Alien world

Chapter 1318 240. Line of Defense
The workers were busy working.

This time it was not about mining, but about moving gravel from deep inside the mine to the entrance.

The workers traveling back and forth between the cave entrance and the mine soon piled up rubble at the cave entrance like ants to block the road, leaving only a narrow path that was barely passable.

Joan had been trying to contact Elimoas, but there was no response, and she was probably far away.

Fortunately, we bought a lot of food yesterday, and it is estimated that it will be enough for them to eat for a week.

It is enough. Unless Elimoas is attacked, the Osculus mercenaries are captured, the free people are annihilated, the Free City falls, and the world outside ends, it will be enough to hold out until reinforcements arrive.

While the workers were busy, the gang members were also busy. Joan was teaching them the rules and instructions she had learned from the Hellfire Legion.

Forget about the breathing method, she herself doesn't know how to do it, and she doesn't have enough time. But she can still teach them to do what they hear when they hear the command.

Deep in the dim mine, there was drifting dust, shouting and swaying figures everywhere.

The two imperial officials were carrying a rock together and loading it onto a cart, whispering to each other as they met.

"She's in danger, so we won't intervene?"

"Helping an imposter?"

"But she is Annan Reeves's after all."

If it were anyone else, they would have secretly executed them or taken them back to the Mount Montreal to build a temple. Annan... was a little special. If they were found out that they had stood by and watched someone die, even if their immediate superiors didn't say anything, they would still ostracize them from then on.

Who would offend the popular new lord over something insignificant?

They quickly came to a conclusion: don't worry about other people, but protect the fake princess when necessary.

"Hey, you two, are you slacking off?"

In fact, Joan wanted to dig some traps outside to give the Wolf Gang some "surprises". Even if they didn't cause much casualties, it would be good to delay the enemy. Even if it couldn't delay the enemy, it would be good to disgust them.

However, the Broken Mountains had just been brought into winter by the heavy snow in the past two days. The ground was frozen hard, and hitting it with a pickaxe had almost the same effect as chiseling it into a coal seam.

Then I'll just seal the mine... I hope that when the Wolf Gang arrives and sees how cowardly I am, they'll waste a few more minutes laughing at me.

……

Lent and his two companions were sweating as they ran in the snowy wilderness.

They knew the situation was urgent, so they didn't stop on the road and finally reached Haigar Valley within an hour.

"you……"

Dubi, who hurriedly ran out of the mine, thought it was an enemy attack. He was relieved when he saw Lent, and then his hair stood on end because of the next words.

"The Wolf Gang is attacking, the gang leader orders you and the hard laborers to go back for shelter!"

"What!? How did we offend the Wolf Gang?!"

"The Wolf Gang messenger wanted protection money, but the gang leader refused to pay and drove the messenger away."

Dubi didn't know what to say. Just as he was about to put on his clothes and leave with Lent, he suddenly slowed down: "Are you saying that the Wolf Gang is coming for the new leader?"

"The boss is too impulsive..." Lent was still complaining, not noticing that Dubby winked at his men and quietly surrounded the three of them.

"Catch them!"

With a loud shout from Duby, his men came over and easily subdued the three exhausted Lents.

"What are you...doing! Are you crazy!?"

Dubi walked up to him and said, "I am the one who should say this! How dare that new gang leader mess with the Wolf Gang? Isn't it time to follow her to death if we go back now?"

"Have you forgotten how good the new gang leader is to us!"

"She just gave you a few silver coins, and you want to work for her? Lent, you guys stay. She will never survive the punishment of the Wolf Gang. By then, Hyjal Ditch will be ours, and we will earn much more than she gave us!" Lent's struggle slowed down, but he still said, "The gang leader said that reinforcements will arrive soon."

"Reinforcements? Do you believe it? Who would want to send reinforcements to a shabby place like ours?"

Dubi sneered, ambition growing rapidly in his heart. He was about to say something to dissuade him, but Lent suddenly threw his head back and hit him in the face, then used the shock to break free and turned and ran.

"what!!!"

Dubi covered his nose and screamed, blood flowed out from between his fingers and dripped onto the snow.

"Lent, you're crazy. What good has she done to you?" Pointing at Lent's staggering back, Duby screamed, "Catch him!"

His men immediately rushed out, caught up with Lent, who was running slower and slower, and pounced forward to pin him to the ground.

When they were about to continue holding him down, they suddenly realized that Lent was motionless, with only a larger, shocking pool of blood melting the surrounding snow.

His face was embedded in a coal mine that had been left behind during the coal hauling last night.

"Damn it, you killed him!" The companions who came over were stunned.

"I, I didn't mean to..."

The man scrambled away in a panic.

Dubi came over, holding his nose, and said grimly, "Lent doesn't know what's good for him. He'll die if he wants to. Are you two going to accompany him too?"

The two men who followed Lent to report the news remained silent.

"What I said is still valid. The new gang leader is dead. She can't stop the Wolf Gang. When the time comes, Hyjal Ditch will belong to us and we will get more money!"

"Boss Albert is the brother of the Wolf King. Remember, if the Wolf Gang comes to ask, we will say that we are loyal to Boss Albert and don't listen to that woman. Do you understand?"

"understood."

The responses were mixed.

Dubi didn't mind and waved his hand, saying, "Let's go back."

"Boss, what should we do with the body?"

"Don't worry, the homeless will clean it up."

……

The rubble piled up more and more, extending more than ten meters into the cave.

There are always accidents that could happen over such a large area, such as loose gravel and rolling down.

Not long ago, a cave entrance collapsed, crushing an unlucky worker who was returning home. Fortunately, the piled rubble was solid, so there was no large-scale collapse, and the worker only had some scratches.

The episode did not affect them. From morning till morning, the workers kept carrying stones repeatedly.

There were enough rubbles to build a solid defense line that would prevent anyone from getting in for a short period of time. But because it was not sealed, everyone gradually became irritated and uneasy, and they kept looking at the new leader standing in front of the cave entrance.

"Boss, it will be too late if we don't seal it now." The subordinate reminded Joan.

The distance from the Wolf Gang to the Valoran Basin by horseback is no more than two hours. Taking into account the time Harding delayed in reporting and mobilizing personnel, the probability of the Wolf Gang appearing will increase from the fourth hour onwards.

Five hours have passed now, a very dangerous time...

But the three people who went to Hyjal Ditch have not returned yet.

Joan glanced at the anxious people and made a decision: "...don't wait for them. Block the entrance to the cave."

As she spoke, she seemed to be relieved. She watched her men outside withdraw and the workers rush forward, gradually blocking the last ray of light from outsiders entering the mine.

(End of this chapter)