After all, there was such a big commotion tonight, and many people wanted to find out what was going on.
Pestoya's night visit was just a small episode, but it didn't stop after that. Several groups of uninvited guests came to the Unicorn Hotel one after another.
There are second-level and third-level assassins who are proficient in stealth.
I guess it's probably the Umbrella Organization, or those spies who want to harm Reina.
In order not to expose his flaws and find it troublesome to be harassed one after another, Su Lun simply slept with Mr. Jing for one night.
There was nothing overstepping the mark, and both parties were very calm.
With such a great master by his side, Su Lun didn't have to worry about his own safety and could actually have a rare good sleep.
Early the next morning, a stern shout from the old butler Anthony came from the hotel.
"Everyone, prepare your equipment and set off on time at seven o'clock!"
Su Lun got up and dressed himself in an adventurer outfit with a windbreaker, cowboy hat and hat.
"Qianjo" was still washing up, so he went downstairs and dug out the latest briefing and messages from a pile of letters at the hotel front desk.
This is a simple newspaper produced by information dealers. It is printed overnight and contains the latest information about the camp.
The unit price is very expensive, but sales are good.
Su Lun glanced at the contents of the newspaper and mentioned the attack last night at length.
But it's very rough, except for the "mysterious man", there is no clue to the identity of the assassin.
He also saw the hidden message Sabina left for him, and he had a rough idea of the Umbrella Organization's subsequent actions.
As expected, the people from the umbrella organization still haven’t given up surveillance.
However, by lowering the file level, the threat is much smaller.
While Su Lun was reading the newspaper at the front desk.
A few more people came down the stairs. When I turned my head, I saw that it was Lena leading the valet down the stairs.
After one night, the eldest lady's face was no longer sad, and her eyes were full of seriousness. She was wearing a liquid leather jacket, but it was no longer the standard model of the Black Tower Academy, but a higher-end alchemy product with a special modification. Around her waist
Comes with pistol, knife, mechanical vest and tactical belt, gas mask
What's even more rare is that she carries a mechanical box spray-painted with cross-red paint on her back. This is a military individual medical equipment box.
It seems that this eldest lady is ready to fight on her own.
Su Lun glanced at her, raised his eyebrows slightly, and naturally saw some changes in her body.
As if overnight, the tenderness faded away and became a little more stable.
Reina saw Su Lun and nodded as a greeting.
Unlike other families whose hunting groups often have thousands of people, the Reyes family only has four to five hundred people.
In addition to the more than 100 family guards brought by Reina, there are only a few medium-sized wilderness hunting groups from the Cross Society.
The group of people met at the tent area outside the camp, and immediately attracted people from all walks of life pointing and pointing.
"Hiss~ I remember that was Anthony, the butler of the Reyes family. I didn't expect that old guy to advance to the third level."
"I saw the battle last night and it was really strong. It's a pity that with just these few people, I'm afraid they won't be able to reach the center of the city and they will be wiped out."
"I heard that the Unicorn Hotel was also attacked by assassins last night?"
"Assassin? That's no ordinary assassin, I heard."
"It turns out that it was the default decision from the Black Tower. No wonder the other rooms in Reyes are so active. Things are going to change now."
""
The news that Rena's best friend Yulia was killed by everyone last night also spread throughout the camp, and no one dared to come into contact with the team in Reyes's room.
As gossips filled her ears, Reina remained expressionless throughout the whole process.
The team didn’t stay much longer and set off directly along the “No. 16” route to the northeast of the Dawn Ruins.
Because they were led by a third-level professional, Su Lun and his team moved very quickly.
The monsters in the outer city area of the ruins cannot stop the team's progress at all. And because most of the outer ring areas have been explored, there is nothing to stop at.
Encountering several waves of small-scale battles, they had arrived at a section of the incomplete city wall at noon.
This is the landmark to enter the central ruins.
The team crossed the city wall and continued deeper inside.
As the team gradually deepens, the frequency of monster attacks becomes higher and higher.
Not long after, they came to a large abandoned building area with no trace of exploration, and the team stopped.
Although there is only a low, rotten wall separating the middle ring and the outer ring of the ruins, there is a huge gap in the strength of the monsters.
The outer ring is generally filled with first-level and lower-level aberration monsters and abyssal monsters, while the middle ring has second-level, third-level, and even super-level special monsters.
After the Central Ring, it is the "forbidden zone" for small and medium-sized wilderness hunting groups.
If you encounter almost any group of social monsters, you can destroy a medium-sized hunting group led by a second-level professional.
The fog in the air became thicker and thicker, and the atmosphere became more and more tense.
This is a real "high casualty area" and no one dares to be careless.
In the communicator, the team commander's orders were issued one after another.
"Everyone, cheer up! Pay attention to any unusual movements. After entering the center, do not speak loudly and do not shoot casually."
"The third team is at nine o'clock, and the second team is at three o'clock. The assassins are farther apart. Pay attention to reconnaissance and pay attention to monsters and suspicious people following you."
"Everyone, start searching this area as planned!"
""
With Miss Reina as the center, the team spread out in the shape of a lotus.
The Crossland Hunting Group was originally funded by the Reyes family, and the team members were probably equivalent to "long-term workers" who had signed a contract to sell themselves. They were responsible for the most dangerous task of clearing the road ahead.
Su Lun and "Qian Tiao" didn't do anything special, so they just followed the team that opened the road and started to open up wasteland.
What's more, here, there is almost no difference between the head and tail of the team, and monsters may attack anyone at any time.
The building ruins in the Central area are denser, and there are already small buildings with more than ten floors around.
In addition to private houses, there are also large buildings such as opera houses, city halls, and bathhouses.
Like a lush primeval forest, these large buildings are also the favorite habitat of monsters.
And, not just on the ground.
For such a huge city, the sewer system is also very complex, not as simple as Old Town.
With his current auditory perception, Su Lun could clearly feel the sound of crawling coming from the sewers due to their arrival. In the dark caves, there seemed to be pairs of eyes, spying on them.
These uninvited guests.
This is the territory of aberrant monsters
The ruins were filled with fog, there were no lights, and visibility was very low.
Large-scale flares were not allowed to be used casually, so the team members could only rely on the limited field of vision provided by the alchemy night vision goggles and groping carefully.
Princess Teresa's mission was to ask each family to carefully explore their respective routes and find some "things" that they still don't know what they are.
Therefore, the team needs to carefully explore every building, investigate suspicious targets, and break every cursed space.
The progress of exploration is very slow.
After the tasks are assigned,
Su Lun followed "Qian Tiao" and led a Crossland hunting group to explore a residential building.
The team members are all familiar to each other, and it seems that almost all of them are "newcomers" recruited by the gang later.
After being separated from the home team, the players no longer have so many worries about speaking.
"Boss Qianjo, why are there so few people in our group this time? I think the hunting groups of other families have at least a few thousand people. I heard that it seems that our sponsor is in crisis?"
"Sister Senjo, why was there so much commotion in the city last night? I heard that the princess's mansion was attacked?"
"It is said that the princess of the Duke's Palace is the 'most beautiful woman' in our old town. Is it true?"
"Hey, aren't the nobles in the inner city coming to hunt wild lands this time just like us? Our lives are worthless if we die, and they will suffer a big loss."
""
The low-level hunters regard their own lives very cheaply. If they eat this bowl of rice, they are already prepared to face death.
The mentality sounds optimistic.
Especially when they saw people from the inner city hunting wilderness with them, everyone felt a sense of heartless gloating about their misfortune.
They didn't know about the relationship between Senjo and Rena, and they had no scruples about what they said.
The group chatted and slapped each other all the way.
The atmosphere was much happier than the gloomy-looking elite guards in the inner city not far away.
still alive,
talk about women,
Earn money,
There is gossip
Just fine.
The happiness of the low-level hunters is that simple.
The monsters in the ruins are very dense, and the rotten building they explored is home to a group of monsters identified as [Abyss Bloodthirsty Sentinels].
The sound of "squeaking" was endless, and Su Lun had already discovered this crawling monster that looked like a white-skinned monkey, but was hairless and had a big mouth and a human face.
They can project rocks as sub-weapons, which are as powerful as bullets.
Fortunately, the defense is not strong and ordinary bullets can kill it.
With Su Lun and "Qian Tiao" in the team, we didn't encounter any risks.
Clearing all the way, the harvest is not bad.
"Haha, this monkey actually produced cursed materials. The probability of the monsters producing materials from the Central City Wall is so high. The sponsor said that we own the materials, so we can distribute them this time."
"Let's wait until we can take him out alive."
"But having said that, these standard firearms in the inner city are stable and do not jam. Speaking of which, our sponsors are still very good. The set of equipment issued to each person is probably worth hundreds of thousands."
"Yes, I heard that the treatment of the Steam Party and the Crow Gang's wilderness hunting group is much worse than ours. Not only do we have to buy equipment, but we also have to buy bullets ourselves."
"With these equipment, even if the second-level monsters come, I dare to fight them!"
""
I didn't feel that there were any troublesome monsters in the building, so in order to speed up the exploration, the team spread out.
The captains formed teams of ten and each led the team to each floor.
Su Lun and "Qian Tiao" found a corner and sat leisurely, waiting for support at any time in case of an accident.
From time to time, reports came from the communicator.
"Report to Commander, a small-scale monster attack was detected in the opera house and has been cleared."
"A group of high-level deformed monsters were discovered in the Red Brick Building, requesting high-level combat support!"
"Commander, a 'cursed space' was found in the dilapidated building at ten o'clock. It is initially judged to be a 'C-level space', please give instructions."
""
Gunshots rang out intensively in this ruins, and land reclamation was proceeding in an orderly manner.
In terms of individual strength, Reina's team is actually not inferior to any hunting team.
Even one of the best.
There are third-level professionals, and more than a dozen second-level professionals.
Most of the more than one hundred direct line guards that Reina brought from her family are well-trained formal professionals. They have the best firearms and equipment available on the market, and their mechanical armor is very powerful.
But this team also has a fatal shortcoming.
That means there are fewer people and the error tolerance is low.
When encountering wild monsters, the number of people is the guarantee of survival.
But when you encounter a high-risk cursed space, it will be fatal.
Because that Princess Teresa gave the order to die.
No matter what, if a cursed space is discovered, it must be discovered and eliminated.
This means that if they encounter a cursed space of unknown level and the team led by a first-level professional does not come out, then they will have to send a second-level one in;
Another group is destroyed, send the third level again
Until we keep sending people in to find out.
But in fact, most of the cursed spaces can be tried many times and then solved.
If there are enough people, you can also use slave groups to gather a lot of information.
Just like the [1911 Hotel] that Su Lun encountered last time, it is theoretically "T-rated", but if hundreds of people die, you can always figure out some ways to crack it.
Therefore, the number of people is crucial.
But Lena's team doesn't have this kind of opportunity for trial and error.
There were only a few hundred people in total.
Every time a team is lost, it means that their overall chance of survival is lowered by one point.
In the end, high-level professionals will have to test the space in person.
The density of cursed spaces in the middle ring area is much higher than that in the outer ring. In this ruins, they have discovered several cursed spaces.
The most deadly thing is
Even if you know the danger, you still don’t have a chance to cheat!
Because the team is also followed by three "supervisory teams" wearing white helmets, which are people from the inner city military. Their task is to supervise the hunting group and report the battle situation and progress at any time.
Once they die, or the hunting team refuses to carry out the order, experts from the Black Tower will come
It seems that the distance from the central ring to the core of the inner city is only about ten kilometers, but the progress of land reclamation is very slow.
It took Su Lun and his team a whole day to clean up several blocks nearby.
The battle on the first day was brutal, with more than thirty people killed and many wounded.
The team did not move forward, but chose to make a fire and camp in a sturdy building.
It is worth mentioning that Miss Reina has not been idle since the war began and has been active on the battlefield.
She lost her delicate and arrogant attitude as a daughter-in-law, and together with other members of the medical team, she went to various places on the battlefield that needed medical support and treated the wounded with her own hands.
Lena's medical skills are very good, and she is more professional than most of the professional doctors in the wilderness hunting team.
Even now that she is setting up camp and resting, she is still busy in the wounded tent.
Also because she, a dignified young lady, was very hands-on and busy on the front line, instead of complaining, all the wounded were as excited as if they had been given a shot of blood.
"Oh, Miss Lena, my life is not worth such a precious potion."
"Oh my god, Miss Reina actually sewed up the wound with her own hands."
"It is my lifelong honor to serve Miss Reina."
""
Ordinary hunters have a very simple view of grudges.
If you treat him well, he will be willing to sacrifice his life for you.
Originally, after a fierce battle, the wounded would greatly affect the morale of the team.
But because of the eldest lady Reina's dedicated treatment, instead of letting people lose their hearts, they became more united.
In this current situation, only by uniting as a team will we be more likely to survive.
In the tent area not far away, everyone is watching everything
In the individual tent, Su Lun and Mr. Jing were having a simple meal.
Mr. Jing looked at the busy Reina and said with emotion, "This little girl is finally enlightened."
"She has indeed changed a lot."
Su Lun also nodded and took a bite of the bread in his hand.
Then, he asked: "Mr. Jing, are you ready to leave?"
He remembered that this person had said before that if you enter the ruins, you will leave.
"Well. In these two days, I will find a chance to leave. There are still very important things to deal with."
Mr. Jing thought of something and said: "When the time comes, you should be careful. Those supervising the team have been observing you. And there are a few people with bad intentions around Reina, who seem to have been bribed."
Su Lundao was not surprised, and said: "Well, I discovered it too. I got the news before, and the people in the umbrella organization still haven't given up their suspicion."
He didn't realize that during the whole day of fighting, there were always a few eyes on him.
It seemed that he wanted to detect clues from his own fighting style, and wanted to confirm that he was "Su Lun" or that he was involved in other ways.
Mr. Jing asked, "Can it be solved?"
Su Lun said calmly: "No problem."
"That's good."
Mr. Jing didn't say much, she was still very optimistic about Su Lun's ability.
Thinking of something, she added: "Oh, one more thing. The monsters get more powerful the deeper you go into the ruins, so be careful to avoid these areas."
Su Lun listened carefully and kept it in mind.
After waiting for Mr. Jing to finish speaking, he asked the question he had been curious about for a long time, "Mr. Jing, where did all these monsters in this ruins come from?"
After killing so many monsters in Dawn Ruins, there is still an endless supply, which is a bit contrary to common sense.
It stands to reason that the monsters in an area satisfy an ecological chain.
Once you kill some, the number will become scarce over a long period of time.
But there will always be some new, unseen monsters popping up in the ruins, and there is never a shortage of them.
Mr. Jing thought about it and said with a slightly serious tone: "That came from the cracks in the plane."
Su Lun was slightly surprised when he heard a new term, "Plane crack?"
"Um."
When Mr. Jing said this, he didn't know what he thought of, and there was solemnity in his eyes.
She glanced at Su Lun and then said: "There is actually a space passage under the Dawn City that connects to another plane. In ancient books, that plane is called the [Abyss]. This is something that existed in the last era.
It is said that the alchemists of the Akavian civilization used to go to conquer other planes through this passage. Unfortunately, such a powerful civilization also disappeared. No one knows what happened. Sir Isaac established Dawn City here.
On the one hand, it is to explore the truth of that civilization and to pursue the ultimate in true alchemy; on the other hand, it is to guard the cracks in this plane and kill those alien creatures that stray into our plane from the cracks in the abyss."
for a long time,
Su Lun also understood.
During the "Dawn Era", the Akavian civilization that was once powerful enough to conquer all planes suddenly disappeared from history.
And that civilized man left a sealed space passage underground.
However, due to the passage of time, some cracks appeared in the seal.
Some abyss monsters were arranged.
And the "dark spiritual power" actually overflowed from another plane.
Su Lun is also a little curious. I don’t know whether those powerful alchemists who can hunt gods have been destroyed or moved to other planes.
In the ruins, especially in the Central area, you can't even think about taking a rest.
The previous battle attracted nearby monsters from far away, and gunfire continued intermittently throughout the night.
Not only their group, but almost the entire Dawn Ruins are like this.
Su Lun and Mr. Jing chatted most of the night.
This big boss with a mysterious origin does not seem to shy away from talking to Su Lun about some ancient secrets.
She seems to have experienced that period of history, knowing a lot of information that others would never know from historical materials or other channels.
Early the next morning, the team broke camp and continued towards the core city of the ruins.
It was another day of fierce fighting, and a lot of ancient relics were harvested, but the casualties were getting more and more serious.
Even a second-level professional died while exploring an A-level cursed space.
The central district of Dawn City is a dangerous place that even Mr. Jing frowns upon talking about.
Not to mention this kind of carpet hunting operation.
It's almost the same as dying.
But the good news is that there are dozens of such teams all over the city trying to "die" at the same time.
It was like a big net that was shrinking continuously, allowing the monsters in the ruins to disperse their attack targets. The pressure on a single team was much less, and some large monsters were driven to the center of the ruins by the movement from all directions.
Mr. Jing originally planned to find a reasonable reason to disappear from the team, but with a character like "Senjou" with the combat power of a second-level professional, it would not be easy for an accident to happen.
As luck would have it, when camping on the second night, the team encountered a "nightmare ghost fog".
This kind of floating black mist is very evil. Once people enter, it will disappear, like a man-eating monster.
In fact, its essence is a "moving cursed space".
After a person goes in, whether he can come out alive is one thing; if he does come out, he will appear in another place because the space will move.
As the ghost mist approached, Mr. Jing discovered the anomaly in advance, and Su Lun also felt the abnormal space energy fluctuations in the mist.
Fortunately, this is also a reasonable reason.
Then, by chance, the team on duty led by "Qian Jiao" strayed into the ghost fog that looked little different from ordinary fog, and the entire team disappeared.
As soon as the patrol disappeared, the whole camp suddenly became chaotic again.
In order to avoid the fog, the entire hunting group moved overnight and hurriedly retreated to the campsite of the previous night.
"Qianjo" disappeared, and the fate was unknown. Miss Reina was heartbroken, but also stronger.
The hunt must continue.
This hunt was destined to end tragically from the beginning.
Reina was also mentally prepared.
After entering the central ring of the ruins, the dark spiritual power in the air was so intense that the energy-filtering gas masks on everyone's faces were almost never taken off.
That Mr. Zorro was completely alone.
He originally only had one acquaintance in the team, "Qian Jiao", but now that he is gone, he seems very lonely all day long.
However, this is just right.
Su Lun knew that in addition to the three war supervisors, there were other experts in the team who were paying attention to him.
Therefore, he needs to completely separate the two identities of Zorro and Su Lun.
So as not to implicate the Reyes family.
Two days later, a special report was sent to the top management of the umbrella organization: "Zorro Serna is confirmed to be a second-level melee professional. He is proficient in fighting skills, has weak mental fluctuations, and has a high probability of being a ranger in his fighting habits."
Excluding the SS wanted criminal Su Lun, it is recommended that the file level be lowered to C level!"
Almost at the same time that "Zorro" was still active in the hunting group of the Reiss, the hunting group of the Oliver family was attacked.
A Crow Gang cadre was killed, three second-level guards died tragically, and there were dozens of casualties.
Fortunately, thanks to the large number of people, that young man Danze was not killed.
The assassin who took action was a mysterious man in a crow mask, who was proficient in controlling invisible zombies and black scythes.
Surprisingly, it was Su Lun, the wanted criminal of the SS.
Suspected of seeking revenge!
At this point, in the Umbrella Organization's files, the relationship chain between Su Lun and Zorro is completely separated.
Finally, ten days later, Rais Changfang's team arrived at the purpose of Su Lun's trip, the super-large cursed space [Central Prison of Dawn City].
PS. I’m still in Kavin, and there’s only one chapter. The writing is very poor, sorry.