The Witcher: Elemental Lords

When I woke up in the morning, that feeling would slowly fade away, but strangely, I felt very energetic, and my strength would increase a little.

Before, Doray felt sore all over every morning when he woke up, as if he had died. He would never have this feeling. How should I put it? It was like being relaxed and happy, as if his whole body was full of strength.

When did it start? It seems like it started on the third day after picking up Audu.

Doray thought for a while, maybe it was because he did a good deed and God rewarded him. Thinking of this, Doray got out of bed and checked his body, but found nothing major.

At this moment, Audu crawled over from the corner and licked Doray's palm and cheek.

With this thought, Doray liked Audu even more. It seemed that even the resentment towards Audu for stealing his money outside had lessened a lot. He touched Audu's head, scratched it casually, smiled, and said, "Be good at home, I'm going to work." He didn't care whether Audu understood or not, and went outside to wash up.

In the middle of the slum, there was a half-meter wide waterway. Water from the mountain flowed down from above, passed through the slum, and flowed to the Domon River outside the city.

Doray washed his face, wiped it casually with his sleeve, and walked towards the outside of the city. He passed by the market, bought three vegetable buns from that shop again, and finished them in one breath before going to the mine.

When he arrived at the mine, Dodo had just arrived not long ago. Seeing Doray, he said loudly, "Today we are not smashing stones. The foreman said, let us go to the river to screen small stones today. Some colored ores were mined today, and they want us to screen those stones."

Doray nodded and followed Dodo.

No matter what he did, as long as he had food to eat, it was fine. His purpose was just to live.

The mine was very large. The entrance was a flat ground, and the flat ground was piled with various stones. The job outside was to smash these ores one by one, crush them, pick out the parts inside that contained ore and put them together, and throw the other gravel on the ground. Someone would take away all those gravel.

The wages of the miners working on the open space outside were not high, while the wages of the miners in the mountains were a little higher, about five times that of the miners outside. However, it was also particularly dangerous. Almost every day, people died due to various things, and the deaths were tragic. However, there were still many people willing to go to the mountains because the wages were very high and the pensions were also very high. Even if they died that day, the wives and children they left behind would be well taken care of. This was the main reason why they were willing.

Those who worked on the flat ground outside, except for the old and weak, were those who had only one laborer in their family, or those who lived alone, like Doray himself.

Doray followed Dodo and some other people, and soon came to the river. Doray saw that many small stones had already been piled up by the river. These small stones were different from the stones he usually saw in the open space. These stones were grayer, denser, and looked very heavy.

After Dodo introduced them, Doray understood that they needed to make these small stones even smaller.

Among the small stones, there were some golden small stones. They needed to screen out the golden parts and didn't need to care about the others.

Doray nodded. The two occupied a small section of the river and started working. The content of the work was still to swing the sledgehammer and crush the stones. The difference was that today they didn't need to distinguish with the naked eye, but used a sieve to screen the stones.

Doray had also seen this kind of golden stone. This was real gold, but he didn't have much greed. In the mine, gold ore was not very common. The most common were iron ore, tin ore, and copper ore, with iron ore being the most common. Gold ore only appeared occasionally, and the quantity was not large. Some people had wanted to take these gold ores for themselves, but the consequences were generally very miserable. The mine had a kind of alchemical product that could detect whether a person was carrying metal on their body, and it was always accurate. As long as they passed through the gate, it was easy to distinguish, so no one dared to do this.

Moreover, miners had no human rights. As long as they were caught on the spot, they would immediately be demoted to slaves and hung at the gate for three days to warn future generations. In three days, those who were lucky enough not to die would basically become useless, and they would die miserably in the future. So, generally speaking, no one dared to do this.

Doray had seen many things in this city for so many years and had long been numb. What he had to do now was to survive as much as possible. Therefore, no matter what kind of ore he had in his hand, he should honestly complete his work and not cause trouble.

Dodo and Doray had worked together for a long time. Dodo naturally knew what kind of person Doray was. Seeing his expression, he grinned and said, "Let's work. Today's money is a lot. You can give me the other copper coins that exceed five Mafa copper plates, and I will take them out for you. Let Audu, that bastard, steal three if he wants to."

Hearing this, Doray's eyes lit up, and the whole person changed from numb to lively. "Then thank you, Uncle Dodo."

This was probably the best news he had heard today. Doray was immediately full of energy. He felt that his whole body was full of strength.

There were many stones, and they needed to be smashed into pieces with a hammer. However, gold ore was different. He needed to smash it even smaller. Doray had been smashing stones for several months and had already developed a good strength. Immediately, he picked up the sledgehammer and began to find a place to smash stones.

Small stones have this advantage. One person can complete the work. For large stones, you need to use a sledgehammer and iron chisel to divide them first, divide them into small stones, and then slowly break them into pieces. This takes a long time.

But small stones don't need it. Put it on the hard ground and smash it directly.

However, after smashing for a while, the two of them, one smashing and one starting to screen, cooperated tacitly. Soon, some yellow-orange small metal pieces appeared on the river bank, all of which were gold.

There were supervisors near the miners, but as long as you worked hard, the supervisors would not pay attention to you. Only those who were lazy and unwilling to work hard would be taken care of by the supervisors. At least they would scold them a few words, and at worst, the leather whip in their hands would come in handy. The leather whips were all made of water-soaked cowhide tendons. One whip would guarantee that the skin would be torn and the flesh would be ripped open. The taste was very sour and refreshing, so few people challenged the supervisor's authority.

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About two hours after starting work, the supervisor came to the two of them, took away the gold expressionlessly, and then sent two small rice balls.

Because they had to do a lot of physical activity, the miners usually ate a lot. General mines would arrange for food delivery, but there were requirements. They had to finish eating quickly, and if they couldn't finish it, it would be taken away. On this point, almost all the miners were very satisfied. This was also the reason why Doray liked working in the Bianchi mine.

After eating ravenously, Doray felt that he had strength again and started working with Dodo.

The process of smashing stones was uninteresting, repeatedly scattering his sweat. Under the sun, everyone's body was bronze, and their muscles were bulging. Even the thinnest person would become like this after working in the river for a month. Doray was no exception.

The process of working was very boring, and only when screening stones and seeing those yellow-orange particles would they feel a sense of accomplishment.