Chapter 895: A Night Beneath the City
Chapter 895: A Night Beneath the City
Yana Fien: [Lindsey, I have some bad news to share with you.]
Lindsey: [What's going on?]
While Princess Lindsey encountered problems above, Lindsey was below, working on his tunnel.
He faced some trouble, but it wasn't too complicated.
The ancient city moat, whose existence dated back to an unknown era, had severely eroded the soil layers below. After Lindsey dug through a patch of damp earth, water started leaking from above, forcing him to reinforce the walls.
Just as Yana Fien sent a message, Lindsey was about to strike a massive boulder above his head. He braced himself, using his head to hold the boulder in place, and began conversing with Princess Lindsey.
Lindsey: [Do they suspect your identity?]
Lindsey: [Or do they want to do something to you because of the inheritance issue? I can go up there right now and get you out of this.]
Yana Fien: [No, there's no issue with me. The problem lies with you.]
Lindsey: [Me?]
Yana Fien: [Adrian is currently not in Law City but has left to suppress bandits outside the city. If I were to simply speak up for you to remove the Sinner Mark, it might not go as smoothly as planned.]
Lindsey: [Is it because of my identity?]
Yana Fien: [Exactly. I can try to use my status to order the Law Guardians to help you, but I can't guarantee they'll obey my command.]
Yana Fien: [After all, I haven't been here for ten years. For the sake of my reputation, they certainly won't sentence you. But these rigid Law Guardians will send you to prison, keeping you under tight surveillance. They'll only release you when Adrian returns, and he'll decide what to do next.]
Lindsey fell into deep thought.
Yana Fien's perspective was very conservative, but there was indeed such a risk.
Ten years ago, if Yana Fien were still the unchanging Princess Lindsey, the Law Guardians in Law City would have followed her orders and requests without question.
But after disappearing for ten years, she suddenly returned and immediately issued an order to remove the Sinner Mark...
Yana Fien wasn't the ruler of Law City, and the Law Guardians' reverence for the law hadn't changed in the slightest.
This was a highly risky matter.
As Lindsey pondered, in the friends' channel, Yana Fien, misunderstanding his silence, sent another message.
Yana Fien: [Lindsey, regarding your situation, I don't want any accidents to happen, and I absolutely have no intention of leaving you out in the cold!]
Lindsey: [Let's put the Sinner Mark issue aside for now. In a day and a half, my companions will also arrive in this city, and with their help, I can remove this mark.]
Yana Fien: [I'm sorry.]
Lindsey: [It's fine. It's not like you suddenly changed your mind about helping me. It's just the reality of the situation. After Adrian returns, you can just ask him about the village beneath the Forbidden Mountain Range for me. That's what I'm most curious about.]
Yana Fien: [I swear, I will.]
Lindsey: [For these two days, I'll hide underground. If you encounter any trouble, feel free to ask me. I don't mind helping if I can.]
Yana Fien: [...]
Yana Fien: [You're right beneath the Capital City?]
Lindsey: [Yes, is there a problem?]
Yana Fien: [The entire Law City is protected by the rule of law, and the area around the Capital City is the most heavily guarded. They've almost completely eliminated external invasions. You managed to breach such defenses, ah! That's right, you have the Codex of Human Wisdom on you, and its existence is the anchor of the law, which explains your privileges.]
Lindsey: "The Codex of Human Intelligence is no issue for me, but Yana Fien, the problem now is the White Steel Sword."
On their way to the City of Law, Lindsey informed Yana Fien about the shattered White Steel Sword.
Yana Fien did not respond immediately.
She might have pondered for a moment or consulted with others within the Capital City.
After a few minutes, the girl on the other side of the friends' channel finally gave a response.
Yana Fien: "Regarding the repair of the Royal Artifact, I'm not entirely sure either. But there's definitely a record in the Great Library, and I'll go check it out in the next few days. As soon as I find any relevant information, I'll let you know immediately."
Lindsey: "Then I'll trouble you with that."
There's an advantage to conversing with intelligent people; you don't need to explain much.
With just a hint, based on the information at hand, Yana Fien could deduce the correct and reasonable conclusion.
Moreover, when it comes to understanding the Royal Artifact...
Lindsey, who had only appraised it, couldn't compare to those Righteous Ones who had forged and continuously used it.
The conversation with Yana Fien ended.
Lindsey turned to the friends' channel again and opened Alice's name.
Lindsey: "Alice, you'll be able to come over in about a day and a half, right?"
Alice: "Yes."
Lindsey: "There's a problem with my friend's Sinner Mark, and I'm temporarily out of options. I'm afraid I'll have to trouble Xiao Bei."
Alice: "Did the Judge or the Punisher from the City of Law take action? Is the situation dire, and do you need me to rush over to help?"
Lindsey: "No, no, no. There's no emergency; just a slight timing issue."
Alice: "I understand. I'll inform Xiao Bei about this."
With the issues inside and outside the city resolved, Lindsey relaxed a little, only to feel his face getting wet.
Drip...
"..."
Lindsey looked up in silence and discovered that the soil he had just blocked with a boulder was starting to seep water again.
"What's the joke here?"
"With such a massive city built above and the underground soaked in water, shouldn't the normal buildings have collapsed by now?"
"The City of Law and the protection of the Law..."
"Skills are truly amazing! Even civil engineering problems can be solved so casually!"
Muttering to himself, Lindsey took out materials from his bag and directly crafted a framework to reinforce his underground residence.
It took over ten minutes.
Lindsey finally managed to make the environment clean and dry, without a hint of moisture.
"Skills are so useful!"
With the construction done, Lindsey had some free time on his hands.
He casually took out his plant shop and reminisced about his past adventures.
Feeling inspired, he expanded the underground space and rebuilt an underground shelter.
During the breaks from observing and nurturing plants.
Lindsey would open the map from time to time to observe the situation of his companions above.
On that night.
Lindsey pondered what to have for supper.
He opened the map and discovered several red dots taking advantage of the darkness to sneak towards the peak of the Capital City.
And the direction they were heading was precisely where Yana Fien was located!
"..."
"Are they crazy?"
"I wouldn't dare to act recklessly here, but what are these people's backgrounds that they're going up there so directly?"
"No, I have to go and see!"
(End of Chapter)
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