Tome of Blood

  Chapter 173-23-Are you from Castel?

   "Enough! If you want to go to the inner mining area to find the legendary dragon, talk to me when you can afford the mine cart!"

  The old werewolf Logan gave Noah a hard look.

   "Move, move!"

  The werewolf Xiao Zhengtai looked unconvinced, came to the side of the mine car, rolled up his sleeves and squatted down.

  However, he was too small to even hug one side of the minecart, let alone lift it up.

  Even if he exerted all his strength, his little face flushed from holding back, while the mine cart remained motionless.

   Even because of too much force, he even staggered and fell out, and fell to the ground with an ouch, causing other miners who had already arrived in the cave to laugh.

   "Hahaha...Little Noah, wait until you grow up and try again!"

   "Don't bother, with his small body, I'm afraid he won't be able to move it when he grows up..."

   "Oh, Noah, you can't do it, you really can't..."

   "Okay, give Noah some face, he's still looking for a wife!"

"Hahaha…"

  The miners laughed loudly, and then quickly fell silent until Old Logan gave them a hard look.

   "Hmph, brat!"

  Old Logan grinned, no longer entangled with the werewolf Xiaozheng, but led the large army to go deeper into the mine.

  Noah sat next to the mine cart, sulking all by himself.

  Charlotte and Sebastian looked at each other and nodded secretly.

  Getting the hint, Sebas took a step forward, came to the side of the little werewolf, and asked with a smile:

   "Noah, have you seen the dragon in the mine?"

  When the topic of dragons was mentioned, the little werewolf immediately became energetic.

  However, before he could answer, there were laughter from other demi-human miners around:

   "Haha, he saw the dragon in the mine? If he really saw the dragon, would he come back alive?"

   "Hey hey... that's not necessarily true. I didn't hear little Noah say that the monster in the mine... oh, no, it's a dragon, and the dragon doesn't eat people!"

   "Eh? Really? Where are the missing miners?"

   "Who knows, maybe it was left by the monsters deep in the mine to mine!"

   "Hahaha! Shouldn't they also be paid wages? The dragons are very rich, so they should be paid more than the Castel family?"

  The miners chattered, obviously not thinking that the monster deep in the mine was really a dragon.

  Of course, although they always make jokes about the depths of the mine, they subconsciously lower their voices whenever they mention monsters. Obviously, they are also full of fear of the monster legends deep in the mine.

  In Charlotte's view, the miner's teasing of the little werewolf was not only for fun, but also to divert his fear of the depths of the mine.

  Charlotte noticed that although there were rumors that the monster in the mine was a dragon, not all miners believed it.

  However, the little werewolf is obviously convinced.

  In addition to him, although the old werewolf Logan avoided the most serious, judging from the information that the other party had confided to Luf, the old Logan probably believed that there really was a dragon deep in the mine.

   However, the difference between him and Noah is that Noah believes that the dragons deep in the mine do not eat people, while Logan obviously thinks that the things inside are dangerous.

   Obviously, Noah and the old werewolf must know something, or see something.

  Noah glared at the demihumans who laughed at him, but what he got in return was even greater ridicule from the demihumans.

  It wasn't until Sebastian glanced at them with a smile under Charlotte's signal, and released his breath slightly, that the group of demi-human miners shut up instantly, turned around and started digging obediently.

   "Entering...entering the extraordinary..."

  A miner widened his eyes and almost lost his voice, but was quickly covered by his companion:

   "Shut up, bow your head and dig!"

   After all, almost all the miners lowered their heads, staring at each other.

  Working in the Castel Silver Mine all the year round, it is quite normal to occasionally see some transcendent beings who do not know the heights and depths sneak in, but even if they are just entering the rank, they are not something miners like them can afford.

  One more thing is worse than one less thing. At this time, it is the best way to survive for low-level alien miners who don't even bother to take a look at the mine supervisor.

   Not only that, perhaps because of the pressure of staying with such a mysterious enterer, the demi-human miners subconsciously began to stay away from here, and soon hid far away, never daring to approach again.

   Several others wanted to take Noah along with them, but they glanced at Sebas in the middle, and finally lowered their heads silently, and followed the others away quickly.

   After a while, there were only a few people in Charlotte left in this mining area.

   "Extraordinary? Are you an advanced Transcendent?!"

  Noah also widened his eyes.

  However, he quickly reacted, and his expression was instantly full of vigilance:

   "You...you didn't come here for mining! You lied to Grandpa Logan!"

   After finishing speaking, the little werewolf suddenly stood up, and was about to chase after Logan and the others who had gone far away, but was soon stopped by Lu Fu:

   "Noah, calm down, we are not bad people."

   "Uncle Luf..."

  Noah stared at Lu Fu blankly, his eyes widened, his expression full of complexity:

   "Are you...are you with them too? Are you lying to us too?"

  Luf sighed:

   "Noah, although I brought them here, I sincerely intend to become friends with everyone in the mining area. You should have met my people. We sincerely intend to settle in Castel."

   "Then...he..."

  Noah looked at Sebastian vigilantly.

  Luf was silent for a while, and said:

   "He is my benefactor and my friend. He has no malicious intentions."

  Luf’s words did not dispel the little werewolf’s suspicion, he still looked at Charlotte and the others vigilantly:

   "Who are you guys? Mercenaries? Or bounty hunters? What is your purpose?"

  Charlotte glanced at Sebastian again, and Sebastian immediately understood.

  I saw him take a step forward, saluted Noah slightly, and said gracefully:

   "Your Excellency Noah, let me introduce myself again. I am Basser, and I am an extraordinary person hired by the Castel family to investigate the disappearance of miners in the silver mine."

   "The Castel family? Wait... is that the legendary Castel family? The owner of the mining workshop?! An incomparably rich nobleman?!"

  Noah's eyes widened.

  But soon, he frowned again, still full of vigilance:

   "How can I believe what you said? The Castel family has never asked about the disappearance of the miners. Why did they suddenly send investigators now?"

   "Not to mention, if you are really the transcendents of the Castel family, why did you sneak in?"

   "Of course it's because we don't trust the nobleman in charge of the Castel Mining Workshop. As for why we suddenly came to investigate now, I think you should have heard about it. Naturally, it is because of the order of the Earl who has just returned from the family."

   Sebastian said plausibly.

  After hearing Sebastian's words, the little werewolf's eyes widened even further.

   Obviously, for such a young child, Sebastian's answer was full of shock:

   "Lord Earl... Could it be that you are talking about the legendary saint of the Holy Court, the daughter of God Lord Harald?"

  Charlotte: ...?

  What the **** are these rumors all about?

  Sebas couldn't help but glanced at Charlotte, and smiled slightly at Noah:

   "My lord earl is indeed very holy, but... the so-called talk about the saint of the holy royal court is just a rumor."

  Noah looked at Lu Fu again, and Lu Fu nodded, and said in a deep voice:

   "Noah, I dare to swear to the great blood totem, he is indeed a member of the Castel family, and he is indeed someone sent by the Earl of Castel."

   Noah was silent.

   Perhaps some older demihumans who have experienced many vicissitudes are much more vigilant and harder to gain trust.

  But for a young werewolf child, this conversation has given him some confidence in Sebastian's words.

   "I know that the nobles in charge of the mining workshop have a token similar to the Black Eagle badge, which seems to be a symbol of the Castel family. It is said that each one is magical equipment, which is priceless..."

   "If you are really from the Castel family, do you have a token?"

  He continued to probe.

  However, even though he said so, his tone has softened a lot.

  Black Hawk insignia?

  The kind of magical equipment that can be positioned by the Castel family?

  Sebas's heart moved slightly.

  He looked at Charlotte, and Charlotte smiled slightly, and took out a large number of Black Eagle badges from his arms:

"Is it this one?"

  Seeing a large number of badges in the girl's hand, Noah's eyes widened:

   "The letter... token! It's really the token in the steward's hand!"

   "But...but why are there so many? Did you steal Castel's warehouse!"

   "No, wait... Leisa, are you also an investigator hired by the Castel family?"

  Charlotte smiled slightly:

   "That's right, I'm also here to investigate the truth about the mine. I have a good relationship with Earl Castel. She gave me these things. If you can help us, I can give you one."

   Noah: …

   "Who knows if it's true or not."

  Looking at those shiny badges, he swallowed hard, and said in a low voice.

  However, now that the matter has come to an end, he has already believed most of it in his heart.

   After all, there is no need for an advanced transcendent to deceive a weak little werewolf.

  If you really want to get some news from him, even if he doesn't want to say it, the Transcendent still has ways to make him speak.

   "Come with me, there are many people here, I will tell you what you want to know."

  Noah looked around and said.

   Charlotte followed Noah to a corner of the cave, and Noah sat down against the cave wall:

   "I can tell you everything I know, but... I have a condition."

  Sebas smiled and said:

"Please say."

  Noah looked firm:

   "If you want to go into the mine to find the dragon, please take me with you."

  Sebas did not directly agree to Noah's request, but instead asked:

   "Why are you so obsessed with the legendary dragon in the mine?"

  Noah was silent for a moment and said:

   "Because I want to ask it, how did my brother go crazy, where did my brother go, I want to know what my brother did back then, I don't believe he would be so bold as to steal mithril slag..."

   "Your brother?"

  Charlotte's heart moved slightly.

"Yes, my brother used to be a miner in the mining area, but...he has disappeared, and was charged with stealing mithril **** by the workshop, which caused all the demihuman miners to be whipped, and because of this, my brother's reputation The tribe is completely corrupted."

  The little werewolf's ears drooped, and he pursed his lips.

  Stealing mithril slag?

  Charlotte's heart moved.

  She remembered the story of the missing miners that the old werewolf told by Louvre.

   Unexpectedly, the protagonist turned out to be Noah's brother.

   She sighed:

   "Condolences..."

"No, it's all right, I'm all right, I've seen it for a long time, it's just... I want to find out what he went through, I know my brother's character, he has always been upright, I don't believe he would do that kind of stealing thing , maybe only that giant dragon can tell me the truth, which is also the purpose of my work in the mine."

  Noah took a deep breath and said firmly.

   "So... have you ever actually seen a dragon in the mines?"

  Sebas asked with great interest.

  However, Noah shook his head this time:

   "No, I haven't seen it."

   After speaking, he raised his head again and said seriously:

   "However, my brother has seen it. Not only that...my brother and it are still friends. In the past...my brother often told me stories between them."

   "They met in the mine, and they also formed a friendship in the mine."

"My brother didn't tell anyone about this, because he was worried that a mercenary group would come to trouble the dragon. In the past few years, my brother has always been the most famous miner in the mine, and he can mine a lot of gold every time. Mithril ore, it is behind the scenes to help."

  My good fellow, there is really a dragon in the mine?

  Charlotte and Sebastian couldn't help but look at each other, seeing a trace of surprise in each other's eyes.

   Being able to become friends with humanoids and living deep in the mithril veins, could it be...a golden dragon?

  Before coming here, Charlotte has made indirect remarks. In the world of Myria, if there is any kind of dragon that likes to eat precious metals the most, then... it must be the golden dragon!

   Not only that, this kind-hearted metal dragon is indeed very likely to become friends with humanoids.

   "So... was Castel's mithril vein really eaten up by a giant dragon?"

  Sebas asked.

  Charlotte also pricked up her ears.

  However, Noah frowned:

   "Mithril mine?"

"No... Although there are various rumors in the mine, my brother once said that the giant dragon eats meat and does not eat ore. My brother used to secretly bring food to it! The matter of the Mithril mine, and the giant dragon Dragons shouldn't matter too much."

  Noah shook his head in denial.

   "Meat eater?"

  Charlotte was startled.

   Jinlong... doesn't eat much meat.

"Yes."

  Noah nodded:

   "My brother said that it was a black dragon, a real black dragon!"

   I read everyone’s chapters and said that it may be a bit procrastinated recently. You can raise it first. If you like this book, I hope you can open it yourself. After all, it will affect the enthusiasm of codewords if you lose the book. _(:з」∠)_

   This episode should be over within a week.

  (end of this chapter)