Chapter 108: Tahamat

Three days passed in a flash. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

For three days, Carl spent most of his time in his seat "meditating" (actually sinking into the Void Shard), and Xana stayed on deck whenever she was free.

There was hardly any communication between the two.

Although it feels like that strange girl has some secrets, Carl is not Broad, and he wants to dig up big news all the time.

Brent, the gem merchant, was familiar with the man next door.

was also forced by these two.

[Please note that the Exocet is about to arrive at its destination, Tahamat, please pack your belongings and leave safely.] 】

[Repeat, please note that the Exocet is about to arrive at its destination, Tahamat, please pack your belongings and leave safely.] 】

The announcement is played by a loudspeaker in the cabin.

Carl put the materials in his hand into a folder and yawned.

Brent also came back from next door, and in his place, Xana stretched out three fingers with her left hand and pulled them back one by one with her right hand, as if to calculate whether she had forgotten something.

There was a slight jolt from the spacecraft, which was firmly anchored on a platform.

[The ship has arrived at the station, please line up in order and leave one by one. 】

After a few moments, the hatch opened, and the passengers rushed out, with Carl and the others following a little more sparsely.

As she left the passage and stepped on the ground, Alexia was already waiting for him, Caroline beside her.

"You're too slow. Alexia dissatisfied.

"Yes, yes. Carl said casually.

Alexia turned her gaze to Caroline, "Then we will separate here. ”

"Hmm. ”

Caroline reluctantly parted ways with Alexia, and after more than two days of getting along, she found that the rumors she had heard before were actually exaggerated, and although the head of the grade was often expressionless, it was still easy to communicate, and it would be found out when she got up close and close that Alexia was actually occasionally confused - super cute.

If Carl knew what she was thinking, he would probably complain that she had made another one-sided cognitive mistake, demonizing Alexia at first, and now angelizing her.

After Caroline left, Carl and Alexia hit the road, but instead of sitting in the carriage at the entrance of the airport, they chose to walk into the city.

There are quite a few people to see along the way, but more often than not, other subspecies.

The Land of Chaos Padre, in proportion to its population, is more sub-human - combined, of course.

Carl looked curiously, while Alexia silently gathered information about the terrain and walked for more than two hours at the speed of two people before entering the city.

As one of the most prosperous cities in the southern part of the empire, it has a very different character from the others, with a deep, huge open-pit mine forming its main body. Originally, Tahamat was just an ordinary small mining town, but after the discovery of the natural mineral deposits beneath it, it became a bustling and lively ore city. And the whole city is built on this huge open-pit mine.

Viewed from above, Tahamat resembles a decoration on the side walls of an inverted cone-shaped pit that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, and it may seem small and inconspicuous, but it is only when you are in the middle of it that you can feel what an impressive city it is. From above, the road is only a finger's width, but it is a wide avenue that can accommodate four carriages in parallel. And those small holes that look dense from afar, you can only find them when you walk in front of them, they are huge and incomparably large holes. Here, the perfect blend of big and small, the strong contrast is enough for anyone to remember the existence of this city.

Like other cities, Tahamat has the same class divisions, but its districts are divided in a slightly different way than other cities - the people who are eligible to live on the ground above the top are the aristocracy, who enjoy the sun and the cool and sweet water, and live comfortably. The commercial and civilian areas occupy the first, second and third floors of the pit. Further down there are the slums, where not only is there no daylight, but there is not even much food or people, and there are rumors that in the depths of the dark pits, demons will haunt and take people captive for food.

So no one will choose to live in that kind of place, except for those who are desperate and miners who specialize in mining.

The streets on the upper floors of the ground level are neat and orderly, and at intervals there are guards armed with spears, most of whom are subhumans, except for a few who are humans.

For example, dwarves with short limbs but unusually stout, winged people of about the same appearance and height as humans but with folded wings on their backs, the naturally chaotic goblins and freedom-loving gnomes would not consider serving as guards.

Walking on the cobbled road, it was not long before you reached the end of this straight street.

Karl leaned on the railing of the street and looked at the bottomless black cavern: "Alexia. ”

"What's wrong?"

"Don't you think it's amazing that this giant pit was dug by the miners, but there is no record of what exactly is at the bottom. Karl said.

There is no record of it, as if the pit existed naturally.

"I haven't paid attention to this, haven't you magicians gone down to explore?" Alexia leaned on the railing as she peered down.

"Two Magisters went down to explore, but they were attacked before they could get to the bottom of it, and one of them was seriously injured and had to be forced to return. Karl retracted his gaze, "I can't imagine how ordinary miners could have dug that deep. ”

"Would you like to go down and have a look?" Alexia said to Karl.

"No, just a sigh. Karl said, "Let's find a place to stay." ”

In fact, Carl can choose to go to the Mage Guild, but Alexia is more troublesome.

He took out the magic camera that Broad had given him and snapped it a few times, and the crater was a wonder - though it wasn't certain whether it was man-made or natural.

Maybe it's a combination of both.

......

The Ashburgh is an iconic building in Tahamat, its façade is not large, the key is its owner, the owner of the Ashhearth is a legendary dwarve, he is not the average dwarf keen to mine and black, but is adventurous, and it is rumored that he has traveled half the empire - at that time the city in the sky had not even taken off.

After returning to the city where he was born after decades of wandering, he decided not to go out again, to be a normal dwarf, to inherit and carry forward the skills of his ancestors like his own people, but it didn't take long for the iron to become active again, but he didn't want to break his oath, so he opened a place similar to a tavern behind the city, begging for a living and communicating with all kinds of travelers.

The Dwarven Curator made many friends during his travels, and if he passed by Tahamat, he would go to sit there, and the dwarven spirits and his extensive knowledge attracted waves of adventurers.

Decades have passed, and the tavern of the year is still a tavern, and the young dwarves of that year are no longer young, but they are still brave and worthy of the year.

Today's weather was a bit gloomy, thick clouds were piling up in the sky, which was a sign of rain, presumably there were no more customers, Tours breathed a sigh of relief and stole a glance behind the counter, where the dwarf store manager was lying on a bench, clutching a wine bottle in his hand and snoring with an earth-shattering sound.

The older the dwarf, the sicker he is, and the better he is when he has guests, if there is no one for half a day, he may get himself drunk.

"Is this Ashoven, please?" a voice woke a distracted Tours.

The one who spoke was a black-haired young man, wearing a neat white uniform, looking at the characteristics of this outfit, he knew that he came from the imperial capital, because Tahamat was a mining city, and the clothes were easily contaminated with all kinds of dust, so gradually few people would choose white, a dirty color. And this kind of regular clothing style is rare to see in Padres.

Standing beside the boy was a crimson human girl with two ponytails.

Carl held a rolled-up tourist brochure in his hand, published last year, and the author highly recommended the nondescript tavern on the third floor of Tahamat.

"Yes, are you going to stay or drink?" Turce looked up at the two humans.

"Overnight. Alexia said, "How much do two superlative rooms cost?"

"Hardware for a day. "Wait a minute. ”

The short-limbed dwarf ran to the counter and shook the chair vigorously, and Carl saw an older dwarf slap the poor dwarf, and then roll over and crush on top of his shopkeeper.

A cold sweat broke out on Karl's head: "Looks like you need help?"

"Be sure to wake him up, any way will do. ”

Turce tried hard to lift the old dwarf off his back, but the dwarf store manager seemed to feel that the cushion behind him was restless, and subconsciously used a little fighting strength to suppress the resisting dwarf every second.

Carl rubbed a large water balloon out, held it in his hand and hesitated, "Is it really okay?"

He and Alexia were going to stay here for a few days, so they made the shopkeeper ......

"It's okay, please as soon as possible. Turce held on, his yellowish-black face flushed.

Karl glanced at Alexia, who was eager to try his practice knife as he pulled out his practice knife.

With a ruthless heart, he smashed this big water balloon that had been saved for several minutes on the old dwarf, not only smearing the dwarf store manager all over his face, but also rushing him away from the dwarf.

Turce exhaled and got up, surprised to find that there was no sign of dampness on his body.

"Gollum ......"

The dwarven shopkeeper rolled on the ground for another half a turn, then sat up, tilted his head, knocked his head, poured the water out of his ear holes, and came in the opposite direction.

"Good boy. The dwarf store manager muttered and stood up, "You're a little level this time."

Pasting his face with a balloon of water is something that a mage can do, but not many people like Carl can push him away without getting Tours who is close at hand.

As soon as the fiery red fighting qi on his body was released, the water stains on his body evaporated.

There was a hint of surprise in Karl's eyes.

The dwarves don't know magic, but striking iron by the furnace all year round gives them a fire elemental affinity (referring to the average) that is several times higher than that of humans, which is already a natural attribute that has been integrated into the bloodline of the race.

A highly gifted dwarf can even fuse the fire element into his Dou Qi, forming a different kind of Flame Dou Qi.

"I smiled. Karl touched his nose.

"Don't be so literal. The old dwarf was dissatisfied, "Do you want to stay in the hotel, two people, ten gold coins a day, a few days?"

Karl thought for a moment and asked, "How long is Tahamat's auction coming up?"

"Five days later. The dwarven shopkeeper said, "You're staying for five days?"

"Let's book for six days first. Karl lined up sixty gold coins on the counter.