A strange world

Chapter 1310 Section 232. A brief battle

The Broken Mountains got their name from the undulating peaks that are completely different from the mountains.

The Skarlu United Organization named their coal mine the Broken Mining Area because there are nearly a hundred mining areas of various sizes distributed between the mountains with a diameter of about 300 miles.

If Annan were here, he would definitely say that it was because of the rich vegetation in this area in ancient times, which turned into coal after a long period of sedimentation, and then the crustal movement caused the coal-rich rock layers deep in the depths to leak out, and if they dug deeper, there would be a large area of ​​new mines.

The largest coal mine is less than one-tenth the size of the open-pit coal mountain, and the smallest coal mine can only fit more than 30 people and may run dry at any time.

And just like the Philen Trading Company, the Skarlu United Organization is also a loose force of a group of people who come together for warmth. But unlike the pure nobles and merchants of the Philen Trading Company, there are a bunch of gangs here.

In other words, they are all good at fighting.

Beat others, and beat yourself - usually a mining area will be controlled by one or several gangs, some new, some rising, and some declining, and these gangs fight all day long to grab coal mines.

And the largest coal mine is naturally controlled by the largest oyster gang.

The Broken Mining Area was originally discovered by the Oyster Gang. As the first to discover crabs, they expanded rapidly.

The Raymond family and the Philen Company naturally could not sit idly by and watch the new forces rise. But at this time, the Wealth Church, which could not sit idly by and watch the great lord continue to expand his power, took action to restrict it, and the nobles of the Philen Company were all selfish, and they would rather find gray gloves to grab territory rather than work for the company.

So they only suppressed the Oyster Gang and failed to seize the new mining area.

As a result, the Broken Mining Area has become the current mixed power: the most capable, the most people, and the completely independent Oyster Gang controls the largest mining area.

The second echelon is the middle mining area controlled by powerful gangs, including those close to the Oyster Gang, the Grand Lord, the Felun Trading Company, and the Church of Wealth.

The third echelon is the gangs of the outermost small coal mines with dozens to hundreds of people, and it is also the mining area with the most frequent bloodshed and personnel changes.

As for why it is called the Oyster Gang, Joan guessed that it is because the shell of the oyster is very hard?

But it is a fresh and delicious delicacy after being broken...

Joan immediately didn't think the name was nice. If it were her, she would have to call it the Turtle Gang, the Reef Gang, or something like that.

"You... apply for a job as a miner?"

Joan came back to her senses and looked at the man in front of her who was shirtless in the snow and only wore a dirty leather armor on the outside.

"Yeah."

The foreman with a face full of unshaved green beard looked at him suspiciously. Faced with doubts, Joan rolled up his sleeves and showed his biceps: "I'm a warrior!"

"I know."

That's why the foreman hesitated.

"You... want to be a thug?"

The rules of the Broken Mine are somewhat different from those outside. It is closer to disorder and chaos.

No one likes chaos, but here, the best chaos is really better than the worst order - especially for slaves and hard laborers.

As long as they are physically strong and have a strong will, they have the opportunity to jump from hard labor to thugs like Joan. Instead of being beaten to death in the mine like other places.

In other words, as long as you are willing to fight hard, the weapon in your hand can be transformed from a pickaxe to an iron sword.

But there is one thing in common between gangsters and hard laborers - the average age.

"Thugs..."

The foreman is still tempting: "How will a woman like you be bullied by them when you enter the mine? But if you come to be a thug, you can only bully others!"

Joan's eyes are getting brighter: "Okay, I want to be a thug!"

"Very good, you are also a member of the Fire Dragon Gang."

The foreman is more excited than Joan - if he wins over a professional, he will get a reward ten times that of guarding hard laborers.

"I'll take you to see our boss right now!"

The foreman threw the registration work to his men, and couldn't wait to lead Joan to see the boss.

Joan followed fearlessly. Because it was not only him who came to the Broken Mine. In addition to Captain Ryan and several members of the Osculus Mercenary Group attracting attention in the open-air coal mountain, Deputy Captain Skeeter led the free people to sneak in.

Ilimoyas was nearby and gave him a scale.

No scale was given to anyone except Annan!

The foreman led Joan to the shed outside the mine, and he shouted into the house: "Boss, I brought someone who wants to join the Fire Dragon Gang, a warrior!"

At this moment, a sharp whistle suddenly came from the wind and snow outside.

"Take the weapon, the World Tree Gang is coming!"

Then a figure rushed out of the door, threw a weapon to Joan, and ran straight to the direction where the whistle came from.

The foreman who brought her here also rushed out skillfully.

"So fast!?"

Joan looked down and saw that he was holding an iron sword with a cloth wrapped around the hilt. He caught up with the foreman who was holding a wooden stick inlaid with iron sheets.

"What gang is coming?"

"The World Tree Gang!"

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"The enemy... Are the enemies elves!?"

Joan couldn't help thinking that the Broken Mountains were really chaotic, even the elves came to interfere.

"What is the relationship between the World Tree Gang and the elves?"

"If there is no relationship, why is it called the World Tree Gang?"

Joan's doubts were not answered, because the "brothers" in front had already fought with the enemy.

Their boss rushed to the front and was fighting with the enemy.

"Boss, we are coming!"

The foreman shouted to Joan to follow, and then rushed into the battle.

Just as Joan was about to take a step, an arcane missile suddenly flew out from the corner, hitting the head of the Fire Dragon Gang leader, exploding into a ball of blood.

Joan had just met him, and before he could say anything, the leader died in front of him.

"Their boss is dead, kill them!"

The man who killed the Fire Dragon Gang leader by sneak attack with a torn magic scroll shouted. The enemy's morale soared, and they rushed up with strange cries.

A blind guy stared at Joan, and rushed over with a look of surprise on his face to catch her, but Joan, who had come to his senses, flattened his head with the sword.

The fleeing people and the pursuing enemies were stunned at the same time.

Joan came to her senses, and without thinking too much, she rushed towards the enemy.

The enemies were ordinary people with a little strength at most, and they didn't even have decent protective gear. After Joan easily broke the ribs and leg bones of two enemies, the fleeing gang members spontaneously gathered around Joan and followed her to fight.

Joan thought as she fought, their boss must be a good man, at least he didn't let his men die at the critical moment.

When she came to her senses, the scene had changed from a desperate counterattack to a pursuit.

Joan stopped, and the gang members around her also stopped, looking at each other.

The foreman with a green beard walked up to Joan:

"You are our new boss now!"

"Me? Be your leader?"

"She agreed!" The gangsters cheered.

"Hey, I'm doubtful, not sure..."

But looking at the gang members full of joy like chicks finding their mother hen - Joan knew that this metaphor was bad, but it seemed, probably, as if... I had achieved the purpose of the mission?