So the crowd began to move separately. Asker took the metro to the northern part of Constantinople, at the foot of the Fifth Hill, at the door of a half-sunken house called Aspa (Cistern_of_Aspar).

He knocked on the door.

"Under the Eagle's Wings." The man behind the door said in a low voice.

"There will be shadows." Aske replied.

The door opened, and a bald man in tight leather armor came out, wearing a one-sided blindfold, and the other intact eye looked at Asker, and said vigilantly:

"I don't know you, boy."

"But I know you, Mastro." Asker smiled disapprerovingly, "I heard that Constantinople is the queen of all cities, the trade point between the East and the West, and half of the goods in the world can be bought in Constantinople. The other half of the contraband that is not available on the market can be purchased from the black market of the Thieves' Guild in Constantinople. ”

"How did you find here?" Mastro didn't care about his compliment, but asked rhetorically.

"Acquaintance introduction." Asker said.

"Oh, are you going to make up a name I've never heard before, and then swear that he and our guild's so-and-so are friends of life and death?" Mastro's eyes swirled over him, and his gaze fell on the silver pistol at his waist, "Imperial Eagle...... Those who can use this kind of 'hand cannon' are either idiots or masters. ”

"And what do you think I'm like that?" Asker asked.

"If you're an idiot, you won't find here." Mastro spat rudely on the ground, "But I probably believe you're not a spy for the Church, or a spy for the royal family...... At least they're not stupid enough to take an Imperial Eagle out and hang out with a swagger. ”

"Yes, I also know that your Thieves' Guild is using the 'Sunken Palace' in Constantinople as a base." Asker said unceremoniously, "If I were from the church or the royal family, you would have been eliminated long ago." ”

"Come in." Mastro stepped out of the way, looking as if he had let his guard down, "Don't blame me for being killed." ”

"I believe I'm capable enough to protect myself." Aske smiled disapprovingly.

The thieves' guilds in every city are located in places that are unimaginable to ordinary people. In Constantinople, for example, the local thieves' guild was located in the "sunken palace", which was actually a cluster of cisterns in the city of Solomon.

In modern siege warfare, the city walls are far from being the last line of defense for the defenders. The modern urban environment of high-rise buildings and a network of subways can turn into a nightmare for any besieging city. As a result, besieging sides often resort to demoralizing the defenders, such as cutting off power, water, and food supplies.

In terms of water supply alone, Constantinople did the same thing as the ancient Solomons. That is, a large number of reservoirs were dug and at the same time water was diverted to the depths of the Black Sea as a supply. These cisterns were built by the Eastern Solomonic people in the style of the ancient Solomonic culverts, with towering Corinthian and Doric columns, beautiful curvilinear domed cloisters, and all the decorations that would have been expected of an ancient Solomon's palace.

The only thing that differs from normal palaces is that a third of the height of these underground palaces is flooded and there are more than 20 kilometers of aqueducts connected to each other. Of course, the waterway has also been built into a 9-meter-high corridor, which can be easily crossed by anyone by boat.

The thieves' guilds of Constantinople were set up in the depths of these "sunken palaces". Mastro himself supported the boat in the bow, while Aske sat in the stern of the boat, gazing at the stone pillars and dark water in the distance. In some places there were lights, others in impermeable darkness, and Mastro placed a high-powered searchlight with batteries in the bow to illuminate the direction of the ship ahead.

Asker looked down and could clearly see schools of fish migrating in the water next to the boat. Apparently the thieves' guild threw a large number of fry into the cistern, so that even if they didn't leave the "sunken palace", they could at least be self-sufficient in terms of food. This is ...... To say that there was no PY deal between the Thieves' Guild and the Constantinople Water Company, Asker would not believe it.

After about half an hour, the ship gradually sailed towards a large, dimly lit palace. Here, modeled after the city of Venice, the Thieves' Guild drove wooden stakes deep into the water and covered them with stone slabs coated with anti-cement grout, thus creating a miniature city out of thin air on the water - here they even had their own blacksmith shop, vegetable market, clinic, and security bureau, all bathed in a variety of colored lights (using the Thieves' Guild's own oil-burning generator), and the sparkling water in the distance, giving everything a bizarre and dreamlike feel.

"There's a newcomer!" Mastro propped the boat up to the edge of the dock and jumped onto the stone slab, "Old Solo! Send him a pass badge! ”

Some scruffy old man came running up to him, flatteringly pulled out a mouse-shaped badge, pinned it to Asker's cotton collar, and reached out to wipe the greasy surface.

"How's that!" Mastro waved his arms in an inexplicably proud tone, "This is the 'sunken palace' of our Thieves' Guild!" Comparable to the eighth wonder of the world! You are one of the few people who is lucky enough to live to see it. ”

"It's shocking." "Especially when I see you guys raising fish here. ”

"Hahaha." "Not only do we raise fish, but we also have a 'waste purification system' here, otherwise all the princes and nobles of Constantinople will drink our urine!" ”

The so-called "excrement purification circulation system" is actually a composting ...... In the center of the underground palace there is a patio with outside light shining down from above. According to Mastro, this patio connected up to the Second Hill of Constantinople and provided ventilation and light throughout the underground palace. The thieves' guild piles dirt where the light can reach, next to the compost of excrement, ferments it into fertilizer, and grows hops on the soil. As a result, alcohol can barely be self-sufficient.

I'm really convinced by your game planners...... Aske thought blankly. Over there, Mastro was about to lead him to more places with great interest, and Aske hurriedly said what he meant:

"I'm here to buy something."

"Oh, you've got the right place, kid." Marcello grinned with a mouthful of big yellow teeth, "We have all kinds of contraband here, as long as you can afford it." ”

Asker pulled out a piece of paper, on which he had already written the goods he wanted to purchase. Mastro took it and read:

"The water of the river in the Gal Gorge of West Francia...... Cyris Eden ...... It should be no problem, we have channels from the West. A spoonful of Corfu olive oil? We sell it by the bucket, so we'll give it to you after a scoop...... Geoduck in the Bay of Basnia? Hehe, you kid has something unspeakable. ”

"Nope." Aske shook his head and said, "These are spiritual materials. ”

"Of course I know these are spiritual materials." Mastro said disdainfully, "If it's not a spiritual material, who would even indicate the place of origin?" However, these ingredients are not in the same potion recipe. Actually, all you want to buy is geoduck, right? Mixing in other materials in an attempt to confuse us, Master Achilles, this is not a sign of trusting us. ”

"You know me?" Aske wondered.

"We know all the nobles in the city." Mastro added, "Especially the rich aristocracy." In fact, on the day you sold the two shops to the church, we wrote down your name with the intention of visiting the thousand pounds of cash in your pocket......"

"Didn't I send them in advance?" Asker made a joke.

"Yes, yes." Mastro also muttered, "It's better to make money by selling you contraband than to take money out of your pocket and get beaten to death." We don't want to repeat the vampire's fate. ”

"So you can provide the spiritual materials on this paper, right?" Asker asked in confirmation.

"Two won't work." "Golden-striped leeches, Vera's Eagle, we don't have a clue about this. ”

"I have a clue." "Vera's eagles like to nest in high places. As far as I know, there are their nests at the top of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, as well as at the top of the Golden Consul. The Vera Eagle likes to add its own feathers to the nesting material, so that the young birds can become familiar with the scent of their parents as soon as they break out of their shells. ”

"Hagia Sophia, the Golden Consul Palace, are not easy places to reach." Mastro laughed.

"Yes, Hagia Sophia is above the head of the Orthodox Church, and I believe you dare not go there. But there is no problem with the Golden Consul Palace. Aske said, "Your Thieves' Guild should have a talent for the Shadow Sequence, I heard that the transcendents of this Sequence are especially fond of climbing high places to see the scenery, and then take a leap of faith?" ”

"Climbing to a high place to see the scenery occasionally happens, but you don't dare to take a leap of faith." A voice behind him said, "If you fail to escape into the shadows, won't you fall on the spot and break your head?" ”

Asker turned his head and saw a young girl standing behind him, leaning leisurely against the wall of the house, playing with a dagger in her hand.

"This is ......," Asker looked at Mastro.

"Mia. Sinqui Marni. "Our new thief is also the supernatural ability of Shadow I. ”

"Climb to the top of the Golden Consul Palace and take the feathers of the Eagle of Vera, can you do it?" Aske asked the girl, "100 pounds." ”

"No problem." The girl said.

This guy's voice is a little familiar...... Asker thought silently for a moment, and said tentatively: "Justice X? ”

"Is that you?" The girl also reacted, and then chuckled, "It turns out that you bought my formula this afternoon." No wonder, in fact, I should have thought of it when I heard the Eagle of Vera. Justice sequence, huh...... If it weren't for the fact that this potion didn't fit my profession, I would have kept it for myself. ”

"Aren't the shadow sequences and the justice sequences conflicting?" Aske was surprised and said, "There is no bloodline that contains these two sequences, huh?" ”

"Conflict? Blood? The girl frowned, obviously not hearing these two words.

"Conflict refers to taking a potion of a new sequence and clashing with the original sequence in the body. Bloodlines refer to the fusion of potions of different sequences. Mastro said solemnly, "Mia, how did I not know about the recipe for the Sequence of Justice?" ”

"Ahem, I picked up the ...... from the palace last week," Mia stuck out her tongue.

"All transcendent items must be reported to me before they are touched, didn't I emphasize that to you?" Mastro suddenly burst into flames, "Don't say anything else, just with your half-understood extraordinary knowledge, if you really secretly made and took the Potion of Justice, the mutation would have been out of control at this time!" ”

"Got it, got it." Mia knew that she was wrong, but she was still a little unconvinced.

"At her age, her personality is like this." Aske said with the attitude of a passerby, "If you don't let her do anything, she will do it." It's like a stubborn donkey, leading and not leaving, fighting backwards. You give her a difficult task, and she immediately forgets about it. ”

"Hey! Who do you say is a stubborn donkey! Mia was furious.