Looking at Feng Chou's slender back, the Level Four warrior's eyes flashed. He licked his lips and waved to a lean man beside him.
The slaves rarely left the stone house, although no one stopped them from doing so.
If ordinary people went out, they would be easily captured by the Bear Goblin or even the Cavemen. They would also be easily whipped by the patrols.
Simon took Feng Chou into an empty house nearby. He told Feng Chou that the slaves in the house were working in the mushroom field at this time.
The two walked into the house and Simon closed the door.
After closing the door, Simon leaned against the crack of the door and looked out.
Feng Chou also curiously leaned against the crack of the leaky door and looked out. He had not yet adapted to Qiankun Pagoda's scanning function, and he always forgot to use it.
Through the crack of the door, Feng Chou saw a human slave huddled behind a stone house on the way they came, stretching his neck and looking in their direction.
At this time, Feng Chou finally remembered the existence of Qiankun Pagoda and asked in his mind, "Qiankun Pagoda, who is this person? When did he start following us?"
Qiankun Pagoda said, "This person is the subordinate of the Level Four warrior. He followed you out of the stone house not long after you left.
This person has been trained in sneaking and tracking. His physical attributes are almost at the standard of a Level One rogue. "
After listening to Qiankun Pagoda's words, Feng Chou could not help but laugh. A rogue who was not even Level One dared to follow an intermediate warrior. It would be strange if he was not discovered.
After getting the answer, Feng Chou left the door.
Simon also retracted his gaze and sneered. "Don't worry about him. One day …"
Feng Chou was a little puzzled. With Simon's strength, killing a Level Four warrior was like pinching a bug, but he seemed to be worried about something.
Feng Chou did not dwell on this issue. He asked, "What do you think we should do next?"
Simon frowned and said slowly, "According to my experience, in the trade between the Underdark and the surface, there must be food. There is too little food here. However, food is a commodity with a low price. It doesn't make much sense to transport it in small quantities. If we transport it in large quantities, we will need transportation tools and roads."
"Recently, the slaves in the plantation area have been heavily transferred. Our workload is getting heavier and heavier, and our rest time is getting shorter and shorter. Although I was puzzled before, I didn't know why, but after hearing what you said today … If what you said is true, and there is really a shortcut to the surface nearby, then these slaves are very likely to be transferred to build the road!"
Feng Chou thought to himself, no wonder this guy was so easily fooled. It turned out that he had already discovered the clues.
At this point, Simon fell into deep thought.
After a while, he said, "What we need to do now is to wait and observe. We need to find this path. We must find it!
In the Underdark, every step is the difference between life and death. We must find this shortcut! "
Feng Chou nodded. "As long as you can take me back to the surface, I swear in the name of Sir Abel Fogesack, the first successor of Viscount Fogesack, that my father will confer you as a hereditary knight of the Fogesack family and pay you 100,000 crowns as a reward. I can sign the letter of commitment with you now!"
Simon smiled and gave Leo a lame aristocratic salute. He said, "I am willing to serve you, Your Excellency."
Feng Chou reached out and shook hands with him, showing his most sincere smile to the other party.
Next, Feng Chou asked the other party about the situation of the slave area, and Simon patiently answered.
From Simon's mouth, Feng Chou learned that the underground city he was in was called Thorne City. It was a very powerful force in the underground world nearby.
According to Simon's understanding, Thorne City had a population of about 50,000 people. Among them, there were less than 20,000 Drow, and the rest were slaves.
The division of labor among the slaves was quite clear. The human slaves were only responsible for taking care of the mushroom fields, and some of the cavemen also worked in the mushroom fields.
Feng Chou wondered why there were human slaves in the underground city.
Simon told him that in the Underdark, any city with farmland, whether it was Drow City or the Grey Dwarf City, welcomed human slaves. Humans were the race that knew how to take care of farmland the best. Any underground city that used human serfs would greatly increase the production of farmland.
The human slaves in the underground city came from a wide range of sources. Some came from the human world, and some came from the wilderness.
Although humans were the most important intelligent creatures in this world, humans in this world did not occupy most of the surface like on Earth. In fact, humans in this world could only live in limited areas with cities, towns, and castles as the core. Even within the human countries, the wilderness areas that were not controlled by humans still accounted for most of the land.
In this case, most of the exits from the Underdark to the surface world were in the wilderness.
Some of the intelligent creatures in the wilderness, such as goblins, gnolls, ogres, and so on, would sometimes establish trade relations with the underground world. If they captured humans, they would trade them with the underground world for weapons and armor.
Some of the goblin slaves came to the underground city in this way.
Most of the goblins and cavemen worked in mining. There were more than a dozen mines near the underground city.
The grey dwarf slaves in the city all worked in the craftsman area. They were mainly responsible for smelting and forging.
In the south of the city, there was a lava lake. The dark red light that enveloped the entire city came from that lava lake.
It was said that Drow's mages used the heat of the lava lake to build a large furnace to smelt the ores that the goblins and cavemen dug.
There were also some human slaves who worked in the craftsman area as carpenters and cobblers. These craftsman slaves were treated much better than the farmer slaves. They were also allowed to form families and pass on their children.
He told Feng Chou that the slaves in the plantation area were all cavemen. These creatures were far stronger than ordinary humans and were very obedient. They were far more useful in hard work than humans.
Simon also asked Feng Chou about the process of his capture.
Feng Chou told him half of the truth according to Leo's memory.
Simon inferred from the degree of hunger that Feng Chou was feeling after he was knocked unconscious that there must be a shortcut from Pedro's territory to Thorne City. This was because after Feng Chou was knocked unconscious, it would take at least seven or eight days for the captive, Drow, to reach Thorne City through the underground passage of Shaquille City. If Feng Chou was unconscious during this time, he might have died of thirst or hunger.
But after Feng Chou woke up, although he felt thirsty and hungry, it wasn't serious. This meant that he wouldn't have been unconscious for more than a day. This undoubtedly meant that there was not only a passage near Pedro's territory, but also that it wasn't too far from Thorne City.
The two talked for half an hour before leaving the empty house and returning to their stone house.
Walking into the stone house, Feng Chou encountered something disgusting.
Simon told Feng Chou that the burly level 4 warrior was called Buck. At this time, he was sitting on the back of a kneeling slave.
Seeing Simon and Feng Chou come in, Buck pointed at Feng Chou and said to Simon, "This new kid is mine!"
After saying that, he didn't care about Simon's reaction at all. He spat on the ground and said to Feng Chou, "Come here, eat daddy's saliva. I'll give you something better later … haha."
The few people around Barker started to laugh evilly at Feng Chou and Simon.