Chapter 278 The Jealous Lord, the Vampire Remnant and the Dungeon
Night falls.
Silver Birch Manor is brightly lit.
In the study, the candlelight of the brass candlestick is burning, Yeats examines the parchment spread on the desk, his eyes showing deep contemplation.
This is a plan view of the drainage system of Lundu City, with sewer manhole covers, sewage pipes and other facilities marked.
The Blood Clan, and the lair of the Crimson Order.
Hiding in this filthy city sewer.
The candlelight flickered, Yeats rubbed his eyebrows with his fingertips and sighed softly.
Public health in the Middle Ages was a huge problem. Cities often stunk and drains were full of filth. The backward sewage system became a breeding ground for epidemic diseases, leading to the occurrence of terrible diseases such as bubonic plague and the Black Death. spread.
The existence of magic has greatly improved the backward productivity.
In the Atrium Continent, any far-sighted monarch would strongly advocate the construction of public health facilities and drainage systems, and would not hesitate to use extraordinary power for this purpose.
For example, build a rune array in the sewer, drain water regularly, and flush the pipes.
But even so, the city sewer is still a disgusting place. Disease-carrying rats breed bacteria in the moist hotbed. During heavy rains and floods, pipes flood, which is even more of a nightmare scenario.
Some of the plague frogs, giant rats, and slugs that live in the sewers are larger than adults.
This gave birth to a profession among adventurers, the "sewer hunter". They do work that others don't want to do. Although it is dirty, hard, and tiring, and they are often disliked by their peers, the lords are often willing to pay heavy rewards.
Let the dignified earl go to the sewers to investigate the whereabouts of the vampires——
Even the Lionheart King knew that this was very unethical, so he was very hesitant when handing over the commission.
However, it was precisely because this was a hard job that Yeats took the initiative to take the job, which deeply moved Lionheart.
Yeats's gaze fell on the map, with the highlighted position marked in red.
The sewer pipes underground in London are criss-crossed like a huge honeycomb. The Scarlet Society has three suspicious strongholds, scattered in three directions. Yeats is responsible for the investigation of one of them, the Fighting Lion. and military commander William were in charge of the other two routes.
This mission is very dangerous.
If he were to break into the Scarlet Society's lair, it was unclear what kind of back-up the Blood Spider had in store.
After thinking about it, Yeats decided to take Gray with him this time, and the two of them went on this mission together.
Originally, he wanted Ax to take the lead, but Ax was a fire-style boxer. If it caused an explosion in the sewer, it would destroy the engine in a mass.
Gray already has five rings of strength and is blessed by the Dragon God. With her on the road, the safety factor will skyrocket!
Subsequently.
Yeats summons Gray and reveals that this trip into the sewer pipes is a hard and tiring job.
Gray was not pretentious, saying that you have already gone, how can I fall behind?
"But I have a condition!" Gray changed from her normal state and became a little serious.
Yeats raised his eyebrows and said: "What conditions?"
"You can no longer eat the monsters in the sewers." Gray said bitterly, "I know you can remove the germs on them, but... it's still very uncomfortable!"
Yeats has deep synesthesia. Nodding: "What you said makes sense!"
However, this operation may be accompanied by Lieyang Fighting Lion.
If you and Gray don't want to eat it, you can ask Lieyang Fighting Lion to eat it.
If you encounter suitable World of Warcraft ingredients, it won’t be wasted!
"This is for you."
Yeats took out an emerald green cardamom flower and handed it to Gray.
“If you wear it on your body, you won’t be able to smell the stench in the sewer.”
It is said that the reason why medieval nobles were so obsessed with perfume was because of the poor sanitation and stinking of the city. Heaven has a lot to do with it.
Yeats's "Blessing of Green Cardamom" is regarded as the world's top spice, which can emit a pleasant fragrance and form an invisible blessing all over the body.
It is worth mentioning that dirty places such as sewers fall into the category of [Plague Field].
In this kind of place, using spells from [Plague Field] will be more powerful. For example, epidemic rays, stinking clouds, etc. can cause greater threats through "germs" floating in the creative field.
The essence of green cardamom is a youthful and divine means of self-protection. Although it cannot completely change the environment, it can resist germs.
If you reach the realm of the Holy Domain, once the domain is expanded, all forces that do not belong to the domain will be rejected, and because the enemy is not familiar with the rules of the domain, his spellcasting ability in his own domain will also be greatly reduced.
Gray looked at the green cardamom carefully, put it on her chest, nodded with satisfaction, and asked:
"When shall we set off?"
Yeats has already received the order from King Lionheart, and said:
"Tomorrow morning, we will enter the drainage pipe of Lundu City from the [Mouth of Truth] manhole cover, Then follow the map! "
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The Mouth of Truth is a marble manhole cover, resembling a human face, with a nose, eyes, and a big mouth.
Yeats stood in front of the manhole cover and said:
"It is said that if you put your hand into the mouth of the Mouth of Truth, once you tell a lie, the Mouth of Truth will bite his hand. It is quite powerful. Lie detection method."
Gray looked at the manhole cover curiously and asked, "Is it so magical?"
Yeats said with a smile: "The real thing in Rome does have this magic power, but This manhole cover is an imitation of the statue in Rome. "
Rome, the pearl of the Yanin Peninsula, is the seat of the Papal State.
The ancient empire expanded from the city of Rome to the surrounding areas, and eventually established a majestic empire spanning the seven seas.
Its civilization is extremely splendid. To this day, the Shenting Empire still follows the basic construction of the ancient empire, more than a thousand years before Lorraine unified the Atrium Continent.
Listening to Yeats's explanation, Gray seemed to understand, and said calmly:
"You walk behind me, and I will take the lead!"
Open the manhole cover, A stench suddenly hit them, and Gray and Yeats used their flying skills to go deep into the ground.
The vision is dim, the humid air is filled with the smell of decay, and the stone walls on all sides are covered with moss.
The ground is covered with broken bricks and stones, and the water exudes a disgusting stench, with rotten debris and unknown objects floating in it. It has accumulated into turbid pools in low-lying areas, and there are vague creatures swimming under the water.
"Plague frog!" Gray warned.
With a crash, the plague frog with green skin covered with cysts jumped out of the pool, its big pale and silent eyes making people's hair stand on end.
This is a low-level monster, which poses no threat to those with high levels. However, it has a terrible disease that will make people miserable if it is infected!
There was the sound of water one after another. Yeats looked forward along the ditch, his scalp numb. There were actually large and small plague frogs lying on the road in the muddy puddles, exposing their dense backs. He was suffering from trypophobia. The patients are really not friendly enough.
“I didn’t expect that I would have to do the job of a sewer hunter this time——”
Gray muttered, turned to look at Yeats, their eyes met, she raised her eyes, sincerely Said:
"I suggest you close your eyes, because the next scene will make you stomach-churning."
After that, a red dragon's tail condensed from Gray's back.
This dragon tail presents a shadow, but the power contained in it is extremely majestic!
Yeats has experienced the power of this move "Dragon God's Blessing·Dragon Tail". It is a killer weapon to deal with low-level monsters!
I saw Gray lifting the dragon's tail high, and then smashing it down like a toppled giant pillar.
Boom!
The whole sewer was shaking.
None of the infected frogs in the ditch were spared, and were all crushed by the dragon's tail.
Yeats swallowed and said to himself that it was lucky that he didn't have breakfast before coming, otherwise his stomach would be churning by now!
"How is it?" Gray looked at Yeats proudly and asked for credit, "Am I becoming more and more competent as a guard?"
Yeats said helplessly: "I I’m not blaming you for alerting others... If it’s really the blood clan’s lair in front of you, why don’t we tell people clearly that we broke in?”
Gray was stunned, his cheeks flushed with embarrassment, and he coughed lightly. Said: "I started too quickly, I didn't think too much... Well, I'd better listen to your command before taking action."
The deeper we go into the sewer, the darker the light becomes.
Gray was surprised to find that on both sides of the platform higher than the drainage ditch, there were campfires and tents remaining, which were obviously traces of human existence.
"Yeats, how come there are people living here?"
"The homeless cannot even afford the slums, so they live in the sewers. Here, at least they don’t have to worry about being raped. Drive away," Yeats explained.
Hugo mentioned in "Les Miserables" that the sewer is the conscience of a city.
Yeats thought that these words were not only literal, but also provided a place for the homeless to stay.
Gray was thoughtful.
Yeats inspected the sewers and said:
“In this hotbed of plague, there are many people infected with the disease, but many people do not blame the Lord of the Plague and turn to believe in him... It’s like the wanderers don’t blame the harsh environment of the sewers.”
The Lord of Plague is neither a god nor a demon, and there are very few records about him in mythological works. Some scholars believe that He may even be a false god invented by patients to comfort themselves.
The reason is that if a god used the "Black Death" to kill millions of humans, then such a god would have been killed by other gods long ago——
Humans No more, there is a huge gap in the power of faith. It is really hard to imagine that this kind of thing that harms others and ourselves is the work of a god.
Yeats’s eyes flashed slightly.
But what if the Lord of Plague is the "Plague Knight" under Apocalypse?
If there is no punishment for sin, how can the world be pious and worship God?
Yeats shook his head. There is currently no conclusive evidence for these inferences.
But judging from the original plot of the game, the Holy See and the Kingdom of God are definitely not on good terms.
And the plague of the Plague Lord is also an existence that scares many strong people.
Yeats has the blessing of the divinity of light and is not afraid of epidemics; Gray has dragon blood in her body, and the dragon's body has strong immunity.
Through his creative vision, Yeats saw yellow-green light spots floating in the creative field. The power of these "germs" was not enough to penetrate his and Gray's protection.
But the movement may arouse suspicion among the vampires, so they still have to hurry up.
Yeats and Gray followed the map and went deep into the sewers. On the way, they encountered a giant rat the size of a wild boar, eating an unknown corpse. When they heard the movement and looked back, their blood-red eyes were revealed. .
The level of these monsters is not high, and the strongest red-eyed giant rat is only at the leader level. Yeats and Gray killed them easily, and they treated them as eliminating harm for the people.
If there is a four-ring king-level monster in the sewer, then all the monsters in the sewer will respect it. This is determined by the natural laws of the World of Warcraft. There is no room for two kings in one mountain.
Unless there is a powerful enough emperor-level monster that can force the two king monsters to serve it.
Yeats also asked the snow owl to release the king's aura, and paid special attention to confirm that there was no other king monster in the sewer, and then moved forward safely.
The Scarlet Society stronghold recorded on the map is getting closer and closer.
Even the air seems to be a little oppressive.
Yeats smelled the strong smell of blood coming from the front, frowned slightly, and thought to himself, his luck was as bad as ever, there was a one-third chance that he would actually bump into the blood clan's lair!
Zuan Ya said in surprise: "I knew it, Yeats! I will definitely run into trouble if I follow you, and I won't be bored!"
Yeats: "..."
Is this the Internet? The main character’s “troublesome” physique?
A narrow, damp stone staircase appeared ahead, leading deep into the ground.
By the blue light emitted by the alchemy lantern, Gray pointed at the strange words on the stone wall and said in surprise:
"Yeats, look at the wall...what is this written on it?"
Yeats looked at it carefully, and the 'talented linguist' came into play, and said solemnly:
" This is the text of the ancient vampire empire."
Gray was stunned for a moment and said, "You even know such an unpopular text?"
"My magic god's choice talent. , it has something to do with language, as for this ancient blood empire..."
Yeats called out Fetan, the fish of wisdom, and said, "It's your turn to explain!"
The scales of the rainbow salmon are more dazzling than the alchemy lantern, and Yeats thought he could use Fetan as a flashlight.
Feitan said slowly: "In the old era, there were seven empires, namely humans, vampires, elves, dwarves, orcs, snakemen, and dragons."
" Among these races, humans are the weakest. They do not have the physical strength of the orcs, the exquisite skills of the dwarves, or the innate magical talents of the elves."
"However, the rest of the empires are not as strong as the orcs. Buried under the sand of history, the atrium was unified by the weakest human beings.”
"I know, this is because human beings are the most intelligent!" Gray replied.
Feitan glanced at Gray and said calmly:
"No, it's because the human race has the strongest reproductive ability."
Yeats: "..."< br>
This is a reasonable explanation!
"The vampire empire that Yeats just mentioned was established by the ancient vampire aborigines. And the oldest vampires are actually cursed humans..."
Feitan said slowly: ""Genesis" According to records, the ancestors of mankind had two sons. The eldest son committed a serious crime of killing his relatives because of his jealousy. This is also the first recorded crime of "jealousy". >
“Later, the eldest son established the ancient Blood Empire, and the Blood Race respected him as the [Blood King].”
“But the Blood Empire, like the Snake Empire, was eventually annexed by the Human Empire and Destroyed, only the 'Scarlet Syndrome' carrying the Vampire Clan virus continues to this day," Feitan said:
"It can be said that the Vampire Clan transformed from the Scarlet Clan is essentially different from the ancient Vampire Clan. Ancient vampires are already quite rare... Only ancient vampires can use the power of the [Blood King]."
Gray rubbed his chin and analyzed: "So, the Blood King is probably the demon god who corresponds to the sin of [Jealousy] in the Seven Deadly Sins... and the Blood Spider Lord is probably an ancient vampire, so he wants to rebuild it. Blood Empire?"
Yeats and Feitan looked at Gray in surprise.
Gray put her hands on her hips and said, "What do you two mean by the look in your eyes!"
Yeats smiled and said, "It's nothing, I just think your analysis makes sense."
< br>Gray snorted: "After talking so much, you still haven't told me what the writing on the wall is!"
Yeats identified the symbols carved on the stone wall, as if someone had scratched them with sharp nails, and read sentence by sentence:
"'This dark prison makes me long for the sun.'
'The sun is my deadly poison'"
Another sentence reads:
"'Let us build an empire under the sun'"
"'The vampires also have the right to share the sun!'"
The words fell.
Zuan Ya stood on Yeats's shoulder and said in surprise: "Is this written by a vampire? Vampires actually long for the sun!"
"But the sun is harmful to the lives of vampires. ." Gray looked at Yeats, "What do you mean?"
"Smoking is also harmful to human health." Yeats said calmly, "After all, vampires and humans have a deep relationship, and they stay underground for a long time. So I miss the sun - even though it may hurt, I still crave the sun, which is understandable.”
"So, this is most likely the lair of the Scarlet Society, otherwise there wouldn't be such a confession." Gray said sternly, "Be careful, Yeats, I feel that the atmosphere in front is not right!"
< br>Passing through a long and narrow passage, the line of sight suddenly becomes clear.
The dazzling blood-red light temporarily blinded Yeats.
After slowly adapting, Yeats opened his eyes, his pupils contracted, and he was a little shocked.
There is a cliff ahead.
Looking ahead from the cliff, the first thing that comes into view is a huge square. At the end of the square is a hill. Buildings are built on the hill. Crows fly across the sky. The forested castle stands tall on the high ground!
Deep under the ground, there is such an underground city!
"Yeats, look at the sky!" Gray's voice could not conceal the shock.
There is a blood-red ball hanging in the "sky".
Just like an artificial sun, the blood-red ball of light emitted scarlet light and enveloped the entire underground city!
The blood sun volleying in the sky can provide the vampires with the necessary light source for life, but it will not cause damage like sunlight.
This is already the work of Master Six Rings.
Yeats took a deep breath and immediately injected mana into the communication rune stone to convey his position.
However, when Yeats and others arrived, the underground city shook as if it were alive.
Boom——
The ground shook, and the huge square in front cracked with a crack.
A giant red scorpion with bloody spines all over its body. Its tail spines are inlaid with sword-shaped cone-shaped rubies. Under the reflection of the bloody sun, its eyes shine with scarlet light, like a war beast protecting the country. Showing its majestic pressure!
Emperor-level monster, the blood-red giant scorpion!
Yeats breathed a sigh of relief.
With such a large formation, I thought it was an emperor-level monster.
It's just an emperor-level monster, which is easy to deal with, and the materials can also help Snow Owl's promotion!
“I didn’t expect that there is such a monster hidden in the underground of Lundu City!” Gray exclaimed.
"I'll go with you, Gray, as long as we can kill this giant scorpion..."
Yeats' eyes were blazing.
“People all over the city will be grateful!”
(End of this chapter)