novelonline Chapter 2825 Slavin Mine
Chapter 2825 Slavin Mine
Chapter 2825 Slavin Mine
Xia De continued to look through the account book, and finally saw those very abrupt large amounts of income in the "income" item. The amount of each income was more than 5,000 crowns, which was more than 50,000 pounds even at the exchange rate of that year, and the income was described as "silver ore trading".
"Silver ore trading?"
Suspicious Shade frowned and thought for a while, then remembered what the witcher said a hundred years ago, that he discovered the demons here when he was tracking a mithril vein.
"So this is how the Hoy family got rich. This is reasonable, at least more reasonable than making money by exploiting loggers. But the Hoy family is just an ordinary family. Where did they find the sales channels? It's probably the work of that devil."
The location of the mithril vein was also recorded in the account book, because it showed the monthly expenditures on the "Slavin Mine".
Of course, Shade didn't know where the mine was, but it was marked on the map sold by the hermits. Shade checked and found a mark of "Abandoned Mine - Slavin Mine" in the dense forest. The location there was very far from the stone cave where the treasure was hidden, because it was in the west of the city, so Shade first turned all the gold into toys and then went home directly.
It was almost lunch time when he got home. Shade went to find Vanessa first. The witch of the earth gave Shade an alchemical tool that could be used to detect mithril ore, which would facilitate his actions in the afternoon:
"But didn't you ask me to help you find the mineral vein when we get to Vista Forest? If there really is enough mithril, everyone will be very happy."
The beautiful golden eyes looked at Xia De with a questioning look:
"Shad, you had a party at home last night, why didn't you invite me?"
"What party?"
Xia De asked the beautiful blonde opera singer in confusion, and then he thought about what happened at home last night and understood:
"Who told you this?"
"Humph, of course it's Carina, who else could it be? Don't be in a hurry to leave, do you want to have lunch with us? Sirius is already arranging lunch, you can't leave now that you're here."
Vanessa certainly didn't just want to keep Shad for lunch. After lunch, she said that she and Dorothy had recently conceived a new script, so she invited Shad to her room to watch it. They watched until 2:30 in the afternoon. When Shad was getting dressed and preparing to leave, the lazy blonde lady who was lying on the bed and refused to move smiled and commented:
"Look, even if Carina didn't call me, I could have called you here myself. Shade, you're amazing. I thought they had already fucked you last night."
The second half of the sentence was obviously flirting with Xia De, who said while buttoning his shirt:
"Vanessa, if I didn't have something else to do this afternoon, you wouldn't be able to do anything this afternoon just based on what you said."
"Is it so fierce?"
The witch with a blush on her face smiled ambiguously, then bit her lip and asked:
"Then can I come to your house again tonight?"
After returning to the woods, Shade went to the city to greet the ladies first, and then heard from Miss Bell that the Slavin Mine was abandoned only a hundred years ago. The silver vein there was exhausted, but it was not a very rich mine before it was exhausted.
It was not difficult to find the Slavin Mine. In the days of Creekwood Town, it was deep in the forest, but in today's Vista City, it was not far from the western edge of the city.
After the mine was abandoned, the city hall filled in the entrance of the mine for safety reasons and blocked it with large rocks. Because of concerns about the ground collapse in the mining area, the city hall placed warning signs nearby to keep people away.
Of course, Xia De didn't care about the warning, but in the process of looking for the entrance to the mine, he first saw the abandoned miners' camp. After the mine was abandoned, the forest gradually merged with the buildings that had not been demolished and the things left by the miners. However, before Xia De had time to appreciate the scenery here in the bleak late autumn, he saw a familiar figure in the camp walking out from behind the house.
"Professor Yuk Wood?"
The old folklore professor who met Shade at a charity auction and recommended him to buy "Riverwood Town and the World Tree" was holding a notebook, as if recording something. He was very old, so he also held a cane in his hand to prevent himself from falling in the overgrown camp.
Hearing Xia De's voice, he looked up at him. He was startled at first, then smiled and walked over to him. The two of them stood in the weeds in the middle of the camp and talked. The fallen leaves in autumn had covered the ground. After a few heavy rains, the leaves rotted and were absorbed by the soil, but the weeds were still lush before the arrival of winter. After a heavy snow, they would disappear.
"Mr. Watson, what a coincidence! Are you here to investigate the Slavin Mine as well?"
He took the initiative to introduce without waiting for Xia De to ask:
"Riverwood is a town of lumberjacks. The second most common occupation is hunters. Miners are rare here. Most of the workers who developed the Slavin Mine were outsiders. Therefore, these miners have formed some very unique cultural phenomena, which is different from miners in other regions."
He worked at Vista University, a school that was mediocre as was the folklore major he was involved in. Therefore, Professor Wood focused on local folklore research, which made it easier to apply for funding from the city hall.
"Is that so? Professor, I heard some local legends about this mine. It is said that someone once dug a road leading to the so-called 'underground world' deep in this mine. I want to investigate it."
Xia De also explained his purpose. Of course, the excuse was made up, so the old professor immediately shook his head:
"I've heard too many legends about the underground world. I don't know where such urban legends come from. I can guarantee that this is definitely not true. But don't you know? The entrance to the mine is now completely sealed. You can't get in there at all."
After speaking, he added:
"But speaking of which, I have seen some information. Before the mine was abandoned, there were indeed some strange accidents. But the official said that when the miners were digging underground, they encountered an unknown hallucinogenic gas that seeped out from the cracks in the ground.
I don’t know who discovered the method at first, but as long as you put a green leaf in front of your eyes, you will soon be immune to the effects of the hallucinogenic gas. But soon this method became useless, so the mine was closed not only because of the depletion of the mineral veins, but also because of the continuous occurrence of production safety accidents. "
Xia De had never heard of this saying:
"We found hallucinogenic gas while mining. Have you ever been in a mine?"
The professor immediately shook his head:
"Of course not. Although I am quite old, I am not as exaggerated as a hundred years old. The Slavin Mine was already like this when I was born. It is said that when it was prosperous, it could almost be regarded as a small village. However, minerals are not like fruits on big trees. The latter will always reappear with the passage of time, but the former will be gone once they are mined."
However, even though he said this, he still told Xia De the specific location of the entrance to the mine, allowing Xia De to go and take a look, but not to expect to gain anything.
The mining area was not far from the miners' camp, but now it is no longer visible. Without human interference, the forest and nature can easily return to their original state.
After Shad found the large rock blocking the entrance in this desolate dead forest, he first used "Strong Spatial Perception" to determine the size of the space behind the rock, and then used "Raglai's Jump" directly to enter the mine.
There was no oxygen in the completely closed mine, but this was not a big problem for Shade. The mine tunnels were as complicated as a maze, so Shade chose to go along the main mine tunnel to the deepest part.
A hundred years have passed quickly, and many tunnels inside the mine have collapsed, so it is necessary to use Raglai's jump or turn fossils into mud from time to time during the journey.
The alchemical tool Vanessa gave Shade was not specifically used to detect mithril ore. The palm-sized compass could theoretically be used to detect any metal vein. All you had to do was grind some purified metal into a diamond shape and place it in the center of the compass, and the compass would be able to detect the corresponding ore.
After the Green Lake incident, in order to thank the "Godcaller" for his help, the church not only gave Shade the "Star Trace" longbow, but also gave him a lot of rare metals. Shade still had some mithril left, so he could also use this compass.
As he walked in the darkness, he watched the compass needles spinning irregularly. As he went deeper into the mining area, in addition to encountering a few miners' ghosts, the compass needle actually gradually swayed in a smaller range until it finally clearly pointed out the direction:
"really have?"
Mithril is an important strategic material, and no matter how much Shad there is, it is not too much. Top-level alchemical tools and weapons often require the participation of mithril. Even a piece of ordinary metal mixed with mithril is enough to directly affect spirits that are completely immune to physical damage.
Therefore, if a mithril vein that has not yet been exhausted can be discovered, its value will be much greater than Shad's gold mine shares in the Randall River Valley.
With anticipation, Shade walked faster towards the depths of the mine. During this time, more and more collapsed areas appeared, but this did not stop him. Finally, he came to the deepest part of the mine, and the pointer still pointed forward:
"It is indeed an undiscovered ore. If people knew that there were ores deeper down, this place would not have been abandoned."
The efficiency of the spell "Fossil to Mud" was too slow, and Shade was naturally unwilling to mine by himself. So he switched to the "Witch Light of Feliana", which consumed more energy but was also faster, and continued to dig deeper into the ground according to the guidance of the compass.
After digging about a hundred meters diagonally downward, there was a sound of gravel falling to the ground, and then Xia De found that he had actually dug a large underground cavity.