Chapter 94: The Sump, Ford Tavern

"Rowan, we have to go down from here."

In front of the huge iron cage, Victor said to Rowan.

"This is the elevator to Zaun."

Rowan looked up with interest. From here, he could see the wealthy area of ​​Piltover on the high mountain. Then Rowan looked down again. Down below was Zaun, which was full of green and mist.

Zaun is really under the underground world!

Every place in Rune Continent has different scenery. If Piltover is elegant and retro, with medieval and modern styles, then Zaun is really like a ruin.

Zaun, sitting under the cliff, is formed in the shape of a column. From high to low, there are the dance corridors where Rowan is now, then the middle square, and the last ditch area.

After entering the elevator and starting it, with a clattering sound, this large iron cage full of rust began to operate and slowly descended. Rowan, who was in the elevator, could also see the surrounding environment. Zaun was very humid as a whole. Every building was more or less close to the cliffs with ravines and gullies, and various metal iron pipes were connected. Rowan could even hear the sound of water flowing in the pipes in the elevator.

There was green fog with a pungent smell everywhere, and the houses made of iron and glass were all in sight. Large earthenware jars spewed out pungent gas, making the whole Zaun look gray.

This would be like a city that only appeared in stories, and it was full of incredible things everywhere.

"Can you really adapt to the air here?" Victor said with concern beside him.

He has been breathing Zaun air for twenty years, but even he still feels uncomfortable with Zaun air.

Because many of those pungent gases spread upward from the highly toxic area in the ditch area, and those gases are toxic.

"Of course, Viktor, you don't have to worry about me too much." Rowan said to Viktor.

He was lying next to the elevator, with several Zaun people who had modified their bodies beside him.

"Piltover people?" Someone even asked provocatively.

Victor said quickly, "No, wait, we are from Zaun. I live in the ditch area. This is my friend."

"Hey, who doesn't know your name, Victor?" The provocative man showed a cruel smile. He approached Victor and continued, "I say, you are a traitor from Zaun, how dare you say you are still a Zaun?"

"That's right, haven't you joined Piltover? What are you doing back? Haha, do those Piltover guys don't want you anymore?"

"Victor, everyone knows who you are, you don't need to introduce yourself, but he, he is obviously a Piltover guy, how dare you bring a Piltover guy down without authorization?" A fat man with a black fish tattoo on his face buried his head in Victor, opened his mouth, and there were metal teeth inside. He exhaled yellow, smelly gas.

"I, I am from the Black Alley, you can't" Victor put his hand in front of him, closed one eye, and blocked those people.

Rowen looked at this scene and was a little speechless.

They are all Zaun people, is Viktor so unpopular?

Zaun people don't like him, and Piltover people don't accept him.

This guy is in an awkward situation.

Putting down the instrument in his hand, Rowan walked to the fat man and patted his shoulder.

The fat man turned his head to the side, looked at Rowan with a grin, and said, "Don't worry, Piltover man, it will be your turn soon."

Rowan raised his leg.

"Puff--"

He kicked out with a strong kick, and the fat guy in front of him flew backwards and hit the iron cage, making close contact with the iron bars. Then, he fell heavily to the ground, rolled his eyes, and fainted.

At the place where he hit, the half-meter thick iron bars that were originally upright were hit, and one or two of them were broken.

The people who were traveling with him started to curse, and one of them was even in a hurry to take out his weapon.

Rowan just dodged, then he pinched one of them with one hand, lifted them up with a smile, and looked at them and said, "I'm not from Piltover, I'm from Demacia."

"You, you die--"

Rowan exerted a little force.

"Gu--"

"You, you killed them?" Victor said in panic.

"No, I didn't use any force, they were just... just sleepy, don't worry, Victor, I know my limits." Rowan immediately said to Victor.

"Huh, that's good, you, can't kill people here. Although you are from Demacia, Zaun doesn't care about these things. They don't dare to fight with Piltover people, but they dare to fight with others." Victor said seriously.

"But Demacia is more powerful than Piltover."

"Yes, that's right. Demacia is more powerful than Piltover. But if something really happens, Demacia will go to Piltover to cause trouble, because Zaun is under the jurisdiction of Piltover. Will Demacia come to Zaun to find these thugs?"

"No, Victor, instead of this, shouldn't you tell me why they are causing trouble for you?" Rowan looked at Victor speechlessly.

"." But Victor just stopped talking.

He lowered his head helplessly, picked up the fallen book, and then went to help the guys lying down, but his strength was too weak and he couldn't help them up at all.

Seeing this, Rowan took the initiative to help help these guys up.

"There are many reasons, I can't tell you in detail." Victor sighed and said to Rowan.

The elevator arrived at the station. Victor walked out of the birdcage-shaped elevator, looked back at Rowan, and said, "Let's go to my house first."

Rowan raised the instrument and followed Victor.

The situation in the ditch area was more serious than Rowan had imagined. The haze blocked people's vision and also drilled into people's lungs like particles.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Victor started coughing as soon as he entered the ditch area, while Rowan just felt a little uncomfortable.

"Are you okay?"

"It's my old problem, nothing." Victor said weakly.

He took Rowan and walked towards a place.

Along the way, many Zaun people cast their eyes. They looked at Rowan and Victor with their eyes, especially Victor. Most of the Zaun people would roll their eyes at Victor or spit directly on the ground when they saw Victor.

Victor ignored everything and walked forward silently.

Until he came to a place that looked like a scrap yard, he pushed open the small door, looked back at Rowan and smiled: "Here we are, this is my home."

"Do you live in a place like this?" Rowan said in surprise.

Victor was studying at Piltover University after all. You should know that Piltover University is not a place that ordinary people can enter. For example, Jayce was sponsored by the Gilaman family, that is, the Catherine family, to enter the school.

Victor was admitted to the college with special approval, but was his treatment so bad?

"It's a good thing to have a place to live in Zaun. Although my environment is simple and the house is small, the security here is very good." Victor said.

He made way for Rowan to go in, and after Rowan went in, he found that the situation inside was not the same as the outside.

It was extremely clean inside, except for some dust and cobwebs, it looked very good.

"Well, just put the things anywhere, I will take it apart later." Victor said to Rowan.

Rowan nodded and put the things down.

Victor took out a medicine bottle from his arms, opened it and swallowed two pills. Then, he looked at Rowan and said, "Have you eaten?"

"No, you want to treat me to a meal?"

"Yes, I shouldn't have treated you to a meal, but who asked you to help? I mean the elevator thing." Victor said with a smile, and he added, "Although you are very reckless."

"I might eat more." Rowan said seriously.

He was indeed hungry.

From this morning till now, Rowan has not eaten a single bite!

He is so poor!

Victor immediately said, "I still have a lot of money. Let's go. I'll take you to dinner."

Rowan immediately followed Victor, thinking about what kind of food he would eat later.

I don't know how the food in Zaun tastes?

It shouldn't be bad, right? Although Zaun is very poor, the level of technology in Zaun is not low, and alchemy technology must have spawned a lot of concoctions, so the taste of the food must not be bad.

Then, Rowan and Victor came to a place, and looking at the name of this tavern, Rowan narrowed his eyes.

Ford Tavern

He couldn't be more familiar with this name.