Chapter 442 The strange giant wood city
After leaving Lan Watson, Rollin and Sha'er rushed all the way east. Along the way, they met mercenaries looking for them several times, but they were all small troubles, but they were all solved by the two who had cooperated tacitly.
Four days later, the two arrived at the entrance of the passage indicated by the Giant Eagle Soul.
"This passage is a bit deep." Luo Lin looked at the entrance from afar. There was a city in front. In the courtyard of the main castle in the city, there was a super giant tree nearly 200 meters high and thirty meters in diameter at the bottom. The giant tree canopy spread out, covering half of the city.
Now the problem is. According to the Soul of the Giant Eagle, the entrance to Nodashir is hidden at the roots of the giant tree, and is unknown to anyone. But this tree is in a city castle, and it is a bit troublesome to sneak in silently.
"I know this. This is the Giant Wood City. The city has a population of more than 100,000, and the scale is not large. This big tree is their holy tree. Except for the city lord, no one is allowed to approach, nor betrayal. There are also heavy troops around the Giant Tree. Things are a bit tricky." Sha'er, who has always been fearless, also frowned.
The news about the Giant Eagle Soul only talked about the general location of the tree, but did not say that there was a city here. He said that there was a giant tree in the valley, and the passage was under the tree. It was probably a long time ago. It should have been a valley at that time, but in the following time, a new city was built in the valley.
"Let's go, let's go into the city. Once you understand the situation, you will find a solution." Luo Lin said. He walked towards Jumu City first, and Sha'er followed him closely.
As they moved forward, as the two of them got closer to Giant Wood City, a tense and depressing atmosphere became stronger and stronger. Along the way, the pedestrians they met were all frowning, and there were few people entering the city and many people leaving the city.
"People are panic here, something must have happened in the city." Luo Lin frowned.
"This matter should be covered by the city lord. The matter has not really spread yet, otherwise there shouldn't be any merchants entering the city at this time." Sha'er inferred.
Luo Lin nodded, he pulled a passerby dressed as an ordinary businessman and took out a gold coin. He smiled and said, "Brother, ask me something."
The businessman glanced at the gold coins and nodded: "You ask."
"My woman and I want to go into the city, but I feel something is not right. Can you tell me about the situation?" Rollin asked.
The merchant turned his head and looked at the guards at the city gate not far away, with fear in his eyes. He couldn't bear to let go of the gold coins in Luo Lin's hand, so he pulled Luo Lin to a tree, avoiding the guard's sight, and then lowered his voice: "There is something in the city. I've been around for a long time. Strange things happen in the city."
"Strange thing?" Luo Lin was a little incredible. In this magical world with infinite possibilities, he really couldn't think of anything that could be called a monster.
"Yes, strange things." The merchant's eyes showed a look of horror. He looked around, as if he was afraid that something would suddenly appear in the air and arrest him: "Many people in the city have disappeared. These people are still fine during the day, but disappeared after a night. Some people have one less person in their family, and some have their whole family disappeared. Some people have seen with their own eyes that those few people have suddenly disappeared, and they are still there the moment before, and in the blink of an eye, they are gone."
"If such a big thing happens, the city lord doesn't care?" Sha'er asked. She was not surprised at what the person disappeared in the blink of an eye. She and Luo Lin could do similar things in front of ordinary people.
The merchant turned his head and looked at Sha'er, shook his head and said, "How can I not care? But the city lord can't control this matter either. The city lord sent a guard to investigate and even put a curfew, but there was no result. Some people continued to disappear at night. Until now, I estimate that there are at least 500 people in the city."
The merchant stretched out a slap and gestured, his face full of fear. At this time, a carriage passed by the road. The merchant immediately stopped and waited for the carriage to pass by, and then continued: "Everyone was feeling weak. I originally came to do business, but now I can't stay there. This ghost place is so scary. I have my wife and children in my hometown, so I can't lose my life here."
Sha'er asked again: "Did any of the guards in the city disappear?"
"Yes, why don't you? I originally lived in a city guard next to me, and the family of seven disappeared overnight. I looked at their house. The decorations in the room were not messy at all, just like people just went out, but they didn't show up again. I stayed in that room for a while and felt uncomfortable. Oh, hey~ I was so scared." The merchant patted his chest, and he was so scared that he was so scared by the scene at that time.
"Is there any Force Warrior missing?" Rollin asked in a flash.
The merchant shook his head: "I don't know this. The city lord must have covered this matter tightly. Even if there are really few people, how could we civilians know?"
Indeed, if the Force Warrior, the most core force in the city, could not withstand such strange things, the reputation of a city would be ruined, and no city lord would let such news be leaked.
There was nothing to ask, and Luo Lin handed the gold coins to the merchant: "Thank you, brother."
"What are you saying, haha. If you want to enter the city, be careful. According to my observation, the chances of missing people from other places are much higher than those of locals." The businessman kindly instructed.
Luo Lin's heart moved. After thanking him, he and Sha'er continued to walk into the city. The two of them whispered as they walked: "You asked just now, do you suspect that this matter is from the main body of the city?"
Sha'er nodded: "It's because of this suspicion. Look, this kind of thing happened in the city, but it has not been resolved for a long time. I really can't think of any power that Troll can make a city lord helpless, or even have no clue."
In the Troll world, the owner of a city represents the power at the top of the pyramids of this continent. Even if there are masters among the civilians who are stronger than the lord, it is absolutely impossible to play with a lord in his hands.
Even if Luo Lin and Sha Er cooperated with each other for a while, they still took huge risks and wanted to do this for more than a month. This is really unimaginable.
So, in Sha'er's opinion, this matter is more like the city lord's self-directed and self-acted.
Rollin pondered that he really didn't believe in this: "Doing this, the lord will destroy his foundation unless he is crazy."
"Who knows. The city lord of Ailin Castle still likes to eat people?" Sha'er smiled.
"He ate the slaves he bought. This is different." Rollin shook his head: "It's not that simple. I just hope that this matter will not bother us."
Their purpose is very clear. They are to go to Noda Hill, not to cause trouble everywhere.
"I hope so." Sha'er shrugged. She was so skilled and brave. She was not afraid at all. She really didn't hide and got involved. She could only do something big. She didn't believe it. She and Luo Lin joined forces. There are still people in this world who are their opponents.
The two had already walked to the city gate and handed over ten bronze coins to enter the city tax. After the guards of the city gate gave them a booklet.
The booklet contains some basic information in the Giant Wood City, and some warning sentences are written on the title page of the booklet. The first one is written in red, which emphasizes the warning of outsiders not to go to remote places alone.
"I attach great importance to it." Rollin photographed the booklet: "I saw from this that a city lord's good intention to maintain the reputation of the city."
"Who knows?" Sha'er always held a skeptical view of custody and stealing.
After entering the city, the two found a hotel closest to the city lord castle to rest. The hotel is called the 'Elf Hotel', and the decoration is very exotic. It is said that the hotel owner also has elves blood.
This hotel is protected by giant trees in the city. Looking up, the whole sky is green. Between the branches and leaves, there are all kinds of birds flying around, and they are countless, making it a kingdom of birds. In addition to the occasional worry that bird drops will fall, living in such a place is still very interesting.
After settling down, the two of them did not rest and went to the streets to find out the news separately. Until the evening when they returned to the hotel, Luo Lin was already familiar with the situation in Jumucheng, and Sha'er brought back a reward news.
The reward was issued by the Lord of Jumu City, and was posted in the Adventurer Union in the city. The content was to find the murderer of the missing case in the city. The reward was two thousand gold coins.
Two thousand gold coins are considered a huge reward, enough to recruit some strong mercenaries to do business.
"No one will receive the reward or no one can complete it?" Luo Lin asked.
Sha'er frowned a little: "This reward has been posted for almost a month. At the beginning, a mercenary team received the reward, but all of these mercenaries disappeared. It is said that even the top 100 Blood Rose mercenaries in the Wuyue Continent have capsized in this gutter. The captain of this mercenary team is nicknamed Flame Rose. I have worked with her before. Although her martial arts skills are not top-notch, she is also a good player, and she is cautious in character. If this matter was directed and acted by the city lord, she wouldn't have taken it at all. This time, it was indeed a bit weird."
Luo Lin's eyes lit up when he heard this. His plate was not going well this afternoon, but the disappearance case gave him a chance to approach the city lord: "I have seen it. Because of the disappearance case, the city lord's castle is very tightly protected and almost completely leaked. We can basically not sneak in silently. Perhaps, this reward can help us enter the castle."
"You want to take this reward?" Sha'er's eyes widened: "But we are still someone else's target."
"This is not difficult. You can pretend to be someone else's identity, such as the mercenary master in the Slater continent. If we are so far away, we don't have to worry about showing off the situation." Luo Lin smiled.
It is true that he doesn't want to cause trouble, but now he takes this reward to get a chance to enter Noda Hill.
"Um~" Sha'er pondered for a while, and then there was a candidate for pretending: "There is a pair of mercenary groups similar to us in the West. The nickname of the man is Brown Bear and the woman is Fox. Let's use this identity."
"Okay." Luo Lin naturally didn't care: "We should do our business first, and then we should receive a reward after we found our goal."
Doing this can reduce the chance of being examined.
"Okay." Sha'er nodded: "Let's go out now and go for a walk outside. The manual says not to go to remote places alone? Let's just walk a few distances."
"No problem." Rollin nodded.
The two of them immediately left the hotel, Sha'er in front and Rollin behind, and they walked into remote places in the city more than a hundred meters away. Of course, this was not a fool, but the confidence of a top master. Both of them believed that no one in the Troll world could sneak attack them silently.
The weather is clear tonight, and there is a bright white crescent moon hanging in the sky. The ground reflected by the moonlight is white. Due to the curfew, the entire streets of Giant Wood City are very quiet. Except for the occasional patrol and passing by, there are basically no people.
In the dark night, the giant trees in the city lord castle look like an extremely huge giant. The moonlight in many places is covered by the tree canopy, especially the city lord castle, which is completely trapped in darkness, as if it has been swallowed by darkness.
Sha'er and Luo Lin were also in the darkness under the tree canopy. Luo Lin, who was following behind, turned on the dragon sense, stared at Sha'er, and other senses also activated their full strength, feeling all the movements within at least 300 meters around him.
In the eyes of the dragon, Sha'er, wearing ink blue leather armor, was very clear, and everything was normal around her. There was no special sound, no magic or fluctuations of the force, and everything was extremely calm.
In such an unexpected situation, Rollin blinked. When he opened his eyes again, he found that Sha'er's figure was missing!
"" Luo Lin was shocked and hurried to Sha'er's last position. He looked carefully but found nothing. Sha'er seemed to have evaporated out of thin air and had never existed.
Just when Luo Lin was shocked and anxious, he suddenly felt a familiar fluctuation, and immediately he found that the scenery in front of him was twisted like water marks.
The intelligent brain issues an alarm: "Space fluctuations were detected, and a teleportation spell appeared irresistible. The teleportation has ended and the current location is unknown." (To be continued...)
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Chapter completed!