106. Chapter 106 – Old Fire Copper Street

Chapter 106 – Old Fire Copper Street
Heine was also taken aback.

But in the ensuing hemming and hawing between the three, he learned that this was some sort of infiltration mission.

Players were asked to put on a layer of camouflage, but would be detected if they got close to a highly-sensitive enemy.

Then this horrible line rings out.

Other professions basically mail it in when exposed.

But Mr. Xia, as a wanderer, didn’t even need a disguise at all.

His voice did bring back the fear of being dominated by Surama to Heine.

Sure enough rpgs were always the same.

……

The airship docked.

The harbor where it was moored was a protruding platform.

The whole of Eaglewing City was built several times around the hillside of Eagle’s Horn Mountain.

In addition to the layer upon layer of true-ring roads, the interior of the mountain had been partially hollowed out.

The whole had a strong steampunk style, with retro and modern blending into each other.

But it wasn’t as magical as Heine had imagined.

At least the carriers on the streets were similar to horse-drawn carriages, and the ones pulling the carriages were beasts rather than mechanical puppets.

There were also no flying props for personal use traveling haphazardly.

On the contrary, his three “mechanical puppets” attracted many people’s envious gazes.

This means that they are also a rare commodity.

The Eagle Wing Dwarves were indeed just an ancient tribe that had reaped the dividends of trade, where modernity and tradition coexisted.

As Sheep Catchers commented, brass was just the outer skin they wore.

Inside it is still a marginal product of magical technology.

…

Brass Mirror brought the group to the hotel where they were staying.

Five meters above the first floor on the streets of Panshan.

It was a three-story hotel, recessed inward an extra portion at each upper level, so that the interior ceiling looked like a giant step looking up from below.

Lights lit by energizing stones reflected the polished marble floors and shiny brass accents.

Instead of a dwarf, they were greeted by a mechanical golem gentleman in a black gown.

Coincidentally, it had no mouth either.

Heine saw the plate on its chest flip like a calendar, and a line of written greetings appeared.

“Greetings, honored guest.”

“For lodging, please use the right aisle.”

“For dining, please use the left aisle.”

“……”

He couldn’t help but associate it with the idea of adding this to the skeleton.
Mr. Xia: “He’s giving me strange looks again, Goat translate translate translate.”

Catching Goat: “How should I know, maybe he wants to give us a whole text strip?”

Wei Diankui: “Wouldn’t it be better to turn it into a chat bubble?”

Mr. Xia: “What does it have to do with you, you don’t like to talk?”

Wei Diankite: “I …… ah yes yes yes, I’m high and cold.”

…

Chat bubble?

Heine suddenly thought it made sense.

He couldn’t be the one to bring it up though, he had to find a way to get Megumi to think of it.

Under the guidance of the mechanical golem, the group was properly settled.

Those Cornu who had been looking over their shoulders along the way were also divided into rooms two by two, instead of being crammed into one room.

This is a very humane treatment, as if it was a meal for the dead.

Simon didn’t seem to intend to go out, but he knew he couldn’t stop Heine, so he urged:

“I don’t care where you go, but we’ll go to meet Golden Tooth at night and go up to the mountain early tomorrow morning to participate in the trial, you have to make sure that I can see you at that time.

“In addition, here, I can’t protect you, and Naga is useless, I advise you not to go too far.”

“Okay, I’ll make a note of it.”

Heine agreed with a full mouth.

……

Back in his room, he didn’t pretend.

He took out a map provided by the hotel and handed it to the three skeletons.

Then used psychic magic to ask them one by one.

“Ever been here before?”

The three of them decided to send the most highly awakened “future warrior” to catch the goat.

“I’ve been here before.”

“Where should I go if I want to learn about the lore of the Elemental Trials?”

“Old Firebrand Alley.”

Heine continued, “I want to visit the shipyard, is it highly classified? Is it dangerous?”

Sheepcatcher can’t decide and turns directly to the off-camera audience for help.

After relaying the question, Mr. Summer was all over the place, “Go, you can go, that place is undefended for dude!”

Wei Temple Iris: “Huh? Isn’t that place a semi-open copy? Can this also just go?”

Mr. Xia: “Don’t worry, it became a replica because the Brotherhood took on the commission of stealing drawings and then got caught.”

Catch the Goat: “Oh, so as long as you don’t steal it, it’s fine right?” Mr. Xia: “As long as it’s not discovered it’s fine.”

Guardian Iris: “Huh?”

Catching Sheep: “Huh?”

Mr. Xia: “You’re done with that answer, you can also tell him, come with me, buddy familiar! Just tell him I’ve screwed in this place in the future.”

“…… So true.”

Catch the Goat then relayed his request.

Of course, screwing was a word he hadn’t mastered yet, substituting it flatly for something more ambiguous.

Heine breathed a heartfelt sigh of relief.

Wouldn’t this make communication much easier!

“Come on, let’s go!”

……

Frey was pleading with the guards when Heine arrived at the door.

He was accompanied by a Cornu who was dark-skinned, but a head taller than him.

Heine remembered the man, he was the tallest of the twenty, probably closest to one meter five.

I think his name was Tower.

“Lord Copper Mirror said that I, we can move within a hundred meters of the surrounding area, you just let me take this kid out for a spin ……”

The guard said impatiently, “That is accompanied by enough manpower, can’t you see that I’m the only one standing guard? Get the hell back to your room, hillbilly, there are enough murals and table lamps in this hotel for you to see.”

“My lord, I ……”

“I’ll show him out.”

Heine spoke up.

The guard looked up to see that it was him, and his eyes went through a triple change in a split second.

Disdain for the human, salivation for the mechanical golem, and then a fawning smile.

A North Shadow textbook level rendition.

“Da, my lord, this is not good, after all ……”

Heine gave Frey a look, and the latter immediately and sensibly pulled out a handful of silver coins and stuffed them into the guard’s hand.

The latter’s eyes went straight.

…

Money opens the way, and naturally, it is unobstructed.

Frey pushed the tower in front of Heine with complicated eyes.

“Thank you, Your Excellency.”

“Keep him close to me, listen to me, and answer whatever I ask.”

Frey instantly understood why Heine had to step in ……

He was still apprehensive, but he couldn’t help it after seeing Ta’s eager eyes.

Never mind, Tower didn’t know any secrets.

……

Heine was silent the whole way.

Tower was a little sullen, but too mesmerized by the new things along the way to bother asking.

Now at the mouth of the cold alley, he finally couldn’t hold his tongue.

“It’s over a hundred meters here, I …… should go back.”

“Don’t want to look again?”

Tower’s eyes were clearly wanting, but suddenly alert: “What exactly are you …… you prying for?”

“It seems you’re not stupid.”

Heine smiled, “I will naturally ask if I want to, now honestly follow me, understand?”

Ta froze and nodded.

…

The foot traffic on Old Fire Copper Street was as heavenly compared to the outside as if a zero had been erased.

It was a small alleyway that was concave in a U-shape into the interior of the mountain.

There was no natural light here, and no energizer stones.

A rope crossed the street three meters above the alley and hung light cloth lanterns with flickering fireflies inside.

The stores on either side of the street were also in this vintage style.

Vine-bound boxes, rough wooden store signs, store names written in fluorescent ink.

Everything was full of mystery in the dim light.

Heine stopped in front of a bookstore called “The Old Beard”.

He was just about to enter when he heard a shout from inside:
“Park your mechanical puppets outside and don’t let them in.”

Heine froze and saw a dwarf with a beard dragging to the ground lighting a candle.

His eyes were clearly not kind.

Heine smelled danger from him like a wild animal.

It was an aged lion, but with all its claws and teeth.

“Only the mechanical golem is not allowed in?” Heine asked.

The dwarf froze and laughed strangely, “Gargoyles aren’t allowed in either, so are you?”

“Great, I’m not.”

Heine let the three undead rip off their cloaks and swaggered in, squeezing in as the old dwarf looked on in shock.

(End of chapter)