"Our king is incomparably wise! Honestly, I've lived so long, yet I've never seen so many mineral veins gathered in one place! Those humans lusting after our bodies are at least several hundred miles away. With their strength, they think they can cross that forest? You should know that when we came here back then, no fewer than a thousand warriors died!" Mingxi kept muttering to himself, paying no attention at all to Chen Sha, who had already fallen asleep atop a large boulder.
How could there possibly be enemies in a place like this? Mingxi yawned, thinking, If a place like this could be attacked, that would be truly strange, wouldn't it? Although that forest had plenty of magical beasts, none of them were willing to leave it. Outside the forest was dwarf territory now!
Just as he was thinking this, a deafening bang rang out beside Mingxi's ear. He felt as if the whole world were shaking. An earthquake? Mingxi was startled. Highlanders who lived underground feared earthquakes most of all, so they always chose places with no seismic zones for their homes. But did an earthquake actually happen here now?
Yet when he saw Chen Sha still sleeping soundly, he suddenly realized that it was not the world that was shaking—his own head was spinning. He immediately swept his gaze around the area. He knew he would never suddenly become dizzy. Someone had to have ambushed him!
Roaring furiously, he scrambled to his feet, raising his weapon as he began frantically searching for the attacker. At the same time, Chen Sha was also ambushed and thrown to the ground, unconscious.
Mingxi gritted his teeth. Chen Sha was simply too weak. After being ambushed, he had been knocked out cold immediately, unlike Mingxi, who still had the strength