Mr. Slippery quickly led Marina and the rest away from the place.
When they were far away from the broken hole, the voices behind them were still ringing in their ears.
"What's up with those people?" Ike asked with a displeased look on his face.
"Even in a place like this, they are too …"
"Too rude?"
Short Axe finished the sentence and laughed. "That means you don't understand the Rat Path, and you don't understand places like the sewers."
Ike raised his eyebrows, looking displeased and puzzled. "Why?"
Marina said, "Those people are a group. I thought the underground wouldn't be so lively."
"There will be more lively times, but you won't be able to see it," Short Axe said.
"You probably don't know these people from the surface. They are members of an underground group."
Underground group. Be it Ike or Marina, it was their first time hearing this term.
However, Short Axe seemed to have lost interest in explaining to them. He shouted at Lulunaka who was behind Marina, "It's time for you to show your worth, little girl. I don't have that much saliva to waste."
Lulunaka heard Short Axe calling her and blinked. "I've heard of the underground group, but I didn't expect to see it with my own eyes today."
"That's enough," Short Axe said.
"Since you're a resident of the Rat Path, it's impossible that you haven't heard of the underground group."
Lulunaka nodded and looked at Marina beside her. "In a place like the sewers, there are scavengers, adventure teams, and even idiots like me who almost went into the sewers alone … Then, in a place like the sewers, there are also large-scale movements to solve some problems that others can't solve.
The underground group exists like that. "
"Solve those things?" Ike recalled the small creatures' corpses that he saw earlier.
Those were not children, and they were definitely not humans. However, there were a lot of them, and it seemed like they came from the hole.
What were those things?
"Small fangs. Some people say that they were residents of the underground a long time ago. Because they lived in the depths of the sewers, they ended up like that.
Maybe they were pygmies, dwarves … "Lulunaka paused." Maybe they were once humans. "
It was a little difficult for the two people who came from the ground to put on a human appearance on those little fangs.
"They look like little devils," Marina said. "But little devils don't appear in groups like this."
"Who knows?"
Lulunaka smiled. "Thank you to the people from the underground organization. If it weren't for them, and if the cave wasn't taken care of, the area around here would probably be inaccessible for a long time. Those little sharp fangs would be running around, hiding in places you can't imagine, and ambushing you when you let down your guard."
"They're just working for money."
Short Axe said. "As long as the base of those little fangs is increased by a little bit, more little fangs will appear. God knows how they reproduce … Without the underground regiment, there would be no way to enter and exit the sewers, and even the rat tunnel would be affected.
But when dealing with those ugly little things, there would always be casualties.
I admire them. "
Short Axe was not the kind of person who would speak good words easily, but he did speak good words for the Underground.
"Is that why you gave them the money?" Marina asked.
"It's a custom of the rat tunnel," Short Axe said.
"When these people gather together, at least they won't do the dirty business of bandits. Plus, the sewers are cleaner … Everyone who meets the people from the underground regiment in the sewers has to be given this little token of appreciation. Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing for the residents of the rat tunnel."
Ike was speechless for a moment. After a while, he replied, "You guys are actually so reserved."
Ike's words were actually somewhat sarcastic, but Short Axe only grinned and didn't care. "Living in the rat tunnel, making a living in the sewers … What's more precious than life?
It might be money, but it's definitely not face.
If you want to live longer, remember my words, young master. Otherwise, stay away from the rat tunnel and stay away from the underground. "
Ike only frowned and didn't say anything.
Marina remembered the looks of the people who had wrapped themselves up tightly, and the look in their eyes.
The man who came in front of them had eyes that couldn't see light even in the firelight, only darkness.
"That underground regiment, those people … Did they just gather together for money?"
"Indeed, there are people who joined the underground regiment for money."
Lulunaka said, "In the underground regiment, other than the generous rewards and excellent equipment, there's nothing else worth praising."
"Isn't that good enough?"
Lulunaka shook her head. "The underground regiment has a discipline, a discipline that only belongs to them. Even in the rat tunnel, they have to abide by it.
However, that discipline doesn't allow them to live an easy life.
Perhaps in the next moment, they will die in some unknown place underground, and the only thing they receive is a generous reward, which they leave to their family or some other people. "
In the place where the large-scale battle had occurred, there were indeed some people who had fallen. Although some people were still alive, it seemed that they wouldn't be able to fight in the future. Perhaps even their livelihood would be a problem.
"I used to be in the underground regiment," Short Axe said.
"Chris, who was in front of you, was also in the underground regiment. However, we couldn't stand this kind of life and left.
It's better for people to live a little more freely. If you can't even protect your own life, then there's no point in earning more money. "
Short Axe's words made Iqbal and Marina slightly surprised. "You used to be in that underground regiment?" Iqbal asked.
"It's not an underground regiment in this area," Short Axe said.
"It's an underground regiment in another area. However, I haven't been back for a long time. There's bound to be people who recognize me. I don't want to be treated with supercilious looks.
I'll stay as far away as possible. "
It seemed that Mr Sly and Mr Little Cloak had their own stories. However, it was likely that no one would be able to hear about it from their mouths. No one here would have that kind of curiosity.
Lulunaka might be one, but she was now a little mouse. She couldn't act too strangely.
A little girl should act like a little girl. Timid, weak, obedient … That was enough.
Lulunaka was still very confident in her acting skills. Although there were many times when she couldn't show her true self was an awkward matter, it was also interesting.
However, it was a pity that she couldn't say anything too outrageous to Short Axe. For example, "It's better to live a little more freely". She really wanted to say to Mr Sly, "That's just your misconception."
To Lulunaka, not being able to speak the truth to her teammates was also a kind of unfreedom. However, it was also an interesting thing.