Food Poems

Chapter 278 The Lord of Jealousy, the Survivors of the Blood Clan, and the Dungeon

Night falls.

Silver Birch Manor is brightly lit.

In the study, candles in brass candlesticks were burning, and Yeats was examining the parchment scroll spread on the desk, his eyes thoughtful.

This is a plan of the drainage system in the city of London, with facilities such as sewer manhole covers and sewage pipes marked.

The vampire clan, and the lair of the Scarlet Society.

It lurks in the filthy city sewers.

The candlelight flickered, Ye Zhi rubbed his brow with his fingertips and sighed softly.

Public health was a huge problem in the Middle Ages. Cities were often filled with stench and drains were filled with filth. The backward sewage system became a breeding ground for epidemics, leading to the spread of terrible diseases such as the bubonic plague and the Black Death.

The existence of magic has greatly improved backward productivity.

In the Central Courtyard Continent, any visionary monarch would strongly advocate the construction of public health facilities and drainage systems, and would not hesitate to use extraordinary powers for this purpose.

For example, build rune arrays in the sewers, drain water regularly, and flush the pipes.

Even so, city sewers are still a nasty place. Disease-carrying rats breed bacteria in moist hotbeds, and when the pipes flood during heavy rains, it's a nightmare scenario.

The frogs, giant rats, and slugs that live in the sewers are some of which are larger than adults.

Thus, a profession called "sewer hunter" was born among adventurers. They do the work that others are unwilling to do. Although it is dirty, hard and tiring, and they are often despised by their peers, the lords are often willing to pay them a large reward.

Let the Earl go to the sewer to investigate the whereabouts of the vampires -

Even King Lionheart knew that this was not a very fair thing to do, so he was very hesitant when handing over the commission.

However, it was precisely because this was a tough job and Yeats volunteered that King Lionheart was deeply moved.

Ye Zhi's eyes fell on the map, focusing on the locations marked in red.

The underground sewers in London are crisscrossed like a huge beehive. The Scarlet Society has three suspicious strongholds scattered in three directions. Yeats is responsible for the investigation of one of the directions, and the Fiery Sun Fighting Lion and Military Chief William are responsible for the other two.

This mission is very dangerous.

If we break into the Scarlet Society's lair, it is unclear what kind of backup plan Prince Blood Spider has.

After much deliberation, Ye Zhi decided to take Gray with her this time, and the two of them would go on this mission together.

Originally he wanted Ax to take the lead, but Ax was a fire-style boxer, and if he caused an explosion in the sewer, it would be a total destruction of the entire team.

Grey already has five rings of strength and is blessed by the Dragon God. With her by our side, the safety factor skyrockets!
Subsequently.

Yeats called Gray and explained that this trip deep into the sewer was a hard and tiring task.

Gray didn't act pretentiously and said, "You've gone, so how can I fall behind?"
"But I have a condition!" Gray changed her usual attitude and became a little serious.

Ye Zhi raised an eyebrow and asked, "What conditions?"

"Don't eat the monsters in the sewer anymore." Gray said bitterly, "I know you can remove the germs from them, but... it's still disgusting!"

Yeats nodded with deep empathy: "You make sense!"

However, the Fiery Sun Fighting Lion may accompany him on this operation.

If Gray and I don’t want to eat it, we can ask Lieyang Fighting Lion to eat it.

In case you come across suitable Warcraft ingredients, they won’t be wasted!

"this is for you."

Yeats took out a green cardamom flower and handed it to Gray.

"When you wear it, you won't smell the stench from the sewer."

It is said that the reason why the nobles in the Middle Ages were so fond of perfume had a lot to do with the extremely poor sanitation and foul odors in the cities.

Yeats's "Blessed Green Cardamom" is considered to be the world's top spice. It can emit a pleasant fragrance and form an invisible protection around the body.

It is worth mentioning that filthy places such as sewers fall into the category of [Plague Realm].

In such a place, spells from the [Plague Realm] would be more powerful. For example, the Plague Ray, the Stink Cloud, etc., could cause a greater threat through the "germs" floating in the creation realm.

The essence of green cardamom is a means of self-defense of the youthful divinity. Although it cannot completely change the environment, it can resist germs.

If one reaches the realm of the sanctuary, once the domain is expanded, all forces that do not belong to the domain will be repelled, and the enemy's ability to cast spells in its own domain will be greatly reduced because they are not familiar with the rules of the domain.

Gray examined the green cardamom carefully, pinned it on her chest, nodded with satisfaction, and asked:
"When do we leave?"

Ye Zhi had received the order from the Lionheart King, saying:

"Tomorrow morning, we will enter the drainage pipes of Lundu City from the Mouth of Truth manhole cover, and then follow the map!"

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The Mouth of Truth is a marble manhole cover that resembles a human face, with a nose, eyes and a big mouth.

Ye Zhi stood in front of the manhole cover and said:
"Legend has it that if you put your hand into the Mouth of Truth, once you tell a lie, the Mouth of Truth will bite your hand tightly. It's a very powerful lie detection method."

Gray looked at the manhole cover curiously and asked, "Is it really that magical?"

Yeats smiled and said, "The real thing from Rome does have this magic, but this manhole cover is a replica of the statue in Rome."

The city of Rome, the pearl on the Janine Peninsula, is the seat of the Papal States.

The ancient empire expanded from the city of Rome to the surrounding areas, eventually establishing a magnificent empire spanning the seven seas.

Its civilization is extremely brilliant. To this day, the Shenting Empire still follows the infrastructure of the ancient empire, which is more than a thousand years earlier than Lorraine's unification of the Central Continent.

Listening to Yeats' explanation, Gray seemed to understand, but she didn't quite understand. She said calmly:

"You walk behind me, I'll lead the way!"

When the manhole cover was opened, a foul smell immediately hit them. Grey and Yeats used flying skills to go deep underground one after another.

The vision was dim, the damp air was filled with the smell of decay, and the stone walls on all sides were covered with moss.

The ground was covered with broken bricks and stones, the water emitted a disgusting stench, rotten residues and unidentified objects floated in the water, and turbid pools formed in low-lying areas, with vague creatures swimming underwater.

"Plague frog!" Gray warned.

With a splash, the plague frog with blue skin covered with cysts jumped out of the pool. Its pale and silent big eyes were creepy.

This is a low-level monster, and poses no threat to high-level monsters, but it carries a terrible disease, which is enough to make people suffer unbearable pain once infected!
The sound of water was heard again. Ye Zhi looked forward along the ditch, and his scalp tingled. All along the way, there were frogs of all sizes, lying in the muddy puddles, revealing their densely packed backs. It was really not friendly to people with trypophobia.

"I didn't expect to have to work as a sewer hunter this time—"

Gray muttered something, turned her head and looked at Ye Zhi. Their eyes met, she raised her eyes and said sincerely:
"I suggest you close your eyes, because the following scene is going to be stomach-churning."

After saying that, a giant red dragon's tail condensed behind Gray.

The dragon's tail appears to be a phantom, but the power contained in it is incomparably powerful!
Ye Zhi had experienced the power of this move "Dragon God's Blessing·Dragon Tail". It was simply an overkill against low-level monsters!

Gray lifted the dragon's tail high up, and then dropped it like a collapsing pillar.

Rumble!
The entire sewer was shaking.

None of the plague frogs in the ditch were spared and were all flattened by the dragon's tail.

Ye Zhi swallowed and thought to himself that it was a good thing that he didn't have breakfast before coming here, otherwise his stomach would be churning now!
"How is it?" Gray looked at Ye Zhi proudly and asked for credit, "Am I becoming more and more competent as a guard?"

Ye Zhi said helplessly: "I haven't blamed you for alerting the enemy... What if the place ahead is really the vampire's lair? Wouldn't that tell them clearly that we have intruded?"

Gray was stunned, her cheeks flushed with embarrassment, and she coughed lightly, "I acted too quickly without thinking too much... Well, I'd better listen to your instructions before taking action."

The deeper we go into the sewer, the darker the light becomes.

Gray was surprised to find that on the platforms on both sides of the drainage ditch, there were remnants of campfires and tents, which were obviously signs of human survival.

"Yeats, how come there are people living here?"

"Homeless people, unable to afford even slums, live in sewers. Here, at least, they don't have to worry about being driven away," Yeats explained.

Hugo mentioned in Les Miserables that the sewer is the conscience of a city.

Yeats thought that this meant more than just the literal meaning, it also meant providing a place for the homeless to stay.

Gray was thoughtful.

Yeats inspected the sewers and said:
"In this hotbed of plague, there are many people infected with the disease, but many people do not blame the Lord of Plague and instead believe in him... just like homeless people do not blame the poor environment of the sewers."

The Lord of Plague is neither a god nor a demon, and there are very few records about him in mythological works. Some scholars believe that he may even be a false god invented by patients to comfort themselves.

The reason is that if a god used the Black Death to kill millions of humans, such a god would have been killed by other gods long ago.

Without humans, there is a huge gap in the power of faith. It is hard to imagine that such a thing that harms others and oneself was done by a god.

Ye Zhi's eyes flickered.

But what if the Lord of Plague is the "Plague Knight" under Apocalypse?

If there is no punishment for sin, how can people in the world be pious and worship God?

Yeats shook his head, saying that there was no conclusive evidence for these inferences.

But judging from the original plot of the game, the Holy See and the Kingdom of God are definitely not good people.

The plague caused by the Lord of Plague is also a feared existence for many powerful people.

Yeats is blessed by the divinity of light and is not afraid of the plague; Grey has dragon blood in her body, and the dragon's body has strong immunity.

Through the creative vision, Yeats saw yellow-green spots of light floating in the creative field. The power of these "germs" was not enough to penetrate his and Gray's defenses.

However, the noise might arouse the suspicion of the vampires, so we had to speed up.

Yeats and Gray followed the map and went deep into the sewer. On the way, they encountered a giant rat the size of a wild boar gnawing on an unidentified corpse. When it heard the noise and looked back, its blood-red eyes were revealed.

The levels of these monsters were not high, and the strongest red-eyed giant rat was only at the commander level. Ye Zhi and Gray killed them easily, just to get rid of harm to the people.

If there is a four-ring king-level monster in the sewer, then all the monsters in the entire sewer will respect it. This is determined by the natural law of the monster world. There can't be two kings in one mountain.

Unless there is an emperor-level monster that is powerful enough to force the two king monsters to be loyal to it.

Ye Zhi also let the Snow Owl release the king's aura and paid special attention to confirm that there was no other king monster in the sewer before moving forward safely.

We were getting closer and closer to the Scarlet Society's base listed on the map.

Even the air seemed to become a little oppressive.

Ye Zhi smelled the strong smell of blood coming from the front, frowned slightly, and thought to himself, my luck is as bad as ever. There is a one in three chance that I will really run into the lair of the vampires!

Zuanya said in surprise: "I knew it, Ye Zhi! Following you will definitely lead to troubles, and I won't be bored!"

Ye Zhi: “…”

Is this the “troublesome” physique of the protagonist of an online novel?
A narrow, damp stone staircase appeared in front of us, leading deep into the ground.

With the blue light from the alchemy lantern, Gray pointed at the strange words on the stone wall and said in surprise:
"Yeats, look at the wall...what's written here?"

Ye Zhi looked at it carefully, and the "Gifted Language Scholar" took effect, and said solemnly:
"This is the writing of the ancient blood clan empire."

Gray was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "You even know such an unpopular word?!"

"My magical talent is related to language. As for this ancient blood clan empire..."

Yeats called out Fetan, the fish of wisdom, and said, "It's your turn to explain!"

The scales of a rainbow salmon were brighter than an alchemical lantern, and Yeats felt that he could use Fetan as a flashlight.

Feitan said slowly: "In the old era, there were seven great empires, namely humans, blood races, elves, dwarves, orcs, snake people, and dragons."

"Among these races, humans are the weakest. They don't have the strong physique of orcs, nor the exquisite skills of dwarves, nor the innate magical talent of elves."

"However, the rest of the empires were buried under the sands of history, and the weakest humans unified Midgard."

"I know, that's because humans are the most intelligent!" Gray answered quickly.

Feitan glanced at Gray and said calmly:

"No, it's because the human race has the strongest reproductive ability."

Ye Zhi: “…”

That’s a reasonable explanation!

"The Blood Clan Empire that Ye Zhi mentioned just now was established by the ancient blood clan natives. And the oldest blood clan is actually cursed humans..."

Feitan said slowly: "According to the Book of Genesis, the ancestor of mankind had two sons. The eldest son was jealous of the second son and committed the serious crime of killing his relatives, and was punished by God. This is also the first recorded crime of "jealousy" in history."

"Later, this eldest son established the ancient Blood Clan Empire, and the Blood Clan revered him as the [Blood King]."

"But the Blood Clan Empire, like the Serpent Man Empire, was eventually annexed and destroyed by the Human Empire, leaving only the 'Scarlet Disease' that carries the Blood Clan virus to this day." Fei Tan said:

"It can be said that the vampires transformed by scarlet fever are fundamentally different from the ancient vampires. However, the ancient vampires are already quite rare... and only the ancient vampires can use the power of the [Blood King]."

Gray stroked his chin and analyzed, "So, the Blood King is most likely the demon god corresponding to the sin of [jealousy] among the seven deadly sins... and Lord Blood Spider is most likely an ancient vampire, so why would he want to rebuild the vampire empire?"

Ye Zhi and Fei Tan looked at Gray in surprise at the same time.

Gray put her hands on her hips and said, "What do the looks between you two mean?"

Ye Zhi smiled and said, "Nothing, I just think your analysis makes sense."

Gray snorted, "After all this talk, you still haven't told me what the words on the wall say!"

Yeats read out the symbols carved on the stone wall, as if someone had scratched them with sharp fingernails, and read them one by one:

"'This dark prison makes me long for the sun.'

'But sunlight is a deadly poison to me. '"

Another sentence reads:
"'Let us build our empire in the sun'."

"'Vampires also have the right to share the sun!'"

The words fell.

Diamond stood on Ye Zhi's shoulder and said in surprise: "This was written by a vampire? Vampires actually crave the sun!"

"But the sun is harmful to the lives of vampires." Gray looked at Ye Zhi, "What do you mean by that?"

"Smoking is harmful to human health." Ye Zhi said calmly, "After all, vampires and humans have a deep connection. They miss the sun after staying underground for a long time. Although they will get hurt, they still yearn for the sun. This is understandable."

"So, this is most likely the lair of the Scarlet Society, otherwise there wouldn't be such a confession." Gray said seriously, "Be careful, Ye Zhi, I feel that the atmosphere ahead is not right!"

After passing through a long and narrow corridor, the view suddenly becomes clear.

The dazzling blood-red light made Ye Zhi unable to open his eyes for a moment.

After slowly adapting, Ye Zhi opened his eyes, his pupils contracted, and he was a little shocked.

There was a cliff ahead.

Looking down from the cliff, the first thing that comes into view is a huge square. At the end of the square is a hill. Buildings are built against the hill. Crows fly across the sky, and a majestic ancient castle stands high above the ground!
Deep underground, there is actually such an underground city!
"Yeats, look up at the sky!" Gray's voice could not hide her shock.

There was a blood-red ball hanging in the "sky".

Just like an artificial sun, the blood-red light ball emits scarlet light, covering the entire dungeon!

The blood sun hangs in the sky, providing the vampires with the necessary light source for life, but it will not cause damage like sunlight.

This is already the work of Master Liuhuan.

Ye Zhi took a deep breath and immediately injected magic power into the communication rune stone to transmit his own location.

However, when Yeats and others arrived, the underground city began to vibrate as if it had life.

Rumbling--

The ground shook, and the huge square in front of them cracked with a "crack".

A giant red scorpion with bloody spines all over its body. Its tail stinger is inlaid with a conical ruby ​​in the shape of a sword. Under the reflection of the bloody sun, its eyes emit scarlet light, revealing its majestic pressure like a war beast protecting the country!
Emperor-level monster, the blood-red giant scorpion!
Yeats breathed a sigh of relief.

With such a big scene, I thought it was an emperor-level monster.

It’s just an emperor-level monster, so it’s easy to deal with, and the materials can also help the Snow Owl’s advancement!
"I didn't expect that there was such a monster hidden underground in the city of Lundu!" Gray exclaimed.

"I'll go with you, Gray. As long as we can kill this giant scorpion..."

Yeats's eyes were sharp.

"The people of this city will be grateful!"

(End of this chapter)