Chapter 106: The Underground Waterway of the Royal Capital
(Liebel's Longest Day Part 4)
After wandering around the East Street District for a while, Ling found that the security on the streets of Wangdu had not been raised to the level she expected.
Is it because you haven’t discovered that the important princess who was supposed to be under house arrest in the Albert Palace has escaped?
I don’t know how long the effect of Blubulan’s thaumaturgy lasts. Ling remembers that Clodia said that Blubulan used thaumaturgy to temporarily disguise a certain maid as a princess. It seems that his magic is still working well to this day.
It's working.
It was not long before five o'clock. Ling activated her stealth combat skills at the agreed meeting place and waited for the rest of the people to arrive. However, the first person she saw was not Coladia, Sherazade or Olivier, but Yuli.
Ya Schwartz dressed as Sister Ellen.
Sister Allen paced anxiously in the east block, looking here and there for someone's whereabouts. It wasn't until the Royal Army soldiers thought the nun had encountered some difficulty and gathered around her that Sister Allen left with them.
After a while, Sherazade, Olivier, and Clodia, who put on short skirts to facilitate movement and wore a saber behind her back, appeared at the agreed entrance to the underground waterway on the north side of the Wangli Arena. Ling
He also showed up and pretended to have just arrived.
"I didn't expect that the nun with extraordinary temperament turned out to be the captain of the Royal Guards. It's really surprising. But is this okay? You obviously invited someone over but didn't show up. This is called letting go." Ollie.
Will watched the scene that just happened on the east block with interest.
"Although I feel sorry for Yulia-sama, this matter is too dangerous. It is better not to let her who is wanted get involved," Sherazade said.
"Well, it would be great if you can help us divert the patrolling Royal Army." Coladia said with a somewhat regretful look on her face. She was the one who asked White Falcon Kiku to send a message to Yulia.
"From a friend's point of view, it is indeed a bit uninteresting, but from a retainer's point of view, I should feel honored to be able to help my lord. I don't think she would care about that person," Ling said.
"I will sincerely apologize to Sister Yulia afterwards." Clodia turned and looked at the entrance of the underground waterway, took out the copy key and opened the iron door.
After walking in and locking the door again, Coladia breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that no Royal Army soldiers were interested.
"The first step is completed. Thank you everyone for being willing to cooperate with my willfulness." She bowed gratefully to the three of them.
"Your Highness, there is no need to be like this." Sherazade waved his hand quickly.
"I've been a little concerned about it since just now. Princess Clodia, you also have a sword. You don't look like a warrior. I thought you were better at using guidance magic." Olivier said to Collot.
The round-handled saber on Tia's waist was quite interesting.
"My swordsmanship is very average. This is a ritual instrument, an ornament and a symbol of status. Members of the Liber royal family will get a sword of their own when they are young. This sword is Tianqin, made by a famous ancient craftsman.
Liber's royal sword. I am the fifth owner of this sword. Its previous owner was my great-grandfather, Edgar III, the father of my grandmother. My grandmother also had a sword Valkyrie in her hand.
, with a prayer for victory engraved on it, it is one of the swords collected by the ancestors of the Liber royal family. I usually don’t take it out to use, but now is the time for it to show up. It is not just used for fighting.
This sword is also proof of my royal status."
Clodia pulled out the one-handed rapier from the scabbard. The blade flashed with the brilliance of the intertwined power of blue and crimson. It seemed to be directly polished with ruby and cangyuite. It was at the level of a sword.
Said to be very strong, it is the kind of weapon second only to the Semrian Stone, and its strength is still higher than the S-weapon made by the Black Workshop using Koldarite steel. Among the real man-made weapons that Ling has seen, Colo
Tia's Lyra can probably rival the Sword of Light maker's sword Galan Shire, second only to the Arondette she made herself. But only the Wang family can afford such a luxurious sword, and this one
Based on the current price of the sword, the cost of the materials alone is estimated to be no less than 30 million milliliters. In the past, without the assistance of a force guide, polishing the extremely hard Qiyao Stone took a long time. Even a famous craftsman would have to spend a lot of time.
It takes several years to make such a sword, so the labor cost is also quite high. However, among the four people present, Olivier and Clodia had seen so many treasures in each other's homes that they didn't take it to heart.
However, Sherazade's living standard is too low to be exposed to such high-end luxury goods. Perhaps only Ling, who is more sensitive to material costs, knows that this sword would be so valuable outside.
After reading it to everyone, Clodia put the sword back into its scabbard. As she said, this sword was not used for fighting, but for showing off, which was equivalent to her identity certificate.
"Then... let's get down to business, let's confirm the location of the hidden waterway." Olivier, who had finished his eyesore, said, letting everyone get back to the topic.
"Okay. Wait a minute." Coladia opened the map. Although the map was old, it clearly recorded the connection points. "The location we are currently in corresponds to the staircase mark in the lower right corner. There is = in the center of the map.
The place is the entrance to the hidden waterway. We must first investigate the wall of that place."
Sherazade imprinted the map information in her mind and began to lead the way, followed by Olivier, followed by Clodia, and Ling was in charge of the rear. Princess Clodia did not participate in the battle.
The security work was entrusted to three people.
Although Clodia was once worried that the monsters in the underground waterway would be very strong, in fact, they did not encounter even a single monster until the first half of the journey.
"Oops, I remembered it. Last night and this morning, Mr. Jin and others seemed to have come to the underground waterway to practice before the finals of the martial arts competition. The World of Warcraft must have been cleaned up by them." Sherazade thought of what he had done in Guerrilla.
During the association, Ainan said that the duplicate key to the underground waterway was also given to Jin.
"Huhu, this has helped us a lot." Olivier whistled.
Clodia came to what seemed to be a dead end in the underground waterway and took out a map to compare it.
"This is the place marked with = on the map. But I didn't see any mechanism..." Clodia looked at the smooth stone wall and fell into a somewhat distressed situation.
"It is indeed a hidden mechanism designed by the Libertine royal family. It seems that we can only investigate it carefully." Olivier said to everyone.
"Let me do it." Sherazade groped on the wall, and it took her less than a minute to locate a certain location. "I found it, it's here."
With her gentle tap, the stone wall began to recede, revealing the hidden passage.
"Huh? That's amazing. How did you discover this mechanism? Do you have any tips?" Olivier asked in surprise.
"There's no trick. We rats living in the sewers can find it naturally by groping with our fingertips." Sherazade replied.
"Sewer?" Olivier was a little confused.
"Inquiring into other people's privacy is not a gentleman's behavior, please stop it in moderation, Ogua." Ling lightly kicked Olivier.
"Ouch! I know!" His cry of pain was not entirely fake, because that kick was really painful.
"Time is running out, let's set off quickly." Sherazade said to everyone and walked in first.
This generation is an inaccessible place, and even the guerrillas will not sweep it away. The obstructive monster finally appeared. It is a common species of ape and sheep throughout the West Semilia continent. However, unlike the white ape and sheep outside, the appearance of
Here is a dark ape-goat dressed in jet-black fur.
"Wow, these little things are so difficult to deal with. Ling, why don't you come and help?"
Olivier and Sherazade cooperated tacitly, with a measured attack and defense, and well-founded advances and retreats. Even when facing multiple apes and sheep, their attacks were not painful or itchy. After two minutes of fighting, they still managed to survive.
Not a single one was eliminated. In the long run, victory won't be a problem, but what these people are short of now is time, and it's not a good idea to fight a protracted war with the monsters.
"Fire attributes are particularly effective on these guys." After hearing the request for help, although she had no intention of helping Sherazade and Olivier deal with their enemies, Ling still gave some tips. She used her perception ability to deal with the dark ape.
The sheep conducted intelligence investigations and analyzed their weaknesses.
After listening to Ling's instructions, Olivier used the guiding magic Burning Breath, which instantly burned the guy in front of him to ashes, and finally turned it into a radiant chip.
The giant whale frogs and skeleton fish that jumped out from the water from time to time gave the other people the feeling that they were not as difficult to deal with as the hordes of dark apes and sheep. These monsters lurking in the underground waterways like to sneak attack the end of the team.
He stretched out his hand and pinched it and it was broken into pieces. The cooperation of Olivier and Sherazade also easily solved the bamboo flying fish and violent bubbles encountered head-on.
After spending more than ten minutes, the group finally came to another dead end. Just like before, the road ahead was blocked by a stone wall.
"Oh...could this be the end?" Olivier said.
"Well, just like the previous place, there is a secret door switch."
After Sherazade stepped forward and found the mechanism, the stone wall slowly opened. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw bright light coming out.
"I'm finally back here, Grancel City." Clodia sighed and walked out first. This water castle is where she grew up, and she is more familiar with it than anyone else.