Chapter 562: Clorinde's History Class
Entrance to the Gray River.
After Shao Yun asked Catherine, he learned that after Ying and Paimeng received their rewards, they met Navia, who invited them to go for a stroll in the Gray River.
Shao Yun and Clorinde sat on the platform converted from a freight elevator and continued to go deeper underground.
"No wonder Eula thinks Navia wants to kidnap her. If I were her, I would also be suspicious." Shao Yun said suspiciously.
Clorinde explained the history of Gray River to Shao Yun.
"The history of the Grey River is very long, and can be traced back to the time of the water goddess Egolia."
"As the Fontaine urban area expanded, the nobles drove the 'dirty' civilians underground in order to 'improve the city's appearance', and the sewers gradually became the habitat of the lower class people."
"In the beginning, Gray River was full of poverty, filth and chaos, and bullying was common."
Then, Clorinde added.
"But Edwardo Baker gradually rose to prominence. He fought off alligators with a copper pipe he found, protected vendors from gang extortion, mediated disputes, blessed newlyweds, and eventually became the leader of Gray River with his personal prestige and impartiality."
"Under Edward's leadership, Grey River gradually established its own order, and the residents adapted to this underground life, forming a small world isolated from the surface world of Fontaine."
"Afterwards, for some unknown reason, the great magician 'Parsifal' also joined Gray River."
"But later, the Fontaine bureaucrats decided to 'tidy up the city' again and launched an armed suppression against the lower-class people in the Grey River, which was known in history as the 'Grey River Purge'."
“Edward and others organized a resistance, but were eventually arrested.”
"When he was exiled to the Xumi Desert, his companions rescued him and occupied Baisong Town to continue fighting against the Fontaine at that time."
"But it eventually failed under the suppression of Fontaine. Edward, the great magician Parsifal, and the mayor Renaud de Petrick were killed. It is known in history as the 'Siege of White Song', but I prefer to call it the White Song Town Massacre."
Then, Clorinde said, not knowing what she was thinking: "And, the perpetrator of the Baisong Massacre was none other than the Shadow Hunter."
After listening to Clorinde's story about the history of Gray River, Shao Yun took the opportunity to tease, "No wonder the protagonist of the book 'The Gunslinger from Fontaine' was set in Gray River. The 'righteous' Fontaine is really a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery!"
Clorinde listened to Shao Yun's pain, lowered her hat awkwardly and defended herself.
"That was a long time ago, more than 500 years ago. Now under the leadership of Lady Funina and Lady Villette, the situation in Gray River has improved a lot."
"However, the relationship between the people of Gray River and the Court of Enforcement, and even the people living above the Fontaine Court, is still not very good."
Shao Yun waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "Okay, let's end Clorinde's history class. Let's go find Ying and Paimon."
……
The underground world of Fontaine, the "Gray River", is particularly dark and damp because it is built on a world of drainage pipes.
However, the environment here can be considered clean, at least there is no moss growing on the ground and walls.
As for what Navia said, that the residents here are all very friendly...this is indeed a bit doubtful.
However, I think it is probably largely due to the existence of Clorinde.
Soon, the two arrived at the base of the Rose Thorn Society, a three-story stand-alone building.
Standing high above the entrance was the unique and eye-catching logo of the Rose Thorn Society.
Shao Yun did not go up and knock on the door directly, but turned and walked towards a slightly noisy tavern nearby, intending to get some useful information from there first.
The bartender raised his head, glanced coldly at Shao Yun and Clorinde beside him, and then reminded them unhappily: "Hey! We don't really welcome people from the Fontaine official!"
Obviously, the bartender knew Clorinde's identity.
Clorinde naturally understood that the other party was referring to herself, so she frowned slightly, folded her arms in front of her chest, and then quickly turned her eyes to the side.
"I am just an ordinary citizen here after get off work. Please treat me as a transparent person..."
Shao Yun asked the bartender directly: "I'm looking for Ying and Paimon. I heard that they came to Gray River with Miss Navia. Have you seen them?"
Upon hearing the name Miss Navia, the originally nonchalant bartender instantly became a different person, with a smile on his face and his tone becoming particularly attentive.
"Are you asking about the beautiful traveler with dazzling blonde hair and the cute little white fellow beside her?"
"They went out with Miss Navia. I heard they were heading to the Lujingquan near the Oprykle Opera House."
As he spoke, the bartender's expression suddenly became a little strange, and he muttered softly.
"I never thought that two girls would go to a place like that together. It always feels a bit weird."
As if he was worried that his words would offend Shao Yun, the bartender quickly explained: "Don't worry, that's not what I meant."
"It's just that there are too many strange things in this world. But no matter how you look at it, it's unlikely that two girls would have a child if they went there together."
When Shao Yun heard that Ying and Paimeng went to Lujingquan, he was so angry that his teeth were itching. What were these two, a big one and a small one, doing there?
"Oh, it can't be what I thought. You will get into trouble if I don't watch you."
From the look on Clorinde's face, did she think Shao Yun had the wrong idea?
"What? To cause trouble? You don't think your wife will have any relationship with Navia..."
Clorinde thought that Navia was with Ying, how could this be possible! From childhood to adulthood, she had never seen her have any strange thoughts about herself?
When Shao Yun saw Clorinde's expression, he knew that she must have had some wrong thoughts.
"That's not it! What are you thinking about!"
After saying that, he looked extremely anxious and a little out of control, urging, "Hurry up and follow me! If you're any later, something terrible will happen!"
……
In this way, the two of them hurriedly boarded the patrol ship heading to Iliye Island.
When the ship was approaching Mojie Station, Clorinde suddenly heard an unusual sound.
Her expression suddenly became serious.
"Oh no, there's something wrong with this sound! It sounds like a large number of security agencies are taking action, and there's also the sound of Navia's weapons firing!"
When Shao Yun heard this, his heart skipped a beat and he thought to himself that this was not good. Ying must have run into big trouble again.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but complain indignantly: "I hate Fontaine. We can only travel by boat. If we could ride horses, we would have rushed there to help long ago!"
When the patrol boat docked at the platform, without waiting for the boat to stop completely, the two rushed down the deck and ran towards Lujingquan.
Along the way, all that could be heard was the harsh sound of the metal equipment of the security agencies rubbing against each other.
The whole air was filled with a strong and pungent smell of gunpowder, which made people feel an indescribable tense atmosphere.
When the two arrived in front of Lujingquan, the scene they saw made them gasp.
At this moment, Ying and his group were surrounded by a large number of security agencies.
Although Ying and the others fought bravely with all their might, they were helpless because the other side had too many people. Gradually, they began to seem overwhelmed.
At this critical moment of life and death, Clorinde shifted her gaze to the bright red "Eye of God" worn on Shao Yun's waist.
Then, without any hesitation, she decisively drew out her own one-handed sword - "Absolution".
The sword flashed with an icy cold light, and faintly revealed a powerful force that should not be underestimated.
"Do you understand what I mean?" Clorinde stared at Shao Yun and asked in a low voice.
Shao Yun just nodded slightly in response, indicating that he understood Clorinde's intention.
In an instant, the Eye of the Thunder God embedded in Clorinde's neck suddenly burst into an extremely dazzling purple light.
At the same time, Clorinde suddenly exerted force and launched directly.
In just ten seconds, she launched a lightning-enchanted attack on every security agency present with astonishing speed, and covered them all with a layer of lightning element that flashed with crackling electric light.
The security agencies possessed by the lightning element became extremely slow in their movements, completely losing their previous aggressive momentum, which bought Ying and his group a precious moment to catch their breath.
At this moment, Shao Yun raised John's cowboy revolver in his hand and pointed it at himself and the nearest security agency.
At the same time, the red "Eye of God" worn on his waist suddenly flashed a dazzling red light, and from the eye sockets of the skull carving connected to the "Eye of God", black liquid emitting black gas actually slowly flowed out.
Immediately afterwards, a bullet emitting a dark red light flew out from the muzzle and hit the target accurately.
In an instant, the bullet triggered a violent fire and thunder reaction!
As this violent "overload" reaction ravaged the entire place, all the security agencies exploded in an instant.
For a moment, flames shot up into the sky, thick smoke billowed, and deafening explosions occurred one after another.
Countless shattered parts were thrown into the air like flowers scattered from heaven, and then fell down like raindrops, forming a rain of parts.
Shao Yun stared coldly at the messy and scattered parts of the security equipment on the ground, his brows slightly frowned.
He glanced down at the skull carving on his waist, which was still oozing black liquid.
Shao Yun couldn't help but spit fiercely and cursed in a low voice: "Oh... Damn it!"