"Line up properly, check your personal belongings, no weapons are allowed in the mine!"

  A team of mine guards walked out with a smile, and these civilians were just a flock of sheep waiting to be slaughtered in their eyes.

  Ge Ce was stared at by that greedy gaze, just like a hungry dog staring at delicious fresh meat. He trembled with fear and subconsciously looked around to the left and right, wanting to find someone to take care of him, but at this time everyone was busy taking care of themselves, who had the leisure to care about others?

  The villagers formed a long queue in front of the gate, closing their mouths, lowering their heads, and silently accepting the guards' inspection.

  "What's all this nonsense?"

  The guards wore white armor and walked with a metallic scraping sound, which, combined with the curses, made the atmosphere even more solemn.

  As long as the villagers handed over the prescribed amount of silver coins, the guards were too lazy to flip through their carried packages. Of course, there were exceptions. If they wore newer clothes or had more luggage, they would be pulled out and searched again.

  Doing so is not for safety concerns, who dares to make trouble in the Duke's dagger mine? That's purely not wanting to live, look at the wooden frame standing at the door, with more than 20 tattered corpses hanging on it, gently swaying with the breeze.

  The poor devil who was caught had to hand over a few more coins. If he really couldn't, he would immediately be beaten up.

  Two guards walked towards the end of the team, one of whom looked at a townsman with dislike and directly spat a mouthful of thick phlegm onto his face.

  The guards laughed unscrupulously, and the townspeople lowered their heads even lower.

  "Dongton?" Ge Ce subconsciously took two steps back, pleadingly looking at Dongton.

  "Don't be afraid, just give him the money later and don't say anything." Tang Dun took out five silver coins and stuffed them into Ge Zhe's hand.

  The distance was too close, within ten meters. The guards did this all day long and their eyes were too sharp, they immediately fixed on Tang Don.

  "What's in the backpack?" The bearded guard poked at Gatsby's backpack with his leather whip.

  "It's for food and clothes." Gatsby completely forgot Tangdon's reminder, he didn't understand at all, the guard asked questions to ask for money, so it was good to hand over silver coins honestly, as a result of this honest answer, the guard directly became rough.

  Hú zhā shǒu wèi tái tuǐ, hěn hěn de chuài zài le gé cè shēn shàng, jiāng tā dèn fān dì, suí hòu gēn jìn, cháo zhe tā de dù zi jiù shì yī dùn měng chuài.

  Translation:

  Huzha kicked Gecai in the stomach with his leg, kicking him to the ground, then approached and gave him a series of fierce kicks in the abdomen.

  The villagers were used to it, beating up the free people who came to the mine for the first time was a routine form of entertainment, apart from the guards enjoying bullying others, it was also to let the newcomers understand the rules and not do anything out of line.

  Ge Ce's miserable cry was particularly piercing, he hugged his head with both hands and curled up on the ground, like a helpless caterpillar.

  He and the townspeople from the same place all shifted their gaze away, they were not qualified to intervene, nor could they intervene, and if they said anything, they would only get burned.

  "That's enough, stop it!" Tong Dun couldn't bear to watch anymore. He remembered when he was thirteen and first came to the Dagger Mine Mountain. The guards back then didn't show him any mercy just because of his young age, instead they beat him even harder and took all nineteen silver coins from him.

  That was secretly put into the backpack by his sister Yilian. If the food in the mine is not good, she wants her brother to buy some food.

  "Hey, look at this enthusiastic young man!" The short-haired guard sneered, suddenly lifting his leg and kicking Tang Don's stomach. "Do you still have the leisure to care about others?"

  Downton dodged and avoided the guard's blows.

  "Hah, it's been several months since anyone dared to cause trouble, and now another reckless one has arrived." The short-haired guard had barely finished speaking when the other guards dropped the townspeople they were watching and surrounded him, with a few even drawing their long swords.

  The rules of the mine are simple: anyone who disobeys is immediately subjected to violent suppression, making them understand who the real master of the mine is.

  "Aren't you rich enough to help others? If you can't even take out ten gold coins today, don't think about entering the mine." Hu Zha, the captain of this team of ten guards, gave his subordinates a 'take action' glance as he spoke.

  Before the words had even fallen, the guards were already pouncing on Tang Don with sinister smiles. The captain's words were just to make this little guy let his guard down. In the past, when encountering such things, they would directly beat him up, take away all his luggage, strip him naked and throw him into the mine.

  "Don't scramble, his leather armor is mine."

  "I want those long boots!"

  The guards are unscrupulous and have already started dividing Tangdon's belongings.

  Tang Dun was no newcomer, he was already familiar with their style of doing things. In the instant that the short-haired guard pounced on him, he grabbed the strap and swung his backpack out with a fierce force.

  Bang! The short-haired guard was hit on the bridge of his nose and fell to the ground with a spurt of blood.

  Danton retreated hastily, avoiding being surrounded and killed. He swung his backpack in a circular motion to keep them at bay.

  A guard near Downton was kicked in the knee by a military boot before he could even move, and fell flat on his face, dazed and confused.

  "Take him down, beat this kid to death." Hu Zha's team leader was furious, drew his long sword and rushed over, striking a slash.

  Dangton dodged to the side and kicked the captain's waist with one foot, causing him to stumble backward.

  The villagers didn't expect that kid to dare fight the mine guards, and after being stunned for a moment, they hastily retreated in a hurry, afraid of being affected.

  Ke Zhan lay on the ground, hurting so much he couldn't get up.

  Dangton didn't want to reveal his trump card, so he didn't use any martial skills, all were ordinary dry frame fighting methods, but for dealing with these non-magical general guards, it was enough.

  "Kill him!" The short-haired guard was furious, waving his long sword, really wanting to kill Tang Dong. Anyway, after throwing him into the mine, he would just say that he was eaten by a giant snake in the cave, and no one could do anything about it.

  Danton, having discarded his backpack, no longer retreated and launched a fierce attack, grabbing the short-haired guard's wrist with his right hand and punching him violently in the armpit with his left fist.

  The short-haired guard wailed, unable to hold onto his long sword, which slipped from his grasp and fell.

  Another guard swung his sword down, aiming for Tandon's right arm, intent on crippling him.

  Danton swiftly grasped the hilt of his sword, and with a swift upward swing, he parried the guard's blade before laying the longsword flat and using it as a wooden board to slap the man across the face.

  Bang! The guardian's mouthful of teeth were all smashed, spinning around and falling to the ground.

  Tang Dun suddenly kneeled and violently collided, the short-haired guard's abdomen was heavily hit, spitting out stomach acid, bending his waist, flying out, and knocking open two companions.

  Hú zhā duì zhǎng shā dào, kě shì liǎng cì jiāo shǒu hòu, tā jiù zài Táng dùn de dǎ jī xià, shuāng shǒu wò zháo cháng jiàn, kǔ kǔ zhī chēng, bù duàn de hòu tuì.

  "Go and shout for help!" Captain Hu Zha shouted in a shrill voice, almost scared out of his wits. Every time the sword flashed by, bringing with it a gust of wind, he felt as if his head would be chopped off.

  The guards on the watchtower were laughing and waiting to see their companions capture that reckless young man, but in less than a dozen breaths, they found something was wrong. More than half of the guards were beaten to the ground, so they quickly sounded the alarm trumpet.

  The villagers were also stunned, never expecting the seemingly gentle-looking young man to be so fierce. However, as the mine's gate opened, a team of heavily armed guards with helmets and armor, carrying heavy swords and longbows, appeared, and they quickly knelt down on the ground.

  "Everyone kneel down!" a middle-aged man bellowed, "otherwise I'll order the archers to shoot."

  The guards nocked arrows and drew back their longbows, aiming at Dondarrion.

  Danton suddenly exerted his strength, sending Captain Hu's long sword flying. He took a step forward and kicked him over, then pressed the tip of his sword against his eye socket.

  "Don't kill me." Captain Hu begged for mercy.

  "Let him go, or I'll shoot you dead." The squad leader was furious. "Do you know where this is? How dare you come here to cause trouble?"

  "Taking bribes and beating people is one thing, but murder is going too far, isn't it?" Tang Don sneered, "We are free men, not slaves."

  "Whether or not to be a slave is up to you, let him go quickly." The squadron leader was very impatient, as long as the hostage was gone, he would immediately order to shoot this guy into a sieve.

  Downton knew it was pointless to say anything, these guards were lawless and didn't care about the lives of free people, here they were the law.

  He was so scared that he didn't dare to have anything to do with Tang Don, and completely forgot that Tang Don was being targeted because of speaking up for him. This young man who had just left home for the first time, cried loudly, crawling on the ground.

  "Take out the trash, drag him away." The squad leader spat a mouthful of saliva at Gertz and sized up Tangdon, "You can still surrender now, it's not too late."

  "My name is Tong Dun. I believe someone has mentioned it to you." Leaving the mine was not an option, Tong Dun did not want to be a vagrant and a bandit, so he could only fight his way out with his fists.

  "Huh? You're from Morning Mist Town?" The squad leader's expression changed slightly, as the team leader had ordered each of the squad leaders a few days ago to capture a free citizen named Tong Dun, but after searching for several days, no one had found him.

  "Right." Tanton was probing. If the other man acknowledged it, that would mean Lister had already made his arrangements, but he clearly got a bad answer.

  "Come on in!" The squad leader waved his hand and his men put away their longbows.

  "Squad leader, can't let him go, brothers have all been beaten." Hu Zang squad leader had just shouted a sentence, when he was slapped in the face by Tang Dun with the sword body and fainted.

  Tang Don casually threw away the long sword stained with nasal blood, picked up his backpack and walked towards the mine entrance.

  "You've got guts, hopefully you'll still be so cocky five days later." The squadron leader sneered and whispered as he brushed past Tang Don.

  The villagers didn't understand why Tang Don still wanted to go in. In the style of the guards, he would definitely be killed in the mine.

  "Liszt is after the Dragon's Tooth, and maybe even the Space Equipment and Soul Steed, so they won't kill me for now, but instead find all sorts of excuses to deal with me, forcing me to reveal their secrets." Danton's brain quickly thought about how to break through.

  Watching Dandton ignore the guards' sinister gaze, standing up straight and walking past them without fear, the squadron leader furrowed his brow. This guy is a tough nut to crack. It seems that this mission will require more effort than expected.