3391 Arrived So Quickly

"What?" The queuing commoners immediately broke into a small commotion.

The simple-looking man, even more exasperated, shouted, "How... how can they close the city gates? We, we're in a hurry to leave the city and go home!"

"Yeah, yeah!" Hearing him shout, everyone else started yelling in succession.

"I'm rushing to leave the city to trade goods! How can they close the city gates now!"

"What's going on?"

Everyone whispered and shouted with discontented expressions.

The black-clad youth coldly swept his gaze over them. "It won't take long, half an hour at the most. Even if you can't wait, you must!"

The crowd exchanged glances, looking at each other, muttering a few words under their breath. In the end, they still didn't dare to directly confront His Royal Highness.

The simple-looking man seemed very anxious to leave the city, so he pushed forward through the crowd with his shoulder pole.

His shoulder pole swayed back and forth, bumping into many people. The crowd began to get chaotic, with many people grumbling, shouting, and even some starting to fight due to small frictions.

The simple-looking man kept pushing to the front of the crowd, loudly instigating those around him, "There's no reason not to let people leave the city, we're all in a hurry!"

"Let's all go together, just charge out!"

Several hot-blooded youths, incited by his words, immediately felt their blood rush to their heads and surged towards the city gate.

This surge carried along even those who were originally caught in the crowd and didn't want to cause trouble, pushing them towards the gate.

The black-clad youth frowned. With a raised hand, seventeen or eighteen agile youths surrounded them from all directions, precisely grabbing the instigators in the crowd, tossing them backward, and throwing them onto the ground.

The few hot-blooded youths, who were just full of reckless courage, immediately cried out in agony, falling to the ground and feeling a chill on their scalps.

Looking up again, a blade was already pressed against their necks.

That move was really fast! The few of them shivered.

"Who dares to cause trouble at the North City Gate?"

At this moment, hundreds of city guards also poured down from the city tower. A young city general, leading a group of people, ran over, and sharp long spears surrounded the crowd.

All the noisy sounds immediately ceased.

Those hot-blooded youths who had been acting up and shouting earlier all cowered, shrinking their necks, daring not to make another sound.

The young city general quickly ran to the black-clad youth, cupped his hands in a salute, and said, "Sir, the city gates have been closed."

The black-clad youth nodded, his cold eyes sweeping around, and he said lightly, "Don't make things difficult for them, but if anyone causes trouble, isolate them first."

"It won't be delayed for long."

"Yes." The young city general naturally nodded in agreement.

By this time, the simple-looking man carrying the shoulder pole had retreated into the crowd.

He had an honest and unremarkable appearance and was hidden within the crowd, attracting no attention whatsoever.

At this moment, he lowered his head, one hand touching the corner of his blue cloth jacket, stroking it idly.

Everyone was directed to the sides of the road, looking at each other.

It wasn't even half an hour; it was probably just a little over a quarter of an hour.

First, everyone heard the cry of a phoenix. Looking up, they saw a fiery phoenix, burning like scarlet blood, appearing deep in their vision, dyeing all the clouds in the sky a deep, fiery red.