Run them over!

"A Li, get ready to start work."

Bang!

That was the sound of the shield hitting the ground,

proving that A Li had entered combat mode.

Huh?

Why did he throw the shield again? Lin Yuan fell into contemplation.

A Shield Guard actually throwing away his shield during combat...

Was this reasonable?

While he was thinking, A Li launched a charge, like an arrow shot from a bowstring,

instantly arriving among the pack of Kobolds.

Drawing Slash!

Cold light swept across all life forms within a five-meter radius.

The lives of these Kobolds withered away like shattered flowers.

-39870

-39900

-39890

-78960 (Critical Hit)

One skill instantly killed all the monsters.

Having dealt with the Kobolds, A Li shook the single-handed sword in his grip.

He leisurely walked behind Lin Yuan and picked up the shield again.

Elegant.

Sun Xu couldn't think of any other word to describe the scene.

A Li was like an emperor who controlled fate.

It was their honor that these Kobolds died by A Li's hands.

Seeing A Li skillfully pick up the shield, Lin Yuan was stunned for a moment.

Uh... a shield didn't seem to be all that necessary.

At this stage, it seemed no monster could withstand A Li's Drawing Slash and survive.

[Killed 47 Kobold Laborers (LV5), experience points increased by 3150].

[Killed Labor Foreman Laudon (LV6), experience points increased by 600].

Hmm, it seems something different got mixed in with the Laborers.

It was actually a small BOSS.

Whatever, they were all trash that got instantly killed.

Kobold Laborers—that name alone suggested they were poor bastards; they didn't drop a single coin.

However, the Labor Foreman named Laudon dropped a piece of equipment.

[Fine Iron Sword]

[Grade: Silver]

[Requirement: 50 Strength]

[Attributes: Attack +80, Strength +20].

Nightmare difficulty was truly generous; even a small BOSS could drop Silver equipment.

Moreover, it was a top-tier item without a level restriction.

A Warrior who put all points into Strength could equip this weapon around level 5.

A level five Warrior holding this equipment would have an Attack power exceeding 200 points.

With a piece of equipment like this, clearing the Golden Tooth Ruins on normal difficulty would be easy.

Lin Yuan handed the Fine Iron Sword to A Li, who swung it twice and indicated it was passable.

120 Attack power—it wasn't even one-tenth of A Li's Attack power.

It was only because the Demon Sword he held hadn't awakened yet; otherwise, A Li wouldn't even look at this trash.

The surrounding Kobold Laborers and Labor Foremen had been cleared out; it was time to enter the next area.

Lin Yuan continued walking forward,

following the direction where the transport carts carried the iron ore.

After walking for more than ten minutes, they arrived at a cave entrance ten meters in diameter.

More than a dozen transport carts filled with iron ore were parked at the entrance.

Seeing this, Sun Xu was puzzled. "Brother Lin, why are these Kobolds mining so much ore?"

"Who knows? Maybe these Kobolds just naturally love mining."

"Or perhaps there's another force behind them, enslaving this group of Kobolds and making them mine."

"Maybe it's some reactionary force trying to stir up trouble in the shadows."

"What normal person would come to this godforsaken place?"

A Li moved the transport carts piled up at the entrance, revealing the pitch-black opening of the cave.

Lin Yuan folded his arms and asked Sun Xu,

"Didn't you read the guide? Didn't the guide mention the cave?"

"Well..." Sun Xu was speechless. "I did read the guide, but those were all for normal difficulty."

"I never even dared to think about Nightmare difficulty."

"Besides, no one has managed to clear the Golden Tooth Ruins on Nightmare difficulty to date."

"Even if I wanted a guide, there isn't one."

Sun Xu spread his hands, indicating that he knew nothing.

Fine, without a guide, they could only blindly head inside.

Since they didn't know the specific situation inside the cave, the safest choice would be to proceed slowly.

To be safe.

But nobody knew how long the cave was, and walking down would waste too much time.

What if they got lost? They'd be wandering around like headless flies.

Therefore,

Lin Yuan chose to drive down instead.

"There's a railway track here. We'll drive down along it."

Since tracks were laid, there must be a train.

What was the purpose of a train? Either transporting troops or transporting supplies.

Iron ore was clearly the material being transported.

Lin Yuan dumped all the iron ore out of one transport cart.

He sat in the driver's seat, and A Li sat in the back.

Seeing this, Sun Xu was terrified and quickly possessed A Li.

It was no joke; if the cart flipped, Lin Yuan and A Li were tough and might be fine.

But with Sun Xu's small arms and legs, he would definitely die.

To be safe, possessing A Li was the most reliable option.

"Hold on tight, I'm speeding up."

Lin Yuan started the transport cart, and the chugging sound echoed at the entrance as they gradually drove deeper into the cave.

They drove for about a hundred meters without encountering a single monster.

The cave was spacious, but because of the railway tracks on the ground, the transport cart was very bumpy along the way.

"Brother Lin, there are actually railway tracks here."

"Is it really as you said—that some other force is enslaving these Kobolds?"

"Oh my god, could human-shaped monsters appear in the Novice Dungeon?"

"That's ridiculous."

The human-shaped creatures Sun Xu spoke of were not low-intelligence life forms like Kobolds.

But humans.

Steam-Powered Carts and railway tracks were clearly the work of intelligent life.

For creatures like Kobolds, whose brain capacity was less than two liang (100 grams),

expecting them to invent Steam-Powered Carts and trains was too much to ask.

Outside, Steam-Powered Carts and trains wouldn't signify much.

But inside a Dungeon, it was different.

It indicated the possible existence of intelligent life within the Dungeon.

Inside a Dungeon, having intelligence and lacking it were two completely different things.

Life forms without intelligence were like the Kobold Laborers.

Lin Yuan could circle around, and they would obediently follow the main group and be drawn in.

Intelligent life, however, wouldn't act this way; they would think like humans.

They might even dig traps and use tactics to fight back.

For example, right now,

if the enemy had a way to monitor the surface, they should know that Lin Yuan had arrived.

Traps might already be set, just waiting for Lin Yuan to walk right into them.

Thinking this, Lin Yuan's eyes became resolute, and he floored the gas pedal.

The speed of the transport cart was pushed to its limit.

The silent mine tunnel was filled with the "chug-chug-chug!" roar of the engine.

After speeding along for less than five minutes, a blinding light appeared ahead.

It looked like the light from a searchlight.

"Brother Lin, look ahead! There's a train!"

"Stop quickly!"

Sun Xu saw clearly—that wasn't a searchlight; it was clearly the headlight on a locomotive.

Several Kobolds were desperately adding fuel to the locomotive.

Upon seeing Lin Yuan and the others, a Kobold, 1.6 meters tall and wearing a green safety helmet, screamed,

"Quickly start the train! Ram them to death!"