I was a knight in the Middle Ages

Chapter 143 Underground Magical Ruins

"Lord Alpha, are you really going to hand over the Kalia gold mine to that person? Then all our work would be in vain." Rowling realized that Alpha was not joking and immediately complained.

"I've never heard of this Kalia gold mine. It must be a small mine. Don't be so stingy. I will give you a gold mine that is ten times bigger than this one in the future." Alpha stroked Rowling's white back and comforted her gently.

"That's what you said, Lord Alpha." When Rowling heard that there was a big gold mine, she felt relieved.

"Then do we support Cromwell's revolution? I'm afraid this gold mine can't withstand it!" Rowling asked worriedly.

"Give it your full support. Don't worry about the money. Just increase mining." Alpha has already discussed with Cromwell. By then, some areas will be divided in Africa, Asia, and America. At the same time, he will ask the other party to train a group of naval personnel for him, which will cost a lot of money.

"After this inspection, I will go to the Fatalia Empire. You should leave some trustworthy people behind." Alpha plans to take Rowling and Monkey with him as the first batch. The second batch will depend on the situation. For defense, Fattam and Daniel will be chosen. For offense, Tasli and Lislia will be better. The people left behind are Makina, Yasuo, Dora and others.

"Okay, leave it to me." Rowling also knew Alpha's mission and stopped being willful.

Alpha stayed in the gold mine area for three days, and then returned to the Titanium Mine City with a large number of miners and hostages. Of course, the personnel in the Kalia Gold Mine area remained unchanged, but the miners were given normal treatment and agreed to let them choose to leave or stay every three years.

Three years later, Alpha's position on the grassland was unshakable. Even if the secret of the gold mine was no longer a secret, Alpha would not be greatly affected. After all, the gold mine was the territory of the Cromwell family, which was one of the reasons why other forces did not dare to offend easily.

Three days later, Alpha arrived at the Menis Iron Mine guarded by Tasili as promised. This iron mine has a wide range, but the mining method is very extensive and the utilization rate is extremely low, which can hardly meet the needs of Alpha New City construction.

Tasli is suitable for leading troops in battle, while Rowling and Phyllis are obviously more experienced in urban construction, so Alpha can only give the task of integrating the mining area to Phyllis.

After all, the construction of the new city requires a large amount of steel, and Alpha must resume and expand mining in the mining area. It is obviously impossible to continue to slow down the work.

Alpha tried to make steel locally, but the nearest coal mine was located in Trade Castle, 300 to 400 kilometers away. Alpha had no choice but to transport the mined ore to Titanium City.

"Now you have time to accompany me to find the dark potion factory!" After everything was arranged, Athena ran to find Alpha.

"Do you know where the pharmaceutical factory is?" Although Alpha had asked Tasli to search for it several times, nothing was found.

"You still need to find this for me. It is certain that the pharmaceutical factory requires a large number of personnel and energy ores." In fact, Athena was not very clear about the specific location of the factory. The clues were extremely limited, and she could only search based on inference.

"Energy ore? What is that?" Alpha once again heard the term unique to this world.

"It is a kind of stone that contains high-density energy. It can be said to be a natural fighting spirit potion. However, its energy is released slowly and cannot take effect instantly." Darwin was well aware of these geological issues and acted as an interpreter for everyone.

"The amount of energy is usually judged by the depth of the color, with transparent ones containing almost no energy, while purple ones have the most energy."

"I seem to have seen the ore you mentioned under the mining area, but there is no laboratory you mentioned." Tasli seemed to remember something and stood up immediately.

"Then take us to have a look." Athena did not give up. After all, she had found the source of those potions at such a close distance, and she did not want to give up.

"Tasri, take us to see it." Alpha was unwilling to give up when he heard about the Dou Qi potion. After all, the Dou Qi potion was a catalyst for stimulating gunpowder. If there was a natural ore to replace it, wouldn't the gunpowder be complete? Wouldn't his own hot weapons be able to be fully utilized?

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"This is a yellow-green energy stone. It's of above-average quality and has a very high utilization value. I'm afraid this is the source of the special power that was previously reported in the city of Balor!" Darwin looked at the jade-like vein and finally understood the legend of the city.

"This is the energy stone. Why does it look more and more like jade?" Alpha couldn't tell the difference, he just felt the energy flowing inside the energy stone.

"If I use energy stones to practice, will it make me faster?" Alpha knew only a little about energy stones, and asked a question that surprised everyone. After all, Alpha was lazy and didn't have much time to practice. He was only at the beginner level.

"You can try." Athena glared at Alpha unhappily.

"Lord Alpha, the energy stone cannot be used directly. Forcibly extracting it may cause the energy stone to explode." Darwin explained. Forcibly using the energy stone will lead to serious consequences, and the real function of the energy stone is to attract surrounding energy and increase the speed of cultivation.

"What is the function of the energy stone?" The energy stone cannot be used directly, but Balor makes it sound magical. Alpha is very confused.

"I told you to read more books but you didn't do it. You just mess around all the time." Athena mocked again. In Athena's eyes, improving one's own strength is the key.

"Energy stones cannot be used directly, but they can attract surrounding energy, increase the surrounding energy density, and thus increase the speed of cultivation." Darwin explained patiently.

"Okay!" Alpha was still confused, but he understood that if he wanted to find a breakthrough in gunpowder technology, he would probably have to find a way from the energy stone.

"Look, why have the energy stones here become transparent?" Tasli turned on the light and suddenly discovered something unusual while searching: they originally thought that the density of energy stones would increase as they went deeper, but at the very bottom, transparent energy stones appeared, which were obviously being absorbed and utilized.

"It has been polished, so there is something wrong with it." Darwin looked at it very carefully and revealed the secret in one sentence.

After careful observation, everyone found that these stones had obviously been finely polished.

An invisible force extended out from where Tasli pointed, and pieces of polished stones the size of half a lamp emitted a faint purple light.

"I've seen this kind of thing before." Darwin began to recall. Yes, he had indeed seen something exactly like these stones.

"This is the Amethyst Lamp!" Darwin remembered what his teacher had told him. The Amethyst Lamp is a very famous energy conversion device that can convert the surrounding heaven and earth energy into the fighting spirit or magic power that one needs.

"Look where these amethyst lamps are connected to?" Following Darwin's instructions, everyone discovered that the place where the amethyst lamps were connected was actually a cave, and strong energy fluctuations were spreading from the cave.

Athena asked Darwin: "You should know something, right?" After all, only people who understand magic know about the amethyst lamp, and Darwin is the only magic master on the scene.

Darwin replied, "Although I don't know what these are, my teacher said that he had seen similar things in magical ruins. I also saw similar records in the library, but they were very vague."

Darwin began to describe it based on his own memories: "When the teacher and his friends explored there, they found that it was a small magical relic. In the relic, there was an energy converter that amazed them. The energy converter was very large and covered a very large area. Pieces of crystal stones formed a crystal conversion plate, which emitted a charming light. It is said that there is a most dazzling crystal stone in the center of the converter, which is used to maintain the operation of the entire energy converter."

"What about the ruins?" Alpha was most concerned about the ruins. After all, the most valuable thing in the ruins was the energy converter, which was the most attractive to people like Alpha who wanted to take advantage of the situation. There was also the special crystal in the ruins.

Everyone walked deeper along an underground river, and the air became increasingly hot. Where is this? This is a swamp in the center of the earth!

Athena carefully observed the swamps. Yes, they were swamps, and there were many strange vines spreading randomly.

"It's a dragon vine!" Darwin would never mistake this creature. This monster is also called a dragon vine, which is a super-large plant. There is actually only one of them underground. It is said that no one has ever been able to completely eliminate this dragon vine. What is even more incredible is that these dragon vines were actually cultivated by humans.

And judging from their size, they are at least a thousand years old. Darwin and Athena carefully identified the lifespan of the dragons and found that they are at least five thousand years old. If they reproduce once every thousand years, people can't imagine what the situation will be like if they continue to reproduce.

"Wait!" Darwin suddenly stopped, "Do you smell anything?"

"You mean the air here?"

"Yes! It's the air here. Can't you feel it? There is a strange fragrance in the air here." Everyone sniffed carefully for a while and found that there was indeed a strange fragrance emanating from the air.

"If I'm not mistaken, this scent must be the scent of a magical plant." Darwin looked at the dragon vine in surprise. But the dragon vine did not have any strange smell.

"Does that mean there will be a magic plant here?" Everyone's eyes lit up because magic plants are very special plants, and the things they grow are very rare magic materials.

"Yes! I believe there must be a magical plant here, and it must be very precious." Athena began to search. Although Athena studied the sacred magic of the Vatican, this plant was also of great help.

"This is probably a dragon vine that is breeding offspring. This dragon vine is the mother vine, and the magic vine cultivated from it may have powerful abilities." Darwin obviously wanted the offspring of this dragon vine very much.

"Everyone has to rely on their own abilities. Whoever has the chance will get it." Athena will not give up either.

"Who are you? Why are you here?"