Broad World

A group of people walked through the dirty alleys, and soon found the Dragon's Roar Hotel, which was a strange three-story wooden building. The entire hotel leans forward slightly, giving people the feeling that it is about to collapse in an instant. Just above the gate is a dragon head carved from wood, and a big oil lamp is lit inside the dragon's mouth, as if a giant dragon is breathing fire. Just when Henry wanted to go in, he was stopped by a strong man, and he showed off his strong chest muscles. "Strangers are not welcome here, and you cannot enter unless you are invited."

Henry took out the silver coin Andrew gave him and shook it. "Well, can we go in now?"

The strong man smiled after seeing the pattern on it clearly. "Of course, those who hold this kind of silver coins are all distinguished senior members. If the thieves in the hall on the first floor dare to make trouble, you show this and these mice will retreat by themselves."

Henry took out a gold coin and threw it to the strong man before walking into the hotel. As soon as he walked through the gate, a sour smell came to his nostrils, prostitutes and dirty sailors were arguing with each other, and their numbers spread throughout the hall on the first floor. Dai Lina covered her nose and mouth with her hands, she was obviously not used to the messy environment and the weird smell here. Henry lowered his head and whispered in her ear: "Try to get as close as possible to Vaughn. These drunk sailors often provoke strangers. The tall orc warriors can still deter most of them."

The tiefling flicked his tail under the cloak lightly. "It's okay, I can feel that these people are not powerful, and their threat level is not high. If an accident happens, I can kill them all at any time."

"My God! I mean to minimize unnecessary troubles, not to drive out these drunken sailors. This is a joint place for underground forces. If we tear this place down, we won't be able to board the ship and go home." Henry helplessly explained to tiefling, he was really worried that some unsightly sailor slapped her ass, and then caused a big riot.

Dai Lina nodded half understanding. "Okay then, I'll try to exercise restraint."

The half-orc warrior squeezed his fist. "Head, don't worry, I know this kind of place like the back of my hand. If anyone has been taking advantage, I will give him a good lesson with my fist."

Henry blessed himself with an iron skin technique, and began to lead the three of them through the messy hall. He didn't want to be stabbed by a dagger that came suddenly. Along the way, Vaughan crushed several salty pig hands who wanted to take advantage of them. These guys knelt on the ground holding their broken wrists and howled non-stop, but the others didn't look at them.

Strong personal strength is particularly important in this kind of place, and everyone looks at the strong half-orc warrior in awe. When he reached the stairs, the sailors and robbers on both sides gave way. A halfling thief who moved a little slower was picked up by Vaughn with one hand and thrown directly into the crowd below.

When he came to the second floor, Debra smiled at him. "Vaughan, you were very impressive just now. It seems that you have a good way of dealing with these sailors and robbers."

"I have been in this kind of place for many years, and I was a thug in a bar for a while. These drunk sailors are bullying people, as long as you show your overwhelming strength, you can scare them away." The orc warrior explained to the female mage with a smile.

Dai Lina frowned and thought for a while and asked: "Then how do they tell whether the other party is strong or not? Is it just by looking at the body shape and muscles? What if they encounter a spellcaster?"

Henry sighed and replied: "The intelligence of these guys is generally not high. They only distinguish the size of their strength by their body shape and muscles. As for the casters, they generally don't go to such dirty and messy places. Well, don't worry about this, now let's go find the dwarf named Nanfudo." After finishing speaking, he began to search for the dwarf on the second floor.

Using her dim vision as a tiefling, Delina quickly spotted the dwarf hiding in the corner. She pulled Henry's arm and pointed to the corner. "Look, I think that little dwarf is the one you're looking for."

Henry followed her fingers and saw the dwarf in the corner. He wrapped his cloak tightly around his body and put his hands in his forehead sleeves. A pair of clever eyes looked around vigilantly, Henry believed that this little guy must have a deadly dagger hidden in his sleeve. After winking at the other three, he walked over alone, and stopped suddenly when he was four meters away from the dwarf. Because he saw that the little man in front of him had already drawn out the dagger hidden under his sleeve, if he got any closer, he might be attacked.

Henry smiled and threw the silver coin directly. "Don't be nervous, I think you must be Nanfuduo. I'm here to talk to you about the ride."

The dwarf took the coin vigilantly and checked it carefully. After confirming that it was not a fake, he put the silver coin into his arms. "It turns out that you and the people behind you are the big customers that the fat man said. Alright, let's talk in another place now. This place is full of eyes and ears of other gangs, so it's not a good place to talk." After he finished speaking, he waved his hand to signal everyone to follow.

Under the leadership of Nan Fuduo, the group quickly passed through several secret doors, left the roar of the dragon, and walked along the dirty street until they came to a door that was about to rot. The dwarf carefully observed the surrounding environment and knocked on the door after confirming that no one was following him. After a few seconds, a voice came from the door: "We are walking in the gray, and the night is our shelter."

The dwarf replied in a low voice: "Wealth flows in the dark, and gold coins are our pursuit."

"Nan Fuduo, why did you come back so late. These are our big customers this time?" A one-eyed old man opened the door and asked.

The dwarf shrugged. "They just found me, probably because of the chaos here recently. You know that I once had an uncle who liked to wear flowery underpants, and invented a special magic at that time. He used this magic to serve those nobles, making those male nobles' guys huge, and they also shone with various lights. But these damned nobles were not only ungrateful, but sent troops to hunt him down. The scene in that area was extremely chaotic at that time, and I think it is similar to the current situation in the dock area."

"Don't tell me about your damn uncle, he permanently blesses other people's guy with the giant transformation technique without permission. I heard that those nobles hired a lot of magicians to solve this problem. Before they changed back, they even asked servants to help them go to the toilet. Now I am too embarrassed to come out to meet people. If it were me, I would arrest your uncle and hang him even if he chased him to the ends of the earth." The old man gave Nanfudo a vicious look. Then he turned around and looked at Henry and his party with one eye. "Please come in, let's discuss the boat fare and departure time."

After everyone walked into the room, the old man inserted the door of the room and took five people to the second floor. He said to Henry: "In fact, this is our first transport passenger, and it used to operate smuggling. After three hours, the gray parrot will depart from the Sumkot Port to the Ango Mime Islands. Fifty gold coins can board this ship. Since the target of this transaction is the local thief union, we will not stop in the city. "

Henry froze for a moment when he heard it. He really didn't expect Robert's power to expand so quickly, and now he even got involved in the smuggling business in Waterdeep City. Then he took out two bags of gold coins and put them on the table. "This is our boat fare. Also, can I ask about the race of these slaves? How many times have you shipped slaves there?" The old man quickly opened his wallet and counted it, and found that the boat fare was one hundred gold coins more than the scheduled boat fare.

After collecting all the money, he showed his yellow teeth and smiled. "Since you have paid for the news, let me tell you. These slaves are mainly gray dwarves and a small number of dark elves. I heard that Helast in the city below the mountain has gone crazy. He personally led an army of monsters to capture a dark elf city. When he retreated, the underground slave traders took the opportunity to capture a lot of prisoners. We have only cooperated with the thieves' union in Blue Winter City twice, but they are very powerful in the local area, and they can accurately avoid patrols every time they trade."

After hearing the information, Henry thought to himself, it seems that Robert is interested in the gray trade here. It won't be long before he will establish his own branch here. At that time, as long as he unites with the Brown Bear Chamber of Commerce, he can quickly occupy a large market share. Thinking that Henry is very satisfied with Robert's overall view, all the underground activities in the entire territory can be handed over to him with confidence.

"When are we on board?" Henry asked the old man.

The old man pushed his blindfold. "You have already paid the boat fare, and you can board the boat at any time. If you want to start now, you can, I will let Nan Fudo take you to Skull Harbor. But it is better to suggest later, because there are many underground evil creatures and slave traders. You must know that their attitude towards us surface people is not very friendly, especially those damn mind flayers."

"There are mind flayers there? As far as I know, they regard other creatures as slaves and food. How come they come to the surface to trade?" Debra asked curiously.

Standing silently by the side, the dwarf who lowered his head and fiddled with the little toy in his hand suddenly stood up. "These damned octopus heads are the biggest slave traders in the underground, and they send at least fifty unlucky guys every month."

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