The Abyss is an extremely dangerous place. Vultures and wild dogs hiding in dark corners stare at the fat sheep passing by.
There are no laws here, and the natural law of the jungle prevails.
This is the impression of the Abyss in the original body's memory.
Charlotte stood at the door of the clinic. At noon, the surroundings were still foggy and dim.
Looking up, through the misty gray fog, you can see a narrow white light band, which is the sky of the Abyss.
The Abyss is worthy of its name. It is a narrow city located in the Great Rift Valley outside the city of Kalwa.
Narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, hundreds of meters of cliffs form a natural barrier to block the crazy monsters in the wasteland.
This is one of the few large cities on the Isoe continent that is not protected by magic barriers.
Chaos and disorder are the stereotypes of the Abyss in the outside world.
But under the control of several major gang families, the real Abyss actually maintains a unique order.
As long as you pay enough protection fees, you can also do some small business in the Abyss, such as opening a clinic.
The Baca Street where Charlotte's clinic is located belongs to the Harriman family. Compared with the streets controlled by other gang families, it is generally harmonious...
Not far away, two orcs fought each other in the street, white knives in, green knives out, the winning orc bent down to snatch the purse, turned around and disappeared in the fog, and the other orc died on the street without anyone caring.
Forget it, he took back the previous words.
There is no safe place in the Abyss.
Poverty is the best pass to the Abyss.
Unless you are too good-looking, few people are interested in poor ghosts.
Of course, you have to be on guard against poor ghosts at the end of their ropes at all times. In order to survive, they will do anything.
Like all social structures, in the Abyss, people are also divided into different levels.
The powerful forces represented by the four major gang families and individuals with strong strength are the rulers of the Abyss, and they are definitely superior people.
They kill and kill the lower class people, and exploit them wantonly.
The second is the middle class who survive cautiously under the protection of the gangster family by paying protection fees, and are also the fresh leeks class that is most loved by the upper class.
They are generally the owners of various personal shops in the abyss, or criminals, mercenaries, adventurers with certain self-protection capabilities...
Charlotte is such a fresh leek now. She works hard to make money every month, and then pays a generous rent to the landlady, with only a few copper coins in her pocket.
The abyss makes money and spends it in the abyss, and don't even think about taking a penny home.
The bottom is still the poor ghost.
Many of them were persecuted in other cities and entered the abyss. They have no self-protection and ability to make money, so they can only die slowly in the dark corners.
There is also a part of the middle-class leeks who have been poisoned by the addictive magic potion that the gangs have abused, lost their fortunes, and their bodies have been ruined.
Of course, there are also some salted fish who have lost their dreams mixed in, which are relatively harmless poor ghosts.
Charlotte has the consciousness of being a qualified leek, working hard to make himself fatter and tenderer, so that the landlady will be happier to cut.
The primary goal is to spend every day safely.
Going out is risky.
Charlotte has done statistics. In the past three years, he has gone out 204 times and encountered danger 18 times.
Twelve of them were pure robbery, and he returned to the clinic safely with only a fig leaf left.
Twice, he was knocked unconscious from behind and all his property was robbed, leaving him with no fig leaf.
There were two other violent robberies in the street, with the knife stabbing his neck and chest, only a few millimeters away from the aorta and heart, and he survived by luck and self-help.
The most outrageous are the remaining two times.
Once, he was spotted by a female orc weighing more than 360 kilograms. After being knocked unconscious, he was carried home directly. If he had not escaped while she was out hunting, he would definitely have been impure.
Another time, she was kidnapped and sold to a club. After three days of training, she was judged unqualified because of her lack of endurance and excessive speed and was thrown out directly.
Charlotte: ? ? ?
This incident dealt a heavy blow to Charlotte's self-esteem. She was so autistic that she couldn't open the shop normally.
Charlotte looked at her skin, which was so white that it was almost transparent because she had not been exposed to the sun for many years. Fortunately, the club was only open to female guests, otherwise she would definitely be dirty.
Looking up at the sky, confirming the approximate time, Charlotte took the first step into the abyss.
Going out at noon is safer.
This is the truth learned from the previous life.
There is a bakery next to the clinic. Charlotte spent four copper coins to buy two black breads. Standing at the door of the store, she took a few bites randomly, then took a big gulp of cold water and swallowed the dry bread. Only then did she feel that her body belonged to her.
Putting the remaining bread into her pocket, Charlotte looked around and walked quickly into the fog along the edge of the street.
Charlotte needs to refine hemostatic and cleaning potions, which are very important potions in daily diagnosis and treatment. He found the refining method in his diary and can try to refine them.
In addition, he also plans to refine moisturizing essence, which is a high-profit product. If the sales can be opened, it will bring him rich returns.
The pharmacy material shop is located on Tucker Street, seven or eight streets away from Baka Street.
Charlotte followed the route in her memory, avoided some dangerous places, and arrived at the material shop an hour later without any danger.
Harry, the owner of the material shop, is an old goblin. Behind the thick black metal frame glasses are a pair of shrewd eyes. Seeing Charlotte coming in, he smiled and stood up from the recliner, "Doctor Charlotte, you haven't been here for a long time. I thought you were sold to some club again."
Charlotte's face darkened. This kind of black history is the most reluctant to be mentioned.
But he was not angry. Harry was one of the few friends of the original body in the abyss, and he was also his stable supplier of medicinal materials.
Although he loves to take advantage of small opportunities, the quality of the materials he provides is not compromised.
"Don't mention it. Things haven't been going well recently. This is the list of materials I need this time." Charlotte took out a list from her bosom and handed it over, speaking in the way they used to communicate.
Harry took the list and the cloth bag, and while weighing the materials, he said, "What are the things that are not going well? Tell me and cheer me up."
"My landlady has fallen in love with me." Charlotte casually brought up a topic.
"Impossible!" Harry shook his head firmly and looked back at Charlotte, "After all, you are a low-quality male demon who was eliminated by the club."
Charlotte: = "= convex
Chatting with Harry, Charlotte looked around the material shop.
Silver bats the size of a palm were hung on the long poles, a huge colorful snake skin was wrapped around the pillars, green dried frogs were piled in the corner, and the air was filled with a rotten smell.
Harry's material shop not only supplies magic potion materials, but also various magician supplies. There are two rows of exquisite magic wands on the cabinets behind the counter, and colorful magic stones are placed in separate boxes. Two fist-sized purple magic cores come from the fifth-level violent giant lizards in the wasteland, which are the treasures of the town.
This is one of the most comprehensive magic material shops in the abyss, and one of the richest private shops.
Harry once mentioned vaguely that this material shop has the background of the Cade family, one of the four major gangster families, so no one dares to attack him.
"Has Kalva had anything interesting recently? "Charlotte asked casually.
Harry has been walking in the Abyss and Calva for many years. It is said that he has a larger material shop in Calva. One of the important reasons why Charlotte likes to chat with him is that she wants to get some information from him.
"What new things can there be under the sun? Those old guys in the parliament have made Calva more and more boring. Calva was not like this hundreds of years ago." Harris' tone was full of disgust.
Charlotte was silent. Calva had just been established hundreds of years ago, and everything was in ruins, which was naturally different from the current maintenance.
"No big thing, but there is one interesting thing, and it has something to do with you." Harry pushed the glasses that fell to the tip of his nose and looked at Charlotte with a smile.
"Is it related to me?" Charlotte frowned. Is there still a legend about my brother in Calva?
"Your ex-fiancée, Elizabeth, the daughter of the Lord of Calva, is said to have recently arranged a new marriage for her by the Lord of Calva. The other party is the second son of the Duke of Cromwell, the Minister of State of the Reims Empire. "Harry stared at Charlotte's face, as if he wanted to see some interesting changes in her expression.
Charlotte's expression did not fluctuate at all, and she said calmly: "It sounds like a good destination. "
There is no particularly strong emotional bond in his memory for his childhood sweetheart, at most he feels a little humiliated by being broken off after falling into trouble.
Charlotte began studying surgery at Calva Medical College, and has been committed to medical reform since graduation. She has little contact with Elizabeth, who has dreamed of becoming a dragon knight since she was a child.
The engagement was made by their elders when they were children. Charlotte's grandfather was a member of the Calva Parliament, and his parents were also high-level magicians. However, more than ten years ago, his parents died accidentally in a defense operation against a monster attack on Calva, and he became an orphan.
Harry saw Charlotte's expressionless face and felt a little bored. He curled his lips and said, "It sounds like a good destination, but the second son of the Duke of Cromwell is a famous playboy. Your ex-fiancée doesn't like him, so she said that if the second son can beat her, she will marry him, otherwise the marriage will not count. "
"Then the marriage is off? "Charlotte found it a little funny now.
In his memory, Elizabeth, who has half elven blood, was a fourth-level knight three years ago. None of the knights of the younger generation of Kalva is her opponent. Looking at the Isoe continent, she is still the best among the younger generation.
"It's hard to say. The Duke of Cromwell has great power, and the city lord wants to enter the parliament, and he can't do without the support of human members, so he will promote this marriage. "Harry smiled and shook his head, "Maybe there will be a drama of forcing his daughter to marry in the future, which is not a new thing."
Charlotte shrugged. This is indeed not a new thing, but what does it have to do with him?
He just wants to work hard to make money now!
"All the materials are here, a total of 15 silver coins, I'll give you a decimal of four copper coins." Harry handed the bulging cloth bag to Charlotte.
"Thank you." Charlotte put the 15 silver coins on the counter, picked up the heavy cloth bag and turned to leave.
"I hope to see you next month. "Harry's blessing came from behind.
Charlotte stuffed the remaining two copper coins into his shoes. If everything goes well, he will be able to return to the clinic in an hour.
The return journey is the most dangerous. Although the bulging rag package is filled with strange things such as silver-winged bats, dried frogs, and blue-eyed seagull feces, it does not affect its attention.
And carrying dozens of kilograms of things on his back greatly limits his agility and speed for his small body.
However, the return journey is relatively safe at this time. Most abyss creatures have just eaten lunch for about half an hour, which is the most difficult time.
When road robbery becomes a profession, there must be a regular schedule.
Charlotte quickened her pace, hoping to get home as soon as possible.
Then she bumped into a sword at the corner.