Chapter 3 Antanari Chamber of Commerce
"Qin Lun, have you seen anything?" Hill's whispered inquiry can be heard in the team channel.
"Well, it's somewhere else, but it looks a little weird here." Qin Lun hid in the shadows at the corner of the corridor and looked cautiously forward. He has used the Hunter class's stealth ability, which allows him to have a camouflage concealment effect when he is stationary.
After using telepathy, Hill finally found his location after half an hour of searching. It turned out that Qin Lun was actually in the underground waterway across the street from the oak barrel tavern, but there was a drop of more than 100 meters from the ground of the wharf.
Fortunately, Qin Lun didn't wander around in the sewer, and his location was a three-story underground water canal. Trying to find a well there that leads to the surface is a pipe dream. It's really better to go to the sea through guò and then back to the pier at Baldur's Gate.
Eventually, Hill gave him an idea, and they figured out which buildings belonged to the gangsters in the docklands, and the gangsters had more or less opened warehouses and secret rooms underground. Then Qin Lun used his gaze aura, and he should also be able to find the secret passage they built in that area, so as to return to the ground.
However, this is a test of both Hill and Rand's eyesight, because not every gang has the financial and manpower to run the underground waterways. They need to find a large black group and identify its nest in the docks or inner city so that they can find their underground den.
Rand said in the middle that this might cause unnecessary trouble to the three of them, but in the end he was persuaded by the two. In the past, when the stars sent apostles into the mission world, most of them would prepare some indigenous currency for them or guide them into a certain plot force, so that the apostles could integrate into the plot quest.
But this time, the three of them entered Torrell with the World Token, and they had neither gold coins nor guide missions, so they had to find some belongings for themselves to use in the later missions. Therefore, looking for the underworld dens is not only to converge with Qin Lun, but also to get some money for the three of them.
It stands to reason that although Qin Lun had introduced the general situation of Baldur's Gate to the two of them in advance, the two outsiders wanted to listen to the clues of the underground underworld in this unfamiliar place in a short period of time, which was very eye-catching. It is possible that before they found a clue, the gang thugs took the initiative to come to the door, which is not conducive to the continuation of the activities of the two.
It's just that these two guys are not people who follow the rules, they use the most simple and crude method. First started with the ruffians and hooligans, and then touched their upper line one by one, and after half a day's work, after dropping more than a dozen corpses along the way, they finally got a piece of useful information.
They found a large smuggler chamber that occupied the Baldur's Gate docklands, east of the port of unloading.
According to the gang leader that Rand finally killed, this smuggler will be called "Antanali". The Antanali Chamber of Commerce is powerful, not only has it a few gangs of thieves, sailors, and coolies in the docklands, but it is also known that it is related to a certain council duke of Baldur's Gate.
When he first heard this information, even Hill was taken aback. Baldur's Gate and the surrounding area are not a complete country, but the city is no less powerful than the capital of a human powerhouse like Kalinsan.
Being able to organize a black-and-white chamber of commerce in such a big city shows how powerful it is, and it is estimated that there are high-level powerhouses and even legendary professions in the chamber of commerce. Fortunately, the two of them had already prepared their minds before they started, and they didn't plan to stay at Baldur's Gate after meeting Qin Lun, so they had no scruples.
Don't look at the apostles have all kinds of strange abilities, but in front of a snake like Antanari, as long as they attract the attention of their higher-ups, it won't take long for the two of them to hide.
The ubiquitous ruffians and prostitutes are their eyeliners, just like the surveillance cameras on the streets and alleys of modern cities, as long as the official agencies want to find you, they will come to the door in minutes.
With this realization, Hill and Rand had an even greater sense of urgency, and soon followed the clues to find a hidden den in Antanali.
This hidden den is certainly not the office with the sign of the Antanari Chamber of Commerce in the docklands of Baldur's Gate, but an antiquated carriage shop located at the junction of the docklands and the inner city, near the outer walls of Baldur's Gate.
This kind of external disguise made Qin Lun and the three of them couldn't help but open their eyes, the carriage shop had frequent customers, and no matter whether there were nobles, commoners, mercenaries and people of all walks of life here, it would not be particularly suspicious.
The carriage shop covers a large area, and the daily forage needs of the livestock is abundant, and the carriage and forage warehouse can provide convenient storage for smuggled goods. No matter how large the number of horse-drawn carriages coming in and out every day, it is unobtrusive and facilitates the transportation of smuggled goods.
If Qin Lun's speculation is not wrong, the smuggler chamber that can operate such a large carriage shop should also have the strength to make use of the underground sewer network, and it is very likely that there are hidden warehouses or dark rooms connected to the sewers under the carriage shop.
The Antanari Chamber of Commerce only needed to use sampans or small boats to transport precious metals and slaves out of the city through the underground sea outlet of Guò, and then load them into smuggling ships moored outside the port, or to bring goods from smuggling ships into the city.
At this time, Hill and Rand had already arrived outside the carriage shop, and Qin Lun underground also took back the gargoyle and followed their instructions to approach the underground part of the carriage shop.
After arriving here, the underground waterway finally became narrow, no more than three meters high and five meters wide, but the sewage canal in this place deepened to more than three meters, and Qin Lun could only move along the narrow walkway on both sides of the sewer.
However, Qin Lun's heart was a little relaxed, as he observed that the aisles on both sides no longer looked slimy and slippery. And the stone wall of the corridor is also much less moss than the previous place, obviously this place is often frequented, they have found the right place.
When he walked around a corner again, he finally noticed an iron ladder appearing in front of him. This hanging ladder is well maintained, there is no rust on the surface, after climbing the hanging ladder, Qin Lun finally faintly heard strange words coming from nearby, so he used his hidden skills to hide his body and observe the front.
"Eccentric? What kind of quirkiness is there? Rand asked with interest.
In front of Qin Lun's current position, the width of the corridor became narrow again, and it could probably only allow three or four people to walk in parallel. Because it's on the upper sewer level, there's no sewer anymore, and it seems to be cleaned regularly, and there's no disgusting stench.
Qin Lun threw away the tattered shirt on his body, let the apostle's equipment appear, and transformed it into a pair of leather pants with the phantom leather outfit, so that with the Earth Dragon Lizard Scale Armor and Indian Feather Boots, he was finally no longer unclothed. It's just that the fishy smell on his body is still a little strong, but fortunately, the air itself is not fresh, so it won't be exposed because of this.
The passage here is not the same as below, it is no longer a straight waterway, according to Qin Lun's observation, the passage in front seems to have an arc, as if it is a circular structure. It's just that because his vision is blocked, and he is unwilling to use the gaze aura to alarm the strong people who may have zài, he can't see the situation inside the ring for the time being.
The words Qin Lun heard before belonged to a few patrolling guards who were passing by in front of him.
"The guards wore animal masks, and the leader wore a black cloth hood and a black robe that resembled a priest's garment." Qin Lun said with a strange expression, "Hill, are you sure that the carriage shop on the ground belongs to the smuggler chamber of commerce?" I think these people are the same kind of people as you, very much like the followers of some kind of cult! ”
"Nonsense, my faith is very pure, how can I be a cultist, you are blaspheming the Lord!" Hill calmly retorted that the cannibal priest had long been accustomed to the teasing of several of his companions.
"If it's really a cult, it's good for us!" Rand said in surprise.
Qin Lun and Hill didn't speak for a while, and Rand reminded them that if the Antanari Chamber of Commerce was really boring, it would indeed be beneficial and harmless to them.
Baldur's Gate is a complex port metropolis with the Meandering River and the Oisa River Plain at its core, inhabited by a large number of orderly and kind farmers and small merchants.
In addition, because Baldur's Gate is also located on the Golden Route of Sword Bay, an important trading port connecting Waterdeep, Am, Tysel, and Karinsan, it also attracts a large number of neutral and evil underground organizations and chambers of commerce.
This includes not only neutral organizations such as the Seven Suns Chamber of Commerce, the Iron Throne, and the Heim Church, but also the Order of Evil factions such as the Santarin Society, the Red Mage, and the Ilmat Church.
Baldur's Gate originated from ~ the Great Pirates, which actually did not exclude neutral and evil camps, nor did it exclude races other than humans, and pursued a policy of great tolerance. As long as the organizations that entered the port and the city were willing to abide by the city system, then they would not be turned away, which in a way also led to the prosperity of the city.
There is only one race faction that is truly denied entry by Baldur's Gate, and that is the Chaos Evil Camp.
Baldur's Gate is, after all, a city that needs order and regulations, and no matter how strong the spirit of tolerance is, it cannot tolerate the chaotic evil camp that will only cause trouble and disaster. No city on the continent of Faeron welcomes this camp, and where chaos and evil exist, there is no city to speak of.
Since Baldur's Gate implements a policy of tolerance, and this church under the carriage shop is still sneaky and afraid to meet people, it is naturally very likely that it is a cult with chaotic and evil beliefs.
Robbing ~ robbing smugglers and cults may bring huge ~ trouble to the three of them. The only difference between the two is that the smuggling chamber of commerce that robs ~ robs and colludes with the high-level of Baldur's Gate, they will be jointly encircled and suppressed by the black and white sides of the city.
And the cult that robbing ~ robbing Baldur's Gate cannot tolerate, then as long as this cult stronghold is exposed, in addition to the insiders of this cult, the official structure of Baldur's Gate and most of the gangsters will not trouble them anymore, and even force the cult members to dare not show their faces in a short period of time.
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