Chapter 53: Where the Upper and Lower Cities Meet
After a busy morning, Murray was finally defeated in front of Sariya.
The natural beauty of Sariya is really difficult to hide no matter how she dresses, whether it is the sister next door or the bewitching witch, she is destined to become the focus of attention when she stops there.
Even if you put on a Moli overalls and a cloth hat, it still looks so dazzling.
Fortunately, after a busy morning, the witch finally stopped playing tricks on Mori, and changed her appearance and temperament with magic.
The two men are finally able to go out and begin their journey to the black market, which is not destined to go well.
Before entering the black market, the two first step into the gray area located between the upper and lower towns.
This is a territory controlled by the Bad Boy Brotherhood, and it is the place where underground trade is connected between the upper and lower towns.
For the adventurers and bandits of the civilian class, this is a natural haven for them in Viscount Lane, and it is also a place where they can sell their stolen goods smoothly.
Of course, in order to be able to maintain the continuation of this place, the Bad Boy Brotherhood and the two gangs in Uptown have an agreement, and the three parties will never go to war here, but here "black eats black" is allowed, and it makes sense that the fist is big here.
The civilians of the Lower City of Steel would not easily set foot here, because the things here were not sold to them.
Saria followed Murry's side, following the crowd through the flea market in the gray area.
To the witch's surprise, in this seemingly small market, you can see all kinds of things that should not appear in the market, even including the slave trade that has long been banned by the Empire.
Seeing some of them chained around their necks and kneeling on the ground in rows, like the efforts of the alien race whose goods had been sold, Sariya felt a little sad in her heart.
As if sensing Sariya's grief, Murray stretched out his hand and grabbed Sariya's palm and whispered: "The slave trade is a lot of income for these gangsters in the underground world, even if the empire prohibits it, even if they know that this will bring war between the empire and those aliens, this group of slave traders will still quietly hunt slaves and sell them." ”
Without waiting for Saria to reply, Murray continued to whisper: "Speaking of which, your western continent is not complete, the fragmented land makes your property relatively barren, and also creates all kinds of strange races, and such a fragmented but relatively barren living environment has created your perseverance on the one hand, and your wilder ambition on the other hand. ”
Hearing this, Saria was suddenly a little surprised, and turned her head to look at the young man from the Dragon Kingdom in confusion.
The latter did not turn his head, his eyes continued to scan the market, and at the same time continued: "Relatively speaking, life in the Dragon Kingdom is more comfortable, and people's ambitions are much smaller. ”
Saria was about to speak, when she was suddenly pulled out of the crowd by Murray and came to a blacksmith shop in the corner alley.
The blacksmith in the shop was a dwarf, and he looked unusually strong, and his face was as cold and stiff as the hammer in his hand.
Seeing the two men who broke into the shop, the dwarven blacksmith raised his head suddenly, put down the sledgehammer in his hand and said, "Mori, don't you have to go to the factory today?"
He didn't immediately answer the dwarven blacksmith, but first introduced to Saria: "This is Osa, the only registered dwarven blacksmith in Viscount Lane. ”
Once upon a time, dwarven blacksmiths were quite common in the West, and their superb forging skills were arguably the strongest in the Western continent.
It's just that the later conquests of the Sun Empire led to tensions with many foreign races.
This, coupled with the widespread spread of magic, has also led to the decline of dwarven blacksmith forging, so most of the dwarves have long since left and returned to their territory in the northeastern part of the Misty Forest.
Therefore, it is actually difficult to see dwarves in today's Sun Empire, and it is still a little surprising to be able to see dwarves in the Steel City.
After all, the Viscounty of Lane, where the Steel Capital is located, is located in the southeast corner of the Western Continent, separated from the territory inhabited by the dwarves by almost half of the empire.
After introducing Sariya, Murray smiled and said to the dwarven blacksmith Ossa, "Yes, I asked Uncle Raul for three days off to come and see you. ”
Osa was stunned for a moment, then sneered and said, "You kid will be kind enough to come and see me? Is there something special that you need me to help you forge? Anyway, don't you have a forging furnace in your factory? And that damn guy Raul, didn't he keep saying that using industrial machinery can completely replace our dwarves' manual forging? Why did you come to me?"
Listening to Ossa's repeated complaints, Murray stepped forward with a smile, pulled a drawing from the leather pouch around his waist and handed it to the dwarven blacksmith.
The latter took the drawing with a disdainful face, unfolded it and looked at it, and was instantly attracted by everything on the drawing.
When the dwarven blacksmith was attracted by the drawings, Salia leaned forward and whispered to Murray, "Why is the dwarven blacksmith here?"
Murray smiled and replied in a low voice, "He is also a former comrade-in-arms of Uncle Raul, and he was left behind by Viscount Lane." ”
Saria turned her head to look around the outside of the shop, and saw the market outside the alley full of all kinds of underground transactions, and again couldn't help but whisper again: "But since he was left by Viscount Lane, why did he live here, and why didn't he appear in your factory?"
The word "factory" was obviously very sensitive to the dwarven blacksmith, and when he heard it, he immediately raised his head and shouted: "Those machines are an insult to craftsmen, and as a dwarf with the blood of a divine craftsman, he would not set foot in that kind of place." ”
Hearing Osa's angry roar, as well as the momentum of never admitting defeat, made Salia really startled.
And Murray said at the right time to reassure: "Okay, okay, I know that your forging skills are unparalleled in the world, so didn't I come to ask you for help?"
Osa quickly calmed down, looked down at the drawings, and said with a solemn expression: "Little Mori, it's not difficult for you to forge these things, but you don't seem to have magic power, right?"
Murray was very surprised when he heard this, he didn't expect Ossa to be able to see what he wanted to forge through his own drawings.
Taking two steps forward, he asked the dwarven blacksmith with some confusion: "Uncle Osa, do you also know the magic circuit, why haven't I heard you say it before?"
Osa shook his head: "No, I don't know the magic circuit, and this lady next to you should know that dwarves are very poor in magic, which is a flaw determined by the innate race." ”
Obviously, Osa recognized Saria's identity, so he bluntly pointed out it.
Saria was not surprised, nodded and said to Murray, "It is true that the dwarves have poor magical talents. ”
Murray then asked, somewhat curiously, "In that case, why are you able to tell from the drawings that what I'm making requires a magic circuit?"
Ota suddenly replied, "Little Mori, can I think that you are questioning the ability of a dwarf craftsman?"
Seeing this, Murray hurriedly raised his hands and said, "Okay, okay, I understand, but I'm learning how to draw magic circuits, and I think I should be able to try to draw magic circuits, but I need some things to assist, such as magic crystals." ”