Calamity Dragon, Starting with the Cultivation of Knight Families

Chapter 105 Human Prisoners, A Huge Shock (13)

Inside the dimly lit underground space.

At this moment, more than 2,500 civilians and slaves had gathered in this space.

That's not all, because on the other side of the space, a very long and large passage had already been opened up, leading to a certain area outside.

Within three days of its completion, hundreds to a thousand people were driven into the underground space every day.

The group of humans was guarded by a group of over a hundred rank-up magical beasts.

Under their watchful eye, no human dares to rebel.

At this moment, right in the middle of this group of commoners and slaves.

There were a dozen or so humans who, although dressed and with complexions, looked no different from slaves or commoners.

But compared to the real commoners and slaves, they were much calmer.

"What exactly is going on with these magical beasts?"

Why would they dig such a large underground space in the wasteland of the West? And why would they keep capturing humans and driving them here?

"Do monsters also perform evil rituals?"

"I've never heard of this before."

A man squeezed into the middle of the crowd. He sat in the middle like an ordinary civilian, behaving properly and trying to speak to his companions in a low voice.

"Heh, Clint, why are you bothered by all this?"

"Anyway, you're lucky to be alive for now. Do you have time to worry about this?"

"However, the situation is indeed a bit strange. These days, the rank-1 magical beasts around us have even brought us a lot of meat to fill our stomachs. Although it is raw meat, it is better than starving to death."

"I have a feeling that there's something strange about the situation with these magical beasts."

"Is that right, a young lady from some noble family?"

His companion glanced at the cloaked woman protected by three seemingly strong men, his expression full of mockery.

Both Clint and the companion who was speaking were mercenaries.

While fleeing with a group of refugees, they were suddenly attacked by monsters.

Many mercenaries protecting the refugees died in battle, but the two survivors managed to escape by quietly blending in after realizing that the monsters didn't seem to intend to kill humans.

But what happened next was incomprehensible to both of them!

After a five-day journey, they and the refugees were driven into this strange underground space.

And there are quite a few mercenaries in similar situations.

There was even one human among them who was clearly a fallen noblewoman.

A mercenary's eyes are no joke.

They could tell at a glance whether someone was a nobleman or even a commoner!
That's the downside of ganking in Warcraft.

Although most high-ranking magical beasts possess intelligence, they don't know much about humans.

Once they catch someone, as long as there's no resistance, they just send them in!

The old, weak, sick, and disabled monsters don't care. Those that die during the driving process are treated as extra food, and those that don't die are fed with livestock caught by the monsters, or even the meat of animals that died along with them.

We won't let these humans starve, but we definitely won't let them have enough to eat either.

As for water, water-type magical beasts can produce a little; in the world of magic, water is the least of our worries.

"What are you talking about?"

"You damned, lowly mercenary, how dare you speak to our young lady like that?!"

The guards glared at the girl in a low voice, only to be met with a glare in return.

"Ha! 'Miss' indeed!"

"In this godforsaken place, it's a question of whether we can even get out alive. How come our noble knight squire is still acting like a haughty lackey?"

"Believe it or not, if I shout, everyone will die here?"

The knight's squire glared at this, but the girl stopped the knight's impulsive act.

She raised her head, looked at the mercenary, and spoke softly.

"I'm sorry, Hahn can't speak, please don't mind."

"Since we're all in this predicament, we should all think of ways to escape. Acting impulsively won't do us any good, will it?"

"You noble lady are not bad at talking, but you're too naive to think you can get us to risk our lives to rescue you with just a few words," the mercenary suddenly laughed.

"Look, young lady, there are over a hundred rank-1 magical beasts around, including several mid-rank magical beasts. In this situation, trying to escape? That's like dreaming."

"Don't drag us down with you if you're looking to die. I want to live a few more days."

The noblewoman frowned at this.

She did want to win over the mercenaries to find a chance to escape, but she wasn't stupid.

The current situation is definitely not feasible; we must wait until more people gather here before looking for an opportunity.

The monsters must have something they can't understand to do that they're capturing people. She figured that once there were more people and some chaos was created, she would still have a chance.

In particular, the success rate might be even higher if more mercenaries or even advanced superhumans are captured among the humans later.

The monsters were able to build such a huge space underground, and the manufacturing scale within that space was so large and orderly.

Clearly, something unusual has happened. As long as they survive, there is still a chance.

Even looking at the enormous space before her, with its metallic walls and towering pillars, she felt it was completely unlike the style of Warcraft.

It's more like something a human or beastman would do.

Moreover, seeing the mid-level fire-attribute magic crystals lighting up inside the space, she was even more puzzled.

Ignoring the mercenary's words, the girl suddenly spoke:

"I wouldn't do something so suicidal."

"In short, putting that aside for now, aren't you all curious? Don't you all think this underground space looks more like something man-made, rather than something that magical beasts could do?"

Upon hearing what the noble lady said, the mercenary Grint nodded and spoke up.

"It certainly doesn't seem like the style of Warcraft." "But it's hard to say about high-level Warcraft, especially those old monsters among them. Their intelligence may not be lower than ours, so it's not surprising that they can do anything."

"Moreover, I think that apart from those old monsters, even ordinary high-level magical beasts don't have the ability to command the beast tide to capture people."

Upon hearing this, the noble lady nodded in agreement.

"indeed so."

"But if it really is those old monsters trying to perform some evil ritual, I don't seem to see any traces of ritual runes on the floor of this underground space."

"I have already sensed and examined the area in detail over the past two days. There are no rune grooves or other ritual-essential conditions in the surrounding area, not only on the ground but even in the places where magic crystals are embedded in the walls."

"This is indeed strange, and it's exactly what I'm wondering about."

"Where the monster tide passes, death is the norm, but capturing living people is something I've never even heard of."

"It can't be that the magical beasts have also learned to use human prisoners as bargaining chips in negotiations with the empires, can it? That would truly be a first in history."

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These people were still talking in hushed tones.

However, at the next moment, a huge noise suddenly came from above the underground space.

So, both the captured humans and the magical beasts guarding them all suddenly looked up at the underground space above.

"what happened?!"

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A commotion arose among the prisoners.

But the next moment, on a high platform on the south side of the entire underground space, a large number of magic crystals suddenly lit up.

And that's the next moment.

"Roar!!!"

A terrifying sound suddenly resounded throughout the entire underground space!

At that very moment, both the monsters and the humans turned to look.

And so, both the monsters and the humans saw it!

It turned out to be a giant dragon with a gray metallic texture all over its body that appeared on the high platform!
Its enormous size even led the mercenaries and noble ladies to mistake it for a high-level magical beast!
"Dragon!!! A high-ranking sub-dragon!!!"

"I knew it! This kind of underground space is definitely not something ordinary magical beasts could create!"

"But if it's a dragon, then everything becomes clear!"

The mercenaries and the noble lady stared in shock at the enormous rock-steel dragon before them.

Their expressions were more panicked than the last!
A high-ranking dragon!

Create chaos? Escape?
How can it be!

The worst-case scenario has still occurred!

But in the noble lady's view, if it were Yalong, there might still be a glimmer of hope.

After all, while some wyverns are on the side of Warcraft, wyverns also exist among humans, orcs, and even elves.

As dragons are dragons, they are not naturally limited to belonging to a particular race.

Moreover, the attitude of the dragons towards humans is by no means the same as that of the magical beasts, which is simply hostile.

Some dragons even have inexplicable and complex connections with the dragon descendants of various races.

After all, many dragons existed during a long period of time and were quite absurd.

Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that there is a blood relationship between the dragon and the dragonborn.

That's normal!

However, striking up a conversation was extremely difficult, and this noble lady was not some dragon-born noble.

While this noble lady was still pondering how to break the deadlock...

Suddenly, a large number of dense sounds came from behind and above.

On the west side, in a large upward passage, a colossal creature, even larger than the Rock Steel Dragon, suddenly appeared.

"The Earth Bear!!!"

"And it's definitely a dragon descendant, high-level! Another high-level overlord-class magical beast!"

"No, look behind it!"

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The captives began to panic and discuss amongst themselves, and some women and children even burst into tears!
This naturally caused a group of rank-1 magical beasts guarding the area to roar at the crowd!

So the crowd continued to huddle together closer to the center, the women covering their children's mouths with their hands and quickly shutting their own mouths as well.

They were terrified of disturbing these terrifying beings and losing their lives.

Then, under everyone's watchful eyes, after the Earth Bear appeared, four more seventh-tier magical beasts appeared behind it!

However, the most unexpected situation occurred!

Because right beneath those four enormous seventh-tier magical beasts, there were actually human figures!

Eleven human knights clad in exquisite armor!

They appeared as if they were being protected by a seventh-tier magical beast!

At that moment, the crowd froze!

"Humanity!!!"

"And they're all rank-up knights!!!"

The mercenaries were deeply shocked, but more than their shock and doubt, they couldn't believe it.

The noble lady was the most surprised and incredulous.

"The Viscount York?!"

"That's him! It's him!!! He passed through our earldom on his way back to his territory. I saw him once! There's absolutely no mistake!!!"

(End of this chapter)