Chapter 110 109

【Ding~Madness +50】

Lloyd took the 'subway' to a church in the new town.

It's a sizable medium-sized area, staffed by a dozen priests and inquisitors, and is responsible for the security of a large area.

Lloyd casually found a passing priest, set up an approximation, and then took out the fancy map and asked the other party about the situation.

"Huh? This place ......"

The priest looked at the map for a moment, frowning, and looking like he wanted to say something.

"What's wrong? Isn't it special? ”

Lloyd hurriedly asked.

The priest patiently explained to him:

"It's quite special, you also know that the west side of the city is very new, right? But this place has a lot of history, it can be said to be the oldest area in the whole city, dating back to the days of the Great Pioneers, when it was a shantytown where many workers lived......"

After that, the city developed rapidly, but it was left behind, and even though new streets and buildings were built around it, it was still the same as it was then, and it has become an isolated city, lacking effective management and remediation.

Today, it has probably become a basically isolated three-way zone, and the situation inside is very complicated, even those small animals in the Holy Grace Court don't want to go in, why do you want to go there? ”

"Is there a place like this in the city?"

Lloyd was a bit surprised by this.

Although he wandered around with Ephrol when he was a child, mixed in various civilian areas in the south of the city, it was only poor and broken, not very chaotic, and not out of control.

"Or else? Do you think this is a beautiful place? In fact, there are many places like this area, but this one is the oldest, largest, and most chaotic. ”

The priest continued.

But Lloyd really wanted to find the book, and of course he would not give up on it, so he nodded and said:

"Well, I see, thanks."

"Do you still want to go in? Never mind...... Whatever you want, but I'd suggest you don't just go in and buy a mask at the toy store across the street, and then it's better to spend a little money and find a guide, or you'll get lost inside. ”

"I see, thanks for the suggestion."

Lloyd nodded vigorously, and then left the church, and went into the toy store very persuasively, and bought a baby-faced mask, which looked dull, hollow, and numb, and not the slightest cute, and looked like a rough doll.

Then I bought a box of matches by the way, lit one, and continued to narrow down the search.

The match flickered twice in the wind and went out quite normally, without instructions or warning.

Lloyd was feeling strange, thinking that the divination had failed, when he suddenly felt a slight vibration coming from the matchbox.

Hurriedly opened it, and suddenly a few matches jumped out of it, and made a stickman in his palm, jumping and jumping, and then lit together, and burned to ashes in an instant, almost burning his hands.

"emmmmm, this omen, is it really related to dance? Need to find a hot place? ”

"Although it suddenly ignited, it didn't burn my hands, which means that I will encounter a little trouble on this trip, but the problem is not big, and the overall result is still inclined to be optimistic."

After some interpretation, Lloyd nodded in satisfaction.

Then he hopped on a tram, took about ten minutes, got off at the nearest stop, and walked for more than half an hour to a wide ditch.

On the other side of the river, there are large shacks, black and pressing, dense, I don't know how many people live, but I can only see a few figures walking and outcropping, which seems to have no vitality and vitality.

But just across the river, there is a brand new street, and behind it is a busy construction site, and a tall building should soon rise from the ground, and further afield, you can see the bustling city skyline of the new town.

Lloyd felt like he had arrived at the intersection of two worlds.

There is no bridge over the river, only all kinds of household garbage flowing down the river, and large patches of white foam with a fishy smell.

But on the shore there were a few narrow boats, on which squatted boatmen, dressed in dirty clothes, looking at Lloyd with playful eyes.

Lloyd straightened the mask on his face, walked over quickly, and then pointed to the other side.

"Fifty."

The boatman casually quoted a price.

Lloyd nodded and jumped aboard.

The boat began to paddle toward the opposite shore.

But as soon as he reached the middle of the river, the boatman suddenly stopped rowing, put the oar in his hand, took out a dagger with a cold light and played with it in his hand, and then said with a sneer:

"I repented, either add another hundred, or ...... You swim over on your own. ”

Lloyd shook his head and stood up, intending to reason with the other man and tell him that it was not right to sit on the ground.

So he quickly drew the short sword at his waist and slashed directly at the dagger in the boatman's hand.

Qiang~

The dagger snapped in two.

The boatman couldn't help but be stunned, probably because he didn't expect that there would be passengers who would dare to do it with him?

Lloyd didn't give him a chance to react, and grabbed him by the throat, twisted him up, and threw him into the water.

Then he picked up the oar and shot it a few times at the boatman who was fluttering in the water.

Knock~knock~knock~

It's loud, it's a good head.

The boatman suddenly floated on the surface of the water and did not move, so Lloyd propped up the boat himself and slowly rowed to the opposite shore.

The experience of wandering around as a child gave him no lack of experience in dealing with this situation.

It wasn't long before the boat landed and Lloyd jumped into the ruined shantytown.

A pungent stench suddenly hit the face, mixed with a little bit of blood.

It was, as the priest had said, a vast labyrinth, with battered shanties piled up into the walls of the labyrinth, and several paths leading to it, and sewage and all sorts of garbage piled up on them.

Then Lloyd didn't take a few steps, and it was really like adventuring in a labyrinth, 'encountering the enemy'.

A group of dirty, ragged children sprang out of nowhere and surrounded him in all directions, some trying to hold his legs, others reaching for his pockets with unclean hands.

Lloyd sneered, unceremoniously got up directly, kicked the fastest runner into the puddle next to him, and then grabbed a hand that wanted to touch his pocket, threw it casually, and threw it into the garbage pile next to him.

The rest of the children were not stupid when they saw that he was so ruthless, and hurriedly made birds and beasts scatter.

"Heh~ It's all the rest of what I played back then."

Lloyd sneered, but he didn't expect that his unbearable childhood experience would come in handy one day.

He chose a slightly cleaner and more spacious path and continued to walk deeper.

As a result, he still couldn't take a few steps, and there were several fierce and vicious strong men, carrying sticks, chains, machetes, etc., and they suddenly appeared from there, trying to block his way.

Lloyd still didn't bother to speak, nor did he bother to fight these people head-to-head, so he directly took out a matchbox, pulled out a few, and then launched the [Extraordinary Swordsmanship] skill.

He tried it on the way here, and although the match could be lit, it was judged to be a cold weapon such as a 'toothpick' or a 'needle', which could be used to launch the [Extraordinary Swordsmanship].

Whoosh~whoosh~whoosh~

Matches shot out like bullets, leaving several sword-cut wounds on the bodies of several 'Green Forest Heroes', forcing them to let out a scream.

"Uh...... My ears! He has a gun! He has a gun! ”

"Ahem...... Belch...... Ahem......"

"Stick your hands, get out of here!"

Several heroes supported each other, and disappeared into the shanty maze in the blink of an eye.

The rest of Lloyd's journey was much smoother, and he didn't encounter any more enemies.

Although it was described as dangerous by the priest, Lloyd had a feeling of 'returning home' and 'reminiscing about his childhood'.

But the guide still wanted it, and he wandered around for a while, but he couldn't find a place that met the definition of 'dance' and 'passion'.

Lloyd took a few more steps, and the door of a nearby shanty was suddenly pushed open, and a dirty middle-aged woman emerged from inside.

She smiled provocatively at Lloyd, then generously lifted her blouse to show her sincerity, and then asked:

"The lord from outside, do you want to come and have fun? 200 is fine. ”

Lloyd directly took out five 100 universal coins, raised them in front of her, and replied:

"Take me to a place where there are a lot of people dancing, hot enough, passionate enough."

"Hee-hee, funny...... I happen to know of one such place. ”

The middle-aged woman smiled evilly, first motioned for Lloyd to follow her into the house, and then lifted a bunk on the floor, revealing a dark entrance to the cavern.

"Come on~"

She picked up an oil lamp and jumped in.

Lloyd gave off a little inspiration, opened the panel again, got ready, and jumped in.

After burrowing through a short hole in the ground, Lloyd's vision suddenly opened up to an underground facility that looked like a large sewer.

There is plenty of sunlight, electric lights are on everywhere, and the view is quite wide, you can see the criss-crossing sewer network, the road surface is quite smooth, there is no standing water, it is not difficult to walk, and even the air is much better than above.

Compared to the large shantytowns above, this bottom is more like a city.

But he looked closer, and saw some half-dug holes, half-laid pipes, and many unfinished traces.

It seems that there was an attempt to build a huge sewer network here, but for some unknown reason, the project was interrupted? Even the ground part was abandoned?

Lloyd speculated to himself.

(End of chapter)