-286- The emerging monsters

"Who allowed you to mine at night! Have you forgotten the miner's code? Damn it, look at this, because of you, this mine will be unusable in the future!"

The manager of the northern small mine in Zaun was furious, staring at the middle-aged man trembling in fear before him, his eyes filled with dread.

Klare lifted his head, speaking urgently, "No, no, no, I wasn't mining! It wasn't me!"

"If you didn't mine, why did it explode? You were on duty tonight, and you were the only one guarding the mine!" The manager glared angrily at Klare, seeing the erupting flames, the temperature was too high! If it couldn't be controlled properly, the whole of Zaun would be affected! Thinking of this, he even wanted to kick Klare.

"Manager, I really didn't mine. I heard the explosion and went to check. When I got there, the mine had collapsed because of them. I..." Clare's expression gradually turned fierce, shouting loudly, "I saw them, they saw me too, the mine collapsed! Under the deep pit, they kept climbing up, M-Monsters, they are monsters!"

"You're still lying!"

Angered by Klare's nonsense, the manager exclaimed.

Monsters? Where did monsters come from in Zaun? Under the protection of the Goddess Janna and Councilor Linwin, Zaun was as strong as ever! Monsters?

Klare was just worried about taking responsibility and lying! But he should know, if there was a problem with the mine, he would be the one to bear responsibility. Because he failed!

Thinking of this, with a raised foot, the manager kicked Klare's hard, then pointed at his face and cursed loudly, "You damn fool, even now you're still lying, do you want to die? Have I become too gentle after retiring? Have you forgotten what I used to do?"

"Move, move!"

It was at that moment that a man wearing the uniform of an enforcer, with a gear emblem on his chest, burst in and pushed the manager aside.

Dressed in a handsome golden-blue Hextech rifles, with a Hextech energy sword hanging from his waist, wearing a combat hat, he was the captain of the Piltover enforcers.

"Captain, how's the situation now?" After being pushed by the enforcer captain, the manager was not angry, but immediately approached eagerly, then shouted loudly next to the enforcer, "I woke up all the people who were sleeping. No one was hurt in the explosion, right?"

"You did well, Mr. Manager."

Skite turned his head, glanced at him, then looked at Klare sitting on the ground in a daze.

"Tell me, sir, were you on duty at the mine tonight, right?"

"It was him, Captain of the Enforcers, this damn fool opened the machine late at night, and because of his mistake, the explosion occurred." The manager immediately said loudly, "He even said there were monsters, and the monsters caused the explosion."

"I'm telling the truth!" Klare retorted loudly. He held his head in pain, shouting, "There are really monsters, thousands of them, I saw them with my own eyes!"

"It's over, everything is over, beneath the ground we live on, is a terrifying abyss!"

"It's over, all of us are doomed! We're all going to die, we're all going to die!"

"Ah!"

With a forceful kick to Klare's face, Skite's powerful kick sent Clare flying, suppressing his anger as he approached, Skite bent down, grabbing Klare's collar. Behind him, the manager tried to stop Skite's violent actions.

Klare covered his face in fear, on the ground not far away, were two bloody teeth.

"You, you..." The pain made Klare calm down, looking puzzled at Skite in front of him.

Looking at the enforcer captain.

"Look into my eyes." Skite said in a low voice, locking eyes with Klare.

Skite's eyes weren't large, but at this moment, in his blueish pupils, there was confidence and resilience. He stared closely at Klare's eyes, gripping his collar tightly, not letting him avoid his gaze.

"Do you know? While you were screaming in despair, our enforcers have already encountered the monsters you mentioned. While you were shouting that everyone was going to die, someone is now fighting the monsters for you!"

"Now tell me, what happened when you approached the mine, what did you see there!" Skiar's voice grew louder.

Behind him, the manager was startled.

Was he telling the truth?

Are there really monsters underground in Zaun?

"Monsters, I saw a group of monsters, Captain." Klare looked into Skite's eyes, seeing hope in his gaze.

Klare's emotions gradually stabilized by Skite.

"Four-legged, eyeless, with huge teeth, each one the size of an average person, some even twice my size, like crocodiles, but like giant leeches, their skin, their skin looks tough, like blue and purple armor."

"And the number?"

"I couldn't see clearly, I was scared just after a glance, but I can be sure, there were many, many." Klare had completely calmed down, confessing what he had seen and speculated to Skite: "I guess they dug up from underground, destroyed the machines, made a commotion, by the time I arrived, the crane and the Hextech power column were both destroyed, the explosion made a bigger pit, and they all surged out."

"Thousands, at least thousands, countless. I saw countless holes, very large holes, they must have drilled out of them!"

"Thousands...." Skite gradually stood up.

The enforcers surrounded the northern mine, electricity and Hextech were both destroyed, the place was pitch black.

That's why he came to find Klare, he had to know the number.

And, he needed to know how they appeared.

Monsters underground, thousands of them?

"Thank you for your info, now, please leave this place, it's going to be sealed off."

Skite adjusted his Hextech rifle, preparing to run towards the dark mine.

Thinking of something, he looked at Klare again, apologizing, "You are an innocent victim in this incident, if you feel I have harmed you, you can complain to the police station in Piltover afterwards. Remember, it's Piltover, even though we're integrated, our police stations are not interconnected."

"As an enforcer resorting to violence against innocent residents, I will be punished for it. And you will receive a decent compensation."

Klare shook his head vigorously, opening his mouth, showing the gap of the missing tooth, and asked Skite loudly:

"Can... can I help with anything?"

Skite shook his head calmly, "No, sir, you can't help me with anything."

"Leaving here is the greatest help you can give me."

"Manager, please take him away from here."

"Y-Yes, I got it." The manager immediately came up, supporting Klare on the ground.

"Let's go, Klare, sorry, I was wrong to blame you," the manager said.

Klare nodded, got up, and walked southward with the manager. As he turned back, he saw that the enforcer captain had already rushed into the blazing, terrifyingly hot mine area.

For some reason...

Klare suddenly felt his nose tingling.

"May all be well."

"May the haze stay away from your home."