Lothar frowned as she walked down the bad-smelling corridor.

It was much more spacious than he had imagined.

However, when I first went down the shaft, the passage was still relatively narrow, and the deeper I went, the more open it became, and it was like a huge underground world.

Although Lothar knew that Constantinople had an underground palace, and played no small role in the siege of Constantinople by the Ottomans.

But the "dungeon" here is not quite what he imagined.

"What are we going to face next?"

Lothar looked up, stepped over a muddy puddle, and asked, "Is it just a swarm of rats?" ”

Anna held a flame for lighting in her hand, and when she heard this, she shook her head and said, "It's rats, but there is more than one group, and what we have to solve is the source of these rats." ”

"They carry the Black Death?"

"The Black Death?"

Anna was slightly stunned, and immediately thought that many of the people who died in the great plague of Justinian had black skin and puscesses, and the name "Black Death" was indeed quite appropriate.

"I don't know, but according to Liena, they're covered in abscesses, they're not healthy rats, and they're quite aggressive."

Lothar frowned, he wasn't worried that he would get sick, on the one hand, his physique attributes were relatively high, and on the other hand, after having the bloodline of the dragonborn, he could almost be said to be invulnerable.

"At the time of the great plague of Justinian, there were so many rats running rampant?"

"It's true that there are a lot of rats, and according to the records, they are all infested, but it's not the same as it is now."

Lothar breathed a sigh of relief, if it was just a rat plague, although it was tricky, there was still a way to solve it, and the destructive power was relatively limited.

The Black Death was beyond his reach.

Even if martial law is enacted, the rats and their fleas will still spread deadly germs to every corner of the civilized world.

"Can you still contact Liena?"

"I can't."

The group fell into a brief silence.

No matter what the era, losing contact is not a good sign.

Lothar reassured, "Maybe she's too busy fighting to reply to your messages." ”

"Perhaps, who knows."

Anna had an ominous premonition in her heart, she would not say that even when she was fighting a man on the bed, she would not forget to describe to her that this man's skills were really bad, and that she would only rush savagely.

Liena is a dissolute woman, but she is also a trustworthy companion, and their friendship has lasted for many years.

The reason why she was invited to Constantinople was because she was really short of manpower, which was to fill the vacancy of Nisya's assignment to Jerusalem.

"Maybe I should listen to her and ask her to contact some witchers."

She thought.

In front of me, it suddenly opened up.

They came to an open passage with an underground river flowing.

All sorts of semi-dried filth, which occupy the exposed "muddy riverbed", emits a pungent stench.

Lothar cautiously glanced at the flame in Anna's hand and saw that it had no tendency to explode, so she was relieved a little.

At the very least, the biogas here is not so thick that the dry toilet that Lothar used to go to school in her previous life, and you have to worry that it will explode when you light a cigarette.

"That's?"

Lothar pointed to a pale skeleton not far away, his eyes smoky from the terrible smell.

They approached and looked at it for a while, and Anna said, "Obviously, this is the corpse of a water ghost, which has been gnawed clean, and it is likely that it was the kind of rat that Liena said." ”

There are still some jagged tooth marks on the skeleton.

"If it weren't for the surprisingly hard bones of water spirits and ghouls, they would have gnawed the bones clean."

"Anna, I have a question, there are so many rats in this dungeon, what do they usually eat?"

"Isn't it already obvious, it's these monsters that inhabit the ground, and when they are eaten up, these rats should head to the surface."

Is there so many monsters inhabiting the underground of Constantinople?

Lothar frowned, "How did these rats come from?" ”

"Who knows, maybe it's the hubris of some self-righteous evil wizards."

Anna's tone was dull: "There are so many monsters under Constantinople, it's only natural that some wizards would come here to conduct their evil research. ”

She looked at Lothar with a slightly mocking smile on her face: "Actually, the world's perception of wizards as 'having a long nose, nesting in a corner, and doing crazy experiments' is not all misconceptions, even in my opinion, most wizards are not good people. ”

"Are you one of those minority?"

"What do you think?"

"Of course."

"Thank you."

The group walked and chatted.

The deeper he went, the worse the smell of the air became, and many places were completely covered in filth, like walking through a rotten swamp - everything was terrible here, and Lothar felt that Liena was right, that the kind of work should be left to the poor witchers, for which he would rather pay the high price of five hundred Souleds.

"Anna, what if... I mean, what are we going to do if these rats do carry the Black Death? ”

"Find the source of the plague and cut their lives from the source."

Lothar frowned: "There will be such a thing?" ”

"If it's a magical creation, there will be. If not..."

Anna didn't say any more, just silently drew a cross in front of her.

The atmosphere became a little oppressive, and the group of three began to continue on their way.

It is worth mentioning that although Yin Fu has average physical strength, she has mastered a levitation technique, which allows her to isolate herself from those filths while maintaining the speed that follows closely behind the two of them.

This made Lothar very envious.

Levitation is not an easy spell to master, and it is slightly less difficult than Transfiguration, but after learning, it can only float less than one meter at most, and the cost performance is actually quite average.

It can be seen that Yin Fu, a housemaiden, has been bored in the Imperial Library for so many years and has not gone out, and she is definitely not in vain.

Ahead, there was a sudden sound of rapid fluttering wings.

A huge bat-like monster flew out of the darkness and quickly pounced on the group.

"It's a night ghost."

Anna explained: "Don't be in a hurry, the night ghost is the smarter of the low-level monsters, and may be able to get some information from its mouth." ”

The Night Ghost was clearly not targeting Lothar's group, and its human-like face was full of fear.

"Let's go, get out of the way!"

The night ghost uttered a rapid, lame human voice, and although this monster was ugly and resembled a large bat with a gray scarf, its voice was exceptionally good.

It is said that night ghosts often disguise themselves as injured boys and girls, and their touching voices attract people who return in the evening.

Anna asked, "What's up ahead?" ”

"Run, run!"

Although the night ghost is a low-level monster, it can still feel the powerful magic power of Anna and Yin Fu, as well as the strong dragon aura transmitted from Lothar, so it can't resist at all.

"There's... Rats, a lot, eat meat ..."

It was clearly frightened.

"Let's go."

Anna frowned, turned to the side, and motioned for Lothar to get out of the way.

"Just let it go?"

In Lothar's opinion, it doesn't matter if this kind of monster doesn't touch, since it does, it should be solved easily, who knows how many people it will eat later.

"Don't worry, this night ghost is most likely the offspring of the night ghost I caught and threw here before."

Lothar: "Huh? ”

Anna explained, "You don't have to look at me with the eyes of a perverted wizard who looks at monsters. Night ghosts eat not only people, but also monsters, and I have cursed them and their descendants not to leave the dungeon even a step. ”

"They're coming, Lothar, protect Yinfu."

Anna admonished.

As he spoke, the sound of rustling began to sound in the distance.

Swarms, densely packed, like endless mice, rushed out from the other end of the passage.

Getting closer, Lothar finally got a full view of the rats, each of them the size of a fist, their wet fur covered with sewer filth, and their skin covered in black abscesses.

Beneath the scarlet eyes were two rows of front teeth as sharp as knives.

Anna joined her numbers and whispered incantations, a terrifying storm of magic that lifted her body up, and the aura of magic reflected a colorful glow around her.

"Boom!"

Bang –

The terrifying magic power turned into a shockwave and spread out violently, and everywhere it passed, all the rats flew with flesh and blood, and the internal organs of the stumps formed a rain of filth, falling on the barrier held up by Yin Fu.

The smell got worse.

Long.

The rat colony that had gone one after another was finally cleaned up, and Anna slowly landed on the ground, she breathed a sigh of relief, in terms of the total amount of spiritual power and magic power, she had already stepped into the realm of legend with half a foot.

In the entire wizarding world, he is considered a top powerhouse.

Cleaning up this swarm of rats didn't cost her much strength.

Anna's face was a little lighter: "These rats have a surging magical aura on them, which means that they are magical creatures, and destroying their source of magic power can avert this disaster." ”