"Komatsu, let's go!"

Without any hesitation, Su Luo left the study with the chestnut squirrel.

Out of an abundance of caution, he called in Lawrence and escorted the carriage out of the castle with a team of ten knights, into the town, and then across the town to the north.

"Your Highness, where are we going?" Lawrence rode his tall horse and approached the carriage to ask suspiciously, the Dark Forest was north of Thorn Town.

"We're almost there." Su Luo replied.

Not long after leaving Thorntown, the carriage came to a halt in a wasteland.

Su Luo got out of the carriage with the chestnut squirrel in his arms, and looked at the wasteland around him with no grass in a bit of confusion.

Squeak, squeak!

Komatsu jumped from the beastmaster's arms, and then stomped his foot, indicating that the energy fluctuation was coming from under his feet!

"Underground?" Su Luo's eyebrows suddenly raised, and he was a little stunned: "Could it be a magic crystal mine?" ”

The chief knight walked in confusion.

"Lawnes, if I told you that there was a magic crystal down there, would you believe it?" Su Luo's expression was solemn.

The chief knight was stunned, "Your Highness, you're not joking?" ”

"Well, I'm not kidding." Su Luo took a deep breath and looked at the chestnut squirrel, "My pet beast has the ability to perceive fluctuations in ability, and it feels the energy fluctuations of the magic crystal underneath this!" ”

"Crystal Mine?" The chief knight was surprised.

"Not sure, but there's definitely a magic crystal down there." Su Luo took a deep breath, "Only after digging up this place can we get the answer!" ”

Soon after, they decided to have the knights return to Thorntown to tell the news and let the knights return with their digging shovels.

Hearing that there might be a magic crystal mine in Thorntown's territory, the clerk's eyes widened.

That's a magic crystal mine, if it's true, Thorn Town will definitely be able to become a rich territory in a short period of time!

"Now it's just speculation......"

Su Luo hurriedly calmed the clerk's emotions, afraid that he would be overly excited.

"Dig dig, dig up here!"

Soon, the knights began to dig up the earth with shovels.

Relying on the strength of the knight, the speed of digging was very fast, and soon a large pit was dug in the wasteland, and when the bottom was dug more than ten meters high, accompanied by a sound of gold and iron, the shovel seemed to have dug something.

"There's really something down there!"

"Dig up the surroundings too, hurry up!"

After seeing this, Hausman excitedly went down to the pit, and asked the knight to quickly dig up the surrounding soil, and soon revealed the hard black rock surface.

Squeak, squeak!

The chestnut squirrel also went down the pit at this time, obviously the little guy also felt something, and excitedly began to dig the soil with his paws, and the little body went directly into the soil.

Seeing this scene, Su Luo hurriedly asked the knight to come over to help, for fear that he would accidentally bury the little guy alive.

After a while, the chestnut squirrel was seen coming out of the hole, and the little guy was holding a transparent crystal the size of a bowl in his hand.

"Magic Crystal, it's really Magic Crystal!" Looking at the transparent crystals in the hands of the chestnut squirrel, everyone's breathing became rapid.

[Low-grade magic crystal, estimated to get 395 energy points]

The magic power contained in this magic crystal turned out to be about twice as much as the previous one, which made Su Luo's eyes begin to glow!

"Hurry up and dig, hurry up and see if there are any magic crystals." The clerk hurriedly beckoned the amazed knights to work, and his face was already a little red because he was too excited!

Su Luo had already come to the pet beast at this time to take over the magic crystal, and it could be seen from the little guy's face that there should be no magic crystal on the surface anymore, but there is indeed a magic crystal mine here, hidden deeper in the earth!

Hausman walked over excitedly, and the excitement made the usually steady clerk confused, "Your Highness, what are we going to do now?" ”

"Naturally, the next step is to mine the magic crystal." Su Luo took a deep breath, with these magic crystals, he would be able to obtain a large amount of energy value, and quickly raise the strength of the pet beast.

Squeak, squeak!

Komatsu was also very excited at this time, holding the magic crystal and couldn't put it down.

"Well, since the magic crystal ore has been discovered, it is indeed going to be mined!" Chief Knight Interface, but his face was very solemn at this time.

Su Luo was a little puzzled, shouldn't it be a great thing to find the magic crystal mine, just like gold falling from the sky?

However, at the thought of the gold falling from the sky, he suddenly calmed down, it is indeed a good thing for the family to make a fortune, but it will also usher in a lot of troubles, such as the jealousy of the surrounding neighbors, if there is not enough strength to protect it, it may even invite disasters, and there are countless examples of this.

"This has to be kept secret." He thought for a moment.

"It's not enough to keep it secret, after all, there is no way to hide the magic power in the magic crystal mine, as long as you dig up the ore vein, there will definitely be magic power emitted, and the mage and even those monsters will be able to feel it at that time." The knight frowned, "Now the power in our hands, I'm afraid we don't have the ability to protect the ore veins. ”

Monster - Su Luo glanced at the chestnut squirrel holding the magic crystal beside him, wasn't the little guy attracted by the magic power fluctuations of the magic crystal?

However, Komatsu is able to vaguely sense the magic fluctuations of the magic crystal by mastering the perception moves, and other monsters should not have this ability.

But as long as the magic crystal mine starts to be excavated, it will be difficult to hide at that time, and there will definitely be monsters that will follow the fluctuations of magic power to find it, and it is even possible that they will appear in groups to form a terrifying tide of monsters and beasts.

"To mine the magic crystal ore, you still have to wait until it is ready." Hausman frowned and said, "Perhaps, we need to wait for the arrival of reinforcements from the Grand Duke of Lucas before making a decision." ”

Grandpa's reinforcements - Su Luo took a deep breath, not long ago he was thinking about asking his grandfather's reinforcements not to come, but now he suddenly can't wait to let the other party's reinforcements come quickly, and the stronger the strength, the better?

"It's not enough to rely on reinforcements from the Grand Duke of Lucas, we need to further improve the strength of the territory...... Your Highness, please allow me to contact the old Ministries and ask them to come to Thorntown to help. ”

The chief knight thought for a moment and said, in fact, before becoming a knight, he also served as a mercenary for a while, but only later because of the queen's great favor and the goal of becoming a knight of the earth, he gave up his mercenary status and joined the queen's guardian knights.

Originally, he didn't think about recalling these old departments, after all, the third prince was assigned to Thorn Town after losing the battle for the throne, and coupled with the poverty of Thorn Town, he couldn't support so many people at all

But now that the territory has the Demon Crystal Mine, everything is different, and their third prince is still a powerful mage, and he does have the power to compete for the throne, and these brothers of his can also serve His Highness and make meritorious contributions!

"Recall those old ministries?" Su Luo raised his eyebrows, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

First the reinforcements from the Duchy of Lucas, and now the old departments of Lawrnes, how can this faintly feel like recruiting troops?

Alas, no, I'm just steadily improving my strength, and I don't want to develop my territory as a lord!

However, the purpose of improving strength is to mine the magic crystal mine, and with the magic crystal, you can improve your strength faster, so it seems that there is no problem in thinking so......

"Well, I'm just here to improve my strength, not to be a lord and compete for the throne!" Su Luo comforted himself in his heart, and he had slowly revealed his identity as a mage.

Thinking of this, he took a deep breath, "Lawrence, that's hard...... Well, this thing is done secretively, and it is better not to be discovered by other forces. ”

"Yes, Your Highness!" Lawrence showed excitement on his face - well, it is indeed necessary to be secretive, after all, it is related to the Demon Crystal Mine, if possible, contact those brother mercenary groups, I don't know if they are willing to come to Thorn Town to help the third prince fight for the throne together!

……

Leaving a few knights to guard the magic crystal veins, the group returned to the city first.

Subsequently, Hausman couldn't wait to start recruiting miners, because the magic crystal mine was too important, he was not worried about recruiting outside, so after discussion, he planned to let the serfs in the territory give up planting thorns and turn all to mining the magic crystal mine.

As long as the reinforcements of the Duchy of Lucas and the old ministry of Lawrence arrive, they can officially mine the Crystal Ore.

In addition, Su Luo also told Hausman to continue to find a way to acquire the magic core and the magic crystal, especially the magic core, and now it has been confirmed that the magic crystal can restore the energy value, but I don't know what the effect of the magic core will be!