Global Mining.

Chapter 46 Treasure Hunter
While Sariel was enjoying the worship and cheers from the whole city, the announcement of Spring's escape was like a big pile of rat droppings that ruined the festive atmosphere! It was indescribably disgusting to see my name and his name listed up and down on the announcement.

The announcement was reported by a treasure hunter. There happened to be a gathering of treasure hunters in the Silver Sea, which instantly touched Sariel's sensitive nerves!

Sariel looked at the Black Iron Flower Favna, whose face was obviously wrong. His doubts in his heart became even more serious, so he stepped forward and asked directly: "Ms. Fafna, you have the right to handle the exile. You are responsible for the exile of this escapee." Right?"

Favna almost gritted her teeth: "Yes! He is really a superficial and ignorant waste. I hope this stupid escape can be stopped in time without causing catastrophic consequences."

Superficial and ignorant trash? With so many derogatory words in one sentence, this low evaluation is quite rare. But players who have access to the level of City Flower cannot be truly incompetent.

Sariel wanted to continue asking, but seeing that she was in a bad mood, he could only comfort him: "I'm sorry, I made the lady angry by asking questions that I shouldn't have asked..."

"Sir, don't get me wrong, it's this waste that makes me angry..."

At this moment, the butler announced: "Sir, the phone number of the Godly Financial Group."

Sariel chuckled: "Do you have any thoughts after seeing me get the whale? But there is no way I can give it back to him."

So he answered the phone with great interest: "Mr. Kamae?"

The young master said respectfully: "First of all, congratulations, sir, on your glorious victory. I'm here to report on the investigation. Various signs indicate that the disappearance of this whale is related to this spring."

Sariel's heart sank: "What's the sign?"

"This spring, the entire open beta will not be stationed at any regular mission points... On the first day of the game, we took a secret passage through the sewers to leave the city. It is suspected that the nobles and dancers were involved in the smuggling of sperm whale spices..."

Sariel's brows twitched: "So, there is something wrong with this whale?"

"Don't get me wrong, sir. It's only natural for you to get the whale. I'm just reminding you of some details."

Sariel smiled: "Thanks for the reminder, I will pay attention."

"Sorry to bother you, sir."

After ending the phone call, Sariel asked the butler: "What does he mean?"

The butler said without thinking: "It sounds like he is trying to distance himself from the whale and deny the harm to the adults. But what he said makes sense. In fact, the safest way is to read the whale's memory data."

Sariel frowned: "Is it the development of mind reading? This is the ability of Gabriel and high-level nightmare demons, but Gabriel is still early. My privilege value is not enough, and it is not enough to mobilize high-level nightmares."

The butler said: "Actually, I don't recommend that you spend your precious privileges on this for the time being. Just like sir, you never care about the loyalty of company employees, as long as you can work and maintain it."

Sariel snorted: "Actually, I still care."

……

After ending the phone call with Sariel, the young master before God collapsed on the sofa with mixed feelings.

Although I was mentally prepared for the whale to disappear, it was still indescribably uncomfortable to see the whale being captured. The only thing that can be done is to push this Dachun out as a scapegoat to clear up the relationship. At the same time, he also wants to use the privilege of the second person to investigate what is going on.

Of course, just by intuition, this Dachun is the biggest suspect. But if it was really Dachun who did it, it would be too terrifying to understand. How could he, an ordinary player, do it?

Or is this Dachun himself a front desk, and his task is to attract attention by making various trigger announcements, thus covering his real team behind the scenes? But the entire Black Iron City has been closely monitored with 300 leveling mission locations since the public beta. Who will be his team? Or maybe they left the city early from the sewers and found a secret mission leveling location...

At this moment, the water prison team had another sudden change: "The crystal bat killed too many people, and it has been upgraded and mutated!"

The young master is confused! It would have been so miserable without the mutation. They could only rely on giving away people constantly to buy time for other teams to dig the collapsed tunnel. Now that they have mutated, they won't give them any chance at all?

But some team members reminded: "Young Master, it is a good thing to be able to mutate! This will trigger the strong men of the Adventurer Association to come down and kill, so we simply don't dig tunnels, and concentrate all our manpower to continue giving away heads to the bats. , while continuing to mutate it, while consuming the bat’s physical strength until a strong one appears.”

Only then did the young master come back to his senses: "Then let's do it!"

But spending such a high price just to let the strong NPC pick it up makes the young master very unhappy. In this case, it's better to find an NPC with whom you have some connections and give him a favor.

The young master said: "Utakamaru Noto, please continue to find Count Ramil Khan and tell him that we found a mutated bat in the water cell at the bottom of the prison and ask him to send someone to kill it."

Udakamaru was in a dilemma: "Young Master, it must be difficult for me and the Count to have an unpleasant meeting."

The young master risked his life: "Just say that there is a magic stone in the water prison! Let him hire a professional treasure hunter. I want to know how powerful this count is."

Utakamaru said: "Young Master, I think the magic stone mutated bat alone may not be successful. This count seems to have some ideas about the origin of spices after attending Baron Fatty's spice banquet."

The young master frowned: "Do you mean to reveal the information about Spice Island to him?"

"Yes!"

The young master was also helpless: "Then reveal it, and we must try our best to impress him."

It’s really difficult to do things without receiving the big gift package and losing the lead. Fortunately, my strategy does not completely rely on gift packages.

"Satakamaru Saito! Report on the progress of your warrior group."

"Reporting to the young master, the North Regiment has successfully arrived at the Beicun Fishing Port and is preparing to attack the Murloc Tribe when it reaches level 25. The West Regiment encounters ogres blocking the road and it is very difficult. Fortunately, the caravan NPC in the Western Fortress comes every 5 hours. He will pass by and help us clear the field once. The southern regiment is trapped in the southern canyon by the Goblin army, but we have the advantage of terrain defense..."

The young master was very pleased: "Progress steadily as planned! We must capture these three villages!"

"understand!"

……

It’s 4 a.m. on April 3, 3 p.m. in the game world.

Dachun rowed all the way, draining all his stamina potions and finding time to eat and drink. Finally, what was supposed to happen arrived—a system notification: Congratulations! With exceptional wisdom, blessed by good fortune, and aided by the Sea Spirit, you persevered despite the weakening of the plague. Your boatmanship skill has been advanced by one level, earning you achievement rewards: +1 Carrying Weight, +1 Stamina, and an additional +1 Spirit. You've also received the "Three-Day Newcomer Special Blessing" achievement: +1 Wisdom. ...

After upgrading to Advanced, the ship speed increases again. But the proficiency level no longer increases. This public beta master said that it is obviously the boat that limits the growth of skills.

Dachun turned back to look at the treasure hunt ship. His vision was blurred and he couldn't see clearly. The radar was not that far away, so it was probably thrown away.

But Dachun did not dare to take it lightly. It was obviously abnormal for the other party to chase a small boat for almost three hours. Even if he hadn't discovered the magic gold, he would have thought he had discovered a treasure when he saw his amazing "boat technique". Would he give up so easily?
Finally, Plague Island was in sight, and Dachun suddenly found it very pleasing to the eye. He never expected that it would become a safe haven.

But treasure hunters are the kind who don't care about their lives. Is it really safe? Is it possible that the other party thinks that since a newbie like me can get in and out of Plague Island and row quickly, Plague Island is not as scary as the legend says?
The thought of this possibility made Dachun uneasy: "Ailian, do you think this treasure ship will quietly land when I'm not paying attention?"

Ailian was stunned. "You mean, they'll doubt Plague Island's reputation? That would be great, wouldn't it? You can hide in the mines. My radar is even more effective in narrow places like that. They definitely won't be able to do anything to you. You'll either die of poisoning or plague. And you'll just pick up a big ship. Maybe there's treasure on it."

It’s worthy of being an evil spirit!
Dachun also took the risk: "Alright! Since they dare to go up, then go ahead."

Return to the dock, tie up the boat, and retrieve the Sea Soul. Four progress bars will appear:

——System prompt: Uninstalling Sea Soul Recycling, please wait.

Oh shit, I still have to wait to uninstall?

Well, even summoning a pet and retrieving it takes time.

Fortunately, the boat was not big and it took only a few seconds to recover it.

Then I saw that the water and food that had been covered with the broken box were still there.

Honestly, Dachun would rather hope that the food suddenly disappeared, eaten by an unknown entity. A world truly empty of people would be indescribably painful.

After taking away some food and water, Dachun returned to the blacksmith shop on the street. Although he had no time to practice forging during the public beta, he was a frequent visitor to the blacksmith shop as he often repaired hoes and knew how to use all kinds of tools and molds.

After cleaning and preparing the general situation, light the charcoal fire and the fire will be blazing.

Dachun told Ailian: "I'm going to smelt the magic gold. I can't see clearly. Please keep an eye on it for me."

Ailian was obviously in high spirits: "If it doesn't work, I'll do it!"

Well, I have to admit that gold has a magical effect on women! Not to mention it's magic gold. But it's a bit of a waste for a newbie to practice with, so it's better to save a couple of gold nuggets for when you've mastered some skills.

As the gold grains melted into a ball on the mold, the coming moment came:
——System prompt: Congratulations! You have smelted ultra-rare magic gold and successfully mastered the first level of elementary forging. You have achieved: Carrying capacity +1, Stamina +1, and an additional Spirit +1.

As the smelting progresses, the proficiency level soars and the skills jump rapidly:
——System prompt: Congratulations! ...You have mastered the 6th level of elementary forging...

—System prompt: Congratulations! ...You have mastered Intermediate Blacksmithing Level 1...Spirit +1.

——System prompt: Congratulations! ...You have mastered the Intermediate Blacksmithing Technique Level 2...

……

Holy shit, this is Magic Gold! This upgrade is second only to jumping directly from Intermediate to Expert while running!

——System prompt: Magic financialization is completed!

Once melted, pour the molten gold into another cooling mold, and clamp the mold into a basin of water to cool it.

After cooling, pour out a small gold nugget, and then start hammering it with a small hammer. This is the huge advantage of gold, which is soft and plastic and suitable for beginners to practice.

As his proficiency soared again, something that looked neither like a ring nor a circle was completed.

——System prompt: You forged an item that cannot be equipped. Forging failed. Your forging proficiency has been greatly improved.

Dachun checked the item properties: spell attack +30, mana +30, weight 3.

Even though it can't be equipped, it can be thrown! A mining pick only has 10 physical attack points, and this tiny bit of magic gold is 30. This is just a failed practice for a novice!
If it's an entire magic gold mine... then a world war must be launched!

In short, melt it and start again.

The melting process increases my proficiency again, and after repeating it once, I reach Intermediate Forging Level 10! This momentum is unstoppable!

There is no suspense, what is coming comes easily:

System prompt: Congratulations! You are exceptionally intelligent and blessed with good fortune. Despite the weakness of the epidemic, you persevered in forging rare magic gold. Your Blacksmithing skill has advanced to Advanced Level 1, earning you achievement rewards: Carrying Weight +1, Stamina +1, and an additional Spirit +1. You have also received the "Three-Day Newcomer Special Blessing" achievement: Wisdom +1.

It’s so easy, maybe it won’t be a problem to become an expert?
Advanced Level 2!
Advanced Level 3...

Just as Dachun was enjoying himself, the strange noises of a flock of crows were heard on the street.

Dachun was suddenly startled. The clanging noise I made in the blacksmith shop didn't even alarm the crows!
Ailian immediately turned on the sonic radar, and under the infrared perspective, a tall and round human figure like a mecha appeared at the dock, with a large jar behind him!

This is clearly a fully enclosed, pressure-resistant steel diving suit for deep diving?
Holy shit! He's using this to land on an island to prevent plague! Why doesn't he go to the moon? But this thing is heavier than the heaviest heavy armor. How powerful a master would have to be to hunt me wearing it? Then hunt me in the mines. I'll find a pit and bury the gold. See how good a treasure hunter you are and find it before the air runs out!

Just as Dachun was grabbing the gold and preparing to run away, Ailian noticed something strange again: "It's in the blacksmith shop! On the windowsill!"

Dachun suddenly discovered a vague little shadow on the radar, and swung his tongs in surprise.

The little shadowy figure quickly jumped down, and a voice came from outside the wall: "Don't be nervous, let's talk!"

It can talk. Could this be the legendary treasure-hunting pet every Thieves Guild member possesses? It's like a robot dog with a remote-controlled camera, and this one can even turn invisible. Is this the ultimate treasure hunter?

(End of this chapter)