Saint Laurent Prison Warden

Chapter 88 Mining Town
Richard was leaning on a long cane, wearing white leather shoes, white socks, sky blue tight-waisted trousers, a light blue robe on the outside, a light blue men's short jacket underneath, a light blue linen shirt, and a white silk tie.

This is a very standard mage noble uniform. Every part of the body can only be customized privately, and there is no ready-made clothing available for purchase.

Telling lies is a symbol of status.

To be honest, it's useless. It's just expensive, luxurious, and used for showing off.

Even in the Jinhui Mage Academy, which is home to many talented people, there are few teachers who can afford such a set of attire.

Richard didn't buy this suit himself, but had it tailored for him by Dean Hank when he won the Golden Law Award.

This exaggerated, formal and luxurious attire brings out Richard's temperament in a particularly prominent way. Anyone who sees him will applaud and praise him, saying what a playboy he is.

He stood under the streetlight at the entrance of the Travel Night Club and snapped his fingers at an approaching magic taxi.

pat!

A stream of air gushed out from under the body of the magic car and stopped steadily in front of Richard.

The driver poked his head out and asked, "Let's go?"

"Of course, I really need your service." Richard opened the car door and sat in the back seat.

"Guest, you are dressed so beautifully, where are you going?"

“I just got back this morning from a business trip to Florida.

I was planning on having a great night out tonight, but the club is closed."

"That's a shame. If you don't have a good time tonight, you'll be wearing a different outfit."

"Yeah, forget it since the travel night is closed, let's go somewhere else. Driver, do you have any recommendations?"

"Oh, that's unfortunate. Our travel city is cracking down on it right now. All the clubs that are even slightly decent are closed.

If you want to play, only the Succubus Heart is still open."

Richard shook his head: "The Succubus Heart is too expensive. I can't afford it."

"Would you like to go to the Pink Lady Bar? There are a lot of drunk girls at the door."

"No, there are only touts there, and there are few decent girls."

The driver was in awe: "Oh, you are an expert. How about the witch's house?"

"I won't go. The witch's house is full of old ladies who use magic to pretend to be young. If I go there with my conditions, they have to pay me, otherwise I will suffer a great loss."

"Then... we can only go to the suburbs." The driver turned around and asked tentatively:

"There's a new place in the southern suburbs. You must have never been there. Those who have been there say it's good, but it's a little far away, so the fare might be a bit expensive."

"Is there a place in the southern suburbs?" Richard raised his eyebrows, looking puzzled: "How much is the fare?"

"1 Golden Sword Music."

"It's too expensive. I won't go." Richard refused flatly. "Is there any other place?"

"No, guest, there is really no other good place except the southern suburbs.

I can guarantee that other places in the entire travel city are either too expensive or too low quality, only the southern suburbs are just right. "

Richard looked at the cunning driver and his eyes became dull.

You are much more cunning than the last taxi driver. The last taxi driver didn't even charge me for the fare, and you dared to yell at me!
He told me that if you send people to the southern suburbs, you will get commission.

If he didn't have a mission to accomplish, Richard would have wanted to take out his staff and hit the black car driver on the head.

Richard originally wanted to bargain, but when he thought that he was working for Iluna and the car fare could be reimbursed, he was too lazy to waste his breath, and generously paid the fare and leaned back in the car's recliner.

It’s good to be organized. You don’t have to spend your own money on food, drinks and entertainment.

The taillights of the magic car cut through the long night and headed straight for the southern suburbs. Along the way, Richard asked the driver various questions in an indirect way, trying to get some information about Karen's abandoned mining area.

But the driver was very alert and refused to talk about the information from the other side. Whenever Richard asked about the key points, he would evade the question by saying, "It is inconvenient for me to explain in too much detail. You will know when you get there."

After several verbal exchanges, Richard found that the driver seemed a little wary, so he kept silent to avoid arousing the driver's suspicion.

Soon, the taxi left the mechanical gate in the southern suburbs and headed straight for the Karen abandoned mining area.

Richard walked the same route he had just walked during the day again at night.

Richard looked out the car window quietly. The lights outside went from bright to sparse, and then to complete darkness. He could only see the road by relying on the car lights.

It took a full two and a half hours of driving for the pneumatic vehicle to reach the Karen abandoned mine area.

Under the dim light of the car, abandoned machinery and equipment can be seen everywhere in the mining area. They have been eroded beyond recognition by the wind and rain of the years. The gears and chains that once ran at high speeds driven by magic have now completely rusted and cannot be started again.

"I've lived in the travel city for so many years, but this is my first time here. It's quite desolate here."

"Tsk tsk, eh." Hearing Richard's mumbling, the taxi driver immediately started talking.

"That's your good fortune, Master Mage. Those who have never been to the Karen Magic Crystal Mine in the Travel City are all people of noble birth.

People like us who are poor are all children who grew up in this mining town.

When we were young, there was a bar every three steps and a club every five steps. Every night, the lights were brightly lit. The laughter and singing would last until four or five o'clock, and would gradually subside when the sun was about to rise.

There is no other way. Mining is a physical and boring job. If we don’t do some entertainment activities at night to relax, no one will have the energy to work during the day.

Unfortunately, the Karen Magic Crystal Mine was both its success and its failure due to the magic crystals.

The mining area was fully mined, and all the wizards had left. No one was distributing Golden Swords, and everyone's Golden Swords were only going out but not coming in, so this place was slowly abandoned.

Sit tight, guests, we'll be there soon."

As the driver spoke, he suddenly pressed a button on the magic car.

With a loud bang, a huge airflow gushed out from under the body of the magic car, causing the magic car to fly steadily.

Richard looked out the window and saw the magic car flying over the mining town outside the Karen abandoned mining area and flying straight towards the magic crystal mine.

In the darkness, a huge mine was illuminated by countless magic crystal lights.

The mine is made up of huge rings.

The rings were layered one after another, the outer ring was large and the inner ring was small, gradually going downwards. Richard could see the lights of many magic cars flickering in the dark like fireflies when he was flying high above.

Richard suddenly had a feeling for some reason. The huge mine was like a beehive, and the taxis were the bees released from the beehive. Guests like him were the pollen collected back.

Those glittering golden coins in your wallet will soon be sucked dry by the queen bees in the hive and turned into nutrients to feed the hungry young bees.

With a whoosh, the magic car suddenly gushed out a stream of air in the air and accelerated rapidly.

After a long time, the magic car slowly landed on the roof of a steel building emitting orange light in the mine.

When Richard got out of the taxi, leaning on his staff, what he saw was a dazzling array of gray steel buildings.

There are towering spires, magnificent palaces, and simple bungalows. The surfaces of these buildings are inlaid with glowing magic lights, which are colorful and dazzling.

Richard was surprised to realize that this was actually a mechanical city built in an abandoned mining area!
He was in a huge rooftop plaza with a majestic sculpture in the center.

The sculptures are in various shapes, including flying dragons, mighty knights, and elegant elves. These sculptures seem to be endowed with life, changing their postures in various ways, and sometimes emitting charming light.

"Please wait a moment, sir. Don't wander around. I'll lead the way for you."

Richard was looking around curiously when the taxi driver who brought him here got out of the car and said to Richard:

"This is Mining Town, a city not on the map. More than 70% of the residents in this city are undocumented, many of them are poor and even heavily in debt.

It's not surprising that they do anything to survive. A fat sheep like you, dressed in gorgeous clothes, is easy to be targeted by them here.

But you don't have to panic, sir. As long as you follow me, no one will dare to attack you."

"A mining town made up of illegal residents." Richard was extremely surprised.

"How long has this city existed? Why have I never heard of it, or read about it in the newspapers?"

“It’s normal that you haven’t heard of it. Most of the residents living here are ordinary people who have no ability and are not qualified to make a voice.

There are magic car drivers like me, magic decomposers who specialize in handling hazardous waste, experimental subjects who were captured for experiments, workers engaged in simple manual work such as weaving and coloring, and so on.

Our job is not difficult, even a child can do it easily after a little practice. There are so many people doing the same job as us, so no one cares whether we live or die.

But the clothes you wear, the various convenient small magic props you use, and the semi-processed cooked food you eat all have our contributions in them."

The taxi driver shrugged and continued.

“Of course, we have some lucky people here who have registered permanent residence and can work in the central city.

They need to spend nearly 5 hours in traffic every day.

They rarely come into contact with you noble wizards, and even if they do, they rarely reveal the existence of the mining town. After all, most of the people in the mining town are illegal residents. Once the Travel City conducts strict inspections, more than half of the people in the mining town will be cleared out, and their lives will also be affected.

Come on, guest, I will take you to where you are going to have fun tonight."

The taxi driver winked at Richard.

“Okay, let’s go.” Although he was very curious about this city, Richard still remembered that his first priority was to infiltrate the criminal organization.

He followed the taxi driver and walked towards a small door on the roof of the building.

At the entrance of the small door, there stood two burly men.

They had shaved heads and wore ill-fitting black tops that exposed large areas of skin. Their exposed skin was covered with various tattoos, most of which were of powerful creatures such as dragons, hydras, and behemoths.

Seeing the taxi driver coming with Richard, one of the sturdy men immediately took out a blue number plate from the cabinet behind him and handed it to the taxi driver.

The number plate has three numbers 116 written on it.

The taxi driver handed the number plate to Richard and said to him:

“Our rule here is not to ask guests’ names.

From now on, you are VIP No. 116. Please keep this blue sign and don't lose it.

I have something else to do so I will leave now. I hope you have a good time tonight."

A sturdy man walked up to Richard, stretched out his hand and said, "Guest, you can't wear boots in our room. We will help you take off your boots and put them away.

We will return the boots to you when you return the tag to us later."

"Are you afraid that I haven't paid, so you want me to put something down here?" Richard asked doubtfully. "Then I'll just put my robe down here. It's much more expensive than my boots."

"No, that's not what we meant. You misunderstood, sir. It's simply not convenient to wear shoes inside.

You will know once you enter.”

"Okay then." Richard nodded, sat on the stool and took off his boots.

The sturdy man noticed Richard's white socks and immediately added, "Take off your socks, too."

"There are so many rules." Richard pulled off his socks in two or three moves, stuffed them into his boots, and asked unhappily, "Is this okay?"

"Okay, VIP No. 116, please come in."

A sturdy man pushed open the small red door and gestured for Richard to come in.

“VIP, I promise you are the most beautiful VIP I have seen in such a long time.

I bet the girls will want to eat you up when they see you."

"I hope so." Richard responded.

Richard walked into the small door barefoot, and as soon as he entered, he saw a gel corridor.

The floor of the gel corridor was covered with pink gel. His feet walked on the gel, which kept absorbing the dust on his feet and quickly washed his feet clean just like washing feet.

After passing through the gel corridor, before Richard could react, he saw a tall woman in green and wrinkled clothes walking towards him carrying a hammer.

"Ah?!" Richard was stunned. It was actually an ogre?
Wait, is your girl an ogre? When the fat guard just said eat her, he didn't mean eat her physically, right?

"A new guest has arrived." Just as Richard was surprised, the female ogre let out a rumbling shout:

"Let me see your badge, are you VIP No. 116?
Our girls are ready to show you.”

(End of this chapter)