Remembering the Gray Snow Record at the End of the Year Parallel Army - The Sound of the Turning Tide Chapter 5 Survivors of the Fierce Underground Palace
Parallel Army - The Sound of the Turning Tide Chapter 5 Survivors of the Fierce Underground Palace
"It looks like we have to go to the capital to deliver the letter. Is the purchase going well?" Carlin asked Sofia. After all, both of them looked a little solemn.
"It's not a big deal, it's just that I was followed just after I bought something. And we couldn't find the person yet, and the person disappeared very quickly," Sofia replied.
"Following? And no traces can be found?" Karin whispered.
"No, there are only traces before we discovered it." Sophia shook her head.
Carlin suggested: "Then we can only be more careful and talk to the brothers outside later."
"I guess there's no malicious intent? Maybe someone is too hungry and wants to steal some food, like some elves in the book." Sofia joked, taking inventory of the things she bought.
"Then it's better for this elf to show up as soon as possible. With such great stealth skills, I also want to make a friend." Karin actually doesn't believe in the so-called "curiosity" and "no malice", but he shouldn't make any assumptions.
In conclusion, I gave up and prepared to leave the city and move on.
After Sofia took stock of her things, she passed by the temple when she left and left a few story books and adventure books that she bought for the priest. It was a little thought of her own, so that the children here could have more spiritual entertainment.
Then, after checking that nothing happened, we left the city with our things. Enough food for twenty-three people for a month was stored in the space equipment. This time, there was no need to worry about food on the way, and the speed could be accelerated.
After passing through several cities controlled by the rebels, the supplies were once again exhausted, but they also arrived at one of the cities on the edge of the battle line as scheduled.
The warm wind has not yet arrived, and citizens in important strategic positions naturally live with fear.
They hope that the rebels will not be defeated, but they are also afraid that if this day comes, the days in the future will be more difficult than before. What's more, if there is such a thing as siege, even if it is strictly prohibited, there will be many civilians because of the war.
Injured or even tragically killed.
This city is located in an alluvial plain near a river, but there are also forests and hills and mountains around it. It is a complex terrain, which is relatively advantageous to the defending side.
One hundred miles away is a valley that the Ranlingge River, which flows from west to east, must pass through. Both sides of the valley are extremely difficult to pass, and are even too steep to set up an ambush.
There are many river channels in the valley formed by the diversion of rivers in the previous year. Therefore, outside the flood season, the river is divided into several small streams. Therefore, this valley is also called Nanling Valley.
There are heavy military positions on both sides of the Nanling Valley, and barracks or outposts have been set up in many areas on both sides of the valley. It is very dangerous to pass through here.
However, it is not impossible to do anything. Some legal and important identities can also be passed through other methods.
In addition, you can also consider taking a long detour, such as passing through the dangerous road called Luoyundian farther away. There are rare but extremely powerful bird monsters living there, and many desperate businessmen have died here.
The wreckage fell from the top of Yunshang Mountain, so this place is called Luoyundian.
There is also the legend told by Richard - the Fierce Underground Palace, which is the story they heard after returning from the valley last time. It was a long time ago, when the monsters of Nevis were still active, and the adventurers stayed
s story.
There is an underground river on the north side of Nanling Valley. A crazy beast tamer once lived in the underground river. He drove the tamed monsters to build his own palace on one side of the underground river. On the other side of the palace, there is an underground river reaching the opposite side of the mountain.
The passage to the adamantine mine.
It is said that many adventurers later came out of the entrance of the underground river but did not find any clues, so the authenticity needs to be verified.
The group had just taken a good rest in a hotel in this city that was experiencing an uneasy atmosphere. Due to the depression, travel expenses were very cheap, and then Sofia replenished a lot of food.
Considering that the risk level will not be very low no matter which path we choose next, Sophia discussed with her companions: "Let's see what we can buy here first. Maybe we can replenish usable equipment for our group."
, somewhat improve the safety factor.”
"I think so too. After all, we still don't know how dangerous it will be." Zate rarely came out to express his position.
Now that he was ready to purchase weapons, Carlin took stock of what the soldiers tended to use. By the way, he asked if there were any who could shoot arrows, but unfortunately, at most, there were some who could use slings, and they were not yet proficient.
Carlin brought the group of soldiers to the blacksmith shop and asked them to pick weapons if necessary. If they didn't have any, forget about it. He paid close attention to Richard's reaction to this question. He didn't expect Richard to know two spells.
But there are only two.
Sophia went to the tailor and asked if they could upgrade their leather armor with bear skins. It was possible, but it would take a few days.
Sofia came back to find out what to do with Carlin, and after they had finished making their selections, she let them make their own arrangements. Then she called Richard and Mero to go to the mercenary factory first.
Considering that he could stay for two days, Carlin decided to ask around about the legend Richard told. Zate followed him at a loss.
First, they came to a tavern with the attitude of giving it a try. They thought there would be no people there, but there were quite a few people drinking to relieve their worries.
But it seems that the people drinking in the tavern don't look like adventurers or mercenaries. There are workers, off-duty rebel soldiers, bankrupt businessmen, etc.
Karin ordered a glass of ordinary wine, paid for it, and found a corner to sit and drink it slowly, listening to what other people had to say. But after sitting for a while while drinking ginseng ale, all he heard was complaining about the situation and cursing.
All kinds of content about my bad luck. But after venting my negative emotions in the pub, life still has to go on.
When the waiter brought drinks to the table next to him, Karin casually asked if there was an underground river nearby. But passively waiting had no results, and taking the initiative to ask had nothing to do with it.
Karin sighed and quickly drank the rest of the wine, paid Zate and left.
On the other side, the eldest sister Sophia brought her two more obedient younger brothers to the Mercenary Industrial Bank. This was also the poorest ICBC lobby that Sophia had ever seen.
There are only three commissions on the notice board that pay no more than 20 paise, and the others are on the same level as catching kittens and puppies. There is only a girl and an unshaven old man with a wooden foot and a prosthetic leg in the hall.
However, although not many people came to this small mercenary factory, it was still kept very clean.
"Although I don't have much hope, there are really few commissions here. I also want to do something to help supplement the team's funds. After all, it cost a lot of money to upgrade your current equipment with that skin." Sofia shook her head.
He shook his head and asked Richard and Mello to see if the commissions were suitable for people like them. He walked towards the position of the old man and the girl.
The old man had a wooden crutch at his feet and was sitting on a bar chair, drinking wine incessantly. The girl was lying on the table boredly, reading a cooking book.
"Good morning." Sofia said to the old man.
"It doesn't look like the client. Does a little girl of your age know what real adventure is?" The old man took a sip of wine, as if he was advising, but it was also self-deprecating.
"I am a member of the Thirteenth Mad Wolf Mercenary Group. Come here to register. I also plan to receive some commissions during my few days here. But are those the only tasks that can be done in ICBC?" Sophia took out the information.
"In a country where the number of Warcraft is less than the number of nobles, how many commissions do you think there will be? No mercenary with common sense will go so deep into this country." The girl lazily bent down and took out a registration book and opened it.
Let's leave the second page blank. The first page only contains more than twenty names.
"Well, this is the first time I heard that this is the case here. After all, I only passed by here because of my mission." Sophia said nonchalantly.
"We want to pass through Nanling Valley. We heard that we can pass through Luoyundian, but there are some birds and monsters there. Do you have any information about that place to provide?" Seeing that the two people had no special reaction, Sophia said
He asked the girl after handing the registration information of the mercenary group.
The girl read to Sophia the information about the avian monsters living near Luoyundian. Just one would require an entire B-level mercenary group to defeat, and there were even super-large ones that required an entire A-level mercenary group to defeat.
Bird monster.
The conservative estimate of the B-level mercenary group here is ten people and the A-level mercenary group is twenty people. If you invest your own money to deal with such a difficult-to-hunt monster without a commission, you are asking for trouble.
"How far is Luoyundian from here?" Sophia asked again.
"It takes about half a month to walk. Taking a carriage to the foot of the mountain can save half the time." But Sophia brought a lot of people.
Sofia has been with the escorts for so long, and her evaluation of the twenty strong men's combat performance is: based on melee single-target attack and dodge ability, they are stronger than Fageni, but they are not good at dealing with enemies from a distance, and their foot strength is about three Mo
Engnan.
Sofia asked again if there were any relevant maps of the Nanling Valley, especially the north side. But those were military maps and were controlled products.
Sophia was silent for a moment, and then asked her if she knew how to get to the underground river on the north side.
"Do you want to try the Fiery Underground Palace?" the old man said after taking the last sip of wine: "The fish that survive in the underground river are very ferocious, and the environment is also very poor. If you are not fully prepared, going to that place is simply asking for death.
Did you see my leg? It was just thrown there."
"Can you tell me some information about that place?" Sophia thought it would be okay to spend some money.
"It's okay to tell you. I'm an old man and have no children. My only regret is that I couldn't find the entrance to the ruins. If you really want to go, I can lead the way." The old man stood up.
"If it's possible, please excuse me." Sophia looked at the girl next to her and asked instead, "After entering there, what do you need to prepare in advance? Let's prepare it as soon as possible."
"You are still too young. I can't sleep well when I ask you to do it. I will take you to prepare." The old man left the drink money, grabbed his crutches, and walked out steadily.
Sofia inexplicably thought of her mother-in-law... She nodded and called Mello and Richard, who were silent on the side, to follow her.