...Except he didn’t dare to.
Although he was a powerful high-level higher deity and was also an important figure among the Nidhogg Colossal Dragon Gods, he didn’t dare to provoke Venus at all.
The son of the Chief God was by nature brutal, vicious, cruel, and ruthless. Should he utter even a single word of defiance, he would undoubtedly welcome a very tragic end.
But the problem was, where was he supposed to find that many miners within the short span of three days?
One needed two days just to travel from the Venus Colossal Dragon City to the mine, and the back-and-forth journey would require four days. That was way past the three-day deadline!
The captain’s line of sight couldn’t help but fall onto the deities that had hurried over to the mine. Then, he shot into the sky, went up to them, and asked, “Dear all, is there anyone who’s willing to help with the mining? We’ll give a reasonable pay of 10 Divinity Crystals per day!”
Becoming miners?
The reason why some of the lesser deities and intermediate deities had come here in the first place was precisely to sign up as miners and earn some income. They naturally didn’t reject the opportunity and happily agreed.
However, the captain’s brows were tightly drawn together. This bit of manpower was still not enough. In fact, it was far from being enough. He still needed more miners!
“Anyone else?”
The captain continued to inquire.
The other deities clearly weren’t interested. They were either here to watch the show or here to see whether they could profit in any way from the situation. They weren’t interested in mining at all.
Besides, the pay of 10 Divinity Crystals a day was too miserable for the amount of hardship involved in mining. Only the lesser deities and the intermediate deities could accept such a pay rate. They were above that scant bit of money.
“What? No one else?”
The captain’s expression darkened, and he said, “This is the first Divinity Crystal mine that we, people of the Venus Colossal Dragon City, have discovered. There is great significance to the discovery. I hope everyone can chip in and help to mine the Divinity Crystals. You can consider it as making a contribution to the Venus Colossal Dragon City.”
A few higher deities were convinced this time, and they agreed to help with the mining. However, it was obviously still far wayoff than the number of miners the captain needed.
This greatly infuriated the captain.
Great! The nerve of you to not appreciate the courtesy I’ve shown you. I tried so painstakingly to persuade all of you, yet you won’t even help me out. This is too much!
The captain promptly flared up. Terrifying divine power exclusive to a high-level higher deity erupted into the surroundings and weighed down at will on the deities standing in front of him. He asked once more, “Is there anyone else that’s willing to help?”
This was a blatant threat by now. Though despicable, it achieved surprisingly good results. Unable to bear the captain’s tyrannical might, a greater half of the higher deities who were of mediocre strength and without any authority or power slunk into the valley to mine the crystals.
Only a small number of strong deities who were also part of a large godly clan remained unmoved and didn’t take the captain’s threat to heart.
The captain didn’t dare to offend those experts, either. His gaze flitted across those experts before finally stopping at Meng Lei and the others. Now, these guys looked awfully unfamiliar. He didn’t know who they were at all!
The nerve of you! Those nameless nobodies that came out of god knows where actually dare to defy my orders? You have a death wish, don’t you!
“Everyone else has a very strong sense of self-awareness, but you’re the only ones that are still standing there like wooden blocks. Are you unwilling to contribute to the city?” asked the captain sinisterly as he stared at Meng Lei and the others.
“Yes, I’m unwilling to!”
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Chapter 388: Killing Boris, Ignoring The Lord of The City
“What are the few of you standing around there for? Are you not willing to contribute to the city?”
The captain stared sinisterly at Meng Lei and the others with a threatening look in his eyes. He had already made up his mind—if Meng Lei and the others didn’t take a hint again, then he didn’t mind taking their lives!
Those were just a few nameless nobodies. It was no big deal even if he killed them. It didn’t pose any psychological burden to him at all. Instead, it could even serve as a warning to others and encourage them to mine more diligently.
“Those few people are out of luck!”
“They honestly don’t know how to read the situation at all!”
“Didn’t they see that Boris was already threatening them? Yet they actually still dared to remain unmoved. Such fools!”
The other deities watched Meng Lei and the others with mockery and gloating in their eyes. They were from the Venus Colossal Dragon God clan, so they naturally could ignore Captain Boris’ threat, but what did those few people think they were? How dare they imitate them!
They were clearly thinking too highly of themselves!
“If those few haven’t become utter fools yet, then they should go into the mine right away. Otherwise, that wicked Boris will never let them off...”
However, what none of them expected was that Meng Lei had rejected Boris’ request without even a moment’s hesitation. Meng Lei said, “We’re just here to watch the show and not here to labor for you. Telling us to mine? Are you suffering from brain damage?”
Everyone stared at Meng Lei and the
