"Qin Lun, did you see anything?" Hill asked softly through the team channel.
"Well, we're here, but it looks a bit strange here." Qin Lun hid in the shadow at the corner of the corridor, looking forward cautiously. He has already used the hidden skill of the hunter profession, which allows him to have a camouflage hidden effect under static conditions.
After Hill used telepathy, he finally found his location after more than half an hour of searching. It turned out that Qin Lun was actually in the underground waterway at the opposite corner of the Oak Barrel Tavern, but there was a drop of more than a hundred meters between there and the pier ground.
Fortunately, Qin Lun didn't wander around in the sewer. He was in a three-story underground drain. Wanting to find a well leading to the ground there is simply a daydream. It's really better to enter the sea through the estuary, and then return to the pier of Baldur's Gate.
Finally, Hill gave him an idea. They found out on the ground which buildings belonged to the gang dens in the dock area, and those three religions more or less opened up warehouses and secret rooms underground. Then Qin Lun should be able to find the secret passage built by them in that area by using his gaze halo, so as to return to the ground.
However, this is a test of the eyesight of both Hill and Rand, because not every gangster has the financial resources and manpower to operate underground waterways. They need to find a relatively large black organization and identify the black organization's lair in the dock area or inner city, so that it is possible to find their underground lair.
Rand said in the middle that this might cause unnecessary trouble to the three of them, but they were finally persuaded by the two. In the past, when Starry Sky sent apostles into the mission world, most of them would prepare some native currency or guide them into a certain plot force, so that the apostles could integrate into the plot mission as soon as possible.
But this time, the three of them entered Toril with the tokens of the world. They had neither gold coins nor guided missions, so they had to find some belongings for themselves for later missions. Therefore, the purpose of finding the black organization's hideout was not only to meet Qin Lun, but also to get some money for the three of them.
It stands to reason that although Qin Lun had introduced the general situation of Baldur's Gate to the two of them in advance, it was very annoying for the two outsiders to find clues about the underground gang organization in this unfamiliar place in a short period of time. attention. It is possible that the gang thugs came to the door before they found any clues, which would not be conducive to the continued activities of the two.
It's just that these two guys are not people who follow the rules, they used the simplest and most rude method. First started with the local hooligans, and then went to their online one by one. After half a day's work, after dropping more than a dozen corpses along the way, I finally got a piece of useful information.
They found a large smuggler's guild occupying the Baldur's Gate wharf area, the eastern unloading port.
According to the little gang leader that Rand killed in the end, the smuggling chamber was called "Antanari". The Antanari Chamber of Commerce is very powerful. Not only did it win over several gangs composed of thieves, sailors, and coolies in the dock area, but it was also said to be related to a certain council duke in Baldur's Gate.
Hearing this information for the first time, even Hill was taken aback. Although Baldur's Gate and its surrounding areas are not considered a complete country, the strength of this city is no less than that of the capital of a powerful human country like Calimshan.
The fact that a chamber of commerce organization that can take all black and white in such a big city shows its strength. It is estimated that there are high-level powerhouses and even legendary professions enshrined in the chamber of commerce. Fortunately, the two of Hill had already made mental preparations before they started, and they didn't plan to stay at Baldur's Gate after joining Qin Lun, so they didn't have any scruples.
Although the apostles possessed all sorts of strange abilities, but in front of local snakes like Antanari, as long as they attracted the attention of their high-level officials, it wouldn't take long for the two of Hill to hide.
All-pervasive hooligans, prostitutes and coolies are their eyeliner, just like the surveillance cameras in the streets and alleys of modern cities, as long as the official agencies want to find you, they will deliver it to your door in minutes.
With this understanding, Hill and Rand felt a sense of urgency, and quickly followed the clues to find a hidden place in Antanari.
Of course, this hidden den is not the office with the signboard of the Antanari Chamber of Commerce in the Baldur's Gate dock area, but an old carriage house located at the junction of the dock area and the inner city, near the outer city wall of Baldur's Gate.
This kind of external cover-up opened the eyes of Qin Lun and the three of them. The horse-drawn carriage shop had frequent customers, and no matter whether there were nobles, commoners, or mercenaries here, they would not be particularly suspicious.
The carriage house covers a large area, and the livestock need a lot of forage every day. The carriage and forage warehouse can provide convenient storage for smuggled goods. No matter how many horse-drawn carriages come in and out every day, they will not be noticeable, which is convenient for the transportation of smuggled goods.
If Qin Lun's three people's speculations are correct, the smuggling chamber of commerce that can run such a large carriage house should also have the strength to use the underground waterway network. There is a high possibility that there is a hidden warehouse or darkroom connected to the sewer underground in the carriage house.
That kind of place should be prepared for valuable smuggling or slave trade. The Antanari Chamber of Commerce only needs to use sampans or small boats to transport precious metals and slaves out of the city through the underground sea outlet, and then load them into the moored outside the port. Smuggling ships, or transporting the items on the smuggling ships into the city.
At this time, Hill and Rand had already arrived outside the carriage house, and Qin Lun, who was underground, also took back the gargoyle, and followed their instructions to approach the underground part of the carriage house.
After arriving here, the underground waterway finally became narrower, no more than three meters high and no more than five meters wide, but the sewer in this place deepened to more than three meters instead, so Qin Lun could only walk along the narrow passages on both sides of the sewer.
However, Qin Lun felt a little relieved, because he observed that the aisles on both sides no longer looked sticky and slippery. And the stone wall of the corridor also has much less moss than the previous place. Obviously, people often come and go in and out of this place, and they found the right place.
When he walked around a corner again, he finally found an iron hanging ladder in front of him. This hanging ladder was well maintained, with no rust on the surface. After climbing up the hanging ladder, Qin Lun finally heard strange voices coming from nearby. He used his hidden skills to hide his figure and observed the front.
"Strange? What kind of weirdness?" Rand asked with interest.
In front of Qin Lun's current position, the width of the corridor became narrower again, probably only allowing three or four people to walk side by side. Because this place belongs to the upper level of the sewer, there is no sewer, and it seems that it is often cleaned by people, and the disgusting stench is gone.
Qin Lun threw away the tattered shirt on his body, revealed the apostle equipment, and transformed it into a pair of leather pants with the phantom leather suit. With the addition of the earth dragon lizard scale armor and Indian feather boots, he was no longer naked. It's just that the stench on his body is still a bit strong. Fortunately, the air here itself is not considered fresh, so it won't be exposed because of this.
The channel here is different from the one below, it is no longer a straight water channel, according to Qin Lun's observation, the channel in front seems to have an arc, like a ring structure. It's just because his vision is blocked, and he is unwilling to use the staring aura to disturb the possible strong people, so he can't see the situation inside the ring road for the time being.
The voices Qin Lun heard before belonged to the patrolling guards who were passing by ahead.
"These guards are wearing animal masks, the leader is wearing a black cloth hood, and wearing a black robe similar to a priest's uniform." Qin Lun said with a strange expression, "Hill, are you sure that the carriage house on the ground belongs to the Smuggling Chamber of Commerce? I think The outfits of these people are similar to yours, and they look like followers of some kind of cult!"
"Nonsense, my belief is very pure, how can I be a heretic, you are blaspheming the Lord!" Hill retorted calmly, the cannibal priest has long been used to the teasing of his companions.
"If it's really a cult, it will be beneficial to us!" Rand said in surprise.
Qin Lun and Hill did not speak for a while, and Rand reminded them that if the Antanari Chamber of Commerce was really tricky, it would be beneficial to them.
Baldur's Gate is a port metropolis with complex factions. With Baldur's Gate at its core, the Winding River and Chongsa River Plains live in a large number of lawful and kind-hearted farmers and small businessmen.
In addition, because Baldur's Gate is located on the golden route of the Sword Coast, an important commercial port connecting Waterdeep, Amn, Tethyr, and Calimshan, it also attracts a large number of lawful neutral and lawful evil underground organizations and Great chamber of commerce.
This includes not only neutral organizations such as the Seven Suns Chamber of Commerce, the Iron Throne, and the Church of Heim, but also lawful evil camps such as the Zhentarim Society, the Red Robe Mage, and the Church of Ilmater.
Baldur's Gate originated from great pirates, and it does not actually exclude neutral and evil camps, nor does it exclude other races except humans, and implements a policy of tolerance. As long as the organizations that enter the port and the city are willing to abide by the city system, they will not be turned away, which to some extent also drives the prosperity of the city.
There is only one racial camp that is really rejected by Baldur's Gate, and that is the chaotic evil camp.
After all, Baldur's Gate is a city that needs order and laws. No matter how strong the spirit of tolerance is, it cannot tolerate chaotic evil camps that only cause trouble and disaster. No city on Faerun welcomes this faction. Where there is chaos and evil, there is no city to speak of.
Since Baldur's Gate implements an inclusive policy, but the church under the carriage house is still sneaky and afraid to see people, it is naturally very likely that it is a cult with chaotic and evil beliefs.
Looting smuggling chambers of commerce and cults may bring huge troubles to the three of them. The only difference between the two is that the smuggling chambers of robbing and colluding with the high-level Baldur's Gate will be surrounded and suppressed by the city's black and white forces.
And robbing a cult that Baldur's Gate cannot tolerate, so as long as this cult's stronghold is exposed, except for the insiders of this cult, the official structure of Baldur's Gate and most gangsters will not trouble them again, even in a short period of time It will also force cult members to dare not show their faces.