Lulunaka naturally wasn't speaking the truth. She really did have an uncle and a cousin.
It was just that her "uncle" was leisurely drinking tea in the shop. As for being injured, that was even more ridiculous. There were probably not many people in the King's Castle who could injure her fake uncle.
Her 'cousin' was directly driven to another Rat Tunnel by her, forcing him to think of ways to earn money to support himself. Right now, he was probably somewhere in the sewers, walking in this dark and cold place like Lulunaka.
Hearing Lulunaka's words, the others didn't have any surprised expressions.
Since Lulunaka was a resident of the Rat Tunnel, then it wasn't surprising that her family members fell because of some reason. Perhaps it would be difficult for them to sympathize with her. This kind of thing happened every day in the Rat Tunnel, so Lulunaka wasn't anything special.
"Just call me Marina. I'm not that much older than you." Marina smiled and rubbed Lulunaka's head.
Compared to the other skinny children in the Rat Tunnel, Lulunaka's appearance was much better. At the very least, she looked like she could eat.
Moreover, Lulunaka's pitiful appearance was indeed able to arouse sympathy.
This girl was really too pitiful. Although she had important matters to attend to, Marina felt that she could still take care of this helpless child.
Since Lulunaka had come to this dangerous place alone, it could be seen that she was aware of her situation. Marina felt that she could still help Lulunaka.
"If the two of you want to chat, wait until you come back from the sewers and find a safe place to chat."
Slippery … or rather, Short Axe. He coughed a few times and interrupted the conversation between Marina and Lulunaka.
"We have already discussed this before. In the sewers, you have to listen to my command and orders."
"Of course. You and Mr. Chris have the most experience in the sewers. Otherwise, the tavern owner wouldn't have recommended you to us, who are new to the sewers," Marina said. She then looked at Iqrio beside her.
Seeing Marina glance at him, Ike straightened his back even more.
Just as Lulunaka thought, this was a man who easily exposed his thoughts. It was very simple and easy to understand.
Chris, who was nicknamed Little Cloak by Lulunaka, had already chosen one of the pipes and walked down without saying anything.
"Come, follow us."
Marina let go of Lulunaka and reached out to hold her hand. "If you're afraid, just hold my hand and follow me."
"Thank you, Marina."
Lulunaka gave her a bright smile. "But I can't trouble you too much. Just let me follow behind you."
Seeing the smile on Lulunaka's face, Marina felt a bit relieved as she revealed a smile, "You're really a tough girl."
Just like that, the five-man team headed in one direction, deeper underground.
Chris walked in front and was responsible for paying attention to the movements ahead.
This Mr. Little Cloak had a pair of sharp eyes that could easily adapt to the darkness. His nose was also more sensitive than the others, and his ears could hear the sound of flowing water that ordinary people could not.
Coupled with his rich experience and intuition, he was very suitable to walk in front and investigate whether there was any danger ahead.
His footsteps were silent, and the cloak wrapped him tightly, blending into the darkness without any sense of disharmony.
Moreover, he maintained a distance from the team, and the range of the torch's light was just behind him, not shrouding him in it.
This was a man of few words, and it seemed that he did not intend to communicate with his companions.
Walking behind them was Iqbal, followed by Marina and Lulunaka, and Short Axe was at the end of the line.
Hatchet was at the back, guarding against things that might come from behind.
Although there was nothing along the way, but in a place like the sewers, sometimes threatening things might not come from the road, but from all kinds of unexpected places.
They had already left the area that could be considered safe, and after passing through the slanted downward passage, the five of them arrived at a more spacious space.
A canal several meters wide, with a path on both sides for walking, and a wooden bridge over the canal.
Even if there was no bridge, as long as someone was light or had enough jumping ability, they could easily jump to the other side. But with a bridge, it was much more convenient than jumping with all their strength.
The walls on both sides of the road seemed to have never been dry, and were always in a slippery state. The bricks were covered with dark green moss, and if one reached out to touch them, it would feel very slippery and disgusting.
On the wall, there was a shelf that could hold a torch, and on top of it, there were already extinguished torches.
Hatchet and Ike moved the torches in their hands over, and lit the extinguished torches. Some of them burned fiercely, and some of them flickered a few times before returning to their extinguished state. But with a little light, it was enough for them.
Water droplets continued to fall from above. Some fell on Hatchet and the others, while some fell on the ground, and the sound of water droplets could be heard.
Below the walls on both sides, there was a row of small holes. Some of them had water flowing out, flowing into the canal in the middle, but most of them had no water. Only the squeaking of rats could be heard, and the sound of water splashing – it was probably the sound of some small things moving on the surface of the water. As for whether or not they were rats, it was hard to say.
"What a magical place …" Marina said softly. She raised her head and looked around. This place was much bigger than the rat tunnel they had entered from. Furthermore, there weren't as many people and miscellaneous items. There were also those disorderly shacks.
This gave them the illusion that this place was much bigger than the Rat Tunnel.
"How can there be such a space underground? It looks like a street."
"When I was on the surface, I often heard stories about sewers," Ike said.
As a young man, he now had a feeling that he was embarking on a mysterious adventure. This made his voice sound a little high, but when he thought of the environment around him, he lowered his voice. "I heard that hundreds of years ago, these places were the places where the people of the King's Castle lived and moved. But after experiencing the invasion of the Underground race, in a stalemate that was almost equivalent to a large-scale war, the people on the surface finally drove the Underground race out of the King's Castle and drove them to the underground of the mountains in the west … But the price was also heavy. These places have become like this now. They are no longer safe because there are still things living and reproducing deep underground."
"I know about that history," Marina said.
"The Underground race was the Bugmen with carapaces, the Nagas with human faces and snake bodies, and even some gnomes and dwarves who had been assimilated into the underground environment. Together with other strange life forms, they formed an underground empire."
"That's not an empire, it's just a devil's den," Ike said.
"Yes, Miss Marina."
At this time, Lulunaka also interrupted, "I also heard about the sewers. Those are stories that can make people unable to sleep well at night.
Venomous snakes that spit out their tongues, black-skinned dwarves and dwarves, as well as bugs with disgusting carapaces … … When this kind of terrifying devil's den was still around, the residents of the King's Castle were living in fear. If I lived in that era, I'm afraid I wouldn't even dare to go underground. "
Marina wasn't a person of the King's Castle. She almost wandered to this place because it was still considered a friendly place for mages.
But even if she was an outsider, she still knew some things about the underground of the King's Castle.
As for now, she heard more details from the local people of the King's Castle. No matter if it was Ike or Lulunaka, they didn't have a good impression of the sewers.
"After driving away the Underground race, the rulers of the King's Castle didn't plan to reclaim these places?
I think the underground is still intact, it didn't become a ruin. "
"That's because you haven't seen those ruins, female mage."
Short Axe who was walking behind said, "After seeing those ruins, and those scourges that may have been left behind for hundreds of years, I'm afraid you won't say such words."
"Scourges that have been left behind for hundreds of years, what is that?" Marina asked.
Short Axe shrugged, "I really hope that we don't see those things on the way, it's not a good thing."