57: Batuk's former job

Due to the fact that the road from Kaltim to Arcanas is not blocked as in the game.

Not long after they settled in the secret camp, Mishan and his party established contact with Asila stationed in Arcanas.

On the day of the establishment of contact, Asila personally brought more than 100 Rogue warriors to the secret camp.

"Half of the Rogers are stationed at the Kassim outpost, and I've already arranged for someone to change the guard, and if nothing else, I'll be here in three days."

In the secret camp caravan that had been converted into a conference room, Asila said to Mishan.

"The Kassim outpost is also in your hands?" Mishan asked, looking down at the map around Kartim that Asila had brought.

Although it is military, the level of detail is like that, there are no contour lines, and the terrain of the highlands and depressions is drawn with a very abstract brushwork.

It looks like you're looking at the Middle Earth map that came with the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

However, it was painted by locals, and Asila has been operating here for many years, so when there is no detailed surface scan, it can still be used as a reference.

"The port to the south, the highway to the west, the Qassim outpost to the northeast, and Arcanas to the east are all currently under control." Asila said.

With Asila's introduction, Mishan's eyes circled around the map, and then he raised his head and said to Asila in a slightly subtle tone:

"Are you surrounding Belial?"

"That's what it looks like on the ground." Asila shook her head and said, "But underneath Kaltim there is a network of sewers that have been built back and forth for hundreds of years. ”

It has been repaired for hundreds of years, and it is very likely that the infrastructure files will be lost.

"Why is it hundreds of years to repair?" Mi Shan asked a little strangely, but as soon as the words came out, he reacted to why.

Seeing Mi Shan's expression, Ai Shila, who knew Mi Shan's reaction, nodded and said: "The new sewer network will deposit a large amount of sewage after ten or twenty years of use, which will seriously affect the water quality, and the cost of re-cleaning is better than choosing a place to dig another one." ”

If it's in Mishan's hometown, there's nothing mysterious about it...... At least there's nothing mysterious about digging canals.

Normally, it is a little cheaper to dig a new one than to clean an old one, especially as the technology becomes more advanced...... It's just that whoever digs up one if it's really old will definitely be arrested for dereliction of duty.

However, in the magical world of Diablo, there are not only those that stand still, but also the dirt that moves in the sewer network that has been used for too long.

In the face of this situation, it may not be a dereliction of duty to keep digging new ones, at least as long as you pay attention to construction safety, there will be no danger to your life.

For various reasons, the sewers under Kaltim are almost as good as Kaifeng City, and the demons under Pellie's hands who are hiding with the help of Kaltim's sewer network, Asila has no way at all.

As a result, although the Iron Wolf Guards of Asila were ostensibly stationed, they surrounded the Kartim regiment where Belle was located.

But because they can't deal with this group of demons that can burrow into the sewers anytime and anywhere, they have to risk a lot of contact with each other.

Instead, there is a feeling that the besieger is surrounded.

Listening to Asila's narration, a lyric kept echoing in Mishan's mind:

"Tunnel warfare, hey tunnel warfare, millions of divine soldiers in ambush." …… Oh, it should be millions of demon soldiers in ambush.

"Hahaha" The conversation between Mishan and Asila attracts the attention of Haha-Monster Baturk.

In a burst of haha, Batuk, who had rarely appeared since landing on the Eastern Continent, came out and said:

"The sewer project in Kaltim has been built for more than a few hundred years, but fifteen hundred years, and there were already people in charge of building the underground waterways in Kaltim back in my time."

Batuk, who has not yet undergone a new body, is still in the form of a starlight human, and is slightly more able to form a rough face with the stars in his body than in the fully starlight humanoid form in the mysterious shelter.

It looks like an art programmer is building a character model with 3DMAX...... And it's also an intern artist.

"This is ......" Asila glanced at Batuk who came out with some confusion, as the leader of the magic mercenary group, Asila recognized this starlight humanoid as a great magician who had lost or abandoned his body at the first time.

"Batuk." Mishan said.

"Batuk !?" Asila's voice rose at least eighteen degrees.

"Well, it's the Blood Overseer." Mishan added.

"......" Ashira, who couldn't continue to raise her voice, fell into a state of silence.

"Battle mage, I didn't expect to see your activity after so many years." Batuk looked up and down...... Said as he circled around Asila to be exact.

"What is a Battle Mage?" Mishan looked at Asila with some curiosity and asked.

“…… "I don't know how I got involved with the Blood Overseer, and I'm a little stiff on Asila'......s expression.

"It's the magic soldiers we trained back then." Batuk said, "It's a consumable that can be used to fight other mages with numerical superiority. ”

Unexpectedly, Asila and the Iron Wolf Mercenary Group, Mishan, who had this background, showed a slightly subtle look at Asila.

“…… Also trained to fight demons. Batuk thought for a moment and then added.

"Oh......" Mishan nodded, not asking why.

The other two mage clans that are always complained about by Batuk as hillbillies are holding high the banner of justice that "the Clan of Faith Gelly is summoning demons" and have joined forces to attack the Faith Gelly Mage Academy.

Regardless of whether the Fisgery Clan's demon-summoning ritual was safe or not, they did summon demons all the time.

Then it is only natural to form an emergency countermeasures force dedicated to dealing with demon summoning accidents.

I just don't know what is the reason why this army has been inherited for 1,500 years.

However, judging from the incredulous expression on Asila's face when he heard Batuk say that these battle mages were just consumables, even if they were inherited, they would have lost almost what they shouldn't have lost.

Batuk, who didn't get too entangled in seeing the battle mage again after fifteen hundred years, continued:

"In the era of mages, Kaltim was an important commercial city, and how to ensure the daily water supply and sewage treatment of such a desert city with a population of millions has always been an important topic for the academy." Batuk said:

"Herasen and I were responsible for the construction and maintenance of the underground water canal system in Kartim for a while."

"Was Kaltim a desert city at that time?" Asila asked.

Hearing Asila's question, Mishan spoke before Batuk could answer: "In a city with a population of several million, even if it is not a desert city, infrastructure such as water supply and sewage is a very important project. ”

"Millions of ......" Asila realized that the population that Batuk had just said was several times more than she remembered when Kartim was at the most.

And listen to the other side, this is still a resident population.

Damn, millions of people...... Counting millions of floating people before has already made Asila feel anxious, which is millions or even tens of millions.

Unexpectedly, Batuk actually managed the infrastructure of Kaltim City, and Mishan was stunned and looked at each other with strange eyes, compared to Asila who was shocked by the population problem, Mishan was even more because of the environmental problems of the sewers...... When he first crossed over, Mishan was defeated directly at the sewer door.

As if sensing Mishan's attitude, Batuk turned into a haha-monster again and laughed out loud and said:

"Complete sewers need to be purified and cleaned regularly by a dedicated team of mages, and since the people here have abandoned that great era, they are just asking for their own pain in the face of the current situation."

If Batuk hadn't bragged, Mishan would have had a much higher opinion of the mage era described by Batuk, capable of carrying out the day-to-day maintenance of a city with a population of millions...... This has long passed the medieval level.

Compared to Diablo's worldview, it can indeed be regarded as a great era.

…… By the way, Batuk and Herasen, who both worked as plumbers, are a bit like the Mario brothers.