Abyss Invades the Human Realm: Deadly Breath

Not far northwest of Shangbala Town stood a small hill with an iron mine on it. Its scale was neither small nor large, merely medium-sized at best.

There were dozens of similar mines near Shangbala Town. Since this one had been the thirteenth to begin excavation, it was called Thirteen Mine.

The owner of Thirteen Mine was named Hua Erzi. His name was elegant, but in truth, he was nothing more than a nouveau riche.

Under him, more than a hundred Miners were employed to extract ore. They generally worked during the day and rested at night. The main reason was that the hill where Thirteen Mine was located was too narrow, and the storage warehouses built there were not large enough. If they followed the round-the-clock, three-shift operation of some large mines, the warehouses would soon burst at the seams. It was also to prevent the mine from being depleted too quickly, allowing it to yield a steady stream over time.

However, mining ore only during the day did not mean the mine was empty at night.

The Miners had indeed all left the mine to rest and seek pleasure in Shangbala Town, but the guards became busy instead.

The guards employed by the mine patrolled it vigilantly, occasionally searching the tunnels and holding their breath to listen for sounds. On one hand, they had to prevent anyone from stealing ore from the warehouses. On the other, they had to stop competitors from secretly digging tunnels and extracting ore under cover of night.

Among all the guards, the highest-ranking was a man named Hua Nuo.

He was around twenty years old, somewhat unkempt, and not particularly sturdy. Instead, he was tall and thin, with a pale face that made him look rather frail.

The reason he held the highest