"V, look after the house!"

Before leaving the base, Carl gave V some instructions.

The construction of the rooms on the first floor has been temporarily halted because the materials for soundproofing have not yet been purchased.

Passing through the tunnel again, the three returned to the surface.

Because of the Traveler's Curse, the inland areas of Xen'drik are like a large pigeon map.

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

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

Therefore, finding the giant ruins that can be opened with the adamantine key is destined to be a long-term project.

Coming back to the surface, Carl looked up at the sky.

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

"I'll have to buy some waterproofing materials later. I don't know if the underground ruins will accumulate water."

The bad weather made Carl think more, but it is always a good idea to prepare for a rainy day.

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

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

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

He was followed by six equally unreliable companions, who did not look like serious people.

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

Immediately afterwards, a feeling of excitement spread in his heart, as if he had witnessed some famous scene.

'Is this the beginning of the legendary show-off-and-get-slapped-in-the-face plot? This is the first time I've ever encountered this in my life!'

While he was secretly thinking about it in his heart, the gangster seemed to be a little impatient and reached out to grab Ying's arm.

This gangster was not blind to begin with. If he hadn't seen Carl and the others coming out of the tunnel, he wouldn't have dared to come up and cause trouble.

Besides, Carl's bright silver full body armor was somewhat intimidating, so the thugs didn't attack him right away.

But Carl's daze made the gangsters mistakenly believe 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 too suspicious. He was frightened by Karl's appearance.

What powerful characters could the group of people living in the underground ruins be? But in the next second, a stream of spiritual energy flashed by.

The gangster's right hand was cut and blood spurted out like a fountain.

"I've cut his artery. If you take him to a priest now, maybe he can be saved. If it's too late, he'll bleed to death."

Seeing that the remaining six thugs didn't react, Ying, with a stern face, actually explained to them the seriousness of the situation.

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

"I thought you would just kill them. Those people definitely have bad intentions towards you."

Looking at Ying with surprise, Carl felt uncomfortable with Ying's behavior this time.

He knew very well the personalities of the girls around him.

Apart from Lisanna who has a bit of a sweet girl tendency, even Nia is a hidden science alchemy fanatic.

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

The ones with the strongest murderous intent are Ying and No. 18.

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

As for number 18…

How could a guy who chose the Eternal Death Sect as his monk sub-profession be a good person? Carl thought that he should have a deep understanding of the people around him, but after seeing Ying's actions today, he admitted that he had made a mistake.

"This Ying girl might not be a murderer who would kill people whenever she encounters something. She might just be..."

Just as he was updating his impression of Ying in his mind, the other party's cold voice rang out at this moment.

"These guys might have used similar methods to kidnap young drow elves. You guys go buy things first, and I'll follow and take a look."

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

“Well, it seems that she just discovered something more important, so she didn’t take action directly.

So it's just the two of us now? Want to try some local delicacies, Hope? "

When he came here yesterday, Carl saw 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 did not patronize any of them yesterday, using the excuse of "business first".

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

“There was a stall making pies yesterday, they smelled delicious!”

After he succinctly described his favorite foods, Hope became delighted.

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

Not long after walking along the main road, Carl and his companion came across a food stall.

The living area in Xen'drik is small because it is affected by the "Curse of the Gods", but the various supplies here are no worse than those in the Eluden Plains.

Even the poorest laborer could buy enough meat here with two copper coins.

Carl is naturally not short of money, so the ones he ordered are basically the higher-end versions.

They ate and walked along the way, and soon they arrived at the center of Storm Bay.

Countless shops are stacked together here like boxes.

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

The storms here are no joke, and building tall buildings will almost certainly be destroyed by the storms.

But even though he understood it, Carl still felt overwhelmed when he actually faced this messy commercial street.

"Over there, it seems they sell lumber."

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

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

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

"It's so narrow here, where are the shops going to sell their wood?"

When Hope arrived at 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 shop owner ran out in a hurry.

"Hey, guests! Storm Bay is very expensive. Large goods like wood cannot be stored in the city. Come with me. I will take you to see outside the city!"

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

Carl told the store owner the amount of wood he needed, but when the store owner realized that it was a large order, he closed the shop and took Carl and Hope to the lumberyard outside the city.

…

While Carl was heading towards the logging camp outside the city, Shadow tracked the thugs to the slums of Storm Bay.

Although it is called a slum, the living environment here is actually quite good.

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

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

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

Ying followed closely behind, and the Wanderer and Shadow Sect's stealth tracking skills allowed her to 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 drow is such 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 take down that drow. I bet, judging by the way she walks, she’s still a rookie!

Does that red-haired guy have such strong tastes? He left such a treasure alone and had an affair with that tiefling with muscles in his arms!"

"Hey! If it weren't for his strong taste, given the trust that Zhuo Er had in him, she might have been pregnant a long time ago, and we wouldn't have had a chance to discover her. If we could catch that Zhuo Er, there would definitely be a lot of rich people who would..."

Before he could finish his words, the shadow hiding outside had already flashed in using the Shadow Step.

"Who is it? Ah!"

A gangster happened to notice the flashing Shadow, but as he opened his mouth, Shadow's chain dart had already been thrown out.

These people have some abilities, but have not yet officially taken up a job.

Therefore, when Ying took action, they immediately realized the gap in strength between the two sides.

One of the gangsters 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.

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

"I ask questions, you answer them, and whoever answers more questions will be released by me."

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

"Tell me, tell me! I'll tell you everything!"

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

For a moment, the two of them nodded rapidly and were secretly on guard against their companions, fearing that the other party would answer faster than themselves.

"You have captured drow before?"

As soon as Ying finished asking the question, the one on the left answered first: "Yes, there were three times, but it can't be considered an arrest. Those drow were quite proactive. We were just introductions at most."

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

The remaining one waited anxiously for Ying to continue asking questions, but Ying killed him with a single cut to the throat.

Then, Ying's figure disappeared into the courtyard.

The surviving gangster wiped the sweat off his face tremblingly, and a foul odor spread from his lower body to the surrounding area.

(End of this chapter)