Section 190 Special commissioner Agraven
"Mr. Aglavin, would you like some water?" said the caravan leader, Luegg, cautiously to Solomon.
"No, how far are you from entering the Dark Realm?" asked Solomon casually.
Lueg was Duncan's right-hand man of the Dark Merchant, and although his strength was not too high, he seemed to be only about level 10, but he was good at reading faces, and he was fluent in many languages, including several underground tribal languages and ancient elves.
According to the information provided to Asturias, his subordinate could sing opera in High Elf language, as well as chant one or two ancient magic in Elven language, so even though he was only about level ten, his actual strength was a little higher than what could be seen from the outside. 、
Duncan, the inverted frieze, had to agree to Asturias' request in order to survive.
Solomon had Guerra negotiate with him on the condition that Asturian would pardon his crimes, but on the condition that an Asturian agent be sent to the dark elf city of Redern.
Duncan is still under house arrest in the "safe house" controlled by the guards in St. Quentin, but his business is now allowed to re-enter Asturias.
Solomon approached Lueg on the guise of Agent Agraven and traveled to the territory of the Dark Elves on Duncan's underground caravan.
It was a bit risky to go to Redern City in person, but after thinking about it, if Solomon didn't rely entirely on his own force to stop the attack of the dark elves, he had to find a way to make the other enemies of the dark elves put pressure on them, but at the same time, the other enemies of the dark elves in the dark region might not take the initiative to jump out to help Mitaunos and them break the siege, and what Biskla Ullet did must also be clarified. These need to be understood and operated by someone who personally goes to the dark region.
If these are occurring on the surface. Solomon will not come forward in person. Naturally, there will be someone to help.
But it's a dark region, this ghost place is chaotic and dangerous, not to mention the language, just the language is a huge problem, not every tribe can be like Mitaunos, Medusa they have a little mastery of some lingua franca, some creature tribes only use their special language, or the High Elf language brought by the dark elves who enslave them.
Even if Paigra was presiding over the matter, Solomon was not reassured enough to go out again in person.
Although he knew at least five or more pathways from the surface to the dark realms. But what he needs is not only to reach the Dark Regions, but also to have an identity that allows him to have reasonable access to the Dark Elves, which will help him observe the actions and contradictions of the Dark Elves, as well as investigate what Biskra Ullet did before.
That's why it took so much trouble to go to the city of Redern through the adventure caravan of Guò Luegg.
The adventure caravan led by Lueger was later established by Duncan, who sold slaves to make a fortune at the peak of the dark merchant's career, and did not want to risk dealing directly with the underground tribes, at best he was only a middleman, reselling or introducing, and his level was generally in contact with the top underground merchants like Micot back then.
Dare like Mikot and the underground tribes. Even the dark elves directly trade not many dark merchants, both with strength and power. Also be willing to take risks, after all, dealing with underground tribes is very dangerous, and who knows if they will turn their faces at any time.
Duncan was inferior in strength before, he didn't have enough strength to support him to trade directly with the underground tribes, and he was already rich enough to trade slaves, and he didn't want to take such a risk.
But who told him to suffer again and again, first provoked Solomon, with the rise of Solomon, his business was expelled from Asturias, and then began to fall; the worst thing is that William's death affected him, he was just greedy for the support of a big man in the Aurora Empire, so he did a little favor, who knew that Natalia was later involved in the death of the monarch of Asturias, and he was secretly pursued by the secret guards, and the business was hit again, and the big man of the Aurora Empire also abandoned him as an outcast.
In desperation, he took the risk of organizing a caravan to secretly deal with the dark elves, and he provided the dark elves with the information and materials they needed, and then he was qualified to exchange goods for the specialties of the dark region from the dark elves.
Although he was not very strong, he was good at communication and multilingual, and Duncan was relieved to leave the caravan to him to manage.
After Solomon joined this caravan, he already had a slight understanding of the composition of this caravan, although this caravan belonged to Duncan, and the basic guards were also his, but the people inside were not necessarily completely his.
In other words, he is trading with the dark elves, and at the same time doing another business, helping people "smuggle".
Some of the most vicious criminals who continue to stay on the ground will die sooner or later, then they may be willing to take the risk of running to the dark area, of course, if this kind of person finds a certain passage in a daze, he may not reach the destination and will die, because even if the dark council has a few passages to the dark area, they will usually send people to monitor it, if it is not for the heat of this underground war, on the underground side of the passage, the warriors of Mitaunos or the archers of Medusa will also patrol regularly, and if they don't have the ability to collide with it, they will be shot into hedgehogs or turned into stone statues if they are not split in half。
So Duncan had such a passage in his hands, and it also cost a lot of money, of course, he was willing to pay such a big price to buy it from another top dark merchant, and the idea at that time was that if he really couldn't stay on the surface because of William's death, he could escape to the ground at any time.
In addition, the dark elves themselves also welcome these surface criminals to come to the dark region on their own initiative, and can serve them, become their hires, or face them, the dark elves are tired of playing with the creatures underground, and sometimes they will taste small fresh meat from the surface.
However, it is too difficult to gain a foothold in the territory of the Dark Elves with only the X ability. Those dark-skinned elves were like wolves and tigers, and they were excited, and several males couldn't satisfy them, they would only be squeezed dry, and once they were squeezed dry, they would be used as cannon fodder.
So every year in this caravan, some people are secretly taken underground, and of course these people have to pay Duncan and them a high "smuggling fee".
The cost is divided into several levels, the lowest level is just tell you about this entrance, how to go, find your own way, not even with the caravan, because you can't pay enough money; a little better is to follow the caravan, but the caravan is only responsible for bringing you, not to guarantee your safety after you arrive, if you arrive, you will be killed directly by the dark elves or the servant tribe without doing anything, then your money will be spent in vain; if you are willing to pay more money, then Duncan will take on some relationships, and give you the identity of a caravan guard, so that when the caravan leaves the underground and returns to the surface for a period of time, you are relativeThe "safe" ones give you more time to "find a job", and the most advanced ones are Duncan or Luegken who will help you actively recommend them to the Dark Elves, which of course are the most expensive.
Solomon revealed to Luegger that he was an Asturian dispatcher, and Luegger did not dare to slack off, giving him the identity of a caravan guard mage, and in addition to Solomon, the caravan also included two other "stowaways".
The caravan became more and more desolate as it went, eventually stopping in a valley in a wilderness region on the border between Titania and Saxon.
The valley is long and narrow, and there is a simple camp at the mouth of the valley, where a squad of less than twenty people is guarded by a team of less than twenty people, and Duncan's men take turns and change every six months.
Half a year is hard, but the remuneration is extremely high, and these people often go to the Titania or Saxon cities to spend all their time drinking as soon as they get the money.
The caravan rested in the camp, then unloaded from the wagons and replaced on the prepared domesticated beasts in the camp.
This domesticated beast looks like a rhinoceros, with a very thick and hard skin, but no sharp horns, and its wild relatives are only moderately dangerous in the wild, while these domesticated ones are improved varieties that have been domesticated for many generations, with a much more docile temperament, strong weight-bearing capacity, and there seem to be some soil and water attributes in the bloodline, especially suitable for traveling to and from dark regions.
This is also one of the usual modes of transportation for perennial trade with the Dark Lands, even if Solomon and Mitaunos trade with them, using this seemingly extremely backward transportation.
Instead of using the method of establishing a teleportation array, because it must be considered that once there is a teleportation array, it will be too easy for the underground tribes to come to the surface, and without being sure of controlling the dark region, Solomon will not dare to build a teleportation array casually, unless one day there can be a strong stronghold belonging to Asturias in the dark region.
And Duncan's camp is even more special, both humans and domesticated animals for transportation have to be smeared with snake medicine.
Because the entrance is at the end of the narrow valley, in which Duncan deliberately let people release a large number of poisonous snakes, and after years of breeding, the number of them has increased.
After anointing the people and beasts with snake medicine, the men walked and the beasts carried the animals, and the men in the camp led the way to the valley.
At the end, a huge crack in the ground appeared in front of Solomon's eyes.
The caravan was full of mermaids, Luegger and Solomon walked in the middle, there was still a long road from the surface to the underground, although there should be a dark elf or a dark elf attached to the other side of the road to watch or patrol, but on the road between the two ends, it was not that there was no danger at all, sometimes it was like the ant-man would drill through the rock formation to threaten a certain section of the road, and sometimes some underground creatures would become roadblocks along the gap. (To be continued......)