Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 756 You Are God

Frey's hands, holding the envelope, began to tremble.

Frey can read now; he learned it little by little from Rhine after much effort.

But now, he is beginning to doubt whether he has learned something wrong.

What does "a letter from the current pope to the former pope" mean? Does the Candlelight Vigil have a new pope? And he even wrote a letter to the former pope?
The most crucial thing is, now this letter has ended up in his hands?
Frey no longer cared about the box worth hundreds of Rios. He didn't know what was written in the letter, but it must be the intelligence that Castell needed.

After calming his breathing, Frey stuffed the envelope back into the box—he had to find a way to get the letter to Castell.

To be honest, it wasn't really about loyalty to Castel; he just figured that sending this thing back would definitely earn him a large reward.
It's definitely more expensive than this box.

With that money, well, at least we can buy a few more holy books, so we won't have to huddle together and painstakingly flip through them anymore.

Or, if you buy grain, you won't have to go to the garbage dump to catch rats to roast.

All of that is too far off. Frey needs to face the immediate dilemma: how to get this letter out of the Rhine?

It's not a big problem for the underground people to occasionally slip to the surface, but the Papacy soldiers who want to sneak out of the Rhine are not blind.

Frey tried many methods, but none of them were very reliable. Just as he was frowning in frustration, Little Bu suddenly appeared:

"Why don't we just dig it out?"

Upon hearing this, the people gathered together fell silent. Xiao Bu felt uneasy under their stares and shrank back, asking, "W-what's wrong? Is there a problem?"

“Yes.” Little Bu froze, about to bow his head in apology, when he heard Frey in front of him say, “Such a good idea, tell me earlier next time!”

Digging it out may seem like a clumsy method, but it's actually not that difficult.

The Rhine's underground is not entirely solid; there are many underground caves and rivers that even the subterranean inhabitants have not been able to fully explore.

Finding out the underground roads is incredibly difficult, but getting out of the Rhine is not too hard.

Frey initially intended to deliver the message himself, but considering that he was now the only surface dweller in contact with Castel, he ultimately sent the Untouchables to deliver it.

It's a bit strange that Castel's intelligence agency hasn't been able to contact them yet, but they should be able to find them soon; he needs to make contact with them.

The person chosen by the Untouchables is Little Bush.

For no particular reason, Xiao Bu speaks the best local dialect and is quite good at communicating.

Frey thought about it and agreed. In his opinion, it was just a matter of delivering the letter. He figured that finding a place where the expeditionary force was stationed, throwing the box there, and that would be the job done.

These underground people are very good at hiding themselves and can easily see at night, so delivering messages is not difficult for them.

The Untouchables found a relatively large underground river that flowed roughly in the direction of Castel, and Little B began to explore along it.

The underground river meandered through the earth, passing through many rift valleys and caves. Some sections of the passage were even completely submerged underwater. Fortunately, the people underground were skilled at diving, and Xiao Bu managed to get through them.

They thought they would continue exploring downwards until they found an exit leading to the surface, but Little Bu encountered an accident.

While she was diving in an underground river, she suddenly felt a darkness before her eyes as a huge figure blocked her way.

That figure was clearly not human.

monster!

Xiao Bu immediately tensed up. She first tried to hide among the rocks underwater, but the other side's perception was much stronger than hers, and it rushed in front of her almost instantly!

Little Bu's already large eyes widened in shock. The monster was enormous, while most underground humans were short, and Little Bu was relatively short even underground.

Therefore, the monster in front of her was almost like a wall!
Little Bu trembled as he looked at the monster in front of him. It had a hideous snake tail, no legs, but six arms!

Those bright yellow eyes gleamed with an evil light, making her tremble with fear just looking at them.

"Hmm? It's a human?"

The monster is talking?!
Xiao Bu instinctively opened her mouth to respond, but she forgot that they were underwater. Just because the other person could speak underwater didn't mean she could too.

She gasped for air and choked, struggling frantically, but only choked more and more.

Soon, she even started rolling her eyes.

The monster opposite her looked her up and down, paused on her tattered clothes and the tightly sealed package in her arms, reached out and grabbed her arm, and swam quickly underwater with her, leaving a trail of splashes in the dark river.

"That's basically it. Nini caught this strange creature from an underground river and brought it back."

"I...I am a human being!" Xiao Bu retorted somewhat hesitantly.

Although the Untouchables consider themselves to be inhabitants of the underground, born inferior to surface dwellers, they are not so inferior as to be inhuman.

As soon as Xiao Bu spoke, the people in the room immediately looked over.

Xiao Bu was startled and took a few steps back, squatted down, covered his head with his hands, and stared at them with his big eyes while trembling.

A tall, monstrous creature, the villain who captured me, with those gleaming eyes, looked utterly wicked!
The man talked for a long time, mostly recounting what Frey's brother had written in his letters, and there were no major errors in his account.

As for the last person in the room, Xiao Bu looked at him with some confusion.

It was a kind-faced boy looking at him with curious eyes.

"You're the Little Brook that Frey mentioned?"

"You know Frey?"

"I don't know him, but he should know me," the boy said with a smile. "Do you know where this is?"

Xiao Bu shook his head.

"This is Blood Harbor next to Castel."

"Ka, Castel!!" Little Bu was completely stunned.

Frey told the people underground about Castel many times, describing it as a city bigger and better than the Rhine.

The Untouchables had only seen the Rhine, which was already as beautiful as heaven. People didn't have to walk through pits or live off rats in garbage dumps. They couldn't even imagine a better place than the Rhine.

Little Bu was stunned. She had always thought that Castel should be the abode of the gods in the heavens, so she must be in the kingdom of the gods.
"Do you know who I am?" Hughes asked with a smile.

The next moment, his smile froze on his face.

“You are a god!” Little Bu said with absolute certainty.

(Yesterday was the last day of September. After get off work, I wanted to redeem a leave slip, but when I looked at the time, it was already past midnight, which meant that my perfect attendance bonus was gone and I wouldn't get overtime pay either.)

(I hate working overtime!)

(End of this chapter)