The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 1284

"What is this?"

"The gold mine."

Looking at the mine in front of him, Augustus said seriously, "Augustus Abbott was a geology expert. He discovered a gold mine here, so that's the reason he paid close attention to Longford County. However, this later triggered a tragedy there."

"A mine vein? Is this where the gold mine is located at?"

Nathaniel had a diamond mine in Swovenia, so he understood it immediately.

Morgan nodded. "Indeed. The source of the gold mine is Longford County, and all the mayors knew about it. Thus, their main goal was to protect the gold mine. To them, the gold mines were something that protected and guarded their village, and the venomous bugs produced here were of high quality. The villages got their resources from the mine, so the quality of the venomous bugs would plummet once the mountains were destroyed. I heard that it would take a few hundred years to produce one Golden Lancehead Venom, but Longford County managed

to produce three of those in merely one hundred years. Furthermore, they were of high quality. Hence, Longford County did not allow anyone to come to the mountains. Moreover, the people there have never married any outsiders because they wanted to keep this a secret."

When Nathaniel heard this, he paused for a moment.

They had actually produced three Golden Lancehead Venom?

If he had one in his body, what happened to the other two?

"Did Barack Hans came here for the mine as well?"

"No, Barack came for the Golden Lancehead Venom."

Morgan sighed and shook his head. "Barack was infatuated with his lover. Back then, he fell in love with Magnolia, but he thought that he and his eldest brother had their eyes on the same woman. Thus, he suffered a lot overseas because Magnolia had tricked him. However, Magnolia already belonged to somebody else. He was disheartened, so he thought about leaving that tragic place. However, he accidentally learned that there was a vermin in Magnolia's body. If he wanted to remove the vermin, he would have to find the Golden Lancehead Venom from Longford County. Thus, Barack had come to Longford County to save Magnolia."

Nathaniel did not expect to hear that Barack had come her for this.

He frowned slightly, and he seemed to have thought of something. Then, he asked, "Barack and Aunt Mo came here at the same time, so I'm sure that Benny knew that they were coming, right? After all, Benny has been paying attention to the situation of the mine here. Did he kill Barack and Aunt Mo because he thought that they had discovered the secret of the mine?"

"I think so. But I know that Barack has indeed found a Golden Lancehead Venom and sent it to Magnolia. However, his whereabouts have been exposed, so he has been missing since then. All these years, Magnolia has been searching for Barack, but it was all to no avail. Besides, Aunt Mo also disappeared after Barack left."

Morgan furrowed his eyebrows in confusion after hearing this. This was an unsolved mystery, so he was very puzzled.

Then, Nathaniel recalled Maverick's words and said softly, "Maverick said that Barack is in this mountain." "What? How could he be in this mountain?"

Morgan was obviously a little surprised.

"He's right."

Nathaniel's felt slightly unsettled when he thought about this.

"Morgan, you said that Augustus entered the Longford County for the mine, didn't you? But didn't the village ban outsiders from entering? Why did they let Augustus in and let him stay for so long? Also, Nanny Zhang is the head of the village. So, it would be impossible for her to not know about this mine!"

When Morgan heard Nathaniel's question, he muttered, "Nanny Zhang is only the leader. According to the rules of the village, the secret of the mine will only be disclosed by the current leader to the next appointed leader before he dies. However, the tragedy of the Zhang Manor happened so suddenly. Hence, the previous leader had no time to pass down anything to Nanny Zhang. Therefore, she knew nothing about it. Besides, we discovered the secret after exploring the geological stratification here."

"You explored the geography here?"

"Yes, Augustus is a geologist. There's something I've always wondered about. Why does a geologist have so much interest in Longford County? So, I heard that Augustus could enter the village because of his position as a geologist."

Nathaniel became even more confused after hearing what Morgan had said.

"Wait, I don't get it! The mine is the secret of Longford County, and Augustus is a geologist. By right, shouldn't they avoid him and prevent him from entering?"

Morgan nodded.

"Yes, I think so too, but we discovered something else from our investigation. Augustus could enter the village because of a landslide that happened somewhere between the mountains. Thus, he found traces of the mine that was hidden in the mountains. The villagers were panicking, so they formed a group to cover up the mine. But, more than ten people died because another landslide happened. However, they refused to give up. Thus, they decided to cover up the mine again, but something mysterious happened. At that time, all the people who were supposed to cover up the mine died in their houses mysteriously! Thus, they started becoming anxious, and Augustus had been working as a geologist near the area at that time. Hence, the leader of the village thought that he was an expert, so they invited him into the County. Previously, the leader of Longford County wanted to kill Augustus after the latter had helped them bury the mine. However, that day never came, and instead, Longford County was destroyed."

Nathaniel felt somewhat uncomfortable upon hearing this news.

"Maybe Augustus is the culprit behind this incident! Perhaps he deliberately made the landslide and supernatural events. After all, his goal is to enter Longford County's mine."

After all, Nathaniel was not a fool. There were too many coincidences, and the story didn't match up. Thus, it seemed that someone had planned this whole incident out.

After hearing that Morgan nodded and said, "I think so too."

"Where did you find about these?"

Nathaniel was a little surprised to hear this.

There were not many people from Longford County left since the accident, and they were either still working or staying by his side. Therefore, how did Morgan learn about these past events?

Just then, Morgan took out the Hikasa Manual and handed it to Nathaniel.