Chapter 89: Prelude to Chaos
There was a jolt under their feet, and the civilians in the street paused for a moment and waited until the shaking had finished before continuing to walk.
They did get used to it, sometimes once every three years, sometimes once every four years, and Greenland would clean the sewers once, but it was all entrusted to the adventurers, and the civilians of Greenbrand had long been accustomed to the trouble that those mages had brought them.
This time was different, though, as a topic of small talk, but since the 'certain news' spread these days, Greenland has shown some signs of trepidation.
As a multi-racial 'metropolis', Greenland civilians are not surprised by many things, and when they see bestials on the streets during the day, there is no guarantee that someone will say hello, and vampires or something are tacitly existent, everyone knows that there must be vampires in Greenland, but no one is sure who is a vampire.
This afternoon, the men of the city guard finally announced that the day after tomorrow Greench would lift martial law, which calmed the somewhat restless civilians and merchants a little.
However, after feeling the vibration under their feet, the people on the street couldn't help but worry, worried about whether the ground under their feet would suddenly collapse, and worried about whether the sewer would be able to support it.
The adventurers were still advancing slowly, and while some of them were already familiar with the Greenland sewers, it was always good to be careful, and no one wanted to lose their lives for no apparent reason.
"Mud monsters!"
In the sewers less than seventeen feet down the street, the sword and shield warriors standing at the front shouted backwards, "Freeze the potion!
The alchemist in the team pulled out two freezing potions from his belt pack and threw them into the mud monster's body.
The adventurers retreated as the mud monster approached, and it was not until the mud monster was frozen that the adventurer team stopped retreating, but they were not relieved.
The Sword and Shield Warrior drew a stick pinned to his waist, and a wanderer walked beside him with a vial of frozen potion.
Slowly approaching the mud monster, the sword and shield warrior raised his shield in his right hand, nodded to the wanderer beside him, and after receiving the same response, he squeezed the wooden stick with his left hand and slammed it down on the mud monster.
Bang!
After a crunch, the 'ice' cracked through it, and the mud monster that was not yet dead tried to get out of it, but before the frozen and slow-moving mud monster could crawl out, it was doused with the freezing potion in the wanderer's hand.
The unintelligent monster became slower until it froze completely, becoming a complete block of ice.
Bang! Bang!
Armed with a stick, the sword and shield warrior kept hitting the body of the frozen mud monster with the stick, and it was only after the mud monster shattered to the ground that he took a few steps back to protect the wanderer, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
Putting the stick back on his belt, the Sword and Shield Warrior gasped for breath before asking his teammates behind him, "Are we going to move on?"
Greenlands was too big, and so were the sewers, and even with a six-man squad of more than twenty of them, the cleanup was still not complete.
They are also advancing, but they don't know when a monster suddenly appeared on the way back, so they must conserve their stamina and spells to deal with various unexpected situations.
"I'm running out of spells. Said the bard in the procession.
The wanderer on the side also nodded, "The power of the shadows is starting to eat away at my body, and I must rest for a while." ”
The sword and shield warrior looked down at his shield and nodded, "Then let's retreat first, gopher, have you drawn the mark?"
"Don't call me a gopher......," the wanderer muttered, pulling out a small section of white chalk and drawing a pointing arrow on the wall of the sewer.
Everything was ready, the sword and shield warrior who was the captain of the team turned the head and tail of the group, still two warriors walked at the end of the group, he walked in front, a wanderer and a swordsman were by his side ready to respond, and the bard and alchemist were protected in the group, a typical team of adventurers.
Of course, this is only the standard 'here', if in the wild, the alchemist and swordsman should be replaced by a warrior and a ranger.
"Wait!"
The wanderer stopped suddenly, and everyone followed, then looked at him suspiciously.
No one bothered him, and the wanderer listened intently, as if trying to find something.
He suddenly put his ear to the wall next to him, and touched the wall with his fingers, and walked forward, and then he suddenly stopped and stood in place.
The wanderer thought for a moment, beckoned to his companion, sighed and said, "Let's go, I thought there was some treasure...... Alas!"
The Sword and Shield Warrior frowned, then suddenly chuckled, "Don't think about it, Greenland's sewers are not a good place to hide treasure, it's better to hide in the basement than here!"
With scattered and chaotic steps, the sword and shield warriors left the area.
After coming out of the sewers, in the gap where everyone else was breathing fresh air, the Sword and Shield Warrior asked the wanderer, "What did you find?"
"Suck ...... Presumably a cultist meeting place. ”
The wanderer took a deep breath and said, "The back of that wall was empty, and we didn't pay attention when we pushed in, but when I came back, I seemed to hear something, and it turned out that the back of that wall was empty. ”
"Report to the City Guard!"
The Sword and Shield Warrior looked at the wanderer and said, "Go ahead, come back with the bounty and remember to invite us to drink." ”
The wanderer smiled: "It's easy to say, you go and talk to them, I'll go to the garrison, see you later!"
The sword and shield warrior nodded and said, "See you later!"
............
"I heard that the City Guard and the Radiant Church just destroyed a cultist stronghold. ”
"I've heard about it! Those city guards who are so happy about their achievements have just finished their work and start bragging about their exploits, oh, do you see that person? He is the ...... of the city guards."
Suddenly having the leisure to go out for a stroll in the Greenlandch Night Market, the black dragon and the maid couldn't help but glance at each other after hearing the words of those people.
The more prosperous the city, the stronger the shadow behind it, Greenland is no exception, and even if left alone, Winde City should be similar.
Greenland can be roughly divided into the inner city, the outer city, and the slums, and in a little more detail, it can be divided into the noble area, the temple area, the royal palace area, the business area, the downtown area, etc., which is only the division within the city of Greenland, and does not include the aristocratic estates outside the city.
Now Cervantes and Serena are in the middle of the city, and it's bustling day and night, starting at eight in the morning and continuing until about eleven in the evening, and a little later, it's nocturnal creatures.
Boom.
Cervantes reached out to protect the maid, and the man who was hurrying to the ground was knocked to the ground, but he just patted his shirt and pants in a panic and stood up, said 'I'm sorry' to Cervantes and the maid, and hurried away, looking like someone was chasing him behind him.
The black dragon looked at it curiously, because the person didn't look like there was something urgent, but as if he was being chased.
"What's the matter?" asked the maid.
Cervantes retracted his gaze and shook his head, "No, it's nothing, it's just a little curious...... It's not early, let's go home early. ”
Rumble!
Everyone was frightened by the loud noise, and looked in the direction of the loud noise with a frightened expression.
The flames lit up the night sky, and it was a firework that could be seen half of Greenland.
The sudden loud noise also frightened the maid, and she subconsciously shrank into the arms of the black dragon, and only after a few seconds did she raise her head to look in that direction.
"The direction is...... Noble quarter?" muttered the maid.
Then the people on the street were like they had been pressed on a switch, and suddenly they were in chaos......