Dr. Green Dragon

   Chapter 455 City of Light and Dark Twins

   "Is this also Waterdeep?"

  The docking of passenger ships.

   Passengers are coming ashore.

   Those who are already used to it, and some people wandering around the dock, quickly completed the employment of vehicles.

   And for the first time here...

  Heath looked around at the pier, which was not only a messy environment, but also had an atmosphere that was obviously not quite right...

   Compared to Port Willen, more to Baldur's Gate...

   was originally a longing for this legendary city that symbolized glory and wealth, but all of this time was completely shattered by the sight in front of him.

   A look of disappointment appeared in his eyes.

   "Don't think too much of Waterdeep."

  Barrett's eyes were also looking at the surrounding environment.

  Although he was new to Waterdeep City, he was from the Dark Night Sect, and he knew too much about the things in the dark.

   Just a little look around.

   From the transaction near the dock, those wandering people and some passengers, and then the carriages and wagons drove out in an orderly manner...

   Obviously, this terminal is directly controlled by some gang forces, or the thieves' union, and the transportation industry is either under their control or has a cooperative relationship with them.

   And from this dock area, there are only a few guards to see...

   "Where there is light, there must be darkness."

   "If Waterdeep wants to maintain the light of the city, it will drive the darkness into the shadows."

   "Undoubtedly, this pier is the gray area they "abandoned"!"

  Barrett is observing the pier environment while teaching cheap students.

"but……"

  His's eyes flickered for a while, some doubts, some unbelievable: "Isn't it even better than Port Willen?"

  The port terminal of Velen City, although there are also many gangs, and even the shadow thief guild is secretly manipulating it, but it is not as messy and dilapidated as the port terminal of Waterdeep City!

   "Very simple truth!"

   "In the end, although Waterdeep is strong, it's not strong enough to suppress everything!"

   "On the contrary, Velen City may not be as good as Waterdeep City, but in Velen City, the Selanchat family has enough power, and no other force can compete with them head-on!"

  Barrett's eyes quickly completed his observation of the port environment.

  Only from the distribution of the chaotic and short houses, he could see that there were no permanent residents here at all.

Most of these houses are the temporary settlements of those gang members. If there are guards who really come here and surround them and search for a circle, he can guarantee that ten or eight wanted criminals can definitely be found. of.

   Therefore, in his opinion, this port area is definitely deliberately "condoned" by the lords of Waterdeep City!

   And the reason for this "indulgence"...

   The cheap apprentice looked at him with a puzzled look.

   "Waterdeep has two dark places that have never been resolved!"

   "Skull and Bones in Skull Harbor!"

   "The endless monsters of the Leyline Labyrinth!"

Barrett's eyes first turned slightly from Isaac's side, and then he looked at the cheap student, and then said: "As long as these two places cannot be completely solved in one day, it can be changed from time to time in the dark. With the tentacles coming, they can't really make the city stable.

   Therefore, this is the fundamental reason why they will condone some places and become gray areas, so that even if the tentacles in the dark are stretched out, they will not directly extend into the city! "

   At least, in his opinion, this is the essence of the existence of the port area of ​​Waterdeep City and the skull port under the ground!

   Inexpensive teacher this explanation...

  His nodded thoughtfully, but became curious again. The two places that Teacher Cheap said were the dark places that even the power of Waterdeep couldn't solve.

   However, he did not wait for him to ask.

   The four of them walked out of the pier.

  Beasley was still looking around to see if there were any hidden beacons. Hearing Barrett's introduction, his heart moved.

  This legendary assassin also has a background in the Dark Night Sect. It is not impossible that he has deep inside information that he does not know about the capital city where the Dark Night Lady has also appeared, and which cannot be explored by the secret agents of the Security Bureau.

Immediately, he asked for advice: "My lord, do you have any secret knowledge about Skull Harbor and Leyline Lost City? It is said that the two armies of Waterdeep City, the Anmin Mage Society, and the many temple forces are there, I really want to make a move. , can stop them..."

   He was asking for Isaac.

  Barrett may not know the goal of the Green Dragon King, but he does.

   "Yes, if Waterdeep City is mobilized as a whole, it is indeed difficult to have any strength that can stop them."

"but……"

Barrett nodded first, but then slowly shook his head and said, "Don't forget, the Shadow Thieves Guild, the Dark Sect, the Zhentalin Guild, the Exonza Thieves Guild, the Squid Community, the Kraken Guild, the Sahuagin... It's just as much watching their power in the dark!"

   He probably left out the Dragon Cult and the Dark Night Sect on purpose.

   "Furthermore, even if they were desperate to make a move... there are some costs that they may not be able to bear!"

   This time, even Isaac's eyes were looking at him.

   Seeing this, Barrett will not stop now.

   "Needless to mention the Lost City of Leylines, the 'Crazy Mage' who created this dark dungeon with one hand, I am afraid that even the archmage of the 'Black Staff Tower' will have to give in.

In the Lost City of Earthlines, there are countless monsters, especially those apprentices of the 'Crazy Mage', and the Lost City of Earthlines is in the depths of the dark area, it is difficult to invest large-scale power... This is almost impossible to be Land of Conquest! "

"Skull Harbor is also similar. The thirteen mysterious spiritual bodies in the form of skulls that are entrenched in this underground town. It is said that even the Lost City of the Leyline of the Mad Mage has deliberately avoided this place. With the birth of Skull Harbor, it was a necromancer or a lich called the 'King of Bones'.

Now, Skull Harbor not only has the Skull and Bones Society of the "King of Bones", but also the forces of beholders and drow elves, as well as dark forces including the Zhentalin Society and the Shadow Thief Guild, and has been expelled from Waterdeep City. Out, countless criminals.

   Above the ocean, those smuggling captains, those pirate forces, and even the squid colonies and aboleths are all closely related to Skull Harbor.

  If Waterdeep is a city of glory, Skull Harbor is undoubtedly her twin brother of darkness..."

  Barrett This is enough detail to introduce…

  Isaac heard it.

   The Lost City of Leylines may be hard to say, but it is clear that the Dark Night Sect, or Barrett's Shadow Assassin Group, is also involved in the Skull Harbor!

With a slight movement in his heart, he also looked at Barrett with interest: "Although I have heard about the thirteen 'burning skulls' in Skull Harbor, but I don't know, their existence, How could Helast be avoided? These mysterious skulls, their origins, their essence..."

  Hairast, this is exactly the name of the "Crazy Mage".

   The years of this mage's existence are completely untestable because of his madness.

   But what is absolutely certain is that he is definitely much older than the history of the creation of Waterdeep.

   is said to be because his mage tower was first built on the Deep Water Mountain, and then gradually towns began to appear around the foot of the Deep Water Mountain, and then the city of Deep Water was born.

   At that time, this "Crazy Mage" was already the most famous and powerful mage in the Ashan plane, and it had existed for an unknown amount of time.

   If you can make this one, to build a leyline lost city, you must avoid it...

  Although Isaac has also heard the name "Burning Skull", he really didn't know that those terrifying spiritual bodies that represent the "order" of Skull Harbor are actually of such a level!

   "The exact origin has never been determined."

"However, some people speculate that they have an essence similar to the earth spirit and are completely integrated with the space where the Skull Harbor is located. Therefore, in the Skull Harbor, they are almost invincible, and similarly, they cannot leave. Skull Harbor..."

   "In addition, their spellcasting abilities are not spell-like abilities, but are similar to wizards, or sorcerers..."

  Barrett really knew that there, he had a good understanding of it, even deeper than his understanding of Waterdeep City.

   Similar to Earth Spirit!

   is similar!

  Isaac does not think that Barrett would have a problem with such a description.

  So...this judgment should come from some people from the Dark Night Sect, some spellcasters!

   But similar words... These burning skulls, I don't know what is the difference between them and the shadow crow in the Tower of Shadows? What kind of common ground?

   Moreover, the spellcasting ability is similar to that of mages and warlocks... In this respect, it is actually similar to the spellcasting ability of their giant dragon family!

  Earth spirit, combined with this spellcasting ability... Let mad mages have to avoid it, and it really has something extraordinary.

   For these things... Is there any need to explore, and most importantly, is there any value in exploration?

While    nodded slightly, Isaac pondered in his heart.

   Then, since Beasley came forward to negotiate, the two carriages quickly took their places and drove towards the distant city gate.

   And with the departure of the port area.

   Quickly, the real prosperous side of Waterdeep City also began to show.

   is the first to bear the brunt, and it is adjacent to the port area. It should be the most backward southern area in the official urban area of ​​Deepwater City.

   Even if it is described as "the most backward", when this transportation center, after the city gate, appeared in front of Heath for the first time...

The level of busyness is better than that of the port of Baldur's Gate. Countless vehicles are busy loading and unloading, and there are uniformed guards and scaly guards, constantly shuttling in the in……

   A city wall, inside and outside as if two worlds were separated!

   "This is Waterdeep!"

  His was vaguely amazed and surprised.

  Beasley's patrolling eyes had also quickly found his target.

   However, he was not in a hurry to find him immediately.

The carriage hired by    first settled in a hotel, arranged everything, and asked Isaac some things before he retired.

  …

  Yawning Hotel.

  The name of the hotel has some meaning, the people of the hotel...

  Beasley went to work.

  Isaac and Barrett are naturally not idle either.

   The tavern below the hotel.

  Isaac is a fruit drink, Barrett ordered a glass of light wine, but Heath, the kid, was greedy for some real fire wine, stunned, and squinted his eyes, as if he was enjoying himself.

Most of the    taverns looked like adventurers, but the three of them were inconspicuous.

  Isaac sipped the sweetness of the fruit drink, his eyes inadvertently turned from the people around him, and when he finally looked at Barrett, a bit of strangeness was passed on.

  This hotel...

   Not only is the name interesting, but the person is also interesting, especially... the stout middle-aged boss who is still bartending seems even more interesting!

   Is this a coincidence that they have gone?

   Or... how deep is Waterdeep?

  This is a random hotel, looking at the owner's appearance... At least Isaac can see it, this is definitely a fairly good fighter!

   Only depends on the occupation level... I am afraid that it is higher than the gnome shadow mage at the stone castle hotel in Baldur's Gate!

   Not only the boss, but there are also a few booze adventurers in the tavern. They are also quite good. He even saw spellcasters and clerics...

   "It should be related to the carriage."

   "Either there is a partnership with this side, so I am soliciting customers."

   "Either...it's possible that this person controls the transportation directly!"

  Barrett naturally understood the meaning in Isaac's eyes.

   He could see that some people in the tavern, especially the owner of the tavern, were not simple, and there was no doubt that this must not be hidden from the green dragon!

   With his vision... the strength of this tavern owner, it is absolutely no problem to control a transportation company!

  Isaac pondered a little, but nodded.

   Coincidence is not so, when it is the problem of the carriage.

   However, coincidence is not a coincidence, it does not matter.

  The important thing is…

Even if the boss has enough power, maybe he has enough fame because of it, but to get so many adventurers to gather here, there are high-level ones, there are spellcasters, and there are priests... This may not be a coincidence. !

   nodded slightly, but the voice came directly to the old killer's ears: "Pay attention."

   didn't say much about "pay attention", and Barrett didn't fail to understand what he meant.

Opposite to   , the old killer didn't ask any further questions, he just nodded calmly.

   After a while, he was familiar with the environment of the tavern.

With his high enough stealth ability, although he can't hide his figure directly in front of so many people, his weak sense of existence allows him to mix anywhere at will without causing anyone a little bit of trouble. vigilance.

  Isaac and Heath really enjoyed dinner.

This tavern, although the taste of fruit drinks is average, but Isaac has to admit that it can bring so many adventurers together, and the barbecue here is quite good, even compared with the chef of his Dragon Castle. , all have their own characteristics.

  The trip to the Northland, only in terms of food, not to mention those on the passenger ships, even Port Willen and Baldur's Gate, are not as good as here.

   Even he admired it, Heath, who kept rubbing his food, naturally seemed to bite his tongue.

   It was when the two of them enjoyed it.

  Suddenly, his heart moved, and Isaac's eyes slowly lifted.

   was a little faster than his eyes raised.

Behind   His, a figure, as if pushed by someone, stumbled into him.

   It was the kid with the sliced ​​meat, and he didn't react for a while.

   "Oh" and the tongue rolled up.

   (end of this chapter)