Birth Of The Crafts-God

Chapter 41 - 41: To Raid Or Not To

When Lucas began

Lucas wasn't disappointed by this strike as he had expected a similar result. The rocks were solid enough that even fourth level Green-Snout Metal moles had to take their time digging through them; otherwise these beasts might have found the Violent Sun ores long ago. If it weren't for the Grade 3 spear in his hands, Lucas might not even be able to make a mark on it.

However, the result of the strike spelt out a clear problem; his weakness.

If it were a second level or even first level Apertures Opening stage stellar practitioner, they would have been able to dig deeper with a Grade 3 vestige in their hands. Relying solely on his physical strength, which was even weaker than a true stellar practitioner, he would have to take more time digging through the rocks.

Lucas resumed bombarding the walls with attacks from the spear. He didn't bother to be careful with his actions as most of the moles were gone already, so Lucas didn't hold back in his strikes. It eventually took him quite sometime, but Lucas managed to successfully dig out a five metres deep hole, about the width of an adult's head.

From the hole, Lucas could see a special ore that glowed just like the Igrum steel ores, but instead of a red glow, the rocks were orange. Their temperature was also higher than that of the Igrum steel ores.

Although be already had a high resistance to heat, Lucas immediately wore his craftsman gloves before grabbing one of the ores. All of a sudden, a notification popped up in front of him

[[ Violent Sun ores collection rate: 2% ]]

A progress bar was displayed just below the line of text and Lucas understood right away. He used the spear to make the hole a bit wider before extracting as much ores as he could until the progress bar was filled. Even then, Lucas still emptied the hole before he stopped.

'Time to get out of here.'

There were occasional vibrations and muffled sounds Lucas heard while mining, and he surmised them to be from the battle outside. It was getting furious and while there was no risk posed to him at the moment, Lucas felt uncomfortable remaining behind for long.

Just as he was leaving, Lucas glanced at the Igrum steel ores left behind by the beasts. The sizes of the ores were very large after all, a beast at least two metres in height could mine and carry more than a palm-sized piece of rock. Every single ore weighed at least 100kg and was as big as a twelve year old or even more.

Seeing these mined ores just laying on the floor, Lucas couldn't help but feel pity that the ores would get cold and turn homeless. As such, he immediately stored them into his inventory. The system inventory was a mystical place that could store anything regardless of size, so even the hefty pieces of ore were no problem.

Lucas gathered all of them up in his inventory and didn't stop until he cleared the entire floor. Satisfied, he then ran towards the exit of the mine.

There was less than an hour left on his talismans, so Lucas had to get away quickly. Although the battle would serve as a suitable distraction, it was better to be safe.

When he arrived at the cavern from earlier, Lucas was surprised. The previous populated area was now sparse of Green-Snout Metal moles. The very few Lucas spotted, not numbering more than a couple dozen, were all dashing with gusto and fearsome appearances towards a certain tunnel, which was most likely the direction of the battle.

'The invader has to either be really strong or a group.' Lucas couldn't help but feel chilled.

It was like playing witness to a war of species. His past life was filled with chaos and he was quite familiar with such events, but being in the presence of one with his current weak state was very worrisome to Lucas. He decided to get away quickly lest he gets caught in the crossfire.

As Lucas took the first step out of the tunnel that led to the Igrum steel mine, he suddenly froze.

A crazy thought appeared in his mind and firmly took root, refusing to disperse.

Lucas glanced in the opposite direction of the tunnel, towards the part of the cavern that had the tunnels leading to the 'warehouses' of the moles.

A glint flashed through his eyes as the thought finally settled down and took shape. Lucas was ready to take a crazy gamble.