"Are there any rumors of treasures or minerals in the Dark Mountains?"

On the way to the place where the turquoise dragon shadow landed, Duke took the time to ask Lenia about rumors about the Dark Mountains.

However, Lenia said that in all the years since she moved to the Stronghold of the North, no one had ever heard of the existence of unusual treasures in the Dark Mountains, nor had she ever heard anyone say that the Dark Mountains were rich in minerals.

Of course, there are reasons why ordinary people don't get close to that side, but the chance of a peerless treasure is still too small.

Duke was a little disappointed after hearing this, he saw that the little dragon shadow made such a big noise, at least there should be some traces of peerless treasures.

However, the reality is certainly not as rosy as it could be.

"My lord, it's just ahead!"

The surprise of the soldiers came from dozens of meters away, which made Duke suppress the disappointment in his heart slightly.

He rode his horse at an accelerated pace for a short distance, then turned over and dismounted.

Because it landed on a half-high mountain, it was not easy for horses to climb, so he had to come down and go up on foot.

Before he had reached the top, he saw a large round pit on the platform of the mountain, surrounded by mud and sand.

The soldier who arrived first reported to Duke with a strange expression, "This is the place where the dragon shadow fell just now, it smashed out of a deep pit and disappeared. ”

Duke frowned, for he didn't see any imagnum or metallic refraction right now.

All that was in front of me was a bare wasteland.

"Dig!"

With a wave of his hand, he told the soldiers around him to dig out of the center of the pit with their tools, hoping to find something of value beneath the earth.

The soldiers only dug for a moment before they noticed something unusual, a touch that was distinctly different from the sand and soil, and they felt that they had found what the lord was looking for.

"Your Excellency, Your Majesty, there's something here!"

Duke followed the prestige, and saw that the dirt dug up by the soldier had an unusual sheen in the sunlight.

And the pit beneath his feet revealed some crystalline objects.

With some excitement, he stepped forward and broke the crystalline object off, and found that its underground was full of such things, and there were countless of them.

But when he looked closely at what he was doing, he was very frustrated.

Because the crystalline object in his hand appears to be a crystal, but it is not clear, nor does it have pure color and luster.

On the contrary, it is somewhat gray, and although there is no variegation, it is opaque and unobtrusive.

In short, these crystals have no commercial value at all, and they have to be shipped out and sold for thousands of miles or even paid for them.

Click!

A crisp sound behind him caught Duke's attention, and then an abundant wind of magic blew towards him.

He felt a little refreshed, but also a little suspicious, and couldn't understand why the wind of magic was blowing so suddenly.

He turned around and saw Lenia crumbling in her hand.

"Lenia, what did you just do?"

Duke asked, a little confused, the crumbs on Lenia's hands giving him a strange sense of familiarity.

"Collar ...... Lord, these crystals actually contain magical powers!" Lenia showed the debris in her hand to Duke, raising a gust of dust.

Duke finally figured out what the gray crumbs on her hands were.

After being reminded by Lenia, he tried to use his spiritual power to establish a connection with it, and immediately felt the abundant magic contained in it.

He looked at the inconspicuous crystal he held in his hand with some disbelief.

According to the knowledge that Lenia gave him before, the crystals that originally stored energy in the world are called energy magic stones.

And the quantity is extremely rare, and each piece is worth a lot of money.

Therefore, many technologies that need to use energy magic stones have to face the threat of disappearing, or they need to be replaced by energy storage crystals that require artificial charging.

However, not everyone can afford to hire a mage to recharge them regularly, and the price is just as acceptable.

However, what is now spread under his feet like a cabbage that does not cost money is an ore that is very similar to the energy supply magic stone, but in the form of crystals.

While realizing that he had really picked up the treasure, Duke also felt a hint of danger.

He tore off a family badge pinned to his left chest, then handed it to the guard standing behind him and said, "You take my badge as a token and go back to the fortress camp to transfer two hundred more soldiers." ”

After the soldier had taken the badge and left, Duke ordered the remaining soldiers to continue digging.

He wanted to see if there was a large area around him that was full of these crystals, or if it was just a shallow part of it.

After a while, the guard who had gone to transfer troops just now rushed over with his men and horses.

Duke had the soldiers stand guard around the mountain, and sent several teams to search for any suspicious people in the vicinity, and if they found them, they were arrested on the spot.

In the end, it was the people he brought with him that he had brought with him in the first place, and he and Lenya were the only ones who knew the value of these crystals.

As the excavation continued, the crystals buried under the floating soil were gradually revealed, and these dim crystals could be seen everywhere in the large pit with a diameter of about 100 meters smashed by the dragon shadow.

After digging out the top layer of crystals, there is still a new layer of crystals underneath.

It's a whole rich vein of crystals!

Duke carried several large crystals in his arms as samples, and motioned for Lenia to accompany him back to the castle for discussion.

As for the soldiers, they remained here to keep watch, and the soldier with the token was temporarily in charge.

On the way back, the two didn't talk much, and apparently Lenia realized that something was wrong.

If this treasure hunt digs up a few boxes or even dozens of boxes of energy supply magic stones, then this is a perfect treasure hunt, and you can make a lot of money with this.

But in fact, it was more successful, digging up an entire vein, and it seems that the reserves are still very rich.

It is difficult to tell whether it is a blessing or a curse.

As a visitor to the Celestial Empire and a veteran reader of novels, he still understands the truth that Pifu is innocent and guilty.

A resource that was originally extremely scarce on the continent, you suddenly have an equivalent inexhaustible source.

In addition to attracting the envy of others, there are also the worries and greed of people with ulterior motives.

And there will be no shortage of such people, and the combined strength is strong enough to make Duke difficult to parry.

It can be said that as long as the news leaks, the Dukedom of the Northern Territory, which is now just improving, will not be able to keep this vein at all.

Thinking of this, Duke sighed softly.