Chapter 188: Darkness
Open the grain bag, inside is a special wheat, the grain is very large, the texture is very hard, it is said that this is the black iron dwarf cultivated fluorescent wheat, can be planted in the ground, and can harvest two crops a year, the black iron dwarf never short of food, but also can make a lot of wine, all rely on it.
Unas lit the pot, took out a little corn from his bag, boiled a pot of corn porridge and drank it, and lay down on the stone bed and soon fell into a deep sleep.
There was no day or night underground, and he didn't know how long he slept this night, and when he woke up, the effect of the cartilage had finally dissipated, and Unas did a set of gymnastics in the cave, moving his hands and feet, and felt that the knife wounds on his left hand and back were much better.
After washing his face and nibbling on two dry breads, he pushed open the door stone at the entrance of the cave and walked out of the white hole to the warehouse and residence of the Riddle Three.
This time, the guard at the entrance of the cave did not dare to stop him, so he hurried in to report, and Unas asked the one who was left, "How long have I slept?" ”
This person was the guy who had been slashed in the throat by his knife before, trembling, and said in a hoarse voice: "More than twenty hours is about the same." ”
After sleeping for so long, Unas was not surprised, the continuous fighting and torture had exhausted his body to the extreme, and he really needed to rest.
Riddle personally greeted him, and as soon as he saw him, he said, "Lord Paladin looks full of energy, his strength must have been restored, and I was about to ask you to discuss a big matter." ”
Unas smelled an aura of conspiracy, "Don't call me a paladin, everyone will be brothers in the future, just call me Unas." ”
"Alright, Brother Unas, please come in."
Once inside, Unas found three faces inside, each with a different brand on their foreheads, apparently slaves of the other three mine owners.
Riddle introduced them one by one, and these three people, like him, were human slave managers in the three groups of Cold Steel, Raging Furnace, and Fire Rock, except for Black Whiskers.
The human leader of Cold Steel is called Luther, a straight-standing young man, and he first thanked Unas: "Thank you so much that Lord Paladin helped cure Uncle Sam as soon as he came. ”
"You're going to help Sam if I don't come, aren't you?" Unas stabbed him slightly, who let him have medicine and not apply it?
Luther smiled bitterly and did not speak again, as if he had his own troubles.
The leader of the angry furnace was a middle-aged man with a white beard, named Frank, who looked kind, and then continued: "I heard that kid Hart say that there was a paladin who can't swim, and I thought he was joking, hahahaha, it turned out to be true!" ”
It seems that Hart is his subordinate, and Unas has a good impression of that kid, but this old guy just wants to ask for credit, and he can't let him get his wish, "Thanks to Hart for saving me from the water, otherwise I would have to fly out on my own, which would have cost me a lot of energy." ”
Whitebeard choked for a moment, and at the same time was surprised that the young man in front of him could actually use such high-level spells as "Angel Descending" (the folk name for the wings of revenge), and he didn't know if it was bragging.
The last one was naturally the man from the Fire Rock, who was also a middle-aged man who didn't seem to be socially good, and only said, "Hello, I'm Bass." ”
On weekdays, the human leaders of the four parties unite to the outside world, but they will also have some friction for the interests of their respective small groups, and the relationship is not very good, and they are together today, of course, not to welcome the new paladin, but to discuss common interests.
After introducing each other, they sat in a circle, and Riddle said to Unas: "Brother, your arrival has greatly increased our strength, and today I have gathered all the bosses here to discuss how to regain one of our lost ore veins, you must help." ”
Unas was noncommittal, motioning for him to continue.
"More than two months ago, Luther's people found a vein containing black iron near our mine, we were going to mine it secretly, but somehow leaked the news, and it was known by the trolls of the Burning Thorn clan adjacent to us, they recruited the black stone orcs, and forcibly seized the vein, the dark tribe has a huge power here, no one will conflict with them for the sake of humans, we had to swallow the bitter fruit and retreat."
The Dark Tribe is the remnants of the old tribe after the Second **** War, and they refuse to recognize the new tribe founded by Thrall, led by the son of the old tribe's great chieftain Blackhan, the destroyer, Red-Black Hand, and the main body is composed of black stone orcs, forest trolls, and ogres.
Red-Black Hand allied with the Black Dragon, firmly occupied the upper level of the Black Stone Tower, and always wanted to completely drive away the original owner of the Black Stone Tower, the Black Iron Dwarves, and the continuous attacks from top to bottom made the Black Iron Dwarves' control of the lower layers of the Black Stone Tower also precarious, and the timely assistance of the Fire Demon King made the dwarves not completely cleared, but also lost most of the territory of the lower layers.
The countless battles between the Dark Tribe and the Black Iron Dwarves have brought a large number of captives, so there are many orcs, trolls, and ogres in the Dark Furnace Mine, and they naturally belong to the Dark Tribe, and they are naturally united and are the second largest force here. (Of course, the first major force is still the dwarves, and the number of black iron dwarves who have been enslaved for generations is the largest)
"Why, then, do you have the confidence to take it back now? Don't say it's because of me, I'm not that capable alone. Unas asked.
"The arrival of the Unas brothers has certainly increased my confidence," Riddle laughed, "but the bigger reason is that I got the news yesterday that the Blackstone Orcs are going to concentrate on grabbing a large mine that originally belonged to the Black Iron Dwarves in the Western District, and we will definitely not be able to take care of this side at that time, and we should be able to deal with it if we only have the Thorn Trolls." ”
Unas was deeply puzzled, there was such a coincidence, Lao Tzu just came and you received good news?
He speculated that there were two scenarios: either it was fake news, and the dead bald head wanted to fool himself into hitting the muzzle of the Blackstone orc, or it was true news, but it was not received yesterday, and Riddle wanted to hide the information before, and now he wanted to use himself as a gunman.
Anyway, he wanted to kill people with a knife and get rid of Unas, a newcomer who threatened his dominance.
Unas was quite disappointed in his heart, he originally planned to live in peace with them and plan a way to escape, but now it seems that the other party doesn't want to spare him easily, so don't blame him for being ruthless!
The other three bosses were all very excited about Riddle's proposal, the black furnace has the most iron ore, black iron is similar to a kind of associated ore, relatively rare, is the main raw material for making black steel, according to the standards of the mine owners, the same weight, black iron is five times more food than ordinary iron ore.
Now the mineral resources owned by humans can only barely make more than 200 people barely starve to death, and they are still far from being full, and the food obtained by one more black iron vein can make everyone more powerful, whether it is to defend themselves or to mine, it will be more advantageous.
(To be continued.) )