On Richard's way to Jialan City, a lot of things are happening in the rest of the world.

It seems that everything is not connected to each other, but in the same world and on the same continent, there are always some secret relationships that connect these things together.

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In the morning.

In the western part of the main continent, in the mountains, a rugged camp stands.

At the center of the camp was a two-story wooden building, and in the hall of the wooden building, a tall, bald wizard sat on a high-backed chair covered in animal skins. His eyes were half-closed and half-closed, as if he was closing his eyes to recuperate, and as if he was thinking about something big.

Suddenly, outside the wooden building, there was a sound of hurried footsteps, and the tall bald wizard couldn't help but open his eyes.

"Click......

With the sound of footsteps, an old man in gray walked in, holding a heavy lead box in his hand.

"What's wrong?" the bald wizard asked, looking at the gray-clad old man and frowning slightly.

"Your Excellency. The old man's voice was a little low, and he reported to the bald wizard, "It's bad news. What happened in the northern foothills of the mining area is now in the southern foothills of the mining area. ”

"Huh, are you sure?" the bald wizard was a little excited and got up from his seat.

"My lord, this is true, I don't dare to talk nonsense, I will tell you after I am sure. The wrinkles on the old man's face were huddled together, and he said with a sad expression, "I have asked people to test it, and in the mining cave that continues to dig deep in the southern foothills, there is indeed that kind of disgusting, evil energy, which is completely different from natural energy. Wizard apprentices can resist to a certain extent, but ordinary people cannot. ”

"By the way, this is a strange ore found in the mine, if I guess correctly, it should be the energy of this ore, the evil aura that emanates. As he spoke, the old man opened the lead box in his hand.

The bald wizard looked into the lead box and saw a palm-sized piece of ore inside.

The ore is beautiful, creamy yellow, shiny in appearance, and somewhat crystal clear, like a topaz, but not a topaz.

Approaching the lead box, taking out the ore and holding it in his hand, the bald wizard felt it carefully, and could indeed feel the faint energy flowing from the ore. This kind of energy is very different from the free energy elements that nature ingests through meditation. If the free energy element is mild, this energy is cold and uncomfortable.

The bald wizard frowned deeply, put the ore back into the lead box, and slowly paced down the hall, thinking about how to deal with it. After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't think of it, so he looked at the old man in gray with some distraught and asked, "Ordinary miners really can't stand the environment of the mine?"

"If we force them, they can stay and continue to mine the ore we need. The old man in gray said, his face a little bitter, "But after a long time, it can be as short as half a day, or as long as two or three days, they will collectively have adverse reactions." ”

"What adverse reactions?"

"Nausea, vomiting, dizziness, physical exhaustion and so on. The old man said.

"It's not too serious, just rest and rest. The bald wizard pouted, "Are there any other adverse reactions?"

"This ......" The old man in gray hesitated for a moment, glanced at the wizard, and said carefully, "I heard that there is also hair loss, and several miners who have been in the mine will lose a lot of money if they pull their hair lightly." ”

"This!" the bald wizard's body stiffened, a look of horror flashed in his eyes, and he subconsciously touched his bare scalp and muttered, "In this case, it seems to be really serious." ”

The old man in gray asked for his opinion: "My lord, you see...... After all, our miners are not free, and they will all die if they continue to be used in this way, and it is not easy to recruit another batch of miners. ”

"Alas. The bald wizard sighed, "But in that case, we'll have two mines shut down, and we'll definitely lose production this year." ”

After a pause, the bald wizard couldn't help but complain and vent his emotions: "Really damn it! I'm wondering, there are so many mines in this big mountain, and there are countless large and small wizard forces working on mines, why is it that only our mountain will encounter such a strange thing? Why is it that only our mines keep appearing ore with evil aura?"

This ore can't be used at all. If you want to get rid of it completely, it's not easy to get rid of it, the cost is too high, so you can only abandon it!

Is this retribution? But I haven't done anything bad, have I? I've never killed anyone more than the shameless wizards, I just want to make some money and buy some potions to see if I can get my hair back. Anyway, I just saved the lives of two people a few days ago, so why can't I have some good luck?"

The old man in gray didn't know what to say, and after a while, he asked again: "Then my lord, do you think we want to shut down?"

"Let me think about it and tell you when I think it through. The bald wizard took a deep breath and said, then thought of something, and asked the old man in gray, "By the way, speaking of the two people I saved a few days ago, are they awake now?"

"Uh, wake up. The old man in gray said, "It's just that the injuries are still relatively serious, and they can't get out of bed, and it will take a while to recover." ”

"That's good. The bald wizard touched his slick scalp, "Now that I'm awake, I'm going to see them and find a way to get them to stay." That man, there is nothing yet, just a wizard apprentice, we don't lack it. But that young witch, hey, I can see it, very talented, very potential. We benefit immensely from being able to keep each other and help them grow. ”

As he spoke, the bald wizard strode out, and the old man in gray hurriedly followed.

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Outside the wooden building, in another wooden building in the camp, Nancy and Gro were each lying on a bed, wrapped in a large strip of cloth and emitting the pungent smell of potions.

Gro's expression was distorted, and he kept "humming" in pain.

Nancy lay on the bed, extremely quiet, drops of cold sweat oozing from her head, and she could see that she was in more pain than Gro, but she endured it. After a long time like this, hearing that Groh was still humming, Nancy couldn't help but glance sideways at Gro, and reprimanded with contempt: "What is it called! Can you shut your mouth!"

Gro grinned and said, "It hurts, okay!"

"Shout it out, it won't hurt?

"I ......" Gro knotted.

At this time, footsteps sounded outside, and the door opened with a "creak", and the bald wizard walked in with the old man in gray.

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