Chapter 2107

On the way to the warehouse district, Mr. Hodge introduced to Joan:

"There are ten warehouses with a total of 80 containers. Almost half of the containers are filled with coarse crystals, totaling 40 tons. This is only the output of the mining area for a week."

Qiao An made a simple calculation. The output of coarse crystals in the magic crystal mining area is not less than 2,000 tons a year, and the output value is as high as 20 million gold Dujia. It is like a chicken that can lay golden eggs. No wonder it is coveted.

Following Mr. Hodge into the nearest warehouse, Joan touched the "spirit collar" and transformed into the "Todd form" of the hill giant, holding a one-ton iron container full of coarse crystals in each hand , placed side by side.

Then, Joan brought over two more containers and put them next to the previous two containers.

After slapping the dust off his hands, Joan performed the "shrinking technique" on the four containers gathered together, reducing the huge container to 1/4000 of its original volume, and the total weight was reduced to only 2 pounds.

Joan chanted the mantra, and summoned the "Green Ice Secret Storage Box" from the spirit world, leaned over and picked up four containers that were shrunk down to the size of water cups, and put them into the secret storage box.

Next, Joan did the same with the containers in other warehouses, shrunk them down and put them in the secret box.

Until the last warehouse, Joan was about to cast a spell on the last four containers, but was stopped by Mr. Hodge.

"Dr. Vader, we can't remove all the coarse crystals, otherwise the robbers will become angry if they realize that they have made a futile trip. They will either kill innocent people indiscriminately to vent their anger, or keep their grudges in their hearts and look for opportunities to take revenge in the future."

"So you mean to leave four cabinets of coarse crystals to bribe the four major forces, to give them a little bit of sweetness, so as not to anger the gangsters?" Joan guessed.

"Hehe, the robbers have taken advantage of it. They saw with their own eyes that the warehouse has been emptied and there is no profit to be made. In addition, we also have three major underground forces sitting here. It is not easy to bully them. As long as their brains are not completely broken, they can They will understand that it is not good for everyone to make a fuss, just pretend to deal with their employers, and they will not really turn their faces and fight." Mr. Hodge explained with a smile.

"It makes sense!"

After listening to Nick Hodge's analysis, Joan was very inspired and admired Mr. Manager's wisdom in dealing with people.

There are a total of 36 miniature containers in the secret chest. Joan tapped and recited the spell to send the secret chest back to the spirit world, and then cast the "teleportation" to take Nick Hodge directly to the place in Mead. The magic crystal refinery in Gard Harbor area.

Mr. Hodge had already greeted the treasurer of the refinery, Charles Ponzi, in advance. After meeting him, he briefly introduced Joan's identity, and urged him to lead the way to the warehouse.

The warehouse area of ​​the refinery is larger than the coarse crystal warehouse in the ancient abyss. In addition to hundreds of tons of coarse crystals, there are also more expensive industrial magic crystals stored here. It may be a complex of buildings with the highest wealth density in the entire New World.

Joan opened the secret box, took out the thirty-six containers one by one, and placed them in the designated positions in the warehouse. After canceling the "shrinking technique", the containers returned to their normal size.

When delivering with the treasurer, Joan found that there were only about a dozen uniformed guards patrolling the entire warehouse area, and they seemed to be mediocre, so he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"Mr. Ponzi, have you set up defensive measures such as 'magic alarm', 'forbidden spell', 'mage's secret room' or 'bronze wall and iron wall' in the warehouse where the magic crystal is stored, so as to prevent criminals from sneaking in and stealing?" Joan asked. Treasurer.

"Yes! Dr. Vader, there are all the magic enchantment warehouses you mentioned. Today's situation is special, and things need to be moved frequently. People come and go. For the sake of convenience, the defense measures are temporarily closed. Normally, the warehouse can It's not like this, the security is quite strict!" The treasurer replied.

Joan felt a little relieved, and then asked: "Mr. Pounds, I heard that it's not peaceful recently. Does the refinery have any plans to strengthen security?"

"Don't worry, Dr. Vader, I dare say there is no safer place in the world than here!"

The treasurer patted his chest for the check.

"Think about it, this is not the Underdark, I don't believe that robbers can break into the city and make trouble!"

The treasurer's words sounded right at first glance. The city of Midgard is guarded by garrisons, and the magic crystal refinery has perfect magic protection measures, and it is located in the most prosperous port area of ​​the city. Most residents in the dark area are afraid of the sun, and they are unlikely to break into the urban center of the surface world to cause trouble. .

However, perhaps because of too many unexpected changes during this period, Qiao An became a little nervous, thinking about it, but he was still worried after all.

Don't be afraid of 10,000 in everything, just in case, there is nothing wrong with being more careful.

To be on the safe side, Joan extracted two "powers of myth", pretended to be inadvertently touched the inside of one of the containers, and quietly set up a "myth link" and a "spell delay" supermagic to the 6th ring. "Magic Alarm".

In the next two months, once the magic alarm is triggered, he will immediately feel it through the "myth link".

Joan didn't want to appear suspicious in the eyes of others, so he didn't tell the treasurer and Mr. Hodge about setting up the "magic alarm". After delivering 36 tons of coarse crystals, he cast a spell and teleported back to the mining area.

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The crisis in the magic crystal mining area came faster than Joan expected.

On the second day after he transferred the stock of coarse crystals to the refinery, that is, at noon on August 8, surface time, a group of uninvited guests broke into the magic crystal mining area.

Joan was having dinner with Klein, Scholz, Gumoduo, Robin Hood and other old friends in the cafeteria of the mining area. Attacked, hurriedly greeted everyone to rush to the warehouse area.

"Dr. Vader, you came at the right time."

Nick Hodge and Gray Bird came up to meet them, both looking a little nervous.

Not far behind them, the stone-blind barbarian mercenaries responsible for the security of the mining area were confronting a group of uninvited guests who had just been teleported. There were only twenty people in total. Joan glanced over and found that most of them were familiar faces.

The intruders belonged to the four forces in the Underdark region. Among them, the one Joan was most familiar with was Claudia Bellamy, the "Dark Princess" of the drow city "Oknell". Pyrrhus the Faceless Man, Pepe the Demon Hunting Spider, and two high-ranking drow swordsmen.

The organizer of the last "Underdark Survival Tournament", the Tauren tribe chief "Redbeard" Gouno from the ruins of the labyrinth also appeared among the intruders. He was sent along with this mythical Tauren chief Princess Turandot, her daughter, her son-in-law "Blue Mane" Vulgen, and two fully armed high-ranking tauren warriors.