Song of Blood and Wine

"Eh, are you asking Jenny Young Lady? She is kind, she is kind to us, she is kind! Although her bodyguard is sometimes fierce, but to protect Jenny Young Lady Everyone is not incomprehensible."

"The mine disaster happened last time...it was really too terrifying. When the mountain collapsed, the whole mountain was shaking violently, and I still heard from the mine veins. The voice of wu wu came from underneath. Could it be that we bothered the Evil God under the mountain, too terrifying!"

"The miners and their families who died? I remember three Four children, sixteen or seven adults, including a pregnant woman. She had been pregnant for four or five months at the time. If the mine disaster hadn’t been there, she would probably not be far from the date of birth. What a pity!"

"A strange thing that happened recently? I remember that after the mine disaster, several teams like you came here, and after they entered the cave, they never came out. What a misfortune! In addition to this, the food and water in the dormitory are often not found recently for no reason. I have never had it before. Wraith might have stolen it!"

" The job in the mine? Just like you see, adults, we men endure the stench of the mine and earn hard-earned money, aren’t they just to make our wives and children more comfortable? Besides, Gao Emperor Duos dears our fate, and specifically stipulates in the imperial law that even if we die accidentally, we miners’ families can get a large pension."

"and Jeanne Boss The contract signed? One Gold Coin a year, until the day the pigtails are raised. The contract says that after we die, we cannot be buried. Instead, our corpses are turned into skeleton miners by Necromancer summon in the mine to continue working. The soul can't enter the Gate of Samsara, and will linger in this mine forever. But after all, this is the Nicholas Empire. After death, who cares!"

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The memories and testimonies of countless miners are almost the same as those of the gold mine boss Jenny Young Lady, except for more accurate details.

This time, let alone George, even Uther was a little shaken. If it weren’t for this time’s interview and investigation was his own plan proposed on a whim, Uther would definitely doubt all the miners here. All were bought and suspected of having confessed.

With a depressed mood, Uther took George to the entrance of the gold mine that needs to be investigated this time. After all, he did not bring his men over, so Uther’s idea was only at the entrance of the mine. Looking at the appearance, I didn't intend to go in.

It’s exactly the same as a previous miner’s description. Even now that the mine disaster has passed for a long time, you can still hear the whine of wail like ghosts and howl like wolves at the entrance of the cave, as if from The wailing of resentment under Nine Nether, and the invitation to the feast of hell bliss, made people frightened.

Maybe this voice will scare the ordinary person, but George and Uther don't eat this set.

"This vein was pierced? I haven't heard anyone talk about it."

This is George's immediate judgment. Just like a flute in which all holes are sealed, air or sound can't be blown out in a closed space, and it can only be done in a space where air can convection.

"It's strange, there is a green crystal at the end of this vein!"

Uther picked a nail-sized green crystal at the mouth of the gold mine, and he slightly As soon as you apply force, the crystals turn into beautiful fine powder, which floats away from the entrance of the cave.

"Green spar? What is this?"

"Didn't you buy some poisonous potions used to spread poison qi from my broken shop before? They are It is configured with chlorite as the main material. The chlorite generally appears in the poisonous swamp area or near the residence of highly poisonous creatures. This kind of companion product appears in the gold mine... Is there a poison qi in the depths of the gold mine? By the way, you just said that the gold mine was pierced through, is it possible that......"

"The gold mine is connected to the waste water pond next to it?"

Two People came to this answer in unison.

After all, the vein where the accident occurred was the closest to the waste water pond among all the gold mine veins. George and Uther would not think that this is impossible. Now that they had a preliminary judgment, George and Uther did not plan to go further into the cave search, and instead went to the top of the gold mine to find other clues.

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The top of the gold mine is a leveled ground artificially. There are vents at intervals that communicate with the veins below. Of course, these vents In addition to providing ventilation, the port has another more critical function-personnel access.

The main entrance of the gold mine that George and Uther just investigated is the entrance and exit of the source stone of the gold mine. However, a gold mine pulsates several hundred meters, even several kilometers, inside the channel There are many twists and turns, and even the old miners may get lost.

In order to improve the efficiency of entry and exit, these vents are also used as secondary entrances. Therefore, in order to ensure safety, the soil near these vents is generally used for spell reinforcement by hiring a master all year round.

However, at the collapsed vent, all that George could see were countless cracks in the ground and a huge, bottomless hole. The soil around the underground cave was severely corroded and very loose, and it did not have the hardness that a mine should have. The original vents had already been severely damaged. The miner’s dormitory that was unfortunately involved in the collapse had also been completely swallowed by the underground cave. Nothing could be found. trace.

Apart from this, George also noticed that after the collapse, all the miner’s dormitories were moved away from the ventilation ducts, and after this incident, all gold mine veins vents The enclosure of the mine was strengthened with spell twice, but strangely, according to George’s observation, except for the magical reinforcement of the vent of this vein, the soil near the vent of the other veins is very hard. , The vents did not have any traces or signs of damage or possible damage.

Since it is an old-brand gold mine in the empire, the prevention and treatment of mine disasters must also be at a professional level. It is reasonable to say that there should be no such low-level errors as the collapse of the ventilation duct. However, now...

"It's chlorite again. The purity of the chlorite here is higher, so it can be used to make medicine."

Uther did not know where to pick a piece of fist. The sized green spar, he turned it upside down in his hand, but happily put it into his own space bag.

"That is to say, this hole is more toxic than the other vents?"

George is not surprised about Uther's stingy character.

"How about? Let's go down to explore the treasure now?"

After swiftly collecting the green stones nearby, Uther urged George with a smirk on his face.

"Forget it, wait until tomorrow."

From under the burrow, the sound like Banshee crying, and the still strong stench, all stimulate George's nerves . George probed into the depths of the cave, and the bottomless darkness was like an abyss leading to hell.

After thinking about it, George decided to wait for his men to be summoned before exploring.

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In order to speed up the progress of the task, George led half of the Blood Race subordinates and Uther in the early morning of the 2nd day and entered the mine from the main entrance of the mine. Archfiend Hilna Young Lady stayed in the camp at Uther's suggestion.

Speaking from a certain perspective, for George and the ancestors of Blood Race II, this task can be said to be the most difficult task. Although yesterday Jenny Young Lady specially provided countless masked gauze with purifying spell to filter the stench from the waste water tank, for the blood race with too keen sense of smell, this stench is far from being able to filter cleanly by one or a few pieces of gauze. .

"Why not just use the blood control technique to seal off the sense of smell."

In the end, Uther's proposal, who lost his sense of smell and taste, liberated everyone. Hands covering his nose.

Led by Uther, behind the Palace of George, a group of people walked in the dark gold mine passage.

Because the gold mine has been in a state of being abandoned for a long time, the magic lights on both sides of the gold mine channel have long gone without the rays of light of the past. The energy is almost exhausted, and the lights are shining with faint blue light, as if swaying in the wind. In general, the Fire Insect may be swallowed by this darkness at any time.

One step,

Two steps,

Walking in such a dark and quiet environment, the sound of the strong and weak wind blowing by the ear Among them, the sound of everyone's footsteps seemed particularly harsh.

Suddenly, Uther, who was at the forefront of the team, made a pause gesture.

"What's the matter?"

Through the telepathic innate talent, George at the back of the team asked Uther. The sound in the cave is easy to be amplified. In order not to beat the grass to scare the snake as much as possible, the whole team is kept quiet and silent, and all instructions are made by the gestures of Uther at the front end and Lucifer in various positions of the team. We communicate.

"There is a hole in the middle of the road leading to the gold mine. What should I do now, jump over and go forward or go to the hole to explore?"

Hear the sound of Uther’s thousands of miles away After transmission, George rushed over from behind the team. He probed the probe under the cave. Even with the powerful infrared vision of Blood Race, he still couldn't see the deep view of the cave. He could only judge that it was a rather deep cave. And just above the cave, it was George. And Uther explored the hole on the top of the mountain yesterday.

Among them, the one thing that concerns George the most is that the edge of the cave has multiple climbing traces. Obviously, the mercenary group who came to the gold mine to exorcise spirits chose to go deep into the cave for exploration.

"Go to the hole!"

George tightened the giant sword in his hand and flew into the hole first.

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