[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-my-skill-bar-is-full-of-monster-skills":3,"chapter-my-skill-bar-is-full-of-monster-skills-my-skill-bar-is-full-of-monster-skills-chapter-42":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","My Skill Bar is Full of Monster Skills",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},865161,1130,"Chapter 42: Abandoned Mine Tunnel","my-skill-bar-is-full-of-monster-skills-chapter-42",42,"\u003Cp>[Task Number]: Mill Town 0298\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Type]: Investigation\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Reward]: 50 Silver Coins\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Task Description]: Recently, Simmons Squad of White Porcelain Level 1 went to an abandoned branch line of the Azure Mine, southwest of Mill Town, to clear out a small group of Kobolds. However, according to Azure Mine, the squad has been missing for two days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Completion Proof]: Need to submit proof—discover or contact any member of Simmons Squad. If they are unfortunate, any member’s remains or belongings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Time Limit]: 3 days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Note: Preliminary judgment suggests a large group of Kobolds or mutated Kobolds might exist in the abandoned mine. It is recommended that Adventurer Squads of White Porcelain Level 3 or individuals of equivalent strength take this task.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Raine’s mind, Robin’s slightly round but rather earnest face, the sunny smile often on his face, and his last words appeared—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Well, after this task is over, I should have saved enough money. I’m planning to take my sister to Dorne City to find a Priest for her eye treatment.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Captain, let’s take this task.\" Raine said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chris originally wanted to tease Raine for being so considerate, but when he saw Raine’s eyes, he swallowed his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Investigation task? Kobolds?\" Reya asked with some confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Chris had just been speaking, she hadn’t really listened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now that Raine suddenly wanted to go, she paid attention, and she was also a bit puzzled—wasn’t Raine not particularly interested in Kobolds and goblins?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is a friend in the missing squad, I want to investigate the situation.\" Raine did not hide anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see, I have no objections.\" Reya nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No objections.\" Grande remained concise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No objections either, if I had to choose, I would definitely choose Kobolds! Drilling holes is far better than sticky spider caves.\" Fabian said with a laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, as the captain, Reya, before officially heading to the counter to take the task, carefully reviewed the task again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the captain, she naturally had to consider more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When her gaze skimmed slightly over the last line of the announcement, she relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just Kobolds, even in large numbers, or even mutated individuals, in Reya’s view, their squad wouldn’t face too much danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prepared, Raine and his party boarded the rented big carriage heading towards the Azure Mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the wheels rolled over the gravel road, Raine’s gaze involuntarily slipped through the gaps, looking at the sides of the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wheat fields at the base of the slope had already been harvested, revealing the reddish-brown furrows, with wheat straw stacks neatly piled on the edges, sun-dried into a golden yellow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the distant hills, the grassland was still green, like undulating green silk spread out toward the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Further afield, the hills were sparsely dotted with trees, resembling a mottled blanket—beech leaves transitioning from green to amber, with sporadic maples splashing vibrant red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gentle breeze blew through, bringing the unique mature scent of autumn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the carriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you think the missing squad was in trouble, or they got lost in the maze-like abandoned mine?\" Fabian asked, turning his knife in his fingers, while posing the question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such cases where an entire task squad goes missing are quite rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the time, even faced with tricky Demons, an Adventurer Squad might suffer casualties, sometimes severe, but they would manage to escape one or two members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, the Azure Mine has been mined by the Soladin Kingdom for hundreds of years, many branch mines are abandoned yet increasingly occupied by Kobolds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just the occupation wouldn’t be much of an issue, but Kobolds specialize in chaotic digging, making the internal situation of many abandoned branches complex over time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Fabian had his above-mentioned doubts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Getting lost is unlikely, even without a map, after two days, they would find the exit. I suspect they might have encountered a mine collapse.\" Chris said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grande, who wasn’t usually fond of speaking, suddenly spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard a rumor. There have been multiple surges in Azure Mine, indicating underground water networks, possibly even subterranean Dark Rivers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Raine and his team raised their eyebrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grande, are you suggesting they fell into an underground Dark River?\" Chris’s eyes widened in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then they don’t know if they are dead or alive, and there would be no remains or belongings. In that case, how do we complete the task?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ll see when we get there.\" Reya remained calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After half a day’s journey, the destination approached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gradually appearing in Raine’s sight was a tumorous area of earth yellow among vast green hills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was because the vegetation here, whether tall trees or low shrubs, or even green grasslands, had been entirely felled, exposing the bare color of the soil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From a distance, it seemed only as large as a palm-sized area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as the carriage moved forward, Raine realized that this place covered at least the size of ten football fields. At a glance, there were seven or eight mine entrances, many with miners wearing hard hats laboriously pushing mine carts in and out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No wonder it’s the largest copper mine in the Soladin Kingdom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raine was quite amazed looking at the scene before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go, we need to find Foreman Old Johnny to understand the situation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does the captain know the foreman here?\" Raine looked at Reya and couldn’t help but ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, we came to Azure Mine for a task last year.\" Chris nodded beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Johnny?\" A miner who was stopped looked at Reya with a strange expression and said, \"If you’re a friend of Old Johnny, wouldn’t you know he died three months ago?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh? He passed away?\" Reya couldn’t help but be taken aback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others in the team, including Raine, couldn’t help but look over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He slipped and fell into the underground dark river and drowned.\" The miner seemed to recall something and sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Johnny was a good man, we all admired him, but unfortunately, he’s gone just like that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, Bonds, the one managing us, is just a bastard.\" The miner said angrily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mike, you old fox, lazing around again!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crack!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sharp sound of a whip echoed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have to go! That’s the new foreman, Bonds.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the miner was very afraid of the owner of this voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They saw a brawny man with a slanted scar on his forehead walking out of the mine. He seemed about to say something more but saw the graceful Reya and immediately approached, saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you people?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re adventurers responsible for an investigation. Two days ago, a squad of adventurers went missing while clearing out kobolds.\" Reya looked at Bonds and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, two days ago a group of young people came by. I warned them the task was dangerous, but they didn’t listen.\" Bonds shrugged, his gaze greedily sizing up Reya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Which specific mine?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There, the easternmost one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following his direction, Raine saw an entrance on the far east side of the mining area, with many wooden boards still intact, only a small opening barely big enough for a person to enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s where they went in before.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you investigate after the incident?\" Reya continued to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, it’s too dangerous inside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, thank you, we’ll take a look.\" With that, Reya didn’t want to converse much with this hooligan-like new foreman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Be careful then.\" Foreman Bonds glanced at Reya’s posterior and swallowed, but quickly averted his eyes, wary of the exaggerated big bow she carried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chris muttered softly as they walked towards the abandoned mine shaft, \"Didn’t Old Johnny know how to swim? He shouldn’t have drowned.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Raine hadn’t met Old Johnny, he wasn’t too affected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the group lit torches and followed the rusty minecart tracks deeper into the abandoned mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After walking a while, Raine’s nostrils flared. He turned his head to ask Reya:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Captain, did that foreman named Bonds say they haven’t gone inside again?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, why?\" Reya nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, nothing, just asking.\" Raine nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Sensitive Smell Lv2 he gained from the Wild Boar People, even within this closed abandoned mine, he could smell the faint body odor of foreman Bonds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, it was in this abandoned mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This indicated that the foreman must have come here within the last couple of days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Robin’s scent, it seemed almost indiscernible due to the passage of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, scents have a lingering duration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this at least showed that the newly appointed foreman Bonds was lying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, it was after Robin’s squad had their incident.\u003C\u002Fp>",1431,"2026-06-03T05:04:28.992Z","2026-06-03T05:04:32.555Z",1,"novelbin.me","a43c03d5ff968c407f5f68efc72315fff985e657890394e73c592bf8641399af","my-skill-bar-is-full-of-monster-skills-chapter-43","my-skill-bar-is-full-of-monster-skills-chapter-400",463,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-skill-bar-is-full-of-monster-skills-cover.jpg"]