Chapter 554: Infinite Mine 3
Before entering the contaminated mine, Ian visited the magic shop that was in the spirit village and sold off all the attribute essences that he had.
The attribute essences that he got from breaking the dungeon weren’t that small, but it wasn’t enough to accumulate three hours’ worth of ti.
‘Uh, isn’t it a waste to use dium essences?’
The lowest essences gave 6 seconds.
The lesser ones gave around 42 seconds.
If a dium essence was placed, it would give 294 seconds.
That would be five minutes.
‘I have around 7 dium attribute essences… if I use them, then I can earn another 35 minutes at max.’
Ian checked the ti limit.
If he placed the lowest and the lesser essences in there, it would give him around 30 minutes. Even then, it still wasn’t enough to accumulate three hours’ worth of ti.
Far from the needed 3 hours, Ian could only accumulate 1 hour.
The quest would definitely fail.
Fortunately, 77 wasn’t the kind of guy who would give an impossible task.
“77!”
“Huh?”
“How can I place all of the attribute essences?”
Ian, who had been busy using dium quality essences, asked 77.
It seed like there was a way.
After a mont, 77 entered the control room without saying anything to Ian.
‘What is he going to do?’
A few seconds later, 77 ca out and gave sothing to Ian.
Tring-!
[Obtained the ‘Spirit Pickaxe’ item from P-77.]
“…?”
77 spoke to Ian as soon as the system ssage appeared.
“Ian, do you see the small cave out there?”
“Huh?”
“Go inside and mine there.”
“Mine?”
“Yeah. If you can enter there, you will be able to mine attribute essences.”
Ian looked at 77, then shifted his gaze toward the mine.
He felt a bit dissatisfied.
‘Is this bastard ordering around?’
After a while…
Tring-!
[You have entered the spirit mine A-12 zone.]
[You have entered the mine for the first ti.]
[For the next 12 hours, the mining’s success rate is increased by 15%.]
[For the next 12 hours, the chances of obtaining high-grade minerals have been increased.]
[Fa increased by 100,000.]
[Instant map.]
[This area is accessible only during the quest of ‘P-77 Request (Hidden)’.]
Ian, who found the reward and the buff, couldn’t help but be happy.
The dissatisfaction he felt toward 77 a while ago had disappeared.
* * *
“Uh, Chesk. Did you find anything on your end?”
“Yeah. The content that can be done right away is over.”
“I don’t get it. What kind of Middle-Earth content is this? Does the content end here?”
After Ian swept through the content, Ralph’s group arrived late to the spirit village and was completely filled with displeasure.
The Abyss Valley Quest which they had found after nurous trials had been snatched away, and it was impossible for them. When they proceeded to the next map, the sanctuary that ca after the valley was in a twist.
However, if they had any other quest, the situation would have been different.
‘I shouldn’t have given up on the expedition of the Underworld to co here.’
Ralph was grinding his teeth.
To be honest, even if he did go to the Underworld, there wasn’t great content there either.
They were going to be blocked at the Acheron river, so no further progress could be made.
However, if he went to the Underworld, the guild would get more support with its expansion.
There was no other party that could be as efficient as a guild party hunting.
‘I could have at least leveled up by an additional 6 transcendence…’
Ralph was in a bad mood as he sighed.
On the other hand, the other mbers of the party who had entered the Spirit Dinsion didn’t have expressions.
Ralph, whose head was filled with millions of thoughts, spoke to Chesk.
“By the way, Chesk.”
“Huh?”
“Inisco, why isn’t that guy coming?”
“Yeah. It has been quite a while. Maybe he found so kind of content?”
At those words from Chesk, the expression of Ralph beca nastier.
“Hmm.. he isn’t trying to take in the content all for himself, right?”
“Ah, there is no way…”
However, both the faces of Ralph and Chesk were filled with anxiety.
After a while, their anxiety was cleared because they saw Insico approaching the from the distance.
Ralph gulped.
Insico was the last person to co back after searching for quests.
If he ca back without any information, it was like coming back empty-handed.
As Insico got near them, Ralph, who was restless, asked him.
“Insico, have you found anything?”
The mont Ralph had asked, all the eyes of the party mbers turned toward Inisco.
Inisco’s mouth dried up.
“What? No one other than has found any content?”
“…!”
Everyone couldn’t help but feel shocked at what they heard from Insico.
It was like Insico was trying to tell them that he had found sothing.
“Don’t twist your words and tell what you’ve found out quickly, Insico. Did you find anything? Is that what you are trying to say?”
Insico nodded and responded, “Hyungs, we are a bit too stupid.”
“…?”
“What do you an?”
“The quests always start from the village.”
“…?”
At the words of Insico which seed to be endless, Ralph was rather puzzled.
He already talked with NPCs in the spirit village.
“Ah, this is frustrating. Tell us already!”
At the urging of Chesk, Insico smiled and spoke.
“You all rember the ‘Spirit Seal’ that was in the village, right?”
At the words of Insico, all the party mbers nodded their heads.
“I know. You are talking about the shabby building at the entrance of the village?”
“Right.”
All the party mbers looked at Inisco once again.
“Then, by any chance, has anyone of you went in?”
“…?”
All the party mbers shook their head with blank expressions, and Chesk who was shaking his head asked, “We couldn’t get inside… Were you able to enter?”
“You couldn’t go in, so why is it that no one can enter that place?”
“Hmm?”
“If we pay 500 asters, we could get in.”
At the words from Inisco, Ralph asked, “Aster? What is that?”
“I think it is so kind of currency in the Spirit dinsion.”
“How did you know that?”
“How d’you get it?”
Taking a mont, Inisco took out a small attribute essence from his hand and spoke again.
“Everybody will probably have this in their inventory. We can go over to the magic shop and then get so aster, kay?”
“Oh!”
Honestly, the idea of selling sothing at a store and getting the currency needed was sothing that anyone could think of.
The only reason why Inisco was able to be in the party was because he was the only summoner who could be contacted.
The shops in the spirit dinsion sold items that were only related to the spirit content, so the users of the other classes had nothing to buy there.
On the other hand, Inisco, like Ian, tried to purchase a skill book that was related to the spirit magic, and in the process, he was able to obtain information about the aster.
Inisco continued, “Sohow, I paid 500 aster and was able to get inside. And after clearing the first stage, I ca here.”
“The first stage?”
“Uh, yeah, the first stage has been cleared by , and I got these.”
Inisco proudly shared the item information in the party window.
-Lowest Enhancent Stone (Transcendence): Miscellaneous item
The party mbers who had checked the item information window were very surprised.
“…!”
None of them knew what it was and how it would work, but it was the very first ti for them to see such an item.
What Inisco said next surprised everyone even more.
“Once the 500 hundred aster has been paid, until one fails or decides to give up, the stages will continue.”
“Uh, this is interesting, right?”
“And since I am doing the content with you guys, I did exactly one stage and then got out of there.”
Chesk rubbed the hair of Inisco and exclaid in joy.
“Keu, you are indeed our junior!”
“Haha, right?”
However, Ralph wasn’t deceived by Inisco.
“Tell everything clearly and honestly.”
“What?”
“The first stage was hard to break, right?”
“What?”
“The first stage was too hard for you to break, so you ca to get us for the second stage?”
“…!”
“You needed the party’s help.”
“No, that isn’t it!”
At the keen insight of Ralph, Inisco could feel cold sweat dripping from his forehead.
* * *
Kang- Kang- Kang-!
Inside the dimly lit mine, a bleak sound of sothing breaking could be heard.
[You have successfully mined out minerals!]
[High mining technology maintains the grade of the minerals.]
[Obtained ‘Lesser Fire attribute Essence’ item.]
Each ti he saw the system ssage pop up, Ian couldn’t help but grin.
His ability and mining skills were entirely different from the ti when he first mined in the mines of Devildom.
He overca his lack of talent in mining with effort.
‘Keu, great! Before I get out of here, I need to rip this mine off.’
Ian was being greedy.
At least in the ga, he was greedier compared to anyone else.
That was why he had a ton of quests. He wanted to get as much reward as possible.
‘With an average of 10 seconds of mining, the lowest essence… and with 20 seconds, the lesser essence, the dium level is taking 40 seconds…’
Even while mining there, the mind of Ian wasn’t calm. His mind was constantly working.
‘If I dig like crazy without stopping, I will be able to keep a whole lot of minerals with even after accumulating enough ti for the ti limit.’
While using the lowest attribute essence, the quest ti would be increased by 6 seconds.
On the other hand, the mining ti was about 10 seconds, so he was going to lose around 4 seconds.
However, the lesser essence had a different story.
The lesser essence took around 14 to 15 seconds and would extend the ti limit by 42 seconds.
The dium essences could be mined from ti to ti. It could extend the duration of the ti limit for an additional 5 minutes.
Ian hadn’t mined a higher grade essence yet, but he was certain that it would add a lot of ti to the quest’s ti limit.
‘I’m going to try for the lesser and the dium attribute essences. I won’t be getting out of here until the discovery buff is over.’
Ian’s eyes were shining in the dark.
Ian picked up the axe and hit the ground…
[You have successfully mined the minerals!]
[Due to your high mining technology, mineral grade has been maintained.]
[You have obtained the ‘Higher Wind essence’ item.]
[You have mined an attribute essence of a higher grade for the first ti!]
[Transcendence experience has been increased by 300.]
[Fa has been increased by 50,000!]
Ian was filled with greed as he read the system ssages that appeared.
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