It was already daybreak, and the dawn from the east shone slantingly, making the vast sky look a little pale. But it was not very bright in the mist. Under the dim light, everything around it seemed hazy, making it look like there was only
It looks like 5 or 6 o'clock.
Alice rubbed her frozen face hard: "It's so cold. It's going to snow soon."
Nilu Wei put his hand out of the window, and soon his hand was wet by the drizzle.
"Is it raining?" Alice also stretched out her hand: "It's really raining."
The fog was heavy and the rain was light. Standing inside the house, you could hardly see it was raining outside.
Nilu Wei looked back at the stone brick wall: "You didn't activate the heating magic circle?"
"Is there one?" Alice then discovered that there were magic circles embedded with fire crystals around the room: "I didn't see it, haha." She scratched her head in embarrassment.
Wei walked over and activated the formations one by one: "I can see that you have a deep feeling for your master."
"I must have disturbed you in your sleep last night," Alice said apologetically.
"No, I didn't sleep last night."
"What's wrong?"
"nothing."
"You seem to be in a bad mood." Alice said: "I know you must be sad for your companions and comrades." She looked back at the monsters outside the window. Some of the monsters were turned into soldiers.
: "I don't understand why the corpse monster in the forest didn't come to the village?"
Nilu Weidao: "Although these humanoid monsters below have lost themselves, it seems that they still regard this place as their own home subconsciously and do not allow outside monsters to invade."
Not only was the magic circle heating the room activated, but the lights were also turned on.
Alice looked at the room where she slept. Although the room was a little empty, it was very splendid. Every furnishing and object was precious: "In such a mountainous area, there is such a gorgeous golden palace.
It's really...alas!" Her last sigh was not one of admiration, but of regret.
"A country that is poor and weak but whose officials are so rich will be doomed sooner or later." Hullington also entered the room.
"Hughington, aren't you going to rest?"
"It's so noisy outside, how can I have a good rest?" Hullington also looked at the furnishings in the room and said with a smile: "Only the nouveau riche would build a palace like this. Such a room is really ugly."
"Hey, stop talking." Alice glanced at Nilu Wei and whispered, "If you say that, people will be angry."
Nilu Weidao: "It doesn't matter. I am not a citizen of this country, nor an official of this country. I can only be regarded as the personal subordinate of the governor here."
Alice said: "It turns out you are not from this country."
Hullington said: "This should be a paradise full of gold, a place that brings people a happy life, but some people privately call it a hell on earth. I heard that anyone who is dissatisfied will be arrested as a prisoner.
Come here to do hard labor.”
"You are right." Wei said: "Whether they are real criminals or ordinary civilians, as long as they offend the officials, they will be taken here, and the prisoners taken here will never have the chance to leave again.
Already."
Hullington pointed out the window: "Where are those women down there? Are they also guilty of committing crimes or offending officials?"
"No." Nilu Wei said: "They are military prostitutes here. The soldiers living here also need entertainment, so the king allows them to go to towns in various places to find some willing women to come up to the mountain?"
"Are all the women here voluntary?" Hullington looked unconvinced.
Nilu Weidao: "It's all voluntary. Even if they don't want to, the soldiers have ways to make them do so. And as long as a woman from a family is brought here, that family will not commit a crime."
"What does it mean not to sin?" Alice obviously couldn't understand this word.
Hullington said coldly: "It means that no matter what the family did, they will be exempted."
"No, it's not immunity." Nilu Wei showed a look of disgust: "It's not a crime at all. As long as they are not detrimental to government officials, other minor crimes such as rape, robbery, robbery, and theft can be exempted.
.”
When Alice heard these things, she gritted her teeth with hatred: "Asshole, this country is really an asshole country!"
Hurlington sighed: "Guinez can be said to have been corrupted from top to bottom. It will be destroyed sooner or later. I think this day is not far away. Alice, don't be too angry about this kind of thing.
Already."
Alice snorted heavily.
Nilu Wei: "I hate this country too."
"Then why are you still here and helping others do evil?" Alice immediately said bitterly.
Hullington said: "It must be for money. Working here, the salary must be good."
Wei turned away his head displeasedly and said: "I will stay here just to repay Governor Shank for his kindness to me back then. I swore to help him for the rest of my life."
Alice asked: "Then you can do evil things here?"
"I can't control so much." Wei suddenly said angrily: "What does the darkness and corruption in this country have to do with me? Is it caused by me? My purpose is very simple, which is to repay Governor Shank. I don't care about anything else.
.”
Alice was startled by him. She thought about it and said, "Yes, this country is like this and it has nothing to do with you."
The anger in Nilu Wei's heart came and went quickly, and he sighed softly: "I have also tried to dissuade Governor Shank many times. Although he is very willing to listen to my suggestions and advice, this matter
But he didn't listen. Common people would say that this place is like hell, and they are absolutely right. This place is scarier than hell."
…
An hour and a half later, in the back hall of the Golden Palace, everyone was sitting together, eating cooked food.
There is food in the palace, not only there, but also in abundance, including fruits, vegetables, fish and aquatic products. Several huge freezers are full of them. You must know that Güniz is a landlocked country, with no seashore on either side.
And it's located in the north, but here there are fruits and fresh seafood that are only available in the south. It would cost who knows how much to eat this kind of food here.
Scallops, mushroom porridge, lobster, soy sauce beef, etc. These foods are very nutritious. However, such rich food did not change everyone's mood.
Hullington cut a piece of shrimp with a knife and fork, dipped it in the sauce and asked: "Have you thought of any way?"
No one spoke, no one spoke, there was nothing we could do.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Alice said: "My master said that if you cannot compare with others, you have to rely on wisdom."
"What your master said is nonsense." Chloe and his bearded companion (it's better to give it a name, sweat!) said: "Who doesn't know that you need to rely on wisdom? We thought about it all night and couldn't come up with a solution.
idea."
Alice glared at the bearded man fiercely: "Asshole, you can insult me, but you can't insult my master. What my master says is always right."
"Really?" The bearded man sneered disdainfully.
"you……"
Hullington grabbed Alice who was about to get angry.
Anluge also said to the bearded man: "She is a child, but you are an adult."
"Huh." The bearded man stopped talking.
In fact, Big Beard didn't mean to target Alice, it was just because of what happened yesterday. What he hated was that he failed to meet Alice earlier and let his companion die.
Chloe said: "There is really no good way. Our numbers are too small and our strength is too weak. We are no match for one-on-one, let alone so many. If we are surrounded, we can still surrender and negotiate.
, but they..."
Wei asked Alice: "What did you want to say just now? Is there anything you can do?"
Alice shook her head: "I have no choice. I was just wondering if I could find the weaknesses of those monsters."
"Weaknesses of monsters? What weaknesses do they have?"
Angelou said: "Their physical strength is at least five to six times that of normal people, and their movement speed is at least one and a half times faster than us."
"Their strength has also been greatly improved." Nilu Wei said: "I know several of the soldiers there. Their strength before was only about mid-level, but now they are stronger than high-level ones in terms of strength alone.
Professionals are even stronger."
Angelou continued: "What's more, they also have special abilities, and all kinds of strange things growing on their bodies make it hard for us to guard against. After thinking about it, we have no better way except waiting for rescue, and we need rescue.
, we need to let the government know the specific situation here and let them send troops as soon as possible." He looked at Nilu Wei and said: "Captain Wei, there should be a telepathic stone in the gold mining area that is directly connected to the outside world, right?
"
"Yeah." Wei said, "But the Tongyi Stone is not in the palace, but in the military camp. I wanted to go to the military camp before and report the situation here, but the situation in the military camp is too dangerous, much more dangerous than here. Several times I
None of them were able to get in. We have regulations here, and we have to report the gold mining information to the local government once a month. If not, they will definitely notice that there is something wrong here. But the last communication was 17 days ago.
There are still 13 days at a time. Now we can only hope that the outside world will know that something happened to us through the monsters wandering in the forest."
"It seems that this is another problem." Angelou said: "Now we may have to wait for a long time for rescue."
The bearded man shook his head and said: "What if the officials from the outside world don't notice? Those officials have always been indolent, so even if they find out, I'm afraid they won't take it seriously."
Nilu Wei thought for a while and nodded: "It's very possible. We had nearly 900 soldiers here before and more than 1,000 various monsters guarding them. There has been no problem guarding the gold mine here for decades. They have never had any problems.
Don’t worry about any danger here.”
Alice said: "Then we can't just sit here and wait for death. When they find out and send troops to rescue, we have to find a way to notify them."
Chloe said: "But the problem is, how should we get out and how should we conduct the military camp."
Everyone fell silent again.
Suddenly, Hullington put down the knife and fork in his hand, looked up at them and said, "I have an idea."