"There is a castle in everyone's heart, and this castle is often held with very private secrets and fears. You can't expect an iron gate to hold it firmly – not even a cast iron gate. The wise choose to guard with virtue and self-esteem, while the less intelligent often choose contracts and spells as gatekeepers. But whether the owner of the castle is smart enough or not, he should be aware of the importance of the castle. After all, this is a castle that moves, and if it's not careful, it can lead people across the borders of the camp. ”

- "Alain's Diary" by David of the Medici Dynasty

"The Senate Noble Coalition Defeated the Sinking Sha Medici" has not yet reached Izumo City, and only a very small number of people in the entire Ugaso have learned this information in advance. Having just experienced the Great Fire, the citizens need to focus more on haggling with the vendors at this time.

Houses have to be rebuilt, food has to be bought, and life has to go on. But who knows where all those good and cheap goods used to go to?

It must be the black-hearted traders who want to profit from the disaster.

Due to the development of commerce, merchants from the entire Ember World, not only in the Ussan Nation, but also in the past, wanted to move their products to Izumo Castle. At that time, the prices were naturally very cheap, but now it is only a few days, and only a few grains cost a silver coin.

But even so, the merchants didn't actually make much money. The additional taxes brought about by the redevelopment of the city drained the pockets of the merchant class.

Unless it's an aristocratic lord who doesn't have to pay taxes, the merchants of all sizes in Izumo Castle are thinking about selling their properties here. At this time, the notary office did not worry about business.

"You have taken it, this is the deed of assignment that will take effect immediately," the neatly dressed notary handed over the scroll with the spell seal to the buyer, and a warm smile appeared on his face - he had just handled a big business, and he made a good commission, and he enthusiastically said to the foreign merchant in front of him: "You have a good eye, Izumo Castle has only encountered a small crisis. After the new city is rebuilt, this sewage cleaning station will definitely make money every day......"

After a brief polite exchange with the notary, the commander of the wind after the disguise walked out of the door of the notary office.

How is that possible?

The cleaning station, which makes money by collecting cleaning fees, is responsible for dealing with the underground sewage drains in Izumo City, and was barely in business even before the fire. The purchase of this pickled food is entirely due to the fact that the lot opened by the clearing is secluded enough.

Walking through the alley outside the notary office on the road leading to the clearing office, the Wenfeng commander calculated the next two things to do: the staff did not need to be replaced, because the Wenfeng had already replaced every post inside, and he had to go to the "inquiry office" to register for the construction of new facilities.

That's why the right to clean up the premises was bought – after the fire, Izumo Castle gave preferential treatment to merchants who rebuilt buildings. Many of the materials that could not be purchased due to over-the-top issues have been relaxed.

was planning his work arrangement, when suddenly two "squeaks" came into the ears of the commander of the wind. He turned his head sideways, and a messenger lizard with a long suction cup had climbed onto his shoulder at some point.

Ever since David met with the first Alain, the Soulbinding Mage named Shuric, he has been surrounded by many synths with various functions, and the Messenger Lizard is one of them.

The greatest ability of this synth is that it can repeat human speech, and then run to the recipient's ear without knowing it, and pass on the "whisper":

"The pickaxe will be in hand tomorrow morning, so be sure to get it ready tonight. ”

After saying this, the messenger lizard stuck out its tongue and quickly licked the earlobe of the leader of the wind - this is not a small pet coquettish, this is the synthetic beast signaling that the message is finished, and at the same time asking for "postage".

I don't know where I took out a handful of fried locusts from my pocket, and after feeding them, I didn't care about it. The little thing will quietly depart after it has eaten its fill. The Great Veilleur's plans were nearing completion, and he still had a lot of work to do.

......

Izumo Castle is located above a city, or there is a city underneath Izumo Castle. This city, which has been abandoned for more than 600 years, is called "Cloud City", and the real meaning of the name Izumo City is actually "the city on top of the cloud city".

And there is a secret hidden in Cloud City, a secret that needs to be kept by the President of the Senate and the General General-

The President of the Senate led the secret passage into the underground deserted city, accompanied only by a few close mages and warriors. Because it has been abandoned for too long, it is full of ruins.

These ruins are now an important part of Izumo Castle's underground drainage system. If the Senate chamber is compared to the brains of Cloud City, then the underground drainage system is definitely the rectum of the city.

Rats with missing heads, charred building materials, swollen dead animal carcasses, human and animal droppings...... Every city garbage you can think of or can't think of is floating in underground waterways with a layer of muddy floating debris.

All kinds of strong and unfamiliar smells come to your nose, and it seems that you can even taste the taste in your mouth.

The Speaker did his best to keep this disgusting thought out of his brain. Knowing that the mages used the "bubble head charm" to summon an air filter that could be breathed, and put it on everyone's head. However, if there is a real feeling of nausea, it still reminds him that this place is not suitable for long.

All known entrances to the dungeon, with the exception of the secret passage in the Senate chamber, were welded to death by thickened cast-iron plates. In order to conceal its existence, Izumo Castle has strict regulations on the amount of earthwork that can be transported when building houses. The prevention is that someone digs too deep into the ground, causing unnecessary trouble.

Of course, these measures are not a form of protection.

After all, in addition to the secrets deliberately hidden by the speaker and the general in the ruins of Cloud City, there are many unknown dangers. Many of the demons and monsters in mortal stories actually live in this dungeon that "fell into the clouds".

At this point, the "adventurous" party did not light torches or summon an inextinguishable flame - partly because the air was heavy with methane, and secondly, the glow was too bright to provoke "uninvited guests".

Originally, the mages were going to attach "dark vision" to everyone, but because the samurai and the speaker who accompanied them were unable to adapt to this type of perception, they had to use a fluorescent algae filled in a glass bottle as a light source.

But even this dim green glow attracted many terrible monsters along the way: mutated Itraks grazing giant pus-shedding spiders, cave-dwelling grabbers lurking in the ruins waiting to attack, and wraiths entrenched in ancient deserted cities......

In the course of advancing in just half an hourglass, the Speaker lost more than a dozen personal guards. Thanks to the mages who guarded him, he was able to save the day many times.

"Damn it, why haven't you come back!"

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Sogou