Green Monster Epic

Chapter 208: Mine (Seeking Subscriptions, Third Update)

The sudden reunion and hasty farewell quickly faded with the passage of time, and the Green Lake Village people returned to their peaceful lives.

The population of Green Lake Village expanded once again. With the addition of the Roland tribe, who now contributed to the village's income, the Green Field Tribe's population suddenly increased to one hundred sixty or seventy people. If the numbers of lizardmen, trolls, and earth spirit slaves were added, the entire Green Field Tribe's population would exceed 200 people.

The newly added slaves were naturally not very efficient at their work. Even though A-Xiao, as the supervisor, severely punished the lazy slaves, he could not prevent their slow work pace. However, no matter how lazy the slaves were, a large number of them would naturally accomplish a significant amount of work. In addition to the original 500 mu of land near Green Lake, they also cultivated more than 200 mu of land, which, if planted with grain, would be enough to feed these laborers.

Besides his unwavering morning exercises, Allen had nothing else to do these days. More often than not, he would take Sa Lu with him to accompany the two gray dwarves, Man Duli and Sha Lihua, wandering in the wilderness, searching for traces of mineral veins.

The areas close to Green Lake had basically been surveyed by Man Duli and the others. The workload of digging more than ten meters deep at each suspicious location was not an easy task for the people of Green Lake Village. Therefore, the goblins who were assigned these tasks often wore gloomy and unhappy expressions on their faces. However, recently, they did not dare to show their unhappiness at all, because Allen was always watching them.

"If we go further ahead, it seems like we'll be at your old territory, right?"

Today, Pava'ao, the earth spirit who had joined them, was in the team. Allen felt a sense of familiarity seeing the hilly environment and spoke with feeling.

"Yes."

Pava'ao was also filled with mixed emotions. The days he had spent living in the A'ao Hills felt like countless years ago. Although he was no longer the leader of a tribe, his position in Green Lake Village had gradually stabilized, and he had rightfully become the head of the hunting team. After all, his strength as an Level 8 warrior was evident, and he was considered one of the best among the Green Lake Village warriors.

This place was already quite far from Green Lake Village, almost a hundred miles away. It would take the tribe's warriors almost a whole day to make a round trip on foot. The gray dwarves had been searching for signs of mineral veins in this direction. Allen felt that if they did not find anything in the A'ao Hills, he would have the gray dwarves change direction and search elsewhere.

If the journey was too far, even if they found a mineral vein, they might not be able to develop it. After all, the Green Field Tribe was not strong enough to open a special mine outside and send a considerable number of tribesmen to guard it.

"Chief, I think this hill area should have the minerals we are looking for."

Man Duli approached with a flattering smile, holding a stone with faint yellow traces in his hand, offering it to Allen as a treasure.

The gray dwarves' personalities were completely different from the stubborn dwarves Allen had heard about. From the day Man Duli and Sha Lihua arrived in Allen's hands, they had expressed their submission to Allen without Allen having to pressure them in any way, and their attitude seemed very sincere.

But in reality, they not only disliked cleanliness, but they were also very lazy. Their cunning and slippery personalities were exactly the same as the bear goblins, which gave Camellia a headache. She didn't dare to punish them too severely, fearing she would hurt these two guys who were like treasures in Allen's eyes, but she really couldn't stand their laziness to the point where they even defecated and urinated in the house they were assigned. Every time she opened the door, the whole place reeked of excrement.

But as long as Allen was present, these two guys were very well-behaved and moved quickly, as if their previous laziness was just an illusion. For half a year, they had not found a single mineral vein, which was undoubtedly related to the lazy personalities of Man Duli and Sha Lihua.

"Okay, as long as you can find ore, I'll have Camellia give you extra meals when we get back. I'll promise you anything you want to eat."

Allen's spirits lifted, and he picked up the thing that seemed unremarkable to him and examined it, not forgetting to make a promise.

"Can we have steamed lake fish too?"

Sha Lihua leaned over, her jaw covered with some fluff, and was already starting to make demands.

"Yes, you can!"

Allen nodded on the spot, immediately inspiring Man Duli and Sha Lihua, who began to call on the goblins who were following them to take action, starting to dig at a cliff face they pointed to.

Man Duli and Sha Lihua did not come from the same place, but their experiences were similar. They both couldn't stand the cruel and ruthless rule of the dark elves, escaped from the underground world to the surface world, and were caught by a slave hunting team. When they were underground, they had basically never eaten fish. After arriving at the Green Field Tribe, they were controlled by the delicious taste of fish meat the first time they ate it.

"Dong! Dong! Dong!"

The goblin warriors wielded large iron hammers, repeatedly slamming them on the cliff face according to the direction of the stone patterns that Man Duli had surveyed. As stone chips flew, the originally smooth cliff face quickly became pitted and uneven. Finally, under Allen's gaze, a crack suddenly appeared from top to bottom, and a large piece of rock weighing hundreds of pounds fell from the cliff face, startling a group of goblins who scattered in a panic.

In the smashed cliff face, the yellow texture became deeper and deeper, looking like a moving painting in the eyes of Man Duli and the others. Man Duli and Sha Lihua almost lay on the fallen rock, holding a delicate small iron hammer in their hands, tapping and hitting between the textures. The rock obediently peeled off piece by piece along the yellow textures, finally leaving only that piece of light yellow stone.

"I think this should be pyrite."

Man Duli slowly analyzed, holding the stone chip. However, Sha Lihua, whose appearance was completely unlike a female, had a different opinion: "Why do I think this should be a gold ore?"

"You know nothing. If it were gold ore, the weight of this ore would be a bit too light, right?"

Man Duli spat, almost spitting on Sha Lihua's face. When it came to the issue of ore, Man Duli rarely showed a serious attitude.

"Are you trying to fool me into thinking I don't know about minerals? Can you tell the difference in weight between gold ore and pyrite just by weighing it in your hand?"

Sha Lihua was also unconvinced and retorted on the spot. Although she was just a female, she was still a gray dwarf and had a lot of experience in identifying minerals.

"Let's make a bet. If this is the gold ore you said, I'll pay you with my whole body of meat. But if this is the pyrite I said, you'll warm my bed from today onwards!"

Man Duli seemed very angry, but in fact, his small eyes were full of cunning. He patted his chest on the spot and wanted to make a bet with Sha Lihua.

"Pah! Your little body is worth nothing. I wouldn't even want it if you gave it to me, let alone pay me with it!"

They were all people who came from the underground, and no one was more stupid than the other. Sha Lihua naturally did not fall for it and spat on Man Duli's face, making him a little embarrassed.

"Alright!!! I don't care what kind of ore this is, you have to give me an accurate fact, is this mineral vein worth mining!!!"

Allen's face darkened. He had just given these two guys a bright smile, and they had already given him such a performance, not doing their jobs and only thinking about their own things. Of course, in his heart, Allen was very happy. If he confirmed that the mineral vein here was rich, whether it was pyrite or gold ore, Allen could accept it.