Through the village chief's narration, Rhodes had a complete understanding of the situation inside the village.
Regarding hidden dangers, mages have extremely sensitive intuition and can predict this earlier than other professionals.
Ever since this kind of abnormal ore was produced in the village, in the eyes of the village chief, the place seemed to have been isolated. Until now, the only outsider has arrived.
Vaguely, the village chief sensed the danger that might come. Since no one has come here for a long time, the village chief just conducted a simple test on Rhodes. He told Rhodes everything in the village, hoping to seize Rhodes' life-saving straw.
This kind of behavior of placing hope on others is undoubtedly a very risky decision. However, at this time, the village chief has no other way to solve the possible crisis.
When he learned from Rhodes that the ore produced inside the mine was the Soul Crystal related to the Necromancer, and then thinking about the actions of Silver Cliff City, the village chief seemed to foresee an ominous feeling in his heart. ending.
As for the strength that can be mobilized in the village, the village chief knows very well that it is completely incomparable to any organized team in Silver Cliff City. If he wants to solve this matter, he can only rely on Rhodes in front of him.
For a moment, the village chief was filled with worry and his thoughts were extremely confused.
But it is a pity that Rhodes has no idea of solving this matter for the village chief. Rhodes' attention has been completely focused on the things that may exist inside the mine.
"Can you take me to see where the dead soul crystal was found in the mine?"
After hearing Rhodes' question, the village chief came back to his senses. Seeing that Rhodes seemed willing to handle this matter in the village, the village chief nodded quickly and said, "Please come back to the mine with me."
After saying that, the village chief did not stop inside the house, nor did he directly open the door and walk towards the outside of the house.
Seeing the village chief's move, Rhodes immediately took Rowling with him and followed the village chief behind. During the walk, Luo Lin's condition improved a lot with the leather jacket to keep her warm, and the temperature on her hands was not so cold.
Soon, the three of them entered the mine again and continued walking deeper into the mine. Under the leadership of the village chief, the surrounding members did not stop Rhodes.
Since they were discovered by the villagers inside the mine just after simply entering before, Rhodes did not pay much attention to them. But this time, under Rhodes' careful observation, he discovered the difference between these villagers.
Rhodes noticed that most of the villagers did not have any tools for digging into the mountain. These people were just sitting inside the mine and seemed to be just talking.
At the same time, loud scolding sounds came from deep in the mine, and in contrast, there was an extremely fierce whipping sound. After noticing this, Rhodes already roughly understood how this mine operated.
Under the leadership of the village chief, Rhodes and his party soon reached the depths of the mine. At this time, in Rhodes' perception, subtle death energy began to appear around them.
This death energy is extremely weak. If Rhodes hadn't learned about the situation from the village chief in advance and knew that there was a soul crystal inside the mine, he might have ignored this death energy.
As he moved forward, Rhodes also saw the scene deep in the mine. A human with a long whip stood in the middle, and around the mountain wall, digging and transporting rocks, were a group of smaller humanoids. biology.
The skin of this group of humanoid creatures showed a special dark green color under the light of the fire. Rhodes knew that this group of creatures should belong to the orcs in Krulod.
Compared with the intact clothes worn by the humans in the middle, these half-orcs only had tattered clothes that partially covered their bodies. Once any half-orc tried to rest and slowed down the mining movement in their hands, the humans behind them would immediately use their hands to dig. whip up.
Judging from the blood stains left on the backs of these orcs, whether it was the dark blood stains on the ground or the solidified blood stains behind them, it showed that the actions of the human behind were not just pretending to scare them.
For the half-orcs living in Krolod, in order to survive in this land, even low-level creatures have much more vitality than humans of the same level. The injuries will not affect their ability to mine, but will only cause them extreme physical pain.
In addition to vitality, half-orcs are inferior to humans in other attributes, especially in terms of intelligence.
Rhodes noticed that in front of the cliff, the orc who had been whipped before seemed extremely angry. However, he did not try to cause trouble for the human behind him. Instead, he directly confronted the man next to him who had a lot of whip marks. The orcs started fighting.
Since he had the advantage of taking the lead, at that moment, the half-orc tore a large piece of flesh from the wound on the other half-orc's body.
After getting the flesh and blood, the half-orc immediately stopped fighting, put the flesh and blood into his mouth and started chewing it, and then swallowed it directly without fear of choking in his throat.
But the price is that there is another bloodstain on the back of this half-orc. The humans behind were thrashing and yelling at the orc in a language that Rhodes couldn't understand.
After getting flesh and blood, the half-orc was satisfied and ignored the half-orc he was attacking. He picked up the tools he threw aside and continued to dig into the mine wall ahead.
Orcs have a strong recovery ability. If they have enough food, this kind of injury is nothing at all. But in this environment, as creatures enslaved by this village, they cannot get enough food.
While the two orcs were fighting, Rhodes noticed that the other orcs around him did not make any move. They were just digging numbly into the mine wall in front of them, as if everything happening around them had nothing to do with him.
Compared with the previous half-orc, the injuries on the backs of these half-orcs were much less, and some of the clothes on their backs were still intact, but it was only a single piece of clothing.
Krulod's creatures have excellent tolerance for cold. They do not complain about the temperature of the environment, but have endured it since ancient times.
What made Rhodes aware was that these orcs had completely lost their wild nature. Under the command of the humans behind them, they would only mechanically dig into the mine wall in front.
In comparison, the half-orc who was whipped before seemed a little different. He still had a bit of wildness, but that was all. In the long process of slavery, it had to learn to be obedient.
