Master Ike gave a brief overview of the state of the icefield minerals and paused. 「」

Lin Anxin knew that although he hadn't heard much about these secrets before entering the ice field, he knew from the appearance of several mages present that as long as they had been stationed on the northern front for a period of time, it would not be difficult to find out.

This is also an "open secret", so Ike and the others are not hesitant to let her know, but the deeper secrets, especially the parts closely related to the minerals of Grant Fortress, will probably need to wait until the mutual trust is deeper.

The three of Pete waited for Lin An's reply.

Lin An groaned on his face, and only said after a while: "...... Is there anyone else who has taken on the same task as me but me? ”

No matter how small a mine is, it is impossible to send only one of her high-level apprentices to garrison it, if it is a simple ordinary iron ore, it may still be possible, but since it is a mine that produces blue iron essence, it is even more impossible to send only a mage like her, who is not yet trusted.

For Lin An not to ask about the content of the task in detail, but to ask about the situation of the task participants, the three of Pete seemed a little surprised, after all, if they were faced with such a sudden mission requirement, most of them would carefully inquire about the specific content of the task to deduce the danger.

"If there is no accident, among the four people present, except for Mage Pete who will stay in the fortress, Mage Ike and I will all go to the mining area with Your Excellency," Master Kalinda winked at Lin An and smiled, "When the time comes, I will ask the two men to take care of it!" ”

"Take care of one another." "Master Ike said gently.

Lin An looked puzzled, and Mu Ran nodded.

"In addition to a few, after a while, the fortress will send three mages to the mining area, plus the four mages who were originally stationed in the mining area. There are 10 people in total...... The mines were always calm, but they needed to be manned to prevent slaves and miners from rioting below - on the whole, the danger was not great, and it was fairly idle. ”

Mage Pete, who had been silent, spoke up, "During this time, there is no need to undertake other daily tasks......

He noticed that Lin An frowned slightly, and said,

"Of course, if Master Lynn needs it. You can also continue to undertake daily tasks, and the remuneration will be increased by 30% on the original basis. I can send someone to bring the required materials - but it should be noted that once you enter the mine, you can't go in and out without permission, because the production of the mine is confidential. ”

Lin An's brows relaxed. "" nodded slightly.

She said slowly: "So, except for being boring and cold. Aside from the difficulty of communicating with the outside world, this task did not have much disadvantage for me - "I guess they also took a fancy to this and wanted to convince her to take on this task."

Lin Anxin really became a little interested in this task.

The demon's tracking has always been a dark cloud over her heart, and if it is really as the three of them said, then the fortress is larger than the target. The mine is a safer place for her.

However, why she was suddenly allowed to enter the mining area as a strange mage, Lin Anxin was always a little puzzled.

After weighing it in my heart for a while, I feel that even if there is an inside story. The danger will never be greater than the potential crisis brought by that demon clan, Lin An pretended to groan. After a while, he said:

"So the reward for this task, can you let me see it first?"

Seeing that Lin An still didn't let go, the three mages looked at each other, and Master Pete frowned even more slightly, before he handed over a thick paper scroll, his movements were quite casual, and he didn't seem to value the content on it, and he didn't think that the things on it could impress Lin An.

Lin An took the paper scroll, unfolded it, skimmed the contents on it with ten lines at a glance, and pursed his lips lightly. 「」

"It's a bit less, but it's a convention that has been in place for a long time, so ......," Venerable Kalinda explained with some relief.

Hearing this, Lin An's eyes flashed with a different color, and he gently stroked his chin.

"The pay is indeed meager, but ......," she paused for a moment, and said slowly, "I took this task." ”

Then she received the surprised glances of the three, and Mage Pete looked at her thoughtfully.

"In fact, if the pay had been more generous this time, I wouldn't have taken on this task." Mages pay attention to equivalent exchange, and the generous remuneration means the danger of proportionality.

Master Kalinda let out an "ah", as if she understood a little.

Master Ike recalled Lin An's previous questions, and was a little abrupt:

It seems that Lin An didn't ask about the danger of the mission, but the other participants in the mission, as well as the amount of compensation, in fact, he has already determined the danger inside, but the method is too roundabout, and his appearance is wooden and rigid, so people have never guessed his purpose.

Lin An curled the corners of his mouth, his face was a little vivid with a rare smile, and he nodded lightly to the three of them. 「」

"I'm sorry, but the mission came suddenly, and I had to be extra cautious and cautious when I was alone." lest she be bullied that she was just single, so she was directly pitted.

The three of them expressed their understanding, but they couldn't help but change Lin An's impression of being withdrawn and wooden, and labeled him as playing cards unreasonably.

***

Half a day later.

A snowmobile carriage was dragged by two tall snow wolves, interspersed in a six-horse pallet truck, and left the fortress unobtrusively.

The low voices in the carriage were cut off by the wind and snow, and were not even heard by the drivers across the board.

“…… Originally, we were not very sure about convincing you, but I didn't expect you to agree so smoothly. "Master Kalinda has a voice as good as her looks.

"As an outsider in the fortress, I don't have extravagant thoughts about certain things, and it's a good thing for me to avoid strife and focus on research in the mining area," Lin An's voice was faint, "What's more, this mission is not as bad as imagined, for example, you and Mage Ike also accepted the task together!" ”

"That's not the case, we were promised something to accept the mission - of course, it had to do with our seniority in the fortress, so you don't get the same treatment." "Gen Kalinda said generously.

For most mage apprentices who don't have much hope of advancing to the top, leaving the fortress and going to the mines is equivalent to exile with no future. That's why in the case of a shortage of manpower, the idea will be hit on Lin An, an alien mage.

"How much you give, how much you get, I don't expect anything other than I deserve." Lin An replied.

"It's an amazing will, and Master Lynn's so firm and pure spirit, it's really nostalgic!"

Mage Ike seemed to think back to the past years, when he was as persistently pursuing magic as the youth in front of him, he nodded to Lin An and said with some praise:

"With Your Excellency's current age and rank, you have a great future. Indeed, we should not be like us, distracted by the trivial matters of interests and power. "—Possess the power of magic. That is, to have a qiē.

"Ike is so ashamed to say that!" Master Kalinda said half-angrily, but he was not angry, and his eyes looking at Lin An were always ambiguous and eager, intentionally or unintentionally.

But in fact, she also understands that quite age. But she was only an intermediate apprentice, and she had long since extinguished the possibility of becoming a full-fledged mage. Lynn had obviously been promoted to a senior apprentice for a long time, and was far from losing hope, and the potential and future of the two were far from comparable—despite the urgent shortage of mages, the fortress was courteous to Lin An from General Matthew to ordinary mages like her. It's not for nothing.

The convoy followed a glacial rift into the ground, and the mine tunnels were intricate.

The underground mine tunnel does not see the wind and snow pouring in, but the temperature rises a little more than the outside. Lin An lifted the window, compared the mine road he drove through with the mine road map he got before departure, and passed several forks. Make sure that the map route is correct before closing the window.

With the experience of previous conversations. Ike and Kalinda weren't surprised by Lin An's move, but felt that she was vigilant enough to be in line with her status as a traveling mage.

Lin An sat back in his place.

"I've entered the mine, now the two of you can talk," Lin An said straight to the point.

The forks in the mine are guarded layer by layer, and it is not easy for even a mage to leave or pass on information without being detected.

Ike and Kalinda looked at each other in surprise, and Kalinda spoke, "What does Master Lynn want to know?" ”

"Of course, it is still related to the mining area," Lin An said, "although there are two of them, I feel that this task is confusing after all, and it seems to be ...... The fortress was somewhat understaffed. ”

This can be seen from General Matthew's enthusiasm to keep people, plus this task actually requires the use of foreign mages like her, obviously the mage gap in the fortress is a little abnormal-

It stands to reason that this may be the case in a normal fortress, but not in the case of a fortress that secretly produces blue iron spirits.

“…… Another thing is that I haven't seen the official mage of the fortress. ”

Grant Fortress belongs to the Duchy of Stuart, in terms of the number of mages, the Duchy of Stuart is impossible to compare with Atlanta, Lin An originally thought that the importance of Grant Fortress is small, so there is no mage group in the fortress equipped with official mages, but after learning about the deposit of blue iron concentrate, he found that this is not the case - as long as a certain amount of blue iron essence is provided, Grant still has the conditions to attract formal mages in need.

“…… It doesn't matter if you say the reason, in fact, you can't hide it for too long," the two mages were surprised by Lin An's acuity, and Kalinda hesitated for a moment before replying, "In fact, the two official mages of the fortress left three months ago - this is the order issued by the headquarters half a year ago. ”

"Appointment?"

"Yes, it's an order to go to the front line, and it is said that several nearby fortresses with official mages have also received similar orders," Mage Ike was a little worried, "There seems to be some change on the front line, and those of us who know the know wonder if the general offensive war from a hundred years ago is about to be restarted again......

Ike and the two discussed, but Lin An's mind was no longer on the content of their conversation, and he realized something in his heart, an invisible thread, connecting many things-

Mobilization of mages, concentration in the north, the arrival of the Holy Maiden, a thousand opportunities, and the struggle between the two clans......

The center of the qiē, which seems to be concentrated in the extreme northerly direction deep into the ice sheet, seems to suggest that some great change is already brewing. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the Biquge www.biquge.info (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, your support is my biggest motivation. )