Struggle in the Steam Age

"This lady is right." The boss nodded after hearing Safir's appraisal conclusion. "It's not just the cheap silver jewelry left behind. According to the stories passed down by generations of my family, the jewelry seized at that time contained either very common jewelry, or some very rough cast precious metal blocks, and some At first glance it looks like a gemstone pried out of jewelry."

"I feel that these jewels may come from wrong sources." Lawrence interjected, because in his impression, there are not many people who choose to destroy those jewels to artificially lower the value of jewels after getting them. Only some lawbreakers will choose to do so.

The reason why those extrajudicial fanatics do this is to reduce the size of jewelry as much as possible to facilitate carrying, and on the other hand, the original jewelry style is more distinctive, which is easy to be recognized and difficult to sell.

So in order to avoid being discovered and the jewelry is stolen goods, they will choose to disassemble the jewelry and re-melt the precious metal parts of the jewelry, and even re-polish the relatively large gemstones on the jewelry.

"You're right." The innkeeper nodded in agreement. "My ancestors thought the same way at the time, and according to their analysis, this group of people probably came from other places to seek refuge from some illegal groups."

"Oh? Why do they think so?" Safir suddenly cheered up and asked, because if the previous treasure map was true, the group of exiles from the Scarlet Sky escaped from other places.

"Because when this incident happened, there was no big city around the Great Lakes area. The large human settlements in this area were all small fortified towns built on important intersections and some important lands with important resources. So it is impossible to find so many jewelry locally." The hotel owner shrugged.

"It turned out to be like this." Lawrence suddenly realized that many things have been different for a long time, just like now this town looks like an ordinary town mainly for tourism, but in the town An old bunker that was used as a warehouse can still be seen on a small high ground outside.

According to the information Lawrence collected from Kogg, this lakeside town was first established as a resting place on the main road. Because if there are too many people, it will attract a large number of murlocs or monsters to attack, so there is no wall in the town. Instead, they choose to build fortifications in a place not far from the town that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

"If they are not locals, did your ancestors say what the identities of those people are?" After figuring out why the hotel owner said that his ancestors insisted that these people were outsiders, Lawrence began to ask a question about himself very important question.

"No." The hotel owner shook his head after putting the wine glass in his hand on the table. "After killing the group of enemies, both the patrol and the expedition team searched every corpse and every thing seriously, but they didn't find any items that could prove their identity."

"But why do we hear from the outside world that these treasures belong to a certain cult?" Safir asked a little puzzled, "And we see that some of your travel brochures also claim that this is a treasure of a cult. "

"That's because during the search, everyone found a lot of spell-casting materials related to human tissue from an enemy caster, and he cast some spells related to undead and blood during the battle. When it comes to other evidence, this is the only evidence that can be used as speculation." The hotel owner shrugged helplessly.

"Well, this is indeed very strong evidence." Lawrence nodded. As a spellcaster, he naturally knew that only necromancers and cultists liked to work with human tissues, and those who were accustomed to carrying these things with them Only certain cultists left.

Judging from this evidence, Lawrence is even more suspicious that the group of people back then came from the Scarlet Sky. Because the practice of removing everything that might reveal their identity and carrying a large amount of wealth that has been specially processed and whose origin cannot be seen is very consistent with the situation that they are on the run.

The next thing the hotel owner said was some very fragmentary information. For example, after the incident, those people asked a priest from the God of War Church to check. But unfortunately, because the priest arrived a little late, he only confirmed that the caster among the enemies killed was indeed a cultist.

Another example is that because of the size of the small sampan, it is impossible to row too far on the lake full of various monsters. So everyone thought that there must be a hidden treasure nearby that everyone didn't know about. As a result, with the help of magic, a cave with hidden jewels was found on the shore of the lake not far away, which is where the current tourist attraction, Treasure Cave, is located.

"Half of the entrance to the treasure cave is submerged below the water surface, and there are a lot of plants around it as a cover. So if it is not for magic, it is almost impossible for ordinary people to find that place." Stimulated by alcohol, the boss began to say It revealed some secrets that only the descendants of some of the participants in the incident knew.

"My ancestors thought they could get a lot of wealth, but the facts disappointed them. After they spent a lot of time building a dam at the entrance of the cave and draining the water, they only found it in the mud at the bottom of the cave. Jewelry that adds up to less than 150 yuan."

"But this has created wealth for us younger generations." Speaking of this, the boss showed a smile on his face. "When this place decided to focus on tourism more than 20 years ago, my father and his companions rebuilt the embankment at the entrance of the cave and installed some lighting facilities, and developed it into a well-known local scenic spot. .”

"I think if you really want to hunt for treasure, you should go to that cave and the place where my ancestors fought. Anyway, these two places are the only places I know that are related to treasures." Finally The boss made a small suggestion to Lawrence and the others.

"Such a long time has passed, I don't think there is anything left in this place." 20 minutes later, Lawrence and Sefiel came to the place where the conflict had occurred, but this place is now a small place with a very beautiful scenery In the lake bay, there is also a trestle bridge with a gazebo deep into the water for tourists to watch the scenery.

"Of course, I don't think there will be anything left here. But don't you think the surrounding environment is very beautiful? It's not a bad thing to come to this tourist attraction that appears on postcards and not have a good time." Standing on the trestle, Lawrence patted Safir's head habitually and said.

"I'm not a child anymore." Safiel shook his head like a small animal and shook off Lawrence's hand, then looked towards the lakeshore. "But you're right, it's really beautiful here."

There is a lush coniferous forest beside the lake, and there is only one path that winds and stretches towards the small town in the distance. With a gust of wind blowing, the emerald green forests growing on the rolling hills made a rustling sound, bringing a little life to the quiet lakeside.

"Huh?" While the two were enjoying the scenery in front of them together, Lawrence suddenly noticed that there was a small hill to the left that looked a bit strange, because the top of the hill seemed to have been destroyed by some powerful force, and the top of the hill was at least 1/3 of the place is gone.

Seeing this, he showed a look of reminiscence, and soon he took out the earliest treasure map from the space bag. Sure enough, when drawing the treasure map, a strange hill with a flat top was drawn with a few strokes next to this treasure spot.

"Is that the mountain on the map?" Sai Feier leaned over at this time, took a look at the treasure map, and then looked at the mountain in the distance. "Maybe we can really find the treasure this time."