rune hunter

Chapter 35

"El! Ell! What are you looking at?"

Laurana shouted angrily in his ears, and the blue light in El's eyes flickered. He withdrew his gaze and smiled self-deprecatingly: "It's nothing, I thought it was an acquaintance, but it seems that I made a mistake."

"There's no one over there, you dare to be distracted as a guard!" The girl pouted to pretend to be angry, but the smile in her eyes couldn't be concealed no matter what.Her current mood is as clear as today's sunshine, so she doesn't bother to care about El's problem.

"Hurry up and help, sort these spoils!"

With the help of bows and arrows, the mercenary group gained a firm foothold, and the number of kobolds killed began to rise steadily.The mercenaries who retreated from the mine all had a bunch of kobold heads hanging from their waists, and they didn't care about the stench at all, and all of them were smiling.While they achieved results, Laurana's small shop also gained a lot.

Dirty, old and smelly backpacks were piled up in the back half of the carriage, and Laurana sorted them out one by one indifferently.The kobold's backpack is filled with many strange things, such as leftover bones, grass roots and skulls.After throwing away the rubbish, what is left is small pieces of metal ore, as well as roughly refined metal projectiles and small slingshots.

"The white one is marcasite, and the red one is hematite. Because the iron content is different and the price is different, they should be opened separately. If you find a metal luster that is different from these two ores, pick them out separately and give them to me. .”

Laurana squatted in the ore pile and patiently explained to El, regardless of her clothes getting dirty.No matter how good her eyesight was, she was still a weak girl, and it was impossible for her to complete such a large workload alone.

El nodded, grabbed a backpack, and imitated Laurana's method of throwing away the garbage and began to divide the mine.The ores in the backpack are all thumb-sized pieces. Because he has practiced bows and arrows all the year round, his hands are steady and accurate. After distinguishing the fineness, he throws it into the corresponding ore pile.

Even so, looking at the backpacks piled up like a hill, El was still a little dissatisfied with his efficiency.Taking advantage of no one's attention, a faint blue light flashed in his eyes, and he glanced aside all the backpacks.

Metal minerals are somewhat resistant to the see-through ability of the insight rune, but the difference in density can still be seen.In El's eyes, each piece of ore is like a translucent honeycomb. The iron content of marcasite and hematite is different, which can be clearly judged from its transparency.And those ores whose transparency is very different from the first two iron ores, or even completely opaque, must be the rare metal mines that Laurana mentioned.

The kobold tribe migrated from the ground, mining along the way, and there are many strange metal mines in the backpack.Especially the larger backpacks carried by those kobold warriors, which contain more rare metal mines, and they don't need to think about it to know that they are the result of their exploitation.

Up to now, there were not many large backpacks. Laurana just quietly added a silver coin to the price. The mercenaries didn't know that the average value of such a large backpack was at least five times that of a small backpack.

The huge profit gap allowed the girl to find happiness and joy. Even though she tried hard to keep her face straight, she couldn't help but show her cute little canine teeth. Her eyes smiled into the shape of crescent moons, but soon the smile on her face turned into a smile. surprised.

The girl stared dumbfounded at El grabbing a backpack, all kinds of ores barely stayed in his hands, and they were quickly sorted into categories like an assembly line.While maintaining this speed, one piece after another of rare metal ore leaked from his hands, forming a small pile in front of him.

"How did you do it?" Laurana asked subconsciously.

"If I tell you the secret, will there be any extra commission?" El asked back with a half-smile, but he didn't stop at all.

"Greedy guy, okay, okay, I'll increase your commission by [-]%." Laurana grumbled reluctantly.

"Actually..." El purposely made a fool of himself, and smiled when he saw the girl's eyes widen: "Actually, my eyesight is better, and it's a skill I've honed since I was a child."

"Cut!" Laurana realized that she had been cheated, and turned her head angrily to ignore him.

"Don't be angry, just kidding. Help me see what this is?" El handed over a strange "egg" with a smile.

It was a palm-sized tan oval object with a smooth and elastic exterior that took up the space of a small backpack by itself.Just now, El's line of sight failed to penetrate its surface, and he thought it was some rare ore.Unexpectedly, when I took it out, it looked more like an egg of some kind of creature.

"Looks like a spider egg?" Laurana flashed aside with a disgusted expression: "Maybe the kobold is planning to keep it for himself, maybe the old professor in the college may be interested in this thing, but it's better to keep it for himself." Throw it away."

El shook his head and threw the "spider egg" into the trash under the car.Although he didn't know what kind of spider could lay such a large egg, it was obviously not his concern now.

With his help, more than half of the backpack on the carriage was quickly cleared, and some space was finally moved.There was an endless stream of mercenaries taking a break, and they all came here to exchange money with their backpacks, but the silver coins in Laurana's hands were not enough.

"The kobolds in the cave are getting more and more cunning." The latest batch of mercenaries who came out of rotation rubbed their waists and complained in a low voice: "They have dug the mine full of holes, and you can't tell the difference between east, west, and north. After killing all the hard labor slaves outside, the rest of the guards hid in a deeper place, and if they were not careful, they would fall into an ambush."

The mercenaries seized control of the upper floors of the mine by virtue of their bows and arrows, but once they reached a stalemate as they went deeper into the mine.The underground mines are not as spacious as the upper floors. They are all dug along the veins, which are more tortuous and difficult to navigate. They were dug into a maze by the kobolds.In this kind of place, it is difficult for the archers to take care of the front and back of the team in time, and naturally they cannot show their power.

After several hours of tug-of-war, the mercenary group suffered a large number of injuries, and the results of the battle plummeted.Everyone suffers from fatigue and anxiety.

Laurana quietly tugged at the hem of El's clothes, and winked at him at the remaining pile of food.El understood, and pretended to be casual and asked: "Boss, you bought these backpacks and smelt the food in our car. How can you eat them?"

"Who said this was for people to eat?" Laurana snorted, and deliberately lowered her voice so that the mercenaries next to her could hear, "This is a bait specially used to attract kobolds."

"Bait?" El raised his voice in "surprise", and then covered his mouth. "You mean to lure the kobolds out with food?"

"That's right, these kobolds have just migrated here, and there is nothing edible in the mine, and now these foods are a fatal temptation for them." Laurana folded her hands with a confident look: "Otherwise you Why do you think there are always scattered kobolds rushing over after we came? Look at the corpses under your feet, they are all unlucky ghosts who have fainted from hunger."

"However, the mercenary group also carries dry food, so why buy our food?" El asked puzzled.

"You also said that it is dry food. What kind of high-end food treatment can a mercenary group have? It is nothing more than black bread or flour bread. See what we brought?" Laurana picked up a piece of cheese and put her nose deep into it. He took a deep breath: "The nose of the kobolds is as sensitive as our common hunting dogs. As long as you put this piece of cheese on the ground, the kobolds 100 meters away will smell the fragrance."

"That's right, black bread has no taste. If you put this piece of cheese in a trap, maybe the kobolds will come out and jump in." El suppressed a smile, looking at the mercenaries who were eavesdropping The ears have been pricked up.

"And I deliberately made the food smell bad. It's the kobold's own smell, so they won't be wary. Even if there is poison in it, they probably won't hesitate to eat it. .” Laurana smirked like a fox.

The mercenary, who was still complaining just now, jumped in front of the carriage, his eyes flickered with fanaticism: "Beautiful lady, kind boss, please sell me that piece of cheese!"

When he turned away happily, the silver coins he earned from buying the backpack were back in Laurana's money box.A large number of expired and low-quality food purchased by the girl wholesale began to be sold at an astonishing price.

"This is simply stealing money." El hid behind the carriage and lamented in a low voice. Compared with this kind of unscrupulous businessman, the little hard money he earned in the mountains and forests in those years is really not worth mentioning.

"Concentrate on your work, or your wages will be deducted." Laurana fiddled with the silver coins in the money box, smiling from ear to ear, almost drooling.

"Pay attention to the image, the image." El murmured softly, and was met with a blank stare from Laurana.

The so-called "kobold hunting secret" was passed on from ten to hundreds, and the business in front of the carriage became more and more popular.Seeing hundreds of catties of cheese and ham disappearing little by little, the ore and small backpacks piled up higher and higher, gradually filling the carriage.

"It's almost there. If you continue to buy, the horse will struggle to get up." The unscrupulous girl stood up clapping her hands, and took off the signboard on the carriage with a lot of thought. Suddenly, her feet slipped and she fell off the carriage.

Laurana hugged her head subconsciously, ready to touch the ground, but was hugged by a pair of strong hands.El hugged the girl tightly in his arms, fell to the ground and rolled several times in a row.

Suddenly being hugged by a man, Laurana's first reaction was to struggle desperately, but she immediately realized that El was not belittling herself.Looking out over his shoulder, large and small rocks are sliding down the top of the mountain.

The sudden earthquake shrouded Hongshiling in a cloud of smoke and dust.

　it's late today, sorry
　　
　
(End of this chapter)