After the overseers left, nearly all the slaves collapsed to the ground in despair. Everyone felt this was an impossible task. They were certain to be thrown into the lava. But at that moment, Batman tossed the Imp in his hand away, telling him before he did:
"Go. Shout as loudly as you can. Draw everyone's attention to me."
The Imp hit the ground with a bang, landing flat on his face. But when he looked back and saw Batman's threatening glare, he still did his best to comply. He jumped and shouted in place until every demon had turned their attention toward Batman.
Once he was sure the overseers had gone far enough away, and that the Shuma-Goraths did not seem to care about anything the mining slaves did besides mine, Batman leaped onto a mine cart. Seeing everyone looking up at him, he said in a low voice:
"If you want to live, do as I say. It is not impossible to complete two cartloads' worth of mining in one night."
The moment he said that, every demon stared at him wide-eyed. Batman looked up at all the minerals in the mine and said,
"At present, the minerals exposed along the surface layers of this mine are enough to fill both carts. But only if we mine every last bit from every corner, without missing anything."
Hearing him, some of the older miners began examining the mine as well. After recovering from their initial terror, they started whispering among themselves:
"That seems right. As far as I know, this mine may be shallow, but it has plenty of minerals. If we can mine all of them, we really might be able to fill the carts."
"Impossible. Even if we can mine everything from the walls, what about the