adventurers in the sewers

Chapter 92 Famous Intangible Cultural Heritage: Face Changing!

"Are you my martial uncle?"

Nora paused, a hint of doubt appearing in her eyes.

"Your teacher Colin and I often correspond, and I wrote a letter to my senior brother to greet him before heading to Blackrock City."

"He wrote back to me saying that he had taken on another exceptionally talented apprentice, who was adventuring in the same team as his eldest apprentice, Nora."

Ignis explained, "So when he learned that I would be coming to Blackrock City soon, he asked me to take care of you."

After hearing this explanation, the doubt in Nora's eyes lessened slightly.

The high-ranking members of the Windbell City Mage Association were aware that their teacher, Colin, had been transformed into a surviving undead creature, and they held their teacher in high esteem.

In fact, many monks who are unwilling to die use this forbidden method to prolong their lives; it is not something shameful.

Aside from knowledge, the teacher didn't have anything that a level 3 professional could covet.

Archmage Ignis's initiative to acknowledge kinship suggests that there is no other reason besides the fact that they are indeed fellow disciples.

She gazed at Ignis's aged face and said strangely, "Brother, my teacher was a tongue man from over a hundred years ago. You are actually his teacher? You—you are also a centenarian?"

Ignis said calmly, "I'm about twenty years younger than my senior brother. I just celebrated my 100th birthday two years ago."

Okay, this is indeed a centenarian.

Nora had no objections.

If monks don't do anything reckless or get injured, they seem to be able to survive quite well.

In short, Ignis was very dissatisfied with Nora, his misguided apprentice, and turned his gaze to Merry, the smallest of the four Ravenmen.

Meli obediently took off her mask and respectfully addressed him as "Uncle-Master".

Ignis was greatly pleased, his expression immediately softening as he said kindly, "You must be Merry. In my senior brother's letter, he praised your talent highly, even saying that you could inherit his mantle and become a rune mage in a short time —"

Before he could finish speaking, Ignis seemed to have discovered something and exclaimed in surprise, "Merry, you—have you already successfully changed your class?"

Merry glanced at her brother, and after receiving a signal from Louis, she nodded slightly: "Uncle-Master, I just completed my job change."

Ignis was even more pleased: "As expected of a genius recognized by my senior brother. My senior brother has been luckier than me in every aspect of his life, even the disciples he has taken on are better than mine."

"Merry, Rune Mage is one of the noblest classes among the rare classes of mages. You must study it well and don't let your senior sister lead you astray."

Before Merry could reply, Ignis added regretfully, "After learning about your talent, I actually wanted to recommend you to Princess Erisil's team."

"But for some reason, my senior brother strongly requested in his letter that I not interfere with your development path. If you want to join the Hero Squad, you must tell your senior uncle, and I will make it happen for you."

These words clearly demonstrate Ignis's fondness for Merry.

The little guy was flattered and simply nodded.

After exchanging pleasantries with his senior brother's two disciples for a while, Ignis said, "The demonic tide is approaching, so I'm going to repair the city walls first. If you guys haven't taken on any city defense missions, stay far away."

"Blackrock City will only be barely safe after the first wave of the demonic tide ends."

After saying that, the bald, long-bearded great magician disappeared from the sight of the sewer team.

Louis and the others stood there, all feeling that what they had just experienced was quite miraculous.

Nora and Merry have somehow found a powerful backer?

By benefiting from the influence of these two, Louis and Dinah can be said to have found a powerful backer.

What does this tell us?

This proves that having an elder in the family is like having a treasure.

You never know just how extensive the network of connections a monk who has lived for over a hundred years truly is.

Nora, however, seemed quite displeased. She snatched Sir Carenno's head and began muttering to herself.

"That despicable old man, what right does he have to say necromancers are bad? That's blatant discrimination!"

Louis coughed lightly, reminding her, "Nora, be careful your uncle doesn't overhear you. I don't think Lord Ignis has a very good temper."

"He's your senior martial uncle, and he can really beat you up."

Nora: "————"

She angrily stuffed her head into her magic pocket, put on the bird-beak mask, and headed towards the Blackrock Legion.

Louis followed, and after walking a few steps, a rumbling tremor suddenly arose from the ground, as if an earthquake had occurred.

He turned his head to look in the direction from which the sound came, and saw in the distance that at the huge gap in the city wall, an earthen wall had risen from the ground and completely blocked the gap.

Judging from the appearance, this must have been the work of one or more mages who are skilled in earth magic.

The 100-meter-long wall being leveled sounds terrifying, but a city wall stretches for at least ten kilometers, so a 100-meter gap can only have a moderate impact on the overall situation.

Louis estimated that as long as the woman in black armor stopped attacking, Blackrock City should have no problem surviving the first wave of the demonic tide.

But here's the question—will the woman in black armor really never appear again?

That female demon, whose individual combat ability is terrifying beyond compare, could wipe out Blackrock City's high-end combat force if she specifically targeted level three, four-star, and level three, five-star adventurers several times over.

Louis certainly didn't want his newly chosen patron to follow in Sir Carenno's footsteps.

In terms of status, Archmage Ignis is slightly higher than Karenno, but only slightly; their strength is roughly on the same level.

Caleno was killed in a matter of seconds, and Louis didn't think Ignis would be any different.

However, he was too weak, and all he could do was remind these important figures to be careful.

While pondering, Louis and his party finally arrived at the Blackrock Legion.

After handing the injured middle-aged officer over to the logistics personnel, they went to the department that received the mission to make a record.

From this moment forward, the sewer squad will officially begin its mission of guarding the sewers.

However, they were not acting alone; a force of 500 soldiers accompanied them.

The sewers of Blackrock City are too large; Louis and his three companions alone certainly cannot manage.

This group of soldiers would be stationed at various sewage outlets connecting to the outside of the city. They would handle small monsters that posed little threat on their own, and only when they encountered powerful monsters that were difficult to resist would they notify Louis and the others to deal with them.

This is the usual way ordinary soldiers and professionals cooperate.

Professionals are strong but few in number, so they are stationed in one area to support other units; soldiers are weak but numerous, and their purpose is to fill gaps and provide early warning.

Both are indispensable.

In addition, there were also record officers among the soldiers responsible for surveillance.

Nora can collect corpses from outside the city without their interference, but if she tries to use corpses from outside the city to impersonate military achievements, she won't be able to fool these recorders.

Soon, Louis and his entourage followed the troops into the sewers through a large inlet.

After a winding and circuitous journey, they arrived at the sewage outlet near the north wall of Blackrock City.

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