Chapter 985: 306. Black Pupa_2
Mabel seemed to ponder something.
She probably guessed why the Bluegold Elder had deliberately troubled Noland Lee before suggesting a magic contract.
This was undoubtedly a common tactic used by locals to suppress rich wizards from outside.
The purpose was to force Noland Lee to pay to join the Co-Creation Council.
The best solution was no doubt to spend money to avoid disaster.
But how could she broach such advice to others to spend money… Mabel felt somewhat troubled.
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Noland Lee looked at Mabel, who hesitated to speak, and said with a wave of his hand,
“I will solve this problem, you don’t need to worry about me… I’ll go build the Death Magic Device for you first. Once you’ve arranged the castle, we can talk more.”
“Okay, Jarvis,” Mabel pointed to the corridor on the side of the wall:
“Denise and Louisa are over there.”
Noland Lee shook his head and, after saying farewell to the three, stepped into the corridor.
In the magic laboratory on the first floor, Noland Lee found Denise and her company, who were etching a magic circle.
While he began to work, he initiated the Deconstruction on Louisa.
This time, his main target for the Deconstruction was to acquire information related to the “Barren Stone Quarry.”
He wanted to know the layout of the Quarry, the mining path route map, the personnel composition, and so on.
Of utmost importance was to grasp the basic information about the underground demons.
If possible, Noland Lee wished to pin the responsibility for future casualties from “the counterattack plan” on the underground demons.
This would allow him to clear any suspicion from himself and shift the attention of the Pure Light Court and the Wealth Creation Society.
The prerequisite to do this was to capture a live underground demon, use Deconstruction on it, and then carefully set up the plan to “use the Sword Shark People.”
“Denise, Louisa, I’ll have to leave for a bit,”
After completing the Deconstruction results from Louisa, Noland Lee bid them farewell and flew off from the terrace.
During his flight, he activated “Soul Perception” and informed Denise about his next actions.
Although Denise didn’t understand why Noland Lee suddenly decided to investigate the quarry, she didn’t inquire further.
She obediently agreed to assist Noland Lee with teleporting back and forth between the two places.
At the same time, Denise would also cover for Noland Lee’s tracks on the surface.
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There were no Ordinary People in the Barren Stone Quarry.
Everyone was a wizard.
The wizards responsible for mining ranged from Three-circled to Five Rings in Strength, all either from the Metal System or the rock and soil series, and originated from Crawling City.
The wizards tasked with guard duties started at Five Rings, capped at Seven-Ring, all members of the Wealth Creation Society, mastering Metal Magic.
The idea of entering the mining paths underground with Earth Magic wasn’t very realistic.
Noland Lee didn’t even consider it before discarding it.
Because the Wealth Creation Society, to prevent theft, had planted magic instruments in the soil around the Barren Stone Quarry to detect energy fluctuations and vibrations.
Noland Lee was unlikely to bypass these magic instruments with Earth Magic and sneak into the mining paths unnoticed.
But what he was looking for were the underground demons, not the magic materials in the mining paths.
The mining paths were laid out specifically for extracting minerals.
Wherever mining reached, the Road was laid out to that point.
Two to three kilometers deep underground, in places yet untouched by the quarry, there were no roads, and naturally, no magic instruments guarding them either.
It was for this reason that the wizards constructing mining paths for the quarry were attacked by demons at two to three kilometers underground.
All this intelligence came from Louisa’s Memory Fragments.
He arrived near the Barren Stone Quarry, about ten plus kilometers away, and began to inscribe a Topographic Map for traveling underground.
“Hmm…
“The quarry extends vertically downward as a whole, divided into five regions. These five regions are distributed along the central Vertical Shaft Pipeline, extending horizontally. The entire quarry could be considered an irregular barrel shape.
“Starting from where I am now, moving vertically downward 2375 meters, I can reach the Ground Level where the end of the Vertical Shaft Pipeline is. From there, moving horizontally north for 12 kilometers, I will reach the deepest part of the quarry.”
Noland Lee wrote and drew in the Notebook, repeatedly simulating the underground travel process.
Underground environments were not like those above ground; it was surrounded by mud, rock layers, and cavities, and carelessness could lead to severe collapses.
Noland Lee would set up “Tracking Marks” on the ground level, not worried about getting lost underground, but the magic instruments that detected vibrations were always a concern.
Louisa’s Memory Fragments didn’t include the specific location of these instruments.
Noland Lee could only roughly estimate their positions and plan his route to avoid them in advance.
After half an hour of preparation, Noland Lee cast “Rock Spirit”, summoning a magical assistant to help carve the Tunnel. noveldrama
The Rock Spirit, two heads taller than Noland Lee, swung its fists towards the ground, blowing open the soil beneath its feet and creating a fissure that allowed both itself and its master to pass through.
A layer of smooth stone coated the fissure, solidifying its form and preventing it from collapsing quickly.
The Rock Spirit forged ahead, swinging its fists in succession, pounding and carving out the tunnel.
Noland Lee activated “Breath of the Dead”, taking on the Skeleton Form that did not require breathing.
He jumped down from the ground, casting the Flight Spell, and moved downward, following the Rock Spirit.
As their figures were swallowed by the pitch-black fissure, the soil at the surface rapidly crawled, closing the fissure shut.
This was Noland Lee activating the Earth Magic known by the Rock Spirit, smoothing over the traces on the ground level.
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