Yu-Gi-Oh!, the Roar of the Weak

Chapter 208 The Cards of the Group

Most of the laborers at the burial mines were sold into the mines on debt, while others were forced into it by poverty.

But regardless of the method, the treatment here is the same: if you don't complete your daily work quota, you won't get food; 90% of the earnings exceeding your quota must be handed over, and you can keep only the remaining 10%.

Any lapse in vigilance would result in reprimands or even beatings from the guards.

Although it won't be a brutal beating like in TV dramas, getting hit a couple of times is still unpleasant.

There are quite a few children among the miners, but everyone gets the same share; being a child doesn't reduce your share.

Because Di Xing was worried that Ruan Nuo would get hurt, he took all of Ruan Nuo's share and put it on his own.

Upon hearing his words, the guard looked at him with a wicked grin, as if waiting to see a good show.

This workload is quite heavy. Even for Di Xing, a young man who has just recovered and is eating well, completing it is a bit of a struggle. Let alone those who suffer from malnutrition year-round and engage in heavy labor every day.

With a "thud," a thin boy, carrying a bamboo basket, lost his balance and fell to the ground. His bony arm was scraped and scraped, and the boy clutched his arm and cried out in pain.

The guard came out immediately, but instead of checking the boy's injuries, he looked at the bamboo basket filled with stones on the boy's back.

The bamboo basket had been broken in one section, and many stones had rolled out of it.

The guard was furious and kicked the little boy in the stomach.

"You're asking for it! What are you doing if you're too weak to do anything? You've ruined my bamboo basket!"

The boy was about to receive a flying kick, and he was in so much pain that he couldn't even make a sound.

Ruan Nuo hurriedly tried to go over, but Di Xing grabbed her and shook his head helplessly.

Just as the guard was about to kick the boy again, a little girl with white hair threw herself on top of him, taking the kick in his place.

"You're asking for it! You like taking beatings for others, huh? Then I'll beat you up too!" The guard raised his whip high.

at this time

"Grandpa!" Di Xing finally found a way out of the predicament and said in an excited voice, "I think I've dug up an elf stone!"

Upon hearing this, the guard ran over with great joy. Di Xing pointed to a spiral-shaped stone and asked, "Guard, I'm not very well-educated, is this the legendary Spiral Spirit Stone?"

The guard stared intently at the stone. He was embarrassed to admit he didn't know, but if it really was a Spiral Spirit Stone, it would be priceless. So, he feigned seriousness and said, "This should just be an ordinary stone, but just in case, I'll take it to examine it more closely."

Then he carried the stone away as if it were a precious treasure.

"Brother, why did you give him that stone? Was it really the Spiral Spirit Stone?"

"That's fossilized fish poop. Shi Xun specifically told me before I came that I should never touch this kind of stone."

"Brother, you're so naughty!" Ruan Nuo said with a cute, innocent expression.

"Pfft!" The white-haired girl who had just shielded the boy from a kick had somehow appeared beside Di Xing.

"Thank you, big brother. You were just trying to help us out, weren't you?"

"Hehe, it's nothing. We should all help each other out here. It's just a pity I'm a coward and don't have the courage to step forward," Di Xing said, feigning dejection. Ruan Nuo cast a disdainful glance at him.

"What if he finds out and tries to retaliate?"

"We'll have to wait a few more days. He'll definitely not know what it is during this time, and since he treasures it, he certainly won't let anyone see it. By the way, you're all so young, why are you working here?"

The girl said, "My name is Long Ying, and his name is Xing Yi. We are both children from an orphanage, but the orphanage went bankrupt due to lack of funds. The director is seriously ill, and neither of us has any other skills, so we can only come here to work and try to raise money for her."

"What good kids you are! Well then, get to work! I hope you can raise enough money soon."

"Mmm," the two little ones nodded quickly.

On the watchtower high above the burial site, a young man wearing a cowboy hat and oversized sunglasses reclined comfortably in a chair, holding binoculars in one hand and observing the mine.

"Old Mo, tell your men not to use so much force when hitting people in the future. It's all mine property. If they damage it, will they pay for it?"

“Yes, young master, but young master, it’s best not to use binoculars when wearing sunglasses,” said a burly old man with a serious expression behind the young man.

"Old Mo, you're too old for this. This is called the trend. And have you found the dinosaur fossils I asked for?"

"The young master is still not here. I've already told my men to do everything they can to find him."

"Okay, Lao Mo, I trust you to get things done."

As the sun slowly set amidst the clanging and banging of countless suffering laborers digging in the burial ground, the scene became a testament to their relentless toil.

The miners huddled together, warming themselves around the only campfire they had.

The atmosphere was unusually heavy, so Di Xing decided to do something.

"Hey friends, look what I dug up while mining today!"

Di Xing took out a [Youyou] card; it seems like you can find cards anywhere in this world.

"Even though it's only a one-star monster, it's still a worthwhile purchase. If I remember correctly, they wouldn't want a one-star normal monster like this, would they?"

“Yes,” an old man gave a wry smile. “These junk cards are completely useless to them; they don’t even collect 90% of the taxes.”

"Haha, but seeing the card makes me happy."

“Yes, this card is my emotional anchor,” said a gaunt woman, pulling a [Heart Key Fairy] from her bosom. “It’s my best friend since I was little, and the only keepsake my family left me.”

"And here's mine," a burly man pulled out a [Fallen Goblin] card. "Hehe, I won this from a card game when I was a kid. I even practiced calligraphy because of this card. Since we couldn't afford paper, my walls were covered in calligraphy."

"Me, me!" Long Ying raised her little hand. "Mine is the [Space Spell Rabbit]! I found it when it fell from a tree while I was cutting down trees in the Woodshed area. It's really cute. If you hold it and shout 'Ouch! Ouch!' it flies away and the pain really doesn't hurt anymore."

Xing Yi blushed slightly as he took out his card. "This is the [Yihao Spirit Lizard], my friend."

"And like these useless one-star cards, in Gao Xingmin's eyes, we are just trash, destined to be discarded at will, forgotten, and die silently, just like these cards."

“That’s not necessarily true,” Di Xing said. “I only remember those cards…”

Under Di Xing's guidance, the place instantly transformed into a lively fireside chatter session.

But someone sighed and said, "We're like this..."