Chapter 1176 Letter From Underground

Joan looked at Professor Moriarty suspiciously, a little unable to figure out whether the last suggestion given by the instructor was serious or if he was joking with himself.

If it's serious... Qiao An couldn't help thinking about it.

If I had a train gun, or an airship...

Although Joan actually couldn't afford train cannons, let alone magical airships, it didn't prevent him from imagining that he would earn a lot of money in the future and be able to buy cannons and even airships, and use them as enchanting embryonic materials to create "cannons." Golem" or "activated airship" or something, used to deal with "Ice Colossus", seems to be really feasible.

Unconstrained ideas are exciting, but no one can live forever in the imagination, and finally have to return to real life and work hard step by step until one day in the future, the seemingly unrealistic fantasies become reality.

Both the 9-level spell and the cannon airship are too far away for Joan's current level. In comparison, the two spell scrolls that Professor Moriarty gave him are more realistic.

Joan bid farewell to her tutor, returned to the apartment, and immersed herself in copying and studying "Construct Disabling Art" and "Sands of Time".

In the following days, Joan's life returned to the track of "school", "laboratory", "library" and "apartment". Until the morning of July 21, he checked literature in the library When I received a special letter, the peaceful life once again set off ripples.

The sender was Joan's old friend Klein Stove. The dwarf prospecting captain seemed a little anxious, and he didn't even bother to say polite words, so he asked straight to the point:

"Brother Qiao An, can you spare a few days? My brother is in trouble, and I need your help."

Joan had a good impression of this dwarf brother. Three months ago, he cooperated with the prospecting team led by Klein to explore the blue ice veins and made a lot of money.

An old friend sent a letter asking for help, Qiao An didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly wrote back to find out what happened.

The "short message technique" sent by Klein Furnace later revealed the dilemma that made him a dilemma.

Since the last successful excavation of the blue ice veins and the sale of the mining rights to the Midgard Mining Company, which earned a large dividend, Klein and his dwarf prospectors have greatly increased their confidence and made persistent efforts towards the north of the "Primeval Abyss". keep exploring.

After more than three months of arduous underground work, the Klein prospecting team moved from the "Nida Mountain" to the abyss and mud, and detected signs of magic crystal veins in the local area!

The so-called "Abyssal Mire" is classified as the fourth area on the map of the proven "underground world". .

If the underground world is projected onto the surface, then the location of the abyssal swamp coincides with the "Iron Forest" area of ​​the surface world, that is, the "Midgard Colony" of the Ashan Empire and the "Jortunheim" of the Fizen Kingdom. Colonial borders.

Things have to start two weeks ago.

At that time, the Klein prospecting team found a smooth track on the edge of the swamp, as if someone had paved a long and narrow corridor on the ground with glass panels.

With his rich experience in prospecting, Klein recognized the ruts left by the "flail snail" after a little observation.

The flail snail is a very rare magical creature in the underground world. It is as big as a house, and it carries a volute that is sometimes crystal clear and sometimes colorful.

This kind of creature native to the elemental plane of earth will always leave a glowing trail made of condensed secretions wherever it passes. The transparent texture resembles natural crystals. It is a widely used alchemy material, and it is also very popular among gems Artisans welcome.

The shell of the flail snail is also a very precious treasure. It has the function of reflecting magic and can be used to make an anti-magic shield.

In addition, the flail snail also has a characteristic that few people know, that is, it loves to devour rare minerals, and it can sense the rare mineral veins buried deep in the ground in a mysterious way that is almost intuitive.

Klein knew this feature of the flail snail, so he stopped his men from disturbing the flail snail in time, and led his team to follow behind this strange beast, collecting crystal tracks formed by snail secretions along the way, and at the same time detecting whether there were mineral veins near the tracks.

Compared with the value of the flail snail itself, Klein values ​​its prospecting talent more, and hopes that the flail snail can lead him closer to the underground mines.

It turned out that Klein made the right move!

After tracking the flail snail for ten days, the dwarf prospecting team was lucky enough to collect a specimen of magic crystal ore in the abyss and muddy area where monsters were rampant.

Following the guidance of the flail snail, Klein and the others detected a magic crystal vein extending from south to north in the northern part of the mud.

Although it is still impossible to estimate the mineral reserves, based on past prospecting experience, Klein has a hunch that what he discovered is a rich mine of great value!

However, just when the dwarf prospecting team was very excited about this discovery, two bad news came one after another.

The first bad news came from further north.

Klein learned from the aborigines of the fungus near the ancient mud that in the past two weeks, subterranean gnomes have often been active in the north of the swamp, claiming to be a prospecting team hired by the Jotunheim Colonial Company!

In the underground world, the relationship between gnomes and dwarves is rather subtle. These two races are closely related to humans in the surface world. Generally speaking, they belong to the good camp, and they are also good at mining ore and forging iron.

In addition, dwarves and subterranean gnomes are relatively short in size, and surface humans who don't know these two creatures often confuse them.

Dwarfs are optimistic and cheerful by nature, and have no prejudice against dwarves. The proud and stubborn dwarves are different. Since ancient times, they have been displeased with the free and undisciplined behavior of the dwarfs all day long, so that when old dwarves criticize young dwarves for not being stable enough, they often use As the saying goes: "You look like a 'bearded dwarf'!"

Compared with the gnomes living in the surface world, Klein is more afraid of the subterranean gnomes living in the Underdark region. They are enemies. The gnomes are engaged in the same business as his team. If they are prospecting in the same area, the conflict will be serious. up!

Klein's prospecting team was from Nidaville, and was employed by the mining group under the Midgard Colonial Company. Every time they independently discovered a vein, they could get a generous dividend.

The dwarf prospecting team mentioned by the swampside mushroom people came from Sudli Stone City and was hired by the mining company of the Fizen Kingdom in the Jotunheim colony.

Since the colonial authority of Midgard and the colonial authority of Jotunheim belong to different suzerain countries, the relationship is quite tense. The two prospecting teams are each headed, and there is no possibility of cooperative prospecting. Who will win in this prospecting competition? Whoever is the "big winner" is the "big winner", and the prospecting team that is one step behind in the competition will not even get a copper plate.