“Just relax. As soon as I can see the city walls, I’ll let you go immediately. I swear by the God I believe in that I won’t hand you over to the city lord!” In order to get these two guys to lead me out of the Forgotten Mountains, I had no choice but to bring up God. Although I wasn’t sure if that was a thing here.

“God? Hero, are you from the Church? Alright! People from the Church never swear by their God lightly.” Rice Dumpling, who was kowtowing, actually believed me the moment he heard me swear by God.

Damn! They believe in God here too? Isn’t that a bit much? And it seems like He has a pretty good reputation here. Could they really be worried about God? While doubting, I helped Rice Dumpling up.

“Actually... Hero, the city isn’t far from here, only about three days’ journey. It’s just that no one dares to come in here, so... as long as you follow the arrows on the trees, you can get out.” Rice Dumpling walked over to a tree and bumped his head against a mark on it. Judging by the look of the mark, it was carved just a few days ago. I nodded.

The other Rice Dumpling saw me nod and immediately came over, saying, “We just carved these when we came here. Hero, please let us go now.”

Hmph! Let you go? Then where would I collect my reward? No money? Would the beauties in the city even look at me? Don’t you know how realistic women are these days? Who cares what you look like? Even if you’re bald, pot-bellied, reek of body odor, have rotten teeth, and a face full of pimples! Or maybe you’re even an alien reincarnated! As long as you have money! The girls will still throw themselves at you.

“H-Hero... why do your eyes look so wicked? You swore by God, remember?” Rice Dumpling No.1 looked at my slightly upturned lips and the gleam in my eyes, and asked in a trembling voice.

“Hehe... Sorry! God is for those who believe in Him! As for me~~~ hmph! I worship money!” With that, I raised my steel sword and walked toward the two of them with a smile.

“You... you... save... ah...” “Ah...”

Covered in blood, I stood smiling with my steel sword in hand, looking at the two headless corpses on the ground. The two lifeless bodies were still twitching unconsciously. Looks like killing is something you can get used to. I remember the first time I killed someone on Earth, I threw up a lot. This time, although my stomach was uncomfortable, at least I didn’t embarrass myself by vomiting uncontrollably like last time.

I took out a change of clothes, put on a clean set, and washed my face with some water I had brought. Then, suppressing my nausea, I wrapped the two unavenged heads in a piece of cloth.

Not long after I left the scene, I heard a series of roars coming from there. Judging by the volume, the magical beasts making those sounds probably weren’t small.

I’d better run. If I’m not careful, I might end up as food for the beasts too. That would be a huge loss.

Three days. After three days of braving the elements, I finally saw the city walls. They were a hundred meters tall, lined with all kinds of projectile weapons. Although they looked strange, I could still tell they were some kind of bows and arrows.

“Halt! Where did you come from?” As soon as I reached the city gate, a guard pointed a long spear at me and asked.

Damn! The Forgotten Mountains are right behind me—where do you think I came from? Are those holes under your eyebrows just for breathing? I cursed the guard in my heart, but immediately nodded and bowed, saying, “Sir, I’m a resident of the Forgotten Mountains. I risked my life to come out this time just to enter the city and trade for some things to take back.”

“Sir? That’s a nice title. Since you’re from the Forgotten Mountains, have you seen these two people?” The guard at the gate, hearing me call him “sir,” immediately put on the air of a landlord, picked up two wanted posters from the table beside him, and showed them to me.

“No, never seen them...” Looking at the two guys I had just killed in the pictures, I shook my head at once.

The guard, hearing this, waved me off impatiently: “Go in, and behave yourself in the city. Don’t cause trouble.”

“Yes, sir, yes, sir.” I bowed repeatedly, looking even more servile than a lapdog as I entered the city gate.

A city is a city! It was even livelier than the streets in those ancient idol dramas on TV, bustling with people and traffic everywhere.

Hmm! According to TV shows, this is the time to go to a restaurant to gather information. Even though I can’t read the writing in this world, well~~~! As long as it’s a restaurant or inn, there’s bound to be a lot of customers, and only these places have the aroma of food wafting out.

Relying on my keen nose, it didn’t take long for me to find a two-story wooden restaurant.

“Just bring me some of your signature dishes.” After entering, I found an empty table and gave my order to the waiter who followed me.

Soon, the waiter brought a bottle of wine and several side dishes to my table, carefully arranging them for me.