SWDnovel Chapter 92: A Potential Crisis – Call for Help Immediately!
Chapter 92: A Potential Crisis – Call for Help Immediately!
Chapter 93: A Potential Crisis – Call for Help Immediately!
Before us lay a vast mine.
From a distance, the mine appears pale, shrouded in a thin layer of natural mist that seems to be composed of rock dust.
Ironthorn trees also grow on the mine.
This is a tree with twisted, hard branches like iron and dark gray leaves, standing on the mountain like a skeleton.
"The limestone itself has an almost inert earth magic fluctuation, which makes the earth element in this area heavier, and only ironthorn trees can survive, making it look like a limestone forest."
Curiosity gleamed in Ian's eyes.
Magic has shaped the unique environments of the wizarding world.
The scene before him was just an ordinary one he had seen in the book, but it was already quite peculiar.
What about those truly wondrous places?
Such a beautiful world.
How could anyone resist the urge to explore it thoroughly!
While observing, Ian headed toward the core of the mine.
We arrived soon.
The core area is located in a relatively flat mountain valley.
The outer perimeter is a wall built of thick ironthorn wood and gray rock blocks, with faint runic light shimmering on the wall, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack.
There is a watchtower at the entrance, with guards dressed in Horton School attire on duty.
Upon seeing someone appear, the guards immediately tensed up.
However, upon seeing the badge on Ian's chest and the token in his hand, he immediately relaxed.
soon.
The gate opened, and a guard quickly came out.
They welcomed Ian in.
"Where are the other two guardian wizards?"
Ian asked, frowning.
"The two lords are resting. Last night, a group of monsters invaded the mine," the guard said apologetically.
"OK."
Ian nodded.
But I didn't relax.
Walking through the wall, in the distance is a row of buildings built against the mountain, with workshops emitting white smoke on both sides.
Even more striking are the main mine shafts on the mountainside, which resemble the entrances to the lairs of giant beasts, where servant wizards are constantly going in and out.
No problem for now.
Ian's tense mental state gradually relaxed.
Soon, the guardian wizard led Ian into the complex.
"This is your residence."
The wizard pointed to one of the three largest rooms ahead.
Ian nodded.
"You must be Ian, right?"
Suddenly, a voice rang out. Ian looked up and saw two wizards walking towards the room not far away.
One person looked old, while the other looked middle-aged.
"I am Lucien, and he is Downs. We are both guardian wizards of this mine. I was going to meet you at the entrance, but a group of magical beasts came yesterday, and my mental energy was severely depleted."
The old wizard apologized repeatedly, bowing deeply.
"Yeah yeah!"
Towns nodded repeatedly and coughed a few times, as if his mental strength had been severely damaged.
"Oh, I see. It's alright, it's alright!"
Ian smiled.
His face was full of the naivety of someone just starting out.
Lucien and Towns exchanged a glance.
"Let's talk in the room. We'll tell you about the mine."
Lucien's smile widened.
"Can."
Soon, the two pulled Ian into a room.
He then introduced the situation of the mine.
"The mine produces an average of thirty units of limestone per month. It is a small mine. There are three second-class wizards, fifteen first-class wizards, and thirty servant wizards. There are no mortal servants. Our task is simple. We just maintain the stability of the mine and don't need to do anything else."
However, many things are also troublesome. I'm quite familiar with Downs, so you can just focus on your cultivation. Your training sequence is mainly based on mental strength, which is different from ours. We'll take care of that for you."
Lucien Chen Ken said.
"That's great! I just wanted to buy some resources for my cultivation." Ian appeared very happy.
"Of course, no problem. If you need it, I have two more units here that I can sell to you right now. They'll do for magic stones," Downs said from the side.
"Really?"
Ian's eyes lit up.
"Of course," Towns nodded.
Soon, Ian bought two units of gray rock for one hundred magic stones, and then impatiently chased the two away.
It seemed as if they were in a hurry to cultivate.
After the two left and Ian confirmed that no one was watching, his expression gradually relaxed. He had been observing the two with his Eye of Radiance, and his expert-level proficiency allowed him to easily see their situation.
Both of them were in good mental condition, showing no signs of severe depletion.
So the two of them are lying.
Why lie? And why offer to take on some of his work?
Clearly, that's where the problem lies.
"That's interesting."
But Ian was not afraid, because one of them had gathered three runes and the other had gathered two runes.
He could easily defeat someone like that, even if it were two against one.
Ian was thinking about whether he could gain more, and what the two of them were really up to.
That's why he disguised himself like that.
Taking a deep breath, Ian touched the ground, and an invisible vibration spread out in all directions.
Along with it came wisps of spiritual energy.
All sounds within a radius of several hundred meters were transmitted to Ian's ears.
This is a combination of many witchcraft techniques Ian has studied, including psychic detection, techniques similar to leyline detection, and sensing vibrations, etc.
Reaching the Master level allows Ian to easily combine these spells.
Although it is still only a zero-ring lower grade.
But it worked very well.
There were no witch formations set up inside the camp.
This also allows Ian's detection methods to proceed smoothly.
He eliminated the various voices one by one, and soon caught the words of Lucien and Downs.
Meanwhile, Lucien and Towns entered another room. Lucien breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Luckily, a fool showed up."
"Indeed, I was quite scared when I first heard it was a wizard who was supposed to be trained in the sequence. I never expected it to be Ian!" Downs nodded in agreement.
They had investigated before Ian arrived.
He came from a mortal kingdom and was not of noble birth. He entered the school at the age of thirteen and there is no record of him leaving the school.
They had absolutely no experience, as can be clearly seen from their performance just now.
He looked at Lucien and said, "Lucien, do you really think we should side with the Blackrock School?"
Lucien looked at him, his face fierce: "You're still struggling with this?"
Do you really think that it's safe for us to secretly sell so many resources from different schools of thought? Besides, the Black Market School said that as long as we cooperate from the inside and outside, once we take over the camp, they will provide us with a bottle of Deep Blue No. 1.
"You don't want to break through to the third-tier wizard apprentice level? I do!"
"Too."
Towns's eyes also gradually became much more determined.
Breaking through from second-tier to third-tier is a major hurdle for wizards, and even wizards with second-tier talent often fail.
Let alone an ordinary apprentice.
Otherwise, how could there only be a dozen or twenty second-class wizard apprentices and a hundred third-class wizard apprentices?
Deep Blue No. 1 potion is a potion used for breakthroughs, but it is very expensive. The school doesn't even have a way to make it, so they can only buy it from outside. Each bottle costs several hundred magic stones, which is simply unaffordable for them.
With this potion, plus the gray rock ore they stole, they had enough to break through.
This is also why they chose to betray.
As for Ian...
I guess I was just unlucky.
Of all times, it had to come at this time.
"And who said we were going to side with the Blackrock School?" Lucien glanced at him and said, "Three days from now, late at night, the Blackrock School will come to our aid and take over this place. We'll take the resources and leave Emerald Shadow Forest directly. Why risk our lives here?"
"Hiss... Good idea."
Towns' eyes lit up and a smile appeared on his face.
"I see."
Ian slowly withdrew his hand, took out the warning crystal, and communicated with the mental energy left inside.
The first hour after arriving at the mission location.
He chose to directly call for reinforcements.
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