Published at 21st of June 2019 04:05:14 PM
Chapter 325
“No way, Herz, Ian really didn’t contact you?”
“Yeah . I just came out of the dungeon, but it looks like he has closed out all the personal messages too . ”
“OMG… isn’t it weird?”
“Yeah . The last time he contacted was on the evening of the day before yesterday…”
In the Pyro residency .
Fiolan and Herz who were comfortably seated in the near table sighed .
“… today is Saturday, that means yesterday was Friday . Didn’t you start school? Or is Ian not feeling well from Friday?”
“No, it’s not about health, but he didn’t come to school . ”
“This happens sometimes . ”
“Aha…”
Fiolan shook her head .
In the meantime, there wasn’t much need for Ian, but today was a different scenario .
‘Uh, I’m a little nervous that Ian isn’t here…’
Then, about an hour later, the Red Crowe guild which was in the 13th rank of the guild ranking was starting a full-scale war .
And the Guild ranking of Lotus Guild has been the 15th, and the guild was one step higher than them .
The current guild ranking of the Lotus Guild, wasn’t so important for them, nor did it matter to them .
For the past one month, the head of the Lotus Guild had been working to let the ranking of the guild fall down, purposefully .
They had abandoned the form of guild activity from the side of the Lord Manor .
Besides the guild ranking points and the loss of fame points of the guild, but strategically it wasn’t a bad option .
Even after they had merged with the top guilds in the past, like Oaklan and Splendor, their rankings still fell .
The purpose of deliberately dropping the rank of their guild was to avoid the situation of a union of guilds coming against them .
If not, then the all-powerful Lotus Guild which was on the top rankings would attract the other guilds to unite against them .
There were times when several ranker guilds merged and the other guilds who felt insecure—crisis went against them .
But that was a lost situation .
If a few of the low guilds are taken out with full power, then the lost guild usually join the fight of the other guilds .
The Lotus Guild was now hiding .
Herz spoke,
“Well, Is it because of the Red Crowe Guild? Even if we don’t have Ian with us, we will win over them . ”
Fiolan nodded and responded .
“I don’t think that we’ll lose either . But I just can’t help but wish Ian was here . ”
Herz chuckled a little .
“But… if Ian was there the variables itself would disappear…”
Fiolan slowly got up from her seat .
It was the time she should check the guild power and start the preparation for the war .
“Phew, so what if Ian isn’t going to be there for the guild this time . ”
“Hehehe . ”
In the Northeastern side of the 25th division of the Devildom .
Inside the magic mines that belonged to Ian, the sound of gentle laughter could be heard .
And the one who was laughing was the owner, Ian!
“Master, even the slaves who work, take rest after 8 hours of work, what is happening in here?”
At those words from Kaka, Ian immediately responded .
“You’re so noisy, b*tch . It doesn’t sound like it, but are you complaining?”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“Where I live, if I go to work, I need to work for 12 hours a day . ”
“But the subject of only the slavery is for 8 hours . ”
Kaka asked with a flustered expression .
“Then the place you talk about, it is the world I heard of, Hell…!?You here are working much harder than the slaves!”
And gazed at Ian with a grim expression .
“So, is that why my master is working like this…?”
After fighting with Kaka for a while, Ian picked up the axe and started to work again .
‘100 lesser spirit stones . Just that much and I’ll get out of here…! If I’m going to fail at digging out the legendary magic stones, I’ll have to find another way . ’
Ian had already been working in the mine for 20 hours, without a single break .
And Ian’s inventory had minerals piled up in it .
Ian looked into the inventory .
[Lesser marble stone – 267 ]
[Lowest grade marbles – 97]
[Lowest grade Iron – 879]
[Lesser Iron – 142 ]
[Intermediate Iron – 8 pieces]
[Lowest grade magic stones – 479]
[Lesser grade magic stones – 139]
[Intermediate Magic stones – 43]
‘Damn, I would’ve felt a little better, if I had obtained one of the higher grades…’
In the list of the mined minerals, it was clearly stated that there was a chance of getting the legendary stones .
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However, the reality was different, it was a fortune to have a couple of intermediate items .
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Even while checking the inventory, Ian didn’t stop picking .
‘But I don’t want to stop . If I sell off what I have now, won’t they at least get me a little of 20 million gold?’
But right then .
In the pile of ore, that was being picked by Ian, a white light suddenly began to escape from the cracks .
And Ian looked closer to it .
‘This is it! just like Han had said, a high-grade mineral stone has a special light in them…’
Ian picked up his axe and started to carefully pick it .
And at last, the source of white light was finally revealed .
“Oh my… this is so beautiful…!”
Ian dropped the pickaxe he was holding and took out a small-sized mining equipment .
It was like an item that looked like half of a pickle and a shovel .
‘Well is it the time, for me to finally use this?’
Mithril pickaxe, the mining equipment that Han had lent to Ian before returning to his break .
Within two days, the affinity of Han with Ian was to the extent of lending him a precious mining equipment .
Ian carefully picked up the equipment and began to shave off the surrounding mud around the mineral .
Shak- Shak-!
Along with the uncomfortable movements, the ore began to shatter .
[Due to lack of finesse, the durability of the ore is damaged by 5!]
[Due to lack of finesse, the durability of the ore is damaged by 7!]
[The durability is less than 80%, hence the grade dropped one level . ]
[The durability of ore is less than 70%, hence the grade dropped another level . ]
After more than thirty minutes, Ian succeeded in mining it out .
[You have successfully mined out the mineral!]
[Insufficient finesse has damaged the minerals . ]
[Intermediate grade magic stones obtained . ]
“This… this…”
When Ian saw the messages that were emerging, he had a blank expression .
Due to the absence of the mining skills of Ian, a huge disaster had happened .
Kaka came over and watched the message from Ian’s side .
“You just took a highest grade stone and then made it drop two levels to an intermediate level… Master just had the chance to receive at least 10 million gold . ”
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“This is really… you have the finesse of a monster, my Master . ”
While Kaka was beside him trash talking, Ian just couldn’t get himself to talk .
‘I just want to cut off my hands…’
Even Ian was starting to resent himself .
If two grades fell off due to the mining, then it would have been the highest grade of stone, as Kaka just said .
“Haa…”
Ian, who had been standing there with a blank expression, soon recovered the mining equipment .
“What is it, master?”
“Let’s just stop and go . ”
“We still haven’t got 100 low-grade stones, master . ”
“No matter what, I don’t think this will do . ”
“If you think so . ”
“I have been betrayed…”
Ian who was wounded stepped out of the mine .
Even then, that didn’t mean that he was disappointed in the mine .
‘Now I know what a mining system means . It’s a huge amounted capital, needing a lot of money… and when it works properly, it is a jackpot!’
The gold that Ian had invested so far in the mine was about 30 million gold .
However, looking at the system, as the mine level rose, the need for gold rises exponentially .
‘Once I get the money that is in the manor, I’ll take the mines till the third level . If it takes about 230 million gold… will I end up with all the slaves in the ministry? I don’t have the gold to raise the level to the 4th…’
Ian started to make plans .
Ian was not agitated, even though thinking of a whopping 230 million gold .
This was because he was all prepared for it .
‘It all depends on my ability, but just assuming that I’m hiring a higher grade… Ghor mined around 100 minerals a day . ’
Ian began to look at all the possible variables, including the per miner and the slaves that would be available .
‘The maximum number of slaves I can hire at level three is around 20… need to think about it…’
As he was in these thoughts, the entrance of the mine could be seen .
And soon he was out of the mine with calculation in his head .
“Nice . Even though I got only a minimum…we can probably break-even in a month or so!”
Kaka was puzzled while looking at Ian making a fist and mumbling .
“My Master just blew up a high-grade stone, and now he turned weird…!”
Ian didn’t care about the words from Kaka but just opened the portal using the Dimensional Beads .
‘I need to do all the settings of the mine, and then go to that ‘forgotten soul’ place . And need to find a Balrog… and maybe try to mine a weird mineral from it?”
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Ian directly headed over to the Lotus Manor through his portal .
The plan was set up, and all he had to do was keep himself busy .
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But then .
Ian heard a familiar voice .
“Uh, Ian Hyung?”
And turning his head, he saw two familiar faces .
It was Hoonie and Canoel .
“Oh, what are you guys doing here?”
“Canoel Hyung had something to do in the Summoners Valley, and I just tagged along for a while . Hyung, are you coming back from the hell-like place?”
Ian was a bit puzzled .
“Hell-like place?”
“That place . Was it the Maurya Empire? It was a place you took me, which got me scared . ”
Hoonie thought that Ian could open the portal only to the Maurya Empire .
Ian who understood Hoonie’s words laughed .
“Ah, no . I am coming from Devildom . ”
And with that last word, Hoonie’s eyes grew bigger .
“What, what? The Devildom?”
“Huh . I opened the portal and came back . ”
“You can open it anywhere?”
Ian answered by shaking his head,
“No, not like that . Only to places that I’ve been to once . ”
“Huh…”
Hoonie was surprised at this while Ian just yawned .
Well, he was in the mine for over a day searching for minerals .
Hoonie held Ian’s hands and shouted .
“Hyung! Hyung you’re the only one I have!”
And seeing this Ian’s yawn stopped midway and turned to fluster .
“This, why this again? Yah, Noel-ah . Why is this guy being like this?”
At the question, Canoel just laughed and shook his head .