Chapter 542 - Friends & Foes (1/2)
Chapter 542: Friends & Foes
Translator: Atlasstudios Editor: Atlasstudios
Rhode and Emily had to listen closely to the faint voices that resounded in the tunnel Leaning against ‘Miss Seren’, Emily held her breath and stared at the dark end of the tunnel Her heart was pounding She clenched her fists and placed them on her chest An indescribable nervousness clouded her mind and she couldn’t breathe
Rhode noticed Emily’s nervousness, but he didn’t have the tiainst the wall on his side and listened carefully The voices were dull and sta from the other side of this wall In other words, the voice wasfrom in front of them… Rhode knitted his brows and waved his ar world and there weren’t any -ins available for him…
But even so, Rhode had soround cautiously with the radiance of the torches hung on the wall He slid his fingers along the wall to the ground and rubbed the broken ore fragathered at the corner Eed herat the dark tunnel ahead ?</erabbed a nail-sized sravel and held it before him He shut his eyes and transy into it and a systeed before hiht</ement had solved his doubts It see at the other ed to the Howard Fa too slow to reach the Howard Family’s mine?
Rhode turned to Emily and said softly, “Miss Emily, is there anyone else around apart from us?”
“Hmm…” Emily pondered for a moment and said hesitantly “… If I recall correctly, the Howard Family owns a mine around here too But… theirs is far away from ours”
After all, the Edward Trade association produced mainly silver and iron ores while the Howard Trade association’s ical crystal ores Both families had different material requirements and it wasn’t possible for them to operate on the same piece of land Besides, the iron and silver ores buried in the soil were unlike the rew out of the soil Due to the ical properties in theh purity silver and iron ores couldn’t possibly exist This hy it wouldn’t be easy if both sides were to lay hands on one another Although tunnel cutting was a coe city like the Deep Stone City, a Trade association in this small place didn’t have sufficient manpower and equipment for it This hy theyfor mineral resources Such caves were co if a cave had bored through the mountain
Rhode explained to Eaped in astonishe since she had been living her days in the Trade association No irl like her to ht have entered the Howard Family’s mine?” Eh they had spent a long tiround maze Was it 10 minutes? 20 minutes? An hour? Two hours? Half a day? Or a whole day?
Nothe time had passed, she was extreer Every inch of her body was aching and she had to stay vigilant against the threat of terrifying creatures lurking in the darkness She was delighted and hopeful after hearing Rhode’s explanation Although the Howard Family and Edward Family didn’t have the best of relationshi+ps, surely they would still prefer to be with huht?
“Not yet The voices sound far away But I think there should be a tunnel leading us there from the front Miss Eh yet, so we have to proceed cautiously,” Rhode stood up and grabbed the torch by the wall He so, Miss Emily”
“Okay, Miss Seren,” Eentle s to leave this dark, terrifying underground world But now, she had the sudden urge to spend more time with her here
While Rhode and Emily entered farther down, the surface was in utter chaos
Celia gazed at the screa crowd frohed hopelessly
The members of the Edward Trade association arrived at the scene hurriedly and they broke out in disputes after listening to the explanations of the otten worse after the members were informed that their Chairman had died Some of them believed that they should clear the blocked tunnel as soon as possible to rescue Miss Emily and ‘Miss Seren’ After all, one of theuest froht, which made it difficult for theroup objected their suggestion violently because the ile and it wouldn’t withstand further pressure It e if they forced their way in and it wouldn’t be too late if they searched for other entrances and dispatched men to rescue the victims
Both sides quarreled endlessly One party accused the other that they were unwilling to rescue E to annex the entire Trade association The other party expressed that their decision was purely for the sake of the miners and their own safety If they were to unblock the tunnel under such circu suicide and they couldn’t possibly do that!
Celia didn’t join their fight Even though, strictly speaking, she should be the one as h the spiritual communications that her job would be done after she had spread the news that Edward had died in the accident She was dubious of Rhode’s decision and she finally understood after witnessing the scene before her She didn’t wish to get involved with such troublesoh She shut her eyes and contacted another person “Big Sister Celestina?”
“… What do you want?” Celestina answered unwillingly
Her voice sounded as though she was still brooding over the incident last night It was no wonder that she was upset Her virginity had been taken away in such a horrible manner, and she was like a pitiful slave at the ht She had never been this humiliated in her life! If it was possible, she wished that she could cohtmarish experience But it was a pity that she couldn’t do so… Because as summoned spirits, they would revive even if they were dead
It was due to this conflict of emotions that Celestina had chosen to shut herself in the roo that she was not accliht re ure out what exactly had happened to Celestina She si a tantru Sister, Master has ht now…”