Chapter 4 Sewer Crocodiles

"This is it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info" said the mayor of the town, pointing to the huge sewer opening to the side. Martin noticed that several layers of stuff had been pressed on top of the grate, presumably to prevent the monster from escaping. Right now, a few Viqin warriors are laboriously moving them away.

"Do you need them to come down to help?" the mayor suggested when he saw that Martin was keeping an eye on the warriors.

"No, just let them stay on top and support. Martin said as he jumped into the sewers. Although it was obvious that the soldiers were elite, Martin still felt that it was better to cooperate with only his own people. Besides, those guys who use tomahawks are really not suitable for fighting in that environment, as the mayor said before.

Probably because of the winter, the smell in the sewer is not good. But it didn't suffocate to the point of suffocating - but none of that had anything to do with Martin. In fact, both Zari and Natasha made a mistake. It was completely unnecessary for them to be dressed at that time. Because Martin's attitude was to wait for the casters to sleep and change to new spells before taking the risk, after all, it was much safer. But they don't blame them. For Zali, it was a return to the underworld she was more familiar with, and of course no special preparation was required. Natasha had never been underground and didn't know what to prepare.

It turned out that it was very good to let Shirley sleep to change spells, and Martin didn't need to use critters or torches to check if the concentration of the biogas was too high or if there was not enough oxygen - Shirley's underwater breathing solution solved the problem. The average mage's underwater breathing technique can only make people breathe normally underwater. However, the underwater breathing technique used by Shirley, an academic honor student, also has effects such as isolating poisonous gases, and the smell is naturally not a problem. Although it looks silly to have a transparent cavity on everyone's head, it really makes a big difference.

In addition to that, they don't have to worry about lighting either. According to Zali's explanation, most of the underground monsters that will attack on the surface are also reactive to the visible light of humans. So it's best not to light torches or use magic lighting to alert the other person that a guest is coming!

So Shirley reappeared and cast the spell of Dark Vision on Natasha and herself to solve the problem. As for Zali, the dark elves are born to move freely in the darkness of the human eye. Martin, on the other hand, has a secret technique unique to their sect of druids to mimic bats to detect their surroundings, and is superior to the dark elves.

That's why Martin declined the mayor's offer to send soldiers to help. Shirley didn't have any extra magic to waste on them. Compared to the current situation of relying on magic to be relatively easy in the sewers, the adventurous way of relying on a towel in front of your nose and carefully moving around the small waterway with a torch in your hand is simply weak! Long live magic! Martin was secretly glad that he had met Shirley, and that having a mage in the team was too good to solve the problem. While Priests, Druids, Warlocks, and Bards all have spellcasting abilities, they are not as flexible as mages.

Martin was in no hurry to go, and he asked the team to get used to the environment first, after all, neither himself, nor Natasha nor Zari had fought in the sewers. The mayor's soldiers were overhead, and Martin was a little distracted in this safe situation. He thought of all the things that Lyuklixia had told him about her fledgling adventures, and one of the bad memories was staggering to clean the kobold in the sewers beneath the city. Martin thought of a poem that circulated in the city: an abandoned baby, riding an abandoned crocodile in the sewers...... A sewer is a place where people throw away what they want to throw away. From the murderer's murder weapon, to the baby he doesn't want to raise, to the crocodile pet that gets bored after raising it. What will be in the sewer this time?

"Let's go, let's go back to the shower early after finishing early. Zari said to Martin, interrupting his thoughts. And looking at Zali's glowing red eyes, Martin actually shuddered. Zali's appearance made him suddenly recall the notoriety of the dark elves, and even made him a little frightened.

Feeling the fear of this accident, Martin couldn't help laughing at himself in his heart: he said that he would not discriminate against her, but in fact, he was still wary of her in his heart...... A special emotion that is deeply hidden in the heart...... Although Martin often said in front of Natasha that the dark elves were nothing particularly special, but when he really went underground (just the sewers) and saw Zali's blood-colored eyes, he would have such a big reaction......

Martin didn't want his team to find out, so he immediately led his men forward.

Within a moment's of marching, the team came to a halt. They found several victims in the sewers.

"It's a kobold!" Zari reacted immediately.

"Zali, check it out!" Martin ordered. Originally, he should have done this kind of thing himself. However, while Starch Spencer sent the druids to emulate the bat's sonic abilities, in many cases it worked better than the dark vision of the Dark Elves. But in this kind of Bod world, Martin has no problem fighting or anything, but it is a little difficult to engage in such careful work, after all, he is not a guy who is used to acting in the dark. In addition, the enemy is likely to be a monster from the underworld, and in this case, of course, it is Zari who will be able to check the flaws even more. One of the three dominant races in the Underworld is the Dark Elves, and Zari is even better than the average Dark Elves.

"Well, remember the three mercenaries that Mayor Mare told us to see?" said Zali, crouching on the ground and inspecting it.

"Remember, their wounds seemed to be badly damaged, and we didn't see any flaws. ”

"Well, this time the attacker didn't destroy the wound, I can see that it was cut with a sword. And it can be seen from the scars that he is a great swordsman. ”

"With a sword? It doesn't seem to be some wild monster......" Martin muttered. "Could it be some of your fellow countrymen?" Swordsmanship is both a skill and an art, and wild monsters are unlikely to use swords. And less civilized races such as kobolds and ogres do not produce skilled swordsmen. So, all of a sudden, Martin was suspicious of the dark elves who could dance at the tip of the sword.

"No, it won't. Zari replied without raising her head. "Although the other party is a master of swordsmanship, he is not a veteran of fighting in the dark. ”

"How do you tell?"

"I just feel it. Zari replied in reverse. After returning to the darkness, it seems that she has a lot of confidence.

However, Martin did not contradict the expert again. Because he also realized that it couldn't be done by the dark elves. Otherwise, how to explain the slaves who were taken away?

Yes, the Dark Elves are a slave-keeping race. But they're smart enough not to be stupid enough to take humans who don't have dark vision and transport them to a dark elven city in the darkness of the city to be used as slaves - unless it's a small number of special-purpose slaves. Furthermore, if it was the action of a single fugitive and not of a family, then what did he capture those slaves for?

With all sorts of questions, Martin led the team on. But this time, because of the threat that was already within reach, they reined in their mentality. Cautious progressives.

The first to go was Zali, and it was only fitting that this kind of adventure in the underground environment would have been led by her, the drow. What's more, this ruined sewer is more suitable for her, a petite wanderer. Right now, she was wearing her own suited soft leather armor, holding a special crossbow in her left hand and a short sword in her right hand. She knows the dangers and cruelties of the underworld. Therefore, at this moment, we are on high alert. Along the way, she has become somewhat familiar with her surroundings. She is confident that she can spot the enemy and react to it in the first place. As long as she can use the ruins, she can be confident that she will fight against opponents far stronger than herself.

And the second is Martin, as the captain, he should take the lead. Because Zari was more suitable as a trailblazer, Martin placed himself in the second position. And the burden in this position is definitely not light, on the one hand, he must always be ready to go to support Zali. On the other hand, once the enemy appears, he is no less likely to be attacked than Zali. After all, Zari is a wanderer, and she is so petite that she can easily dodge it. And Martin behind her was the first target at that time. For this, Martin did not dare to be careless. Wear her precious dragon scale armor that Triste had given out. In his left hand, he held a short knife in his left hand for protection, and in his right hand he carried the narrow scimitar he was used to.

Next, there is Shirley, the mage in the team. Although there is no shortage of wide places in this sewer, considering the small area and the more important ones, she is not holding the large scythe that can assist in casting spells at this moment. Instead, one hand is exposed ready to cast spells, and the other hand is hidden in the mage's robes, ready to pull out a wand or scroll to aid in battle.

At the end of the line was Natasha. In this environment, her combat effectiveness is undoubtedly the weakest one. But as a headhunter girl, she is very alert and is also a pretty good agile fighter. Putting it in the last position to protect the mage is not a problem at all. Right now, she was holding a long sword in her right hand and a large shield in her left hand. Martin gave her the task of protecting the mage. As long as the mage is still there, then even if the team is suppressed by the enemy, it is possible to turn the tables in unexpected ways.

The team moved forward slowly, and when they reached an open place again, Zari put away her crossbow and gestured behind her with her hand?

Martin was well-informed, but he had never learned the sign language of the Dark Elves. He knew that Zari was conveying a message to him, but he just couldn't understand it. I can only do it in a hurry.

And Zali quickly reflected that this time she was not accompanied by the family soldiers who cooperated tacitly in the past. It's teammates from the surface. "Stupid!" she scolded. Then he turned to Martin and said, "Alert!

If you can't understand this, you'd better sneak back as soon as possible. Zali thought angrily. However, Martin finally understood, and raised his saber with a serious face, signaling the attention of the other teammates.

It's time to fight!

―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― the past few days, it's raining heavily, and I happened to write about the sewers。

Although it rained heavily on our side this time, it was not yet flooded. But that's what happened to me. It was a summer vacation when I was still in middle school, and after a heavy rain, I had to wade through the water as I rode my bicycle home. I rode in about a meter of water, at least enough to reach my pants pocket. From time to time, passing cars set off waves and made me almost feel like I was back at the beach. Now I wish I could go back to that time, whether it was the time I went to the beach or that summer vacation.

This time, looking at the video and looking at the photos, a similar situation has occurred in Wuhan, and the same is true in the capital of our country.

At this time, I can't help but say that although Aunt Long Yingtai is disgusting in many places, there is one thing she said that really makes sense. That is, a developing country can also make a beautiful city, but a heavy rain will show its original shape. After heavy rains in developed countries, the streets are wet, but the problem of water accumulation is not serious. In developing countries, you can fish on the streets.

Yes, it is easy to get the appreciation of the superior leaders to repair the appearance of the city, and it belongs to the most cost-effective part of municipal construction. And our country's sewers can only continue to survive like this. By the way, it is also necessary to match whether the road is excavated with various trenches. Hey, is it so hard to build a common ditch?

Then I remembered that the main road was more than 16 feet wide, and that it was built more than 2,000 years ago as an ancient Roman sewer that is still in use today.

Even the governors of ancient Rome knew the importance of pleasing citizens.

In other words, I'm going on a "school trip" that has been done by characters in many Japanese anime films such as "Delusional Student Council". So there is a period of time when it cannot be updated.

PS: Don't think about it, this is the Celestial Empire, and the study trip won't be so noisy~whoa~ whoo.