Chapter 976

After ending the tour of the mine, Schiller and Batman were not thrown back into that dirty and dark prison cell, but each was assigned a dormitory. What surprised Batman even more was that this dormitory was a single room.

The mine they visited was the largest and most central mine in the entire mine. And beside this mine, there was a bunker, which looked very similar to the garrison castle in the Middle Ages.

The passage here was very narrow, but the room was very large. The 4th floor on the ground was where the guards lived, while the 6th floor underground was where the miners working in the central mine lived.

The dormitory assigned to Batman was on the 2nd floor underground. The whole room was only 2-3 square meters, so it could only fit a straw mat. There was a torch on the wall burning with magic energy.

However, although this room was small, it was not cold. Batman suspected that there might be a magma layer under the ground of the mine, so the whole building appeared warm and dry.

There was also a water basin placed in the corner of the room. The water inside would not be used up no matter how it was used, not only providing some moist water vapor for the dry room, but also being able to be used for cleaning.

If there was any shortcoming in this dormitory, it was that the sound insulation was not very good. Everyone lived in small cages, the walls were very thin, and they were very close. Batman had just wanted to sit down and rest for a while when he heard mumbling curses coming from next door:

"Damn it, my ankle... it hurts to death. That damn lava demon, he was definitely doing it on purpose. He wanted to harm me by letting me fall into the magma while mining... Oh, it hurts so much, it hurts so much..."

"What's wrong with you? Are you alright?" Batman knocked on the wall beside him and asked. The creature on the opposite side seemed to be frightened by him. After screaming, he was silent for a long time, and then Batman said:

"I am a new miner who came today. I am not familiar with this place yet. Can you tell me where this is?"

"I knew it..." The voice on the opposite side sighed. His voice was a bit sharp, but the pronunciation was clear. He said: "Another unlucky guy who was caught. Ha, let's see how long you can live here. Three days, or four days?"

"Were you also caught by a sand worm?" Batman asked.

"Don't be stupid, that kind of big bug can only deal with small species like you... cough cough..." The opposite side coughed twice and said: "I am a native here. Mining is my job, cough cough cough... my foot..."

"Is your foot injured?" Batman asked with feigned concern: "Do you need help?"

Suddenly, Batman saw a dark shadow appear at the door crack of the dormitory, and a black tentacle stretched in.

The tip of the tentacle also carried a scarlet eyeball. The eyeball turned and looked at Batman, and then said: "Oh, a human unlucky guy. Looking at your dress, you should be a believer in an evil god, right? What's wrong? Your boss doesn't want you anymore?"

"I don't know what's going on. Can you tell me? Where is this? What am I going to do tomorrow?" Batman asked a series of questions, but the eyeball on the opposite side turned around and said: "Don't plan to lie to me, you cunning human. If you want to get the answer from me, you must pay a price..."

"What do you want?" Batman asked.

"I heard that human souls are very delicious. Why don't you give me a part of your soul? Let me take a bite of you, and I will answer your question..." The demon lowered his voice and said.

"I'm afraid this is not fair." Batman replied.

"Fair!? You want to talk about fairness in Hell??" The opposite side seemed to have heard the most absurd joke in the world. He hoarsely laughed a few times, and then two more tentacles stretched in, forcing toward Batman.

Batman was not panicked at all. He stood up from the ground. Since discovering that demons would suffer physical damage, he had no awe for this kind of magical creature.

He turned around, took the torch from the wall beside him, and then waved the torch with lightning speed, letting the flame sweep across one of the tentacles. Sure enough, a scream came from the opposite side.

"Take it away! Take it away! Take it away!! You damn human!!! I want to swallow you!!!!" The tentacles on the opposite side started to dance constantly, wanting to escape through the door crack. But Batman was quick-eyed and quick-handed. Before the black tentacle wanted to slip out through the door crack, he pressed the root of the tentacle.

He put the torch aside first, grabbed the root of the tentacle with both hands, pulled it hard inward, and the demon on the opposite side let out a fierce scream.

"Ah ah! Ah! Let me go! My ankle! My ankle was already injured... Let me go quickly!!! Oh, please, don't do this!!"

Batman finally pulled the tentacle hard, and only heard a "bang" sound from the dormitory door beside him, as if the body of this demon was pulled and hit the door.

Discovering that there was no room for pulling, Batman grabbed the root of the tentacle, tied a dead knot on his arm, and then took the torch, letting the flame constantly erode the root of the black tentacle, and then said in an icy tone: "Answer my question, where is this? How did you come here? What are you doing here?"

"Oh oh oh oh!! Let me go!!... Alright, alright, I will answer your question, but after I answer, you have to let go of my foot... You damn human, you are all a bunch of cunning monsters!"

Batman's hand movement paused for a moment. He didn't know whether being called a monster by a demon was insulted or praised, but afterward, the demon started to say intermittently:

"You and your master must both be bumpkins. Otherwise, seeing the sign on the gate, you should know that this is the Seven-Mountain Mine of the great Belial, and also the second largest mine in Belial's underground territory..."

"How did I come here? I said it, I am a native here. I am a shadow monster living in the mine mountain. Belial's army arrived here, occupied the mine, and I work for him..."

"Also, what am I doing here? What else can I do here? Of course, mining. The Seven-Mountain Mine has almost all the mainstream minerals in Hell. The weapons and armor on those guards are forged from these minerals..."

"What is your name?" Batman asked again.

"My name, my name is Six-corner. Let me go quickly, my foot is going to break... Oh, it hurts so much..."

The voice on the opposite side already had a bit of crying tone. Batman discovered that the demons here were much simpler than he imagined, so he let go of one foot, letting the tentacle shrink back, but the other foot was still tightly gripped in his hand. He said:

"I know there are guards in the dormitory, so no matter what strange movement you hear from me next, it's best not to make a sound. If you attract the guards, I will definitely kill you before the guards kill me."

There was not a bit of water in Batman's threat. The shadow monster called Six-corner shrank back his last foot, hummed and groaned twice, and then said: "You cunning humans, you only think about running away all day. I don't want to care what you are doing in your own room."

Batman narrowed his eyes and asked: "Have other humans been here before?"

Six-corner seemed to be stroking his injured foot and said: "What nonsense are you talking about? There are plenty of humans here. I have had at least five or six humans as neighbors. They all wanted to run out..."

"Then did they run out?" Batman asked again.

"Most of them ran out. I have to admit, your cunning race still has some ability. However, this is Hell. Even if you run out of this mine, where can you go? In the end, aren't you still working for other demons..."

"Weak individuals like humans, after coming to Hell, only have two endings. Either hide in mine mountains, barracks, and slave quarters, working for demons, or be unlucky, run into powerful demons, and be swallowed in one bite..."

"Are you considered a powerful demon?" Batman asked.

"You humans really love to talk nonsense." Six-corner snorted and said: "If I were considered a powerful demon, would I be so embarrassed by you?"

"Shadow monsters are just companions of shadow mines. Most of them have no reason and will only instinctively attack demons who want to mine shadow mines. Precisely because of this, shadow monsters with reason will be caught. We can appease our kind when mining shadow mines, letting them not attack miners. This is the work I do..."

Batman silently recorded the information he said. After a silence, Six-corner took the initiative to ask: "Do you also want to run out? Then you can dig a hole from the gap in the back wall tonight. Before, my neighbor ran out that way. You'd better get out quickly, I hate cunning humans."

Hearing this, Batman looked at the gap in the back wall. Because it was in the shadow of the torch illumination, Batman didn't look carefully at the corner of the wall on the right side of the straw mat. But at this time, he discovered that there seemed to be a small gap there.

When Batman put his hand on the gap, he could clearly feel airflow blowing out from the gap, which showed that there was a fairly large space behind.

"Don't the guards here worry about people running out?" Batman asked. He was really feeling a bit puzzled, so he added: "The defense here is unbelievably lax..."

"Run if you want." Six-corner said indifferently: "Those big bugs can bring back dozens or hundreds of people every day. Even if everyone runs away, they can continue to catch them tomorrow. And, it's only you humans who can't think straight. For demons, where is it not working?"

"Haven't you thought about resisting or running away?" Batman asked while checking the gap.

"Why resist or run away?" Six-corner's voice also had some confusion. He said: "If I run out, I will be caught by other demons and taken to other mines to do the same work."

"And, Belial is a pretty good demon lord. He is powerful, majestic, and old. Almost no demon lord around dares to provoke him. He can hold his territory and protect us."

"If I ran to a weakling, being attacked by other demon lords every day, I might be dragged to the battlefield. Shadow monsters are not good at fighting, my legs might be chopped off..."

Batman paused, and then asked: "Don't you want to be a demon lord yourself? Don't you want to become a leader yourself?"

"Demon lord? Stop joking." Six-corner muttered in a low voice: "I am a shadow monster. Have you seen which shadow monster can be a demon lord? We don't know any magic, nor do we have a strong physique. Although shadow monsters are the most lacking in every mine, that's useless..."

"We are just like humans, one of the weakest races in Hell. Not to mention being a demon lord, even jailers don't have our share."

"Because you are weak, so you don't resist?" Batman said to himself.

"Every shadow monster is like this. Suddenly finding themselves appearing in the mine. Awakening intelligence, being discovered by jailers and taken to work..." Six-corner's tone was very light, he said:

"My luck is already quite good. Sometimes, those low-level shadow monsters go crazy and will tear us to pieces and swallow us. But I have worked here for a long time and haven't encountered such bad luck."

"However, yesterday, that damn lava demon threw a fireball at my foot. He wanted to blow me into the magma. I knew long ago he didn't like me. I have to run into him again when working tomorrow. Satan above, I'm really fed up with him..."

"Why don't you fight back?" Batman asked again.

"Fight back? You mean let me go hit him? Stop joking! Lava demons are one of the most powerful demons. Even among jailers, he is a very strong one. How could I possibly beat him?"

"If you can't beat him, it doesn't mean you can't deal with him..." Batman said in a low voice, and then he said: "Your foot is injured, right? I know some medical techniques, maybe I can help you treat it. Let me see your wound..."

"What?????"