Artificer Adventure Guide

"V, take care of the house!"

Before leaving the base, Carl reminded V.

The construction of the rooms on the first floor was temporarily stopped because the soundproofing materials had not been bought back.

After passing through the tunnel again, the three of them returned to the surface.

Because of the Traveler's Curse, the inland area of ​​Xen'drik is like a large pigeon map.

The various biological settlements are disrupted by strange spatial rules. You may have just passed through a group of cute ornamental animals, and the next second you will encounter a group of crazy giants.

The curse of the God of Wisdom on this continent has caused all the intelligent life here to gradually degenerate to the tribal era. It is as difficult as ascending to heaven to communicate with these guys who retain the custom of cannibalism.

So, it is destined to be a long-term project to find the giant ruins opened by the adamantine key.

Returning to the surface, Carl looked up at the sky.

Today's Storm Bay is still as hot as a steamer, but the weather is not as clear as yesterday. A dark cloud is approaching in the southeast, and it looks like it will rain soon.

‘I have to buy some waterproof materials later. I don’t know if the underground ruins will accumulate water.’

The bad weather made Carl think more, but it’s always right to prepare for a rainy day.

But just when he was stunned, several figures blocked his way.

“Hey! Brother, where did you find this Zall teammate?”

Beside the tunnel entrance leading to the underground ruins, a scoundrel was looking at Ying unscrupulously.

He was followed by six equally unremarkable partners, who didn’t look like serious people.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Carl was stunned for a moment.

Following that, an excitement spread in his heart as if he had witnessed some famous scene.

‘Is this the beginning of the legendary plot of pretending to be cool and getting slapped in the face? This is the first time I have encountered it since I was a child!’

While thinking secretly in his heart, the gangster seemed to be a little impatient and reached out to grab Ying’s arm.

The thug was not blind. If he hadn't seen Carl and his men coming out of the tunnel, he wouldn't have dared to come up and cause trouble.

And Carl's bright silver full body armor was somewhat intimidating, so the thug didn't come up and attack.

But Carl's daze made the thug mistakenly think that Carl was afraid of their large numbers, so he dared to attack directly.

When he started, he was still secretly cursing himself for being suspicious and frightened by Carl's appearance.

What powerful characters could the group of people living in the underground ruins have?

But in the next second, a stream of spiritual energy flashed by.

The thug's right hand was cut open, and blood spurted out like a fountain.

"I cut his artery. You take him to the priest now, maybe you can save his life. If it's too late, he will die of excessive blood loss."

Seeing that the remaining six thugs didn't react, Ying had a cold face and explained to them the seriousness of the matter.

After a brief panic, the six thugs covered their boss's wounds and carried him to find the priest.

"I thought you would kill them directly. Those people definitely have no good intentions towards you."

Carl looked at Ying with surprise, and he was not used to Ying's behavior this time.

He knew the personalities of the girls around him.

Except for Lisanna, who had a little sweet girl tendency, even Nia was a hidden scientific alchemy madman.

Not to mention Hope, which can be seen from the way she dealt with the scammer.

And the ones with the strongest killing intentions are Ying and No. 18.

Ying is the kind of guy who is labeled as not easy to mess with from beginning to end. She is the kind of person who tries not to talk too much when she can take action.

As for No. 18...

What kind of good person can a guy who chooses the Eternal Death Sect as his monk sub-profession be?

Carl felt that he should have a deep understanding of the people around him, but after seeing Ying's actions today, he admitted that he was a little wrong.

‘This Ying guy might not be a killer who wants to kill people when something happens. She might just…’

I was updating my impression of Ying in my mind, but the other party’s cold voice sounded at this time.

“This group of guys might have kidnapped young drow elves with similar means. You go buy things first, I’ll follow and see.”

After saying that, without waiting for Carl to answer, Ying had disappeared into the shadows nearby.

“Well, it seems that she just found something more important, so she didn’t do it directly.

Then it’s just the two of us next? Do you want to eat some local specialties, Hope?”

When Carl came here yesterday, he saw that there were many stalls on both sides of the street selling food he had never seen before. As a person who has a unique insistence on “eating”, he used “getting things done first” as an excuse not to patronize them yesterday.

It just so happened that today I made up for it all.

“There was a stall making pies yesterday, it smelled very good!”

Hope also became very excited after explaining his favorite food in a concise manner.

Sure enough, there are two kinds of people sleeping in the same master bedroom.

Following the main road, Carl and his companions came across a food stall not long after.

The small living area in Xen'drik is due to the influence of the "Curse of the Gods", but the various supplies here are not worse than those in the Eruden Wilderness.

Even the poorest laborers can buy enough meat here with two copper coins.

Of course, because there are not enough spices and seasonings, the taste is a bit worse.

Carl is naturally not short of money, so he basically orders the higher-end version.

They ate and walked all the way, and soon they came to the center of Storm Bay.

Countless shops are piled up here like stacked boxes.

Carl wanted to ask these people why they built such a weird building, but when he saw the black clouds in the distance and thought of the storm he encountered at sea, he felt that he understood.

The storm here is no joke, and building high-rise buildings will almost certainly be destroyed by the storm.

However, even if he understood it, Carl would be in a dilemma if he really faced this messy commercial street.

"Over there, it seems to be selling wood."

Just as Carl was aimlessly looking for the store he needed, Hope, who had a higher perception, was the first to discover the most urgently needed materials.

Looking in the direction of Hope's finger, Carl saw a shop selling wood in the gap between two equipment stores.

Pulling Hope up, the two of them climbed over the wall to the second floor.

"It's so narrow here, where is the store going to sell wood?"

When Hope arrived at the door of the store, he looked at the narrow door that only one person could pass through, and felt that the store in front of him might not be reliable.

But how could the boss in the house let the business run away?

Before Hope dragged Carl away, the store owner hurried out.

"Oh, customer! Storm Bay is very expensive, and large goods such as wood cannot be placed in the city? Come with me, I will take you to the outside of the city to see!"

After the store owner said this, Hope, who originally thought that this store was not reliable, understood.

Carl told the store owner the amount of wood he needed, but the store owner realized that this was a big order, and he actually closed the store and took Carl and Hope to the lumberyard outside the city.

...

While Carl was heading to the lumberyard outside the city, Ying followed the gangsters to the slums of Storm Bay.

Although it is called a slum, the living environment here is actually not bad.

With a casual glance, Ying could find many professionals in the crowd.

Ying understood that these people were probably the main residents of Storm Bay.

The thug who wanted to make a move on Ying had been treated by the priest not long ago and was given a bottle of healing potion. He was now being carried to his residence by his brothers.

Ying followed closely behind. The lurking tracking skills of the Wanderer and the Shadow Sect made her follow the other party like a ghost.

Soon, the group stopped in a small courtyard.

"Damn it! What bad luck! I didn't expect that the drow was actually a tough guy. He looks like a member of the Ascetic Sect."

After returning home and closing the door, the seven thugs immediately started discussing in the yard.

"We have to find a way to catch that drow. I bet she's still a virgin, judging by the way she walks!

Is that red-haired guy so savvy? He left such a baby alone and had an affair with that tiefling with muscles on his arms!"

"Hey! If he hadn't been savvy, given the trust that drow had in him, she might have been pregnant long ago, and we wouldn't have found her. If we could catch that drow, there would definitely be a lot of rich people who would..."

Before he finished speaking, the shadow hidden outside had flashed in through the shadow step.

"Who is it! Ah!"

A gangster happened to find the flashing shadow, but when he opened his mouth, the chain dart of the shadow had already been thrown out.

These people still have some strength, but they haven't officially taken up a certain profession.

Therefore, when the shadow took action, they immediately realized the difference in strength between the two sides.

A gangster immediately left his brother behind and turned around to run out of the yard.

But at this moment, another chain dart flew over, grabbed his ankle and dragged him back again.

The psychic blades flew up and down, and only two of the gangsters in the yard were left dead.

"I ask, you answer, whoever answers more questions, I will let go."

Putting the two psychic blades on the shoulders of the two survivors, Ying's voice was as cold as usual.

"Talk, talk, talk! I'll tell you everything!"

The two surviving gangsters were so scared that their calves were cramped. If they were asked to bully the weak, they could do more cruel things, but when it came to themselves, they were very scared.

For a while, the two nodded like crazy, and secretly guarded against their companions, fearing that the other party would answer faster than themselves.

"Have you also captured drow before?"

As soon as Ying finished asking the question, the one on the left answered first:

"Yes, three times, but it was not considered an arrest. Those drow were quite proactive. We were at most an introduction."

This answer was not unexpected by Ying, but she still frowned slightly.

The remaining one waited eagerly for Ying to continue asking, but Ying killed him with a knife in the throat.

Then, Ying disappeared into the courtyard.

The surviving thug wiped his sweat tremblingly, and a foul smell spread from his lower body to the surroundings.