The Death List Novel - Chapter 656
Chapter 656 Nesmai City
“Time!” Almost as soon as Miriam finished speaking, Kieran replied expressionlessly.
“Do you want to be so fast? Don’t even think about it. Doesn’t this make me look like I don’t have the ability to answer questions?” Miriam stared at Qin Lun speechlessly.
“Ah, ah, ah! Life is really boring!” The Silver Dragon Ghost’s two little claws waved wildly for a while, and with a’pop ‘, its figure disappeared from the spot.
“Hey, Lord Miriam, what about the prize you promised?” Linda completely ignored Silver Dragon’s little soul that had suffered a heavy blow and unceremoniously threw stones at him when he fell from the well.
“Ding!” In the darkness, a shining gold coin fell out from where Miriam was just now. Scram! Scram! Scram! Scram! Scram! Scram! Scram! Scram! Scram! Scram! Scram! Scram! Scram! Scram! Scram! Scram! Scram! Scram! Scram! Scram! Scram!
“You should be satisfied. If it weren’t for the fact that Miriam’s collection has the lowest value of gold coins, it would probably only give you one copper coin.” Lenny pushed her glasses and picked up the gold coin from the ground.
Just as she looked at the gold coin, she took off her glasses in shock and wiped them. She looked at the front and back again and stuffed it into Qin Lun’s hand. “Hahaha, before that idiot Miriam could react, let’s teleport away quickly. He actually threw out a lucky gold coin.”
“Perhaps this is a prize specially given by Lord Miriam?” Linda retorted with widened eyes.
“Do you think that stingy dragon has such a noble quality that he is willing to admit defeat?” Lenny covered her mouth and snickered, “This is definitely a gold coin that she touched because she was too embarrassed just now. Linda, your friend has taken advantage of her. Hurry up and leave. If it doesn’t react, it won’t be able to leave again.”
Qin Lun didn’t really care about whether he was lucky or not. Hearing the female mage say that the silver dragon might return, he immediately pulled Elistine into the teleportation array.
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After a moment of dizziness, when Qin Lun’s eyes could see again, he discovered that he was already in a huge underground cavern. Behind him, his companions appeared one after another after the magic flash, and they all looked at their surroundings vigilantly.
The ground they were standing on was also engraved with a small hexagram formation. However, when they looked at it, there were no guards protecting the formation inside the cave.
‘”Candlekeep’s manpower is limited. It’s impossible to equip all the teleportation formations in the region. Therefore, the locations we chose are relatively secret. Most of them are underground. There are illusion formations at the entrance of the cave and some trap mechanisms to prevent the teleportation formations from being damaged.” Linda smiled and explained, as if she had sensed everyone’s doubts.
“Have you ever been here?” Elistine asked softly.
“I’ve never been to this formation before. However, don’t worry. I have the diagram of the mechanism of this cave in my hand. We won’t be in trouble.” Linda took out a gray sheepskin scroll from her bosom and waved it at Elistine.
About half an hour later, the team walked out of the underground cave. Linda did not boast. The diagram of the mechanism in her hand was indeed very detailed, and she had helped a lot along the way.
After walking out of the cave, everyone discovered that they were in a wilderness near a large river.
This wilderness was called the Eternal Wilderness, also known as the Dragon Skeleton Wilderness. It was once the battlefield between a red dragon and a hill giant.
During the Fifth Crown War, there was a city in the Vajra Elves Empire that was destroyed by the magic of Keldomo Elves’s coalition forces at the end of the war.
Since then, the ecological environment here has not been restored, so it is called the Eternal Wilderness.
The remnant discovered by the Candlekeep scholar here was suspected to be the city of the Varenta Elves Empire. The archaeological value of the remnant was enormous, so Candlekeep had always maintained the teleportation array here.
Near the ruins of the ruins, there was also a medium-sized city with many races called Nesmai. Nesmai belonged to the Silvermoon Alliance. However, this place was very close to the control area of Absolute Winter City, and the situation was very complicated.
As for the river near here, its name was the Sabrin River. It was actually the same river as the Desha River that ran through Deepwater City.
The upper reaches of this river originated from the snow-capped World Ridge Mountains. The lower reaches went from north to south, passing through the Silvermoon Alliance, the Absolute Winter City region, and the golden plains. Then, it flowed into Sword Bay in Deepwater City.
Qin Lun and the others were now on the south bank of the Sabrin River. They would go upstream from one of its tributaries to Silvermoon City.
“Are we going to find a ferry and take a boat to Silvermoon City?” Qin Lun turned to ask Mastasia.
Although Qin Lun had performed well along the way and had Prince Yue Elves’s status as the nominal leader of the team, he had to listen to Highland Elves’s arrangements in terms of routes.
“Hehe, don’t worry. It’s getting late today. Let’s find a place to camp first!” Mastasia smiled and waved her hand.
Qin Lun turned around and thought the same. Today, they had first flown over a hundred kilometers on a flying horse, and then they had teleported thousands of kilometers in Candlekeep. It was time for them to rest. This was already the territory of the Silvermoon Alliance. There were still about ten days left before the Silvermoon Celebration.
“Judging from the map, Nesmai City is more than thirty miles to the east of us. Should we go directly to the city to rest and recuperate?” Linda looked at the map in her hand and suggested.
“En, that’s good. I also need to find a place to send messages to some of my companions.” Mastasia nodded in agreement. It was one thing to arrive at the Silvermoon Alliance, but the plot to destroy the Santalin Society was another. They needed the support of the Harpsichord Alliance.
“Is there anything worth paying attention to in Nesmai City?” Hill asked Mastasia carefully.
In the previous adventure, everyone had made many dogmatic mistakes due to their mistakes. This time, they were doing epic plots in a city full of spies. They could no longer be careless.
“Nesmai is a multi-ethnic city. The Dwarves make up more than 50% of the city’s population. The remaining half are humans and Elves. There are also a small number of dwarves and halflings.” Mustacha recalled it carefully and said.
“Because of its border with the area controlled by Absolute Winter City, this city is considered a semi-commercial transportation hub. Its main feature is that there are many blacksmiths’ shops in the city.”
“A city featuring blacksmiths’ shops?” Everyone felt that this was a little strange.
“Yes, this place is already very close to the World’s Ridge Mountains. It is less than a hundred miles away from the Mithril Hall established by the Dwarves Warhammer Clan in modern times. The mountains are filled with mines left behind by Shield Dwarf. It is very convenient to transport iron ore to Nesmai. In addition, there are many Dwarves in the city, which is why it has such a unique feature.” Mastasia explained with a smile.
“Even though Nesmai’s city is small, it can provide 20% of the Silvermoon Alliance’s military equipment. The Lord here is a Shield Dwarf, but he does not belong to the Warhammer Family. He has now joined the Silvermoon Alliance’s Lord Council.”
“This place is less than a hundred miles away from the Secret Silver Hall?” The three Apostle’s eyes lit up as they exchanged glances. They suddenly remembered another epic plot that Qin Lun had come into contact with before-the Silver Hall.
When Qin Lun was returning to the Ancient Road, he had encountered some Snow Peak Dwarves. One of them, a Dwarf Prince named Lorraine, had responded to the call of the Shield Dwarf King, Bruno Warhammer, to participate in the mission of annihilating the Silver Hall Shadow Dragon in the Northern Lands.
Judging from the timing, Shield Dwarf seemed to be preparing to attack the Secret Bank Hall at this time. Perhaps they still had a chance to use Qin Lun’s friendship with Lorraine to participate in this larger epic plot.
After all, the mission to destroy the Santalin Society was only a branch of the Silvermoon Alliance’s nation-building mission. In terms of mission importance and exploration, it was definitely not comparable to the Mithril Hall’s plot.
“Ignore it for now. We’ll deal with what’s in front of us. Eat in the bowl and stare at the pot. Be careful that you won’t be able to catch anything.” Rand was very steady and reminded the other two on the guild channel.
“Mastasia, you said that the City Lord of Dwarves in Nesmai is also a member of the Silvermoon Lord Council?” Elizabeth suddenly rolled her eyes and realized something. She whispered, “If that’s the case, can we go directly to Silvermoon City Lord Elastor Silverhand and inform her of the Santalin Society’s plot through this Lord Dwarves?”
“You can try, but it won’t affect you much.” Mastasia nodded and said thoughtfully, “The Santalin Society has always been hostile to the Silvermoon Alliance. It is normal for them to plot against the Silvermoon Grand Celebration. If they cannot find the rats hidden in the shadows, just warning them won’t do them any good.”
“That’s true. The members of Silvermoon’s Lord Council must have guards by their side, and their own strength is also very strong.” Qin Lun agreed with Mastasia’s judgment and said in a low voice, “Since Santalin is confident that he will cause trouble at the celebration, there must be a way to bypass the guards. The best way is to find them and eliminate them. The effect of verbal warning alone is limited.”
Everyone was discussing as they hurried. Finally, before the sky turned completely dark, they saw the hazy city walls in front of them.
When they entered the city, they discovered that as Mastasia had said, there were blacksmiths’ shops with tall chimneys and Dwarves walking back and forth in crab steps.
Humans did, but most of them were mercenaries and merchants wearing leather armor with weapons on their waists. As it was already late, curfews would soon arrive in the city, so everyone quickened their pace and found a tavern near the outer city to stay in.
The owner of the tavern was a human being, but his philistine aura was very little, making him seem warm and hospitable. The food and drinks in the tavern were also very cheap, completely different from the customs of the money-oriented Bourde Gate.
“Qin Lun, take out your lucky gold coin!” Upstairs in the guest room, Rand approached Qin Lun and asked with a smile. On the other side, Hill also cast his gaze. Clearly, both of them were very interested in the special gold coin mentioned by Great Sage Lenny.