Chapter 50

With a deafening boom, the mine's gate shattered into pieces, and the soldiers standing at the entrance were sent flying by the sudden, powerful impact.

The Ellington Guard surged in like a flood!

Danny, with a manic look on his face, roared, "Kill them all! Reclaim the mine!"

"Roar! Kill them all!"

Tang En, who had been following leisurely behind, was speechless. How had he not noticed that these guys were all warmongers?

Or was it because, thanks to the Elixir of Life, they no longer had any worries and thus fell in love with the feeling of fighting to the death? Were these guys all masochists? They must be!

Rogers, standing beside Tang En, was almost scared out of his wits.

Was this still the Ellington Militia he knew?

When had these guys become so fierce!?

My God—was that still little Danny? He was actually fighting head-on with fully armed soldiers!?

And Uncle Depp—oh my God! Uncle Depp, are you crazy!? How dare you take on three people at once!

It wasn't that Rogers couldn't understand; it was that the world had changed too quickly. In just a few years, how had these people become so brave!?

Tang En patted Rogers on the shoulder, "Calm down, the iron mine will belong to Ellington again today."

Rogers nodded dumbly, "Oh, oh..."

Tang En was also at a loss. The moment the battle began, it meant he had become an enemy of Baron Duve, whom he had never met. But what could he do? Who told you to take my stuff? The iron mine was such an important strategic resource, and Tang En couldn't bear to give it away for free.

Plandar was generally very peaceful, but in reality, small conflicts never ceased in various places.

It was too common for two lords to chat with smiles on their faces at the Imperial Noble Council, only to fight each other until their brains splattered when they got home. This was all normal, allowed by the empire, and to them, soldiers were expendable. They didn't care about the lives of their soldiers at all.

King Victor Ilrus, the player-dubbed "daughter-obsessed" ruler of the Ilrus Empire, was actually a very ambitious man.

The Ilrus Empire had gradually declined under the previous kings, leaving him with a nearly shattered empire. The lords all paid lip service while defying him in secret, and the central control was at an unprecedentedly low level. He desperately needed an opportunity to revitalize the empire and make it rise again.

The current state of the empire was beyond cure, and it could only be rebuilt from the ruins.

Therefore, he turned a blind eye to the conflicts between the lords.

Fight, you should fight to the death. After all, you're expending your own strength. When both sides are weakened, the king can send in the army, use the pretext of maintaining stability, and reclaim the territory, thus reconsolidating central power.

So, the one who was actually the happiest was Victor, sitting back and watching the show.

It was precisely because he did not restrain the lords that Baron Duve dared to forcibly occupy the Brussels Iron Mine, knowing the situation in Ellington.

Compared to Ellington, although Caspami Castle was in a similar situation, it was undoubtedly much better, which gave Baron Duve the confidence to bully Baron Hogg.

However, he probably never expected that the newly appointed Tang En would be such a tough opponent, launching an attack without a word.

The cries of battle echoed across the mine, and the Ellington Guard seemed to be on a high, completely ignoring their injuries, fighting with a strategy of trading wounds, which put immense pressure on the soldiers.

Not to mention the Black Whirlwind, Brian.

Yes, the Black Whirlwind, Brian.

On the battlefield, Brian was like a madman, wielding his treasure-grade two-handed warhammer, leaping left and right, and with each strike, he claimed a head.

What he loved most was imitating Buck, spinning around and crashing into everyone, his long, messy black hair making him a true Black Whirlwind.

And Elsa?

She was a human tyrannosaurus...

Despite her cute and adorable appearance, loved by all and making flowers bloom, and her quiet demeanor that of a noble lady, once on the battlefield...

Namo Amitabha, may the souls of the flattened soldiers find peace...

"Where are you running to!"

Elsa looked anxious. After taking out a few soldiers at the beginning, these guys ran away at the sight of her.

She couldn't catch anyone no matter where she went.

Could they not run!?

The soldiers being chased were in tears. Carrying such a huge tree as a weapon, looking so relaxed and happy, the sound of it swinging was enough to make one's scalp tingle. A brush could kill, a touch could injure, who the hell would dare fight you!

I'm not a Nethermancer!

"Die!"

Uncle Depp roared, deflecting a soldier's slash with his shield and beheading another soldier with a single strike.

But he also had a deep gash on his body, and Uncle Depp was now a blood-soaked man.

"Uncle Depp!"

Rogers was in a panic, wanting to rush over to help, but Tang En held him back, "Don't worry, he'll be fine."

"But, but..."

"Be patient."

"Hah, hah, hah... It's great!"

Uncle Depp laughed maniacally, "This is the fate of Ellington's enemies!"

"Don't be so smug!"

The soldier beside him said sternly, "You killed him, but you lost a lot of blood and are heavily injured. You won't last long either!"

"Hahaha... Is that so?"

Uncle Depp laughed wildly, took out a water flask with his left hand holding the shield, unscrewed the cap, and drank a large mouthful of water mixed with the Elixir of Life, then put the flask back.

In the moment it took for him to put away the flask, his wounds healed visibly, and his exhausted spirit was completely restored.

The soldiers surrounding Uncle Depp looked as if they had seen a ghost.

"Healed! Healed!? What kind of joke is this!?"

"By the gods—this must be an illusion! Priest—do they have a priest!?"

"Impossible! I didn't see any priests, and there was no divine light!"

"My God—how can we fight this!?"

Not only the soldiers around Uncle Depp, but also the other soldiers in battle noticed. They had almost beaten the Ellington peasants to their last breath, but after drinking some water, their injuries healed instantly!

What kind of joke is this! Can this fight even continue!?

After a quick count, the remaining soldiers were shocked. In just a moment of battle, over forty of their comrades had died, while the other side had not lost a single man!

It must be an illusion... It must be an illusion!

These are Ellington peasants!

Most of them don't even have complete armor!

We are fully equipped, well-trained elite soldiers!

And we lost forty to zero!?

How can we keep fighting!

No more fighting!

No more fighting!

A bunch of lousy teammates, must surrender!

The morale of the mine soldiers plummeted, and they lost all will to fight.

"Is there anyone else!"

Uncle Depp roared to the sky, "I can take ten more of these!"

"Just ten?" Brian, holding his warhammer, dug his ear, "I can take all of them alone."

"Boasting!"

Danny's eyes widened, "You'll be exhausted to death!"

"Who said I'm boasting!"

Brian jumped up, pointing at a few soldiers, "Come on, come on, all of you, let's fight again!"

The soldiers looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and then with a clatter, they all threw down their weapons and surrendered...

"We surrender..."

"Surrender!? No! How can you surrender! Do you have any sense of honor as soldiers!?"

Brian was furious, grabbing a soldier by the neck, "No surrender! Pick up your weapons! Damn it—do you know that the great Brian doesn't attack unarmed enemies!?"

The soldier's face turned red, "No, no, no! We really surrender!"

"Damn it, you can't surrender! I haven't had enough! I want to fight fifty more—no, a hundred more!"

"We really surrender!"

The soldier was almost in tears, fight, fight, fight, fight your ass!

A bunch of invincible bastards, fighting you, I haven't lived enough yet!

Another hundred, spit! There are only a hundred left, you might as well say you want to kill them all!

"Tch, cowards!"

Brian angrily released the soldier, huffed, "Big guy, you saw it, it's not that I can't, it's that they don't dare to fight."

"Right, right, right, you're right! The great Brian can take all of them alone!"

Uncle Depp didn't dare to argue with Brian. He knew the dwarf was a guest of the lord, so he smiled and pressed Danny's head to make him apologize to Brian.

The soldiers felt humiliated. Over a hundred and fifty elite soldiers, and they were beaten so badly by fifty Ellington peasants, ending up as prisoners. This was a disgrace!

Now they could only hope that the lord would follow imperial law and not mistreat the prisoners...

"Is it over already?"

Tang En was surprised. With so many of them, he thought it would take longer.

"Yeah, who knew these soldiers were such cowards, they all surrendered when they saw the situation wasn't good."

Brian felt unsatisfied, "How about we don't accept their surrender? Then they'll have to keep fighting, right?"

Hearing Brian's words, the soldiers on the ground were almost scared to death.

Heaven, earth, gods, please save us—these invincible bastards not only won but also want to torture us!

"Don't talk nonsense, rest assured, we don't kill those who surrender."

The soldiers finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's going on!? What's going on!? What's all the noise!? Don't you know we're busy!? Did you catch Rogers!?"

At this moment, a rough voice came from the mine entrance, and several people appeared before everyone.

"Lord, it's the mine manager Rex, the chief engineer Drum, and their bodyguards," Rogers said, moving closer to Tang En.