Chapter 369 Moros City-State

"Captain, we have arrived in Roman!"

"Hahaha, I can finally get off the boat and relax."

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Su Lun and Qianjo were still testing the alchemy gargoyle in the captain's cabin, while listening to the cheers of the crew on the deck.

After sailing at sea for so long, the days when they docked for supplies are the happiest time for the crew.

Su Lun put away the gargoyle and came to the deck with Chijo.

As soon as I came out, I saw that the coastline in the distance was already very clear.

The blue sky is cloudless, and the sea and sky are the same color.

Because it is close to the coast, seagulls also appeared in groups near the ship. Some of them soared in the sky, some hunted in the sea, and some landed on the deck.

Legend has it that seagulls will bring good luck to people, so sailors like these messengers at sea very much. These birds do not recognize their own, and happily accept the bread crumbs fed by the crew.

Su Lun stood at the bow of the boat, looking into the distance. There is a huge city built against the mountains on the coast, and the domed buildings with white and blue main colors can be seen from a long distance away.

On the cliff by the sea, there is a magnificent temple built with hundreds of huge stone pillars.

That was the "Temple of Agathaparton", the holiest place in all the Roman Empire.

The Romans were warlike and produced heroic epics and gladiators.

They believe in the god of war, and the temple of Agapanon is dedicated to the god of war.

Roman has no royal family, only dozens of free city-states, and each city-state has its own consul, who is regarded as half a city lord.

In front of you is the largest city-state among the dozens of Roman city-states - "Moros".

Because this city-state has the best deep-water port and is also the place where Roman foreign trade is most concentrated, it is naturally the most economically developed city.

A large number of pirates, speculators, slave traders, and adventurers from all over gathered here.

"Everyone, be careful after disembarking, and try not to be too ostentatious. Inform me in time if there is any situation."

"Yes, Captain!"

"Hahaha, let's go, I heard that Roman's arena is very lively, let's go and have a look."

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Flying the humble pirate flag, the Dawn Regiment sailed into the port.

There are hundreds of various pirate ships moored in the deep water port. After the advent of the era of great pirates, a large number of such "new" pirate groups appeared in the North Sea. There was an extra boat, but no one noticed.

The crew got off the ship happily, and went to the city in small groups.

Together with Su Lun and Qianjo, there is also the little follower Lolota holding the sword. They got off the boat and strolled on the pier, and saw the Sea King-class battleship "Princess Skadi" and eight frigates in the port.

Neither of them were surprised.

After all, Dr. Banks has already sensed that the marked submarine is on the bottom of the sea.

Qiantiao only glanced at it, then retracted his gaze, and whispered: "That Princess Shuangyue is also in the city now, I don't know why she is here."

Su Lun stripped the memory of the former vice-captain of the 18th Fleet and learned some confidential information, saying: "It should be waiting for the right time. After all, the sea area near the Void Ruins is very dangerous. We have to wait for the right wind direction and ocean currents. Only then can we pass, maybe we can meet a few times a year."

There are a lot of ancient equipment in the Void Ruins, and the level of the pirates can't digest it at all, so I plan to cooperate with Marfa's technical staff to develop it.

There is nothing to see about the warship, and I can't eat it after seeing it.

Now that Princess Shuangyue's people are in the city, they can also find a chance to inquire about Kai's news.

If you really want to save people, the conditions here are much better than in the pirate city of Hastling.

The three entered the city without haste.

Going up the stone steps of the pier, you can see a beautifully repaired white stone city wall, with fine carvings on the battlements and arrow towers.

This is the most beautiful city wall Su Lun has ever seen.

The Romans not only liked war, they also had deep artistic attainments. There have been many master painters, architects, musicians and poets in this country. They created many epoch-making works of art.

Every detail of the buildings in the city can be seen in the pursuit of art and beauty flowing in the blood.

There is a group of guards in armor and holding spears at the gate of the city.

Unlike the guards of other city-states, they look very strong. His bare arms were muscular, his eyes were piercing, and his body exuded a murderous aura.

This is just an ordinary guard.

Su Lun couldn't help but take another look.

There was no inspection, and the three of them entered the city without incident.

No wonder there are always pirate groups coming here to recruit crews. The Romans are born fighters, and after they entered the city, they also found that the rumors were true.

Pure Romans are blond and easily recognizable. On the street, shirtless adult men can be seen everywhere. They may not be considered tall in terms of size, but they are all as strong as cheetahs, with wheat-colored skin and tendons all over their bodies, shiny in the sun.

It is rare to see a fat man with a big belly.

Even children chasing and playing on the side of the road can clearly see the lumps of abdominal muscles.

Weightlifting, wrestling, fencing, javelin throwing. This is a game for children.

They pride themselves on being strong.

Romania is still an agricultural society, with almost no industry. Most of the women on the street wore loose coarse linen, and rich ladies would wear long cotton skirts imported from overseas. But this kind of skirt style is very simple, and it can't hide much privacy. As long as you pay close attention to it, you can see the breasts exposed under the skirt, and the slender legs can be seen at a glance. Especially those young girls, they are not stingy with showing off their beautiful figures, and they come and go on the street as usual. They worship heroes and are happy to have a night of fun with the strong.

As the legend says, the folk customs here are bold and unrestrained.

Walking on the street, Su Lun also found it quite eye-catching.

The buildings in the city are very dense, and you can tell at a glance which ones are residential buildings and which ones are public buildings.

"Central Colosseum", "Senate", "Moros City Hall", "Muse Opera House", "Public Baths", "Trading Market".

The public buildings are large and have unique architectural styles.

There are also many outsiders in the city, and the three of Su Lun are inconspicuous.

In addition to wandering around and looking at the local customs and customs, their first priority is to inquire about some information.

The current Roman Kingdom has nominally belonged to the "Kingdom of the North Sea", and the mace flag of the North Sea Fleet has been hung around the city.

After all, Su Lun and the others have only wiped out a few divisions of the North Sea Fleet, so they should be more careful.

Fortunately, they were prepared. In the previous battle, they deliberately stripped away some information in the city. Su Lun also knew some safe information exchange points and reliable information merchants.

Not long after, when they walked out of a tavern called "Lavender", they had roughly figured out the information they needed.

"Kai was sent to the arena to be a slave gladiator. It seems that he is going to participate in some "hero test". There will be a match tomorrow."

"If you don't have to fight, try not to fight. I spent some money on the arena and went to a middleman to inquire about the news. When the time comes, I will find someone to contact Kai, and I should be able to find a way to rescue him. Moreover, there are also people in the arena. A group of royal knight slave gladiators from the Royal Capital of Lu Ying, I suspect that they are the people Barrett and the others are looking for. Maybe Barrett and the others are lurking in the city right now, so pay more attention when the time comes."

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Qianjo and Su Lun walked all the way, exchanging the information they just got.

The current situation is quite ideal for them. This is nominally Oleg's territory, but in the arena, the North Sea Fleet doesn't have too much say.

As long as you are willing to spend money, there are many ways to find ways to save people.

Moreover, the focus of the current situation is not on them, but on "Princess Frost Moon" Skadi.

"The current situation in the city is very complicated. The royal family of Lu Ying, Grand Duke Raphael, and other forces with unknown origins are all eyeing Princess Shuangyue and her party. A large number of outsiders have mixed into the city. Can we Guessing that they are going to the space ruins, those people can naturally guess too. There may be big movements recently."

"Princess Frost Moon hasn't shown much recently, probably because she was afraid of being assassinated. But even if she didn't go out, rumors about her and Oleg's second son, Onis Popov, were spreading outside. Tsk tsk, this princess It really doesn't stop."

"Hehe. It's good to be lively."

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Another piece of good news is that Su Lun has not heard of anyone wanting them for the Dawn Squad.

On the contrary, the arrest warrants of the "Holy Judgment Group" are posted everywhere on the black market, and the price of the reward has soared and become more and more exaggerated.

And the three pirate teams of the Eighteenth Fleet that were wiped out by the regiment are currently also characterized as "missing".

Someone offered a reward for information, but no one knew what happened.

This is a great benefit for Su Lun and the others, because no one was left alive before, and this news should be hidden for a long time.

There are some shops selling fruit, jewelry, and clothes on the street, but the three of them have no interest.

I went to the blacksmith shop, the quality of the sword and armor was good, and I bought some for the crew on the ship. In particular, the large weapons used by the three giant brothers were customized.

Now that the news has been inquired, Su Lun spent money to find local snakes to operate, and all they have to do is wait for news.

The three walked down the street.

They had been at sea for more than ten days this time, and the sea breeze made their bodies smell of the sea.

This is unbearable for Qianjo, who likes to soak in soup.

At this time, she said: "I heard that Roman's public bath is good, with natural hot springs and a large bath. I plan to try it now. Su Lun, do you want to go together?"

Su Lun nodded, "Okay."

Roman's bathing place is indeed well-known in Beihai. The folk customs here are open, and there is also a very famous celestial body mixed bathing.

But as soon as he answered, he thought of something again, and said: "But I want to go to the trading market to have a look. How about you and Lolotta go first, and I will come back later."

Compared with taking a bath, he still thinks it is better to just go shopping in the market.

The high-level magic beast materials here are very cheap, buying some materials and magic crystals can save a lot of money.

Maybe it can still be missed.

The more remote the place, the easier it is for many valuable things to be dusty.

Qianjo couldn't wait to go to the soup, so he didn't say much: "Okay, I'll contact you when I have something to do."

With that said, the three separated.

Qianjo and Lolotta went to the bathing place, while Su Lun strolled in the city to the market area on Shell Street in Beicheng.

The winter in Romania is very long, accounting for three-quarters of the whole year.

There are only two or three months in summer, so Roman's self-produced grain is very little, and there is a great demand for imported grain.

As the "first Roman city-state", Moros can have such a large population because there are a large number of foreign grain merchants in this city.

The Romans are very warlike. Apart from fighting, they usually hunt monsters and sea monsters, so there are a lot of high-grade monster materials and weapons here. Those speculators transported food in exchange for those Warcraft materials that could be sold at high prices elsewhere, so as to make huge profits.

These businesses have also continued for thousands of years.

Food, slaves, weapons, materials for magical beasts... these are the most popular types of big businesses in Moros City.

Before Su Lun entered the market area, he heard the clamor of selling.

The trading market here is not much different from other cities, but more primitive.

The food was piled on the ground in piles, and so were the slaves.

The Romans were warlike and had a high fertility rate. There are wars between city-states all the year round, so there will be a large number of war slaves on the market.

Most of the men were sent to the arena, or sold to pirates and nobles as fighters.

The women were stripped naked in the slave market, chained in rows, and stood on the side of the street. Most of the ones displayed are young and good-looking, and they can be sold for a good price.

Buyers can touch and knead it at will, and the female slaves also look numb, as if they have accepted this tragic fate.

Su Lun had no interest in slaves and went straight into the depths of the market.

He walked around several material stores, and the materials for Warcraft here were even a few percent cheaper than those in Pirate City. And you can find a lot of advanced materials.

For example, the seventh- and eighth-order elements, monster blood, etc., are all necessary materials for drawing high-level runes, and it is difficult to buy such a complete set elsewhere.

This is what Su Lun urgently needs now.

He was not stingy with money and bought a bunch of them.

The situation in the Moros city-state is a bit complicated now, and the trading market, a place where a large number of outsiders gather, is even more mixed.

Su Lun walked all the way, and he saw a lot of guys who looked like spies. In Harvest's memory, there are still some familiar faces.

He wasn't interested in spies from all over the world either. After shopping around the big shops, he headed towards the flea market.

Those stalls are full of small merchants and hawkers, and they also have a lot of good things in their hands.

"Come and see, the ancient secret stone tablets, scrolls, and classics just produced in the ruins are cheap."

"The remnants of the "Book of the Dead" from three thousand years ago, come and see it if you need it."

"Professional sales of various secret treasures, [Blackbeard's Treasure Map], [Ancient God Stele], [Akavian Era Chronicle Inscription], [Aladdin Magic Lamp], [Magic Flying Carpet]."

"The feces of ghost-headed whales, the best material to ensure safe navigation, only costs one hundred thousand lisos per ton."

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There was a lot of hustle and bustle along the way, and there were all kinds of weird things on the stalls.

The world has a large population base, and there are many lucky people.

Maybe there is a cave in the mountain, which is the tomb of an ancient king. Those funerary objects can make people rich overnight, and they will also produce many ancient treasures.

Su Lun walked all the way, and the pupil of omniscience also appraised the past.

There are many fakes, and there are also some "little bests".

But like a cursed object of the "Forbidden Object" level, even if it doesn't have eyes, it can still feel its extraordinary curse characteristics.

So the possibility of detecting a large leak is very low.

Su Lun's key targets are those classics, secret volumes, documents and the like.

He has always kept in mind his teacher Selea's teaching that alchemists must be knowledgeable.

The treasures of countless civilizations are buried in this world. No one knows what is undiscovered underground, and no one knows what big secrets are hidden in those documents.

All-seeing eyes look at [rough imitations], [poor imitations].

You can just skip it.

He walks around the stalls very fast.

When encountering a real product, you don't need to read the content at all. When Su Lun encounters a price that is right, he will buy it directly.

Those lions who opened their mouths didn't pay attention at all.

In pirate circles, almost no one is interested in these ancient documents that are worthless.

It was rare for such a customer to come, and the stall owners enthusiastically took out their treasures.

Commodities have certain regional characteristics, especially ancient relics.

This ancient relic produced in Romania is hard to find in other places.

Su Lun also gained a lot.

But while shopping around, he unexpectedly discovered that the proportion of puppet materials in these flea markets was a bit higher compared to other places.

Such as special wood, silk thread, puppet energy core... and some materials that are obviously only used by puppet masters, all are sold.

This made him a little strange.

Puppeteer is a very small profession, and the materials are usually not easy to find in the market.

But here, Su Lun found a lot.

I even saw a few professionals who were obviously dressed as puppet masters!

Moreover, at this moment, Su Lun was walking and found a special booth.

He looked at the dolls for sale on the stall, and exclaimed in his heart: "The rune puppet?"

Su Lun didn't expect to see someone selling finished puppets here.

The stall owner was a young girl with big brown braids and a few freckles on her face. Her facial features did not look like a native of Roman.

At this moment, she was sitting cross-legged on a blanket, and her whole body was "suspended" in mid-air.

Su Lun could tell at a glance that it was suspended by transparent silk threads, an obvious puppet master's method.

Many stall owners in this flea market like to use those strange ways to attract customers' attention.

What caught Su Lun's attention was not this person, but the things for sale at her booth.

Some are obviously puppets that need materials, and there are several finished craft dolls with runes carved on them. Those are the two most common ones, [Wailing Doll] and [Sneaky Doll].

Su Lun was an expert in this field, so he could tell at a glance that the quality of those rune puppets was not high.

Whether it is the level of rune carving or the utility of the finished product, it is much worse than what he carved himself.

It seems that the original drawing is incomplete, and there are some changes, adding some new functions.

But that didn't surprise him.

"Could this be passed down from the lineage of 'Puppet Master'?"

Su Lun felt very curious.

His lineage comes directly from Saria, the founder of the line of Rune Warlocks a thousand years ago.

Now that a thousand years have passed, perhaps some skills have been passed down.

Su Lun thought it might be "from the same door", so he walked over.

And at this time, he saw that there was a man who was chatting up beside the female stall owner.

Not bad looking, but a little frivolous.

"Kama, may I invite you to dinner tonight?"

"No, I want to set up a stall, I don't have time!"

"Hey, I said Kama, don't set up a stall. How much money can I make? I am now the captain of the North Sea Fleet, a serious second lieutenant officer, with a fixed salary of tens of thousands a month, and a lot of money If you marry me, you won't have to worry about life in the future."

"Ebel, I said that I am not interested in being a pirate. Those despicable pirates killed my parents and plundered our manor, have you forgotten?"

"That was in the past, forget about it. Now the North Sea Fleet is already a regular army of the royal family. And you must know that my father is now the captain of the Third Fleet and has a lot of power. We form a family, and we will definitely be in the future." Very happy."

"Sorry, please don't get in the way of doing business."

"Then how much are these things, I bought them."

"I won't sell it to you!"

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From the content of the chat, the two seem to be acquaintances.

But judging from the girl's tone, the two of them didn't seem to know each other that well.

Su Lun roughly understood.

Thinking about it, he walked to the booth and asked, "Miss, how much is this wooden puppet?"

Seeing other people coming, the man who struck up a conversation couldn't say anything more, so he left with a resentful expression.

The female stall owner saw the rare person asking for the price, and quickly introduced her product: "This is not an ordinary wooden puppet, but a 'rune puppet'. It has very special functions, this is [Smile Doll], activate it Energy crystal nucleus, it can release visual illusion in a wide range"

Su Lun naturally knew the rune puppet like the back of his hand, and he knew what was going on at a glance.

But he also listened patiently.

It seems that this female stall owner made it herself.

In other words, she is really a "Puppeteer".

Su Lun didn't intend to ask about her inheritance and family background as soon as she came, but tentatively asked some other normal questions, "By the way, I'm taking the liberty to ask. I just came to the city-state of Moros, and I found that there seem to be many puppet masters in the city." ,Why is this?"

Hearing this question, the girl's face was obviously surprised, and she said in amazement: "Ah, you don't know? Didn't you come here for the [Heart of Four Color Elements]?"

"???"

Su Lun frowned, thinking that she seemed to be talking about a very powerful puppet treasure.

Thinking about it, he seemed to have seen this name in the classics, and tentatively asked: "The [four-color element heart] you mentioned, is it the powerful energy core in the legend of the ancient goblin civilization?"

The girl said: "Yes!"

Su Lun's eyes lit up as he listened.

There is such a legendary treasure in this place?