Mercenary Wars

Chapter 112 Dog-headed Man

As Edwin recounted his story, Gaucano was deeply moved.

The High Troll whose Silver Crown was stolen...

Could it be the one I encountered before?

Upon closer reflection, he thought it was quite possible.

After all, this makes sense of the strange behavior of the high troll who only accepted silver coins and molded them into rings—in order to make another silver crown for himself.

Edwin continued, "The thieves sold the stolen silver crown to the Gavin Merchant Guild. The Gavin Merchant Guild realized that it was actually a piece of high-quality natural silver, so they bought all the relevant information from the thieves at a high price. Then, based on this information, the Gavin Merchant Guild successfully found the silver mine, which is here."

Gaucano: "Did that thief leak the secret?"

Edwin nodded: "It's said that to pay off the huge penalty for breach of contract, he even had to sell himself into slavery, and I don't know how much he got for it..."

"Rest time over, back to work!" The foreman's voice came from afar, interrupting him.

“These bastards!” Edwin cursed.

The other miners also seemed to be muttering curses under their breath.

As working hours continued to increase, miners' resentment towards their supervisors grew.

Without a doubt, they would rather chip away at the overseers' heads with their picks than at the ore.

Unfortunately, rebellion is not a popular trend in this world.

So despite their resentment, they didn't dare delay and returned to their posts, continuing to work hard digging for silver, sweating profusely.

"Ding...ding..."

The sound of picks striking the rock rose and fell, almost all day long.

This has led people to remain unaware that only a portion of these voices actually belong to humans.

The other part belongs to the kobolds.

Yes, kobolds.

At some point during the miners' hard work, a rock wall was suddenly pierced by a pickaxe.

"Crash!" Gravel fell down, and a hole was formed unexpectedly.

People looked through the hole and found that there was another eye looking back at them. The two sides stared at each other in bewilderment.

"Kobolds!" the human exclaimed.

"Woof!" the kobold exclaimed.

The humans were alright, just a little surprised. After all, to humans, kobolds, which are even shorter and weaker than goblins, are hardly dangerous creatures. Ordinary people could easily handle them, especially since there were many Grey Eagle mercenaries stationed here.

Chaos erupted on the kobolds' side.

Clearly, this unexpected contact was not to be underestimated by them.

"Woof woof woof!" came a cacophony of dog-headed barks from behind the rock wall.

The human miners also started discussing it.

"Are these kobolds mining too?"

"It looks like it should be."

"Sigh..." For some reason, the workers suddenly felt a little down.

Just then, the kobolds on the other side enlarged the hole in the rock wall, and a dog's head emerged from it, speaking in broken human language: "Human, can...can you help us?"

"What?" The human miners were completely bewildered.

The kobold continued, “We have a cruel king—his name is Silverfang, a complete bastard! Silverfang and his servants whip us every day, forcing us to mine, and we get nothing, we hardly even get a chance to rest… Save us, human brothers, we are willing to give you the silver mine!” The human miners were also working themselves to the bone, enduring the overseer's whip every day, and were full of resentment.

Therefore, upon hearing the kobold's words, they immediately felt a sense of shared hatred and indignation.

Where is that bastard called 'Silver Fang'?

"If we can't deal with the overseers of the Gavin Merchant Guild, surely we can handle the overseers of the kobolds!"

"Brothers, smash Silver Teeth's skull!"

The kobold exclaimed excitedly, "I'll lead the way, follow me!"

The humans and dogs quickly formed an alliance and then enlarged the hole in the rock wall into a cave that people could pass through.

Then the kobold miners led the way, and the human miners, wielding their pickaxes, stormed into the cave.

Some of the foremen and mercenaries from the vicinity followed them in.

Gao Jiano was one of them, and because he ran fast, he even got ahead of many miners and entered the cave before them.

The miners who entered the cave quickly began to wreak havoc, wielding their pickaxes at any kobold overseer they encountered.

Kobold miners and overseers are easily distinguishable by their attire; the former are naked, while the latter wear some clothing, so accidental injury is almost impossible.

These kobold overseers could only bully their fellow kobold miners. When faced with the much larger, stronger, and resentful human miners, they lost all their arrogance and were quickly slaughtered and fled in disarray.

Gaucano casually killed a kobold overseer, but finding his level too low to gain experience, he ignored him and quickly circled the area.

This is also an underground mine, and it's even larger than human mines. However, it's clear that it's been mined for much longer, so there doesn't seem to be much silver left. It's in a state of "more dogs than mines".

It is perhaps this situation of "too many dogs and too few mines" that has exacerbated the conflicts within the kobold "kingdom," ultimately leading to the current war.

Of course, for humans, this doesn't qualify as war; at best, it's just a brawl.

Gaucano was the first to find the kobolds' "King" Silver Fang.

As his name suggests, Silver Fang has a set of teeth inlaid with silver. In addition, he is dressed in a magnificent robe and has two female dog-headed people in his arms.

Although the kobolds were weak, they were quite intelligent, and Silverfang, being able to become king, was naturally even smarter.

Upon seeing Gao Jiano appear wielding a green-bladed black sword, Silver Fang immediately ordered the guards around him, "Stop him!"

After saying that, he ran off.

Several loyal guards roared and charged toward Gaucano, trying to buy Silver Fang some time to escape.

Unfortunately, their strength was too weak, and Gaucano didn't even bother with them. With a swift breeze, he swept past them and chased straight after the kobold king.

Silver Tooth ran quite fast, taking out a black key as he ran.

Seeing more and more humans pouring into the area, Gao Gano simply activated his Blood Rush, catching up with Silver Fang in a second, and then kicking him over.

"Don't kill me! Don't kill me!" Silver Fang pleaded in terror, his face ashen. "I'll give you all my treasure!"

"Where is your treasure?" Gaucano asked.

Silver Fang still clutched the black key in his hand, and pointed shakily to the east.

Gaucano frowned: "The treasure is in the east, why are you running west? Is there an exit in the west?"

Silver Fang nodded hesitantly, then a look of terror reappeared on the dog's face.

"Silver Fang is there!" A group of kobold miners led the human miners nearby. "Kill this tyrant!"

Silver Tooth tried to escape.

“No need to run anymore, I’ll give you a ride.” Gao Jiano snatched the black key from Silver Fang’s hand and swung the Blood Summoning Sword at the same time.

(End of this chapter)