"This is a tavern belonging to the Doro Chamber of Commerce?" Moriarty withdrew her gaze from the hanging wooden plaque and looked at Eve.

"It's not. We also have some industries besides caravan trade, but we have not developed a tavern business. Eve shook her head affirmatively.

"Well, that's okay. If you're sure this is where the 'stock' is, let's go inside. ”

Moriarty nodded and prepared to push the door open. But apparently Guderian was quicker, and he was the first to pop open the door of the house and shout for joy and enter.

The tavern was dark, except for the silhouettes of the interior that could be faintly discerned in the rising moonlight. Moriarty summoned a small ball of fire, which hovered overhead as illumination. Seeing this, Eve could only secretly sigh at the convenience of mage professionals.

Looking around, the tavern is not very large, but it is reasonably arranged, but it is clear that it has been ravaged by demons, and many of the furnishings, tables, chairs, and wine storage have been destroyed. The dwarf immediately pounced on the bar in the depths of the tavern, shouting "fire reconnaissance" as he looked around for the locations of the bottles that were still in good condition, and jotted them down to be collected.

"Where's what you're looking for?"

There was nothing unusual about the qiē in the tavern, it was just an ordinary wine shop in an ordinary town, and Moriarty could only wait for Eve to explain.

"Something... Behind that. Eve continued to inspect the room before suddenly pointing to a wine cabinet against the wall.

"Tchaikov, move it away." Moriarty said to Naga.

"Okay."

The wine cabinet is two meters high. But it's not easy in front of Naga. Without even bothering to look for a mechanism, Tchaikov just pressed against the edge of the cabinet and pushed it gently, and a cracking sound was heard, and then the entire wine cabinet was pushed away from the wall. Fortunately, the wine bottles on the cabinet have long been emptied or emptied, otherwise it will be so violent-demolition, and the dwarf who loves wine will have to fight with Naga.

The wine cabinet was removed, and a breeze blew through the tavern, revealing a neat rectangular black hole behind the cabinet.

"Chamber of Secrets!"

Dwarves are born to dig holes and explore treasures, not to mention the "treasures" in the tavern, and maybe there is some kind of excellent aging hidden in them. I immediately planned to go into the cave. However, he was stopped by Moriarty.

"Miss Eve. Please lead the way. Moriarty gestured to the hole.

"Okay."

Gritting her teeth, Eve had to be brave enough to walk into the black hole first. Fortunately, Moriarty immediately followed, and the light of the small fireball illuminated her path under her feet.

Unsurprisingly, the path behind the cave is sloping downward. Climb a row of narrow dirt steps. lest you fall. Eve had to hold on to the rough dirt wall and walk slowly. It descended a distance of about five meters vertically. At the end of the stairs, there was finally an underground space more than one person high, but more than 30 square meters. There are also a few torches planted in the earthen wall of the space.

The small fireball rotated around, and the torches were lit up one by one, and the qiē in the space immediately became clear and abnormal.

I saw rows of wooden shelves lining the walls in the basement. The shelves are filled with objects tightly wrapped in tarpaulin. On the earthen wall in the far corner, there were more than a dozen brand-new wooden crossbows, but none of them were wound.

Moriarty took an oilcloth bag and opened it, revealing an iron sword with a cold light and a proper oil seal. At the same time, the dwarf curiously ripped open the package that had been bundled into a roll at the bottom of the shelf, only to see that it was full of arrows made of still steel. And there are as many as seven or eight such bundles and packages in the basement, not to mention nearly a thousand crossbow arrows.

"That's what you're looking for?" Gently stroking the blade of the iron sword in his hand, he felt cold. This kind of quality has reached the standard of high-quality military industry, and can be sold at a high price in the market, but it is also a prohibited item. Moriarty looked at Eve strangely: "I remember, there doesn't seem to be an ordnance factory under the name of the Dora Chamber of Commerce, right?" ”

"This... I don't know. That's not what I'm looking for. ”

Eve's expression was equally shocked, as if she really didn't know that there were so many sophisticated weapons here. The inventory in this basement alone could easily equip a hundred-man brigade. And this scale of private weapons collection does not seem to be explained by petty black market "arms" smuggling, but more like a hidden military supply base.

"Your Excellency, there's a small door there." At this moment, Tchaikov, who was short on the side, pointed to the earthen wall behind a shelf, and there was indeed a door-shaped shadow under the mottled firelight.

"Miss Eve, please."

Moriarty put down the tarpaulin and iron sword in his hand, and made a "please" gesture with a smile. Eve had to press down the surprise in her heart first and walked to the back of the shelf. It was indeed a closed wooden door, but it was unlocked, and the woman opened it with a slight pull. Behind the door, there is another downward earth staircase.

"Let the Warhammer squad come down a few and watch this level."

Instead of going down immediately, Moriarty ordered Guderian to call someone. Soon, a small group of dwarven warriors was summoned. It was directly divided into two groups, one of which stayed to watch the basement floor, and the other group followed Moriarty and others to continue down.

Continuing down through the wooden door behind the shelf, it was also a deep and damp passage, and even the dirt steps were even narrower, so that Naga could only shrink as far as he could.

After another five meters of vertical descent, it reached a new floor, which was also a rectangular basement, but half the size of the basement. The torches on the wall were lit for the first time, and what appeared in front of everyone was seven sets of exquisite full-body armor that shimmered with oil, all of which were assembled on their respective shelves and erected in human form.

"It's all heavy armor made of 100 steel, but the old and new look different, and the maintenance is very good." Dwarves are masters of metal weaponry, and Guderian just spun around and quickly gave expert advice.

"Miss Eve, seven sets of steel armor worth at least seven knights' manors. I'm getting more and more interested in the business of the Dora Chamber of Commerce. As an alchemist, Moriarty is also proficient in the art of armor, and he can see that these armors are heavy armor that can only be carried by professionals above the middle level warrior: "You see, there is also a set of Standwell Morning Star Armor, it seems that you and Duke Steve are also quite close friends." As he spoke, Moriarty pointed to the most majestic steel armor in the center, which was given to Viscount Salk by the Ensberg family.

"Your Excellency, would you believe me if I said that it was the first time I had heard of such things?" In the flickering firelight, Eve looked at Moriarty helplessly and somewhat pitifully, and said softly.

"Oh, so the armor here plus the superior layer of sophisticated weapons isn't what you're looking for?" Moriarty frowned slightly.

"Unfortunately, no."

Eve sighed softly. According to the agreement, except for what she really wanted to find, all other Qiē in Soskene would become the trophy of the young man in front of her. And the sword crossbow on the first layer before, plus the seven sets of fine armor here, the preliminary estimate of the total price will exceed 100,000 kingdom gold coins. In other words, in addition to the initial 10,000 gold coins "labor fee" and the Blood Earl who has not yet seen the shadow, the Doro Chamber of Commerce will take advantage of this batch of expensive and extremely difficult to obtain arms. If such a loss is placed in the ordinary chamber of commerce, it can be declared bankrupt directly. But now Eve has doubts about the true core of her own chamber of commerce, and when this is over, she must ask her father what is going on when she returns to the club.

"Moti, there seems to be a door behind that set of "Milan Dott Liga"! ”

At this time, Guderian, who was looking around, found a new passage to other areas. Then, Tchaikov swung open the armor that covered the passage, revealing the same small door as before. Behind the door, there is still a downward staircase.

"Miss Eve?"

There is a third floor behind two basements in a row, and this kind of excavation is not a matter of one or two days or even a year or two. After all, it has been more than ten meters underground, and it is quite difficult to go down whether it is groundwater, ventilation, or to prevent collapse.

"Let's go down."

Now that he could only continue to bury his head down, looking at Moriarty, whose expression was becoming more and more indifferent but his eyes were as sharp as a knife, Eve had no choice but to accept his fate and take the lead again.

It was a similar earthen staircase, descending about five meters, and in front of it was a narrow space the size of a single room. This time, there was no need for Moriarty to light the torches with small fireballs, and Eve could clearly see that in the middle of the "single room" was an altar made of fine marble, and in the center of the altar was placed a quaint-looking golden cup that constantly emitted a little starlight, illuminating the surrounding qiē. And inside the golden cup, there is also some clear liquid. Even if you don't get close, you can already feel the rich divine aura released from the cup.

Behind the altar, along the earthen wall, a black coffin was erected. On the lid of the coffin, there is a silver "cross" inscribed, but I don't know if it has been blurred by time, and the silver cross has been missing.

As if he had finally found that a life had finally stepped into the third floor of the basement, suddenly, a dull sound of light tapping came from the closed black coffin, and even the entire coffin began to vibrate gently.

However, it seems that he also noticed the abnormal movement of the black coffin, and the golden cup of the altar was inexplicably bright. I saw a divine starlight shining, countless tiny star chips flew up from the cup, and then slowly landed on the coffin. Then, the silver cross on the wooden lid flashed silently, and a set of illusory cross-cross silver chains appeared on the surface of the coffin, and then tightened violently. Immediately, the sound coming from inside the coffin was interrupted, and the coffin returned to its stillness.

"Your Excellency, that... Cup... That's what I'm looking for. Suppressing the excitement in her heart, Eve looked at Moriarty and said cautiously.

At the same time, a faint shadow appeared behind Moriarty. (To be continued......)