There was a tiny sound in the gloomy darkness ahead, and in order to fight, the shield in Lengfeng's hand subconsciously illuminated it. Under the soft illumination of the "Seal of Glory", a "monster" that was beyond everyone's expectation stepped from the previously hidden place.
The horn came out from the nook and cranny——
The disgusting complexion of gray-brown mixed with withered yellow, the layers of ravines are like dead old trees, which makes people uncomfortable to look at... not to mention the weird figure that looks extremely distorted in proportion under the hazy light - slender
The limbs are like wooden poles, the swollen and dragging egg-shaped body, the neck is completely invisible... and the huge flaring nostrils on its "face"...
【Caveman?】
The moment he realized the other party's true identity, Liu Yifei's eyes narrowed dangerously...
It's not unusual to see creatures from the Negon camp in any underground area.
Including various underground palaces, tombs, treasure places, and trial areas, all kinds of wild underground dark monsters are killed like weeds on the grassland. Even after systematic clearance and massacre, they will be left vacant after a while.
The place will also be occupied by new monsters that inexplicably flow from elsewhere...
But the above mentioned are just “general situations”~
Where is everyone now?
This is the capital of Standwick! Right under the nose of King Erathia!
Although the second floor of the sewer must have a history of more than a hundred years, and it must have been in disrepair for a long time, and has even become a territory of lawless people... But it is a bit too much to have a caveman pop up like this, right?
And after seeing clearly the "costume" on the other party, it was obvious that the caveman was "captive" here!
Thinking that this was the territory of the Brotherhood of Thieves branch in Wangdu, Liu Yifei suddenly felt a bad premonition flashing through his heart...
It seems that the soft light emitted by the "Seal of Glory" stimulated the cavemen who were born blind. Although these humanoid creatures originating from the dark underground space have no vision, their skin is very sensitive and can sense things at close range.
The light changes, and may even be burned by strong sunlight... Therefore, "cavemen" have always been representatives of underground residents... Even their twisted and terrifying appearance has become a typical horror model known to women and children in the human camp~
The caveman hovered at the edge of the light-exposed area and "roared" twice in the direction of Liu Yifei.
That "roar" seemed like a joke to Liu Yifei. With his "biological encyclopedia knowledge", he could tell at a glance that this was an old caveman zombie that could hardly move, with flabby skin and almost all teeth.
All of them corroborate Liu Yifei’s guess.
Facing this kind of "opponent", Liu Yifei was really afraid that he could kill the opponent even if he sneezed~
In fact, in the Negon camp, the cavemen are the real slave class, serving as the cornerstone, labor force and food of the entire underground city world...
In the Nigon territory, it is very rare for cavemen to live to such an old age. Unexpectedly, there is one hidden here in Standwick...
And just a moment later, the sound of two or three footsteps running could be heard in the darkness behind the caveman.
Liu Yifei knew that someone should be able to answer his "doubts" now, so he called back, and the other members of his team simply took the lead and set up their stance beside him, which could be regarded as a boost~
Not long after, several strange low roars came from behind the cave man - Liu Yifei understood immediately that this was someone speaking "underground language" and scolding the old cave man, and at the same time, there was something black and black.
It flew out and hit the opponent, but was picked up by the old caveman and stuffed into his mouth to gobble it up...
"What kind of brother are you here from? We are closed at this time~ If you are looking for trouble..."
There were three people in total, and they were all dressed up like members of the Thieves Brotherhood in Liu Yifei's impression - a half-cloak wrapped around the upper body, covering most of the face, and at the same time, they used an unknown cloth to cover their mouth and nose like a mask...
...Except for a pair of alert and gleaming eyes, you can’t even tell whether these guys are humans or ghosts just by looking at their upper bodies~
However, Liu Yifei knew that under the opponent's cloak, there must be at least two sharp blades, one long and one short, to guard against the enemy's sudden attack!
In the world of "Invincible Heroes: World of War", although the Brotherhood of Thieves has many thieves, assassins and other shady professions gathered within it, the "thieves" here do not mean that they do not have minimum combat effectiveness!
In fact, the serious "Thief" is still a very powerful first-level profession, but just like Liu Yifei's "Veteran of Hundred Battles", it is a hidden sublimated professional title. Players must first master the pre-requisite professions if they want to find a job.
To be honest, the power of [Thief]'s [Long and Short Sword Skills] is pretty good, at least in terms of the burst of lethality, it is even stronger than the [Sogli Sword Skills] that Liu Yifei has mastered...
Not to mention that once you truly become a [thief], you can easily join the thieves brotherhood in various places and enjoy the advantages of information circulation within the brotherhood!
In fact, in the previous life, [Thief] was one of the most popular adventure professions among players who did not follow the mainstream of the military. There was even a game joke about "ten warriors and three thieves" in the previous life, making fun of many warrior professions.
Players chose to become [Thieves] in the early stage for some convenience...
However, no matter how powerful the opponents are, they are just younger brothers to Liu Yifei~
Not to mention that he still has an official status at the moment, so why bother talking to a few petty thieves?
Without thinking, Liu Yifei took out his badge and flashed it under the light, and then said disgustingly to the other party: "At least find a leader who can be spoken to in your brotherhood ~ I'm from Shangtou City.
Squadron leader, come here to buy some information from you - as long as the information is accurate, the price is not an issue!"
Those who came to do business, especially those with official status, did not dare to offend even the local gangsters and thieves brotherhood, so they had to send one person back to deliver the message, while the other two stayed to "accompany" for the time being...
Seeing that the scene was about to fall into silent embarrassment, Liu Yifei glanced at the caveman who was huddled aside and "eating", and suddenly said to the two "thieves" opposite who didn't know he was here: "This caveman is you."
Raised? Are you brothers afraid of causing big trouble if you dare to raise cavemen underground in Standwick City?"
In the land of the royal capital, not to mention the wealth and wealth, even the royal family itself lives here!
The security issue involves the kingdom and the country, this thing is no joke~
The military guard system of the royal capital mentioned above, the combat effectiveness of the outermost security guards and city gate guards is probably only third-rate in the country... But even if it is a real fish belly, knowing that there are dark creatures near the royal capital, then
He will definitely be held accountable and killed!
After all, the dark creatures and their alliance of light are at odds with each other, not to mention that in the history of Erathia, those magicians from Negon have never been able to hold back~
Even if the Brotherhood of Thieves itself is a dark force, it must be a dark force in the human camp! If you dare to make mistakes on issues of great right and wrong, will you die without a burial?
Liu Yifei was really curious about this matter, so he immediately asked his doubts.
However, the little thief on the opposite side who was also hiding at the junction of light and darkness did not even let out a fart, just pretending that Liu Yifei was talking about stand-up comedy.
Liu Yifei was stunned subconsciously...
Since his "debut" in the royal capital, there have been countless people pursuing him, and I'm afraid there are also a lot of people who are secretly gnashing their teeth at him... But it's rare to see someone who directly ignores him like this. For a while, Liu Yifei felt a little nostalgic for his previous life.
This is my experience when I was just a little transparent when I first entered the game...
Liu Yifei knew the "rules" of thieves. He reached into the small purse he kept close to his body and took out a coin. He waved it in the light under the other person's vigilant gaze, and then threw it half a meter in front of the other person.
s position.
A thief who was standing closer, or perhaps the boss, looked down at the money, then at Liu Yifei and the others, and then carefully picked up the coins...
But after he looked carefully, he subconsciously exclaimed in a low voice: "Golden?"
After saying that, the man put it in his mouth and bit it as if he didn't believe it...
Should I say that "thieves" are really greedy for money? What if Liu Yifei poisoned the gold coins... or even rolled the gold coins in Oli just to disgust people...
Brother, be careful what you say...
However, the little thief opposite obviously didn't care about this. After quickly confirming the authenticity of the gold coin, even his voice when explaining to Liu Yifei was flattering (two copper coins for a portion of black bread, the purchasing power of gold coins is still not small): "
You must have a high status in the city, right? Monsters like this are actually not a rarity in our kingdom..."
After the other party's detailed explanation, Liu Yifei learned about a world from the NPC perspective that he had not been able to touch in his previous life before the collapse of Erathia:
Erathia has a vast land and abundant resources, and it is also rich in mineral resources. But mining requires manpower, especially a lot of manpower!
And the distinguished mage masters will definitely not use their intelligence and wisdom on "trivial matters" such as how to assist mining or how to improve the safety of mining operations (except for towers).
Therefore, "mining" has always been a high-risk profession. To a certain extent, even if it makes a little more money, very few native humans in Erathia are willing to be miners - they would rather sell themselves and become serfs of the lord when they are desperate, but
Nor would I want to be forced to risk my life in a mine~
Therefore, in Erathia, "criminals", especially serious criminals, have become the main source of miners...
Later, during various foreign campaigns, a larger number of slaves soon joined the happy family of miners~
Among them, the caveman "sent" from the dungeon is super easy to use!
Large quantity, easy to manage, and the mining efficiency is extremely high...
The cavemen quickly became popular in the eyes of the "mine owners" in the kingdom, so much so that in peaceful times, there were still groups of adventurers who wanted money or their lives to enter the dark areas and rob caveman slaves!
But this phenomenon soon aroused the vigilance of the dungeon lords... They didn't pity the life and death of the cavemen who were wandering around in the darkness like goblins, but they felt sorry that those golden gold coins were discovered by outsiders first.
!!
Yes, no one can be sure of the number of cavemen in the dark world anyway. It’s as if these guys are completely grown out of the ground, and they are of little value in the eyes of the dungeon lord... Then why not
What about selling them to people in need?
Anyway, staying at home is just a variety of cheap rations. Wouldn’t it be better to be able to exchange for real money?
As a result, in addition to Eli and Bracada, "caveman miners" soon became the "top product" of underground city specialties!
For this reason, Nigon severely cracked down on various foreign slave-repairing teams and firmly held this income in his hands...
More than 40% of the miners in the large and small mines in Erathia are cavemen who are either trapped or sold, but these guys are only worthy of being shackled and working in underground mines forever~
Compared with human labor, these underlings even save money to build shacks for them. In addition to taking away all the tools when they are imprisoned, they can be called the most miserable existence in the sweat mine...
And the old caveman in front of us, who can hardly wield a pickaxe or hoe, will be killed directly...or resold to customers in need.
Although cavemen are useless except for mining... However, due to their special physical structure, these guys are actually quite sensitive to smells and slight vibrations! This is determined by their big noses and sensitive and fragile skin~
Therefore, if there is a territory like an underground space that needs someone to guard, this kind of old man with little strength but "sharp perception" will be enough... Moreover, the cavemen eat rotten food and just have enough to survive.
They don't have much strength. Knock out their teeth and tie them up with a thick rope. Even if they die accidentally, it won't hurt at all...it's just a few silver coins anyway~
At least compared to serious human life, this kind of "labor force" is definitely cheap and high-quality~!
…
Listening to the "thrilling" scene described in the other party's cold words, the hairs on Liu Yifei's back, including the newly joined Dream Hunters, stood up subconsciously~
In the normal mode, "Invincible Heroes: World of War" is very different from other ordinary online games, and basically does not involve these "in-depth" details of the world view.
And put it into battle...
Nowadays, although the vast majority of players are struggling in various village-level novice areas, and have suffered from all kinds of suffering at the bottom...but they have never made everyone feel such painstaking "indifference"!
That is not the indifference of people to people, or people to dogs, or to the life and death of other animals in reality, but under a specific environment, one kind of intelligent creature's deep-seated contempt for another kind of intelligent creature... even this kind of wisdom
The indifference between individuals is also collective and national!!
Even Born for War and Cupid, who were usually the most careless ones, subconsciously felt numb when listening to the other party's description of the miserable life of caveman slaves...
Compared with the magnificent and prosperous Standwick in everyone's impression, this is the darkness that has never appeared in the player's field of vision before, the darkness behind the light...
