Lin Feng had traveled from the north to the south, gaining a deeper understanding of the Empire's darkness and decay. He had passed through many towns and villages that had lost their vitality due to heavy taxes, and countless people had turned to banditry due to poverty.
"Wow! Lin Feng, look, we've reached the Imperial Capital!" Cornelia, dressed in traveler's clothes, excitedly looked at the wide city walls ahead.
Not only Cornelia, Lin Feng also gazed at the seemingly endless city wall.
Bathed in the midday sun, the tens of meters high city wall appeared even more magnificent. The ancient bricks, dating back over a thousand years, radiated a golden light, exuding an aura of vicissitude and glory.
Cornelia widened her beautiful blue eyes, having grown up in the remote Longxi Village. She was deeply awed by the imposing city wall. "Is this the legendary Imperial Capital? I can feel its magnificence just from the outside."
The Imperial Capital was chosen as the capital city by the First Emperor after unifying the country over a thousand years ago. This city gathers the nation's wealth and is a symbol of prosperity. The 200,000 square kilometers is truly vast, surrounded by tens of meters high walls, with flying wyverns nurtured by Imperial Arms guarding the skies above.
"Let's go." Lin Feng patted the girl's shoulder and slowly walked towards the open city gate. After a seven-day journey, they finally arrived at the famous Imperial Capital from the northern border!
After bribing the two guards with ten gold coins, Lin Feng smoothly entered the city. Behind the wide city gate was the main street, symbolizing the Imperial Capital's prosperity. Shops lined the streets and alleys, crowded with all kinds of people.
Cornelia walked on the stone-paved main road, looking at the strange goods displayed on both sides of the street, as well as those beautiful foreign dresses, and she could hardly move her feet.
The town where she used to live a life of training could not compare with the bustling Imperial Capital. The magnificent residences along the road were even more extravagant than the border prefect's mansion.
What the girl didn't know was that beneath the glorious Imperial Capital, there was an incomparably foul darkness hidden. For example, nobles who tortured villagers to satisfy their sadistic desires, or merchants who colluded with officials for profit. Even under the Emperor's feet, there were many unreasonable things.
In particular, it was very dangerous for villagers to walk alone in the Imperial Capital, because they would become the target of robbers wandering the streets.
Lin Feng walked with Cornelia in the Imperial Capital, and soon the two of them attracted the attention of a group of passersby.
Their gazes were mainly focused on Cornelia. The beautiful girl had smooth, golden long hair, breasts as full and round as papayas, and long legs under her leather pants that were also beautiful and moving.
Cornelia simply brushed the hair at her temples with her hand, and the feminine gesture caused a stir among the surrounding men.
Among the crowd, two men, one tall and one short, walked towards her.
Lin Feng stopped and glanced at the two men.
The tall man had a beard all over his face, and his burly figure was dressed like a bear. The letter D was tattooed on his exposed chest muscles.
The short man was very thin, with a pockmarked face, two long knives hanging from his waist, and the letter D tattooed on his arm.
The tall man's eyes gleamed with lewdness, and his face wore a frivolous smile. The short man next to him also had an annoying smile, staring at Cornelia intently.
"Yo, bumpkins from the countryside."
The short man took the lead in walking up to Lin Feng, uttering a rough greeting. He approached Lin Feng step by step, and as his body swayed, the two long knives at his waist made a crisp metallic clanging sound.
"You bumpkins, you beasts who make no contribution to society, how dare you block this grandpa's way! But I, your grandpa, am magnanimous. As long as you are willing to lend your woman to our brothers for one night, I will forgive you."
The short man's hand was already on the hilt of his knife, his attitude extremely arrogant, with a tendency to make Lin Feng's blood splatter five steps away if he disagreed.
Although it was in a busy city, whether it was passersby or guards patrolling not far away, they all turned a blind eye, and no one came forward to stop him.
"Damn it."
Cornelia clenched her fists tightly. In the village where she grew up, there had never been such a bastard. Just as the girl was about to knock him over with one punch.
"Heh heh ~"
Lin Feng sneered and raised his right hand, stopping Cornelia, who wanted to make a scene.
"Ha? What are you laughing at, you bastard?" The muscles on the short man's forehead bulged.
"It's nothing, it's just that seeing a standard cannon fodder like you, I can't control my emotions."
"Heh! Beast, you're asking for death!"
After hearing this, the man drew his knife and was about to slash at Lin Feng.
But Lin Feng reacted even faster, quickly extended his right hand, and his sharp nails instantly slashed across his neck.
Not to mention taking half a step back to dodge, the man couldn't even see Lin Feng's movements clearly. In an instant, a shallow wound was cut on his neck by the fingernails.
Before he knew what had happened, Lin Feng had injected the blood clan's blood into him.
The True Ancestor can inject blood essence into the opponent's body, turning them into a blood slave who absolutely obeys him. However, in most cases, he can only obtain a corpse ghost whose intelligence is far lower than that of a normal person and who only knows how to kill.
(Cut your companion into mincemeat!)
Lin Feng lowered his voice and murmured in a voice that Cornelia couldn't even hear.
"Uh uh uh..."
The short man let out a terrifying howl from his mouth, his blood-red eyes opened like copper bells, and then he drew his knife and slashed at the strong man behind him without even thinking.
Whoosh, the sharp blade slashed down with the sound of wind. Perhaps because the tall man was unprepared, his arm was directly cut off by a knife, and a lot of blood flowed from the wound.
The men who had been watching the excitement around were also shocked by the bloody scene. What's the situation... Why did they suddenly kill each other? These people didn't even realize what Lin Feng had done.
A scream rang out on the street, it was the tall man's wail, but his companion's blade continued to cut into his body. Under the sharp blade, his arms and thighs were successively cut off.
"Let's go!"
Lin Feng didn't even look back and stepped over the two men fighting.
Cornelia, who was a step behind, realized what had happened. Listening to the pig-like screams behind her, Cornelia's heart did not fluctuate. Killing under justice is allowed, which is the girl's distorted values. And just now she had noticed the ill intentions of the two men, so their fate was well deserved.
A few minutes later,
"My Justice Detector is reacting, there is evil happening here!"
A girl with orange pigtails wearing silver armor, was patrolling with her puppy when she saw a knife-wielding thug was madly chopping minced meat.
Although two team members were already trying to stop him, the situation was very strange. The thug was very strong, and with a wave of the blade, he knocked her teammates to the ground!
"Biy! Stop him quickly, don't let him hurt more innocent people!"
The corner of Sai Liu's mouth, a member of the Garrison, raised slightly, and when her cute puppy heard her master's order, its body instantly swelled to 2m, and the claws of its forelimbs also turned into human-like five fingers. Biy opened its big mouth, revealing a double layer of terrifying shark-like teeth, and directly pounced on the criminal.
Biy grabbed the criminal's shoulders with both hands and stuffed him into its big mouth. Although the criminal resisted strongly, the gap in strength was too great, so Biy swallowed him alive.
"Ha! Ha! Ha! Papa, I killed another criminal."
Seeing that the criminal was eliminated by her Imperial Arm Biy, Sai Liu's mouth seemed to crack, revealing a ghost-like smile. Even the Garrison members who came to support were frightened pale by Sai Liu's smile.
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"… So, Lin Feng, what are your plans next? Are you going to sign up at the recruitment office?"
Cornelia, with a warm smile on her face, held Lin Feng's hand. Now she can switch between assassin mode and life mode very well.
"Don't worry, now that we're here in the Imperial Capital, let's take a look around first."
Lin Feng said casually, taking relaxed steps.
In fact, he never thought about wasting time being a common soldier. The empire is so dark. By the time he climbed to the position of general, it is estimated that the rebel army would have reached the Imperial Capital.
Just as he thought, when the two passed by the soldiers' recruitment office, they saw a middle-aged uncle wearing a black military uniform.
The uncle had a mustache and heavy dark circles under his eyes.
If someone came to him to sign up, the uncle would casually throw out a form.
"It turns out that you have to start from a first-class soldier? Do you know how powerful I am!" A young man who was not tall, but looked particularly energetic, read the enlistment instructions and shouted out in dissatisfaction.
"Nonsense... And most of them will be assigned to the frontier to fight against foreign races." The uncle with dark circles yawned and said with a nonchalant expression.
The three directions around the empire's territory are ruled by foreign peoples.
The foreign people bordering the northern part of the empire are led by a young man called Numa Seika, the Hero of the North. Their powerful army poses a real threat to the empire. They have crossed the border several times to attack the empire and have also wiped out the Barltus tribe living on the northern border.
The foreigners bordering the southern part of the Empire are characterized by their dark skin.
The foreign tribes bordering the western part of the Empire are monarchical states headed by kings, forming a unique culture represented by advanced alchemy. Long ago, both sides repeatedly fought near the border to expand their territories. A region in the western part of the Empire was seized from the western foreign tribes.
"I don't have much time to waste. Let me show you my skills directly. If you're satisfied, let me be a squad leader!" The young man excitedly pulled out a greatsword from his back, wanting to show off a few moves in front of the middle-aged man.
"Don't joke around! There are already so many recruited soldiers that we need to draw lots to select them! In this era of great depression, there are countless volunteers signing up for the army! How can I have time to watch you all perform tricks!"
The middle-aged man waved his right hand, and two burly soldiers grabbed the young man's shoulders and threw him out.
The glamorous streets of the metropolis attract people from the countryside to come and work hard. However, most people can only live in slums, which are dirty and chaotic.
In order not to be looked down upon as a country bumpkin, Lin Feng took Cornelia to a luxurious clothing store. Not lacking money, he wouldn't be soft when buying clothes. He would pick suitable ones and buy them no matter how expensive they were. Cornelia didn't quite understand why a black lace bra would sell for ten gold coins. What was the meaning of that?
A gorgeously dressed proprietress smelled the scent of money and took the initiative to recommend the clothes in her store. The proprietress's behavior was still polite, and she didn't look down on Lin Feng and Cornelia because they were dressed like outsiders.
Mainly because the proprietress had seen many people. The young man in front of her had short black hair, fair skin, and a handsome and delicate face. His eyes were quite sharp, as if he could see through her inner self.
Judging from the way he casually picked out those clothes, this young man was obviously quite wealthy and not a country bumpkin. He should be a noble from some family out to experience life. After all, there were all kinds of people among the nobles, and it wasn't impossible for some to pretend to be ordinary people and swindle young girls from the countryside.
Cornelia looked at the price tag on the back of the dress and immediately exclaimed:
"Why is the dress in your hand so expensive?"
"This is made of high-quality silk. This dress costs 100 gold coins, and that's after I've already given you a discount." The proprietress said with a smile that wasn't quite a smile.
"Just this one then." Lin Feng picked out a Western-style dress and, ignoring Cornelia's refusal, told her to change into it directly.
Cornelia changed into a pure white Western-style dress, and her fair legs extending from under the skirt were quite alluring.
Lin Feng changed into a black suit similar to that of a noble. 100 gold coins was a bit of a rip-off, but it looked very elegant when worn.
After a brief stroll, Cornelia realized that life in the Imperial Capital was not as good as she had imagined. The prices here were too high.
In this metropolis with extremely severe wealth disparity, many homeless people were lying in the corners of the streets, and the street security was also very poor. There were even people robbing on the streets. An indescribable sense of desolation could be seen in the eyes of the poor.
Afterward, Lin Feng took Cornelia and stopped in front of a luxurious hotel on the main road.
Two waiters in black uniforms, trained at the entrance, took the initiative to welcome Lin Feng to the beautifully decorated hotel front desk!
Lin Feng threw out two gold coins as a tip and then booked a luxurious room for 50 gold coins a night with the front desk staff. Money was no longer a problem for him. The system's advanced shop had a high-level black card. After purchasing it for 50 Dimension Points, he would have the equivalent of ten billion yen in each world, which, after system conversion in the Akame ga Kill world, would be one hundred thousand gold coins.
50 gold coins was enough for a minor noble to spend in the Imperial Capital for a year. However, the rooms in this hotel were very large, and they even came with a hot spring bath that could accommodate 10 people!
For the two of them, who had been traveling a long distance, the first thing they needed was a warm hot bath.
Seeing the large single bathtub, Cornelia cheered and jumped directly into the spring water with her fair, snow-white body, completely naked.
Lin Feng watched as a pair of beautiful breasts floated on the surface of the water, and her pink buttocks and jade arms were wet by the bathwater. His desire was also burning fiercely. He put his arms around her slender waist and began to kiss her passionately.
For her, a woman for the first time, kissing was the most romantic thing. She actively offered her tender, fragrant little tongue for her beloved man to taste, greedily sucking in that surging masculine aura.
"It's so hot!"
After the passionate kiss, Cornelia's small hands kept stroking the sensitive areas of her body, wanting to extinguish the heat in her body.
At this time, the skin all over her body was faintly flushed. The stroking of her hands not only did not reduce the heat in her body, but instead made the situation worse.
Cornelia, consumed by desire, actually took the initiative to pull his big hand and stuff it onto her chest. The desire deep within her body urgently needed the comfort of this bad man.
As Lin Feng's fingertips touched her breasts, surrounded by the elastic and soft flesh, Lin Feng felt that his fingers were about to melt inside her breasts.
Cornelia's feverish delicate body pressed tightly against Lin Feng's body.
Her delicate soft abdomen kept rubbing against Lin Feng's thighs, and her misty blue eyes were filled with sparkling tears.
Before Lin Feng could take the initiative to push Cornelia down, he felt his lower body enter a hot zone.
With the girl being so proactive, Lin Feng naturally couldn't hold back. He grabbed Cornelia's waist with both hands and began to move violently.
In the spacious hot spring room, the sound of rushing water was mixed with the heavy breathing of men and women, and the air filled with water vapor was filled with the scent of lust.
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Two hours later, Cornelia forgot whether she had reached her fifth or sixth climax. Lin Feng also couldn't hold back and released his energy in the hot, tight area, filling the sacred Zi Palace that nurtured life.
The scorching hot liquid, like magma, caused the beautiful girl in climax to convulse all over, completely submerged by the overwhelming pleasure. Her eyes rolled back, and she collapsed into the hot spring. She wasn't killed, but she was knocked unconscious.
After ravaging Cornelia's beautiful body, Lin Feng didn't continue to torment her. He carried her to the soft bed and covered her with a silky smooth quilt. Soon, the exhausted Cornelia fell into a dream.
Lin Feng didn't plan to sleep with the girl in his arms. He took out a black night suit from his ring. After changing his clothes, he turned the doorknob and left the hotel. Walking on the wide main road, he prepared to deal with the root of the Imperial Capital's evil.