lizard lord

Chapter 182 A Clean and Hygienic Place
The scenery inside the city is not bad, and it looks quite prosperous. After all, Linhai is still at the mouth of the river, and it will not be too bad if it develops a little bit. The fly in the ointment is that the formation of soldiers walking back and forth affects the perception a bit.

Seeing that the situation in the city was so depressing, they didn't wander around in the city. The merchant ship was moored at the port, and most of the people stayed in the cabin. The team composed of humans and elves found a guide on the spot and went to Heim Church of the division.

Still the familiar taste, the church of the Helm Church was built in the castle and was heavily guarded, just like a small fortress.

He brought Bock's letter to meet with the other party, and he was naturally received. The chief of the Heim Church here hurriedly met with Tang Zhao, discussed with Tang Zhao about weapons and equipment, and then immediately sent someone to pick up the goods from the merchant ship. .

[Some things need trouble, how is the situation in Yintao City recently? 】

"Our duty is to maintain the order in the surrounding waters, and we will not interfere too much with the situation in the city, but we can also clearly feel that the recent situation is not stable, and it is okay to say that people are panicked."

This was originally the territory of the Sterling family, but it does not belong to the current branch. It will take some time for this group of people to take over the territory, not to mention the undercurrents. It's not good, the frequency of robbery and theft has soared.

They had to focus more on the vicinity of Yintao City, and cooperated with some security teams newly recruited by the Sterling family to barely suppress the situation.

Under such circumstances, Tang Zhao also rejected the idea of ​​renting a place to live temporarily. Instead, he applied to the Church of Heim, hoping that they could help find a safer place. For this reason, they are willing to pay a suitable price. .

As we all know, the financial situation of the Haim Church has always been in a very embarrassing situation. Tang Zhao just provided them with a batch of weapons and equipment, so the Haim Church here is willing to sell favors. Tang Zhao got his wish and obtained a piece of land outside the city. venue.

It turned out to be the training camp of the Haim Church. The high-walled compound is very well defended. At the same time, it is close to the military camp of Yintao City. The security is in place. The Haim Church collected ten royal gold coins as a symbolic rent, and things are going smoothly. .

The help of the Haim Church is limited to this, and Tang Zhao and the others have to deal with the rest of the matter themselves, and cannot provide more.

After going ashore with the supplies and money in the cabin, everyone went directly to the courtyard and temporarily stationed there.

A small group of human sailors went to the market in Yintao City to purchase some necessary supplies, while Tang Zhao squatted on the shoulder of an elf and began to tour the entire Yintao City.

Although the city seems to be panic-stricken, judging from the clothes of the residents and the condition of the buildings in the city, it is undoubtedly a very wealthy city. During this special period, there are still merchant ships coming and going on the river, transporting Austria. Goods from all over the country and even the world.

【Let's go to the mansion of the Sterling family first, and then you can just put me down by the river. 】
-
The mansion of the Sterling family is on the side of the city near the sea. The building is tall and elegant, but it is not open to the public. Without direct orders from the capital, they do not accept any outsiders.

It can be said to be a way to protect oneself in chaos, or it can be said to be a way to hide secrets. If there is no fact, no matter what, people will believe it.

There were several teams of patrolling soldiers around, but Tang Zhao could still find a way to sneak into the mansion, just climb over the wall in the dark, and few people would notice a lizard that changes color.

It's just that now is not the time to do this kind of thing. Without any evidence in hand, he doesn't really want to provoke the feudal nobles. The mansion of the Sterling family can be regarded as the last step. In short, let's go to other places first. Besides.

In fact, Tang Zhao didn't understand why Norton asked him to do this kind of thing. One is on the easternmost side of the mainland and the other is on the westernmost side of the mainland. It's an irrelevant relationship. He's not familiar with this place at all, so what's the point? Find the devil", just agreeing for the sake of money, and will try to help as much as possible.

After walking half a circle around the edge of the mansion, Tang Zhao and his elves left in time before drawing the attention of the patrolling soldiers.

According to his instructions, the elf put Tang Zhao into the river. Tang Zhao swam twice in the river, and soon found what he wanted - the sewer outlet.

Since Norton said that there might be demons in Yintao City, Tang Zhao followed the other party's wishes and checked out all the possible places bit by bit.

Obviously, although Yintao City is a big city not inferior to Luford, the sewer system of Yintao City is not as advanced as Luford.The structure is simple, the route is single, and it is obvious that the simplicity is something that humans built later, and it is very suitable for errands.

Yintao City is a new city developed after the establishment of Oran. Before that, it was a fishing village and fields.There was no infrastructure built by the Ostians, no kobolds toiled for them, and it turned out to be no ancient elf ruins.

Tang Zhao had drilled through the sewers several times before, but the sewers in Yintao City were fundamentally different from Lu Fude's.Tang Zhao doesn't mind being messy, but that doesn't mean he can bear to swim wantonly in the water mixed with defense and unknown liquid.

After hesitating at the drain for a few seconds, Tang Zhao swelled up to about four meters.

The water outlet of the sewer was sealed by the iron fence. He put his body close to the fence and exerted a little strength, but the fence didn't move at this moment. Obviously, this fence should not be installed a long time ago, but was installed recently.

Compared to forcing the demolition with brute force, making too much noise and attracting attention, now he also has a better choice.

Using all fours, he climbed to a higher position to ensure that the unknown substance gushing out of the sewer would not splash into his mouth, and then he opened his mouth wide at the iron fence.

There are two exceptionally long and sharp teeth on his upper jaw, these are his fangs, and there are two inconspicuous holes on them, from which venom can be ejected, which is what he is doing now.

The light green liquid sprayed out from his fangs, and sprayed straight onto the iron fence. After less than two seconds of reaction time, the iron fence made a harsh sizzle sound, as if encountering strong sulfuric acid, and began to corroded rapidly.

The venom of poisonous snakes is very precious, and the amount of venom is not large, but Tang Zhao is different. His poison sac is very large, which can store a considerable amount of venom. At the same time, it has a regeneration speed bonus, and the recovery is faster. As long as you eat enough, He can basically replenish his status every day.

Now the iron fence is much easier to deal with. Tang Zhao's claws exerted a little force, and the iron fence snapped off.

There will also be patrolling soldiers on the river now. Tang Zhao is not sure if they will check the condition of the drain. To be on the safe side, he did not directly tear down the entire iron fence, but just tore a hole in the iron fence, so that the smaller He got into it more comfortably.

The patrols are all ordinary soldiers, and if they die, they will be Tier [-] fighters. If you don’t take a close look, you won’t notice this defect. Even if you see it, soldiers who have not received relevant training and education will not think that such a small opening can go in. people.

There are not many spellcasters in Oran, and there are strict restrictions on such things as familiars. Normal people generally would not expect a familiar to sneak in, let alone a lizard that can think for itself.
-
Tang Zhao thought that he was very thoughtful, but after hanging on the wall of the sewer and struggling to climb for a while, he realized that he probably thought too much.

Because this place really doesn't deserve much attention-it's narrow and low, but fortunately it feels a little bit of disrepair, and the masonry of the sewer has begun to fall off, exposing mud and pitted rock formations.

This allowed Tang Zhao's claws to barely penetrate into it, allowing him to hang in the air so that he would not fall below and swim in the sewer with those unknown objects.

But despite this, the air here is completely unable to allow normal creatures to breathe, and Tang Zhao has been holding his breath to move forward.

Fortunately, after evolution, his ability to hold his breath has also improved slightly. Now it is not too different from a crocodile. Holding his breath for three, four, 10 minutes will not be fatal, and he can hold it completely.

[There is indeed something wrong. According to common sense, I have walked about 300 meters now, and I have not yet reached the main road of the sewer. It is still so narrow here, and there is methane gas that cannot breathe. Normal creatures simply cannot pass Come.The existence of that iron fence is meaningless. Not to mention the trouble when installing it, it will also prevent the normal flow of things in the sewer.

It wouldn't matter if it was something that existed from the beginning of the sewer design, but it was obviously newly installed recently, and there must be a purpose behind this kind of installation work. 】

Comforting himself with this thought, Tang Zhao continued to grope forward in the dark sewer.

Not knowing how far he walked in the dark, Tang Zhao finally walked out of the pipeline and came to the main road of the sewer.

It is said that it is the main road, but it is actually not very spacious, and the air is still very turbid, but the short-term breathing will not choke people to death.

But no matter what, Tang Zhao was finally able to make himself bigger, which made it easier for him to embed his claws into the ceiling and move at a faster speed.

It can be regarded as hard work pays off, Tang Zhao searched for a long time in the sewer, and finally got a little clue.

[From this mark, the size of the opponent is at least five meters. This is not the size that a normal creature should have, and this strength performance is also remarkable.]

In front of Tang Zhao was the severely damaged sewer wall. Judging from the traces, the saboteurs did not use conventional tools such as hoes and sledgehammers, but more like claws and sharp knives.

In short, there is a high probability that some kind of creature did it. Whether it is a demon or not needs to be checked again, but it is definitely not easy.

Suppressing the nausea and discomfort, Tang Zhao put his head close to the mark and sniffed carefully, hoping to smell some special smell from it.

It turned out to be a pity, the traces had been there for a while, and the smell here was too strong, completely covering up the remaining smell, so his nose couldn't smell anything valuable.In the final analysis, relying on smell to find things in the sewer, let alone whether this matter can be done, there is definitely an element of torture in it.

Still, he found something of value in the traces.

On the destroyed wall, there were some light yellow spores. If you look carefully, there are still some milky white traces in some gaps, like the imprint left by some kind of liquid after it dries.

[It may be a plant, it may be an amphibian, it may be an aquatic animal. Well, this possibility is unlikely. In short, bring the evidence back to others to see. 】

Searching along the traces, he picked out a brick with both spores and white marks, and pried it off with his claws.

With this potentially significant brick, Tang Zhao returned the same way and left the sewer that made him feel rather uncomfortable.

Returning from the sewer to the mouth of the Duva River again, Tang Zhao didn't wander around anymore, and went directly to the manor where the large army was stationed.

The druids and spellcasters immediately researched the things on the brick. Although they didn't have any serious laboratory equipment, they still got the results in a short time.

These things all came from a demon, to be more precise, a berserker, a large monster with the characteristics of both amphibious and humanoid creatures, in Tang Zhao's cognition, probably the "frogman" Its appearance is just that it has strong musculature on its body, scales on its back, and many small spores containing germs growing on its limbs.

The strength is very strong, almost the fourth level according to human standards. Before the evolution, Tang Chao had to go through a hard fight, even after the evolution, this is still an opponent that needs to be taken seriously.

"What are we supposed to do? Give the evidence to Mr. Norton's people now?"

【No, not yet.What he wants is evidence related to the Sterling family. What we have at most can only prove that there may still be some demonic remnants in the underground of Yintao City that have not been cleaned up, and nothing can be changed. 】

Gold coins are not so easy to earn. Find some evidence casually, and private detectives can do things. He still needs to ask Tang Zhao for something. He is already mentally prepared.

[What happened to the people who inquired about the news in the city? 】

"There are some gains. There are no priests and paladins following Losander in Yintao City. At the same time, the phenomenon of missing people in the city is quite serious."

【Have the residents here ever suspected anything? 】

"Unexpectedly, not many residents suspected that it was done by a demon, but many residents suspected that it was done by another creature. The local residents called it a sea wolf, which seems to be a kind of sea monster."

The man began to explain to Tang Zhao that the sea wolf was not the common name of the barracuda, but a creature that existed in folklore, and it was said that this creature would appear every time there was an ominous year of war and famine.

(End of this chapter)