After walking along the mine railway for about half an hour, the explosion-proof lights that could not completely illuminate the mine completely disappeared, leaving only two portable mining lamps in the silent tunnel that gave off a dim and flickering light.
After passing through several wooden supports of the mine tunnel, the steep and narrow mine tunnel ahead became a little difficult to walk. Large pieces of broken rock and small piles of ore were randomly scattered everywhere, disappearing in the light of the fire.
At the end of the road was a boulder blocking the road. There was a passage blocked by wooden slats on the lower right side of the boulder. Lester could hear the whistling wind on the other side of the passage.
"This is it. Go through this opening and go all the way down. It takes about a few minutes to reach the Devil's Mine. It is a natural deep mine. We once organized an exploration team to explore in depth. The Devil's Mine contains rich reserves of minerals. Silver veins and crystal veins, if it weren't for several accidents, we wouldn't have abandoned this place. Now it's different from before. Everyone's life has gotten better. There is really no need to die for a little money."
Kicking the thick wooden slats blocking the road, Laurie, who had expected it, smiled flatteringly.
"It only takes a little effort to get this thing open, but I still have to persuade you again, Lord Liszt, otherwise we should stop here. My life doesn't matter. Anyway, the factory director has already arranged for my family. It doesn't matter if I die here, the same goes for this old guy Queller, who is terminally ill and half a traitor, has nothing to worry about all his life, and no one will care about him after he dies.
You are different. You are so young and a big businessman in the Emerald Territory. You will definitely have a bright future in this turbulent era. The place you should go to is the noble banquet hall. There is really no need to risk this with rough guys like us out of curiosity. risk. "
This time the old miner did not follow the advice, but just looked at Lester and nodded vigorously.
Lester knew that the two kind-hearted people were not afraid of death, and his dissuasion was at least 60% sincere, but he also had a reason to go. He was investigating the eight people who were most likely to have Malphite in the Edge of Night. Among the underground mines, this is the place where Malphite is most likely to appear.
He couldn't bet on whether the killer of Night's Blade would anger Malfitt and cause Malfit to leave Zaun's underground world. He couldn't be sure whether the killer of Night's Edge could convince Malphite to meet and chat with him. You can only do this on your own.
When Zaun undergoes great changes, he will seize any power he can and try to make the wise Malphite his helper and ally.
With Malphite's help, not to mention Malphite's ability to suppress the void forces, just relying on Malphite to find Skarner's ancestral land is enough to make Lester unscrupulous.
The Emerald Territory does not need, nor does it have to wait for decades until someone from the Feros family obtains the Life Crystal of the Shell Tribe and possesses key information about Lester. The Emerald Territory is able to do everything on its own.
The Jade Collar, who has obtained the Life Crystal, can develop Hex Crystal technology as soon as possible. With its monopoly on the Hex Crystal, the Jade Collar can do many things, which naturally includes complete control over the unborn Piltover and the future ancestors. install.
This time, he must figure it out.
"Don't worry about my safety. Let's go. Don't forget our agreement."
"Okay, old Queller, give me a light."
"okay."
Sighing deeply, Laurie stopped trying to dissuade him and began to pry the board with his crowbar.
It was more laborious than expected to pry open the solid wooden board that was nailed down with steel nails. It took Laurie a full ten minutes to remove a quarter of it. The narrow passage was tightly blocked by criss-crossing wooden sticks. Layer after layer stands in the way.
The panting Laurie overestimated his own strength and couldn't let the frail old miner get started, so he could only smile awkwardly.
"Lord Liszt, let me take a short break. In order to prevent miners from sneaking in to collect crystals, this place was a little tight and it was not easy to deal with..."
"Let me do it."
"Huh? Um, crowbar..."
Before Laurie could finish his words, he pulled out Luoxia's Lester and cut it off with a single slash. The solid wooden board as thick as an adult's arm was split into two parts from the incision. After a few more cuts, the wooden board blocking the road fell away like tofu. fell to the ground.
After a few more cuts to crack open the roadblock, Lester smiled slightly.
"Looks like you need the crowbar more than I do, don't you?"
With a smile, Laurie put the crowbar back into its holster.
"...You can perform sword skills in such a narrow place. Your martial arts skills are really amazing."
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"
"Hey, Master Liszt, even the big mouse praises you."
Knowing Lester's 'real' strength, Laurie and Queller both had a somewhat relaxed look on their faces.
"Okay, stop complimenting me and keep walking."
"Old Kuile, you have to lead the way now."
"Okay, I'll go ahead, cough..."
After walking a few dozen meters and passing through two forks, the terrain suddenly dropped.
After walking for another hundred meters or so, the three people who were silent all the way finally came to the entrance of the 'Devil's Mine'. The entrance of the mine, which was only three meters long and two meters wide, was located on a relatively flat rocky ground. Lester could walk on the ground. I saw a lot of broken amethysts.
Picking up a thumb-sized crystal fragment from the ground, Lester crushed it twice, frowned, and glanced at the moist hole.
Not noticing Lester's abnormal behavior, Laurie pointed to the extinguished torch on the wall: "Is there any problem here?"
After sniffing hard for a few times and confirming with the big gray mouse that there was no leakage of flammable gas, Queller nodded.
"No problem, just order it."
With Queller's permission, Laurie poured grease on the torch head and lit it with a match. The bright light of the torch greatly improved the visibility of the cave entrance.
Arriving in front of Lester, Laurie said seriously.
"Down here is the Devil's Mine,
The terrain of the Devil's Mine is extremely complicated. Often, within a dozen meters of walking, there will be many very similar forked roads. Some forked roads will lead to another forked road and keep you spinning in circles. There are also forked roads that lead to unknown and dangerous directions. The ground sinks. , collapse, poisonous gas and underground water will appear at your feet at any time and take people's lives.
In order to explore a safe road, hundreds of lives have been lost in Devil's Mine. It has been more than 20 years since I last came here. If I am not wrong, the signboard erected by the former miner has long been decayed. If you want to After passing through the Devil's Mine, you can only follow the signs and bypass the maze passage of several hundred meters to reach the lower space. The silver mine and the crystal mine are also there. Since the appearance of the earth dragon more than 20 years ago, there have been There is no way to continue to mine the mineral resources.
Even if you don’t talk about the screaming demons that the miners call and the earth dragons that cause earthquakes, there is no large-scale equipment and safety devices for directional development, and there is no need to think about coming out of it safe and sound..."
"Okay, give me the light. You stay here and wait for me. I'll go down and take a look myself. I'll be back in a while."
"Okay, then be careful."
Taking out the portable miner's lamp from Laurie's hand, Lester jumped directly in, leaving the two of them looking at each other.
"Laurie, this young man led by Jade has really gone down. I don't know whether to say that the ignorant are fearless, or that the skilled are bold. Ahem... he is living well, but he doesn't cherish life so much."
"I have already seen that this Liszt is definitely not an ordinary person. Old guy, I guess we are just worrying about it. The knife is not something ordinary people can have. I thought it was a toy used by the noble young master to deceive the little girl. No. When you think about chopping such thick solid wood, it’s like chopping an onion. If you put it on the auction block, it could be exchanged for a mansion in the wealthy area of Zaun.”
Not paying attention to Queller's sigh, Laurie sat down on the ground and sighed.
"Let me tell you, there is probably a treasure in this mine that we don't know about. People are eyeing it, otherwise they wouldn't be so active. The danger in your eyes and my eyes is the opportunity for others."
"You don't mean to..."
Queller narrowed his eyes, looking a little strange, but Laurie laughed and cursed.
"Old man, what are you thinking about? You have a life to take some things, and you need a life flower to do so. The things under the devil's mine are not something we can touch at all. It is enough to live peacefully for the rest of our lives."
"Fuck it, you can live a peaceful life for the rest of your life. If you really think so, how can you still be greedy for so much money?"
Laurie said indifferently to Queller's disdain.
"I am greedy for so much money. Is it okay for me to be greedy for so much money? Even if the factory director comes to find me, I can still handle it.
Unlike rotten people like me, you are honest, hardworking, and noble, but you have no money. What can you do without money?
You have been working as a miner for decades, and I have become a big foreman after working for five years. I have hundreds of people under my command. The director of the factory even personally asked me to entertain Mr. Liszt. Why don’t you think about why the director didn’t come to you? Come and do this?
Old Queller, this is the difference between you and me. The factory director and those big businessmen only care about money and don't care about the lives of workers. What they want is a factory that can stably create wealth, and they don't care about anything else.
Let me tell you, as long as I put enough money into their pockets, they will never cause trouble for me. The only ones who cause trouble for me are self-righteous guys like you, but you can only live with your mouth. , if you want to be a person like me, you have no ability, it’s just that you can’t eat grapes and get sour grapes.
I will retire immediately after doing this. Even if the factory director doesn’t make things difficult for me because of my entertaining Mr. Liszt, my greedy money is enough for me to buy a few good shops in Zaun, and you Woolen cloth? After working hard for decades, working hard under the mines, I can tell if there is a fire in the tunnel by smelling it with my nose, and even if I fart, I can find a way out through the echo.
You are so powerful that you are so powerful that you are half-dead, you are penniless and seriously ill, your wife ran away with someone, and even your son looks down on you. After living your whole life, what have you planned?
You are useless in this life. If you ask me, you should learn to be better in the next life, be more broad-minded and cruel. Only by stepping on other people's heads can you get ahead. Don't be a worker all your life, let alone a bad person. Good man, you treat you so well and you still want to leave some money for that bastard. I feel stupid for you. In my opinion, that kind of bastard should be left to fend for himself, regardless of whether he gets stabbed or not. "
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Not knowing that Laurie had already taught Queller a lesson in doubtful life, Lester, who entered the deep mine tunnel, stared at the signboard on the supporting wooden frame and sighed softly.
As Lowry said, most of the signs had rotted away in the damp mine tunnels and could not be used to find directions. However, this was not a problem for Lester because he was not planning to use signs from the beginning. The cards know the way.
By fusing the world's rune fragments, Lester can already sense the direction in which the elements flow. Normally, this does not help him find the correct path. After all, elemental energy is everywhere in Runeterra, but once it is affected by the void energy , the element will turn into a conspicuous purple light band,
At this moment, in Lester's elemental vision, an infected pale purple energy light belt has pointed out the direction for him. He is 80% sure that there is some kind of void creature at the end of the light belt, and Malphite is likely to be there. There, otherwise the void creatures would have come out and harmed humans.
After confirming the route, Lester immediately accelerated his pace. While marking the route with the falling clouds, he ran towards the road without signs and moved forward quickly.
Ignoring the pits under his feet and the poisonous gas in the air, the man left the deadly Devil's Mine in less than five minutes and reached the deeper underground open space without any danger.
Magnificent and strange colorful crystal clusters grow on the surface of the pale red rock, and the luminous mica lights up with pale fluorescence, looking magnificent in the dark underground world. A small world hidden underground comes into view. With excellent With his night vision ability, Lester immediately extinguished the portable miner's lamp and placed it where he came out to mark the exit.
The man's eyes were focused on the strange pale purple lichen surrounding the crystal clusters. He pulled out the magic steel sword Luoxia again and walked slowly away.
Like an active fungus blanket, it was distributed in small pieces, surrounded by crystal clusters and covered the rock. As if feeling the breath of Lester, the fungus blanket began to squirm violently, growing dense mouthparts like octopus suckers, while moving towards Lester. It moved in the direction of Te, and its mouthparts continued to release spore-like paralyzing toxins into the air that were enough to kill a normal adult.
It's a pity that this toxin has no effect on Lester, who has long been separated from the mortal body. Lester doesn't even bother to wear a gas mask.
With a slash of the sword, the protruding mouthparts were directly crushed by the blade, and the retracted fungus became much weaker.
These mushroom carpets actually know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
Gently shaking the blade, the purple juice on Luoxia drew a thin line on the ground. He squatted down and picked up a little purple juice. Lester could be sure that these thin lines of purple juice full of vitality would not take long. A new carpet will grow.
"Although this kind of thing grows slowly, it is extremely aggressive. It is in line with the characteristics of some void creatures. It seems that there is indeed a source of void energy underground in Zaun. I just don't know if the wise Malphite is also here."
