For creatures from the lower realms such as demons and demons, as long as they are not killed, this is actually the fate of most of them, and theoretically there is no upper limit to their lifespan. And because of this, these guys still have some sense of time, except when it comes to issues that are directly or indirectly related to their own interests. Other times, a few years of time are not much different from a fleeting moment in their eyes.

Fortunately, coupled with the fact that the offensive operations of the army in the Acid Mist Canyon plane in the past two years in the Bato Nine Prisons have been relatively smooth, Quith has still been recognized for the benefits of returning to the original world and temporarily withdrawing from the bloody war for cultivation in accordance with policies such as the "Wartime Cultivation Regulations".

Bidding farewell to the goblin machine duo who still had to perform battlefield observation missions in the Acid Mist Canyon plane, Quest first led the three ogre brothers and the half-lich Snead and the paladin Jensen, who signed a "labor employment contract" with him, to return to the first layer of Avinath in Bato through Hell Gate Fort. Then, after showing his meritorious service certificate as proof, Quest and his party were granted access to the specific otherworldly portal connecting the material plane and the Bato Nine Prisons.

The portal they were going through was guarded by an overseer, an Anthur Demon who monitored the traffic to and from Hell's Gate, and except for a slightly more stringent inspection of the paladins when they passed through the portal, the others were fairly given a quick release, so Quest didn't choose to provoke this kind of medium-sized devil with great official addiction and high self-esteem. Without saying a word, everyone passed through this Aphneras transit station smoothly and arrived at the primordial material plane where the three brothers Quis and the Ogre had been separated for two years.

The sight they saw after passing through the otherworldly portal across the plane surprised everyone.

This is neither a shadowy underground cavern nor the abode of an evil mage. Contrary to what he imagined, this Bato Nine Prison is located at the outpost of the material plane, and it is actually a tailor's shop with many different kinds of fabrics. And the portal that everyone just walked out of was hidden in a huge floor-to-ceiling mirror in the most conspicuous position on the second floor of this tailor's shop (it was still a bit cramped for ogres, they had to bend down and bow their heads to get out of the floor-to-ceiling mirror).

As if sensing the faint spell fluctuations emanating from the otherworldly portal, a middle-aged woman who looked like a tailor's shopkeeper climbed the stairs from the corner of the room. When she saw the people who walked out of the portal from the other world, and knew where this door led, she immediately showed an alert and flattering look: "Everyone is here, and you are ...... to welcome you."

The young blue dragon, who didn't want to say more, directly took out the passage permit that Anzu Demon stamped and confirmed the issuance when he left the Afurnath Transit Station on the first floor of Bato. With such an unforgeable "Hell Endorsement", the shopkeeper of the tailor's shop, who is the head of Barto's outpost, naturally will not want to investigate further - who knows if there is some secret mission behind the visitor, as a peripheral person with only half-purgatory blood, it is not wise to be rashly involved.

"Is this within the territory of the Medici Empire, female Tiflin?" Stepping onto the primordial material plane that had been absent for two years, the nerves that had been tense in the bloody battlefield gradually relaxed, and Quest asked casually.

Although he was surprised that the young man in front of him from the "big place" of Bato Nine Prisons knew about the "Medici Empire" located in the remote corner of the multiverse, this seamstress disguised as a semi-purgatory creature like Tieflin quickly replied: "My lord Mingjian, this is the Coptic of the Medici Empire. ”

It turned out to be here, and it was no wonder that Quest was feeling a little strange just now—the tailor's shop didn't have any windows, only a few oil lamps as a light source on the surrounding walls—a characteristic of the Coptic cavern house. This city, which developed on the ruins of ancient halflings, suffers from a terrifying desert tornado baptism every year, except for the low ** house left by the excavation of halflings in ancient times, any other city buildings five feet above the ground will be destroyed by tornadoes.

As a result, the city developed a peculiar architectural custom. All of the buildings are based on the halfling cave house, which is excavated downward to expand the space, and there are many passages dug between the underground cave houses to connect them. Over time, the underground buildings here have been connected to form a huge underground urban complex with similar streets, squares, and dark rivers.

The first humans to thrive in this area were all exiled criminals of the Medici Empire, and all kinds of evils flowed here thanks to its underground traffic and tunnel network that no one could fully know. This is the city of sin in the hearts of every Medichi, the only city that has not been appointed as an archon by the Pharaoh. But there's no denying that this sin city, located in the heart of the desert, has a perverse prosperity. Villains from all walks of life, as well as transactions that were forbidden elsewhere in Medici, brought a strange life to the city.

There was once a lich like Sneijder's employee under Quest who tried to dominate the city, but it wasn't long before he was annihilated by the Empire's elite spellcaster forces for angering the Grand Vishel (Prime Minister) of Medici under some man-made scheme. His lifebox was also pulled out and smashed to pieces, and then thrown into a dung pit as an example. That time, the Coptic city was also bulldozed by the Medici army. But as the saying goes, "the wildfires burn inexhaustibly, the spring breeze blows and grows", and its network of underground passages concealed the seeds of evil in the city, which quickly took root after the withdrawal of the Medici army, and the city was restored to new state within a few years. It's just that at this time, the underground order here is no longer ruled by a powerful person alone, and the "Council of Ten" composed of the most influential people in the city has replaced the hapless lich before and performed the duties of managing the city.

Two years ago, the fledgling Quest had "saved" a Nome City merchant who was pregnant with the "Moon Candy Synthesis Scroll", and the young blue dragon smelled the scent of the Butterzu devil on that scroll. Presumably, that scroll must have flowed out of this Bato outpost. As for the conspiracy that happened to the unlucky lich, it is estimated that it has nothing to do with it.

"I don't know what happened to that Santos Ben Daux, it's been two years, and some of the companies that received venture capital in the previous life can even go public. We should arrange for the return of the investment as soon as possible, and I don't know if that guy has given up that evil business," Quiss thought as he looked back and smiled at his newly hired employee, "If you don't do contraband reselling, and honestly give me the investment income in return." Otherwise, it would certainly not be against the principles of the Paladins to collect debts from evil merchants, but would give new hires a chance to show off their talents and perhaps help to improve team cohesion. ”

Returning to his familiar plane really made Ques feel a lot more relaxed. Even if this is the worst city in the Medici Empire, it is ten thousand times stronger than the front line of the bloody battle in the lower realm. The young blue dragon was happy with his previous forward-looking wisdom as he waved his companion to leave the place. Ignoring the female Tieflin's offer to help arrange a guide, the young blue dragon prepared to take advantage of the time to explore the underground city himself.

Emerging from the tailor's shop, the crowd walked through a wide tunnel that was the main road of Coptic City. The tunnel has clearly been expanded and fortified many times, and its height allows a giant to walk upright with his chest upright, and its width is still more than half as rich as everyone else. Every few dozen steps, an alley connecting to other crypt buildings appears on either side of the main road, and the entrances to these alleys are often flanked by distinctive lights – both to show the function of the crypt buildings in the alley and to provide the necessary lighting for the main road. It's just that unlike Quess and his party, who watched and wandered slowly, most of the other hurried pedestrians chose to use their hoods to hide their faces firmly, and trotted all the way into the dark depths of an unknown alley.

"It's a little similar to Mosoblay, but it's very different. Wandering in this underground city, he was impatient with this kind of delayed strolling, but gradually recalled some things many years ago. The environment evokes memories of the half-lich who was a drow elf in his lifetime, and Morsobre is also an underground city, only deeper and darker than here.

After a long period of contact with Agent 21, this half-lich was unknowingly affected by it. At the instigation of that guy, Sneijder completely transformed the Activated Construct Terror Armor into his own body. Not only that, but the agency also invited the goblin engineer Ricknaz to provide him with some technical support. After several modifications, Snead's steel body was supplemented with a small high-pressure steam-powered furnace, a pneumatic transmission, and a Decepticon logo hand-painted by Agent Twenty-One—a mysterious totem that few people knew about that could effectively improve mechanical efficiency.

For such a lich, who is probably the first steampunk in the multiverse, to be able to say such emotional words really made Quest feel the power of the twisting power of the Mechanic 21 faction in his heart. Hopefully, that strange agency and his rigorous and reliable goblin engineer friend will be able to survive the rest of their bloody battle observation journey safely, Quest silently blessed in his heart.

In addition to pedestrians, there are also a number of homeless people on both sides of Coptic Street. Like the pedestrians who walked like they were, most of them wore hoods to hide their faces in the shadows.

These homeless people may have recently fled from elsewhere to make ends meet, or they may be bankrupt in the city. Their presence symbolizes the cyclical process of the city's alternation of the old and the new, that is, "to come here - to find hope - to succeed - to fail". It is this continuous, metabolic process that gives the city its unique life.

Of course, adventurers who come to this sin city do not always end in failure. If you're lucky enough to be in the Council of Ten, defeat will only come after your death.

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