111. Chaos among goblins
Hank's expedition team found this mine, the original intention was to find the magic metal red copper inside, but they did not expect to be ambushed by the cunning goblins, and almost killed a team member, and now the discovery of copper ore next to the copper mine on the rock wall made Hank and their team members very excited. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Hank told me a little tactfully about the distribution of cuprite ore in these mines, Hank's proposal was that our two teams divide the cuprite in the mines equally, but I thought about it for a while and refused, I directly gave up the right to mine cuprite, because no one in our team had learned mining, and mining technology was hard work, so I chose to give up the right to mine cuprite after a little discussion with several members of our team.
Hank felt a little indebted to us, after all, along the way, cleaning up those goblins hidden in the shadows was done by our team's Lagertis and Darwin, so he proposed to divide the mined cuprite equally, but I decisively refused. The Academy of Magic discourages students from learning mining as a life skill, and during this time, I haven't even touched a pickaxe.
So I proposed: we don't want cuprite, and if we're lucky, find malachite in the cuprite, then give me the ownership of the first piece of malachite, and I can exchange it for other magic materials of equal value.
When I said this, Hank scratched his head a little embarrassed, and said to me, "It stands to reason that you will give us these copper mines, and if you dig up the malachite, you should give them directly to you. But that kind of gem is too rare after all, if we really dig up one, then we don't have to reach out to our parents to ask for money before graduation, so this matter will be done according to what you said, but if we really dig out two pieces, then we ......will divide it equally."
Malachite is a rare magical gemstone, usually found in large copper ore veins, and according to the spell books, if malachite is set in a staff, it will give the staff the magical effect of 'enhanced healing'. However, malachite is a very rare gemstone, and the chance of picking it up in such a mine is almost zero. Because these goblins also have a habit of collecting rare gems, they will never let the malachite grow on the cave walls without collecting it.
I say this just to reject the red copper ore that is not very pure, and the magic fanny packs of our few of us are filled with some materials from the saber-toothed tiger, there are nine saber-toothed tiger skins alone, and there are two pieces of ironwood wood and some magical herbs, and I also have some golden needles and moonstones in my backpack, which were harvested from the one-way portal after the rescue operation. At that time, our team lured the Sabertooth Tiger King away and killed him, but we didn't collect these magic materials in time, and the materials in the backpack were all replenished to me by Swift and Thomas afterwards.
I didn't expect the honest Hank to take it seriously, and he hadn't seen the shadow of the first piece of malachite, so he thought about the ownership of the second piece of malachite.
Of the seven members of our team, only Rita and Darwin didn't have much to gain in their backpacks. So whenever Rita saw the members of Hank's team collecting copper, she would twist her head away, deliberately not looking at their elated appearance. Along the way, everyone had gained, and the atmosphere in the team suddenly rose, and Hank laughed the loudest in the crowd. Being able to bring such tangible benefits to his team makes him a captain very proud.
Along the way, many green-skinned monkeys died, and almost all of these goblins were shot by Ragotis and Darwin. The goblins had almost nothing of value on them, a blowpipe made of reed grass or a hunting bow like a child's toy, or a rusty iron knife that no one would pick up, even if they were thrown on the streets of El City.
Before we knew it, we had reached the end of the mine, and the mine had become a thick stone wall, but Lagertis and Darwin were nowhere to be seen. Holding a piece of moonstone and carefully searching the edge of the wall for some clues, hoping that Lagertis would leave us some mark, I found a narrow passage digging down just behind a huge granite pebble that protruded from the wall.
On the stone wall at the entrance of the passage, I saw the latest mark left by Lagertis, two goblins sitting on the stone floor, their backs against the stone wall, one with an arrow in the chest, the other with an arrow in the eyebrow of the skull, but only the arrow hole that flowed black blood, and the feathered arrow had been taken away.
It looked like they were chasing the goblins to the second level of the mine, and the scribbled notes Lagertis had drawn on the walls were very messy, with some simple patterns, and I couldn't understand what she was trying to say.
"There's a piece of copper here! The ranger of Hank's team shouted excitedly from the innermost corner of the mine with a torch, this is already the twenty-first copper mine, it seems that this trip is not allowed, and all the members have gained something. This made them more active in the mines, carefully searching for cuprite in every corner.
And at this time, the members of Hank's team no longer have to worry about the goblins in the dark corners of the mine, even if they are sneak attacked, they will be treated as soon as I use the 'hydrotherapy technique', so everyone will explore the area one after another, and this ranger is not very honest, and he actually ran to such a secluded place without permission.
But he found a cluster of cuprite, and Hank couldn't blame him too much, that would only discourage him.
We all leaned over to see that his teammates had walked over to help the Ranger with his torch, and he was a little excited, and he felt nothing of the sparks that burst out of the copper ore and fell on his face with a sharp pickaxe.
I withdrew from the crowd.
Win Li and Becky began to worry about the safety of Lagertis and waited anxiously at the entrance of the passage, while Rita was also worried about Darwin. Becky wanted to be the first to walk in, but I grabbed her. Then I held a piece of moonstone and walked first into the sharp downward passage.
"Hey, aren't you a reserved apprentice in earth-water healing magic?" Becky said to me dissatisfied, pulling at the hem of my coat.
I said to her, "I only know that I am your captain, and besides, which of you has a wound that heals as quickly as I do?"
"Oh my God, is it a shame that you should be a shield warrior and an apprentice in magic!"
"That's right, I'm not doing what a shield warrior is supposed to do?" I said to her with a sideways face, and Becky followed closely behind me, and I could even smell her perfume, which always smelled of bitter orange blossom.
In the mine, I cooperated with her to kill Rock Gaolun, which improved the tacit understanding between the two of us in the battle, and now she has regarded me as a trustworthy comrade, and when she talks to me, she is less restrained and more straightforward, and can even make some jokes with me.
There was a suppressed exclamation from Hank's team behind them, but after a while, there was no sound at all, and it looked like they must have found a large piece of cuprite to make them so excited. But I couldn't take care of it anymore, the narrow passage was very steep, and at the beginning, I stepped on the slippery moss, and my body lost my balance for a moment, and I almost fell on my back, but it happened that Becky from behind followed, and stretched out her hands to hold me from behind.
Although I was lucky not to fall, but I was hugged by Becky, the pair of plump and soft and elastic on my chest, my head was coincidentally pillowed on her shoulder, her warm breath sprayed on my face, I could see her face a little red by the dim moonstone in my hand, I looked at her face in a daze, Becky pushed me twice, trying to make my voice a little steady, and pleaded to me, "Get up!"
"There was slippery moss on the ground, and I accidentally fell. Be careful with those behind you. I struggled to my feet and said to the people behind me.
Ying Li's voice came from behind: "Jia, you have to be more careful!"
"I'm fine, you don't have to worry!" I responded,
Entering the second layer of the mine, I found that the mine here is much wider than the first layer, and in the mine tunnel here, there will be a lamp on the stone wall every 20 meters, which burns the fat of animals I don't know, and it is very burn-resistant, but the light of the wall lamp does not shine too far and is swallowed up by the darkness around it, it is like an underground palace, there are traces of artificial carving in each stone room, this is no longer a simple mine cave, but is repaired by these underground residents like a beautiful roomγ
Not too far from the exit, there were several goblin corpses with arrow wounds lying on the ground, but there were two goblins that made me a little nervous, one of them was obviously strangled by steel wire in the neck, and the other goblin corpse was stabbed in the chest several times, before he died, I wondered who had such bad knife skills, and after stabbing it several times, it finally stabbed into the ventricle and made its heart stop beating.
Obviously, Lagertis will not give up his elven longbow even in hand-to-hand combat, so the goblin who was strangled by the bowstring should be the masterpiece of Lagertis, and the other goblin who was stabbed to death by a sharp blade should have been killed by Darwin, who had no melee experience, but his knife skills were really bad......
Having pushed Lagertis and Darwin into hand-to-hand combat, it doesn't seem to be as rosy as we thought, and everywhere they went, they were in a hard fight, and I really couldn't understand why they were in such a precarious situation, and why they were going to go inside and not come back to join us.
Walking further inside, another strange picture appeared in front of my eyes, it was two completely different goblins hugged tightly together, one face with a frightened color, in a panic to break away, but someone stabbed along the collarbone into the chest, in the constant struggle to die, its eyes were blood-red, in this dark space, it looked a little hideous and terrifying. The other was wearing lined chain mail, but its chest seemed to have been hammered by a sledgehammer, and the entire chain mail was deflated, and its eyes struggled to open before dying, but the eyes that had no luster were blue-black.
These are two completely different goblins, one is superior equipment and even after death, its eyes are clear, although the appearance is still so obscene, but there is no trace of tyranny from its body, the two of them should almost end up dying, and this also makes me know that in this cave, there is another goblin that has not lost its mind, and these two goblins seem to be hostile.
"What's wrong?" Hank came over to me and asked me when he saw me stop, crouching on the ground and looking at the traces of the fight on the ground by the faint light of the moonstone.
I looked around, then took a breath and said, "Maybe this is where goblins really live!" β
I pointed to the two goblins that had fallen to the ground and said to Hank, "There is also chaos and strife among the goblins, and I don't know who we should help!"
"Whoever is weak, help anyone, or simply don't help anyone, and let us finally reap the benefits of the fisherman!" Hank said more rationally.
I think Hank has always been a very conscientious captain, and when he thinks about things, he tends to start from the big picture and rarely talk about personal feelings and temperament. The plan he gave was indeed the best one.
"Jia, look at the number left by Lagertis here, it seems that the matter is urgent!" Helena said as she stood beside the stone wall and beckoned me.
It seems that almost all of us in the team are starting to worry about the safety of Lagertis and Darwin. And it seemed that the two of them were caught in a mess between the goblins, and I stood up, and then Hank seemed to have something to say to me, and after I patted him on the shoulder, I said to him, "If you are not in a hurry, then you will talk about you later, and now come with me to save people......"
"Hey, I said......" Hank tried to stop me again, and I waved his hand to signal him to follow.
Continuing along the mine, there are a large number of red-eyed goblins in a berserk state, who only have simple strips of cloth around their waists to hang their rusty knives, and a small number of goblins wearing chain mail who also give their young and precious lives.
Our group continued to walk inside, and although there was a light on the wall, it couldn't shine too far.
I had already heard the sounds of fighting, and I was walking deeper into the cave in search of the messy sounds......
(To be continued.) )