Earthling in Uncharted Dimensions

Chapter 72: Unexpected Findings

Lee painlessly and effortlessly transported the wounded and tortured out to the open space. Since Lee had absorbed his arrows' victims into the EsGen storage, the room was relatively less messy. Lee sold the dismembered torsos and limbs to the Shop for 1075 Essence, and used 220 Essence for Spotless to remove the blood stains and repulsive scent.

An brought the tortured and violated slaves to the hall after a few minutes. She was relieved as Lee took care of the bloody mess. The scars, wounds and pathetic state of the slaves forced her to stare at Lee for a solution. Lee skimmed through the Shop and saw healing pills and potions.

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Name: Healing Pill

Description: A pill exclusively used by cultivators and Qi users. When ingested, the pill releases a combined potential of many medicinal herbs and accelerates the healing process. The extent of healing is dependent on the quality of the pill.

Cost: 12 for Low grade, 23 for Medium grade, 34 for High grade, 67 for Prime grade.

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Name: Healing Potion

Description: Most widely used healing supplement. Suitable for Mana users and common people. Made with Alchemy. The extent of healing is dependent on the quality of the potion.

Cost: 9 for Low grade, 15 for Medium grade, 28 for High grade, 52 for Prime grade.

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'D, why are the pills more expensive than potions?'

[How the hell did you miss the word 'exclusively' when you read it?!]

'Oh...sorry.'

Lee took a quick count and confirmed that there are 19 slaves. He immediately brought 20 High grade Healing potions and handed 10 of the bottles to An.

"We don't know whether there are any cultivators among them. So, help me feed these potions!"

Even before An could sound her agreement, Lee had walked towards the tortured people. He opened each bottle of potion and slowly poured it into their mouths. Lee was delighted to know that the potions are working fine. Because, some of them squirmed and opened their mouths voluntarily.

Lee finished his bottles and turned to An. Her smooth and gentle arms soothed their agony. Lee remembered his mission and glanced around. He brought out his blade as he realised that the goblin females and their children were not among them.

"These people will be in your care. These blankets will help them cover their nakedness. I will go and check out who and what are behind that metal door."

Lee placed 19 woolen blankets near her. They were flawless as they were from the Shop. An turned around as she was kneeling on the ground with a feeble woman in her lap. She nodded as it was her desire to nurse these disturbed and uneasy minds. As she glanced, Lee jumped onto the stage and kicked the metal door with his strength and momentum.

*BAM*

The door dented in and Lee peeled it off the wall with his sheer strength. The 19 who were saved and awake were dumbfounded to see a young and robust man tear off a metal door, from a wall! Their eyes were fixed on Lee as he went into the darkness. An older woman among the group peered at An with a question.

"That is my husband."

No questions! They had no more questions, as they can deduce how strong An is, if she has a man of such strength! Their respect to the duo increased as they brought light to their hopeless life. They took the blanket An had distributed and tried to recuperate.

Inside the room.

Lee walked down the pair of steps and saw another door. From the dwarf's memories, this path leads to the entrance in the jungle. Lee tapped the door slightly and there was no reply. He guessed that the hobgoblin fellows had pulled off the trick. With a sigh, Lee glanced at the extinguished torch on the wall. It was warm, hence Lee deduced that somebody deliberately put them out to ambush. His findings were proven to be right as his ears picked up muffled rapid breathings.

The nunchuck came out as the blade went inside the Inventory. Lee walked through the darkness and towards those who hid in the dark. Lee intentionally made more noise as he stepped forth. Their evil smirks suddenly vanished as Lee's footsteps made no sound anymore.

*pak pak*

*pak*

*pak*

A series of muffled hits by some blunt object filled the relatively wider path. The ambushers that were ready to attack Lee were knocked senseless as he floated in the air. An urge to expand his hourly Essence production kicked in and Lee did what he used to do!

Exiting the 10 metres long passage, a large room with abundant lighting greeted Lee. There were many big and small cages arranged like in a pet shop. Many laid, sat and walked in those cages. Their faces reflected a single expression - despair. Luckily, there were no armoured men in the vicinity.

Lee walked towards the nearest cage and tapped on its iron bar. The men inside the cage sprang up as they saw a stranger near the cage. But they could tell that this man was different from those that roamed here.

"Are there any guards roaming around?"

Lee enquired in a muffled voice. The young man in the front barely heard the question. Lee repeated again and the man nodded his head, as he pointed at the back of his cage. Lee nodded in return and slowly walked towards the end of the room. His index finger was held in front of his lips, signifying not to make noise. The caged people kept quiet as Lee advanced towards a pair of talking elves in cultivator robes. They were facing the wall, and subsequently did not see Lee approaching.

"Yet.why would they pay us to enslave the people? I cannot deduce why the Illians would want to eliminate the poor?"

If he had not heard of the term 'Illians', Lee would have chopped their heads off. He placed the blade back in the Inventory and knocked these two guards unconscious. He immediately stored them in EsGen and decided to finish the task at hand.

Lee used his superhuman strength to break the cage locks. These slaves were no different than the previous 19 as they stared at him with dropped jaws. He went on and broke all the cage locks. He was delighted to see the goblin females and their children in a large cage along with females from other races.

After releasing the slaves, he gave them directions to reach the stage. Since the ambushers put off the torches in the path, Lee borrowed the burning torches on the walls of the large room. After the slaves left, Lee swept through the room and sold the cages to the Shop for 7690 Essence. He glanced through the papers on the table near the guards and absorbed them into the Inventory as a whole.

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2 A.M.

5990 Essence harvested.

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As Lee walked all around the room, he found 2 strange things. One was the hollowness of certain walls at certain places. Lee can assure that he is standing more than 15 meters beneath the soil. His doubt arose as he saw some pale coloration at the corner of a wall. It was scarcely lighted as the torches were given to the slaves to illuminate the path. But darkness was same as day to Lee. He confirmed that the hollowness of the wall was artificially created as the corner was smeared with relatively pale coloured mud.

Lee went on knocking on the walls and found that almost all of them had an artificial coating over it. Out of curiosity, Lee poked the plastered corner with his finger. He was surprised to see lighting from the other side.

[It's 2 at night. Did we come all the way across the globe?!]

A strong scent assaulted Lee's olfactory senses. His mouth drooled instantly.

'I can see people walkimg. They seem to be wearing robes. cultivator robes.Why would people live deep down here?'

[LeeI think we have met an unexpected enemy!]

Lee frowned at his remark. He couldn't help but ask the reason.

[Can you see anyone in an attire other than robes?]

'No.'

[Other than cultivators, who wears such robes?]

'None.'

[Are there anyone who does not have a weapon with them?]

Lee took a peek again and confirmed his answer.

'No.'

[What kind of armed cultivator community would hide from others and live in exile?!]

The answer struck Lee like a lightning. He never expected to see the Illian community here in Alls.

[Do not do anything foolish. Your strength might be greater, but they can beat you in number. Retreat for now.]

Lee slowly backed off. As he was walking towards the exit, his footsteps made a different voice at a certain point. He froze at once.

'D, tell me that they are not living beneath us.'

[They are not. Look where you are standing. There is something special about the ground.]

Lee took a step back and looked down. The floor was smooth and dustless. He knelt and tapped the floor. The hollowness made a familiar sound.

[It looks like the portion below us is either naturally hollow or produced by the recent earthquakes. Either way, it is dangerous. Move out immediately!]

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Name: Lee

Age: 20

Title: Grim-reaper, Soul Liberator

Fame: 3420

Essence: 106275 (2 A.M.)

Money: 951 Gold, 96 Silver, 86 Copper

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Partner: An

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Health: 320

Strength: 320

Vitality: 320

Agility: 320

Defense: 320

Endurance: 320

Sense: 320

Intelligence: 320

Resolve: 325

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Immunity:-

Greater Poison Immunity (1887/1000000)

Medium Lightning Immunity (3229/10000)

Medium Air Immunity (200/10000)

Lesser Sedative Immunity (35/100)

Affinity:-

Greater Poison Affinity (12081/1000000)

Greater Lightning Affinity (12591/1000000)

Medium Fire Affinity (0/10000)

Medium Water Affinity (0/10000)

Medium Ice Affinity (0/10000)

Greater Rock Affinity (11975/1000000)

Greater Metal Affinity (11974/1000000)

Medium Sand Affinity (286/10000)

Greater Nature Affinity (11984/1000000)

Medium Air Affinity (1165/10000)

Greater Sound Affinity (12371/1000000)

Greater Dark Affinity (11998/1000000)

Medium Light Affinity (0/10000)

Medium Death Affinity (286/10000)

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Mastery:-

Absolute Blade Mastery

Absolute Nunchuck Mastery

Medium Bow Mastery (997/10000)

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Cultivation: Peak stage Core Formation realm

Qi: 0/1100

Mana: 0

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Skills:-

View

Foresight

EsGen

EsConv

Flight

Spotless

Information Transfer

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INVENTORY:-

QUESTS:-

MAP:-

SHOP:-

ALTER:-

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