From Wild Mage to Wizard King.

Chapter 398 Mineral Lode
As Oulite ate the dessert left by Vanya, he watched her worry about the letter she was hired to investigate the committee.

Roland, who was far away in Apocalypse, had forgotten the news reported by Orlit years ago that Vanya might be a spy for Sinar.

He is just a fourth-ring spellcaster spy. Under the War Council's policy of restricting population movement, the truly critical and important information of the War Council is basically impossible to be exposed. The most that can be exposed are some one-sided and basic things, and once exposed, they are exposed.

Moreover, even if the strange mechanical technology is exposed, it actually doesn’t matter.

The policies currently implemented by the War Council are of a high technical level. Unless other countries can obtain a complete set of information from the War Council, or a time traveler like Roland appears with a lot of theories, even if they know it, other countries will not be able to do it and will not be able to catch up.

Other countries do not have the ability to achieve this because their technological level is not high.

Appointment bureaucracy, centralization of power, unified military system, universal military service, compulsory education, and universalization of supernatural powers.
These things seemed easy for the War Council to establish, but this was based on the fact that the entire Donnar order was flattened by the Green Tide.

Roland had the great prestige of having killed Kan'ozu and defeated the Green Tide, so he was able to freely write on the blank paper of the War Committee.

Moreover, Roland took advantage of the chaos to attack a large number of Donnar's conservative forces.

Only with administrative and military forces loyal to Roland could Roland implement his ideas thoroughly.

But can other countries do it? They can’t. They simply don’t have the ability to do so. So, even if it is exposed, they can’t copy it.

As for if they get angry and want to take action against the War Council, the Council's nearly one million troops are no pushovers.

Moreover, each province of the committee is led by a mid-level extraordinary person. Even if a spy like Vanya wants to cause trouble, he will be easily suppressed.

Therefore, Roland doesn't care much about spies or something like that, since they won't cause much impact anyway.

"Finally found the mithril mine."

Roland looked at the report from the Buffer Zone Construction Corps in his hand and nodded with satisfaction.

The chaotic elements deep in the buffer zone were the biggest obstacle restricting the Construction Corps from finding the mithril mines. Even though Roland had circled a rough location, due to a shortage of manpower, the Construction Corps could only send out a few exploration teams to search for the mithril mines.

These exploration teams overcame numerous difficulties and searched for nearly two years before they finally found the mithril veins buried deep underground in the chaotic elemental zone.

"Just like before, record it and store it in the file first?"

At the side, Hela asked calmly, holding a communication device.

Roland nodded slightly and said.

"Well, let's save it and record it first. However, this was discovered in the buffer zone after all, so it's too early to develop it now."

"clear."

Hela nodded and entered the information about the mithril vein in the buffer zone into the document about the mithril vein in the central database as File No. 3, and marked it with a note.

This was not the first mithril mine discovered by the War Council.
After Roland obtained a detailed map of the Dragon Spine Mountains from the Dwarf Library, the War Council's exploration of the Dragon Spine Mountains has been increasing rapidly.

Through the detailed map, the Dragon Spine Exploration Team has found two mithril mines marked on the map, one empty dwarf territory and two occupied by cave creatures. At the same time, the exploration team also redrawn a new map of the Dragon Spine Mountains and explored a large number of safe passages.

However, due to the small population of goblins and dwarves in the War Council, they cannot even fill the Silver Gate and the Gem Land, let alone the newly discovered dwarf territory. In addition to the dwarf territory, there are also a large number of Dragon Spine Caves in the Dragon Spine Mountains that need to be filled with population.

Therefore, although the exploration level of the Dragon's Back Mountains is constantly increasing, the committee really does not have the manpower to open up new lands. Therefore, the War Committee has now slowed down the exploration of the Dragon's Back Mountains.

As for the two mithril mines that were discovered, the War Committee did not reopen the mines, but chose to seal them up. It's not that they cannot be mined. As long as they are willing to invest money, the two mithril mines can still be reopened. At most, they can send two space spellcasters to open the space gate every day and that's it.

However, the War Committee is not short of high-end materials such as mithril.

By mining the dwarven treasure trove, the War Council now possesses ample reserves of mithril, which cannot be spent at all. Under this premise, there is really no need for the War Council to restart these mithril mines.

As for digging it out and selling it to Sinar, this kind of thing is naturally even more impossible. It is really stupid to sell strategic materials such as mithril for money.

While Hela was entering the information, Roland simply flipped through a few pages.

When Roland turned the page and took a quick glance at the news, he was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth, and said in surprise.

"And the Tears of the Moon Goddess?"

According to the intelligence of the Construction Corps, when the mithril vein was discovered, the exploration team also found a vein of Tears of the Moon Goddess buried deep underground, right on the mithril vein.

The Tears of the Moon Goddess are extremely precious and rare magical meteorites from outside the world. Most of the time, they can only be found in meteorite craters. However, according to later investigations, tens of millions of years ago, this world was attacked by a meteorite shower that lasted for tens of thousands of years. Therefore, a large number of Tears of the Moon Goddess are buried underground.

However, due to geological activities, the specific situation of these Tears of the Moon Goddess buried deep underground is difficult to analyze. Before the geological theory is established, if you want to dig out the Tears of the Moon Goddess from underground, you can basically only rely on luck.

Unfortunately, Roland was not interested in geological theory and had never read it before. Therefore, the discovery of the Tear of the Moon vein was a complete surprise to Roland.

Hela, who was standing by, also came over. She looked at the record about the Tears of the Moon Goddess and her eyes immediately became serious. She quickly checked the departments of the Construction Corps that had handled this report.

As a construction corps directly under the central command, the Buffer Zone Construction Corps has a relatively detached political and military status. It is not directly led by the administrative department or the military department, and can be considered a relatively detached organization.

In addition, the leader of the Construction Corps also knew the importance of the Tears of the Moon Goddess. Therefore, he used the mithril as an excuse and his power to submit reports directly to Roland, bypassing all the agencies and sending the report directly to Roland in a legal and reasonable manner.

Therefore, this report is known only to Roland and Hela.

According to the information in the report, except for the leader of the Construction Corps and the exploration team that discovered the Tears of the Moon Goddess, all the rest of the people were unaware of the existence of the Tears of the Moon Goddess. The most they knew was that a mithril vein had been discovered.

The leader of the Construction Corps is waiting for Roland's solution to the Tears of the Moon Goddess.

Roland tapped the table lightly, thinking about how to deal with this vein of Tear of the Moon Goddess.

No matter what, all the Tears of the Moon Goddess must be mined first and cannot be left in the buffer zone. The Tears of the Moon Goddess are indispensable, while Mithril can be replaced. Mithril can be not mined, but the Tears of the Moon Goddess must be mined first, even if it will delay the committee's plans.

The problem is that the mining of Tears of the Moon needs to be kept secret, so who should be sent to do it?
"Why not let Odin go?" Hela suggested as she looked at Roland who was thinking.

"Odin? It's not that she can't do it, but she's a knight and doesn't have the relevant experience and ability. She's not suitable to lead the mining of the Tears of the Moon Goddess. It would be better to find a spellcaster to go there."

Roland raised his head, thinking back to the abilities needed to mine the Tears of the Moon, and said.

“Given the buffer zone and the complexity of mining, we need to find someone who can handle all the difficulties.”

"Well, you have to be flexible and adaptable."

Hela tilted her head slightly and said.

After hearing what Hela said, Laura also added.

"Well, you also have to be smart, have a rich knowledge reserve, and know how to mine the Tears of the Moon Goddess."

"Having enough prestige to command spellcasters."

"Loyalty will not be betrayed for the sake of profit."

"Strong enough to fight against the elements of chaos."

“Experience in organization, preferably experience in coordinating supplies and personnel.”

"It would be best if you could learn some necromancy so that you can use the undead as labor and reduce the turnover of personnel."

"Well, it would be better if I could learn some space magic, so that it would be easier to keep secret and transport."

Roland and Hela exchanged words.

As the conditions were being discussed, the two of them reacted at the same time and looked at each other in silence.

If we follow these conditions, in the entire committee, only Roland and Hela meet these conditions. There is no need to say more about Roland, let's just talk about Hela.

In terms of prestige, as the leader of all spellcasters on the committee, Hela's prestige is also extremely high. In terms of knowledge reserves and abilities, Hela, who has been receiving Roland's teachings and experiencing a lot of practice from the North to now, is second only to Roland in this respect. In terms of loyalty, Hela is basically impossible to betray. She may betray the committee, but she will never betray Roland.

The two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

After laughing for a while, Hela volunteered and spoke.

"Let me go."

After the data network was fully implemented, Hela's assistant work became much easier. With the operation of the central server, Hela was able to organize and classify data much faster.

Moreover, as the War Council entered an era of peaceful development, Roland didn't have much to deal with. Even if Hela left, Roland would be fine alone. He could take on Hela's work as well, or find a new assistant.

Of course, Roland would most likely not look for a new assistant unless he had no other choice.

Roland nodded slightly at Hela's initiative and said.

"In that case, you will be responsible for the mining work."

Roland paused, looked at Hela who was in a good mood beside him, and gave her instructions.

"Hela, safety first. You can always find the Tears of the Moon Goddess if you lose them. Do you understand?"

"Know it."

"If you encounter any difficulties, please tell me immediately. The elemental environment in the buffer zone is not very good. Remember to take precautions. Although you are already a fifth-ring spellcaster, don't try to show off. Rest when you need to."

"Uh-huh."

Listening to Roland's chattering, Hela did not feel annoyed at all, but listened obediently with a smile.

The Tears of the Moon Goddess are indeed precious, but for the War Committee now, the Tears of the Moon Goddess are of little use. They can only be wasted and used as ordinary consumables. Even without the Tears of the Moon Goddess, the development of the War Committee will not stop. Therefore, although the Tears of the Moon Goddess are precious, they are just icing on the cake for the current committee.

At present, this world mainly regards the Tears of the Moon Goddess as a prop to enhance strength, or as a hidden spellcasting material. Usually the former is used to help extraordinary people skip the stage of magic growth and quickly reach the limit of the level, or as an aid for promotion and breakthrough, using the power of the Tears of the Moon Goddess to forcibly break through the level.

Most of the extraordinary people who got the Tears of the Moon Goddess did this, and they all tried to convert the Tears of the Moon Goddess into power.

However, this method is fine if used occasionally. If used too much, one will become addicted to magic and crave the Tears of the Moon Goddess or the magic power of other extraordinary beings madly. This kind of magic addiction is difficult to control even for mid-level extraordinary beings. Only high-level extraordinary beings can suppress this desire.

However, in this era, the output of Tears of the Moon Goddess is very limited, and most of them are in the hands of high-level extraordinary beings. Ordinary extraordinary beings, even mid-level extraordinary beings, cannot have so many Tears of the Moon Goddess to become addicted to magic. Therefore, not many people know about the harm of magic addiction caused by Tears of the Moon Goddess.

In the future, when the Tears of the Moon are discovered in large quantities, due to the existence of magic addiction, few people will use the Tears of the Moon as a simple consumable. Its main function is to forge legendary equipment or be widely used in the strange machinery industry.

The current level of technology in the committee's strange machines does not require such high-end materials as the Tears of the Moon Goddess. Therefore, even if it is mined, it can only be used as ordinary consumables or to forge legendary equipment.

Thinking of this, Roland glanced at the Crown of Domination on his finger. He thought he could spend some Tears of the Moon Goddess to recast it.

Um.
Roland couldn't think of any other use. Casting legendary equipment was not a simple matter. Even legends might not have legendary equipment. With Roland's skills, the most he could do was to cast some legendary embryos.

Then the remaining Tears of the Moon Goddess can be stored for future use, or used as consumables.

As for whether to store more or use it up first, Roland has not yet made a decision.

If the Tears of the Moon Goddess are stored, they may be able to solve the material problem in the future development of the strange machinery industry. If they are used as consumables, the committee may be able to cultivate a group of mid-to-high-level extraordinary people to enhance the mid-to-high-level combat capabilities of the War Committee.

Both options have their own advantages, and Roland is a little confused about the proportion.

(End of this chapter)