Tome of Blood

  Chapter 174-24-Master, your sacrifice has arrived

  Black Dragon?

  Sebas and Lufzi were taken aback.

  Without him, among all the giant dragons, the reputation of the black dragon has never been very good.

  This kind of chaotic and dark dragon species has always been synonymous with evil and betrayal, and has a strong desire to dominate other intelligent creatures. Unless they encounter stronger beings, it is almost impossible for them to communicate with ordinary intelligent creatures on an equal footing.

   "You mean to say that there is an evil black dragon, the most brutal and ferocious of all dragon species, living in the mine, and this black dragon...became friends with a miner?"

   Sebastian had a weird face and couldn't help but complain.

   "It's true, I didn't lie to you, my brother said, it's really a black dragon!"

  Looking at the obvious disbelief of the two, Noah insisted.

  The werewolf Luf shook his head and said:

   "Little Noah, you are too young."

"When I was young, I was fortunate enough to see a black dragon once in the Blacklands of East Unet. Such a creature...arrogant, powerful, evil, crazy...far beyond your imagination, it destroyed a mercenary in just an instant. The city they built because the mercenaries refused to submit to it..."

   "The so-called black dragon is your brother's excuse. Maybe...he might be wrong, let alone how to explain those missing miners?"

  Luf recalled the past with a look of awe, obviously a little scared of what happened in the past.

  Sebastian suddenly changed the topic:

   "However, if everything is as he said, it seems that there is really some monster hidden in the mine, maybe it is not a black dragon, or it may be... a dragonborn."

   As he spoke, he looked at Charlotte, and asked in a respectful tone that the little werewolf couldn't feel at all:

   "Resa...what do you think?"

  Charlotte looked at the depths of the mine and said:

   "It doesn't matter what it is, just go inside and take a look."

   As she spoke, she stroked her chin with great interest, her face eager to try:

   "If there is a dragonborn, I hope it is really a black dragon."

  After hearing Charlotte's words of "knowing the heights of the sky and the earth", Lu Fu was stunned, hesitant to speak.

  Sebas's eyes lit up, he bowed respectfully, and looked at Charlotte with respect.

   That's right...

  For the great lady of the dark night, for the returning true ancestor of blood, I am afraid that only the legendary terrifying dragon like the black dragon is qualified to enter her old man's field of vision!

   "Let's go, let's go to the depths of the mine together."

   Charlotte said.

  She raised her head and looked into the depths of the cave, her gaze gradually deepening.

   Yes, she is very interested in the legendary black dragon.

  However, compared to the black dragon, she is more interested in the role played by the Castel nobles in this matter.

  A monster suspected to be a black dragon appeared in the mine. The nobles' actions should never be to conceal it and declare the mithril mine to be exhausted.

  There must be something hidden in the depths of this mine that cannot be seen.

  Those informed nobles must be hiding something.

  Thinking of this, Charlotte stepped forward and walked deep into the mine.

  Sebas and Luf also quickly followed, and took the oil lamp given to them by the old werewolf Logan for lighting in the mine.

   "Wait! I'm going too! I know the way to the Mithril Mine!"

  The little werewolf Noah patted his butt, and chased after him wheezing.

   Sebastian glanced at Charlotte, and Charlotte nodded slightly, acquiescing to Noah's actions.

   The information was given by Noah, and he is also considered a relevant person, let alone he knows the way.

   As for encountering danger... I am confident in evacuating Charlotte safely.

  Of course, whether to keep the memory of the little werewolf is another matter.

   Surrounded Charlotte intentionally or unintentionally, and the group quickly entered the depths of the mine.

  The mine tunnels in the depths of the mine are more complicated and extend in all directions. Some of them are obviously not dug well, and some seem to be in disrepair, and seem to be at risk of collapse at any time.

   Soon, everyone stopped in front of a forked road.

   "Grandpa Logan and the others should have gone to the depths of the mine there. There are still some fragmented mithril mines there, which are also the focus of the workshop's current mining."

  Noah pointed to the mine on the left and said.

   After speaking, he pointed to the right again:

   "Here... is the mine road leading to the restricted area, and it is also where the Mithril veins are located."

  Charlotte and Sebastian looked at each other and nodded secretly.

   "Come on, let's go in."

  Entering the mine on the right, the surrounding temperature became significantly lower, and Charlotte noticed that the magic power in the air began to become stronger.

  Mithril is a precious magic material. It has two properties of magic superconductivity and magic storage. It is normal for places with Mithril mines to have strong magic power.

  After advancing for about ten minutes in the winding mine road, Charlotte and others finally came to the end.

  At the end of the mine road is a cave, which should have been an abandoned ore transfer center, and the underground track for transporting ore ended here.

  In the cave, there is an entrance sealed by a chain, and a sign is hung on it, which says no entry, which is a bit gloomy under the dim light of the oil lamp.

   "That's the entrance to the Mithril Mine, and it's been completely sealed off by the enchanted chain, no one can enter."

   Noah sneezed and said.

   Arriving here, the surrounding temperature is significantly lower.

  The three of Charlotte are all advanced Transcendents, and they don't feel any discomfort, but for the little werewolf, they have already reached the point of trembling.

  Suddenly, a coat fell on Noah's body, covering him tightly.

  Noah was stunned for a moment, then looked back and saw the werewolf Luf half shirtless.

   "Uncle Luf...?"

   "Put it on, don't freeze, we are all advanced."

  Luf shook his head.

"us?"

  Noah was slightly taken aback.

  He couldn't help looking at Charlotte beside him, and found that the werewolf girl who was about the same age as him really looked as if nothing had happened and was not frozen, and suddenly fell into shock again:

   "Enter... advanced level! Leisa, you are also an advanced level!"

  Charlotte smiled at the little werewolf without admitting or denying it.

  She took a step forward and came to the entrance of the sealed Mithril Mine.

  Sebas also followed, closed his eyes and stretched out his hand to sense the seal, and said in surprise:

   "Double seal?"

  Charlotte raised her eyebrows:

   "Is it easy to understand?"

   Sebastian's expression was a bit unnatural:

   "Unblocking...is not my forte."

"It can't be untied, it can't be untied here, I heard from the mercenaries in the tavern that in order to prevent supernatural beings from sneaking in, the mine invited the Mage Association to use a powerful and ingenious seal, even the legendary archmage is very difficult Break open."

  Noah on the side shook his head.

   "However...my brother told me to go through a hidden hole, we should be able to crawl in if we squeeze..."

   he said again.

   It's just that after he finished speaking, he found that no one answered his words.

  Noah turned his head to look at several people, but saw the girl suddenly say to the darkness:

   "Since you have followed in, don't hide anymore, show up and work quickly."

   As soon as the voice fell, a fat black cat jumped out of the darkness, meowed, and came to Charlotte:

   "Xia...Master Leisa, seeing you guys having a good time chatting, I can't bear to disturb you!"

   "Pig? A talking black pig?"

  The little werewolf's eyes widened again, his face showing astonishment.

  Nice the black cat staggered.

   "Look with your wolf eyes wide open, Master Cat is a noble, elegant, handsome Koria shorthair cat!"

   It gave the little werewolf a dissatisfied look, and at the same time raised its head proudly.

   "Cat...cat?!"

  Noah's eyes became rounder, and he didn't seem to see any connection between the spherical creature in front of him and the elegant and vigorous cat...

   "Okay, don't be poor, hurry up and do something."

  Charlotte gave Nice a white look.

   "Hey, good!"

  Nice rubbed the cat's paws, eager to try.

When he came to the seal, he first gave Sebas a provocative look, the mocking eyes seemed to say, "That's all your skills are?" Claws on the seal.

   After a silver glow, the chains on the seal slipped off under Noah's shocked gaze.

  "A black cat that can talk and undo the legendary seal..."

   He muttered to himself incredulously, already a little numb.

"Hey, it's just a third-order compound sealing technique that was set up by coincidence. It is estimated that a few silver moon mages who have studied the sealing magic for a certain period of time are invited. The technology is still a bit poor. Neither, nor did I use the rich magic power around me, far inferior to Master Cat!"

  Nice raised his tail proudly.

  This guy...has really high attainments in magic. He has all kinds of theories at his fingertips. What is his origin?

  Charlotte couldn't help but glance at Nice again.

"good."

  She put away her curiosity, nodded in satisfaction, and entered the sealed mine first.

  In the mine, the magic power became more intense, so rich that Charlotte felt that the pores all over her body seemed to be cheering.

  Strigoi are magical creatures, so they naturally prefer places with strong magic power.

  She took a deep breath almost subconsciously, but this breath almost prevented her from holding her breath.

  No one else, when the seal was broken by Niss, the pressure brought by the difference in the concentration of magic power inside and outside the cave formed a wind from the inside to the outside, and this decayed wind was mixed with a strong stench.

   Charlotte is no stranger to this stench.

   Or to be more precise, she will never forget it in her life.

  It was the same stench she smelled from the living corpses around her the day she was hung on the cross by the old hag—

   Corpse stinks!

   "vomit..."

  Behind him, the little werewolf who also took a mouthful of bad wind has already vomited.

   "Be vigilant, go in and have a look."

  Charlotte's expression became serious.

  Sebas and the others nodded, drew out their weapons one after another, and were ready to fight at any time.

   A group of people entered a deeper mine.

   Not long after entering, Charlotte saw radiant silver patterns on the surrounding cave walls.

  The pattern is like molten silver, blending with the cave wall, shimmering in the dark, colorful and dreamy.

   "This is... the mithril mine. Sure enough, the mithril mine has not been exhausted at all!"

   Sebastian said solemnly.

  The Mithril Mine is not exhausted...

  Charlotte's eyes flickered slightly.

  Getting this answer, she was somewhat relieved.

  The income from the Mithril Mine accounts for 80% of the income from the Castel Mine, and the income from the mine accounts for 70% of the Earldom’s income. In addition, 15% of the other 30% of the Earl’s income is related to the Mithril industry.

   In other words, a full 70% of her income is actually inseparable from the Mithril mine.

  The Mithril Mine is fine, which means that as long as she breaks the matter and regains control of the mine, her income will rise again.

   But at the same time, Charlotte also became vigilant.

  Being able to disguise the intact mithril mine as being exhausted, the people behind this may have a bigger plan...

   And at this time, Charlotte's heart suddenly moved again, and his ears pricked up.

  Your ability of the blood race will be greatly strengthened at night, and her keen perception will be further stimulated by the strong magic power around you.

  At this moment, Charlotte seemed to faintly hear the knocking sound of "stepping" coming from deeper.

   "Did you hear any sound?"

  He looked at Sebastian and the others.

  Luf shook his head blankly.

  Nice the black cat closed his eyes and sniffed.

  As for Sebastian, he pricked up his ears and listened for a while, with a surprised expression on his face:

   "It seems... the sound of mining?"

  Charlotte narrowed her eyes immediately:

   "Be careful and keep going."

  Everyone raised their vigilance and continued to walk deeper. As they went deeper, the vague knocking sound gradually became clearer.

  In the end, even Noah, the weakest little werewolf, heard it.

   "This... seems to be the sound of mining."

   he muttered in disbelief.

  Charlotte's expression became more solemn.

  No one else, because the stench in the air became more intense as it went deeper.

  Reminiscent of the missing miners in the mine, inexplicably...a bold guess suddenly appeared in her mind.

   "Be careful, we may meet old friends again."

   She squinted her eyes and said.

  Everyone moved on.

   After walking for another three minutes, I finally came to the end of the mine.

  At the end of the mine road is another huge cave, and it is bigger than any previous cave.

  The sound of percussion is already close to the ear, densely packed, but the rhythm is strangely unified, like a machine.

  The little werewolf Noah boldly poked his head out, but when he saw the scene in the cave clearly, his eyes widened instantly, his expression fell into great panic, and he was about to scream subconsciously.

  However, he was quickly covered by Charlotte who stepped forward.

  Charlotte's expression was unprecedentedly serious.

  Her eyes fell on the cave.

  In the cave illuminated by the bright mithril veins, miners whose bodies have already rotted one after another are brandishing mining tools and chiseling the mithril ore.

   Looking around, I am afraid there are thousands of them!

  Their eyes were empty, with faint green fire shining, and behind them, mountains of mithril ore were being pushed by mine carts and transported to the deeper part of the cave.

  Charlotte looked deeper, the scarlet eyes glowing.

  In an instant, her pupils began to dilate, and her irises also expanded, quickly covering the entire eye.

  【Eagle Vision】

   This is an innate magic in the way of wildness among the blood talent magic that she learned after destroying the Gorefiend Cult in Boulder and winning the broken pages of the Holy Tome.

  Under the eagle eye vision, Charlotte's already sharp vision became sharper and clearer, and she saw the end scene almost instantly.

  It was a huge workshop hidden in the dark.

   One after another, the undead mechanically operated various instruments, working tirelessly.

   On the side of the workshop, there are mountains of Mithril.

  …

   At the same time, in a room in the Castel Mining Workshop, the door was knocked lightly.

"Come in."

  A lazy voice sounded in the room.

  The door was pushed open, and a middle-aged steward wearing a robe walked in.

  If Noah was here, he would probably recognize that this steward is Mael, the mine steward who has made friends with the old werewolf Logan, often opened the back door for the demihumans, and turned a blind eye.

  It was he who acquiesced to Charlotte and others entering the mine just now.

  I saw him come to the desk, and respectfully said to the shadow in the darkness:

   "Master, your sacrifice has arrived."

   Hearing the words, the shadow in the darkness turned slowly.

  A pale face was revealed, and the blood red eyes were like lanterns in the darkness.

   "Is it the three werewolf miners from last time?"

   asked in a lazy voice.

  The middle-aged steward Maer hesitated for a moment and said:

   "Only one of the three came today, the other two didn't come, and a new one was replaced."

   "Substitution? Then why do you still come to me? Aren't you afraid that I will eat you?"

  The lazy voice suddenly raised, slightly dissatisfied.

  The middle-aged manager turned pale.

   He gritted his teeth and said:

   "Master, although they have changed, after they entered the mine, I got reports from some miners. They... are probably all superhumans!"

   "Extraordinary?"

  The lazy voice finally brought up a little interest.

   "Got it, well done, let's go down and receive the reward."

  He said calmly.

  The middle-aged steward showed joy and resigned and left, while the shadow in the darkness also got up, completely revealing his true face.

   It was a dark-haired man in a black robe.

  His arms are covered with black scales, and there are a pair of black dragon wings behind him.

  I saw him licking his lips, with a trace of bloodthirsty in his eyes, and said with a light smile:

   "A transcendent who wants to steal Mithril..."

   "Hehe, I haven't tasted extraordinary blood for several days."

  (end of this chapter)