Falsifying history is good business

Chapter 247: In-depth, exploitation of child labor

Ever since Lin You and Constantine started to shirk responsibility and took turns opening the door, Little Phoenix had already seen that the two men, one big and one small, were not good people; but he never expected that the bottom line of these two humans could be so low.

What's the difference between letting a 200-year-old phoenix lead the charge and those African warlords sending ten-year-old child soldiers to the battlefield?
Seeing Constantine also agreeing and urging him to fly down to take a look, Phoenix wanted to fly up and flap their wings. He hated that he had to sign the contract to help catch the remaining two escaped demons in order to escape the clutches of that woman; so he couldn't even raise any objections now.

The little phoenix angrily changed back to its original form, and went into the basement while breathing fire. The depressed child laborer flew and breathed fire all the way, and after a while, he could still see the flickering fire below through the entrance.

The two bad guys who exploited child laborers in the ear room looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders to show their innocence; children are prone to emotionality, and as long as they are obedient in major aspects, they can be more tolerant of small things.

"Do you want to go down too, ma'am? There's a sewer down there, and it's not certain how long the search will take." Lin You kindly reminded the only woman present.

"Sewer? I've even turned over dead bodies." Helena showed a competence and determination that was totally inconsistent with her age.

"Then I wish you good luck; don't stay too far away from that one of us after you go down." Lin You muttered and was the second one to go down to the basement.

The guardian spirit was still ahead, and the long snake emanated a bright silver light, illuminating the underground space. Unlike the empty and clean side room above, the small basement was filled with demons and elements of hell.

There were many strange symbols painted on the walls and floors, and several skulls were hung in different corners. More than ten corpses of evil spirits were lying on the ground, and black dirty blood was all over the ground.

However, after the explosion and fire, a large area of ​​charred stains appeared in the basement, covering up most of the symbolic content; at the same time, the burnt smell after the explosion also covered up the stench of dirty blood.

Constantine, who followed closely, saw the clues after just a quick glance and whistled, "Phoenix's fire is not all bad. At least it destroyed the cursed magic circle left by the devil, saving us a lot of time."

Lin You also nodded slightly, approving of this judgment. Although he knew little about demonology, he could still recognize the sinister atmosphere here, as well as the vague discomfort at the level of consciousness; the magic world also had curse rituals and magic with similar effects to destroy the life and even the soul of the cursed.

Obviously, this basement was the second line of defense set up by the demons; however, unlike the direct armed attacks by the hybrid demons and inferior demons on the ground, they used the dim environment of the basement to set up a magic array, trying to kill the invaders with invisible curses. As a result, the little phoenix sprayed a ball of fire, and the resulting methane explosion destroyed the magic array structure, making the curse effect vanish.

There was a hole in the corner of the basement wall, and a fire was flickering. At the same time, Phoenix's recognizable childish voice came from the hole: "Come down quickly, I found the passage. If you don't come down, I will leave by myself."

It sounded just like the angry and unreasonable yelling of a child when he's throwing a tantrum.

The three of them jumped into the sewer one after another; Constantine and Helena had half their feet submerged in the sewage, but Lin You used an enhanced version of the "bubble head spell" to cover his entire body with bubbles, and the buoyancy of these bubbles was amazing, floating on the surface of the sewage.

"I have always thought that many spells in the magic world are useless tricks, but now it seems that is not entirely true." Constantine said while enduring the stench. If it had not been set on fire by the little phoenix before, the stench here would probably be much stronger than it is now.

"Didn't Professor Dumbledore invite you to Hogwarts? Although it's only for one year at most, it's enough time for you to learn a lot of tricks." Lin You's voice came out from the bubble, muffled and a little distorted.

"hope so."

When they first jumped down, the sewer was quite narrow and the three of them could only walk in a single file and bend over; as they walked along the way, they saw a lot of bricks and cement blocks fallen from the pipe wall, probably due to the impact of the previous explosion.

After walking for a long distance, the view suddenly opened up; not only was the road high enough for a person to stand upright, but there were also three different forks in the road.

The little phoenix floated in the air like a ball of fire, and stopped at a fork in the road, feeling torn.

"What's wrong? Can't you find the right direction?" Lin You asked. The phoenix spoke in human language: "The smell of them is everywhere here, so strong that it can't be dissolved; I know they are not far ahead, but I just can't tell which way is right."

"That's bad." Constantine said, "The explosion just now must have alarmed them. We'd better not disperse at this time."

Lin You, in order to squeeze out the last bit of value from the child labor, said to Phoenix: "Didn't you say that those two demon gods were no match for you, and you beat them one by one with one wing? Why don't you go ahead and explore the way?"

Without saying a word, the little phoenix opened its mouth and spurted out a ball of fire, which was blocked by the "Armor Protection Spell". The phoenix's fire was not at full strength, and although it made the magic structure "sizzle", it could not do anything to the other party.

"Don't go too far," Phoenix yelled.

"Okay, okay, let's try another way." Lin You didn't want to offend the little phoenix. Although the other party was gentle by nature, he was a demon god after all, especially an emotionally unstable childhood phoenix. No one could guarantee when the naughty child would suddenly lose his temper.

The gloomy wood wand was thrown into the air; "Show me the way."

The wand landed on the surface of the bubble, with the tip pointing to the middle of the fork.

"Let's choose this one!" Lin You controlled the bubbles and "floated" over first.

Constantine complained: "Is this feasible? Why do I feel it is not very reliable?"

"If you take the wrong path, why not back out and take another one?"

"Then what's the point of using your wand to show the way?"

"It's just for peace of mind."

"..."

During the question and answer session, Lin You suddenly discovered that the sounds behind him had disappeared; not only the voices of talking had disappeared, but even the sound of footsteps stepping on the dirty water had disappeared.

At the same time, the dazzling flames on the phoenix also disappeared.

The "bubble" slowly stopped, swaying and floating above the sewage. The long snake guardian under Lin You's feet still emitted light and illuminated the surroundings, but the bright sewer fell into an eerie silence.

Lin You looked back and saw that Constantine and the others were no longer behind him, but another familiar figure gradually emerged from the shadows.

"Mr. O'Dimm? Your appearance here, does it mean that you have teamed up with those two demons?"

"Of course not. I don't like these demons from the big world, so it's hard for us to cooperate." O'Dimm's slightly greasy voice dragged out. "But... when our interests coincide, I'm willing to help them occasionally."

(End of this chapter)