The sound that echoed through the mine tunnel was not very loud, and even a little faint. You have to hold your breath to be able to barely hear it. Leaning against Miss Syren's side, Emily couldn't help but hold her breath, her eyes staring at the dim mine in front of her, and she could even feel her heart beating wildly. The sensation made Emily feel very nervous, and she clenched her fists and placed them on her chest. An indescribable tension spread through Emily's heart, even making it impossible for her to breathe.

It wasn't that Rhodes didn't notice Emily's strangeness, but now he didn't have time to comfort the woman behind him, instead, Rhodes leaned sideways against the wall and listened carefully to the voice——— the voice was a little dull, faint, and intermittent, but it didn't sound like it was behind the wall, that is, the other party was even likely to be in the mine tunnel in front of him......... Thinking of this, Rod couldn't help frowning, he subconsciously stretched out his hand to shake it in the void, but after finding that there was nothing in front of him, Rod realized that he was not in the game now, and naturally there was no holographic map plug-in for himself.........

But even so, Rhodes is not out of the question.

Thinking of this, Rod crouched down and carefully looked at the ground with the help of the light of the burning torches on the wall of the mine, and then he stretched out his hand and touched the ground along the mine wall, and then, carefully and slowly, Rod touched the small crushed ore piled up in the corners of his hand piece by piece. Emily was a little curious at Rode's movements, and she blinked her eyes to ask, but soon she glanced at the dark cavern in front of her, and then immediately closed her mouth again. But even so, Emily still wondered———What is Miss Seren doing?"

After a few minutes, Rhodes stopped, grabbed a small, sleek stone from the rubble, and raised his hand to place the stone, which was the size of a fingernail, in front of his eyes. Then Rod closed his eyes and injected a trace of soul power into the small stone in front of him, and soon, a line of system prompts appeared in front of his eyes.

[Broken crystal fragments found]

Looks right.

After seeing the system prompt in front of him, Rod nodded slightly, the crystal fragment in his hand at this moment was to help Rod solve his doubts——— it seemed that they had almost arrived at the mine on the other side, that is, where the crystal ore belonging to the Howard family was located. Merely............ Judging from the current distance, if they are really the Howards. So is it advancing a little too fast?

Thinking of this, Rod turned his head to look at Emily and asked in a low voice.

"Miss Emily, is there anyone else here besides us?"

"This ..............."

Hear Rhodes' inquiry. Emily was a little surprised, she rolled her eyes, thought for a moment, and then replied with some caution and hesitation. “………… If I remember correctly, the Howard family should have a mine here, but ......... It's a long way from our mine. ”

This is also a matter of course, after all, the Edward Chamber of Commerce mainly produces iron ore and silver ore, while the Howard Chamber of Commerce has the majority of the magic crystal mines, and the needs of the two sides are different. Naturally, it is impossible to move on the same piece of land. Moreover, unlike the iron and silver buried in the soil, most of the magic crystals are underground open-pit mines, and due to the influence of their own magical power, the quality of the stones where the magic crystal mines are located is not very good, and naturally there are no high-purity silver and iron ores. So even if both sides want to attack each other, it is not an easy thing to do. As for Emily's surprise, Rod didn't think so. Although in a big city like Deep Rock City, manual mining of mines or something is already commonplace. However, the chamber of commerce families in such small places generally do not have the manpower and material resources to do the same thing, so most of them search for mineral deposits in naturally formed caves. Then dig and explore in these caves. And such caves are everywhere under Fiat. It's not uncommon for a cave to pass through the mountain once in a while.

Thinking of this, Rod quickly and simply explained it to Emily. And after hearing Rod's explanation, Emily was also amazed. After all, although she stays in the Chamber of Commerce all day, she is really not familiar with this kind of thing——— no matter what, it is impossible for her to go mining as a girl.

"So, Miss Syren, what do you mean......... There's a good chance we're going to get to the Howard family's mines? ”

Speaking of this, Emily's voice was filled with joy, after all, she had been following Rhodes around this labyrinthine tunnel for a long time, and in this dim environment, humans would become dull to the passage of time, and Emily didn't even know how long it had been since the passage had passed. Is it ten minutes? Twenty minutes? An hour? Two hours? Quite a while? Or a day?

No matter how much time had passed, for Emily, she was now exhausted and hungry. It's hurting all over your body, and you're on the lookout for the threat of terrible monsters from the darkness. Hearing Rod's answer at this moment, Emily couldn't help but get excited, although the relationship between the Howard family and the Edward family is not good, but at least they are human beings, and being able to be with human beings is better than being alone with Miss Syren in this terrible place, isn't it?

"Not yet, it's a faint voice, but I think there's a cave leading up there, Miss Emily, and please be careful. There is an unexplored mine ahead, so we have to be cautious and slow down. With that, Rhodes stood up and reached for the torch on the wall, then he turned his head and smiled at Emily.

"Let's go, Miss Emily."

"Very good, Miss Selen."

Looking at Rod's smile, she didn't know what she was doing, Emily felt that her mood quickly calmed down, originally she was still a little anxious to leave this terrible and dim underground world as soon as possible, but now, after seeing Rod's smile, Emily suddenly wished that she could spend more time with each other.

And just as Rod took Emily deep underground, it was already a mess on the ground.

Celia stood beside her, looking at the crowd who were shouting and arguing with each other with helpless eyes, and couldn't help but reach out and press her forehead, sighing slightly.

After the accident. Soon the Edward Chamber of Commerce arrived at the scene, and after listening to the explanations of the workers and Celia, the Edward Chamber of Commerce began to quarrel like this. Especially after hearing Celia explain that the president of the Edward Chamber of Commerce had died, these people quarreled even more fiercely. Some people think that the mine should be opened as soon as possible to rescue Miss Emily and "Miss Selen", after all, one of them is the daughter of the president of the Chamber of Commerce, and the other is a guest from afar from the Land of Light, and it is difficult to explain whether anything happens to either one. Others strongly disagree with them. In their opinion, the current mine tunnel is extremely fragile and cannot withstand the toss, and if it is forcibly reopened, it may cause even more damage. It's better to look around and see if there are any other entrances, and then it's not too late to send someone to look for those who are killed.

And because of that. The two sides soon quarreled. One side accuses them of not wanting to rescue Emily at all, but instead trying to use it to annex the entire Chamber of Commerce. The other side said that we made such a decision solely for the sake of the workers and ourselves, and that in such a situation, forcibly opening the mine tunnel is tantamount to suicide, which is simply impossible!!

Celia didn't join in the fight, and although she should technically be the one who worries the most right now, Rhodes had already given the order to spread the word about President Edward's death when he was communicating with her soul, and her job was done, and she didn't care about anything that happened after that. At first, Celia was still a little puzzled about why Rod wanted to give such an order to herself, but after seeing this scene in front of her, she finally didn't have the slightest doubt, ——— such a troublesome thing. Celia really didn't want to get involved.

Thinking of this, the War Angel Maiden sighed, then she closed her eyes and began to contact the other person.

"Sister Celestina?"

“……………… What's up? ”

After a while, from the other side, Selestina's reluctant voice came, and from her tone it sounded that the devil's lady was obviously still thinking about the events of last night, and it was no wonder that a high-ranking devil nobleman had been robbed of the first night in this way. After that, she was still at the mercy of the other party like a slave——— Celestina gritted her teeth at the thought of this. She hadn't been so humiliated since she was born!! If you can. Selestina really wanted to know herself and put an end to this nightmare. But unfortunately, she doesn't have the function of suicide at the moment............ For summoned elves, even if they die, they will be resurrected.

It is precisely because of this entanglement that Selestina simply closed the door, claiming that she is not accustomed to the water and soil, and that out of sight is clean, at least Miss Ben doesn't want to see that nasty bastard now, so it should be fine!!

It's a pity that although Selestina is extremely entangled in her heart, Celia is dumbfounded and can't figure out the situation at all, she doesn't know what happened to Celestina at all, and she just thinks that this is her sister who is losing her temper again, so she didn't say anything, but went straight to the point.

"That's right, my sister, the master has some trouble in the mine, and he's trapped inside..............."

"What's the matter with Miss Ben?"

Before Celia could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Celestina's breath, and the devil's lady even interrupted Celia's words almost screaming.

"He's not dead anyway, is he? It's really troublesome, Miss Ben doesn't believe that sinister and cunning bastard can do anything! Alright, Celia, you're there anyway. Miss Ben is very unwell now, and she is not accustomed to the water and soil!! Don't bother me anymore!! ”

After saying this, Celestina resolutely severed the spiritual connection with Celia, and it was clear that she really did not intend to dwell on this issue this time. When Serena answered, Celia sighed helplessly, and then she opened her eyes again and looked at the crowd still arguing in front of her.

Although your tone sounds annoying to the host...... But my sister ......... I think you still trust him.

Celia should be glad that Celestina didn't hear her inner talk on the spot.

"Ahh

Rod rubbed his nose, and he looked up at the pitch-black cavern in front of him. Unlike the previous traces that have been excavated by hand, this place still retains a strong natural essence. There were cold, low-hanging stalactites all over your head, and the ground beneath your feet was uneven and even a little slippery. Rhodes was used to such an environment. However, Emily still stumbled behind him, and it could be seen that for such an eldest lady, the current environment was still too harsh. But even so, Emily still didn't say a word, but gritted her teeth and continued to work hard.

She still doesn't know what to say.

Looking at Emily, who was insisting, Rhodes raised his eyebrows, he had already gotten the situation outside from Celia. As he had conceived, upon learning that Edward was dead, his men immediately became active——— power, eternal bait, and there was no easier way to catch a fish. Edward is dead, and Emily is gone. In this case, what future will the Edward Chamber of Commerce have? And also...............

Thinking of this, Rod couldn't help but glance at Emily again.

After she returned to the ground, what awaited her was probably not the previous Edward Chamber of Commerce. Will she continue to stay here at that time?

"Miss Syren?"

At this moment, a voice sounded in front of him again, it was the sound of weapons colliding, and it was also the sound of people talking. You can even faintly see a few rays of light. After seeing this scene, Emily suddenly stopped, and cried out a little uneasily, and when he heard her call, Rod smiled slightly, and then reached out and took her hand.

"Don't worry, come with me, Miss Emily. Rest assured. There won't be any problems. ”

With that, Rhodes held a torch in his left hand. With her right hand she took Emily and strode forward, and soon they reached the end of the tunnel, and then the two men turned around the corner of the cave and came to the place where the light was emanating——— and soon they saw what they wanted to see.

In the wide cave in front of them, pieces of shining magic crystals bloomed like flowers, and in the middle of the garden of these magic crystals, there were several heavily armed men, after hearing the footsteps, these men also turned around in an instant, and at the same time drew their weapons, and when they saw Rhodes and Emily, both of them couldn't help but be stunned.

It's no wonder, after all, this is the depths of the mine, and it is a strange thing for anyone to suddenly meet two young ladies here. And what surprised Rod was that there were not half miners in this magic crystal mine! The men standing in front of them were all heavily armed, wearing iron armor, armed with crossbows, and carrying swords and shields behind their backs——— no matter how you look at it, these are private soldiers and adventurers!

But how can there be adventurers here? The mine is private and adventurers are never allowed to enter. Who are these people? Why are they in the Howard family's mine, could it be that the Howard family has fallen to this point? Can't even look down on your own mine? Isn't that scientific............ And, at such a sensitive moment, isn't it a little too strange for these people to suddenly appear?

"Who are you?!!"

Seeing Rod and the others, one of the men immediately shouted angrily, and with his movements, the people around him also raised their crossbows one after another, aiming at Rod and Emily in front of them. At this time, Emily also hurriedly stood up, she obviously knew more about the Howard family than Rod.

"Uncle Carter, it's me, I'm Emily!!"

"Emily?"

Hearing Emily's shout, the man frowned, he reached out to signal his men to be calm, then narrowed his eyes suspiciously, looked Emily up and down carefully, and then asked in some surprise.

"It's really you, what's wrong with you? What happened? Who is this woman? What are you doing here? ”

"That's right, Uncle Carter, our mine has gone wrong——— collapsed, and there are monsters attacking us, so we have to run here, but I didn't expect to run to Uncle Carter's mine..............." I don't know if it's a delusion, after hearing Emily say "Monster | " At that time, Rod Mingrui found that the expression on this man's face showed a little strangeness, which also made him frown involuntarily, and then looked at the other party carefully. And soon, Rhodes discovered that not only were these people dressed strangely, but even the things they were holding were just as strange. Instead of carrying mining tools, they were carrying some strange ornaments that looked like some kind of mystical symbol, which were obviously not used for decoration in the mines, nor were they used to worship the gods.

It seems that things are not so simple......... (To be continued)

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