The players thought they might encounter monsters in the tunnel, so they stayed alert the whole way.
But when they reached a dead end, they realized it seemed like there was no way forward.
Someone asked in confusion, "Why did we end up in a dead end?"
Spicy Flavor Fairy looked around, his brow furrowing.
When he saw the tunnel that was blocked by rocks, he finally understood Hanjun's plan:l, "I know what's going on."
His words caught the players' attention.
The players asked him one after another, "What do you know? We didn't notice anything."
Hanjun crossed his arms and looked at him.
Spicy Flavor Fairy opened the quest information and saw that after he had just spoken, his quest interface had been updated.
[ Quest Objective: Discover the truth of the quarry
The players were stunned, "Huh?"
Seeing that the players didn't understand, Spicy Flavor Fairy explained more, "Didn't you notice? This mine isn't really a dead end. The blocked path still has wooden supports holding up the tunnel, which means it's a collapsed entrance."
After he pointed this out, the players began to understand.
"So the missing miners were buried in the mine? But the miners's families in Ulon Town don't know this. They think wolves attacked the miners."
Spicy Flavor Fairy nodded, "Viscount Hereford didn't care about the miners' lives. When the giant white wolf appeared and the rumors spread, he went along with the rumors, made a quick getaway, and avoided suspicion. Sadly, the miners lost their lives, and their families don't know the real cause of their deaths."
After he finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Hanjun.
Hanjun lowered his arms and nodded, "You're correct in your guess."
The truth was that the miners didn't disappear because the giant white wolf had killed all of them.
Instead, Viscount Hereford had ordered the miners to work day and night, leading to many workers dying from exhaustion.
Excessive mining also caused some cave to collapse and made the miners to become trapped in the mine.