Alien world

Chapter 1310 232. A brief battle

The Broken Mountains get their name from the undulating peaks that are very different from the mountains.

The Skalu United Organization named their coal mine the Broken Mine because there are nearly a hundred mines of various sizes distributed among the mountains with a diameter of about three hundred miles.

If Annan were here, he would definitely say that this area was rich in plants in ancient times, which turned into coal after a long period of sedimentation. Then the movement of the earth's crust caused the coal-rich rock layers deep inside to leak out. If they dug deeper, they would definitely find large new mines.

The largest coal mine is less than one-tenth the size of an open-pit coal mountain, while the smallest coal mine can only accommodate about thirty people and may run out of gas at any time.

Just like the Feilun Trading Company, the Skalu 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 Feilun Trading Company, this side is full of gangs.

In other words, they are all very good at fighting.

Beat others and also beat yourself - usually a mining area is controlled by one or several gangs, some are new, some are rising, and some are declining. These gangs fight each other all day long for the coal mines.

The largest coal mines are naturally controlled by the largest oyster gangs.

The Broken Mine was originally discovered by the Oyster Gang, and as the first to discover crabs, they quickly expanded.

The Raymond family and the Philen Company naturally could not sit idly by and watch the new power rise. But at this time, the Church of Wealth, 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 the territory 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 District has become the mixed bag of forces it is today: the Oyster Gang, which is the most capable and has the largest number of people, and is completely independent, controls the largest mining district.

The second tier is the Central Mining District controlled by powerful gangs, including those close to the Oyster Gang, the Grand Lord, the Fenren Trading Company, and the Church of Fortune.

The third echelon consists of the outermost gangs of small coal mines with dozens to a hundred people. These are also the mining areas where bloodshed and personnel changes are most frequent.

As for why they are called the Oyster Gang, Joan guessed it was because the oyster's shell is very hard?

But once it's broken, it's tender and delicious...

Joan immediately thought that the name didn't sound good. If it were her, she would definitely call them the Turtle Gang, the Reef Gang, or something like that.

"You...are applying for a job as a miner?"

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

"Hmm."

The foreman with an unshaved beard looked at her suspiciously. Faced with doubts, Joan rolled up her sleeves and showed her biceps: "I'm a soldier!"

"I know."

That's why the foreman hesitated.

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

The rules in the Broken Mine Area are somewhat different from those outside; it is closer to disordered chaos.

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

As long as they are physically strong and have a strong will, they will have the opportunity to jump from hard labor to thugs like Joan, instead of being beaten to death in the mines like in 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 into an iron sword.

However, there is one thing in common between the hooligans and the hard laborers - their average age.

"Thugs..."

The foreman was still trying to persuade her: "How will they bully a woman like you if you enter the mine? But if you come here as a thug, you will be the only one bullying others!"

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

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

The foreman was more excited than Joan - by winning over a professional, he would get ten times the reward as a guarding laborer.

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

The foreman threw the registration task to his men and couldn't wait to take Joan to see the boss.

Joan followed fearlessly. Because she was not the only one who came to the Broken Mine. In addition to Captain Ryan and several members of the Osculus Mercenary Group attracting attention at the open-air coal mountain, Vice Captain Skeeter led the free people to sneak in. Ilimoyas was nearby and gave her a scale.

No scales were given to anyone except Annan!

The foreman led Joan to a shed outside the mine and shouted into the shed, "Boss, I brought someone who wants to join the Fire Dragon Gang. He's a warrior!"

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

"Get your weapons, 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 what she held in her hand was an iron sword with a cloth strip wrapped around the hilt. She caught up with the foreman who was holding a wooden stick inlaid with iron plates.

"What gang is calling?"

"World Tree Gang!"

"The enemy... Is the enemy an elf?!"

Joan couldn't help thinking that the Broken Mountains were in chaos, with even the elves interfering.

"What's the relationship between the World Tree Gang and the elves?"

"If it doesn't matter, why are they called the World Tree Gang?"

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

Their boss was at the front, fighting the enemy.

"Boss, we are here!"

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 shot out from the corner, hitting the Fire Dragon Gang leader's head and exploding into a ball of blood.

Joan had just met her boss and before she had a chance to say anything, her boss died in front of her.

"Their boss is dead, kill them!"

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

A blind guy spotted Joan and rushed over to grab her with a look of surprise on his face, but Joan, who had come to her senses, hit him on the head with the blade of her sword.

Both the fleeing people and the pursuing enemies were stunned in place.

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

The enemies were all 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 fought with her.

As Joan fought, she thought that their boss must be a good person. 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 Jedi counterattack to a pursuit.

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

The bearded foreman walked up to Joan.
"You are our new boss now!"

"Me? As your leader?"

"She agreed!" the gangsters cheered.

"Hey, I'm asking questions, not confirming..."

But seeing the gang members' joy like chicks finding their mother hen - Joan knew this metaphor was a bad one, but it seemed, probably, as if... she had achieved the goal of the mission?

(End of this chapter)