038 Ordnance
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Under the intimidation of all kinds of cruel torture instruments, the little accountant named Dent couldn't hold on, and shook out all the things Gordon wanted to know.
The sewers have been occupied by the Ritter family for half a year. They turned it into an intricate underground castle. Since August, various goods have been transported here every day and hoarded. Then I waited for the day of the harvest festival, and took advantage of the lax inspection of the festival to transport all the goods onto the ship and smuggle them out.
Gordon picked up Dent's ledger, flipped through two pages, and asked, "Tin cans, clothes needles, clothes poles...... The Ritter family has spent so much effort, is it trying to smuggle these daily groceries out? Please don't insult my IQ. Honestly, what do these words really mean? β
"I ...... I really don't know......" Dint's teeth chattered, clearly in a dilemma.
"Look at my eyes," Gordon pointed to his eyes, his black eyes now shrouded in a layer of lilac magic, "If you don't know magic, then I tell you, it's a spell 'Detect Mind', it can let me know what you're thinking, even if it's when you peeked at your female neighbor taking a bath in your childhood, I know all about it, so don't lie to me, or I wouldn't mind testing your flesh with those torture instruments to see if it's as tough as a troll." β
"How do you know I peeked at my neighbor Aunt Rowling taking a shower......" Dent was frightened.
Gordon was speechless. He just said it casually, who knew that he was really right. Maybe every teenager has spied on their next-door female neighbor during their adolescence? Of course, the detective mind was not as powerful as Gordon said, he was just scaring Dent. This spell can only detect the shallow minds of intelligent creatures, and cannot unearth the secrets hidden deep inside.
Gordon's words worked, though. Dint had no understanding of the power of magic, only knew that the mage was a mysterious and terrifying guy, and he was afraid that Gordon would shake out all his secrets, so he said honestly: "Master Mage, the tin can refers to heavy full-body armor, the sewing needle is a crossbow, the silk thread is a military crossbow, the clothes pole is a spear, and the kitchen knife is a two-handed sword in the field......"
"It's all armament?!" Gordon gasped.
He looked at the number of weapons and equipment recorded in the ledger, and it was now enough to arm an army!
That's a big deal! What do the Ritter family want to do with so many weapons they have secretly built and smuggled them out?
A terrible conjecture rose in his mind, like a black shadow, lingering.
"Where are these ordnance going to be shipped to the ship after they are loaded onto the ship?" Gordon took a deep breath to calm his mood down, and then asked.
"I really don't know this," Dint wept sadly, "the ships carrying the goods come from the south, and I have only heard from the southerners that after they leave the city, they will go east along the Bishui River to the endless ocean. β
Gordon found out the geographical information in his mind and sketched a map of Peking University 6.
Heading east after going to sea? It can't be, there's nothing there, except for the vast, endless ocean.
To the south? Wouldn't that be an extra move? Just turn directly at the confluence of the Bishui River and the Kenwa Canal, so why go around so much?
Then it can only go north.
At this time, Shella, who was completely relieved, walked out of the bedroom and came to Gordon's side, she glanced at Dent lying on the ground with disdain, and asked, "Mr. Gordon, are you done asking?" I also wanted to ask him a question. β
"Please." Gordon nodded.
Shellaya walked up to Dent, and in her moon-like pupils, anger was boiling and burning: "Bastard, where are my weapons and armor?" Where are you hiding? β
"Big Mane took them all to the warehouse duty room." Dent shrank his neck, but his eyes couldn't help but glance at Wang Shella's wet chest.
"Is it pretty?" Shella's smile suddenly broke out.
"Beautiful...... Dent nodded in a trance.
"It's a pity," Shellaya twisted Dint's head with a sharp twist, "and you'll never see it again." β
Dint's neck was crooked and he was out of breath. No matter how attractive her figure is and how delicate her face is, Shellaya has been in the adventure group for several years, and she is an adventurer with rich experience, and she will never blink an eye when she kills people.
"You're really ......," Gordon didn't know what to say.
"Mr. Gordon, haven't you already finished asking? In that case, he has no value. If you are merciful and leave his life behind, I am afraid that there will be hidden dangers. β
Actually, I had planned to kill people for a long time, and I was going to use a strong acid arrow of Ma Youfu to destroy the corpse, but who knew that Miss Ranger you were the first to make a move, and I also robbed a few of my experience points.
Gordon thought about it, but decided not to say what was in his heart.
"Forget it, let's go. I'm going to continue my investigation in the sewers, are you leaving on your own, or are you going to follow me? β
"You are my savior, Mr. Gordon." Shella's beautiful eyes locked on Gordon's cheeks, and that hot gaze made the mage who was not a chick feel a little uncomfortable, "I think my ranger skills can help you a little." But first, I need to get my gear back. β
"It's for the best." Gordon naturally agreed to Shella's request.
Although the Ranger is not a class that specializes in stealth like the Wanderer, it is still better than the Mage in searching and listening and infiltrating these subjects. This is because most spells have a noticeable sound and light effect when cast. Usually this is cool, but when you need to sneak in, it's inconvenient.
The two teamed up to hide Dent's body and left the tent.
Turning a few alleys, Gordon and Shellaya came to the main trunk of the sewers. The tributaries converge into a dark river about five meters wide, flowing and rushing forward.
The water of the river emitted an indescribable stench, like the smell of a stinky salted fish in a boot and then exposed to the sun for three days. The murky and black surface of the river is filled with all kinds of garbage and filth. There were even swollen carcasses of humans and animals, rising and falling in the water.
Shellreya couldn't help but look at it, she was afraid that a slight glance at the disgusting scene would make her swallow her breakfast. The half-elves also inherited the elves' love of nature, beauty, and neatness, and especially could not tolerate this dirty environment.
It was also courageous for this half-elf girl to come forward and walk with Gordon.
As a ranger, Shella's perception attribute is definitely much stronger than that of Gordon, a mage, she walks in front and is responsible for pathfinding, and Gordon is also very considerate to cast spells that increase her sense of sight and hearing.
Following the direction of Dent's confession, the two soon found the location of the warehouse. The outlet of the river is not far away, and the decaying barbed wire keeps the garbage from flowing into the river. Through this exit, Gordon saw five three-masted cargo ships with a displacement of about 1,000 tons docked on the dock outside.
The Ritter family had been operating in this sewer for a long time, and they actually carved out a large vacant lot, and then planned four warehouse areas with temporary isolation of wooden planks to store various goods. Many stout men in short coats, in groups of three or five, went in and out, moving heavy boxes out one by one.
"The coolies who move the boxes are in batches of five minutes. A three-person patrol with knives passes every ten minutes. Shellaya watched intently as people came in and out.
Seizing the gap, she took Gordon Shun to avoid many eyes and ears and sneaked into the duty room.
In the empty room, Shellaya saw things piled up in the corner, which belonged to her. She couldn't help but whisper, and then ran over with a smile on her face. Bracers, leg guards, skirt armor, and cuirass, all dressed neatly, and then put the quiver and longbow on their backs, and the beautiful and capable ranger is back.
Although it was a pity that she could no longer see Shella's beautiful figure under the cover of light clothes, Gordon quickly turned her attention to serious things.
Leaving the room, the two quietly entered the warehouse with the lingua franca "four" number on it. Gordon stopped in front of a cedar box about two meters long and one meter wide. He didn't find the crowbar, or even if he did, it would have taken a lot of effort to pry open the box with his strength.
So Gordon still chose the most labor-saving method.
"Percussion!"
With a light touch on the wooden box, the rivets on the box that were originally nailed to death suddenly fell off, and Gordon easily lifted the lid of the box: "It's as simple as peeling an eggshell." β
Putting aside the straw filling, Gordon finally saw what was inside the box: a full-body armor. He rubbed the surface of the armor gentlyβrough, dull in color, apparently unpolished and polished. Of course, this only lowers the aesthetics of the armor by a notch, but it does not hinder its protective performance.
However, Gordon had a problem, the size of this set of full-body armor did not seem to be suitable for human wear.
An ordinary human soldier who is between 1.7 and 1.85 meters tall. Tong guΓ² adjusts the attachment straps and elastic fasteners on the armor, and the armor supplied to the army in bulk in the blacksmith's workshop can be worn by soldiers of this height range.
But the set of full-body armor in front of Gordon should have been made for tall and strong humanoids that were more than two meters tall. Moreover, the thickness of the entire set of armor is thirty percent thicker than that of ordinary human armor. Such a size, such a weight, is obviously not something that a human soldier can wear.
"It seems that my guess is correct. This armor, including all the weapons, is for the orcs! Gordon's face became more and more serious, "This batch of ordnance was loaded onto the ship, and taking advantage of the lax garrison of the harvest festival, it was smuggled out of the city, all the way east, out to sea, and then turned north, and landed in the barren tundra...... It's so dangerous, if I hadn't happened to show up, I'm afraid that this winter, the entire Far Frost Province would face an orc army armed with sophisticated human weapons. β
"You have to do everything you can to inform the others!"
At this moment, Shellaya whispered, "Someone is coming, hide!" β
Gordon hurriedly closed the lid of the box, and then was pulled by Shella, and both of them squeezed into a dark corner in the corner of the warehouse.