A bone-piercing chill instantly surged into Zeboto's heart, making his scalp turn cold.
It was just some locals causing trouble, which wasn't scary. As long as the other side made conditions, it meant that there was room for negotiation.
However, once a dead person appeared, the nature of the matter would be completely different.
The Dero Clan had always been united and xenophobic, but now they had actually killed someone at this time. Moreover, the weapon used was clearly the Magic Repeating Crossbow in the hands of the mine guards. This meant that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had killed first!
There was no need to guess how the Dero Tribe would react in this situation!
Sure enough, as soon as the scream came out, the crowd, which was still deathly silent, instantly boiled over. Countless people, who had maintained a somewhat restrained expression, were now completely replaced by anger.
"Kill these bastards from the other races!"
"Kill them all!"
"Kill … …"
… …
The crowd that had been blinded by blood had lost all rationality. Although the fifty guards were still holding the magic crossbows at the entrance, they didn't dare to continue firing. Thus, under the attack of nearly a thousand people, they couldn't even stop them in the blink of an eye. The tide of people broke through the blockade and rushed into the mine.
"That guy over there is the leader of the mine, kill him!"
Suddenly, a loud shout came from the crowd. Then, the crowd that had been rushing into the mine like headless flies all turned to look in the direction of Zeberto and Abach. After a moment of daze, they all rushed over to the two.
Abach's face instantly turned pale, and he forcefully pulled Zeboto.
"Run!"
Zeberto's body staggered two steps due to Abach's tug. After calming himself down, he shook off Abach's hand and shouted, "You are the person in charge of the mine, how can you run away at this time!"
Abach looked at Zeboto in shock and anxiously said, "Do you want to reason with these lunatics?
Run first!
At worst, we can let the guards take back the mine later. Run!
It will be too late if you don't leave now! "
Zeboto angrily shook off Abach's hand again.
"As a member of the Chamber of Commerce, running now is abandoning the trust the Chamber of Commerce has in us!"
After saying that, Zeberto ignored Abach's shouts and walked towards the crowd that was rushing over.
As he walked, he raised his hands and shouted, "Everyone, please calm down!
I am … "
"Whoosh —"
A few crossbow bolts came out of nowhere, and one of them pierced through Zeboto's neck, instantly stopping him from speaking.
Zerberto touched his neck in shock and fell to the ground with a thud.
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The winter of Year 3802 of the Continental Calendar hadn't completely passed yet, but a shocking piece of news had already spread throughout the Sines, causing the entire continent to feel even colder.
In the middle of March, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's mine in the northwest of the Drow Kingdom suddenly had a conflict between the local Drow Kingdom and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's mine.
This was no ordinary conflict.
In this conflict, 3 of the Dero tribesmen died, 10 were seriously injured, and over 100 were lightly injured. It could be said that the consequences were extremely serious.
However, compared to the losses of New Flyer, the losses of the Dero tribesmen were nothing.
In the conflict, the mine in New Flyer was completely occupied by the rioting Dero tribesmen. Almost all of the equipment in the mine was damaged to varying degrees, causing direct and indirect economic losses of at least tens of thousands of gold coins.
But compared to the economic losses, the truly serious losses were in terms of personnel.
In the conflict, the New Flyer employees in the mine were directly attacked by the rioting Dero tribesmen. In the end, more than 10 New Flyer employees were killed on the spot, while the remaining 40 or so New Flyer employees suffered varying degrees of injuries and their whereabouts were unknown.
Among these casualties, the most serious one was the captain of the transportation team sent by New Flyer to the Duchy of Wales and the surrounding countries. He was also responsible for the inspection and communication of the major mines in New Flyer. He was also directly killed in the conflict.
This was the highest level personnel of New Flyer to die in this conflict, and also the highest level personnel to die in an accident in the 20 years since the establishment of New Flyer.
As soon as the incident happened, New Flyer immediately issued a public statement, strongly condemning the atrocities of the Dero tribesmen and giving a serious warning to the Dero kingdom.
At the same time, the guards of New Flyer stationed near the capital of the Dero kingdom immediately set off to the site of the incident to deal with the aftermath. At the same time, they tried to rescue the 40 or so New Flyer employees who had lost contact.
After the news was announced by New Flyer, almost everyone's first reaction was that the Dero kingdom was doomed this time.
In the riot of the Dero kingdom a few years ago, because New Flyer suffered heavy losses, New Flyer unceremoniously sent out guards and obtained a certain degree of control over the Dero kingdom in one fell swoop.
Now that something like this had happened in the Drow Kingdom, it was simply another good excuse for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce. It allowed the Frestech Chamber of Commerce to strengthen their control over the Drow Kingdom.
As long as New Flyer was willing, they might even destroy the Dero kingdom.
With the powerful combat strength of the New Flyer guards, no one doubted that they could do this.
However, what happened next greatly exceeded everyone's expectations.
After New Flyer announced this incident to the public and gave a warning to the Dero kingdom, the Kandla Empire suddenly issued a statement through the official newspaper.
In this statement, the Kandla Empire stated that in the bloody conflict at the Namcuo mine, it was not the Dero tribesmen who started it, but the New Flyer mine guards who shot one of the people involved in the conflict, which caused the crowd to riot. In fact, New Flyer should bear the main responsibility for this incident.
Moreover, the person who was shot first was not a local Dero tribesman, but a Kandra tribesman!
When the Kandla Empire's statement came out, it immediately caused a wave of shock.
People were not shocked by the Kandla Empire's announcement of the so-called 'truth of the conflict', but by why the Kandla Empire would make such a statement.
Although this bloody conflict was serious, before this, it was only a matter between the New Flyer and the Dero kingdom.
With the New Flyer's current strength, as well as what happened when the Dero kingdom rioted, no one thought that the Dero kingdom would be able to resist the pressure of the New Flyer. In the end, they could only lower their heads and let the New Flyer deal with this matter.
But now, the Kandla Empire suddenly jumped out and stated that the first person who was shot was someone from the Kandla Empire. What did this mean?
Could it be … The Kandla Empire really wanted to get involved in this matter, and even … go against the New Flyer?
If this matter was only a matter between the New Flyer and the Dero kingdom, then it didn't matter which side made the first move. In any case, the Dero kingdom couldn't resist the New Flyer.
But if that person was a Kandra tribesman and it was the New Flyer who shot him first, then it gave the Kandla Empire a good excuse to get involved in this matter.
Moreover, the Kandla Empire unexpectedly chose to get involved, which really surprised everyone.
Logically speaking, there was nothing wrong with the Kandla Empire's actions.
Someone from the Kandla Empire was killed by a guard of a chamber of commerce in another country, so as the motherland, of course they should stand up for this person and find out the truth.
But in fact, the Kandla Empire had been working closely with the New Flyer in recent years, and the relationship between the two sides was like glue. The Kandla Empire had also made many concessions in front of the New Flyer, so in everyone's opinion, even if the first person to be killed was a Kandra tribesman, the Kandla Empire shouldn't get involved.
Even if the Kandla Empire had something to say about this, they would at most discuss it with the New Flyer in private, and both sides would secretly reach an agreement to have the New Flyer compensate for this matter.
But now, the Kandla Empire had exposed this matter in public and even accused the New Flyer of maliciously fabricating the truth. This wasn't giving the New Flyer any face.
Could it be … That there was a crack in the cooperation between the Kandla Empire and the New Flyer?
On the 2nd of April, half a month after the bloody incident at the Namco Mine, the Kandla Empire announced to the public that they would send an investigation team to the Dror Kingdom to investigate the details of this bloody incident.
The day before, the New Flyer's guards stationed in the Dror Kingdom's capital, Dror City, had sent a small team of five hundred people to the Namco Mine to investigate this incident and try to take back the mine that had fallen under the control of the Dror tribesmen.
At the same time, the Dror Kingdom's officials announced that they were willing to cooperate with the New Flyer and the Kandla Empire to investigate this incident in detail.
The Dror Kingdom's officials said that they were willing to help the New Flyer find out the truth of this incident and do their best to ensure the safety of the New Flyer's employees.
But if the results of the investigation showed that the New Flyer was in fact the wrong party like the Kandla Empire said, then the Dror Kingdom would raise a serious protest to the New Flyer to seek justice for the local Dror tribesmen.
The Dror Kingdom's official statement also aroused all kinds of doubts in the outside world.
Since the Drow Kingdom rebelled several years ago and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce suppressed it, although the Drow Kingdom didn't perish, it had been suppressed by the Frestech Chamber of Commerce. They hadn't made a single sound in the past few years.
But now, at this important juncture, the Dror Kingdom's officials suddenly jumped out and claimed that they wanted the New Flyer to seek justice for the Dror tribesmen …
Who gave them the guts?
Was it the Kandla Empire?
With this doubt, the eyes of the entire Sines instantly focused on the small Namco Mine.