"Is this a tavern belonging to the Doro Chamber of Commerce?" Moriarty looked away from the hanging wooden sign and looked at Eve.
"No. In addition to caravan trade, we also operate some industries, but we have not opened up the tavern business." Eve shook her head affirmatively.
"Well, it doesn't matter. If you are sure that this is the place where the 'inventory' is, we can just go in."
Moriarty nodded obligingly and prepared to push the door open. But Guderian was obviously faster and had already opened the ajar door first and got in with a cheer.
It was dark inside the tavern, but the outline of the interior could be vaguely seen through the rising moonlight. Moriarty directly summoned a small ball of fire, which was suspended above his head for illumination. Seeing this, Eve could only
I can secretly admire the convenience of being a mage professional.
Looking around, the space in the tavern is not large, but it is well-organized. However, it has obviously been destroyed by demons. Many of the furnishings, tables, chairs, and wine storage have been destroyed. The dwarf immediately rushed to the bar deep in the tavern.
Shouting "fire reconnaissance", he glanced around wildly, looking for the locations of well-preserved wine bottles, and noted them down one by one for collection.
"Where is what you are looking for?"
Looking at everything in the tavern, there was nothing out of the ordinary. It was just an ordinary wine shop in an ordinary town. Moriarty could only wait for Eve to explain.
"Things...are over there." Eve continued to look at the things in the room carefully, and then suddenly pointed at the wine cabinet against the wall.
"Tchaikov, move it away." Moriarty said to Naga.
"okay."
The wine cabinet was two meters high, but it was no problem in front of Naga. He didn't even bother to look for any mechanism. Tchaikov just pressed against the edge of the cabinet and pushed it gently, and a "click" sound was heard, and then the whole thing
The wine cabinet was pushed away from the wall. Fortunately, the wine bottles on the cabinet had long been emptied or emptied. Otherwise, such a violent demolition would have forced the wine-loving dwarves to fight with Naga.
The wine cabinet was moved away, and a breeze blew in the tavern. The source was a regular rectangular black hole exposed behind the cabinet.
"The secret room!"
Dwarves naturally like to dig holes to find treasures, not to mention the "treasure" in the tavern. There might be some top-notch aged wine hidden inside, so they immediately planned to enter the cave. However, they were stopped by Moriarty.
"Miss Eve, please lead the way." Moriarty pointed to the entrance of the cave.
"good."
Gritting her teeth, Eve had to bravely walk into the black hole first. Fortunately, Moriarty followed immediately, and the light of the small fireball also illuminated the path under her feet.
As expected, the path behind the cave was sloping downwards. Stepping onto a row of narrow earth steps, Eve had to hold on to the gravelly earth wall and walk down slowly for fear of falling. She went down vertically for about five meters.
At a distance, at the end of the steps, there finally appeared an underground space that was as tall as one person and had more than thirty square meters. There were also several torches stuck on the earthen walls of the space.
The small fireball rotated once, the torches were lit one by one, and everything in the space immediately became clear and abnormal.
I saw several rows of wooden racks lined up along the wall in the basement. The racks were filled with items tightly wrapped in oilcloth. On the earth wall in the far corner, there were more than ten brand-new wooden crossbows hanging
, but none of them are wound.
Moriarty took out an oilcloth bag and opened it. Inside was an iron sword with a cold light and a good oil seal. At the same time, the dwarf curiously tore open the package bundled into a roll on the lower shelf and saw everything inside.
They are arrows clustered with static steel. There are seven or eight arrows bundled like this in the basement, at least nearly a thousand crossbow arrows.
"Is this what you are looking for?" He gently stroked the edge of the iron sword in his hand. He felt cold. This quality has reached the standard of high-quality military industry and can be sold at a high price in the market, but it is also explicitly prohibited.
Pin Moriarty looked at Eve strangely: "I remember that the Doro Chamber of Commerce doesn't seem to have an ordnance factory under its name, right?"
"Well...I don't know. These are not the things I'm looking for."
Eve's expression was equally shocked. It seemed that she really didn't know that there were so many sophisticated weapons here. The inventory in this basement alone could easily equip a hundred-man brigade. And such a large private collection of weapons seemed to be too small.
It cannot be explained by small-scale black market "arms" smuggling, but more like a hidden military supply base.
"Your Excellency, there is a small door there." At this time, Tchaikov, who was short in stature, pointed to an earthen wall behind a shelf. There was indeed a door-shaped shadow under the mottled firelight.
"Miss Eve, please."
Moriarty put down the oilcloth and iron sword in his hands, and made a "please" gesture with a half-smile. Eve had no choice but to suppress her surprise and walked behind the shelf. There was indeed a closed wooden door there, but it was not closed.
The woman opened the lock with just a slight pull. And behind the door, there was another earthen step going down.
"Let some of the Warhammer team come down. Watch this floor."
Moriarty did not go down immediately, but ordered Guderian to call for help. Soon, a small group of dwarf warriors was summoned. They were divided into two groups, one of which stayed to guard the underground floor. The other group followed Moriarty.
Arti and others continued downward.
After passing through the wooden door behind the shelf and continuing down, it is also a deep and moist passage, and even the earthen steps just now are even narrower, so that Naga can only move forward while shrinking as much as possible.
After almost another five meters of vertical descent, we reached a new level. It was also a rectangular basement, but the area was half smaller. The torches on the wall were lit immediately, and what appeared in front of everyone was seven sets of
The exquisite full-body armor shimmering with oil was all assembled on their respective stands, standing upright in the shape of a human.
"They are all heavy armors made from hundreds of steel, but they look different from old to new, and they are all well maintained." The dwarf is a master of metal weapon refining. Guderian just walked around in a circle and quickly gave his expert advice.
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"Miss Eve, seven sets of fine steel armors are worth at least seven knight estates. I am becoming more and more interested in the business of the Doro Chamber of Commerce." As an alchemist, Moriarty is also proficient in the art of armor, and he can see that these armors are
It is a heavy armor that can only be carried by professionals above the mid-level warrior: "Look, there is also a set of Standwell Morning Star Armor in it. It seems that you and Duke Steve are also very close friends.
"As he spoke, Moriarty pointed to the most majestic steel armor in the center, which was the one given to Viscount Salk by the Ensberg family.
"Sir, if I say that this is the first time I have heard of these things, would you believe it?" In the flickering firelight, Eve looked at Moriarty helplessly and somewhat pitifully, and whispered.
"Oh, so the armor here and the sophisticated weapons from the previous level are not what you are looking for?" Moriarty frowned slightly.
"Sadly, no."
Eve sighed softly. According to the agreement, except for what she really wanted to find, everything else in Sosk would become the trophy of the young man in front of her. And the swords and crossbows on the first level plus the seven sets of fine armor here,
The preliminary estimate is that the total price will exceed one hundred thousand kingdom gold coins. In other words, in addition to the initial ten thousand gold coins "labor fee" and the Blood Earl who has not yet seen the shadow, the Doro Chamber of Commerce will take advantage of these expensive and extremely difficult-to-get
If such a loss were placed in an ordinary chamber of commerce, it would be declared bankrupt. But now Eve also has doubts about the true core of her chamber of commerce. After this matter is settled, she must report to the chamber of commerce as soon as she returns to the chamber of commerce.
His father asked him what happened.
"Morty, there seems to be a door at the back of that "Mirandor Armor"!"
At this time, Guderian, who was looking around, discovered a new passage leading to other areas. Then, Tchaikov opened the armor covering the passage, revealing a small door that was exactly the same as before. And behind the door,
It's still a downward staircase.
"Miss Eve?"
There is actually a third level after the two consecutive basement levels. Such an excavation scale may not be a matter of a day or two or even a year or two. After all, it is already more than ten meters underground. Going further down, whether it is underground water or
Ventilation, or preventing collapse, are both very difficult engineering and technical problems.
"Let's go down."
At this point, Eve could only continue to walk with her head down. After looking at Moriarty, whose expression became more and more calm but whose eyes were as sharp as a knife, Eve had no choice but to accept her fate and take the lead again.
It was still a similar earth-step passage, which dropped about five meters. What appeared in front was a narrow space only the size of a single room. But this time, there was no need for Moriarty to light the torch with a small fireball. Eve could clearly see
I saw that in the middle of the "single room" was an altar built of fine marble, and in the center of the altar was placed a simple-looking golden cup that was constantly emitting dots of starlight, illuminating everything around it.
There is some clear liquid in the golden cup. Even if you are not close, you can already feel the rich sacred aura released from the cup.
Behind the altar, along the earthen wall, there is a black coffin. On the cover of the coffin, there is a silver "cross" engraved, but I don't know if it has been blurred due to the passage of time, and the silver cross has been damaged.
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As if he had discovered that there was finally life on the third floor underground, suddenly, a dull tapping sound came from the tightly closed black coffin, and the entire coffin began to vibrate slightly.
However, they seemed to have noticed the strange movement of the black coffin, and the golden cup of the altar shone inexplicably. Amidst the sacred starlight, countless tiny stardust flew up from the cup, and then slowly landed on the coffin. Then, the wooden lid
The silver cross flashed silently, and a set of illusory cross-shaped silver chains appeared on the surface of the coffin, and then tightened violently. Immediately, the sound from inside the coffin stopped, and the coffin returned to stillness.
"Sir, that... cup... is what I'm looking for." Suppressing the excitement in her heart, Eve looked at Moriarty and said cautiously.
At the same time, a faint shadow appeared behind Moriarty. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation.
