Roger's team hurried through the tight passage in a somewhat embarrassed manner, but their weapons and armor were very careful not to rub or collide with the walls. They were obviously skilled adventurers, and they would notice these details even if they were just instinctive.
During this period of time, many adventurers have entered Green Shade Town and even entered the ruins, but Roger's team has never lost the advantage of being the first mover. After this period of familiarity, they have entered the second floor of the ruins and have a unique position among the group of adventurers.
It is quite famous, and even offers great discounts on purchasing equipment, medicines and supplies.
But these all come at a price. Compared with the first floor of the ruins, which is a civilian residence, the second floor is more like a production area, such as the previously discovered monster girl training ground, similar puppet factories, monster breeding centers, etc.
The problem is that there is not much in residential areas, and it is impossible for factory areas to have no security measures.
Moreover, we don’t know how the entire ruins operates. Many things have long since decayed, but some facilities still maintain a minimum level of operation, especially the defense mechanism.
Unfortunately, Roger and his team's exploration activated the defense mechanism in some areas. If most functions had not been damaged, there would have been no chance for them to come back alive. However, they also brought bad news.
Some of the horned goblins, black glue bugs, black-backed rat-men, thorn spiders, etc. that had escaped into the second floor of the ruins were captured by the monster breeding center as escaped monsters, causing the monster breeding center to restart operations. What's worse is that
, when the defense mechanism was severely damaged, the defense mechanism operating in an unknown manner forcibly activated the monster breeding center and puppet project, and forcibly transformed a batch of monster puppets as part of the defense mechanism.
After receiving the information handed over by Roger and the others from the Dashudong Tavern, Owen controlled the bowler hat puppet to read it continuously. The more he looked at it, the worse his mood became.
He didn't know the origin of this ruin, but it was still running even after so long. What was even more frightening was that the technology or magic displayed made him unsure of what kind of world this was.
You can say that this world is advanced, but most places still live a life similar to the Middle Ages, where the peasants are ignorant, the common people are ignorant, and the nobles control everything.
If something like this dares to cause chaos in the empire, who knows, a knight, mage, or adventurer will jump out of that corner and kill the opponent without leaving any chance for growth.
"Fortunately, there are adventurers to help step out of the way, but we can't be careless, and we can't stop the branch base, and it can't be limited to the North, the Empire, overseas, and underground. We all need to have Hydra branch bases." Taking off his glasses, Owen
I rubbed my temples that were throbbing due to mental exhaustion, and I was not optimistic about the future of Beidi.
But apart from the black hands, there are many chaotic forces in the empire. After all, the interests and rights that can be divided have long been divided by the big bosses, and the scumbags have also been given to their subordinates for their own enjoyment. The latecomers are like acne. They want to get ahead but have no way out.
Can hold it in.
Unfortunately, this is only theoretical. The reality is that even if ordinary people swallow demon eggs and pay the price, the strength they can achieve is only the level of a junior fighting spirit warrior, and they are still the kind of noobs who have not mastered any fighting skills.
What's even more sad is that in the empire, they can't cause any trouble at all, but in the almost blank Northland, massacres happen casually.
Especially this ruin, which has obviously been abandoned for hundreds or thousands of years, is still functioning. If it were the human civilization in the previous life, it would take thousands or just a few decades to become a global green environment. You can't even
I couldn't find the lighter I was using.
The problem is that the situation within the empire is far more complicated than Owen expected. The power of the royal family and the nobility is only apparent. The Adventurer's Guild, the Wizard's Holy Land, the Mage Alliance, etc. are only part of the entire empire. In addition, various
Dark forces are emerging in endlessly.
In the empire, due to various constraints, although these forces pop up from time to time to show their presence, the damage they cause is limited because a special balance has been formed among all parties.
When Owen was thinking about opening a branch base in the future, Northland faced more troubles than he imagined, because he soon received bad news from Collens.
Not to mention the black technology level technologies such as monster cultivation and puppet transformation, it really opened Owen's eyes and he began to wonder what kind of hellish world this was.
Although the black hands do dirty work, it must be said that they also belong to the lawful camp. After all, once the world is in chaos, their gang of thieves and killers will have no place to use, because at that time everyone is killing and robbing, then
We still need to hire people, isn't this unnecessary?
The warlock Emile met before was a member of an evil organization and was famous for being good at creating and spreading demon eggs.
But if you want to say that it is lagging behind, there are good guys, wizards, mages, alchemists, demons, and various extraordinary professions and powers in a system. Not only can a single person destroy a city, but many places can crush the technology of the previous life.
But the Northland is different. This is an almost blank area. The local nobles simply insult the word "noble". It is not an exaggeration to say that they are landowners with noble names. In this case, it is obviously a good place to do whatever they want.
, otherwise the black hands would not put their hands in here.
Originally, the Northland faced only small and medium-sized forces from across the empire who were preparing to grab food. There was a threat, but it was not as great as imagined, and the impact on the Northland would not continue to spread. After all, those people's purpose was to take advantage.
In order to obtain more benefits in the future, they kill people and seize territory, but they will not completely destroy the local order.
Because these people know very well that once the order is completely destroyed, it may not be stable within ten years, and when it stabilizes there will be no one left. In this case, their plans will be in vain and their investment will be in vain.
If it weren't for the fact that there has been no progress in the upper limit of the progress value, Irving might have immediately chosen to abandon the Northland, stay away from this unknown ruin, and choose other places to build more secretive deep-sea or even air bases.
It sounds scary, but if Bella forms an army like this, she can easily win even if she faces ten times the number of enemies.
Even without them, the armies of the lords from various places are not vegetarian. Even demonized elites like Bella cannot withstand the siege of hordes of elite soldiers.
But in the Northland, except for the places close to the empire's border where the population is denser and the strength is stronger, the northern noble territories in other places are mostly a day or two away from each other. They only see each other a few times throughout the year, even if they are massacred.
Not to mention ten days and a half month, it may not be discovered for a year and a half.
Moreover, in addition to demon eggs, there are also various cultists who like to exchange blood sacrifices and sacrifices for power. In the empire, you need to take various risks, but in the North, even if you want to commit suicide, it is difficult.
Therefore, the problem in the Northland is huge, and it may become a barren land before it can develop.