In the blink of an eye, a whole day passed, and there was no news from Nelide.
Two whole days passed, and there was still no news from Nelide.
After three full days passed, there was still no news from Nairide, and Richard no longer had any hope in his heart.
In fact, this is also expected. Regarding the rarity of molybdenite, he was not exaggerating at all when he described it before. At least it is difficult to obtain in the whole of Florence, and it is not available in Sherlock.
It took him nearly a week to find it. If Nelide wanted to find it within half a week, in addition to hard work, she also needed some luck.
Luck is obviously not so easy to come by. Without any surprise, the opponent should not be able to find molybdenite.
In this case, he might have to find a solution in the underground black market or some irregular auctions. After all, molybdenite is a very important ore in his research, and it would be really difficult to deal with it without it.
Under the setting sun, Richard was pacing in the courtyard, thinking.
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In a blink of an eye, it was dark.
Nerid appeared on the outskirts of a mine more than ten miles outside Florentia. She hid her body under a tree and looked into the mine. The mine is very large, with a few oil lamps flickering and dim, and the atmosphere seems a bit gloomy.
Nerid was not afraid, she lowered her head, looked at a small bean-sized lead-gray ore in her hand, and pursed her lips. She is now 80% sure that what she found is also produced in the mine in front of her, and is the so-called gray moon stone. It seems that her sleepless efforts in the past three days have not been in vain.
So now, should she find a way to quietly take some ore from this mine back to Richard, or should she go directly back and tell Richard the location
Nelide thought seriously.
According to what Richard said, as long as she found the origin of the gray moon stone, she would have returned the favor. However, according to her inner thoughts, it was better to hand the ore directly into Richard's hands. She didn't want Richard to look down on her because she was a woman - as long as someone helped her, she would repay him twice as much.
It's just that the current mine seems to be laxly guarded on the surface, with not many people guarding it, but it gives her a very dangerous feeling. It may not be safe to sneak into it. After all, she is not very strong. Not to mention facing wizards, even facing an excessive number of well-trained ordinary guards, you may suffer a disadvantage.
So how to do it
Nelide frowned.
At this moment, the sound of carriages sounded outside the mine. Nellid lowered her body and looked over, and saw a motorcade heading towards the mining area in the night. There was a flying fish painted on the outer wall of the motorcade's carriages - this was Deep Blue Castle. symbols of.
Nylid couldn't help but guess: Could this mine belong to Deep Blue Castle? So if this convoy is coming now, is it preparing to move the gray moonstone from the mining area? In this case…
Thinking of this, Nelide clenched her hands...
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"Squeak, squeak, squeak..."
The convoy drove into the mine and slowly stopped.
Several supervisors from the mine came forward with smiling faces.
The carriage door at the front of the motorcade opened, and a young man stepped out, wearing a blue flying fish robe. He was a wizard apprentice from Deep Blue Castle.
Seeing the wizard apprentice, several ordinary supervisors were extremely respectful and said hello quickly. After a while of polite greetings, they led the wizard apprentice towards the side of the mine and entered a warehouse.
"Lord Crewe, you see, this warehouse is filled with this month's production." The supervisor opened a box and introduced, and saw light yellow stones inside. "These are all high-quality acid sulfur stones, among which are Some of the particularly high-quality ones can be used as spell materials by the masters of Deep Blue Castle."
After hearing the words, the wizard apprentice nodded and said: "Very good."
After that, his tone changed: "But the main purpose of my visit this time is not to see the acid sulfur stone - although the price of acid sulfur stone is not low, it can be found in many places.
I came here mainly because of the gray moonstone you mentioned before. This thing is very rare. It is used to release some plastic spells. It has an irreplaceable role and is extremely valuable. Many wizarding organizations will take possession of it all and digest it internally when they find it. They rarely sell it. At most, they circulate on the black market.
This time we discovered a mine that produced gray moonstone, and many teachers in Deep Blue Castle paid great attention to it. The purpose of my visit this time is to take back the gray moonstone you produced and test the quality of the gray moonstone for the teachers. If the quality is good, then maybe more people will be sent here to increase mining efforts. Do you understand? "
"Yes." The supervisor nodded quickly.
"Well, don't be nagging. Where is the gray moon stone? Take it out quickly. I don't have time to waste with you."
"It's right there." After listening to the words, the supervisor quickly pointed to the corner and explained, "Because it is too rare and difficult to mine, only one box has been mined so far, and they are all placed there."
The wizard apprentice looked in the direction pointed by the supervisor with a slightly cold expression: "Are you kidding me?!"
"How dare I?" the supervisor said hurriedly.
"What about the box?"
"Ah?" The supervisor was stunned and looked towards the corner. His eyes suddenly widened and he stayed on the spot. "It shouldn't be. I just checked it. It was there. Why is it missing..."
"Are you sure you were still here just now?" The wizard apprentice looked solemn.
"Sure."
"Then are you sure that your group of miners haven't moved?"
"They absolutely don't dare to move. If they dare to move, I'll beat them to death. These are all the wizards' things!"
"Then -" the wizard apprentice narrowed his eyes, looked around, and said quickly, "then it's simple. It seems that thieves have come into this mine."
"Thieves?!" the supervisor was shocked.
"Stop talking nonsense!" The wizard apprentice looked at the supervisor and shouted, "Gather everyone together and search for me. I must find the thief! He may be someone from other wizard organizations. We must not let the other party take the secret away. When you go out, you can’t take the Gray Moon Stone away!”
"Yes!" Under the cold gaze of the wizard apprentice, the supervisor did not dare to say anything. He ran out of the warehouse and shouted loudly. Soon, the entire mining area was boiling, and many guards appeared and began a rigorous search.
The wizard apprentice stood in the open space in the mine, paying attention to the situation in every area of the mine, ready to take action at any time.
Just like that, time passed by.
When the guards searched the abandoned ore pile in the mine, a figure suddenly rushed out, holding a large box, knocking the unresponsive guard to the ground, and ran towards the exit of the mine.
The wizard apprentice from Deep Blue Castle saw it and immediately prepared to take action, but unexpectedly, the figure running with the box suddenly turned his head, looked at him, and then spit out a blue-black seed from his mouth.
The seeds fell to the ground, grew rapidly, and turned into terrifying black vines that entangled everything around them.
The wizard's apprentice's expression changed. He didn't dare to be careless. He quickly cast a spell and used acid to corrode the vines. At this time, the figure holding the box had already arrived at the exit of the mining area. At the exit, the opponent spit out seeds again and used vines to wrap around the guard, and he was about to escape.
"Damn it!"
The wizard apprentice cursed, opened and closed his lips, condensed a black energy arrow at the end of his finger, and hit the opponent with all his strength.
The energy arrow was extremely fast and reached the back of the person holding the box in the blink of an eye. Then a white light flashed on the person holding the box, as if some magic item had been activated. After being hit by the energy arrow, his body swayed slightly and was barely affected. Affected, he continued to run forward, ran out of the exit in the blink of an eye, and disappeared into the night.
The wizard apprentice was so angry that he shouted loudly: "The thief can't run fast with his things in his hands. Chase him! Chase him!" After saying this, he led his men and chased him out of the mine, and it was a long night of tossing.
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