368: It's easy to get things done.

Chapter 367: Connections Make Things Easy

The White Roland Underground City is located in the western part of the Eternal Frost Forest. It only has four layers in total, and there are no particularly famous opportunities within it.

Due to the cold climate and the reclusive nature of the Snow Elf Clan, there are only three Adventurers Guild branches in the Eternal Frost Forest.

The three major Elf families, Bite, Hans, and Snow Orchid Family, each control a Guild branch to maintain basic information exchange.

However, the Eternal Frost Forest is so vast that the three Guild branches cannot meet the needs of all Adventurers.

Over time, fewer and fewer Adventurers were active in the Eternal Frost Forest, which is also the situation the three major Elf families wanted to see.

Adventurers have always been unstable factors. They possess powerful strength and pose a serious threat to the long-term stability of society.

Most of the upper echelons in the world generally use the Adventurers Guild to assist in management, maintaining their rule through a highly Complete task system.

But the Snow Elf Clan is different. Compared to managing Adventurers, they prefer to reduce the number of Adventurers.

Not only that, but over millions of years, the three major Elf families have also issued various policies to suppress Adventurers.

For example, Adventurers have to pay more taxes, cannot enjoy many social benefits, and are even subject to supervision by relevant departments...

Among them, the Snow Orchid Family is the most strict with Adventurers, directly prohibiting Adventurers above C-rank from entering and exiting the cities under their jurisdiction.

And for other policies suppressing Adventurers, the Snow Orchid Family's intensity is also higher, as if they have a grudge against Adventurers.

The reason the Snow Orchid Family does this is very simple: the only Underground City in the Eternal Frost Forest, White Roland, is within their sphere of influence!

For hundreds of thousands of years, the Snow Orchid Family has set up checkpoints at the entrance of the White Roland Underground City, and Adventurers have to pay to enter and exit.

The most unacceptable thing is that all the money earned by Adventurers in the Underground City has to pay a personal income tax as high as 30%!

Under the strict management of the Snow Orchid Family, the White Roland Underground City is very deserted, with fewer than a hundred Adventurers active on a daily basis.

Unless absolutely necessary, no Adventurer is willing to go to White Roland, let alone it being a C-rank Underground City.

Despite the trouble, Dick still chose to go to the White Roland Underground City.

It's not because it's close or convenient, but because Vivian's surname is Snow Orchid, and her status in the Snow Orchid Family is even higher than the family head!

After all, Vivian is the current Snow Maiden, in charge of the entire Snow Goddess Sect. Not to mention the Snow Orchid Family, she is a powerful figure wherever she goes.

With Vivian's help, Dick believes this trip to the White Roland Underground City will be very convenient.

Even the indifferent Snow Elf Clan values human relationships. Having connections makes everything a green light.

As long as Vivian says a word, the head of the Snow Orchid Family will probably personally receive Dick.

...

After leaving Trundle, Dick immediately summoned the girls and explained the arrangements for the future.

Since there were no other matters, Dick quickly decided on the departure time, which was tomorrow morning.

The sooner this matter is done, the better, as the Beasts in the Underground City are randomly refreshed, and finding Ape-type Beasts depends entirely on luck.

Unlike the previous Underground City Championship, there are no rule restrictions this time. For efficiency, Dick plans to push through all the way.

As a C-rank Underground City, White Roland can spawn Beasts above level 60, which is far more dangerous than the previous Gaia Dungeon.

But it doesn't matter. Dick's team is not weak. Although Fama is missing, Donald and Leon can also provide enough security.

And most importantly, Trundle will also accompany them!

With this living God covering them, the White Roland Underground City is nothing more than their own backyard, where they can stroll with their eyes closed.

"According to intelligence, Ape-type Beasts have been sighted by Adventurers on the Second Layer and Fourth Floor of the White Roland Underground City..."

Saying this, Dick spread out the Underground City map provided by the Snow Orchid Family and circled a few locations with a red pen, indicating that these areas need special attention.

Most Beasts have a strong sense of territory, and even randomly refreshed Beasts in the Underground City like to "claim the mountain as their king."

As the managers of the White Roland Underground City, the Snow Orchid Family has the terrain map and Beast distribution map for each layer, which is updated annually.

These maps do not come from Adventurers, but are drawn by the Elves of the Snow Orchid Family themselves.

Because every so often, the Elves will enter the Underground City to practice archery and hone their skills inside.

For the Snow Orchid Family, the Underground City is the best training ground!

After all, the Beasts inside can be repeatedly refreshed, which not only has no cost but also provides a large amount of professional experience.

This is also why the Snow Orchid Family is so targeted towards Adventurers.

In their opinion, the White Roland Underground City belongs to their family's property, so why should outsiders be allowed to enter and make money?

"Dick," the meticulous Cecilia asked, "Since the Snow Orchid Family has a habit of entering the Underground City to hunt, will the Ape-type Beasts we are looking for have already been shot and killed?"

Cecilia's concern is reasonable, after all, Ape-type Beasts are rare humanoids, most suitable for Elves to use as training targets.

However, Dick just smiled slightly; he had already considered this point.

"I had Vivian give the order. Before our meeting, the White Roland Underground City was already sealed off, only allowing people to leave, not enter!"

This is the benefit of power. Dick can even rely on Vivian to order the Snow Orchid Family to do things, maximizing convenience for the mission.

"But those Adventurers and Elves who were already in the Underground City, they might have already started..." Xiao Nai reminded with a frown.

Hearing this, Dick just shook his head helplessly, "So, we must arrive before those Ape-type Beasts die!"

The reason Dick was so anxious to set off tomorrow morning was precisely this consideration.

Although the White Roland Underground City has been sealed off, there are still many people active inside, including the Snow Elves who went to practice archery.

Between different floors of the Underground City, all means of communication will fail, and entering the upper floors means losing contact with the outside world.

"I have asked the Snow Orchid Family to send people into the Underground City to go to the upper floors and notify the Snow Elves who are hunting..."

This is currently the best way to deal with it. Dick can only hope that those Ape-type Beasts can be a Bite more cautious, especially the Mother Ape and the young Ape.

Fortunately, the Snow God Mountain Range is not far from the White Roland Underground City. If Trundle travels at full speed, he can arrive in less than a day.

And after that, it will take some time to go to the Second Layer and Fourth Floor where the Ape-type Beasts are located.

Calculating, as long as those Ape-type Beasts hold out for two or three days, they can honorably become Trundle's family.

Not only that, but as the Eternal Winter God, Trundle also has partial authority over the White Roland Underground City.

He can allow the Beasts in the Underground City to leave their respective floors, or even leave the Underground City and gain freedom!

This is one of the very few ways to leave the Underground City, and it is also a great opportunity. How lucky those Ape-type Beasts are.

As for why Trundle only has partial authority and cannot completely control the White Roland Underground City...

The reason is simple, because above Trundle, there is a God of the Underground City, Hermione, who is a noble God of Rules!

Only Hermione has full control over the Underground City, and also has the highest priority authority!

All Underground Cities worldwide, regardless of level or location, are under Hermione's jurisdiction.

He is the supreme rule of the Underground City.

Although Trundle is the embodiment of the entire Eternal Frost Forest, He is only a Subordinate God with the lowest divinity.

The Snow God Mountain Range is not under His jurisdiction, and the White Roland Underground City is also not under His jurisdiction, even on the land of the Eternal Frost Forest.

Because Orivia and Hermione's divinity are both higher than Trundle's.

If Hermione doesn't release them, Trundle can only stare blankly, watching his wife and children being held in the Underground City.

Fortunately, this God of the Underground City is too busy. There are thousands of Underground Cities in the world, and He cannot manage them all.

Generally speaking, Hermione will only pay attention to Underground Cities above A-rank, and naturally doesn't care about White Roland, a C-rank Underground City.

Let alone Trundle wanting to take a few Beasts away, even if he directly destroyed this Underground City, Hermione wouldn't bother to care.