Chapter Ninety-Eight: Little Lucy's Surprise
"Found it!"
"Where?"
"Sewers!"
"Sewers?"
Carl's first reaction was that there were sewers in medieval cities, but then he reacted that this was not the real Middle Ages, but a world of magic, vindictiveness, and magic, and it was not strange that there were sewers under the city.
"I went to a lot of places today and looked at a lot of hidden houses, but it didn't seem to be suitable, as long as the sewers under the city met our requirements!"
Little Lucy said seriously: "It's not what you think, the sewers in the Silver Tide City are not the kind of small ditches and small pipes, but a very large and huge labyrinth, the sewer pipes are very spacious, spacious enough to run horse-drawn carriages! There are still many homeless people living in it!"
"When I was a child, I heard my grandmother and mother tell me that the sewers of the Silver Tide City were built during the days of the Ancient Magic Empire! I heard that those crazy mages drove a huge monster called the 'Starlight Earthworm' to dig many, many holes underground, and those holes were so deep that they led to the dark world underground!"
"There is also a legend that there is not only a huge network of sewers under the Silver Tide City, but also a huge underground labyrinth, which is said to be a replica of the Silver Tide City on the ground, and like a mirror, everything inside corresponds to the Silver Tide City!"
"Of course, this is just a legend, and no one has discovered it for so many years, so it must be fake. However, many years ago, the sewers were indeed a lively city, haha, but not a city of us humans, but a city of soft mud monsters, lizardmen, goblins, kobolds, diggers, and so on!"
Needless to say, these monsters must have been cleared of by the church and the knights. Carl had also played a few games before and knew that Sewers was a good leveling map for the beginner area, with all kinds of monsters to kill.
Reality is a game, though. Monsters also need territory and food to survive, and it takes time to reproduce and grow, and it is impossible to refresh indefinitely, so under the regular clearing and processing of humans on the surface from generation to generation, the range of activities of monsters will definitely be extremely compressed, and eventually disappear.
"I know that there is a place that is very safe and hidden, and ordinary people will never find it!"
Little Lucy said this, couldn't help but pause, lowered her voice, and said a little embarrassed: "That place is where my father used to hide the goods, it's very safe......"
Little Lucy said a lot of words, but Carl understood it as soon as he heard it. Little Lucy's father was a sailor, and the line between sailors and pirates, merchant ships and smugglers was never so clear in those days.
A serious-looking merchant ship doesn't mind making a cameo appearance as a pirate and eating a delicious fat sheep at the right opportunity. Some bitter sailors don't mind carrying some smuggling goods quietly when they run the boat.
As a seaport city, the city of silver tides is definitely full of criminals and smugglers. In many of the game novels and movies that Carl has read, the sewers of a city are often also the secret bases for iterers, thieves, killers, smugglers, cultists, and other evil people to conduct dark transactions - in a sense, the sewers do represent the conscience of a city, and the more lively the sewers, the less conscience the city has!
"The sewers in the city have a lot of access to the coast!"
Little Lucy whispered, "My father said that many sailors and smugglers would quietly take this path to avoid the inspection of the tax collectors. Daddy has a secret place that only he knows, but ......"
Recalling this secret location seemed to remind little Lucy of her father, who was shipwrecked, and she couldn't help but feel a little depressed.
Carl didn't speak, just gently pressed her shoulder, comforting her with encouragement and courage.
However, Carl's reassurance did not seem to have any effect, and little Lucy looked at him with a wary expression, as if he was afraid that he would take the opportunity to do something.
“......”
Little Lucy's vigilant gaze suddenly deeply hurt Carl's heart, making him speechless and choking!
"Let's go check it out now!"
Carl silently put down the hand that was pressing little Lucy's shoulder, and said solemnly: "While it's dark, let's quietly explore the environment together, and if it's appropriate, we'll put the laboratory there." ”
Little Lucy had no problem with this, and was completely unaware of how dangerous it was for a girl to go to a secret location with an adult of the opposite sex on such a dark night.
She just frowned and asked, "But aren't all the experimental materials and utensils needed for our laboratory ready yet?"
"Don't worry about this, it's on me!"
Carl confidently straightened his chest, showed a chic smile, and said, "We will have the experimental materials and experimental utensils immediately!"
"Don't believe it, you close your eyes, count one, two, three, and when you count to three, everything will appear in front of you!"
Seeing Mr. Carl coaxing himself like a child, little Lucy couldn't help but purse her mouth and solemnly protested: "Mr. Carl, I'm not a child anymore!"
In this regard, Carl just calmly stretched out three fingers!
"One ......"
"Two ......"
"Three ......"
As soon as Carl finished speaking, there was a loud knock on the door downstairs.
"Hello, may I ask you, does Mr. Rowland live here?" a respectful and polite voice sounded at the same time outside the door.
"Go open the door!"
Seeing little Lucy with a surprised face, Carl smiled slightly and signaled, "The spell casting materials and experimental utensils you want have been sent to the door, go get them!"
Little Lucy ran downstairs in disbelief, opened the door and looked, only to see a middle-aged man wearing a gentleman's hat and a fat ball standing at the door with a smile, as soon as he saw Little Lucy, he took off his hat and asked respectfully and politely: "Excuse me, does Mr. Roland live here?"
Little Lucy noticed that he was followed by two young and strong attendants, each carrying two large boxes in their hands, although it was impossible to see what was inside, but judging from the struggling appearance of the attendant, it must have been very heavy.
"Mr. Eric, it's you!"
Little Lucy saw the appearance of the person who came, and couldn't help but open her mouth in surprise!
At this time, Carl straightened his neckline, took a light step, and slowly walked down the stairs.
"It's Mr. Eric!"
"Yes, it's me, I'm Rooney Eric, Jimmy Eric's father!"
The chubby middle-aged man saw Carl walking out slowly, and hurriedly said: "I am here to apologize to you, and I sincerely apologize for my unsuccessful son's reckless behavior of provoking your majesty!"
Regarding the apology of the chubby middle-aged man, Karl was noncommittal, but he took the tone of the nobleman, walked to the door slowly, looked down at the middle-aged man with a proud attitude, and said lightly: "Since it is an apology, then show sincerity!"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
The chubby middle-aged man nodded hurriedly, then waved his hand and motioned for the two attendants who followed to bring up the box.