Chapter 255: Cleaning the Sewers

When Umberto saw Gao Fei choose the rapier, he was surprised and said to Claire and Mario, "I thought this kid would choose a long-range weapon like a crossbow, but he actually chose the rapier."

"It shows that although he is young, he is very courageous!" Mario showed approval.

"Musk, let me tell you a little secret!" Claire said to Gao Fei with a smile, "Brother Umberto's favorite weapon is also a rapier. If you can pass this test, you must find a chance to learn more swordsmanship from him in the future!"

Gao Fei nodded quickly, showing an attitude of being willing to learn, while secretly speculating.

Since Umberto Esposito is good at rapiers, and according to Claire's words, this person's swordsmanship is quite good, then it can be inferred that his extraordinary profession is mostly an agile swordsman such as a poet, ranger, and wanderer. As for whether he can cast spells, it is still impossible to judge.

After choosing the weapon, Gao Fei followed the "thief" Mario Ricardo to the back kitchen of the tavern, climbed down an escalator, dived 30 feet deep, and reached the bottom of the culvert.

Simba, disguised as a lion dog, refused to stay in the tavern to wait for his master to return, so Claire had to take him into the sewer.

"Hey! Brother Musk, look at that big dog!" Mario looked up at Simba climbing down the escalator, his eyes full of surprise, "Even the dogs in your circus have learned acrobatics, can they climb ladders?"

"This is not worth making a fuss about, Brother Mario, the bear in our troupe can also ride a unicycle!" Gao Fei answered nonchalantly.

"Oh~ sounds really interesting! I also want to go to a circus show when I have some free time."

"I welcome you on behalf of the troupe, Brother Mario. Remember to say hello to me in advance. Maybe I can get a free ticket."

"Haha! Brother Musk, a boy like you who is loyal is most suitable for gangs. I am optimistic about your future."

Mario smiled and patted Gao Fei on the shoulder.

Claire jumped down the escalator, followed closely by "Big Dog" Simba, who also jumped down, sniffed around, and shook his head in disgust.

"Bear it, my poor friend, the smell of this damn place is really uncomfortable." Claire covered her nose, but couldn't block the stench of sewage.

"Musk, hurry up and work, I don't want to stay by the stinky ditch for too long and be pickled alive!"

"Okay, Sister Claire."

Gao Fei touched the rapier slung across his waist and walked forward along the culvert.

Avalon's underground canal system is indeed as complicated as a maze.

The cylindrical cement culverts more than two meters high are like blocks of building blocks connected end to end, crisscrossing and weaving together to form the underground neural network of this metropolis, and also provide a shelter for the monsters and bandits who are afraid of the light.

Gao Fei walked a short distance and saw a fork in the road. He was hesitating whether to turn in and take a look, and Mario's advice came from behind.

"Brother Musk, unless you are like me, and you are more familiar with the underground canals of this city than your palm prints, it is best not to take the fork in the road."

"Okay, Brother Mario, thank you for your reminder."

Gao Fei ignored the fork in the road and continued to explore forward.

Not far away, he heard a strange squeak in the darkness ahead, and two balls of ghost-like light spots were shaking.

"Oh, the show is about to begin!" Mario said with a smile.

Gao Fei heard that he was reminding himself, and hurriedly stopped and looked at the place where the squeak came from.

As expected, a giant rat as big as a wolfhound jumped out, with a pair of small eyes, looking at the boy who trespassed into his territory with vigilance and ferocity.

Claire took a step closer to Gao Fei, holding a whip in her hand, and her eyes could not hide her concern.

She boasted about Gao Fei in front of Umberto, but she was actually unsure.

After all, she did not see how Gao Fei beat Mike and Billy, so she dared not say whether this little brother was sure to fight the giant rat alone.

Gao Fei himself was very calm.

He had seen a lot of giant rats when he was on a mission in Jiuzhai. He killed no less than 20 giant rats with his own hands.

What's more, he had seen countless monsters that were far more powerful than giant rats in the game and in reality. He was experienced and experienced, so this little scene could not scare him.

After opening the star chart, I found that the challenge level of the giant rat opposite was 1/4. It was a small mutant beast with 9 HP points. Its attributes were 10 strength, 17 agility, 13 constitution, 1 intelligence, 12 perception, and 4 charm.

Compared with similar monsters that Gao Fei had seen before, this giant rat living in the sewer seemed even dirtier.

In the special ability column, in addition to "sensitive sense of smell" and "group tactics", there was also an additional "disease-causing".

In short, if you are bitten by this thing, or if you accidentally eat food or water contaminated by it, and fail the DC13 toughness save, you will be infected with the plague.

Gao Fei naturally thought that Musk Justice's mother died of the plague. This malignant infectious disease is not uncommon in Patus Street and even in Avalon. Hundreds of people die from the plague in the city every year.

It can be seen that it is necessary for "Street Angels" to regularly sweep the giant rats in the sewers. If this intermediate host carrying plague bacteria is allowed to spread, the city will face the nightmare of a pandemic of the Black Death!

At this time, the giant rat had approached Gao Fei within 30 feet and seemed to be hesitating whether to take the initiative to attack.

Gao Fei did not rush forward with his sword drawn as Claire and Mario had expected. Instead, he quietly switched his "Druid Mask" to a "Warlock Mask" and created a "Thorn Whip" with a wave of his hand, sweeping across.

The thorny vine instantly flew 30 feet away and lashed the giant rat's back fiercely, leaving a bloody whip mark, causing 5 points of piercing damage, and then wrapped around the rat's neck, dragging it horizontally for 10 feet, and then fell into the sewage ditch with a plop, splashing a ball of stinky water.

The giant rat screamed in the puddle and finally struggled to climb up, but it was greeted by the second "Thorn Whip", which whipped and dragged it into the ditch again.

This time, the giant rat failed to climb up again, floating belly up in the sewage, and had died.

Gao Fei used the "whip of thorns" again, dragged the giant rat's body ashore, pulled out the rapier from his waist, looked at the cylindrical sword body that looked like a large steel cone, and put it back into the scabbard.

The rapier has a sharp edge but no blade, it can only stab, not cut.

"Brother Mario, do you have a dagger? Lend it to me." Gao Fei turned around and asked.

"Oh! How about a dagger?"

"A sharp blade will do."

Gao Fei took a sharp dagger from Mario, cut off the giant rat's tail, and put it into the brown paper bag prepared in advance as a mission item.