing Planck's words, the pirates all showed cruel smiles on their faces at the same time. Without saying anything more, they quickly tied up the marked people, who looked like animals to be slaughtered in a slaughterhouse, and quickly dragged them away.

Planck stood up and looked at the people around him with a cold look.

The atmosphere on the dock suddenly dropped, and the lively people immediately dispersed, turned around and went about their own business without even glancing at each other.

Planck then nodded, as if the feeling of being feared made him particularly comfortable.

Gangplank and his minions left the dock, leaving almost nothing behind except a pool of blood that had melted into the filthy ground.

The people at the dock seemed to have gotten used to this a long time ago. They were all doing their own things and would only chat with the people around them when they remembered. However, they were still very cautious for fear of being overheard.

Sarah, who had been standing in the distance and watching, had a flash of disdain on her face under her black robe:
"I told you they were a bunch of rubbish. It was clearly a good opportunity, but they only sent so few people."

"Do you really think Gangplank is the kind of little pirate who can be easily dismissed?"

Li Qing could hear some reluctance in her tone and understood: "Is there anything about you involved in this?"

"Humph!"

Sarah turned her head and gave Li Qing a cold look, obviously in an unhappy mood. She snorted coldly, turned around and was about to leave.

Li Qing felt a little helpless. He scratched his head and looked around, then followed Sarah's back.

Sarah walked in front without saying anything, so Li Qing also didn't say anything. Instead, he focused his attention on this city that he had only heard of but never seen.

Although Bilgewater is a new port city, it also has a long history as a place of residence.

However, the people who occupy this city now are not scholars who like to protect history, but pragmatic pirates who only care about profit.

Therefore, stone tablets with a long history or perhaps records of great archaeological value were covered by silt, and temples that had existed in the world for a long time were dismantled into pieces and used as a dumping ground for corpses.

Even the nearby sea was covered with thick grease and blood, not to mention the inside of the city.

But there is one thing that Bilgewater does well, which is that there are not many beggars or homeless people hiding in the corners.

Because this place is more direct and less concealed than Night City.

Anyone who is unable to resist will definitely not survive the next night.

Compared to other things, the ability to survive is the basis for gaining a foothold in this city.

"Why, handsome boy, so curious?"

Sarah, who was walking in front, stopped walking without knowing when. She turned around and looked at Li Qing: "Could it be that some young master came out to experience life?"

Li Qing looked at the other party.

The woman had led him to an alley where several windows were open, revealing several burly men with guns behind them, who were now aiming at him.

Sarah had also taken off the black hood on her head, revealing her bright red long hair, and her lips were raised in an alluring arc:

"Little handsome boy, I have given you a chance, why don't you cherish it?"

"I'll give you one last piece of advice before you die."

"Don't get too close to anyone in Bilgewater, got it?"

As she spoke, Sarah raised her hand from under her robe and pointed at Li Qing. She raised her head and said to a burly man standing in front of the window:
"Raymond, kill him!"

"Heh!" The sturdy man standing by the window aimed his gun at Li Qing, his eyes fixed on Li Qing's face, and shook his head helplessly: "I thought you were my mistress, but since you're my enemy, I won't be polite to you."

Pull the bolt and aim at Li Qing's heart.

The finger pulled the trigger and the gun went off with a bang.

This inconspicuous alley became completely quiet.

Then the silence was broken by the sound of metal shells falling to the ground.

Li Qing held the bullet in one hand and scanned the faces of everyone in the alley.

Not surprisingly, everyone had surprise on their faces.

But soon, the surprise turned into anger, especially on Raymond's face:

"Why did you bring back another big trouble?!"

"How the hell should I know!"

Sarah couldn't help but swear. Her elegant calmness disappeared. Two guns appeared in her hands, and she started shooting at Li Qing without hesitation.

Near the windows, the strong men in Sarah's group also took out their guns and attacked Li Qing together.

Li Qingze just stood there motionless, but afterimages of his two hands appeared in front of him.

Finally, he stopped what he was doing the moment the gunfire stopped.

He put his fingers in front of him and slowly spread them apart, and the bullets that were shot at him fell to the ground one by one.

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The people in the alley were speechless.

The sturdy man named Raymond decisively threw the gun in his hand out of the window onto the ground in the alley.

He sighed and said to Sarah below:
"Auntie, where did you get this evil star?"

Sarah also had a numb expression. She shrugged helplessly and raised the two guns in her hands above her head to indicate her surrender. She replied, "I want to say that I met him on the road. Do you believe me?"

The alley fell silent for a moment.

Until Li Qing saw that these guys didn't seem to have any intention of taking action anymore, he smiled and asked:
"Everyone, now that you're done, isn't it my turn?"

"Goodbye, sir!"

The burly man named Raymond jumped out of the window and into the alley, kicking the gun he had dropped to the side:
"We're going to give in. We're wrong when we run into a tough guy. You draw a line and we'll follow it." "You want money or something else? Just ask."

Sarah also put away her two guns: "We admit defeat this time. You decide how to settle this matter."

Li Qing smiled, clapped his hands lightly and asked:

"I thought you were going to fight me to the death, but now you're so easily scared?"

"Does everyone else in Bilgewater follow the same rules?"

"hehe!"

Sarah sneered, took out a lady's cigarette from under her robe, lit it, and exhaled a puff of smoke before speaking, "Of course not. Those beasts don't follow the rules."

Then the woman pointed at Li Qing and said, "But you are different. I can tell at a glance that you follow the rules. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to fight you."

"What do you mean?"

Li Qing was stunned, then couldn't help laughing: "So, you guys saw that I'm a good person who follows the rules, so you wanted to fight me, right?"

"That's not the case. I think you seem to know something, so I want to catch you and ask you." Sarah didn't mean to hide anything, and said directly: "Who would have thought you were so capable."

"Ok."

Li Qing covered his forehead helplessly and sighed.

Then he pointed at all the people in the alley and said to Sarah, "Now you should take me to a place where we can have a good talk. Maybe we should discuss how to compensate me."

"But don't do anything tricky this time."

"I don't have much good feelings left for you. Once it reaches a negative number, your fate will not be good."

Sarah and Raymond looked at each other and nodded: "Okay, follow me."

Walking out of the alley, about seven or eight people gathered together, and burly men surrounded Sarah and Li Qing in the middle.

Following a small path, we began to walk towards the interior of Bilgewater.

Bilgewater also has an Upper Town and a Lower Town.

The downtown area is naturally where the lower class people live, with slums, slaughterhouses, markets and the like.

The Upper Town is where the wealthy families and noble lords of Bilgewater live.

With the cleanest water source and abundant supply of fruits, the city makes a lot of money by doing business with the specialties of this city and the influence of the entire Valoran continent.

Needless to say, each house is built more magnificently than the other.

To be honest, Li Qing had no idea how these guys managed to gather so many building materials on an island where building materials were scarce.

Is it entirely dependent on taking a boat from the main road to this place?

Li Qing followed Sarah and the others until they were almost at the upper city area and stopped.

Then he went into a pub.

The name of the tavern is 'Blue Flame Tavern'. It looks shabby from the outside, but after entering, you will find that it is actually a different world.

It's not small in size and is nicely decorated, not at all like Bilgewater.

There were not many customers in the tavern. There was only a thin young man with deep scars on his face wiping the table. When he saw Sarah and others come in, he didn't say anything, but just walked aside silently and rang the bell.

Soon, an eye-catching figure walked over from the back of the tavern.

"Little Sarah, is it over?"

"Why are you back so soon?"

Li Qing looked in the direction of the sound, and when he saw the person coming, a hint of interest arose in his eyes.

Because the owner of this tavern is actually a rare beauty.

However, the beauty is not the most impressive feature of the other person, because there is a curved tail following behind her.

The tail stretched out naturally, and the black shell made it inconspicuous in this dim space.

The tail was interrupted by a very sharp-looking stinger, which easily scraped across the wall and left a scratch.

If Li Qing's prediction was correct, this was actually a Vastaya, and the characteristics of her tail were clearly that of a poisonous scorpion.

But there are vastaya in Bilgewater too?

It's really surprising.

Sarah's men had no intention of being polite. They dispersed and found a few tables to sit down. The young waiter walked over and took their orders.

"We encountered a little accident." Sarah and Raymond took Li Qing to the bar and sat down: "Marin, don't say anything else, get us a drink first."

The proprietress named Marlene glanced at Sarah, then looked at Li Qing thoughtfully. Without saying anything more, she walked behind the bar and quickly got several glasses of wine and brought them to the three people.

Then she leaned over to Sarah, her eyes full of amusement:

"Why, little Sarah, is it because you were attracted by this handsome guy and couldn't hold back your lust?"

Sarah held up the wine glass with one hand, and with the other hand pushed away her face that was leaning forward, and took a sip of the wine: "Don't talk nonsense here, or I'll smash your bar."

Marlene retreated with a bored look on her face: "Just smash it, I've had enough of this place anyway, just pay me back before you smash it."

Then she turned around and looked at Li Qing and asked:
"This handsome gentleman doesn't seem to be from Bilgewater."

"This aura is also very unique. Demacia?"

"No, this more peaceful temperament is more like the Ionians. Could it be that they all came to Bilgewater to escape the war?"

"I'm sorry, I'm not from Ionia, nor am I from Demacia. You may never have heard of my hometown." Li Qing also picked up the wine glass and took a sip. The taste was unexpectedly good, with a unique burning taste, as if he had really drunk a ball of fire.

"Okay, Marlene, we have something to discuss, if you have nothing else to do go get us something to eat."

Sarah was already getting impatient and quickly interrupted the conversation between Li Qing and Malin.

"Okay, you have a weird temper and are hard to please." Malin stood up helplessly and threw a coquettish look at Li Qing: "Handsome boy, let's talk after I finish making the food."

"I'm very curious about you."

Li Qing didn't say anything, but raised his glass to her.

Marlene smiled, turned around and walked out of the bar and into the kitchen at the back.

Only Li Qing and two other people were left in front of the bar.

(End of this chapter)