Li Bing, Wang Hu and Zhao Xin widened their eyes. For more than a year, they had been working as ogre supervisors on the second floor of the mine, but they never knew that there was such a dark room on the second floor.

Moreover, their original main mission only required them to go around the first and second floors of the mine, and it was easy to complete. From the exploration mission, there was no evidence that there was a dark room on the second floor. But now...

"What, what is going on?" Li Bing asked in a low voice, looking at the other two companions with eyes full of confusion and puzzlement.

"There is a dark room here, how come we have never discovered it!" Wang Hu's face was full of surprise, and he even leaned his head to look towards the passage, wanting to see what was at the other end of the passage.

"Do you want to go in and take a look together?" Xu Feng turned his head and asked the three of them with a smile.

"No, that's not necessary. We'll just wait for you outside." Zhao Xin waved his hand quickly.

Xu Feng's face darkened: "You'd better be sensible, I'm not asking for your opinion!"

Zhao Xin and the other two looked at each other, their faces suddenly filled with bitterness, and they walked towards the passage with resignation.

Fortunately, Xu Feng did not push them too far and let the Taoist soldiers walk in front, followed by Zhao Xin and the other two.

The passage was narrow, with traces of artificial excavation everywhere. As Xu Feng entered the passage, the exploration progress, which had been stagnant, began to pick up.

The passage was not long, only about ten meters. After passing through the passage, everyone came to a cave of more than one hundred square meters.

It is called a cave, but in Xu Feng's eyes, it looks like a house with three bedrooms and two living rooms. The floor is paved with tiles and the surrounding rock walls are covered with wallpaper. It has a living room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, and study room. Everything is available.

An old man with gray hair was sitting in front of a blazing fireplace, resting with his eyes closed. A blanket was covering his knees with an open book on top of it.

When the old man heard the noise coming from the corridor, he immediately became alert, picked up his reading glasses on the small table next to him, and put them on while looking towards the corridor.

Seeing Xu Feng and the others, the old man showed a look of panic on his face. He wanted to stand up, but the blanket on his legs tripped him. He staggered and the book on the blanket fell into the fireplace. Soon, the flames licked the book and burned the whole book to ashes.

The old man stared at the fireplace blankly, a look of loss appeared on his face. He sighed and slowly sat down again.

After a brief panic, the old man regained his gentlemanly demeanor and asked Xu Feng, "Are you here to kill me on the orders of the dog-headed man?"

"On the contrary, we found this place after we killed the kobold overseer." Xu Feng showed the old man the three quest items: the seal ring and blood-stained letter dropped by the kobold overseer, as well as the "bloody handkerchief" found under the mine cart.

"So, you are here to save me?" A look of surprise appeared in the old man's eyes. He couldn't help but stand up and look towards Xu Feng, his eyes full of expectation.

"If you are the steward of the Roman family, then I think we are here to save you." Xu Feng said with a smile.

The hidden mission requires Xu Feng to find the steward of the Romon family on the second floor of the mine. Obviously, in the entire second floor, only the old man in front of him seems to fit the character of "steward", and Xu Feng's exploration progress in the main mission has reached 96%. It is estimated that if he visits the other houses in the dark room, the exploration mission can be completed, and there will be no similar dark room on the second floor.

"Yes, I am the housekeeper of the Roman family. You can call me Eta, Eta Roman!" The old man showed a look of joy on his face.

Seeing that the other party acknowledged his identity, Xu Feng handed all three task items to the butler.

Etta first saw the bloody handkerchief and a look of sadness appeared on her face.

Then he saw the seal ring and his face changed drastically. This kind of ring, which only the clan leader is qualified to own, appeared in the hands of an outsider. The meaning of it was naturally self-evident.

When Etta finished reading the blood-stained letter, she became furious.

"This is a conspiracy, a shameful conspiracy!" Eta shouted, her face full of grief and indignation. Her whole body trembled slightly uncontrollably, as if she was trying her best to suppress the anger in her heart.

After a long time, Etta weakly sat back in the chair, with a look of despair on her face.

"It's all over. The Roman family has been defeated by conspiracy, and its decline is inevitable..." Etta muttered to himself, the wrinkles on his face seemed to become deeper, and there was a hint of death in his eyes.

"Sir, thank you for letting me know the truth, but unfortunately, if only I had known it a year earlier, it would have been too late now..." Etta struggled to stand up, and her already aged body seemed to become even more sluggish.

As he spoke, Etta took out a roll of parchment from his bosom and handed it to Xu Feng: "I have been keeping this item for the family, but now it seems that it has lost its meaning. Thank you for letting me know the truth of the past, so that after I die, I can explain everything to Master Roman."

Stuffing the parchment into Xu Feng's arms, Eta walked out of the passage tremblingly.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Xu Feng could already sense that the old man in front of him had already decided to die. He opened his mouth to comfort him, but he didn't know what to say. He could only shake his head helplessly and watch Eta leave.

Eta's figure left the passage and entered the second floor of the mine, then slowly disappeared. The apostle mark on Xu Feng's chest also felt hot.

With his attention focused on the Apostle's Mark, Xu Feng suddenly saw a translucent screen in front of his eyes, which indicated that the hidden task had been completed.

[The hidden mission "The Truth of the Decline of the Roman Family" has been completed, and the mission reward: Secret Realm Core has been issued. After clearing the level, the passing rating will be improved. ]

"What? The core of the secret realm?" Xu Feng's eyes suddenly widened, and the parchment in his hand seemed to be a little hot.

Although this secret mine is only level zero, it has been open for more than a year, but there has been no news of anyone obtaining the core of the secret realm, and there are no prompts when entering the secret realm. Obviously, no one has obtained the secret core of this secret realm until now.

"I didn't expect that I would get it. Although it is just a level zero secret realm, the mineral resources here are extremely rich. It's a pity that if I were a blacksmith, I would be able to make full use of this resource secret realm. Now even if I get it, I can only use it to sell minerals!" Xu Feng said in his heart.

Xu Feng stood there quietly for a few minutes, calmed down his excitement, turned around and smiled at Zhao Xin and the others, "Okay, the hidden mission is completed. Wait for me to explore this place, then hunt some kobold miners to get candles, and then dig a piece of high-quality ore, and then we can pass the level! When I pass the level, you will be free."

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(End of this chapter)