After the visit to the mine, Schiller and Batman were not thrown back into the dirty and dark prison. Instead, they were each assigned to a dormitory. What surprised Batman even more was that this dormitory was single.
world.
The mine they visited was the largest and most central mine in the entire mine. Next to the mine, there was a bunker that looked very similar to a medieval garrison castle.
The corridor here is very narrow, but the rooms are large. The 4 floors above the ground are all where the guards live, while the 6 floors underground are where the miners working in the central mine live.
The dormitory Batman was assigned to was located on the second floor underground. The entire room was only 2 to 3 square meters, so it could only fit a straw mat. There was a torch on the wall that burned with magical energy.
However, although this room is small, it is not cold. Batman suspects that there may be a layer of lava beneath the ground of the mine, so the entire building appears warm and dry.
There is also a water basin placed in the corner of the room. The water in it will never be used up no matter how you use it. It can not only provide some moist moisture in the dry room, but can also be used for cleaning.
If there is one drawback to this dormitory, it is that the sound insulation is not very good. Everyone lives in small cages with thin walls and very close proximity. Just when Batman wanted to sit down and rest for a while, he heard
A muttering of curses came from next door:
"Damn, my ankle... hurts like crazy. That damn lava demon, he did it on purpose. He wanted to make me fall into the lava while mining... Oh, it hurts, it hurts.
ah……"
"What's wrong with you? Are you okay?" Batman knocked on the wall next to him and asked. The creature opposite seemed to be frightened by him. After screaming, he was silent for a long time, and then Batman said:
"I'm a new miner here today and I'm not familiar with this place yet. Can you tell me where this is?"
"I knew it..." The voice on the other side sighed. His voice was a bit shrill, but his pronunciation was still clear. He said, "Another unlucky guy who was caught. Ha, let's see how you can survive here.
How long, three days or four days?"
"Were you also captured by Sandworm?" Batman asked.
"Don't be stupid, those big bugs can only deal with small species like you...cough cough..." The other person coughed twice and said: "I am an aboriginal here, and mining is my job, cough cough cough
…My feet…”
"Is your foot hurt?" Batman asked pretending to be concerned, "Do you need help?"
Suddenly, Batman saw a black shadow appear at the crack of the dormitory door, and a black tentacle stretched out.
There was also a scarlet eyeball on the top of the tentacle. He rolled his eyeball, looked at Batman, and then said: "Oh, you are an unlucky human being. Judging from the way you are dressed, you should be a believer in the evil god. What's wrong?"
?Your boss doesn’t want you anymore?”
"I don't know what's going on. Can you tell me? Where is this place? What should I do tomorrow?" Batman asked a series of questions, but the other person's eyes rolled around and he said:
"Don't try to lie to me, you cunning human being. If you want to get answers from me, you have to pay the price..."
"What do you want?" Batman asked.
"I heard that human souls are very delicious. How about you give me a part of your soul? Let me bite you and I will answer your question..." The demon lowered his voice and said.
"I'm afraid that's not fair," Batman replied.
"Fair!? Do you want to talk about fairness in hell??" The other person seemed to have heard the most ridiculous joke in the world. He hoarse his voice and laughed a few times, and then two more tentacles stretched out towards the bat.
Xia forced him over.
Batman didn't panic. He stood up from the ground. Ever since he discovered that demons can be physically harmed, he no longer has any awe for such magical creatures.
He turned around, took a torch from the wall next to him, and then waved the torch with lightning speed, letting the flames pass through one of the tentacles. Sure enough, a scream came from the other side.
"Take it away! Take it away! Take it away!! You damn human being!!! I'm going to swallow you!!!!" The tentacles on the opposite side began to dance continuously, trying to escape along the crack in the door, but the bat
With quick eyes and quick hands, Xia pressed the base of the black tentacle before it tried to slip out through the crack in the door.
He put the torch aside first, grabbed the tentacle with both hands, and pulled it in hard. The demon opposite let out a fierce scream.
"Ah! Ah! Let me go! My ankle! My ankle is already injured... let me go!!! Oh, please, don't do this!!"
Batman gave the tentacle a final tug, and heard a "bang" from the door of the dormitory next to him, as if the demon's body was being dragged against the door.
Finding that there was no room to pull, Batman grabbed the root of the tentacle and tied a knot on his arm. Then he took a torch and let the flames continue to erode the root of the black tentacle, and then said in a cold tone: "
Answer my question, where is this? How did you get here? What are you doing here?"
"Oh oh oh oh!! Let me go!!...Okay, okay, I will answer your question, but after I answer it, you have to let go of my feet... You damn human being, you all
They are a group of cunning monsters!”
The movement of Batman's hand paused for a moment. He didn't know whether being called a monster by the demon meant he was insulted or praised, but then, the demon began to say intermittently:
"You and your master must both be country bumpkins. Otherwise, when you see the sign on the gate, you should know that this is the Seven Mountains Mine of the great Majesty Belial, and it is also the second largest mine in His Majesty Belial's underground territory.
…”
"How did I get here? I have already told you that I am an aborigine here. I am a shadow monster living in the mine. His Majesty Belial's army came here and occupied the mine. I will fight for him.
Work……"
"Also, what am I doing here? What else can I do here? Mining, of course. The Qishan Mine has almost all the mainstream minerals in hell. The weapons and armor on the guards are all forged from these minerals.
…”
"What's your name?" Batman asked again.
"My name is Liujiao. Let me go quickly. My foot is about to be broken...oh, it hurts..."
The voice on the other side was already crying. Batman found that the demons here were much simpler than he thought, so he released one of his feet and retracted the tentacles, but the other foot was still held by him.
Holding it in his hand, he said:
"I know that there are guards in the dormitory, so no matter what strange noises you hear from me next, it's best not to say anything. If you attract the guards, I will definitely kill you before the guards kill me.
Get rid of it."
There was no water in Batman's threat. After the shadow monster called Hexagon retracted his last foot, he grunted twice, and then said: "You humans who don't overestimate your own capabilities are like this all day long."
Thinking about running away, I don't want to care about what you are doing in your room."
Batman narrowed his eyes and asked, "Have humans been here before?"
Rojio seemed to be stroking his injured foot. He said: "What nonsense are you talking about? There are many humans here. I have been neighbors with at least five or six humans, and they all want to run away..."
"Did they run out?" Batman asked again.
"Most of them have run away. I have to admit that you, a cunning race, are still somewhat capable, but this is hell. Even if you run away from this mine, where can you go? In the end, you still have some skills.
Not to work for other demons..."
"Weak individuals like humans have only two endings when they come to hell. Either they hide in mines, barracks and slaves and work for the demons, or they are unlucky and encounter powerful demons and are swallowed up in one bite.
…”
"Are you a powerful demon?" Batman asked.
"You humans really love talking nonsense." Rokkaku snorted and said, "If I were a powerful demon, would I be so embarrassed by you?"
"Shadow monsters are just companions of shadow mines. Most of them have no sense and will only instinctively attack demons who want to mine shadow mines. Because of this, all sane shadow monsters will be arrested. We can mine shadow monsters."
When I'm mining, I appease the same kind of people so that they don't attack the miners. This is what I do..."
Batman silently wrote down the information he said. After a moment of silence, Hexagram took the initiative to ask: "Do you want to run out too? Then you can take advantage of tonight to dig a hole through the gap in the wall behind. Before,
That's how my neighbor ran away, you'd better get out of here, I hate cunning humans."
Upon hearing this, Batman looked at the gap in the wall behind him. Because he was in the shadow of the torch lighting, Batman did not look carefully at the corner on the right side of the straw mat. At this time, he discovered that there seemed to be a small gap there.
When Batman put his hand on the gap, he could clearly feel the air blowing out of the gap, which showed that there was a quite large space behind it.
"Aren't the guards here worried about people running out?" Batman asked. He was really a little confused, so he asked again: "The defense here is incredibly lax..."
"Just run away." Liujiao said nonchalantly: "Those big bugs can bring back dozens or hundreds of people every day. Even if they all run away, they can continue to catch them the next day. Moreover, only you humans can't think of it.
For demons, where work is not work?"
"Have you never thought about resisting or escaping?" Batman asked while checking the gap.
"Why resist or run away?" Liujiao's voice was also a little confused. He said, "If I run out, I will be captured by other demons and taken to other mines to do the same work."
"Besides, His Majesty Belial is a good demon lord. He is powerful, majestic and ancient. Almost none of the demon lords around him dare to challenge him. If he can defend his territory, he can protect us."
"If I ran to a weakling and was attacked by other demon lords every day, I might even be dragged into the battlefield. Shadow monsters are not good at fighting, and my legs might be cut off."
Batman's hand paused for a moment, and then asked: "Don't you want to be a demon lord yourself? Don't you want to be a leader?"
"Demon Lord? Don't be ridiculous." Liujiao muttered in a low voice: "I am a shadow monster. Which shadow monster have you seen that can be a demon lord? We don't know any magic at all, and we don't have a strong body. Although in various mines
The most indispensable thing is shadow monsters, but that’s useless..."
"We are just like humans, one of the weakest races in hell. Let alone being a demon lord, even the overseers have no place for us."
"Because you are weak, why don't you resist?" Batman said to himself.
"Every shadow monster is like this. Suddenly he finds himself in the mine. He awakens his intelligence, and is discovered by the supervisors and taken to work..." Liujiao said in a very light tone:
"My luck is quite good. Sometimes, those low-level shadow monsters go crazy and tear us apart and swallow us. But I have been working here for a long time and I have never encountered such bad luck."
"But yesterday, that damn lava demon threw a fireball at my feet. He wanted to blow me into the lava. I already knew that he didn't like me, and he will touch me again when I work tomorrow.
Fuck him, Fuck Satan, I've had enough of him..."
"Why don't you fight back?" Batman asked again.
"Fight back? You want me to hit him? Don't be kidding me! The Lava Demon is one of the most powerful demons. Even among the overseers, he is a very strong one. How can I beat him?"
"Just because you can't beat him doesn't necessarily mean you can't deal with him..." Batman whispered, and then he said: "Your foot is injured, right? I know some medical techniques, maybe I can help you treat it, let me see your foot