Chapter 1809 Survival Competition (Ⅰ)
Joan issued a mental command to 12 of the giant moths, instructing them to grab a piece of rope and work together to drag the thirty-six rock spirits strung on the rope up into the sky and fly to the magic crystal mining area with wings.
There were three remaining giant moths, and Joan arranged them to be mounts for Gumoduo, Klein, and Scholz.
What he didn't expect was that Scholz, a tough dwarf with a tough face and beard, refused to ride the giant moth. He was obviously afraid of heights, but he was embarrassed to say it directly. flying insects!
Joan had been fooled by Scholz into believing it was true, but there was still a piercing elder in the team.
The old witch doctor, who specializes in treating intractable diseases, tiptoed around behind Scholz, kicked the dwarf brother's ass unexpectedly.
With an exclamation, Scholz swooped forward and happened to lie on the giant moth's back.
The giant moth thought that the passengers were already in place, so it flapped its wings and flew into the air.
Scholz was so frightened that his face turned blue, he desperately grabbed the giant moth's fluffy body and dared not let go.
The old swampman rode another giant moth and rushed up leisurely, looked at Scholz's face with his head, and croaked with a smirk: "I can't see any allergies, big brother, you recovered from your illness very quickly. ah!"
Scholz resisted dizziness and nausea, with a livid face, struggling to overcome the fear, and freed his left hand to give the old bogman a middle finger viciously.
Joan found the stolen two tons of coarse crystals in the cave, put them in his pocket after performing the "shrinking technique", turned into a bee man form, and flew into the air.
As for Robin Hood in the spiritual net, and the three rock spirits including Karaka, they were handed over to Gray Bird to be responsible for escorting them.
The blind lady carried a net bag and the goblin followed closely behind Joan, fluttering her wings and soaring.
After flying for a certain distance, the unconscious Robin Hood was awakened by the cold wind in the air. When he opened his eyes, he realized that he was stuffed into the net bag and drifting in the air. He screamed in fright.
"Ahh! I have a fear of heights, and I will die if I leave the ground! Let me go!"
The gray bird was annoyed by his noise, spread its wide scaled wings and glides in the air, and when its net rounded, it ping-ponged on the steep rock wall by the roadside.
This time, not only Robin Hood was unlucky, but Karaka and others who were also in the net bag also suffered.
Kalaka had no choice but to tear a piece of rag from himself, and rolled it up to gag Robin Hood's mouth, and managed to calm him down, so as not to provoke the ill-tempered blind lady.
The giant moth flew for half an hour and landed safely in the mining camp.
Under people's curious eyes, Robin Hood, Karaka, and a group of dejected little rock spirits were locked in a cell by Gray Bird's stone-blind barbarian guards for interrogation.
The criminal evidence was conclusive, and Robin Hood, Karaka and others had no way to deny it, so they had to bow their heads and plead guilty and accept the punishment.
Including Karaka, only eight rock spirits who were good at escaping from the ground participated in the theft. Although the remaining rock spirits were not thieves, they could not escape the charge of harboring suspects, and they also had to pay the price.
Since the theft was committed in the Midgard mining area, no matter what race the criminal was, which country or tribe he belonged to, he would still be tried according to the laws formulated by the Ashan Empire.
The nine thieves, including Robin Hood and Karaka, will face up to ten years in prison. The place of hard labor is in the magic crystal mining area. Elder Gumoduo is very pleased about this. Because he pleaded guilty with a good attitude, he was also sentenced to ten years of hard labor.
The remaining thirty-two rock spirits were not directly involved in the theft, and harboring thieves is not a felony. They can choose to pay a fine to redeem their freedom, or accompany Robin Hood and others to serve two years of hard labor.
Karaka accepted the trial result on behalf of the criminal gang, but he made a request to postpone his sentence for a week, on the grounds that he tried to raise a "ransom for withdrawing from the race", if he could not raise 3 pounds of magic crystals or the equivalent If they don't have any property, they can only bite the bullet and participate in the "survival competition" and fight for luck.
If they were lucky enough to finish the race, even though they would still have to go back to jail afterwards, at least they could keep their home and leave a safe place for other clansmen.
If they are eliminated in the survival competition, they can only give up the rock essence camp and try to find a new home after serving their sentence-this is of course the worst result.
Qiao An, who was watching the interrogation, couldn't hold back his curiosity, so he asked the gray bird sitting next to him about the inside story of the "survival competition", why the rock spirits were forced to take risks and steal the rough crystals, just to make up a ransom for exemption from the competition , Why did the losers in the competition have to give up their homes?
"Dr. Vader, I think you also know that the Underdark is no better than the surface world. There is no sunshine, no rain and dew to moisten it. Most of the crops that provide food for surface residents cannot grow in the underground world."
"The products in the dark region are poor, and even the most basic source of clean water to sustain life is not easy to come by. It is difficult to find land suitable for the reproduction of intelligent races, and with the increase of the number of underground races, the consumption of resources is intensifying. The contradiction between "less" is becoming more and more acute, and the pressure of survival is increasing day by day. In order to compete for living space, bloody and fierce ethnic conflicts broke out frequently among various underground races."
"In order to change this chaotic situation, and at the same time to alleviate the survival pressure brought about by the increase in the population of various underground races in a relatively gentle way, the Drow family of the Oaknell Dungeon took the lead in establishing the 'Survival Competition'. It is held every ten years, and each race sends a team to participate, with the purpose of deciding which races are more qualified to survive in this land.”
"Most of the aborigines in the underground world will receive an invitation letter from the competition league committee. If they don't want to participate in the survival competition, they have to pay 3 pounds of magic crystals or equivalent property as a ransom for withdrawing from the competition. All the ransoms for withdrawing from the competition are summarized It will be kept by the competition league committee to form a fund pool, which will be used to pay for the organization and operation expenses of the competition, and a part of it will be used as the winning prize.”
"The champion team with the best performance in the survival competition will win a generous bonus, usually including 10 pounds of magic crystals plus a quasi-legendary magic tool."
"Actually, the vast majority of participating teams don't even dare to hope to win the championship and win bonuses. They only hope that their results will not be too bad."
"In this cruel survival competition, the race with the lowest score will be considered unsuitable for survival in the cruel underground world, and the whole race will be expelled from the territory under the competition alliance—if they refuse to leave their homeland, they will be punished by other races." Clans join hands to destroy."
"So far, this competition has been held for ten times. On the closing day of each competition, there will be a tragedy intertwined with expulsion, wandering and killing."