Saint Laurent Prison Warden

Chapter 93 Origin of Mineral Town

"Ore Town is a lawless place that emerged due to loopholes in the laws and regulations of our Silver City."

Richard chewed on this sentence, but didn't fully understand it, so he asked:

"Director, what do you mean by that? I don't quite understand."

“It all starts with the nature of Mineral Town.

Mineral Town is a gathering place for refugees of all kinds. Most of the people living in Mineral Town do not have the qualifications to survive in the Silver City-State.

According to the laws of our Silver City-State, people like them must be deported back to their own countries or captured and taken to the magic crystal mines to mine.

It is the duty of the police mage of the police station to repatriate them, while it is the duty of the special mage of the Star and Moon Society to capture them and take them to the mining area.

Neither of these two paths is a good one.

Sending refugees from war-torn countries back to war-torn areas is no different from killing them on the spot.

It would be better to kill them than to send them to mine.

As long as our law enforcement officers act in accordance with the law, they will inevitably bring an extremely tragic fate to these refugees.

In order to avoid becoming the executioners of the refugees, the police station and the Star-Moon Society had no choice but to turn a blind eye.

But if they ignore the refugees when they know they exist, then they are dereliction of duty, and their superiors can use this dereliction of duty to punish them and deprive them of their jobs at any time.

Naturally, they are unwilling to accept this result.

Faced with this dilemma, the police station and the Star-Moon Society's special agent mages had no choice but to choose not to set up any law enforcement agencies around the Mineral Town or to send any permanent personnel there.

As long as there is no official force around Mineral Town to supervise, the refugees do not exist from an administrative point of view. This is why Mineral Town can exist and become an unregulated lawless place. "

"The country's laws should be the action program for grassroots law enforcement officers and the guiding light for their actions.

But these grassroots law enforcement officers have to resort to this special method to avoid enforcing the law. This is too strange.

Why did the top leaders of Silver City allow all this to happen? If there is something wrong with the law, shouldn’t the correct approach be to amend the law? "

“That’s of course because from the perspective of the Silver City’s top leaders, there is nothing wrong with the laws governing the handling of refugees.

The handling of refugees is a very complex issue involving many aspects. The current laws for handling refugees are the optimal result after compromise among multiple forces. From the overall perspective of the Silver City-State, this solution for handling refugees is the one that maximizes the interests of the Silver City-State while minimizing risks.

Richard, you may have been in the magic academy for a long time, so you don’t understand the complexity involved.

The refugees entering our Silver City-State may bring better races, more labor, and smarter talents, but they may also bring problems such as crime, ethnic conflicts, political power struggles, etc.

However, throwing all the refugees back or capturing them to mine is a solution with no risks and only benefits.

From a long-term perspective, a relaxed refugee policy may be beneficial to the Silver City-State, but it may also have many adverse effects. However, whether it is beneficial or harmful, it is not conducive to maintaining the overall stability of the Silver City-State.

The tightening refugee policy is beneficial to the Silver City-State in every way.

Any ruler with sufficient sense would know how to choose.

The reason why our grassroots law enforcement officers feel that it is pitiful for the refugees to be sent back or captured to work in mines is only out of our personal simple emotional and moral perspective.

But in the face of national interests, a person's simple emotional morality has no meaning.

Most of the law enforcement officers who deal with refugee issues have the same attitude. They are not willing or in favor of changing the laws. They just hope that they are not the ones who enforce these laws.

A variety of complex reasons have converged to create the current strange situation - the mineral town exists in fact, but does not exist legally and administratively.

I think in the eyes of big shots like the Lord of Xingge City, Mineral Town is just a bug that has managed to survive in the cracks of the law. It looks disgusting, but there will be no problem if it is left alone.

So they are unwilling to spend their energy on Mineral Town and let it fend for itself."

At this point, Zach shook his head and continued:

"But obviously, they were wrong. This is how the grassroots are. If they don't occupy it, someone else will.

This mineral town without any official supervision has probably already become a hotbed for strange organizations, hatching countless sins hiding in the darkness.

Even forbidden things like flesh and blood machines have emerged, which is truly a heinous crime.

This time, I’m afraid even the people in the Silver City have been alarmed. If they take action, there won’t be many people left alive in the entire Mineral Town.”

Hearing this, Richard suddenly felt a little strange. He tilted his neck and asked:

"Wait a minute, didn't you know that the gang in that building used flesh-and-blood machines to pick up customers?"

"Of course we don't know. If we knew, how could we have allowed you to infiltrate and investigate?

The flesh and blood machine is so dangerous that even Executive Officer Iluna had to report it to the Master and ask him to send experts to deal with it.

The executive officer had always thought it was just an ordinary prostitution venue.

Hahaha.

The executive officer was originally joking with us, saying that this was a sting operation.

You are tall and handsome, a great bait that can catch big fish. Unexpectedly, you didn’t catch any fish, but instead caught a deep-sea monster.

When the executive officer heard you shout "Flesh and Blood Machine", he jumped up in fright and rushed over immediately."

Richard: ...

Richard's teeth ached.

"So you don't know. If I hadn't known about flesh and blood machinery, I might have been in trouble today.

I thought you were in charge of the world and everything was under your control.

When you go fishing, have you ever thought about whether the bait will be eaten after the fish is caught?"

Zach laughed, quite carefree:

"Sorry, sorry. We didn't expect this either. Hey, as long as the result is good, don't worry about the details." "Director, didn't you say that this southern suburb is your territory? Do you really not know the situation in Mineral Town?"

"Southern Suburbs is our territory, but don't you think that we only have a few people?

Executive Officer Iluna is the master's confidant and represents the master's authority. It is already very hard for her to deal with all kinds of villains who want to curry favor with him.

Macedonia was either driving for the executive officer or on his way to drive for the executive officer, and occasionally he was pulled over by the City Lord's Mansion to help.

I work at the slaughterhouse every day and can't come to Nanjiao more than twice a month.

Not to mention Green Ham, he's even lazier than me and barely goes to the South Suburbs a few times a year. Who of us do you think has the time to take care of Mineral Town's affairs?
That is why we completely gave up our power and handed over the entire Southern Suburbs to the Xingyue Association. It’s not that we don’t want to manage it, but we are short of manpower.”

Richard was puzzled:
"Wait a minute... Are there really only five of us in the Travel City Dome Mage Corps? Are there no peripheral organizations that have no organization but obey our orders, or intelligence departments with a large number of people and a cooperative relationship with us?"

"Of course not. Have you read too many bards' books? We are just stationed in the Travel City on behalf of the master. We are not going to compete for power with the Lord of Star Song City. Why do we need so many people?
The two organizations you mentioned do exist, but they have nothing to do with our Dome Mage Group. They are all non-affiliated organizations of the Star-Moon Society."

Richard: ...

Richard wanted to cry but had no tears. He had always felt that his teammates were reliable enough to give him, a useless man without magic, the confidence to charge around in the den of thieves.

But now it seems that this world is a huge makeshift team. Even Mahir's permanent dome mage group is not so reliable.

The reason I was able to get out of that den of thieves safely was due to one point my extensive knowledge, two points my courage and carefulness, and the remaining seven points was all due to my good luck.

Perhaps it was because his emotions were fluctuating too much, Richard's unhappy expression was a little bit obvious.

Seeing Richard's expression, Zach knew he was in the wrong, so he laughed to ease the embarrassment:
"Hahaha. Hi there. Warden, although our organization's intelligence gathering capabilities are a little weak due to manpower issues, our combat effectiveness is absolutely reliable.

You see, the executive officer has the upper hand, doesn't he?"

Boom!

Richard looked into the distance.

The fighting in Mineral Town has never stopped since it began.

Many mechanical hands emerged from the underground of the town, mechanical frogs piled up like a tide to form several giant steel frogs that could spit out steel needles, and there was also a large group of ogre air cavalry riding on mechanical ravens...

The mastermind behind the Mineral Town tried very hard to send out many resistances, but these resistances seemed quite powerless in front of Iluna.

Iluna's whole body floated in the air, running and dodging in the air, and she easily avoided all the magic and physical attacks from the Mineral Town.

Every time she took a step, a golden illusory lotus would bloom under her feet, which was very beautiful. Although there was no magical fluctuation on her body, when she kicked her legs, she could generate extremely strong magical disturbances and launch air magic cannons that were invisible to the naked eye.

Her pair of long and beautiful legs are not legs, but deadly demons.

She kicked straight ahead, smashing the mechanical arm to pieces; she raised her foot high, strangling the head of a giant mechanical frog; and she swept across with another kick, sweeping away a large group of ogre air cavalry.

It looked like a large number of mechanical units were besieging Executive Iluna, but in fact she was the only one who was invincible and could defeat ten thousand men.

Richard couldn't help but admire Iluna when he saw her suppress all the strange forces that emerged from the entire Mineral Town by herself:
"Director, you are right. We still have no problem with our combat effectiveness."

"That's right." Zach took out his pipe and put it between his lips, and said to Richard, "The executive officer is not an orthodox wizard, but a rare professional magic monk that has been passed down from ancient times. He accumulates magic power in his body and practices both magic and martial arts.

Although she is only a master, she is not afraid of any legendary wizard with her full fighting power, and can suppress the 5th ring with her 7th ring body. She is also one of the few people of the same generation in our Silver City who has defeated the Lord of Star Song.

If the executor wasn't such a good fighter, Macedonia and I would never have been able to submit to her.

In terms of age, Macedonia and I can be her father. "

As Zack spoke, he took the pipe from his hand and knocked it on the head of the Ghost Bone Nightmare.

Then he suddenly said: "Of course, our fighting ability is not bad either."

Call!
The ghost bone nightmare suddenly let out a long howl and then ran away suddenly.

The front half of his body, which was made of bones, was running, but the back half remained motionless. However, the bones in the middle of his body could be stretched longer and longer out of nothing, turning into a long bone chain.

Zack rode on the Ghost Bone Nightmare and ran around Richard several times. The bone chain left by the Ghost Bone Nightmare wrapped Richard in the center like a big ball.

These bone chains floated in the air like living things, vibrating slightly up and down without stopping for a moment.

"What's going on?" Richard was at a loss, when suddenly all the bone chains tightened and a shield made of dark blue flames was generated between the bone chains.

There was a continuous crackling sound, and many mechanical ravens with trap-like heads appeared out of thin air outside the dark blue shield - like a combination of mechanical ravens and mechanical frogs.

Bang bang bang!
After hitting the dark blue shield, the bodies of those [Mechanical Frog Crows] quickly exploded and broke away, and launched their own trap heads.

The traps clamped tightly onto the bone chains suspended in the air, and each piece of chain caught by the trap gradually turned gray at a speed visible to the naked eye.

When the chain turns completely gray, it will lose the ability to float against gravity as if it were dead, and will suddenly fall from the air. At the same time, the surrounding bone chains will break off and abandon the chains that have lost their floating ability as if they had life, and then reconnect with intact tissues to ensure that the dark blue shield will not disappear.

The trap seemed to have a death effect, and every time a trap died, it would take away a piece of bone chain.

As the number of deadly traps increased, the defense network made of bone chains was slowly shrinking.

Richard was a little worried at first, but when he saw that the dark blue protective shield perfectly blocked all attacks, he breathed a sigh of relief and said angrily:

"This criminal gang has been suppressed by the executive officers, but they still have the energy to pull out troops to attack us. How courageous! Factory Director, teach them a lesson.

Director, where are you? Hmm? "

Richard looked around and saw that the bone chain in the air had formed a closed loop without him knowing when.

The ghost bone nightmare and Zack, who served as the "locomotive" of the bone chain, disappeared without a trace.

boom!
Just as Richard was wondering, a dazzling blue light burst out from the distant sky!

"Caught you!"

The disappeared Zach reappeared! He stabbed into the void with a boning knife burning with a dark blue flame.

With an explosion and a burst of blue light, a mechanical fortress as big as a ship emerged from the void!

(End of this chapter)