Maddie led everyone to the edge of the large mine. Several patrolling armed barbarian slaves discovered them and immediately began to shout loudly, telling them not to get closer to the mine. At the same time, they also sent a companion to run into the mine to report the situation.
Not long after, a group of heavily armed barbarian slaves came out of the mine aggressively. They were all over 1.9 meters tall, tall and fat, and their body shape and weight were more than twice that of ordinary half-elves. They wore half-length leather armor, and each
The man was holding an iron-clad mace, and there were several swing axes stuck in his belt. They strode towards them, looking very oppressive.
"This is our mine!"
The leader of the team, the barbarian slave, had not yet arrived. He shouted first and asked as he walked: "Who are you? What do you want to do here?"
He deliberately exposed his canine teeth, which were far more developed than those of a half-elf, and pointed at Victor and his group with his thick fingers, giving him a completely "I am fierce" look.
Faced with the arrogance of the barbarian slave miners, Harvey and Maddie just sneered. The gladiatorial slave Kent had no expression on his face and didn't even look at them.
The barbarians are brave and aggressive by nature, especially the young barbarians who have just begun to grow. They do not know how to restrain the boiling anger in their blood. They fight with their peers every day, and the attacks are neither light nor heavy, often resulting in death or injury.
Shamans among the barbarians used circumcision to deal with those boys who were always defeated in battle to cool their boiling blood and prevent them from continuing to seek death.
A biting dog does not bark, a man-eating tiger does not show its teeth. The truly strong always show confidence in their laziness and calmness, because they have the ability to cope with various challenges. The weak are often sensitive, irritable, and uncontrollable.
Their temper is always arrogant, and they are used to attacking others. They think they are showing off their strength, but in fact they are bluffing.
Barbarian teenagers with weak talents are becoming more aggressive, so circumcision is a way to protect them.
Harvey and Maddie were both former legionnaires and had fought against real barbarian warriors. Of course, they would not be afraid of circumcised barbarian slave miners.
As for Kent, as a gladiator slave in the Dark Valley, he often fought with barbarian warriors. The fact that he is alive now explains everything.
Kent didn't even bother to look at these tall, fat, crippled barbarian slaves.
Before the captain of the armed barbarian slaves noticed the contempt of these strange half-elves, Christine had already attracted his attention with a kind and gentle voice.
"Don't be nervous, we don't have any ill intentions...we are here to trade ore."
The captain of the barbarian slave looked at the beautiful half-elf lady, his tone obviously softened, and he said hesitantly:
"I don't know you...have you been here before?"
Christine was not willing to waste time on such a small role. She smiled slightly, her amber eyes glowed with an imperceptible glimmer, and said:
"We are businessmen introduced by Ethaniel of Water Snake Town. We are here to discuss a big deal with Chief Ansai. Please lead us."
After Captain Mannu heard this, he immediately felt that the other party was originally the distinguished guest of the leader, and he must take them to see the leader Ansai immediately. The leader's important events must not be delayed, and they must be kept secret.
Other armed barbarians have the same understanding as the captain.
"Okay, I'll take you to see Chief Ansai right away!"
The barbarian slave captain turned around, raised his hand to greet the half-elf guest, and said, "Come with us."
Christine smiled sweetly at Victor. She didn't even have to speak, she could express a lot of content with her expressions and body movements.
Master, am I very powerful?
It's just a piece of cake.
Everyone stay close to me and I'll make sure there won't be any problems on the road.
Assassins and dark hunters both have the secret blood ability to reduce their own presence, but Christine's characteristics are completely opposite to theirs. She is enhancing her own presence. She follows the barbarian captain along the way and becomes the most dazzling and eye-catching one.
existence, the barbarian slave miners they met only paid attention to Christine and ignored others, and were also charmed by her. No one dared to stop them, and no one was suspicious of them.
This is almost a kind of domain power, and its essence comes from Christine's own abyss aura.
That's right, Christine is not an artificially created alchemy demon, but a real half-elf demon with a life level of no less than four, at least a silver-level extraordinary creature.
With the help of Christine, Victor and his followers easily slipped into the large mine. Looking up, he found that it was a huge open-pit mine, like a funnel split in half, about
It is 180 meters deep, and the bottom is connected to a turbulent river valley, so the entire mine is dug on a cliff facing the river.
Mannu miners dug a zigzag transport ramp on one side of the funnel mine, dividing the entire mine into eight levels. There are a varying number of small mines on the cliff on one side of the ramp on each level.
The small mine cave on the three-story ramp has been dug until the mineral resources are exhausted, and it is only used as a warehouse and dormitory for the barbarian slaves.
It is daytime now, and there are almost no slave miners in the dormitory. They are all working hard in the ramp mines on the lower floors. Some slaves are responsible for digging minerals, and some are responsible for transportation.
Each barbarian slave dragged a cart full of minerals and passed Victor in an endless stream, like a line of ants. There was no overseer's whip behind them, and there were no collars around their necks that represented slave status, only bandages.
The tight towing rope, the squeaking wheels, the shiny sweat on the shoulders, and the eyes full of motivation.
Victor is different from others in that he has no preconceived prejudice against barbarian slaves. As for the barbarian slave miners in front of him, in Victor's opinion, they are definitely not slaves.
Although the barbarian slave miners were eliminated at a young age, castrated, and lost the source of strength to become barbarian warriors, the physical fitness of the barbarians is generally at the level of junior half-elf professionals. Coupled with years of hard work,
Make miners' bodies stronger.
There are about seven to eight hundred barbarian slave miners in this mine. So how many half-elf guards does the mine owner need to suppress them?
It can be seen from this that once the adult barbarian slaves gather into a crowd, it will be difficult for the slave owners to use violent means to manage them.
Of course, the heavy work of developing such a large mine cannot be accomplished by just a few hundred half-elf slaves. If the number of half-elf slaves continues to increase, the development cost will remain high, which is far less cost-effective than using barbarian slave miners.
This is why there have been calls within the Disa Alliance against the use of barbarian slaves, but the slave owners turned a deaf ear to this.
Victor had a vague feeling that Christine's plan to charm and control the barbarian leader might not go well.
Without interrogation or obstruction by the barbarian slaves, the armed barbarian captain led Victor and his party to the entrance of the last small mine hole on the third level of the mine ramp.
"We have very important business to discuss, don't waste time." Christine said to the captain of the slaves with a smile.
The captain of the armed barbarian slave originally planned to enter the door alone and report the situation to the leader first. When he heard Christine's urging, he immediately changed his mind, turned his fat body aside, stepped out of the way, and pushed the door open with force.
The barbarian slaves in this mine have better equipment, and they are all alert and strong. When they heard the movement at the door, they drew their weapons one after another, formed a defensive formation and walked out.
They were probably the bodyguards of the miner leader. When they saw that it was the captain of the patrol force pushing open the door, along with a group of unfamiliar half-elves, they were all stunned.
Christine stepped out from the crowd, with strange ripples in her beautiful eyes. She smiled but said seriously: "Fellow barbarian warriors, I am talking to your leader, Mr. Ansai, about something very important. Please guard the door outside.
, within two quarters of an hour, don’t let anyone come near this place without Lord Ansai’s order.”
Seeing Christine's charming smile and hearing her solemn warning, the hostility of the barbarian slave bodyguards disappeared, and they left the mine together with the patrol team, and strictly enforced security outside the door.
This kind of group charm with instructions has a time limit. Christine took a long breath, adjusted the fatigue from the mental level, and whispered to Victor: "Master, we have to hurry up, we must do it within two quarters of an hour.
If Ansai is controlled internally and he comes out to appease the barbarian slaves at the door, then they will have no doubts about what I say in the future."
Her implication is that after more than two quarters of an hour, the armed barbarian slaves and barbarian slave bodyguards may regain consciousness, and then a bloody conflict will occur.
There was no point in fighting the slave miners. Victor was unwilling to ask for trouble, so he immediately nodded and told Christine to do what she was going to do.
There are no candles lit in the mine, but many luminescent fluorite are inlaid on the cave wall as a light source. Everyone can see that there is a room separated by a curtain deep in the mine.
Victor asked Harvey and Chris to accompany him in, while the others stayed outside for the time being. They opened the curtain, and sure enough they found Anse, the leader of the barbarian slave miners, and two barbarian female slaves wearing collars.
The barbarian female slaves responsible for taking care of Ansai were very scared when they saw outsiders intruding, but Christine made them quiet with a look and automatically hid in the corner without making a sound.
Victor paid close attention to the slave leader of this open-pit mine. He was an elderly slave miner. His body was still strong, but his hair was gray, and the wrinkles on his face were as deep as his gray-brown eyes.
Ansai was obviously startled when he saw the unfamiliar half-elf, but he calmed down immediately. He sat on his chair and looked at the uninvited guests calmly. He neither shouted nor questioned, just looked on with a cold eye.
Christine was equally surprised. She had already used natural charm on Ansai, but it did not take effect. It should be said that it was completely ineffective.
Through the ability of emotional perception, Christine found that the old barbarian slave in front of her was as solid as ore. The reason why he did not speak was because he found that the intruder had already controlled the situation and resistance was useless, but he believed that if the intruder was killed,
Don't even think about leaving the big mine alive.
The old barbarian slave did not care about life and death, and his non-cooperation was the most effective form of resistance.
In front of Victor, Christine did not dare to hesitate and immediately launched a powerful charm on Ansai. This talent skill can only be used once every two days, and the charm effect far exceeds her "natural charm".
If even "Powerful Charm" is ineffective, then she can only use "Violent Charm", which will shorten her lifespan.
The shimmering ripples in Christine's eyes rolled back and formed a vortex, firmly grasping Ansai's mind.
Not long after, Christine felt the mood change of the barbarian slave leader, like a solid stone turning into malleable mud. She couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, continued to use the "powerful charm", and said: "Ansai
, I'm sorry, we don't know each other, and you don't want to know us. Unfortunately, we are being hunted by powerful enemies and have to ask you for help. Now, trouble has found you, what are you going to do?"
"Powerful Charm" still needs a reason to convince itself before it can continue to be effective on the target. Ansai was affected by Christine's charm and automatically figured out based on her words:
This group of half-elves were chased by powerful enemies and had no choice but to take refuge in the big mine. Now that they are here, no matter whether I help or not, their enemies will treat us as a group and kill us, because we
They are a group of lowly barbarians. They kill whenever they want. They don't need evidence at all, and they don't listen to our explanation...
These enemies are so damned!
I must help them. Helping them means saving our own lives. Helping them means dealing with the enemies who want to massacre us!
"I understand, leave it all to me!"
Ansai said in a deep voice: "I will make arrangements right away so that the brothers will be stricter in their mouths and treat you as if you have never been here. You can live here with peace of mind. I will take care of everything."
After saying that, the old barbarian slave walked out of the door with the two barbarian female slaves. Christine kept paying attention to him and clearly felt that Ansai's cognition had been reshaped by the power of charm, and then turned to Vic.
Duo said: "Master, we can trust them for the time being."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Victor retracted his gaze from looking at the room furnishings, looked at Christine, frowned and said: "You seem to be struggling?"
Christine nodded, biting her red lips. After hesitating for a moment, she explained: "I didn't expect that Ansai was favored by the power of fate, so the effect of the charm on him was greatly reduced... Fortunately, it still worked.
Yes, my performance has lived up to the master’s expectations, right?”
"...It's very powerful and terrifying. It makes the impossible possible."
Victor was silent for a moment, sincerely praising Christine's extraordinary ability, and then asked: "The favored one by the power of fate... what is that?"
"This... I didn't know this before, but since the master used snake touch to revive me and repaired my flaws, I have a lot more knowledge about charm in my mind." Christine paused and continued.
Said: "The favored one by the power of fate refers to the leader of a force who will be favored by fate. Many powers have poor effects on them. It can also be understood that they have particularly good luck and are protected by fate.
"
"I really didn't expect that a mere miner leader would be favored by fate... It seems that it won't be easy for me to help my master gain power."
There are hundreds of barbarian slaves in the large mine, which is equivalent to the size of a small town, but Victor has no interest in these barbarian slave miners. They are not the mainstream of the Disa Alliance. They have done their best to protect themselves, and they cannot be expected to return.
What can be done.
Of course, now we have to rely on the cover of the barbarian slave miners.
Victor asked: "Are you sure there won't be any problems with Ansai?"
"Master, please rest assured, he has been deceived by me. I will spend a little more time every day and use the simplest natural charm to ensure that Ansai and his confidants will not have any problems!" Christine said confidently
said.
Victor nodded and said: "Very good, we just need time to change our faces before hitting the road. In the past two days, you will be responsible for keeping an eye on Ansai and his men... Do you need me to send someone to protect you?"
"Thank you for your concern, Master." Christine smiled reservedly: "You can believe in my strength... I should be the most powerful follower under Master at present."
Well, this woman was already a silver-level demon before she was reshaped.
Victor then called Maddie over and ordered: "Go and see how Herman and the others are doing, and then come back and report to me the specific situation of the battle. If possible, ask Herman and the others to return to the mine."