It was time to talk about Slimepolis. The city used to make a living through mining and trading its byproducts. Slimepolis was considered to be the best rock salt mining site in the empire. When others asked “What can you get out of just digging the ground?” Slimepolis citizens had their answers at the ready. 0

“It puts food on our plates and money in our pockets.”1

“It’s the Great Cave.”0

“It’s the Primordial Mother Earth’s skull.”0

“We collect the goddess’ teeth.”0

That was what Slimepolis used to be. The city that thrived on mining found its glory as the miners dug up the land. The more they mined, the more the days of glory lasted. However, at some point, a different set of sounds rang out when the miners swung their pickaxes, indicating that they had dug all the way to the very bottom of the mine.0

[The mining performance of Slimepolis is weakening!]0

Some rock salt was still left, but the miners had to dig too deep to find it. The work hours became longer, and the difficulty of their work increased.0

[The cost of the Slimepolis salt industry is increasing!]0

The slaves escaped. Shellmounts’ skin made them vulnerable to the salt, so they could swing pickaxes for brief periods of time or manage workers at the mine entrance, but crawling deep into the mine was the most difficult task for them. This was why slaves of the six species were required. When the slaves escaped, the economy of Slimepolis the Rock Salt City went downhill. 0

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