"Noah, take a closer look to see if there is anyone you know among these living corpses."
Charlotte looked away from the zombie miner and looked at Noah.
The little werewolf had obviously never seen this formation before. It might be because he was cold or he might be frightened, but he was still trembling.
However, after listening to Charlotte's words, he still boldly stuck his head out and looked at the living corpses digging.
At this sight, he was quickly stunned and almost exclaimed:
"Dole...that's Uncle Dole! Oh my god! It's him!"
"He's still wearing his favorite Korya kaftan!"
"He...he was not eaten, but turned into a living corpse!"
"Cooper! And Brother Cooper, he is here! He disappeared a month ago, and he is here!"
"It's them...it's really them!"
"They're the missing miners! They're all here!"
"Sister Lesa, they have all been turned into living corpses!"
In the darkness, werewolf Noah looked at the living corpses with dull eyes, his voice trembling slightly.
Charlotte sighed slightly, secretly thinking that this was indeed the case.
"It seems that this is the secret of the mine. The mithril mine is not exhausted, but has been deliberately sealed. Someone actually turned the miners into undead here to mine mithril!"
"Such a big thing cannot be concealed easily. Master, it seems... the water in the earldom is deeper than imagined."
Sebastian couldn't help but say, even the title changed.
"Master...master?"
Werewolf Noah looked at Sebastian blankly, not knowing whether he should show doubts and surprise anymore.
Charlotte thought about the attitude of the territorial nobles towards her and nodded lightly:
"It's really time to straighten things out."
Niss looked at those living corpses with dull eyes, and after studying them for a moment, he said:
"These living corpses are not very spiritual and very slow. The level of the necromancer who transformed them should not be high either. I am afraid it will not be higher than Silver Moon."
"They can only do some simple, mechanical work, and I'm afraid they can't do anything else."
"However, I see that many of the living corpses must be a few years old, and many of them have even turned into bone spirits. They must have been operating here for many years."
After listening to Nice's words, Charlotte was thoughtful.
She looked at Noah and asked again:
"Noah, when was the mithril mine sealed?"
"It was sealed seven years ago, and that's when the miners started disappearing."
Noah replied with a pale face.
"Seven years ago..."
Charlotte compared the information she had read, and suddenly remembered that the monthly income of Castle Manor began to shrink significantly seven years ago.
By the way, it was also seven years ago that the cheap grandmother who brought Castel into such a mess completely sent all the nobles who followed the Castel family back to their territory.
Seven years ago, Castells completely lost control of the territorial nobility.
It was also seven years ago that something happened to the mithril mine.
Concealing the news about the mithril mine and arranging for thousands of zombie miners to continue mining here, such a big thing would definitely not be possible without the cooperation of the top management of the mining workshop.
Obviously, there are nobles involved behind the scenes.
The mithril mine in Castells represents the interests of many nobles. Concealing the truth about the mine is not an easy task. To be able to hide such a big news for so many years, there is definitely a big force behind it.
In other words... the person who brings together all the relevant nobles!
Charlotte recalled the family information she had read, and found that there were no such powerful local aristocrats among the local nobles in Castells.
In fact, in the Earl of Castells, the lords have always been more powerful than the nobles since ancient times.
This made Charlotte think deeply.
"Noah, did the rumors about dragons in the mines also start seven years ago?"
Sebastian asked suddenly and abruptly.
Noah still hadn't recovered from the shock, his dull eyes still stayed on those terrifying living corpses, and he just nodded blankly and mechanically:
"As far as rumors are concerned, yes, but...my brother said it has been here a long time ago."
"Isn't it? Sebastian, do you suspect it is related to the black dragon?"
Ness's eyes widened and he gave the Fire Elf a ridiculous look.
Sebastian nodded slightly:
"Although it is a bit unbelievable, it is not impossible."
"I heard that some powerful dragons can even turn into human form. Dragons always love wealth, and precious mithril also has a fatal attraction for giant dragons..."
"What if a black dragon controls the nobles of Castel to help it mine?"
Nice took a breath:
"Good guy, do you really dare to think that a black dragon has sneaked into the human world... You really mistook the black dragon for a silver dragon! Even if that kind of monster has mastered the art of transformation, it still doesn't bother to transform into a human being."
"Not to mention that giant dragons like black dragons have always been born with magic idiots. Their talents are all about magic resistance and physical body. As far as I know, except for those old and immortal guys, most black dragons can't master transformation at all.
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"And for those old guys, the small Castells Territory is not considered in their eyes."
Sebastian glanced at Nice unexpectedly:
"You know quite a lot."
Nice looked proud:
"Hey, I'm not like some good-for-nothing elf, with long hair and short knowledge. Lord Cat, I have a lot of adventure experiences! I think back then, when you, the elf, were still eating milk and honey, I was already with the legendary dragon.
We are talking and laughing!"
Sebastian:……
"Really? So, this experienced adventurer, how did you turn into a cat that can't defeat even the lowest level blood demon?"
He smiled slightly and said.
Nice Cat's face darkened, and it was obvious that something hurt him, and his hair suddenly exploded:
"Who says it can't be defeated! I can kill Cat Lord with just a Void Exile! Not to mention the Blood Demon, Cat Lord is worthy of being revived by the Evil God! Back then, the Holy Royal Court asked me to seal the Evil God!"
"Well, yes, and then I became a pet that loses weight every day."
Sebastian nodded in agreement.
Nice:…
The cat and the dog stared at each other and had a tendency to start having sex.
"Silence!"
Charlotte glanced at them.
"snort!"
They snorted at each other and looked away.
Charlotte:……
These two guys are both very capable, and each has more secrets than the other, but they just can't pee in the same pot when they work together.
But, the black dragon...
Charlotte thought about Sebastian's guess.
Although it sounded reasonable, she always felt that something was not right.
It wasn't until she looked at the mountains of mithril deep in the cave again that she suddenly realized something was wrong.
The money-hungry dragon... probably wouldn't put so much mithril here without protection alone, let alone seal the mine tunnel with just one seal that Nice could easily break!
Thinking of this, Charlotte looked at Nice again and asked:
"Nice, is there the breath of a dragon here?"
Nice instantly became serious:
"This is exactly what I'm confused about. I didn't smell the dragon's breath here. Either... it has been gone for a long time, or it never existed at all."
Sebastian:……
He glanced at Nice speechlessly:
"Since you didn't smell the dragon's breath, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Nice chuckled:
"Why do you say it so early? I just like to see the embarrassment of some people when they make mistakes in judgment."
"you--!"
A cat and a dog have a tendency to have sex again.
It wasn't until Charlotte glanced at them coldly that they all fell silent.
Charlotte withdrew her gaze and looked at the living corpse in the cave. A faint light flowed in her eyes. After a moment, she closed her gaze and said:
"These living corpses are indeed just the lowest level of living corpses, not even as good as the undead that attacked us that day."
"Aside from looking scary, they are not dangerous. I'm afraid they will only sluggishly carry out the orders given to them by the caster..."
"I didn't sense the mental fluctuations of the necromancer. I guess these living corpses were just left here alone to perform mining work."
"Let's go down and take a look. Maybe we can find something."
After saying that, she took the lead and entered the cave.
Sebas and Nice followed quickly, followed by Luf.
Although the little werewolf Noah had a look of fear on his face, he looked at the people walking away and suddenly felt more uneasy standing there, so he quickly ran after them.
Charlotte came to the cave, and just as she judged, these living zombies who were mining didn't pay any attention to them who broke into the cave.
They still repeat the mining work rigidly and mechanically.
Only those living corpses that looked relatively fresh and had not been transformed for a long time seemed to have a high level of spiritual awareness. As everyone approached, they turned slightly and stiffly, revealing a pair of eye sockets burning with faint green fire.
With Charlotte and a few people.
What's more, some of the undead who were not highly transformed still retained their original eyeballs, and their rotten pale cheeks and empty eyes were particularly eye-catching. Noah turned pale with fright, and quickly put his tail between his legs and hid behind the tallest Lufu.
Behind him, he pinched the corner of his clothes.
"If you are afraid, you don't have to look at them."
Lu Fu glanced at the little werewolf and said.
However, although he was very frightened, Noah's eyes still fell on the living corpse.
Or to be more precise, he was walking among the living corpses, seemingly looking for something.
Charlotte witnessed everything in her eyes, her heart moved, and she asked:
"Noah, how many years has your brother been missing?"
Noah drooped his ears:
"Seven years."
Charlotte sighed:
"It should be quite safe here. Time is limited. Let's investigate separately. Luv, you take Noah to visit the miners who have been transformed into spirits."
Seven years...
If Noah's brother had also been transformed into a living corpse, it might be difficult to identify him now.
Lu Fu nodded silently and led the little werewolf towards the miners who had obviously been transformed earlier.
"Sebas, go to the workshop and check it out."
Charlotte ordered to Sebastian again.
There is nothing strange about the workshop, but it looks like an elf style. Maybe Sebastian can find something.
Sebastian must have left, while Charlotte continued to wander among the zombie miners, wanting to see if she could find anything new.
However, just as she passed by a living corpse that had obviously been transformed recently, the living corpse suddenly reached out to her.
Even though Charlotte had been mentally prepared due to her keen sense of spirituality, she was still startled. However, this living corpse did not attack her. Instead, it trembled and said with dull eyes:
"help me……"
Charlotte was stunned for a moment, and then her expression instantly became solemn.
This living corpse... actually still retains a certain amount of consciousness.
However, when she looked at the other party again, the living corpse had resumed its stiff movements and continued to dig out the ore.
"It's a living body transformation...it's actually a living body transformation that is deeply despised even for necromancers!"
The Nice Cat who followed Charlotte had a solemn face and said solemnly.
Charlotte's heart moved slightly:
"Living body transformation?"
"Yes, some evil necromancers, because they are not powerful enough, will choose to directly transform living people into undead in order to make the transformed undead more spiritual."
"They are dead, but not completely dead. Before they really die, their souls will still retain their consciousness when they were alive. They will watch their bodies rot and feel the pain of their bodies until their spirituality gradually disappears and completely disappears.
They are undead, and the bodies of the undead will always remember the last actions they were forcibly ordered to do before they were alive, and keep repeating them..."
"Because it is too cruel, living body transformation is a taboo even among necromancers!"
Nice said solemnly.
Charlotte was silent.
She looked at the living corpse with dull eyes, gently stretched out her hand, and placed it in front of him.
Then, a faint radiance flowed in her red eyes.
At this moment, Charlotte started sharing memories with the living corpse in front of her, just like she did with the mutilated souls of the girls.
However, after turning on memory sharing, Charlotte did not obtain any memory fragments, but only a kind of fear and pain that penetrated her bones.
That is the pain of the miners. In the process of being forcibly turned into living corpses, they lose control of their bodies, watch their bodies gradually rot, feel the fear and pain of being gradually eaten away by maggots, and their souls being annihilated day by day!
That kind of fear, that kind of pain, is like a bottomless abyss.
Charlotte felt as if she had fallen into boundless darkness. In the darkness, countless pairs of rotten arms stretched out towards her tremblingly, and countless painful and desperate prayers came from her ears:
"Help...save me..."
When Charlotte withdrew from the memory sharing, a layer of cold sweat broke out on her back. She gasped slightly, and the immersive pain and fear even made her shudder.
"Lord Charlotte, the undead transformed from living bodies cannot read their memories because of their spiritual damage."
Nice said in a deep voice.
As it spoke, it scratched its head:
Although it is a bit strange for me, a little kitten, to popularize this knowledge for you, but...it seems that you have forgotten more memories than I thought..."
Charlotte was silent.
She gave up on memory sharing.
After taking one look at these trembling living corpses, Charlotte sighed and continued walking forward.
However, while walking, Nice suddenly stopped.
Charlotte's heart moved, and when she turned around, she saw the other party staring blankly at a mushroom growing on the ground, with a somewhat strange look in his eyes.
Something moved in her mind:
"Nice, what's wrong?"
"Lord Charlotte..."
Nice's expression was a little strange:
"Perhaps what Noah said is true. There might have been a giant dragon here!"
"Um?"
Charlotte raised her eyebrows.
Nice pointed to the mushroom on the ground:
"Lord Charlotte, you see, this kind of scaly mushroom is called ambergris, and it only grows in places where giant dragons roam..."
"However, this ambergris mushroom seems to have deteriorated a bit. I'm afraid the dragon has been gone for a long time, which is why I didn't smell it."
Is there really a giant dragon...
Charlotte was thoughtful.
After a while, Sebastian, Luv and Noah also came back.
The little werewolf seemed a little disappointed, but at the same time, he seemed to be relieved.
Charlotte's heart moved:
"did not find?"
Noah nodded with a complicated expression.
"I didn't find it. Maybe it's a good thing. Maybe your brother is still alive."
Charlotte comforted.
As she said that, she looked at Sebastian again.
"There are only a few living corpses working in the workshop... Well, Master, did you find something?"
Sebastian asked curiously after finishing his report.
"A patch of ambergris was discovered in Nice."
Charlotte said.
"Ambergris?"
Sebastian was stunned.
Then, he said in surprise:
"So... it's really possible that my speculation is true?"
"Who knows, but... maybe we will find out soon."
Charlotte looked at the zombie miners around her and said.
After saying that, she closed her eyes again, stretched out her hands, and the magic power surged through her body.
Nice's eyelids twitched:
"Lord Charlotte, are you planning to..."
"Help them get rid of it, they... are in too much pain."
Charlotte sighed and said.
As she spoke, her voice turned slightly colder:
"At the same time, this is also a way to call out the people behind it."
There is a connection between the necromancer and the undead. Even if there is no contract, they can still sense the changes in the cave.
Now that she knows the secret of the mithril mine, Charlotte is no longer too lazy to hide and seek with the guys behind the scenes. The true ancestor's trump card of liberation makes her fearless. She wants to destroy this place and force the other party out directly.
However, as soon as Charlotte finished speaking, a lazy voice sounded in the cave: