Chapter 87, Exploring the Deep Mining Area

The underground tunnels in Marienburg can be roughly divided into two areas: the shallow urban area and the deep mining area.

As mentioned earlier, the underground of Marienburg is composed of countless tunnel mines. Due to large-scale illegal excavation and construction, every house in Marienburg in the canal area and civilian areas has a basement linking underground tunnels, and many smugglers Passengers use these tunnels to enter Marienburg, merchants build warehouses and secret storage points underground, and even civilians unscrupulously build residential areas in underground tunnels.

But just like this, what humans use is only a part of the underground tunnels, and this part of the area used by humans is the shallow urban area.

The rulers of Marienburg spent a lot of money to block and destroy some of the tunnels, and then sent more people to guard some of the main tunnels, so the shallow city is relatively safe.

What is really scary is the deep mining area.

No one knows where the countless complex and winding tunnels lead. In the deep mining area, the deepest passage is said to lead to the molten underground and even the residence of demons. Many humans living in the deep mining area are threatened by corruption and corruption. Many Chaos sects are active in the dark, and there are various beasts and demons active. According to eyewitnesses, they have seen rats as big as humans in the depths of the mine.

That was the notorious Skaven. Hundreds of years ago, the human empire had fought several wars with the Skaven. The empire won the final victory, but as revenge, the emperor who was in power at the time died. The assassination of the Ratman assassin regardless of the cost.

Of course, Marienburg will not sit idly by. The method Schultz adopts is to hire mercenaries to patrol and clean up monsters on a regular basis. The nobles always charge high prices and trick the mercenaries into saying that there are amazing treasures buried in the deep mining area. To lure the mercenaries to accept the commission, in fact, some mercenaries did find buried treasures in the deep mining area and made a fortune as a result. Whenever this happened, Grand Duke Schulz would always generously announce that the mercenaries No need to pay taxes on this money and encourage more mercenaries to explore deep mining areas, thereby triggering a wave of exploration after another.

Few people notice that more mercenaries are always forgotten in the absence of return.

There are a large number of guards guarding the pass from the shallow city to the deep mining area. Jacob didn't say much. He led the three apprentices and continued to walk down the dark and deep mine pit: "Damn, dark, damned fallen, All three things I hate the most."

"Vice President, be careful. According to the guards, it seems that a new sect has appeared in the deep mining area recently." A young demon hunter pulled his hat brim and said cautiously: "It is said that the object of this sect's belief is a Gray dog."

"Then we are very lucky, because there is delicious dog meat to eat." Jacob bared his teeth, showing his teeth that had become yellowed due to years of smoking.

"Haha~" Several demon hunters laughed together.

Yes, for demon hunters like them who lick their blood and spend their whole lives in battle, they really don't have much fun. All they can enjoy is food, fire and women between battles .

Because demon hunters have been in contact with chaos creations for many years, they are often deeply affected physiologically. On the one hand, they have developed antibodies against chaos. Years of contact with chaos also make them bloodthirsty, body mutations, and certain desires are particularly strong.

Walking in the dark tunnel with a torch, the narrower tunnel and the oppressive environment made several demon hunters feel very uncomfortable, so they began to search for a topic: "Where did Belter appear? Jock?"

The young witcher named Joker took out a fragment: "I found this in a huge warehouse about 30 minutes away from here. This fragment is undoubtedly a part of the firecracker worn by Belt. He must have encountered a fight there."

"A giant warehouse?" Jacob thought of something: "A giant warehouse that stores something?"

"It's a warehouse for storing some candles and clothes." Joker replied, these young witchers were all dressed in the same way, and they all wrapped themselves in thick clothes.

"Why are candles stored with clothes?" Jacob immediately realized something was wrong.

However, the witcher master smiled strangely: "But we have no choice. Even if we know there is a problem here, we must go to investigate, because time is running out, and Belt may disappear again at any time."

This is how the witchers behave. Sometimes even if they know something is wrong, they will still investigate because they need money and the task to be completed.

The deeper you go, the more wet and weird the tunnel looks. The thick boots of the witcher are covered with water droplets. The deep groundwater in Marienburg is leaking everywhere in this place. Many tunnels that are in disrepair don't know where they lead. There, the only thing the witchers can rely on is their torches, but there is something strange about their torches.

The torches in the hands of several demon hunters were burning very vigorously, and the continuous bursts of flames could illuminate the dark surroundings, and there was no sign of extinguishing after burning for more than 20 minutes.

Under normal circumstances, no matter how exquisite the craftsmanship is, such a vigorous torch will not burn for more than a quarter of an hour. Seeing the atmosphere of several people is very stiff, one of the demon hunters said: "Master Jacob, this torch is still alive. Did you get it from Senator Sophia?"

The relationship between the Vice President of the Demon Hunters Guild and the Garland Councilwoman Sophia is well known, and Jacob never tried to hide it, but Jacob just grinned: "The one she gave me I have already used it up, and now we have a torch made by Veronica, haven't you all seen her?"

"Yeah, what a beautiful witch, she is as beautiful as a rose with dew in the morning." Joker said with a smile: "At that time, many of us witchers were still betting in private, she Which witcher boy will you choose as a partner."

"In the end, no one guessed right. She didn't like us demon hunters at all, and the fact was as she wished. She had a close relationship with the recently famous Nord hero 'Sledgehammer' Ryan. Alas, if I also Just be adopted by the lord." Another witcher joked, but everyone could hear the envy in his voice.

"Little Veronica is very high-spirited." Jacob held up the torch, looking at the mushrooms on the ground and the various strange patterns on the tunnel wall: "She has picked up the baby, and Ryan's growth rate is really high." It is beyond imagination, he is not yet 25 years old this year, he is already a middle-level legend, I have lived for more than 100 years, and I have been stuck in the high-level legend for almost 50 years, it seems that I have no chance to touch it in this life Sanctuary."

"Don't say that, vice president, you still have a lot of time." Some demon hunters comforted.

"No... I can already feel that my body is aging rapidly. It won't take too many years, maybe ten years, maybe twenty years, and I will become a real old man, so we must hurry up, boys, be careful "Jacob knew that his body was gradually aging, and this time he came out to hunt and kill Belter, he had to hurry up and not let that fallen man get away with it.

Passing through a narrow tunnel, the deep mining area suddenly opened up in front of several demon hunters. The 20-meter-high top was supported by a large number of stone pillars and reinforced by many wooden shelves. Even after thousands of years, several A witcher can still vaguely see the outlines of the huge dwarven sculptures, and the deep mining area of ​​Marienburg also once had masterpieces of dwarves in it. Some adventurers found treasures that were not groundless, but real.

The four demon hunters advanced in the tunnel in a low-key manner. They used sign language to communicate as much as possible. No one knew what was in the deep mining area. This is a paradise for all kinds of monsters, but it is not human.

"Here, vice president, brothers." Jock found a place to go up. He used hook locks and rock climbing skills to cross an inconspicuous low wall. Only then did everyone find a short walk along the top of the low wall. After the road, there is actually a road leading to another place.

"How did you find this ghostly path?" A few witchers cursed and climbed up the low wall, and then walked along the wall. It was very uncomfortable for them to hunch their bodies forward.

"It's a smell." Jock put his finger under his nose, and said softly: "Do you remember? People in the Slaanesh sect like to apply a lot of incense and perfume essential oils on their bodies. I'm checking When I got here, I felt a pungent smell, so I searched for a long time before I found this entrance."

"MMP, you can find this, you have the ability." Jacob and the other two demon hunters laughed and cursed, and stopped talking. Along a long corridor, several people appeared together. Above the cliff, below the cliff is the warehouse detected by Jock.

The gate of the warehouse is locked with iron chains. It is unlikely that ordinary and elite people will break through this gate. Moreover, this warehouse is hidden very secretively. Presumably there will not be many patrons. A few demon hunters are hiding in the dark, be careful Investigating everything.

"Hmm~ There are many kinds of footprints, including leather shoes, large leather boots, and... hooves and dancing shoes. Some footprints are very new, and some are very old. There should be people in this place." Jacob checked The footprints on the ground made a gesture of caution to the demon hunter behind him: "This may be the settlement of the Chaos Sect, everyone be careful."

Several demon hunters responded in a low voice. They extinguished the torches. One of the demon hunters walked up to Jacob and said, "Vice president? What should we do now? Shall we go directly to investigate this warehouse?"

Jacob signaled the witchers to stay calm, his mutated amber eyes fixed on the warehouse door.

"The way the chains are knotted in front of the door is very special, which proves that the person in charge of guarding or locking the door was once a sailor."

"The iron gate doesn't look new, and the locks are full of signs of wear and tear, which shows that people come and go here from time to time."

"Jock, are you sure you found this place by yourself? Didn't you get lured here by something?"

Jacob's inquiry made the young witcher Jock a little confused. He thought about it carefully, and then he said with some uncertainty: "Should...it should be? I remember that shortly after I went deep into the deep mining area, I I met a group of strange people, I followed them for a while out of curiosity, and then I lost it near the wall, I found the entrance after a long time of groping, the fragment was found at the warehouse door."

"Tsk, idiot, I suspect that you were lured by them, but... this kind of thing is hard to say, let's not rush in, we are here to ambush, everyone is ready." Jacob was also not sure whether Jock was really Being lured, the veteran demon hunter thought carefully and made a decision: "Find a place, and we will wait quietly. If Belter wants to ambush us here, he must have already done it." Prepare."

So several demon hunters found a hidden place outside the warehouse, hid themselves, and waited quietly for the development of the matter. In the darkness, only a few pairs of mutated eyes were left to watch everything.

An hour passed.

two hours, three hours...

After waiting for five hours, a large number of people's voices suddenly sounded in the dead warehouse, and countless torches and loud curses came and went. Dozens of guards and a few in full suits appeared in the originally empty warehouse. Armored mercenaries.

"Damn it, that idiot Oakes said someone would come here, but we waited for hours and there was no one!"

"Yes! We have been deceived!"

"Fuck it, anyway, we've been lying here for six full hours according to his request, and those damned demon hunters still haven't shown up, so it has nothing to do with us!"

"Yeah, the commission that should be paid still has to be paid, brothers, we have completed the task and withdraw! Let's go back to the city and have a big meal!"

"Let's go, let's go~"

A large group of mercenaries and guards cursed and lit torches. Under the operation of a mercenary, a gate appeared in the tightly stitched stone wall. The group of people walked out one by one, disappeared through the gate, and then the stone gate was tightly closed again. .

"Sure enough, there is an ambush!" The three young demon hunters looked at the crossbows and a few firecrackers in the hands of the mercenaries, and felt chills in their hearts. If they rushed in rashly, they might fall into an ambush.

"I knew there was an ambush." ​​Jacob spat, and then signaled several people not to worry: "Wait, let's wait a little longer, these mercenaries may not really leave."

Several restless demon hunters were a little puzzled by Jacob's order, but they followed his order and continued to wait.

Things went exactly as Jacob expected, ten minutes later, the mercenaries and guards went back and forth, and when they saw that no one showed up, they really left.

The last group of people left, and Jacob finally signaled several demon hunters to get up: "Get up, boys, start to move!"

The four demon hunters gradually approached the warehouse, completely unaware that in the passageway they came in, a tall man wearing a tall round hat and a blood-red leather jacket smiled: "Be cautious as always, it really is your style, Ya Gebu...instructor!"

"But I know you too well, Master."

"This warehouse is your cemetery!"

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