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19. The New Scourge and the Mole

Vault residents were sent to the ice-free port of Wiener

The news was terrible for Catalina.

The wilderness is full of dangers, and the best hunters will not frequently sail between "isolated islands". It is barely possible to go to the Midnight City Katarina, which is also in the dark wilderness.

But to another continent?

Move forward in the wilderness occupied by weirdness, leave the dark wilderness, cross the Shard Abyss and the ravine of the world, then sail through the sinking sea, and arrive at the ice-free port of Vina——

Everyone has some dreams, either to become a resident, to have enough food and clothing, or to go to a dreamed place.

The ice-free port of Wiener is obviously a place that Catalina longs for. She hopes to one day see with her own eyes that port city famous for its weird era - but these are only imagination.

Crossing the continent to reach the ice-free port of Weiner to surpass Catalina's ability, even to go to the nearby town of Tangge Town in the Dark Wilderness, is a matter that requires determination.

Be prepared to disappear into the vast wilderness.

Catalina seemed to be troubled by her thoughts and stopped talking.

Lu Li, who was listening in, asked, "Do you have a map?"

He doesn't know where he is yet.

"Of course." Mole forced a smile. All deals on maps cost a lot of money: "Which map do you want? The one in Tangge Town, the Midnight City, the nearby town, or the Dark Wilderness?"

"Map with dangerous areas marked on it is very expensive." Catalina reminded Lu Li.

"Then change it to information."

What Lu Li needed was different from what Catalina and Mole imagined.

"This is the outline of a deserted land." Lu Li dipped some water in a wooden bucket and drew the outline of a simple map on the dining table. He raised his eyes and stared at the mole: "Where is Mango Town?"

"2 shillings..." Mole quoted. If he were a generous intelligence hunter, he might give this piece of information for free. He sighed and stood on tiptoe, pointing to the western part of the map with his stubby fingers like carrots: "We

Here."

The old river plain, the area where Lu Li fell into the abyss.

"Where is this?"

Lu Li pointed to a place about a palm's width away from Tangge Town.

The Mole's mood became a little brighter: "Four shillings...that's the edge of silence, the place of disaster in times of silence."

It's still there.

Lu Li wanted to know why no one tried to solve the problem of Silent Hour, but his identity was revealed and Silence was restored.

"Give me a road map to Midnight City, no map required."

Katarina spoke.

Although maps are more detailed, they are also more expensive.

She planned to go to Midnight City to try her luck first, maybe the church or the nobles would be interested in Lu Li.

The town of Tangge is not big enough, and many people know about her, so it is difficult to hide the news.

"Twenty-five shillings, but I want to see the money first." The large transaction made the Mole give up buying the goods first and paying later.

"Of course..." Katerina replied with a pained look on her face, took out the shillings in her leather armor and counted out 25 shillings to him.

If you go to the black market to buy a road map, the price may be reduced to a dozen shillings. However, a lot of information in the black market cannot be studied and cannot be trusted, and you have to take great risks. In comparison, although intelligence hunters are more expensive, they are also more expensive.

Be more credible.

After all, no one would sell out to someone who brings benefits to them.

Lu Li watched, if the few hundred shillings he had on him had not been torn to pieces by the water, he could easily have a luxurious time now.

The Mole accepted the money and was satisfied to draw a road map for Caterina.

"What are the requirements? The shortest route or the safest route?"

“Safe and short.”

"Of course... of course..."

The only sounds left in the room were breathing and rustling drawings.

There was another high-pitched shouting from the corridor outside the door.

"Okay, I promise this is the safest way to Midnight City."

Mole handed the route map to Catalina, and then muttered: "This route can help you avoid the ghoul nests and screaming corridors on the road. After arriving at Ghost Town, enter the old sewers, and at the end is Midnight City.

Already."

"The old sewer?" Catalina's eyes were filled with distrust of the mole. "There are aliens and aberrations everywhere there. Do you think it is safe?"

"It's safer than the ground." Mole replied, looking at Catalina with suspicion. "Don't you know that there is a group of flying yager in the east of Midnight City?"

"Of course I know." Caterina replied immediately, giving up Mole's idea of ​​collecting money for this message again.

"Damn it, you really don't know." Mole complained angrily.

The mole's physical deformity obviously did not affect his intelligence. The dwarf intelligence hunter only used possibly worthless information and a few tricks to make Katarina no longer care about the road map.

"I want to ask a question." Lu Li said at this time.

"What?" The pain of leaving resurfaced in Catalina's heart. "I don't have much money left..."

It is difficult for hunters to save money, and they usually do not save money.

"This is very important." Lu Li just said.

"How important?"

Lu Li was silent for a while and then said, "My family."

"If the price is not too high," Catalina could only say.

"No, maybe I can pay." Lu Li replied, taking out the polygonal matte stone and showing it to the mole: "Is it a weird currency?"

The dozen or so eyes in the socket of the mole's left eye trembled intensively, squeezing and changing positions. He stretched out his stubby palm to take it away, but Catalina suddenly snatched it away.

"180 shillings! No...I'll give you 200 shillings!" Mole said excitedly. "Just sell it to me!"

"I have shillings to buy news." Mole's words made Caterina even more reluctant to spend this precious currency.

"230 shillings!"

"You will never buy it again if you ask me for information." Catalina said.

The Mole had no choice but to suppress his desire for the weird currency and said, "What do you want?"

As he finished speaking, church bells suddenly rang outside the window.

The high-pitched shouts in the corridor also disappeared in an instant.

The church bells continue to ring for a few seconds and then stop ringing.

"It's quiet time, it's really bad." Katarina complained in a low voice and said to Lu Li, "Ask quickly, time is running out."

Lu Li looked at Mole and asked, "Do you know the shadow of the evil girl?"

"Shadow of a Girl?"

Mole thought carefully for a while, then all the dozen or so eyes in his eye sockets suddenly looked at Lu Li: "I remembered... 15 shillings."

Lu Li nodded while Catalina looked in pain, indicating that he accepted the price.

"There is a proverb circulating in the Lord's Continent." Mole recalled the proverb and said in a sharp voice: "No one can kill cats in the Hilleweg Mountains."

"Why?"

At the same time, the faded church bells echoed over the church for the second time.

The Mole looked out the window, shook his head and refused: "The quiet time has come, let's talk about it next time."

During the quiet time, sounds are allowed but not allowed.

The bells disappeared, and the whole town suddenly fell into a strange silence.

All sounds still sounded, except for the silence where the voices disappeared.

Lu Li dipped his fingers into some water and wrote on the table.

"Write it down."


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