Home of the Brave

I felt the strange and demonic air, probably a week ago.

The society of demons is actually quite small, and if it is confined to the Frost Mountains, it is even more so if you can't see the neighbors you can see when you look up. Basically, unless it is a reason to compete for territory, higher-level monsters will not easily fight, but it is an example of frequent visits, so Medusa did not take the strange visitor to heart at first.

However, following the monster incident in Lanlos Town and the adventurer incident in Frost Palace, two high-ranking monsters were planted in the hands of the uninvited guest in a row. Especially the latter, the higher-level demon guarding the main gate of the Dragon Nest, the fall of the three-headed **** dog Belmosi, known as the "Sun Devourer Wolf", shocked the demons in the Frost Mountains. Medusa and Belmohi are old acquaintances and are quite aware of the terrifying power of the "Sun Devourer Wolf". But even this Belmoxi was severely wounded and dying by the opponent, and was taken away from the Demon Soul Jade, which is unbelievable.

The uninvited guest who seized the demon soul jade, such a message reminded Medusa of a rumor—the story of a demon mixed blood who was dubbed "Jade demon" because of a **** storm in the northern frontiers entrenched by demon. It is said that in the past half a century, the superior demons who died in his hands have been close to triple figures. Medusa hasn't returned to northern Xinjiang for a long time. She didn't believe in such unbelievable rumors, but the successive incidents forced her to re-examine her position.

It is said that the monsters in Northern Xinjiang would rather give up their territory and run for their lives than face the terrifying jealous monsters. If the rumors are true, then Medusa’s wisest choice at this moment is undoubtedly to hide away from a distance. No one can find it. Sleep deep underground. Her dormancy period can be as long as decades, and she won't leak the slightest demon. I believe that after waking up, the threat of avoiding demon is long gone. But this also means that she will no longer be able to take care of her young children.

The demon tribe that has lost its leader may die under the dwarf’s axe, or the adventurer’s sword, and most likely, become a target for the demon to vent its anger. Her young children who have not yet grown up can't resist the butcher knife of the jealous demon at all.

"Redstone Ghost Mother" is a motherly loving demon, just like a mother can't abandon her child, Medusa's choice has long been doomed.

Medusa is determined to stay and protect her ethnic group, even if she is facing the rumored "Junior", but she can't help but feel anxious. As if influenced by her emotions, her young children also showed a desire to be warlike. Medusa didn't want the young ones to die in vain, so they restrained the young ones not to act rashly. Who knew that a big demon still attacked the streets on the ground secretly yesterday, and never returned.

The name of the big demon is "Aru". Compared with other brothers and sisters, Aru has the wisdom that is closer to the demon, and he is also Medusa's favorite young son. Because of this, the sorrow of losing a beloved son and invading the soul is much more violent than usual. How many times will there be such sorrows in the future? Or will it come to an end soon? Medusa didn't know, but she had something to do to mourn the lost young son.

Medusa stopped in front of a rock wall. The stone walls are full of characters, and the characters are composed of very simple characters. These characters were created by Medusa and used to teach wisdom to young children.

"A...lu..."

Medusa used her nails to carve two simple characters in the blank space of the stone wall. Looking up, you can see that there are densely engraved names on the huge stone wall as vast as a square. For those who unconditionally regard demons as evil, it’s hard to imagine how deep the sorrow the stone wall in front of them is...

The ghost mother standing in front of the stone wall seemed to be a stone statue looking at the past for a while.

I don't know how long it took, and Medusa came back to her senses and looked at her feet with doubts. She heard the sound of commotion from deep underground, and felt a strange breath at the same time. What puzzled her was that the aura was not so much a monster, as it was a breath closer to the gods...

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"I said, old man, is it almost done?"

Dai Yang put down the iron pick in his hand, took a breath, and asked the old dwarf beside him in a tired voice.

"It's too early! It's too early! Don't be lazy, brat, keep digging!"

The old dwarf at this time seemed to have turned into an infinitely fanatical digging figure. I saw the short body, swinging the mine pick at an incredible high speed, continuously digging pieces of red crystalline ore from the rock wall. In the short time when Dai Yang stopped and panted, the ore that was excavated quickly piled up into a hill next to the two of them.

"Hey, you're wasting your efforts, old man." Dai Yang adjusted the miner's lamp above his head to stop the old dwarf's rampage. "Dig so much, how do you plan to transport it back?"

"What? Didn't we push two minecarts?" the old dwarf replied.

"It's already full, see for yourself." Dai Yang shone behind him with a miner's lamp.

The redstone veins beneath Tieyan Mountain present a cobweb-like intricate maze structure. At this moment, the two of them are located at the end of a branch of the maze. In front of them were the veins that produced the red crystal ore, and behind them was the mine tunnel with tracks. The minecart that the old dwarf was referring to was parked on the track. One ton, but due to the enthusiasm of the old dwarf, the two mine carts were squeezed into the crystal ore rough stone of more than three tons, which was fully loaded, and there was no extra space.

"Tsk..." The old dwarf put down the mining pick unwillingly, but made another idea. "Need to find another minecart?"

"Okay, are you here to push?" Dai Yang rolled his eyes and retorted, "Make it clear, we only have two people? Just that kind of weight, it would take four or five people to push it... before you meet it. You ghost, let's take it as soon as you see it, hurry up and bring these crystal mines into the well!"

"Spineless boy, what's so scary about those ghosts?" The old dwarf picked up the axe in dissatisfaction. "Dare to show up in front of the old man and chop it down hard!"

"What then? Don't you want the crystal mine or something?" Dai Yang glanced at the high-spirited old dwarf with cold eyes.

"Hmm..." The hatred of the demon and the obsession with the crystal mine put the old dwarf in a dilemma, but in the end he decided to put the latter to the front. "No way, let go of those ghost brats this time, hurry up to the shaft with the crystal mine..." The old dwarf who said this just sat in front of the minecart, and turned his head back to greet Dai Yang. "Why are you still there? Get off the bus, brat."

"Huh? Wait, am I here alone?"

"Nonsense, or why do you think the old man brought you down?"

"Damn! What are you doing then?"

"The old man needs to get the direction ahead.... Well, if your kid can find the position of the power track, we can switch it."

The old dwarf expressed it with a great deal, but in someone's eyes, it was all the false mercy of the cat and the mouse. Following the old dwarf wandering for a long time in the intricate mine maze, Dai Yang had already lost his sense of direction. Not to mention the location of the power track, he didn't even know where he was. As a result, he could only curse secretly, and then acted as a human engine unwillingly.

The dwarf’s minecart is equipped with a mechanical winch as an auxiliary power device before reaching the power track. The convex teeth of the winch are linked with the concave teeth of the track. As long as the winch is turned, the minecart can move on the track. According to the load of the minecart, the force required to turn the winch will naturally vary. At this moment, the two mine carts are loaded with a total of more than three tons of rough crystal ore. Under normal circumstances, at least four people must rotate the winch together to push the mine cart forward.

The bloodless old dwarf treats the black-haired youth as free labor. I saw Dai Yang bursting into blue veins with both hands, while gritting his teeth and turning the winch, while casting a murderous look at the old dwarf sitting in front of him and smoking a pipe leisurely. For the next half an hour, under the hard work of the black-haired young man, the mine cart loaded with three tons of crystal ore moved quickly in the mine. The old dwarf pulled the drive rod on the roadside with his cigarette, and switched fluently. Following the track, the shortest route reached the power track of the rising well.

The so-called "power track" is actually a section of tunnel inclined upwards, running through the entire mine from bottom to top at an angle of forty-five degrees. There are four power rails side by side on the tunnel. Accompanied by the noisy mechanical sound, these rails move upwards continuously. Regardless of the level of the mine, as long as the minecart is secured to the groove of the track, the track can automatically lift the minecart out of the mine. This also shows the ingenuity of the dwarf design.

"Finally... finally..." Dai Yang pushed the minecart onto the track, and then leaned on the wall to pant.

"It's weird that a ghost boy didn't meet him... Did he all go to hibernation?" The old dwarf's voice sounded regretful. "It's a rare opportunity, why don't we go dig two more cars and come back?... Uh-huh! Come on, kidding! You kid, don't look at me with that kind of cannibalistic eyes. Hammer..."

Under Dai Yang's gaze, the old dwarf had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​fishing again. Just when the two were about to follow the minecart to ascend the well, the old dwarf suddenly gave a "Huh" and then looked down.

"Hey, old man, what do you want to do?" Dai Yang looked at him warily.

"There is a voice below..." the old dwarf said, staring into the tunnel.

"Voice?" Dai Yang was stunned. "Isn't it ringing all the time? It's booming..."

Since the power track pulls through the entire mine from bottom to top, it also naturally collects sounds from all layers of the mine. These chaotic sounds are mixed in the rumbling of the machinery, which is indistinguishable for ordinary people, but they are very different in the ears of the old dwarf.

"Smelly boy, what the old man said is not that, but the sound of fighting." The old dwarf closed his eyes and carefully distinguished the sound coming from below. "The sound of smashing the bones, the screaming of the demon, the sound of the explosion... Hey, you can't be wrong, there is a fight with the demon below, and it sounds like a wonderful job! Anyway, the crystal mine is enough to dig. Now, let's go down and take a look!"

"Huh? Wait, you..."

Before Dai Yang could react, the old dwarf had already drawn out his battle axe and jumped into the tunnel shouting. Dai Yang stared blankly at the back of the old dwarf sliding towards the abyss. He was annoyed on the spot for a while, then sighed like a fate, and then jumped into the dark tunnel.