I upgraded and added points in the Holy Inquisition

Chapter 110 109. The shadow under the brilliance

[Ding~Insanity value +50]

Lloyd took the subway and came to a church in the new city.

This is a fairly large medium-sized area with more than a dozen priests and inquisitors on duty, responsible for the security of a large area.

Lloyd randomly found a passing priest, got close to him, then took out the gaudy map and asked the other party for specific information.

"Huh? This place..."

The priest looked at the map for a while, frowned, and seemed hesitant to speak.

"What's wrong? Is it special?"

Lloyd asked quickly.

The priest patiently explained to him:
"It's quite special. You also know that the west side of the city is very new, right? But this place has a lot of history. It can be said to be the oldest area in the entire Brilliant City. It dates back to the great development era. This is At that time, many workers lived in shantytowns..."

After that, the Brilliant City developed rapidly, but left this place behind. Even though brand new streets and buildings were built around it, this place is still much the same as before. It has become an urban island, lacking effective management and improvement.

Today, it has probably become a largely isolated zone with no regard for the outside world. The situation inside is very complicated. Even the little animals in the Holy Court of Grace are unwilling to enter. Why do you want to go there? "

"Is there actually a place like this in the city?"

Lloyd was a little surprised by this.

Although when I was a child, I wandered around with Everol and mingled in various civilian areas in the south of the city, but the areas there were just poor and run-down, not very chaotic, and not out of control.

"Otherwise? Do you think this is some kind of beautiful paradise? In fact, there are many places like this area, but this one is the oldest, largest, and most chaotic."

The priest continued.

But Lloyd really wanted to find that book, and of course he wouldn't give up just yet. He nodded and said:

"Well, I see, thanks."

"Do you still want to go in? Forget it...it's up to you, but I suggest you don't just go in. Go to the toy store across the street to buy a mask first, and then you'd better spend a little money and find a mask. A guide, otherwise you may get lost in there.”

"I see, thank you for your suggestion."

Lloyd nodded vigorously and left the church. He followed the advice and walked into the toy store and bought a baby-faced mask. It looked dull, hollow and numb, without any cuteness at all. It looked rough. of dolls.

Then he bought a box of matches, lit one, and continued to narrow down the search scope.

The match flickered twice in the wind and went out normally, without giving any instructions or leaving any warning.

Lloyd was feeling strange, thinking that the divination had failed, when he suddenly felt a slight vibration coming from the matchbox.

He quickly opened it, and a few matches jumped out of it. They formed a stick figure in his palm, bouncing around, and then lit them together again. They burned to ashes in an instant, almost scalding his hand.

"Emmmm, this omen is really related to dancing? I need to find a very hot place?"

"Although it suddenly ignited, it did not burn my hand. It means that I will encounter a little trouble during this trip, but it is not a big problem. The overall result is still optimistic."

After reading it, Lloyd nodded with satisfaction.

Then he jumped on a tram, rode for about ten minutes, got off at the nearest stop, and walked for more than half an hour until he came to a spacious river ditch.

Across the river, there are large tracts of shacks, dark and densely packed. I don’t know how many people live there, but only a few figures can be seen walking around and showing their heads, which seems to have no vitality and vitality.

But just across the river, there is a brand new street, and there is a large busy construction site behind it. A tall building should be rising soon, and further away, you can still see The new urban area of ​​Nama symbolizes the bustling city skyline.

Lloyd felt like he was at the intersection of two worlds.

There is no bridge on the river, and you can only see all kinds of domestic garbage flowing down the river, as well as large areas of white foam that exudes a fishy smell.

However, there were a few narrow boats on the shore, with boatmen squatting on them, wearing dirty clothes, looking at Lloyd with playful eyes.

Lloyd straightened the mask on his face, quickly approached, and then pointed to the other side.

"Fifty."

The boatman casually quoted a price.

Lloyd nodded and jumped on the boat.

The boat then began to row towards the other shore.

But as soon as he reached the middle of the river, the boatman suddenly stopped rowing, put down the oar, took out a gleaming dagger, played with it in his hand, and then said with a sneer:

"I regret it. Either add another hundred, or...swim over by yourself."

Lloyd shook his head and stood up, intending to reason with the other party and tell him that it was wrong to raise prices on the ground.

So he quickly pulled out the short sword from his waist and struck it directly on the dagger in the boatman's hand.

Clang~
The dagger snapped into two pieces.The boatman couldn't help but be stunned. Perhaps he didn't expect any passengers to dare to attack him?

Without giving him a chance to react, Lloyd grabbed his throat, twisted him up, and threw him into the water.

Then he picked up the oar and shot the boatman several times in the water.

dong~dong~dong~
Very loud and a good head.

The boatman suddenly floated on the water and stopped moving. Lloyd held the boat by himself and slowly rowed to the other side.

His experience of wandering around as a child gave him plenty of experience in dealing with such situations.

It didn't take long for the boat to dock smoothly. Lloyd jumped out and walked into this dilapidated shantytown.

A pungent stench suddenly hit his face, mixed with a little smell of blood.

This place is indeed, as the priest said, like a huge maze, with dilapidated shanties piled up to form the walls of the maze, enclosing several paths leading to unknown places, with sewage and various garbage piled on the paths.

Then Lloyd didn't take a few steps, and it was like he was adventuring in a maze, and he 'encountered an enemy'.

A group of dirty and ragged children sprang out from nowhere and surrounded him from all directions. Some wanted to hug his legs, while others stretched their unclean hands into his pockets.

Lloyd sneered, and kicked up without ceremony, kicking the fastest one into the puddle next to him. Then he grabbed the hand that wanted to touch his pocket, threw it casually, and threw it into the puddle next to him. garbage heap.

When the remaining children saw that he was so ruthless, they were not stupid and hurriedly dispersed like birds and beasts.

"Haha~ These are all leftovers from my old days."

Lloyd sneered, but he didn't expect that his unbearable childhood experiences would come in handy one day.

He randomly chose a slightly cleaner and more spacious path and continued walking deeper.

As a result, before he could even take a few steps, several fierce and strong men suddenly appeared from nowhere, carrying sticks, chains, machetes, etc., trying to block his way.

Lloyd was still too lazy to speak or fight these people head-on. He took out a matchbox, pulled out a few sticks, and activated the [Extraordinary Swordsmanship] skill.

He had tried it on the way here. Although the match could be ignited, it was judged to be a cold weapon such as a 'toothpick' or a 'needle', which could be used to activate [Extraordinary Sword Skills].

Whoosh~ whoosh~ whoosh~
The matches shot out like bullets, leaving several sword wounds on the bodies of the "Green Forest Heroes", forcing them to scream in agony.

"Uh...my ears! He's got a gun! He's got a gun!"

"Ahem...uh...ahem..."

"The idea is difficult, withdraw quickly!"

Several heroes supported each other and disappeared into the shanty maze in the blink of an eye.

The rest of Lloyd's journey became much smoother, and he encountered no more enemies.

Although the priest described this place as very dangerous, Lloyd felt like he was 'returning home in fine clothes' and 'reminiscing about his childhood'.

But the guide still wanted it. He wandered around for a while, but couldn't find a place that met the definitions of "dance" and "enthusiasm."

Lloyd took a few more steps, and the door of a nearby shack was suddenly pushed open, and a dirty middle-aged woman came out of it.

She smiled provocatively at Lloyd, then generously lifted her top to show her sincerity, and then asked:

"Master from outside, do you want to come and have fun? Just 200."

Lloyd directly took out five general coins with a face value of 100, waved them in front of her, and replied:

"Take me to a place where there are many people dancing. It needs to be hot enough and enthusiastic enough."

"Hehe, interesting... I happen to know a place like this."

The middle-aged woman smiled evilly, and first motioned for Lloyd to follow her into the house, and then opened a floor mat, revealing a dark entrance to the cave.

"Come on~"

She picked up an oil lamp and jumped in.

With a little inspiration, Lloyd opened the panel again, got ready, and jumped in.

After crawling through a small hole, Lloyd's vision suddenly opened up and he came to an underground facility that looked like a large sewer.

There is plenty of light here, electric lights are on everywhere, and the view is quite wide. You can see the criss-crossing sewer network. The road is also quite smooth, there is no water, and it is easy to walk. Even the air is much better than above.

Compared to the large shanty town above, the bottom here looks more like a city.

But he looked carefully and saw some half-dug holes, half-paved pipes, and many signs of unfinished work.

It seems that there was an attempt to build a huge sewer network here, but for some unknown reason, the project was interrupted?Was the ground part also abandoned?
Lloyd speculated secretly.

(End of this chapter)