Capítulo 176: Chapter 176: The Carlisle Family's Misfortune (6 Updates)

The cold wind blew, carrying waves of foul stench.

The deeper the soil, the more intense the smell of decay.

Thousands of soldiers were busy in a huge pit, tirelessly working.

On the spiraling edges of the pit, carts full of soft, stinking mud were carried up.

Along the muddy stone paths, occasional water beetle bugs clumsily scrounged for food.

This was a circular pit dug downwards, like the gaping mouth of an abyss.

Turbid sewage gathered at the bottom, and the smelly, rotten mud was even harder to remove.

The soldiers, their bodies caked with sludge, endured the pungent odor.

With bucket after bucket, they tried to scoop out the stinking mud.

Exhaustion filled their eyes, as they grumbled complaints from time to time:

"Just scooping this filthy water with buckets, how long will we keep at this?"

"I for one can hardly stand it anymore. If it were just fighting, that would be one thing, but dragging us here to labor?"

"What other choice do we have? Just keep digging."