Outside the mine's main gate is a winding path, and inside is a dilapidated stretch of railroad tracks. Joseph waved his hand, trying to dispel the dust floating in front of him. James choked on the air and coughed a few times. The two of them walked in the dark for a while, and saw bright torches and braziers not far away.

"Aren't we afraid of suffocating to death with a scarcity of oxygen burning in a cave like this?, and why don't we feel anything special?" asked Joseph, drawing his sword and picking at the coal in the brazier.

"Phew! Even if the air is fresh, I'm afraid of suffocating. James snorted. "Joseph, you are more familiar with the cave than I am, do you know that it is large?"

Joseph shook his head. "I don't know, but I don't think it's too big. But if that's the case, then why did Captain Whitewater stay in this place for so long?"

"Who do you ask me, who do I ask?" James pouted. At this moment, he seemed to see a figure flashing somewhere behind him, he turned around, looked closely, and found that there was no one, thinking that he was hallucinating, and shook his head and followed Joseph onwards.

Seeing that James wanted to turn back, Grisenda hurriedly hid to the other side of the wall. She held the sword pinned to her waist in one hand, and her heart beat "suddenly". After finding that the other side had not caught up, she slowly poked her head out, stared at the backs of the two with a large bright eye, and then quietly lurked up. The distance between the men grew closer, so close that Grisenda could slash James with a sword with a few gentle steps forward—and just as she was about to do so, another thing interrupted her.

Two stumbling figures burst out of the darkness. Grisenda cursed softly, and once again hid behind a wall.

"Captain Whitewater!" The two of them were shocked by the sight in front of them, and James rushed forward with an arrow and held Whitewater. Whitewater shook his head and said.

"Don't help me, go help Chea!"

Following Whitewater's finger, James saw the vice-captain of Chea, who was even more tired than Whitewater. When Joseph heard this, he rushed up and took Chea's left hand, and then asked worriedly, "What's going on?"

"I'm afraid they've all sacrificed ......," Whitewater said, his voice stammering.

"No, there may still be survivors. Chea said weakly, "Tram...... He may still be alive. ”

"I know what you mean," Whitewater turned his head. "James, Joseph—Tram may still be alive. ”

"What...... Where is he?" Although James did not know who Whitewater's Tram was, even so, James still did not discourage the desire to move forward.

"I have a hunch...... I have a hunch that he's still alive. It was only the three of us who rushed to the monster, and both of us survived, but the men behind us died from the explosion of gunpowder. So I deduce that Tram may not have been sacrificed, but I'm not sure about it. Whitewater looked up. "James, you're just a makeshift guard, so you don't have to do the dangerous work, wait until we go back and recruit all the remaining guards to save Tram......"

James laughed a few times, shook his head, and said, "Since Rannega is willing to take me in, and I have become a guard, then I am obligated to do this duty...... Needless to say, Captain Whitewater, you and Vice-Captain Chea go out first, rush back to town, and explain to the mayor the seriousness of the matter, Joseph and I will bring Tram back intact. For a moment, James said that even he was moved, thinking that he had really become some kind of hero. Even if you don't, you've at least taken the first step toward becoming a big hero. He struggled to get himself to let go of those illusions and think about the situation in front of him.

I knew that I could avoid this kind of thing, but I had to force myself inside, hey...... This old pervert has such a low IQ...... Grisenda taunted James in the shadows, but she didn't notice a hint of emotion in her heart.

"No ......" Whitewater asked Chea to sit in the corner and shook his head. James' request was still denied. "Even if I allow you to go in, even if you are qualified to be such a person, there is still something in there that you can deal with. Our squad was almost wiped out when we entered, how can you two deal with that kind of thing? Don't lose your temper, follow the two of us to Lonega and call for reinforcements. ”

"Tram ......"

James was about to speak, but he heard Joseph, who had been silent, say something secretly. Joseph looked up, his gaze steadfast.

"No, Captain, forgive me for disobeying orders, Tram is a very good friend of mine, and I can't leave him alone in the mines. We'll go back to Lonega to call for reinforcements, I'm afraid Tram will already die here. With that, Joseph took up his sword and ran deeper into the cave.

Whitewater just wanted to scold, but he couldn't move because he was weak, so he could only shake his head and sigh.

"Joseph!" James looked at Whitewater and Chea, and then at Joseph, who had disappeared around the corner, gritted his teeth, grabbed his weapon, and rushed forward.

"Hey ......"

Whitewater shouted behind James, but James caught up with Joseph as if he hadn't heard. Whitewater and Chea looked at each other, both with worried expressions.

Grisenda gritted her teeth in the corner, looked around, and saw that there was no other direction to go except the road, so she had to bite the bullet and walk out from behind the wall in front of the two men.

Whitewater and Chea watched in shock as the girl calmly shuttled in front of them. It took a long time for the two of them to come to their senses.

"That guy just ......," Whitewater whispered.

"I'm afraid James, they're in danger. Let's go, let's hurry up and contact the rest of Rannega to come and support......" Chea gritted her teeth and struggled to get up from the ground. Her right hand was bloodied from the flames and debris from the explosion, and she had multiple cuts on her neck and legs. Whitewater made her take a small bottle of healing potion to barely stop the bleeding, or she would have died in the cave. Whitewater wore more armor, but he was also scarred. When they awoke, almost everyone was buried in the rubble, except for Tram, who was nowhere to be seen, and the terrible flame imp disappeared into the depths of the cavern. The two of them walked for a long time holding each other before stumbling closer to the exit and seeing a glimmer of light outside.

By this moment, James had caught up with Joseph and was walking side by side with him. When Joseph saw him hurrying from behind, he nodded gratefully to him.

"I am also the guardian of Lannega, although I am temporary, but I cannot abandon my companions......" James patted Joseph on the back, thinking that he seemed to be a person who values love and righteousness, and couldn't help but make a great affirmation of his actions.

The two men walked in the damp and dreary air, and both dust and rats made all humans who approached this land of right and wrong feel extremely uncomfortable. James led the charge around a corner, but was frightened by the man who appeared in front of him.

"What's wrong?" Joseph asked, puzzled, when he saw him stop.

"Ahem, ahem......" James recognized Grissonda's face at a glance. Just a few hours ago, he was lying on the bed in her room. Even though the girl in front of her had some black stains on her face, it still couldn't hide her amazing beauty.

"Who are you?!" Joseph was very upset when he saw someone crossing his path, and shouted at the girl with the hilt of his sword in his right hand.

The more Grisenda thought about it along the way, the more angry she became, and by now she was about to explode. Without saying a word, she directly pulled out her long sword, pointed the tip of the sword at James's nose in the same way, and said viciously.

"Old pervert, say, what are you approaching me for?"

James took a few steps back and swallowed a mouthful of saliva. When Joseph saw what he saw, he drew his iron sword.

"Put your weapons down!"

Grisenda turned her head to look at Joseph, ignoring him.

"This ...... Dear Miss...... I'm not old, I'm not a pervert, I'm not a magician, I don't understand what you're talking about......"

Glicenta's sword stretched forward.

"If it's not you, then who is infusing this sword with powerful mana and trying to kill me?"

"Nonsense! I don't know any magic at all, how can I inject any mana?!" James was a little anxious. "I want to ask you, how did you get here?"

"Stalking you! How else can I find you?"

"In that case, you're a stalker...... Not to mention me, I'm just an ordinary person who accidentally pushes the wrong door......"

"What?!" Hearing the words "stalker", Glicenta's teeth chattered with anger.

"Sister, we'll talk about this matter later, it's important to save people now, can you let us finish the matter before arguing?"

"What if I don't?" Grisenda snorted.

James gritted his teeth, stopped Joseph with one hand, and drew his sword with the other.

"In that case, then don't blame me for being ruthless......"

"Hey, how long are you going to be arguing?"

The three of them were stunned for a moment.

"Why are you there? Why don't you come and save me?"

James, Joseph, and Grisenda realized that the voice had not come from any of them, and several of them looked at the source of the sound and found a hidden cave in the corner, and in the cave there was a huge cage, where a small young man was kept. He looked at the three of them, and there seemed to be some dissatisfaction in his eyes.

"Look at me, I'm about to suffocate, come over here and help me open the cage!"

"Tram!" Joseph was the first to rush into the cave, shaking the iron railing of the cage a few times, and said, "Are you alright?"

"See?" said James, in a mocking tone. "When we're done with the business first, I'll go out and discuss this magical plot with you......"

"Huh?"

Grisenda watched James enter the cave without saying a word, and thought that he could not figure out the man in front of him, nor could he tear his mask of hypocrisy, so he stomped on the ground a few times in shame and annoyance, clasped his hands on his chest, and stared at several people angrily.

Joseph took out his sword and slashed twice at the railing, but it was only an extra mark on the fence, and it had no real effect.

"Let's see, maybe there's something that can open the door here. Tram also seemed to be in a hurry, sweating profusely.

"Do you know where the switch is?" Joseph sighed, pinning his sword to his back.

"I don't know, Jose......ph," Tram whispered, as if he had thought of something terrible. "Be careful, there's a flame imp in the mine......"

"What?" said Joseph and James furrowed their brows at the same time.

"It's that terrifying monster with demon wings and burning all over its body......" Tram's eyes were a little lost. "It detonated the gunpowder stored in the mine and killed so many people...... When I woke up, I was found locked up here. ”

"Don't worry, we'll get you out. Before James could finish speaking, a sharp and piercing sound was heard in the mine, and the iron door in front of Tram gradually opened.

"This ......"

James stammered and couldn't speak, and turned to look out, only to see the girl smiling at them with an embarrassed expression.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect that lever to be so loud...... Otherwise, I'll pull it back again?......"

"Don't don't ......" James was full of black lines and hurriedly waved his hand to stop her.

"Oh......"