Chapter 665: Chapter 221 The Basic Situation of the Mine_3
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Leonard Churchill could tell from their stance that these guys were going to rob openly.
Without waiting for a few colleagues around him who hadn’t yet grasped what was happening to react, he rushed into the pitch-black mine tunnel nearby.
It wasn’t that he was afraid to fight, but after watching that mutated miner kill someone, he wasn’t sure if there were any “taboos” in this mine.
Killing now might invite trouble.
Watching Leonard Churchill dash into the mine,
to the onlookers it seemed certain he was carrying food to be running like that.
The burly man bellowed, “Chase him!”
Several people chased after him.
Meanwhile, several other porters, who were also card master apprentices, hadn’t managed to escape in time, and after being thoroughly beaten, were stripped clean of everything they had.
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Elsewhere, another group had gathered together, breaking up the bread they had just exchanged.
Each got a small half-piece.
They too saw the scene of Leonard Churchill escaping.
“Boss Christ, should we go after him?”
“Don’t bother. It’s just one man, we won’t find much food on him. It’s a waste of energy. Running around in the mines blindly could aggravate those ‘lunatics’, and you might lose your life as a consequence. Better save our strength to mine. Besides, that guy’s not weak.”
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Upon hearing this, everyone silently nibbled on the bread in their hands.
Though the energy from the food added some color to their faces, the oppressive sense of despair lingered undispensable.
The miners chatted aimlessly amongst themselves.
“Ah... the crystals in the upper three levels of the mine have been almost completely extracted. I’ve only mined three in three days, and the bread I got in exchange isn’t even enough for one meal. If this keeps up, we’ll starve to death even if we don’t go mad.”
There were at least seven levels to the mine, and nothing much was left above the third level; the deeper you went, the more crystals but also the greater the contamination...
Those lunatics were active in the deeper levels, the further down you go, the more formidable the lunatics...
Later, as Leonard listened, he also asked about some things he wanted to know.
“Do you know who has survived the longest here?”
“I think it’s ‘Fifth Master of Swift family’? Supposedly he’s been alive for over three years now, used to be a leader of a mercenary group. Now he’s one of the three top bosses in these tunnels.”
“Anyone survived here for over a decade?”
“Impossible! No one can live that long. Fifth Master of Swift family has lasted three years because he was a mysterious system spell caster and had strong mental power, a bunch of underlings to help him mine for food, and that’s what’s keeping him alive until now. Anyone else would have gone mad long ago.”
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Leonard Churchill originally wanted to inquire about the “predecessor” mentioned by Lord Nine Brown, but didn’t get an answer.
Abel had obtained the “Gluttony” Breathing Method fragment more than a decade ago, which meant that the predecessor had been in the prison all those years before.
Could he be dead?
“That doesn’t seem right...”
Leonard Churchill felt that was unlikely.
If that predecessor had died, Lord Nine Brown would have surely mentioned it.
And from Master Merlin’s evasive attitude before, it seemed likely the person was still around.
Or perhaps he had guessed wrong, and the “predecessor” wasn’t a prisoner but rather a guard on the outside?
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Information of value was exchanged for a piece of bread.
Soon, Leonard Churchill had a rough understanding of the situation in the mine.
And from these inquiries, he learned that those mutation monsters indeed comprehended various ‘intents.’
People here, if they stayed long enough, would, more or less, comprehend some fighting intent, mysteriously acquired combat martial skills and spells.
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