Dream Job

Xiao Ke gripped the object in his hand and explained in a grave voice, "Everyone! Do you see what I'm holding? First of all, I need to tell you that it isn't a candle.

"As for what it actually is, you don't need to figure that out. You only need to know that it's a dangerous Alchemy Item. Our mine owner, Mr. Hua Erzi, spent a great deal of money to buy it from far away. Was it to speed up the mining? Was it to flatten the mountain beneath your feet in the shortest possible time? Well, believe it or not."

The crowd immediately began whispering among themselves. Some were surprised, some skeptical, and some disdainful.

"Ahem!"

Xiao Ke gave a light cough, cutting through their doubts, and continued, "I don't care what you think. But if you want to stay and earn three times the wages offered elsewhere, then you need to learn how to use this thing. After you learn, you'll have to teach the others, just as I'm teaching you now. Only then can you become a member of my squad.

"What I'm about to do is let you see the effects and power of the thing in my hand, and find out whether there's a real man inside you, or some woman who cries at the slightest scare. Only real men can stay. The rest of you weaklings can get lost."

After saying that, Sean took a deep breath, opened the second box on his right, and removed a finger-thick, ten-centimeter-long cylindrical object. Without explaining anything, he directly tucked it into his belt.

Then Sean waved his hand and carefully carried the candle-like Alchemy Item as he led everyone toward a pile of rocks not far away. At some point, a round hole had been