socalfunplaces Chapter 39 The Gate
Chapter 39 The Gate
For the magic crystal mine, Karl chose between full and unfulfilled.
Such a massive mineral vein could not be filled forever, so two months later, Karl announced the discovery of a medium-sized magic crystal vein 500 miles away from the magic crystal mine. In reality, this place was just a dumping of the magic crystals that Karl had mined over the past two months.
This obvious magic crystal mine has far fewer people digging it, only three thousand. After all, the underground area is actually full of mined magic crystals, and anyone who goes in can discover the clues. So these three thousand people were still selected from more than twenty thousand people.
A mine is guarded by 3,000 people. No one else is allowed to approach within ten kilometers of it, let alone enter the mine underground.
Karl slowed down the progress of the visible mines, taking a full six months to mine them all. Some of these magic crystals were exchanged for gold coins, which were used to purchase large quantities of food, weapons, armor, and some magic crystal cannons.
As for the seller, it was naturally the Holy See within the Chaotic Realm. After all, Karl was a member of the Holy Alliance and was naturally close to them, making it much easier for him to purchase these items.
Moreover, keeping some magic crystals for himself would give Karl enough reason to buy the magic crystal cannon.
Using magic crystals to exchange for gold coins and to arm oneself is a very reasonable excuse.
Otherwise, they could keep it a secret. But the fact that the Tianfeng Kingdom suddenly possessed magic crystal cannons and magic crystals would make anyone who wanted to investigate investigate the reason. And once it was discovered that the Tianfeng Kingdom not only rarely bought magic crystals from outside sources, but also had traces of selling them, then the news that the Tianfeng Kingdom possessed magic crystal mines could not be kept secret.
It might even attract a lot of attention.
After all, whether it's a small or medium-sized operation, offending a Saint-level expert for such a small amount of magic crystal ore is not worthwhile.
Unless there is a pre-existing enmity between the two sides, this amount of benefit is not enough to make the Holy Land intervene.
Two years later.
As Karl came to patrol as usual, the middle-aged captain Celt, whose strength had reached the fifth level of warrior, came running over, panting.
"His Majesty."
"What's wrong, Celt?" Karl asked with a smile. Karl knew the ins and outs of the matter regarding the magic crystal at the beginning, and naturally favored Celt.
"Your Majesty, just yesterday someone told me that something strange had happened deep in the mine. I went to check and it was indeed true. I was about to report to Your Majesty when you arrived." A hint of shock flashed in Celt's eyes.
"Let's go check it out." Carl realized instantly that the item had been found.
Guided by Celt, Kalti led Celt through the mine at high speed, passing through the winding tunnels, and soon discovered a blocked road, which was clearly Celt's doing.
On both sides of the blocked road stood ten elite warriors with profound auras. Upon seeing the newcomers, they quickly and respectfully made way.
"Your Majesty, it's right here." Celt pointed to the sealed tunnel.
As they descended into the dimly lit underground mine, torches illuminated the passageway. Celt explained, "Someone told me that when they dug down to the core of this vein, they found the magic crystals there to be of incredibly high quality. They surpassed even the traditional definition of 'top-grade magic crystals,' but were also terrifyingly hard. That's why I came."
Strange things are, of course, a Celtic explanation. Although the soldiers here are all trustworthy, their status is different, so the Celts act differently. There are some things that lower-ranking officers don't need to know.
Karl entered the sealed passage, and soon found himself in a dead end, but the surrounding area was filled with a strong elemental aura.
Touching the tunnel wall, Karl discovered that some of the crystals contained power exceeding that of a level seven magical beast core.
"Your Majesty, when the pioneering army was digging here, they found that the difficulty of digging had increased significantly. Ordinary soldiers simply couldn't dig it up. At least a level three warrior could barely dig for a while. The anomaly here quickly caught my attention. I discovered that the magic crystals dug out were above level seven, and even had the potential to reach level eight. So I immediately sealed off this place," Celt explained.
Level 7 magical beasts are mostly tigers, bears, lions, and leopards, while level 8 magical beasts are mostly dragon-like magical beasts such as Tyrannosaurus Rex and Dilophosaurus. Their strength is not only greater than that of level 7 magical beasts, but their bloodline is also superior. Even within the same level, magical beasts such as tigers and bears cannot defeat dragon-like magical beasts.
This makes it extremely difficult to hunt level 8 and level 9 magical beasts, and their magical beast cores are naturally exceptionally precious. However, the quality of these magical crystals is comparable to that of level 8 magical beast cores. If we dig deeper, will we find level 9 ones?
The magic crystal is comparable to the core of a level nine magical beast. When this energy is used to power the magic crystal cannon, its attack is enough to threaten a level nine expert, and a single shot can even determine the course of a war.
Even if the Celts were the leader of the pioneering army, they wouldn't dare to make decisions about something of this level; they could only seal it off.
"Send the troops down here and dig them out."
This is already the core of the magic crystal mine. Karl knows that he can't find anything using his mental power, so he can only use the old method: dig directly.
Under Karl's orders, the army quickly entered, with each soldier being at least a level three warrior, which resulted in few being able to leave the camp.
A level three warrior is already quite strong in the outside world, but it's still too weak here. After digging with all his might for more than ten minutes, his hands started to feel sore and tired. After digging for half an hour, he could only grit his teeth and reluctantly step down to rest.
It took two full days to excavate the entire core area.
At the heart of this magic crystal mine, many translucent magic crystals surround the edge of an illusory space, which, from its shape, resembles a door.
This door has strange and peculiar spatial fluctuations; at least Karl couldn't detect it using his mental power.
This door seems to exist between reality and illusion.
At this moment, Karl remained calm, his mind completely blank, simply gazing intently at the door.
"Let them all go down. According to the reward of one in a hundred, everyone who came here to dig will receive it," Karl said calmly, waving his hand.
"yes!"
After everyone had left, Karl continued to stare at the non-existent door in front of him.
After waiting for a long time and seeing no movement around him, Karl took a deep breath and stepped inside.
"Hiss—"
A knife-like aura emanated from inside the door. The moment Karl stepped inside, it felt as if reality and illusion were truly colliding, and the force of the attack even sparked from Karl's body.