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Chapter 31: The Mine

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Nasikai's iron ore is in the south direction, and there are several hills in the middle.

At noon, everyone from the "Sword and Rose" group chose to set up a temporary camp at the top of the mountain to prepare lunch.

"This city is a wound to nature. If it could develop naturally, it would definitely not be what it is now." Jia Xila, who was driving the plants to give up a small bonfire site, looked at the somewhat dirty town of Naxikai, and couldn't help but sigh. Because of steelmaking, there were tall slag and cinder mountains piled up in the south of Naxikai, and the nearby forests had been cut down. Also because of steelmaking, the towns were shrouded in ash smoke and dust every day, which was almost the same as today's capital.

"Jahila, if we resolve the iron ore crisis, maybe we can make some changes to Mayor Bailang, such as managing the surroundings of the city, demolishing slums, etc. You know, although I am a human being,... I love nature!" Chanem, who is learning to build a stove, immediately took on this topic.

He would not miss any opportunity to chat with Jahira and Muxing or perform in front of them.

"I must resign from Ge Li'an! Teach the goblins and other biology to learn magic, this is an impossible task!" When he heard Chanem say something stupid again, Lu Yuan couldn't help complaining, and Mu Xing hid next to him with a smile and leaned against him to watch the fun.

Lu Yuan rubbed his forehead and thought helplessly. Even taking such simple complaints seriously, when will this child grow up? After teaching me for so long, why did I become more and more desperate? It is so hard for Ge Li'an to let him be a part-time mage! But I can't continue to do this job!

Jahira stopped talking awkwardly and continued to drive away the plants and give up more space. This "plant expulsion" seems to be a bit too careful of plants, but in fact it will not be burned, will not be dug up, and will not be crushed by the body. She just let the space open for a few hours. She was then restored, which was the smallest price to pay.

Jahira regretted her frivolous behavior a few days before her death. The teasing of Chanem was obviously regarded as some recognition by him, so she gave up Mu Xing and simply concentrated her firepower to attack Jahira. This self-proclaimed handsome young man did not care about the fact that Jahira was actually married and her husband was around her. As Chanem's elder and Ge Li'an's friend, although Jahira and Khalid could not say anything, they could not leave, but her husband Kalid's dissatisfaction was obvious.

He couldn't understand how Ge Li'an taught this child! The moral values ​​of elves are much stronger than those of humans. Half elves are far better than humans. Is humans... far better than goblins, orcs, etc.

When talking about the orcs’ chaotic relationship, as long as you ignore the nobles of ghosts and animals, as humans, everyone is still very superior.

After dinner, everyone sat around the camp to drink tea.

Lu Yuan was in a slightly better mood, remembering the scene when he went out for a picnic in college in the past, and told everyone a joke about "elves and green" by the bonfire.

"...After shooting the slave trader with one arrow, the elf still said to himself strangely - 'He actually hid in the grass in emerald green clothes. Don't he know how conspicuous it is?'"

This choreography elves can accurately distinguish more than a dozen green jokes, which is one of the most impressive jokes of Lu Yuan. Because it fits the situation, Lu Yuan laughs first after he finishes his words, Chanem and Aimeng smile at each other. The three and a half elves blinked their big apricot kernel-shaped eyes and looked at Lu Yuan strangely - the colors of grass green and emerald green are really different, I don’t know what’s funny about this…

So Lu Yuan became depressed.

Seeing Lu Yuan depressed, Mu Xing felt embarrassed, although this joke was really not funny. So she decided to tell a funny joke to ease the atmosphere, "Let me tell you a joke about 'spoon and rice spoon', which is the real thing I experienced in the Northland," Mu Xing said gently. Seeing that the famous ranger in the Northland wanted to tell his own story, several people were looking forward to it with interesting interest.

“…At this time the owner had already brought the last soup, but unfortunately, he said that his spoon was snatched away by the goblin.

‘How can I drink soup without a spoon?’ I had to ask.

But the owner said indifferently, 'But it didn't take away the rice spoon'. Hahahaha~"

Mu Xing clapped his legs and laughed so hard that he couldn't breathe. Jahira and Khalid also laughed so hard that they were both in a state of intense magnitude that they could not stop at all.

Now it is the three humans who look at each other in the face - is it that funny to drink soup with rice spoons when they don't have a soup spoon?

But looking at the three and a half elves in joy... So sometimes it's annoying to say elves and so on! Lu Yuan continued to read books depressedly, and he felt increasingly that traveling with others was a big mistake.

At that time, when I was traveling alone with Mu Xing, I just wanted to tell bad jokes. No matter whether Mu Xing could understand or be confused, his reaction would be very cute and interesting.

By the way, the status of a creature like a half-elves is much higher than imagined. In the elves' vocabulary, there is no such description as "mixed species". If a half-elves live like an elves, they will be considered an elves. If they live like a human, they will be considered a human. The status of an elves depends on racial bloodlines, and one-eighth of the sun-elves' bloodlines are also nobler than pure-blooded wood elves.

"There is a goblin", Ai Meng's words rescued everyone, so everyone was packed up and prepared for war as if they were facing a great enemy!

"Seven or eight" Jiaheila stood up and looked at it for a while, and reported a number. In the elves' keen vision, there were seven or eight goblins wandering in the distance, not daring to rush over to Yanbei, but reluctant to leave.

As soon as I heard the numbers, the person sat down again. He cut the goblins until they wanted to vomit, but he was really not interested.

"I'll go." Chanem sorted out his equipment, stood up with a longbow, and said to Jahira with a deep chest.

"I'll go too." Aimeng also followed him with a short bow. Since leaving the friendly arm, the little girl Aimeng has been following Chanem tightly like Chanem's shadow. Unfortunately, Chanem always kept showing her diligence to Jahira and Mu Xingda, completely ignoring Aimeng's existence.

Anyone with eyes can see that Aimeng likes Chanem, but Chanem thought that he and Aimeng were "close brother-sister relationships". In fact, although one was Ge Li'an's adopted son and the other was the adopted daughter of the hotel owner, they were indeed brother-sister.

Their fathers are both Barr, a stallion who is pregnant. Although they don’t know each other, they are really brother and sister.

"I hope that lovers in the world will eventually become brothers and sisters", this kind of scam setting changes. After getting the game of Bode Gate 2, I suddenly discovered that the hardcore players who liked Ai Meng the most, who turned into a real sister were in pain! In order to allow the brothers and sisters to fall in love, someone specially did a touch like "Ai Meng's Romantic", and fell in love with her own sister in a crazy way. She pushed her sister down...

"Kalid, follow me and take a look." Jahira pushed her husband. Kalid nodded, stood up and held a shield and a sword, and went to protect the two young girls. The others continued their leisure just now, and had experience in fighting along the way. It was "easy to handle such a small situation". The brother and sister shot arrows in front and behind, while shooting the goblins on the right while driving the goblins to the stream on the left. When the local spirit had to wade through the water to escape from the stream, they were completely wiped out because they were dragged by the water very slowly.

Afterwards, Aimeng sneaked into the bushes to detect whether there were other enemies. Chanem checked the body - the dead one finished the knife, the dead one cut an ear for bounty, collect iron tools and recycle arrows that can still be used. Khalid kept protecting him, after all, he was the son of an old friend, and not to mention... Alando predicted that he knew something, and what kind of path Chanem chose to take was a major event in the entire country.

"The traces came from the south, and they should be the direction of the mine," Ai Meng said back.

I saw that everyone was looking at me and waiting for me to make a decision.

Chanem was nervous, then thought seriously for a few minutes and said, "Then let's hurry up and move forward!"

At the angle he couldn't see, Jia Xila and Lu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. It was really not easy to take care of the child. Jia Xila gestured to Lu Yuan "You go up", Lu Yuan spread his hands and said "Why?" Jia Xila raised her chin and pointed her husband, "How much trouble do you want me to cause?!"

Although Lu Yuan wanted to say, "If you cause trouble, our Muxing will be fine." Unfortunately, he is a teammate. So he could only stand up and nodded to Chanem with encouragement and praised: "I did a good job, the worst decision is no decision, and the best decision is a timely decision. Being able to make a choice based on your own judgment, you have successfully entered the first part! Congratulations to Xiao Cha, you are already a qualified captain!"

Then everyone cooperated and plucked their hands a few times, and the expression of admiration and admiration flashed on their faces, which made Chanem feel the joy of success and everyone's recognition, which inspired more initiative and performance. Alas, it was so tiring to educate the children. Only his sister Ai Meng sincerely admired her brother Chanem, staring at his figure with her eyes flashing. If he was a sister-in-law, he should be able to die without regrets at this time.

"I feel more and more that this is a loss-making deal." Lu Yuan complained quietly, and he was walking at the end, and kept looking down at the spell information, but early on putting the invisible Nini in front of the team to explore the way.

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After most of the day's trek, several people finally arrived at the Naxikai mining area and told the person in charge that although it was almost night, everyone still seized the time to enter the mine - there was no sunshine in the mine anyway.

Like all medieval mines, Naxikai's mine was narrow and long, with poor support, resulting in multiple collapses, and densely packed like spider webs. If the walker is more careful, and under the lantern with the "Immortal Flame" attached, corpses can be found in almost every branch, from fresh corpses to completely decayed ones, it is not entirely caused by this crisis.

In this era, mining is a life-threatening thing.

The problem with the Sikai Iron Mine is not just that it is as simple as a few human-eating monsters coming out deep. If it is just human-eating, it is not a problem, because the life of miners is not much better than that of slaves. As long as it does not affect production, if a monster eats one in a week, no one may ask about it.

It is rumored that the mineral deposits in the Naxikai Mine have been "poisoned"! Ores polluted by a certain substance, the steel extracted will have extremely poor quality. It is not yet certain whether this pollution is targeting the deposit or the mined ore, and no one has found tangible evidence. However, as the only source of income, miners were still driven into the mine for mining. It is impossible to infect all iron ore in such a large range. Therefore, good iron ore can always be mined. It is just that the quality fluctuates greatly. As long as there are problems in a few batches, the blow to Naxikai's mining will be fatal.

As for miners, although no one can tell how different the miners and slaves are, if the iron ore goes bankrupt, there is a lack of arable land around Nasieke. At that time, all miners' families would fall into the Jedi.

Entering the mine, six people lined up in the formation of the first three and the third one. Apart from the miners, they did not encounter any monsters along the way. From the descriptions from the miners, it can be guessed that in the depths of the mine, there should be creatures like kowtowers and goblins. It is fine to goblins, timid, cowardly, and vulnerable. In contrast, the kowtowers' bows and arrows threaten much greater, especially when shooting in large quantities.

The third floor of the mine.

Khalid walked in the front, wearing half-body steel armor and a steel shield, and walked in the front with tightly covered by himself. As a half-elf, the medium-sized steel shield can cover a larger body area, and his dark vision can also provide greater help here.

On the smooth surface of his steel shield, he was also cast with an immortal flame spell, which could shine on the deep mine tunnel like a searchlight. Similarly, he was conspicuous and would inevitably become the primary target of gathering fire. There were always accidents below, and the miners would basically not go down to the third floor. With the decrease in personnel in the mine tunnel, it became extremely quiet. Only six people in the team walked alone in the darkness, and an indelible atmosphere of depression began to press down on the team's heart.

Whether it was the sound of footsteps, the endless long mine track, or the shaking shield "searchlight" that made people dizzy in the past, these all turned into the anxious mood of the team.

"Wait a minute", Lu Yuan, who was walking at the end, stopped. He frowned and looked at the half-elves, "What's wrong with you?"

Before, he felt that Khalid's shield seemed to be unstable, which was strange. After all, he was a good warrior. Then he found that not only did Khalid have problems, but Mu Xing looked normal on the surface, but he rarely sweated a lot, breathed rapidly, and had a flushed complexion. Jahira showed a tired expression several times and supported her hands on the wall to rest several times. Lu Yuan initially thought she had not had a good rest.

Because I knew that the elves might not be able to adapt to the underground tunnels, they had already used the magic of "environmental coordinating" to adapt to the environment before entering. In this way, even if they enter the bottomless abyss, they can live for a while. But depending on the current situation...

He pulled Khalid over and put his steel shield on his side. Sure enough! He had previously hid in the darkness behind the bright shield and couldn't see it. Now, as soon as he moved the shield, he found that Khalid's face was pale, sweat dripping along his cheeks, his eyes were dissipated, and he was almost exhausted!

"Poisoned?!" Chanem asked nervously after taking Khalid's shield. He was a little ashamed. Half of the people in the team had a problem, but as the captain, he didn't notice it.

Lu Yuan carefully asked about the three people’s feelings, and said with some uncertainty and some amusingness, “Claustrophobia?”

"What disease?" Ai Meng said he couldn't understand.

"Ahem, no, I think I... was poisoned! It's very serious poison!" Jahira retorted that with the druid's medical experience, she could clearly feel the rapid weakness of her body. This was not caused by any disease - not to mention that neither Ranger nor Druid got sick.

And as she spoke, she felt her physical strength being accelerated, and the surrounding walls seemed to be pressing against her, making her unable to breathe...

"Come on! Xiao Cha! Ai Meng! Let's send the elves to the upper level to get some breath!" Lu Yuan patted his slap and woke up the two young people and ordered. At this time, Kalid, who had been spending a lot of physical energy, had to rely on the wall to support his body. Hearing the order, Chanem went directly to support Jassilla. Lu Yuan half-held Mu Xing, and Kalid Meng could not help Kalid, who was fully armed, and could only unbutton his armor with tears in his eyes.

"Ah...A Yuan," Mu Xing fell down here. She grabbed Lu Yuan's robe with a blurred look, as if she was about to express her thoughts quickly, "Yuan, big ship. That... big ship, if... if I can't go back... can I entrust it to you?" Her big eyes were filled with tears, and she looked at Lu Yuan begging.

"Please. Please send me... and Kalid's corpse back to Kalishan..." Jahira said to Chanem weakly. "Please say sorry to... Ge Lian, the child... can't... go with you." Chanem burst into tears.

"Yes...yes..." Khalid responded weakly.

Lu Yuan held his forehead and the elves there began to explain their last words. The situation that was more troublesome than a claustrophobia was that there were three at the same time! They would inspire and influence each other, and then everyone deteriorated rapidly! Death was not impossible! But now it was obviously too late to send them up.

"Let them lie together!" Lu Yuan placed the steel shield flat, let the light of the immortal flames hit the tunnel ceiling directly to create a halo effect. "Xiao Cha. Go ahead! Love to cover the back, be careful! Don't go far, just stand in a place I can see!"

Waiting for the two teenagers to leave, he began to take care of the three half-elves who were already a little confused. The confused thoughts slightly relieved the influence of claustrophobia, which was also a way for the body to save itself. He lowered his body and was beside them, and his voice became gentle and friendly, "Listen to me, children, listen to me..."

His hands were spread out and his fingers were sliding. Under the bright light reflection, a large handful of green gradually emerged from his hands, gradually turning into forests, grasslands, lakes, mountains, wind and birds singing... The three elves began to relax their bodies, and the familiar environment relieved their symptoms.

"Why are there no beast?" said the confused Jahira.

Three black lines appeared in Lu Yuan, and the figures and screams of wild beasts running around were added.

"Welcome to Erona's Kingdom of God..." With the sound magic, his voice became even grand and friendly, as if he could speak to everyone's heart. Mu Xing's face showed a joyful expression, and those symptoms were disappearing rapidly. Claucrastin phobia is a psychological disease after all, and as long as he is psychologically deceiving, he can be treated quickly.

"But we are the followers of His Highness Obai." Jahira's Royal Sister asked about bugs again, and Khalid nodded slightly.

I was reluctant, Lu Yuan gritted his teeth, and the sound magic was isolated and played "Welcome to Obai's Kingdom of God..." This time, the symptoms of Khalid began to disappear quickly.

"I am a natural believer, a druid, and I will not go to His Highness Obai's Kingdom of God." Jahira, whose symptoms were only slightly relieved, continued to retort.

"Squat honestly in the wilderness! Squat!" Lu Yuan, who could not bear it, roared at Jia Xila! Under the influence of the sound magic, his words turned into rumbled thunder, shocking Jia Xila's ears. The emperor indeed showed a somewhat scared expression, closed his eyes and got up, squatting there honestly, and the symptoms began to ease quickly - you were just a shaking m that seemed to be S!... By the way, is this training?!

When the three awakened elves opened their eyes, they noticed that although they were still in the tunnel, there was some comfortable green around them. Although it was an illusion, the environmental reaction was not as strong as before. However, the problems of the elves still existed. Now it seems that perhaps it was because they could not see the sky, perhaps because of changes in atmospheric pressure, or even the influence of earth veins radiation. In short, the elves could not go any further.

Find Chanem and Emon back.

"Listen to me," Lu Yuan stopped Chanem's speech. "The elves' problems are very serious now. If this continues, we will be damaged if we encounter enemies. I ordered the three elves to retreat to the previous level. If there is still a problem, they can withdraw directly. Chanem and Aimun set up a second defending point in the guard room behind, ready to pick me up at any time. I will go to the front to explore the way."

"Mu Xing and I have a special contact information, so she can know my situation." Lu Yuan added.

Everyone looked at Mu Xing, and Mu Xing nodded. Nini had never appeared in front of everyone, and was now squatting in Mu Xing's ears. With the spiritual connection between Nini and Lu Yuan, there was no problem with the basic connection. Seeing that the situation was serious, Lu Yuan directly suppressed Chanem's opinion and issued an order.

Mu Xing, Jahira, Khalid returned to the previous floor, Chanem and Aimun built a simple "city wall" with the shield left by Lu Yuan, and then allocated the arrows to try to guard the intersections on both sides. After Lu Yuan finished arranging, his figure flashed and disappeared into the darkness. (To be continued, please search for Piao Tianwen, the novel is better and faster!

ps:ps: Help from the editor, the recommendations for next week will be very impressive! The results of this book are steadily increasing, but there is still a lack of publicity.

There is also an afternoon. Yesterday, Lao Lei wrote 10,000 words, and today he sent 12,000 words to celebrate...
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