Chapter 90 Elim Mine

It was late autumn, and as the group gradually moved towards the road southwest of Shanjin Town, the scenery on both sides gradually changed.

From the original wheat fields that had been harvested for the most part, it became a gradually undulating hilly area.

The leaves of the large forests on the hills had turned yellow at this time, and under the sunshine, it looked like a beautiful golden painting.

Since the group had horses, about an hour later, the official investigation team led by Hamilton arrived at the halfway point of a hill.

This was the main entrance of the Elim Gold Mine.

At this time, a middle-aged man dressed as a gold mine supervisor, with several miners wearing half-length coarse cloth coats and knee-length shorts, had been waiting at the entrance of the mine early.

Ryan looked around and saw that there was a large area behind the gold mine gate with wooden huts built, which seemed to be the miners' residences. There were faint cries coming from the families of the miners who had lost their loved ones.

Around the dark entrance of the mine, there were dozens of ore carts scattered around, and an iron track about one meter wide extended into the mine.

There were wooden fences more than two meters high on all sides, surrounding the entrance and living area of ​​the entire gold mine. These fences were made of beech wood and were quite sturdy.

After Captain Willen asked a few simple questions, several miners with messy hair did not know what happened inside. They just said that they heard strange collision sounds, and then there were creepy screams.

After they gathered a group of people and rushed over, they only found some residual bloodstains.

Later, after many incidents happened one after another, they no longer dared to check the situation.

Especially after the bounty hunter came and disappeared for no reason, these miners did not even dare to enter the mine.

Obviously, these answers were of little use to the group who wanted to find out what happened in the mine.

Soon, Hamilton, who was listening, made a decision to enter the mine for direct investigation.

So, three bounty hunters walked in front, followed by several night watchmen such as Willen and Ryan, Schmidt, Endry and Hamilton were in the middle of the team, and the last was the remaining seven or eight night watchmen.

The whole team basically formed a long dragon, slowly moving towards the depths of the mine.

It's not that they don't want to adopt a more dense safety formation, but it is determined by the special terrain of the mine tunnel.

The tunnel at the entrance of the gold mine is relatively spacious. After so many years of excavation, the tunnel at the entrance can almost accommodate three or four people walking side by side. There are oil lamps hanging on the rock walls on both sides, and the lighting is relatively clear, and the forward speed is relatively fast.

But as they go deeper, especially after passing a fork, the tunnel in the mine gradually becomes narrower, especially the wall-mounted oil lamps on the rock wall of the tunnel, which are also damaged a lot, and the visibility in the entire mine tunnel is reduced sharply.

"The fork just now leads to the old mine. The gold mine over there was almost mined decades ago."

"The new tunnel we are walking in now was only dug about 20 years ago. Although the gold reserves are not as good as the old mine, it is also a medium reserve."

The gold mine supervisor said on the side.

"The problem is here in the new mine."

As they went deeper, almost no oil lamps on the rock wall were lit.

At this time, the light source can only rely on the torches in everyone's hands.

The vigilance of the crowd gradually increased to the highest level.

"Why are the oil lamps here not lit? Is there no oil?" A bounty hunter walking in front couldn't help but mutter.

"This... If the oil lamp is not refueled in time, it can only last for two or three days. Now it has been a while, so." The supervisor tried to explain.

But Ryan felt something was wrong at this time.

As he gradually went deeper into the mine, his lv2-level danger perception began to warn him frequently, as if something dangerous was hidden deep in the mine tunnel, and now this feeling was getting stronger.

This made Ryan tense his muscles, ready to dodge or attack at any time.

"Something is wrong. Look at this oil lamp. It seems to have been torn directly from the rock wall by something." At this time, a bounty hunter walking in the front seemed to have discovered something.

He raised a torch and illuminated one side of the rock wall, but there were several clearly visible scratches on the rock wall.

It seemed that it was caused by the claws of some beast.

Just as everyone focused their attention in the direction he pointed, a bloody mouth suddenly jumped out at the junction of the mine tunnel floor and the rock wall, biting a night watchman.

"Be careful!" Because Ryan was always on guard, he reacted and shouted at the first time.

But he was right behind the night watchman, so it was impossible for him to block the attack in time.

However, Ryan reacted very quickly and kicked the attacked night watchman hard.

This kick made the opponent just barely avoid the bite of the bloody mouth!

The next second, everyone exclaimed and reacted.

Under the flickering firelight, a bounty hunter shouted with horror: "It's a crystal lizard!"

"There is a crystal lizard here!"

Ryan has dark vision, so he can naturally see the attacker's full appearance very clearly.

This monster, called the crystal lizard, is three or four meters long, with a thick skin with a bit of mineral texture on its surface. When it lies on the ground and the rock wall of the gold mine tunnel, it is extremely difficult to distinguish!

No wonder even 'Cookie' was unaware of it just now.

At this moment, he barked at the crystal lizard.

Although Ryan kicked his companion night watchman away, the crystal lizard swung out its long tail and hit the night watchman's back hard.

With a "click", the night watchman was whipped away and hit hard against the rock wall of the mine. It seemed that his spine was severely injured and he rolled on the spot in pain.

At this time, the two bounty hunters on the side immediately reacted and stabbed the crystal lizard with their half swords.

"Ding! Ding!"

Sparks flew, but the effect was minimal!

The mineral-textured skin on the back of the crystal lizard is probably as defensive as minerals of the same thickness. The bounty hunter's attack seems to be tickling the opponent.

"Be careful! The back of the crystal lizard has the strongest defense. Attack its eyes or abdomen."

An old voice came from the middle of the team, as if it was the rumored well-informed bard Endri who was reminding.

But knowing and being able to do are two different things.

At this moment, the official knight Hamilton who was stuck in the middle of the team was one of them.

Ryan was also in trouble. After all, the difficulty of poking the eyes with a two-handed sword and poking with a one-handed sword is not comparable.

In the dark and narrow mine tunnel, the movement speed of the crystal lizard is not slow. Although it is not as fast as a cheetah, it is similar to that of a wild boar.

It is not easy to stab the opponent's walnut-sized eyes with a long sword in your hand.

As for the abdomen, it is even more difficult.

The crystal lizard needs to be turned over.

Although it is not long, it has tight muscles and thick skin. It is probably quite heavy. Ryan estimated that it weighs no less than 600 to 700 pounds.

So, although he knew who the opponent was, he also knew the opponent's weaknesses.

But the three bounty hunters in the front could not do anything to the opponent for a while, allowing the crystal lizard to scratch two elite night watchmen in succession.

After a period of chaos, everyone began to react and began to draw their swords and aim at the crystal lizard.

The crystal lizard, seeing that the sneak attack was not successful and there was no chance to take advantage of it at this moment, quickly turned 180 degrees, flicked its tail, and fled deeper into the mine.

"Catch up with it!"

"Don't let it run away!"

Once the crystal lizard escapes successfully, it is estimated that it will be very difficult to find it again based on its hiding ability.

Ryan, who was in front of everyone, took a leap forward and slid the fine steel sword under the crystal lizard, then lifted it up with both hands, and actually lifted the six or seven hundred pound crystal lizard into the air.

Ryan controlled the force of this lift quite skillfully, just turning the body of the crystal lizard ninety degrees, exposing its gray-white soft belly in front of Ryan.

If someone could see the front of the crystal lizard at this time, they would see the rare panic in its walnut-sized eyes.

And the strong limbs were also helplessly scratching in the air at this moment.

"Shua!"

A silver arc of light passed by!

Suddenly, a narrow hole more than one meter long was opened on the relatively soft belly of the crystal lizard.

A stream of light green and fluorescent blood suddenly spurted out!

Then, the crystal lizard fell heavily to the ground, and a large pool of light green fluorescent blood instantly gushed out from under its body. After struggling for a few times, it stopped moving.

This scene instantly made the three bounty hunters look at Ryan with new eyes.

Originally, when they just entered the mine, they thought that Ryan's young face must be a new night watchman who didn't know much, so the three of them had no desire to talk to him and hardly said a word to him the whole time.

But once an expert makes a move, you know whether it is good or not!

If it were them, they would not be able to overturn the crystal lizard weighing six or seven hundred pounds with both hands, even if they accumulated power in advance, not to mention Ryan's swiftness and naturalness.

It can be imagined that the young night watchman in front of them is definitely not a newcomer, but a very powerful master.

At this time, Hamilton, Endry and Schmidt finally squeezed from the center of the team to the front of the team.

When Hamilton saw Ryan kill the crystal lizard on the spot, he couldn't help but smile and walked forward, patted Ryan on the shoulder, and said, "Well done!"

Schmidt looked Ryan up and down, smiled, and said to Hamilton: "Lord Hamilton, can we end this investigation? It seems that the culprit of the Elim Mine has been found and successfully killed by your men!"

"I can also return to the county town as soon as possible and tell the Earl and Baron the good news!"

The bard Endry held the wooden stick in his hand, walked to the crystal lizard, squatted down, and took a closer look, saying: "It turns out that it is really a very rare crystal lizard. No wonder most of the miners who were harmed were killed before they even had time to shout."

"Crystal lizards usually lurk quietly and then raid their prey. They prefer to live in environments like human mines."

"They have a strong sense of territory. Generally, only one will appear in a mine."

"However, it is rare to see this kind of creature now. This crystal lizard can be sold at a very good price. Lord Hamilton, the blood of the crystal lizard is of some use to me. Can I buy some?"

Hamilton glanced at Ryan and saw that Ryan had no intention of objecting. He smiled and said, "Sir Endry, of course there is no problem. However, as Sir Schmidt said, let's get out of the mine first."

"Haha, of course!" Endry laughed.

So, the four elite Night Watchmen carried the crystal lizard in the front, Hamilton and the other three were still in the center of the team, and Ryan was enthusiastically approached by three bounty hunters.

The contrast between the before and after was so great that it was astonishing!

The group slowly returned along the winding tunnel in the mine. Everyone was in high spirits because the trip was very smooth.

Moreover, according to the bard Endry, the crystal lizard was worth a lot of money. Both the elite Night Watchmen and the bounty hunters could get a lot of spoils or rewards on this trip.

Although two elite Night Watchmen were injured, this was much less than the expected loss.

After all, before setting off, Lord Hamilton had said that this was a mysterious event!

The elite Night Watchmen were mentally prepared for the difficulty of the mysterious event.

What no one noticed was that.

On the rock wall of the mine tunnel, a pair of fist-sized yellow eyes suddenly opened, silently watching Ryan and his party from behind.

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