dmims Chapter 190 Corbyn and the Fate of the Miners
Chapter 190 Corbyn and the Fate of the Miners
Chapter 190 Corbyn and the Fate of the Miners
"It seems I was the one who asked that question first," Luo Ang said, finding a place to sit down.
"That's true." The wizard twitched, then glanced at his surroundings before explaining his origins.
"My name is Corbin, and I'm from Huishan Ridge. I used to be a knight, but now, well, you see."
"I have become a wizard, and also a prisoner."
Corbyn spoke with a heavy sigh.
He was just an ordinary knight who, by sheer luck, found a wizard's legacy and became a wizard through the meditation techniques within that legacy.
When he first became a wizard, he also had countless daydreams.
Not long after becoming a wizard, he began to travel the world. On the way, he met the wizard Grell, who told him that wizards have rules in the wizarding world—wizards cannot easily disturb ordinary people.
For this reason, Corbyn even moved in with the wizard Greer, intending to study under him for a period of time.
Who would have thought that the wizarding world would be so treacherous!
The more powerful wizard Grell took advantage of his meditation to attack him, capturing him alive and intending to tame him into a mining slave.
What followed was two weeks of imprisonment and torture.
Until now, Loen has come here.
"And what brings this powerful friend here?" After talking about himself, Corbin steered the conversation back to Loen.
His fundamental nature remains that of a knight.
Wizards and knights are two completely different kinds of beings—not only are they different from the extraordinary, but they also have different lifestyles.
The communication between wizards is somewhat similar to the Dark Forest Law that Loen knew in his previous life. Every wizard needs to be careful and vigilant when facing each other.
Therefore, wizards live in seclusion and do not easily reveal themselves.
Knights, on the other hand, are still at the level of mortals, relying heavily on mortal resources and believing in the power of numbers. Therefore, they have a great need for companions and are relatively more likely to trust others—of course, these "others" are knights, nobles, or wizards of the same level as them, not farmers.
That is why, compared to Loon, Corbin, who had only recently become a wizard, was more talkative, more skilled at communication, and more eager to take the initiative in the conversation.
"You can call me Thunder Wizard," Loon said calmly. He was certainly aware of the difference between Corbin and himself—but he didn't mind.
In a sense, Loon is actually quite comfortable with someone taking the lead in conversations—provided that the topic is not offensive to him.
"I was also invited here by Wizard Greer."
"As for his purpose in inviting me, it's obviously the same as his purpose in inviting you," Luo Ang said with a hint of a smile.
This wizard, who was once a knight, did not make Loon feel uncomfortable.
In fact, after seeing the wizard's completely different nature from other wizards, a new idea arose in Loon's mind.
At first, Loon was worried about how to deal with these mining slaves—his original idea was to leave them here and give them enough food.
Driven by instinct, these miners still eat and drink.
Once their injuries have healed, they will be able to leave peacefully.
However, there are other concerns about doing this. What if one of these miners wakes up first and then uses that advantage to turn others into miners as well?
Of course, this is only one possibility.
Even if this wizard didn't exist, Loon wouldn't have changed his mind.
But now, they've encountered another wizard—one whose nature is relatively kinder than the others.
As for how to deal with these mining slaves, Loen had a completely new idea.
Since there is now a wizard who "should not die" and is still conscious, why not let him stay and take care of the miners, let them regain their senses, and then let them leave?
As for whether this wizard's true nature might change at an extremely rapid pace, leading him to enslave those mine slaves, Loon was not worried about that.
Firstly, this new wizard's foundation is still very shallow, and his understanding of the wizarding world is even less than that of Loon back then—even if he wanted to create mining slaves, he wouldn't know how to begin.
Secondly, although the wizarding world is a world similar to the "dark forest," wizards are not without means of restraining each other.
The simplest approach is to sign a contract under the witness of truth; such a contract has immense binding force.
After all, Truth is not just a simple rule, but also an extremely ancient and powerful wizard, a wizard who is still alive.
When wizards use their interpretive abilities, they can easily sense and touch that terrifying and powerful force.
When wizards use this great power to sign contracts and bind themselves with these contracts, this power can also easily tear apart wizards who violate the contracts.
Of course, precisely because of this, wizards are increasingly reluctant to take the initiative to sign a contract under the witness of truth, unless they encounter some irresistible benefit.
While pondering, Loon spoke to the wizard Corbin.
"Wizard Corbin, I saved your life, do you acknowledge that?"
"Of course." Wizard Corbin nodded with difficulty.
"If I submit to slavery, it will be no different from death."
"I wonder how the Thunder Wizard plans to make me repay this life?"
"Easy." Luo Ang raised his hand, his mental energy spreading forward, and quickly found the keyhole of the chain.
Immediately, his mental energy followed the keyhole and pushed against the bolt, unlocking the four chains. The wizard Corbin's figure fell from mid-air to the ground.
Once he had regained his footing, Luo Ang took out a bottle of Life Powder and threw it to him, explaining how to use it.
While the wizard Corbin was sprinkling powder on himself, Loen's voice rang out again.
"Besides you, Wizard Grell has also captured some other mine slaves."
"They have been detained for so long that they have completely lost their minds and it will take a long time for them to recover."