Tome of Blood

"Noah, take a closer look and see if there is anyone you know among these living corpses."

Charlotte looked away from the corpse miner and looked at Noah.

The little werewolf obviously hadn't seen this kind of formation before, he might be cold, or he might be frightened, but he was still shivering.

However, after hearing what Charlotte said, he still boldly poked his head out and looked at the living corpses digging.

And at this sight, he was quickly stunned, and almost exclaimed again:

"Dole... That's Uncle Dole! My God! It's him!"

"He's still wearing his favorite Koria gown!"

"He...he was not eaten, but turned into a living corpse!"

"Cooper! And brother Cooper, he is there! He disappeared a month ago, and he is here!"

"It's them...it's really them!"

"They're those missing miners! They're all here!"

"Sister Leisa, they have all been turned into living corpses!"

In the darkness, the werewolf Noah looked at the living corpses with dull eyes, his voice trembling slightly.

Charlotte sighed slightly, secretly thinking that it was so.

"It seems that this is the secret of the mine. The mithril mine is not exhausted, but has been deliberately sealed up. Someone here turned the miners into undead to mine mithril!"

"Such a big matter is definitely not something that can be easily concealed, master, it seems... the water in the Earl's Land is deeper than expected."

Sebastian couldn't help but said, even the title changed.

"Master...Master?"

The werewolf Noah stared at Sebastian blankly, not knowing whether he should show any more puzzled and surprised expressions.

Charlotte thought about the attitude of the nobles in the territory towards her, and nodded slightly:

"It really needs to be rectified."

Nisi looked at the living corpses with dull eyes, and after looking at them for a while, said:

"These living corpses have low spirituality and are very dull. The necromancer who transformed them should not be high-level, and I'm afraid it will not exceed Yinyue."

"They can only do some simple, mechanical work, and I'm afraid they can't do anything else."

"However, I think many of the living corpses should have been there for some years, and many of them even have the tendency of bone spirit transformation. It must have been operating here for many years."

After listening to Nice's words, Charlotte was thoughtful.

She looked at Noah and asked again:

"Noah, when was the Mithril Mine sealed?"

"Seven years ago, it was sealed seven years ago, and the miners began to disappear from that time."

Noah replied palely.

"Seven years ago..."

Charlotte compared the information she had read, and suddenly remembered that the monthly income of Castel Manor began to shrink significantly since seven years ago.

By the way, it was also seven years ago that the cheap grandmother who made Castel a mess sent all the high-level nobles who followed the Castel family back to the territory.

Seven years ago, Castel completely lost control of the nobles in the territory.

It also started seven years ago when an accident occurred in the Mithril Mine.

Concealing the news of the Mithril mine and arranging thousands of corpse miners to continue mining here, such a big event is absolutely inseparable from the cooperation of the high-level mining workshop.

Obviously, there are nobles involved behind this scene.

Castel's Mithril Mine represents the interests of many nobles. It is not an easy task to conceal the truth about the mine, but to be able to hide such a big movement for so many years, there is definitely a big force behind it.

Or... the character who brings together all the relevant nobles!

Charlotte recalled the family information she had read. Among the local nobles in Castel, there were no such powerful local snakes.

In fact, the Earl of Castel has always been more powerful than the nobles since ancient times.

This left Charlotte in deep thought.

"Noah, did the rumor of a dragon in the mine start seven years ago?"

Sebastian asked suddenly.

Noah still hasn't recovered from the shock, his dull eyes still stay on those terrifying living corpses, he just nodded mechanically in a daze:

"In terms of rumors, yes, but... my brother said it was here a long time ago."

"Isn't it? Sebastian, do you suspect it has something to do with that black dragon?"

Nice's eyes widened, and he gave the flame elf absurdly a look.

Sebastian nodded slightly:

"Although it's unbelievable, it's not impossible."

"I heard that some powerful dragons can even take human form, and dragons have always loved wealth. Precious mithril is also fatal to dragons..."

"What if a black dragon controlled the nobles of Castel to help it mine?"

Nice took a breath:

"Good guy, do you really dare to think that a black dragon sneaks into the human world... You really think the black dragon is a silver dragon! Even if that kind of monster has mastered the transformation technique, it doesn't bother to transform into a human being."

"Not to mention that giant dragons like black dragons have always been born magic idiots, and their talents are all in magic resistance and physicality. As far as I know, except for those old and immortal guys, most black dragons can't master the transformation technique at all. .”

"And for those old guys, the little Castel collar is not taken seriously by them."

Sebastian glanced at Nice unexpectedly:

"You know quite a lot."

Nice looked proud:

"Hey, I'm not like some good-for-nothing elf with long hair and short knowledge. Master Cat, my adventure experience is rich! I think back then, when you little elf was still eating milk and honey, I was already with the legendary dragon Talking and laughing!"

Sebastian: ...

"Really? So, this experienced senior adventurer, how did you become a cat that can't even defeat the lowest-level blood demon?"

He smiled slightly and said.

Nice cat's face turned black, obviously being mentioned to the pain point, and instantly blew up:

"Who says it can't be defeated! Master Cat, I can kill it with a void exile, okay! Don't say it's a blood demon, the evil god has revived Master Cat. It's not in vain! The Holy Royal Court asked me to seal the evil god!"

"Well, yes, and then it became a pet that loses weight every day."

Sebas nodded in agreement.

Nice: ...

A cat and a dog stared at each other, and they had a tendency to do it again.

"Silence!"

Charlotte glanced at them.

"snort!"

They hummed to each other and turned away from each other.

Charlotte: ...

These two guys have good abilities, one has more secrets than the other, but they just can't pee in the same pot when they work together.

However, Black Dragon...

Charlotte thought about Sebastian's guess.

Although it sounds reasonable, she always feels that something is not right.

It wasn't until she looked at the mountain of mithril deep in the cave again that she suddenly realized what was wrong.

A money-greedy dragon...I'm afraid he wouldn't put so much mithril here alone without protection, let alone seal the mine tunnel with a seal that Nice can easily break!

Thinking of this, Charlotte looked at Nice again and asked:

"Nice, is there a breath of a dragon here?"

Nice instantly turned positive:

"This is exactly where I am puzzled. I didn't smell the breath of the dragon here. Either...it has been away for a long time, or it never existed at all."

Sebastian: ...

He glanced at Nice speechlessly:

"Since you haven't smelled the breath of the dragon, why didn't you say so earlier?"

Nice smiled hey:

"Why did you say it so early? I like to see the embarrassment of some people's misjudgment."

"you--!"

One cat and one dog have a tendency to do it again.

It wasn't until Charlotte glanced at them coldly that they all fell silent.

Charlotte withdrew her gaze and looked at the living corpse in the cave. A faint light flashed in her eyes. After a while, she averted her gaze and said:

"These living corpses are indeed the lowest-level living corpses, not even the undead that attacked us that day."

"Apart from looking terrifying, they are not dangerous. I'm afraid they will only dully execute the orders given to them by the caster..."

"I didn't perceive the mental fluctuations of the necromancer, presumably these living corpses were left here alone to perform mining work"

"Come on, let's go down and have a look, maybe we can find something."

After all, she took the first step and entered the cave.

Sebastian and Niss followed each other quickly, followed by Luf.

Although the little werewolf Noah looked terrified, he looked at the few people walking away and felt even more uneasy standing still, so he trotted all the way to catch up.

Charlotte came to the cave, as she judged, these living corpses who were digging didn't care about them breaking into the cave at all.

They are still rigidly and mechanically repeating the work of mining.

Only those living corpses that look relatively new, and should have not been transformed for a long time, seem to have a high level of spiritual awareness. Follow Charlotte and the others.

What's more, some undead people still retain their original eyeballs, and their rotten pale cheeks and empty eyes are so oozing, that Noah's face turned pale from fright, and he quickly hid behind the tallest Luf with his tail between his legs. Behind him, he pinched the corner of his clothes.

"If you're afraid, you don't have to look at them."

Luf glanced at the little werewolf and said.

However, despite being very frightened, Noah's eyes still fell on the living corpse.

Or to be more precise, it was walking among the living corpses, as if looking for something.

Charlotte saw everything in her eyes, moved in her heart, and asked:

"Noah, how many years has your brother been missing?"

Noah drooped his ears:

"Seven years."

Charlotte sighed:

"It should be safe here, time is limited, let's investigate separately, Luf, you take Noah's deboned miner for a walk."

seven years...

If Noah's brother was also transformed into a living corpse, it would be difficult to recognize it now.

Luf nodded silently, and led the little werewolf towards the miner who had obviously been transformed earlier.

"Sebas, go to the workshop and check."

Charlotte ordered Sebas again.

There is nothing strange about the workshop, but it looks like an elf, maybe Sebas can find something.

Sebastian should have left, while Charlotte continued to walk among the miners, wanting to see if there were any new discoveries.

However, just as she passed by a living corpse that had obviously been transformed not long ago, the living corpse suddenly stretched out its hand towards her.

Even with her keen spiritual sense, Charlotte was already mentally prepared, and she was taken aback. However, this living corpse did not attack her, but trembled and said with dull eyes:

"help me……"

Charlotte was taken aback for a moment, and then her expression suddenly became solemn.

This living corpse... still retains a certain amount of consciousness.

However, when she looked at the other party again, the living corpse had recovered its rigid movements and continued to dig the ore.

"It's a transformation of a living body...it's actually a transformation of a living body that even a necromancer despises!"

Nice cat following Charlotte's face was serious, and his voice was dignified.

Charlotte's heart moved slightly:

"Living body transformation?"

"Yes, because some evil necromancers are not capable enough, in order to make the transformed undead more spiritual, they will choose to directly transform the living into undead."

"They are dead, but they are not completely dead. Before they really die, their souls will still retain the consciousness they had in life. They will watch their bodies rot and feel the pain of their bodies until their spirituality is gradually annihilated and completely dissipated. For the undead, and the undead will always remember the last action they were forced to order before they were alive, and keep repeating it..."

"Because it's too cruel, living body transformation is a taboo even among necromancers!"

Nice said with a solemn expression.

Charlotte was silent.

She looked at the living corpse with dull eyes, gently stretched out her hand, and placed it in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, a faint brilliance flowed in her red eyes.

At this moment, Charlotte started memory sharing with the living corpses in front of her just like she did with those murdered girls.

However, after turning on the memory sharing, Charlotte did not get any memory fragments, but only a kind of fear and pain that went deep into the marrow.

That is the pain of the miners. It is the fear and pain that they lose control of their bodies when they are forcibly made into living corpses. They watch their bodies gradually rot, and feel the fear and pain that they are gradually eaten away by maggots and their souls are annihilated day by day!

That fear, that pain, is like a bottomless abyss.

Charlotte only felt as if she had fallen into the boundless darkness. In the darkness, countless pairs of rotten arms stretched out towards her tremblingly, and countless painful and desperate prayers came from her ears:

"Save...help me..."

When Charlotte withdrew from the memory sharing, a layer of cold sweat broke out from the back of her whole body, she gasped slightly, and even she shuddered from the pain and fear of being on the scene.

"Lord Charlotte, the transformed undead cannot read their memories because of their spiritual damage."

Nice said in a deep voice.

Saying that, it scratched its head:

Although it is a bit strange for me, a kitten, to popularize this knowledge for you, but...it seems that you have forgotten more memories than I imagined..."

Charlotte was silent.

She gave up memory sharing.

After seeing these trembling living corpses, Charlotte sighed and continued to walk forward.

However, while walking, Nice suddenly stopped.

Charlotte's heart moved, and when she turned around, she saw that the other party was staring blankly at a piece of mushroom growing on the ground, with strange eyes.

Her heart moved:

"Nice, what's the matter?"

"Lord Charlotte..."

Nice's expression was a little weird:

"Perhaps, what Noah said is true, there may have been a giant dragon here!"

"Um?"

Charlotte raised an eyebrow.

Nice pointed to the mushrooms on the ground:

"Lord Charlotte, look, this kind of mushroom with scales is called ambergris, and it only grows in places where giant dragons haunt..."

"However, this ambergris mushroom seems to have degenerated a bit. I'm afraid the giant dragon has been gone for a long time, and that's why I didn't smell it."

Is there really a dragon...

Charlotte thought about it.

And after a while, Sebastian, Luf and Noah also came back.

The little werewolf seemed a little disappointed, but at the same time, he seemed relieved.

Charlotte's heart moved:

"did not find?"

Noah nodded with a complicated expression.

"I didn't find it, maybe it's a good thing, or maybe your brother is still alive."

Charlotte comforted.

Saying that, she looked at Sebastian again.

"There are only a few living corpses working in the workshop... Well, master, did you find anything?"

Sebastian asked curiously after finishing his report.

"Nice found a piece of ambergris."

Charlotte said.

"Amberis mushroom?"

Sebas was stunned.

Then, he said in surprise:

"So... is it really possible that my speculation is true?"

"Who knows, but... maybe we'll find out soon."

Charlotte looked at the living corpse miners around and said.

After finishing speaking, she closed her eyes again, stretched out her hands, and the magic power surged on her body.

Nice's eyelids twitched:

"Master Charlotte, are you planning to..."

"Help them out, they... are in too much pain."

Charlotte sighed and said.

As she spoke, her voice turned cold again:

"At the same time, it is also through this method that the people behind are called out."

There is a connection between the necromancer and the undead, even if there is no contract signed, they can still perceive the changes in the cave.

Now that she knows the secret of the Mithril Mine, Charlotte is too lazy to play hide-and-seek with the guy behind the scenes. The card of the True Ancestor Liberation made her fearless. She wants to destroy this place and force the other party out directly.

However, as soon as Charlotte finished speaking, a lazy voice sounded in the cave:

"Oh? Call out?"

"Lovely Miss Werewolf, are you talking about me?"