Chapter 3 - Grimace
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Wen Leisa was speechless for a moment, and she could only feel the cold gaze under the mage's mask. Perhaps it is most appropriate to say sorry now, but dignity does not allow Wen Leisa to do so.
"Since General Ranger allows me to leave, I will not stay upset." The mage looked at Aurelia. The Regent knew the world better than her sister, and at least his eyes were a little regretful. "If you want to understand the entire sewer, it is best to give the homeless people here a few meals. They are the people who are most familiar with the sewer. And don't forget that you only have less than an hour."
Aurelia nodded without saying a word. The mage glared at Wen Leisa behind her, cast a teleportation technique and left.
"Arrogant guy." General Ranger said angrily.
The Regent sighed, "He has enough reason to hate us."
Now only Aurelia and her accompanying people were left. She arranged four rangers to guard the entrance, and the rest went deep into the sewer with her.
It smells so bad that the rats can be heard from time to time. The city of Dalaran is bright and beautiful, and below it absorbs all the dark side of a city.
Visual impact is tantamount to torture for the elves who have always paid attention to the living environment.
"It should be difficult for people here to talk to, sister." Wen Lesa whispered. Aurelia agreed. The Regent wanted the rangers to scatter and search, but because she was not familiar with the structure here, it was difficult to be lost if she went too deep, and there might even be an accident. So she began to carefully consider the opinions of the mage just now. Perhaps the homeless people who had settled here could tell her something valuable, and in her favor, her wallet was bulging.
"Have you ever seen an elf child?" Aurelia found a guy huddled in the corner. The other party was wearing a wide brown robe that was not fit, and the holes on the cuffs were sewn with pudding with different colors of fabrics. The lower half of the face exposed under the hood of the same color as the clothes was covered with dirt, and there was a whirring sound of dissatisfaction in his mouth, as if he was blaming Aurelia for disturbing his dream, or for not hearing clearly what the elf was saying.
"Have you ever seen an elf child?" In order to save time, Aurelia simply held the wallet in her hand and shook it, telling the homeless man that there is a reward for answering questions.
This trick was very effective. The other party immediately showed his white teeth and smiled, stretched out his dirty right hand, and lowered his voice and said, "A silver coin."
Aurelia put a brand new silver coin in that hand without thinking. "Speak quickly."
The man pointed deep in the sewer, "I saw him heading towards another exit of the sewer."
"What?" Aurelia was shocked. There was another news about the sewer exit, which was a bolt from the blue for her, which meant that Belorel might have run away, but the female elf quickly realized that Dalaran was a floating castle, and the exit of the sewer should be in mid-air. How should her son leave?
"Wenressa, has Belorel learned the art of slowing down?"
The silver-haired elf shook his head without thinking, "No, the instructor who taught him magic commented that he did not have the talent to learn magic. In other words, Belorel actually knows nothing about magic."
"Then he's still here." Aurelia breathed a sigh of relief and ordered to her rangers: "All of you go find it immediately. Those who dare to stop it will kill you. You must bring him back."
After the rangers made clear the mission, they left one after another. Aurelia nodded slightly to the homeless man who provided the clues, "Thank you for your help."
"Sister, we should go to the sewer exit first to find out the situation."
"You're right, sister."
The exit of the sewer is not that difficult to find, because the air flow will tell Aurelia the correct direction, but the female elf feels a little uneasy. She doesn't know why, but she feels that she has overlooked some important details.
Soon, the Regent's thinking had to be disturbed by what he saw in front of him. She really underestimated Dalaran's sewer. Not only was the order here chaotic, but what was even more strange was that the smell of magic gradually increased in the air. Some mages actually engaged in dangerous experiments in this dark environment. Strangely, the Kenretto Council did not conduct any discipline.
"I hope Quel'thalas won't have such a place in the future." Aurelia could no longer hide her disgust, and at the same time she was even more worried about Belorel.
"There is light." Wenleza reminded.
The exit arrived? Aurelia looked ahead with anticipation, and fresh air came to her face. With a heartbeat, Aurelia seemed to have gotten rid of the noble identity of the Regent and regained the agile posture of the Ranger.
"Someone!"
There was no need for Wen Leisa to remind her that she also saw that at the exit of the sewer, a human blocked most of the light that was cast in. He was tied up with a fat body, his upper body, and his mouth was blocked by a piece of rag. The poor guy couldn't move, and he was close to the edge of the exit. If he pushed him gently, even if the snow in Jingge Forest was soft, he would not be able to fall into a meat pie.
Aurelia's hope was shattered again, and this guy was not her son whom she regarded as a treasure.
"Damn it!" the female elf cursed.
When humans saw two stunning elves coming to him, they couldn't help but get excited, begging them to save him, but Aurelia was not in any mood to save him.
"What's going on?" She pulled off the rag and grabbed the human neck.
The man's face twisted, and Aurelia's hand made him breathless and speechless.
"Sister!" Wenleza exclaimed and grabbed Aurelia's arm, and quickly patted the Regent several times before letting go.
Finally, I could breathe again, and the humans tried hard to cough out their saliva and couldn't speak for the time being.
"He seems to be a homeless man too," Wen Leisa said after careful observation. "But where did his clothes go?" General Ranger accidentally glanced at the thing stuffed into the man's mouth just now, and said in surprise: "Sister, look at that piece of cloth."
Aurelia's eyes moved to the rag she threw on the ground with her sister's reminder. There was undoubtedly the saliva of this human on it, but there was obviously something else on it. She picked it up again and saw someone using graphite grimace on the cloth, as if mocking the person who saw it.
Chapter completed!