Firefly Journey

Chapter 186 Seeing Mountains as Not Mountains (3)

The smell of blood filled the air, growing stronger the closer you got.

The two quickly arrived at the cave entrance. The surroundings were quiet, as still as a graveyard.

Generally speaking, there would be no one at the entrance of a mine that is being mined; there would definitely be soldiers or even superhumans present.

Firstly, they can serve as emergency responders, enabling them to conduct immediate rescues should a mine collapse occur.

Secondly, the Amarama Mountains have been plagued by monsters from other regions recently, so naturally someone needs to drive them away.

The mine was intact, with no signs of collapse, and there were no human or monster corpses around, which was very strange and did not seem like a battle had taken place.

Without needing to communicate verbally, the two arrived at the mine entrance at the same time, wanting to find out what was inside.

Lin Yuanran said, "To be on the safe side, let's not go in."

“How can we find out what’s going on if we don’t go in?” Wind Chime said.

Lin Yuanran frowned. Oh, this is awkward.

However, the wind chimes have a solution.

The girl clapped her hands on the ground, and immediately a small clay figure emerged from it.

She smiled and said, "This will do."

Lin Yuanran looked surprised. This works?

Almost every student had a little clay figure of Cassius, the purpose of which was, of course, to protect them.

However, she had already mastered how to use the wind chimes. It must be said, her talent in extraordinary powers was truly awe-inspiring.

The little clay figure is not a living being, but merely a pile of earth elements condensed by divine oracle, and using it is completely stress-free.

Of course, even with living creatures, unless it's someone like "Summoner" Morin who has a deep emotional connection with their contracted creature, there's not much psychological burden.

After all, who hasn't eaten meat? If we were to become sentimental and melancholic because of this, wouldn't we be crying our eyes out?

Moreover, even vegetarian food made from plants is itself a living thing. To feel guilty about it is utter nonsense and laughable.

The law of the jungle, where the strong prey on the weak, is an eternal and unchanging principle.

Controlled by the wind chimes, the little clay figure ran step by step toward the cave entrance and leaped down.

Lin Yuanran could only watch from the sidelines.

A few minutes later, Wind Chime said, "Inside... it's full of corpses."

Combined with the pungent smell of blood in the air, Lin Yuanran wasn't surprised. He was no longer a novice and no longer felt uncomfortable about such things.

"Are they from the Xu family?"

“Yes.” Fengling frowned. Whether they were hired workers or members of the Xu family, they were all living beings. She could not ignore them and felt a pang of pity.

"I can't see the specific situation inside, but according to the information sent back by the little mud men, their deaths were extremely tragic. They must have been hunted down by magical beasts and hollowed out."

The crystal ore in the mine was also almost entirely plundered by them, leaving only some useless scraps.

Lin Yuanran had long heard that Warcraft was ferocious, but now, having experienced it firsthand, he truly understood the weight of that statement.

"The lingering stench indicates that the incident occurred not long after our arrival. If..."

The wind chimes lowered their heads.

If they had come a little earlier, perhaps the tragedy wouldn't have happened.

She felt a little guilty.

Seeing this, Lin Yuanran mustered up his courage, stepped forward, and gently patted her shoulder.

"The culprit is those magical beasts, it has nothing to do with you, don't overthink it."

"I didn't think too much about it, I just felt that it could have been avoided." Feng Ling's expression returned to normal.

She looked into the distance and said, "There's no point in staying here. Let's go to the next mine."

"it is good."

The mine was attacked, and it's unknown whether they had time to send a distress signal. The two were on the road and had no way to receive messages.

The Xu family owns many mines like this in the Amara Mountains, and the two could only pray that nothing else had gone wrong.

……

Blue sky and white clouds, stretching as far as the eye can see.

Beneath the blue sky, blood clashed with blood.

On the crowded cliff, the two sides were locked in a fierce battle.

The two sides in the bloody battle were clearly distinct.

One side consisted of humans whose uniforms were inscribed with the character "Xu" in Bema script, indicating that they were security personnel sent by the Xu family to guard the mine.

On the other side are magical beasts, which come in various shapes and sizes and fight each other with sharp teeth and claws.

The situation was almost entirely one-sided.

Among the Xu family's security personnel, there are quite a few extraordinary individuals, but their cultivation levels are not high, and they can only deal with magical beasts that are one level lower.

Behind the horde of monsters stood a golden figure.

It is the ruler of this group of magical beasts, with a golden back, two wings, and two forelimbs made of sharp blades.

A high-level magical beast, the Golden-backed Mantis.

The ordinary miners had all huddled inside the cave, filled with unease at the deafening noise outside.

The soldiers of the Xu family were fearless, falling down time and time again, only to rise again and again to fight the horde of demonic beasts.

However, the gap in strength between the two sides is too large, and no matter how hard they try, they cannot bridge the gap.

Just as a leader was about to be impaled by a giant rhinoceros with a single horn, a turning point appeared.

A bolt of lightning descended from the heavens, and upon landing, it blasted the horn of the giant rhinoceros into dust, causing it to writhe in agony.

The leader, who had miraculously survived, rolled over and, though he stumbled, saved his life.

Immediately afterwards, another long dragon formed of fire element swept by, enveloping the giant rhinoceros, which would likely be burned alive.

"We've finally arrived... The situation is very serious."

As Lin Yuanran pondered this, his hands continued their work, joining Feng Ling in slaughtering the rampaging monster horde.

Fengling's actions were ruthless and violent, clearly provoking the rage of these magical beasts. Since they dared to harm her subordinates, they would have to pay the price.

Under the relentless bombardment of the lightning oracle, the battle turned into a one-sided affair, with the monster horde collapsing and retreating to the side of the golden-backed mantis.

From beginning to end, the Golden-backed Mantis remained a detached observer, and even now, with the entire monster horde in complete defeat, it seems to have no intention of intervening.

Wind Chime, having gained the upper hand, pressed her advantage relentlessly. Seeing the monster horde retreat, she continued to use divine pronouncements to pursue and kill them.

The golden-backed mantis looked at it for a few seconds, then immediately made a decision, flapping its wings and running away.

Despite its imposing appearance, it didn't even have the will to resist.

Monsters are far stronger than humans, giving them an advantage when escaping. After chasing for a while, Fengling gave up once she realized she couldn't catch them.

Back in the mine, Wind Chime looked at the wounded foreman and asked, "What's your name?"

The leader, holding his sword, said, "My name is Herman, a squad leader dispatched by the Xu family. May I ask who you are...?"

When Herman was attacked, he sent a distress signal to the Xu family's mine headquarters outside the mountains. He thought that the two people in front of him might be the reinforcements sent by the Xu family.

However, what puzzled him was that less than half an hour had passed since the monster attack, and their support speed was far too fast.

Moreover, why would the reinforcements be two children?

Hermann asked this question because he was unsure of the other party's identity.

Seeing his confusion, Fengling took out the Xu family crest and revealed her identity.

Herman's heart skipped a beat when he saw the badge in the girl's hand. He knew that the mine in Amarama had been allocated to the eldest grandson of the Xu family.

To his surprise, the girl who looked about the same age as his daughter was actually his boss.

"I've come here to completely eliminate those monsters," Wind Chime said.

"welcome."

Hermann knelt down and bowed.