True High Pressure

Bazelgeuse

[Spirit Power Required per Unit:?]

Overall combat capability: C++

Dragons, beautiful and powerful creatures.

Everything about it is perfect, mysterious, and ruthless, like a tyrant. Dragon Flame burns everything, and the campfire further illustrates that the immortal ancient dragon once ruled the world.

Luo Jieer couldn't help but recall his childhood.

That year, he read fairy tales with his childhood sweetheart. The book was about a dragon that kidnapped Princess, and Brave, at the King's request, fought his way through many obstacles to rescue Princess.

The story was clichéd, and the only thing that impressed him was that the characters' names were all long and difficult to pronounce, but they had a strangely magical rhythm when read aloud.

After reading the story, his childhood sweetheart blushed and asked him, "If I were kidnapped by a dragon, would you come to save me?"

Luo Jieer only remembered that his answer was "Definitely!", but it seemed that what he was really thinking was different. What was he thinking? He couldn't remember.

The explosions from the Bazelgeuse were large and frequent, forcing him to use Blink repeatedly. His mana reserves were rapidly decreasing, and he was already showing signs of fatigue.

Logically, he should release the Female Fire Dragon to fight alongside her at this point, but forget it. Even if they all attacked together, they wouldn't be able to win. Even if the entire Exploration Team were here, the outcome would be uncertain.

The workers were all dead; only one person and one dragon remained alive at the scene.

When Blink finally failed and his body became immobile, Bazelgeuse a long roar and swooped down like a cannonball.

Luo Jieer didn't flinch or dodge, calmly opening his arms as if to embrace the Bazelgeuse. Dying at the hands of a dragon would be so cool.

Oh right, I remember now, what I was thinking at that time was—

If you are really kidnapped by a dragon, I will definitely set out to rescue the dragon that you have bewitched and become its partner on an adventure!

Honestly, how could my emotional intelligence have been so low back then?

Luo Jieer's consciousness went completely black.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself, as expected, inside the Resurrection Room.

"Why is it such a mess?"

When he sat up, clutching his splitting headache, he heard a great deal of noise coming from inside the Resurrection Room, with everyone shouting and yelling.

What's going on? Why is it so noisy?

"Hurry, hurry, ten more are coming back!" the nun shouted.

"I can't save them all, I really can't save them all, I don't have enough magic power!" the old Priest said weakly.

"Why are so many people dying today?!" The staff at the Resurrection Room shouted in unison.

"Sir," Luo Jieer turned his head and saw a nun with a face full of sweat saying to him, "Now that you're awake, please get down quickly. There have been many deaths today, and there aren't enough beds."

"Oh oh."

He quickly got off the bed and watched as the nun moved a body covered in rock fragments onto the bed. She then turned to move other bodies, but as soon as she moved one, the Teleportation Crystal sent back a bunch of bodies. Even using magic to move them was too late.

Everyone was extremely busy and had to temporarily move the corpses that couldn't be dealt with outside, as the Resurrection Room was about to overflow!

Passersby gathered around to watch the spectacle, discussing animatedly why so many people had died that day.

Since the anomaly in the Zane Dungeon, the Resurrection Room has been very busy, with a surge in deaths. But today, an unusually large number of people died, all at the same time, naturally causing a traffic jam similar to the morning rush hour.

The Priest and nuns thought they were used to high-intensity work, but they didn't expect that this was the real "high-intensity" work!

Luo Jieer rubbed his temples, and only after his headache subsided a bit did he realize that all the dead people were actually workers from the Bede Family!

Some were crushed to death by immense force, some were impaled on rocks, some were blown to pieces, and some were burned to a crisp.

Its methods of death are comparable to those of Large Rock Snake and Bazelgeuse.

Luo Jieer understood.

It seems the workers went to mine as usual, but encountered newly appeared monsters in the dungeon and were all wiped out in one fell swoop.

Although it was very unethical, he seemed to be gloating.

No, I can't laugh. These workers are innocent. Hehe, Count Philip is going to be in big trouble.

As if to make up for his own good deeds, he also joined the ranks of those helping and became a volunteer.

The culprits are the nobles; the workers are just trying to make a living. It would be best for them to be revived and get some rest as soon as possible.

Soon, news of the appearance of new monsters in the Zane Dungeon, which caused the mass deaths of workers, spread like wildfire and quickly reached the ears of the adventurers still queuing at the portal.

Everyone's reaction was surprisingly unanimous: Good! Good! Good!

It's absolutely gratifying! Nothing is more satisfying than seeing that annoying lord lose everything!

When the news spread throughout the city, there was still a small group of workers queuing to enter the underground city; not all of these hundreds of workers had gone in yet.

Upon hearing that everyone in front had died, and that every person who went in would die, the remaining people were too frightened to go in. No matter how the guards threatened them, only a very small number of people dared to grit their teeth and go in.

These people soon met at the Resurrection Room.

"I quit! Who would want to do a job that guarantees death?"

"I just died twice, and I'm being forced to come here again today. If I die again, I'll get sick."

"Damn it, I have to go in, I still owe money to my family,"

Chaos erupted near the dungeon portal, with guards unable to control the situation.

No matter how much you threaten or entice them, no one is willing to do something that guarantees certain death. Even if they could be resurrected, they would have to bear the consequences themselves.

The workers' wages are a very low basic wage plus a conversion based on the amount of minerals mined. If they die as soon as they enter the dungeon and don't get any minerals, it would be a huge loss!

The captain of the Light Eagle Legion who had spotted Luo Jieer earlier sneered and said, "A bunch of rabble."

The guards dared not speak out, for everyone had heard of the Light Eagle Legion's reputation. Not only had they distinguished themselves in numerous wars between nations, but their leadership was also formidable. It was said that their leader had recently hunted down a monster that only Gold-Rank Adventurer were qualified to challenge, and many captains had earned the title of "Hundred Beasts Slayer."

The more chaotic the scene, the more excited the adventurers became. One of them timidly asked, "All the workers are dead. What if we get killed if we go in?"

"So what if I die? It'll be worth it just to witness a powerful monster!"

"Yeah, I only dare to challenge monsters stronger than me in dungeons. If I die on the surface, I won't have the money to revive."

One adventurer taunted, "Hey, guards over there, do you dare go in and kill the monsters to uphold your lord's dignity? Hahahaha."

"They're just a bunch of cowards. How dare they compare themselves to us brave adventurers?"

The guards clenched their fists, and the guard leader pleaded with the leader of the Light Eagle Legion:

"Mr. Ge Erka, please help us, the situation is getting out of control,"

Ge Erka glanced at him without saying a word, but that one look was enough to make the head of the guards feel as if he were carrying a mountain on his back, his knees trembling.

"For the sake of your lord,"

Finally, Ge Erka took a step forward, raised his arm, and pressed his palm down.

"Shut up."

A seemingly casual remark, however...

An eerie silence fell over the scene, like a silent film without sound.