Chapter 888 - Information Obtained
Chapter 888 Information Obtained
Battles between high-grade adepts were quickly decided, but it was incredibly difficult to kill an opponent.
If the enemy wasn’t completely cornered, it was nearly impossible to kill a Third Grade creature.
Thus, when Greem, Karak, and Yunid all stepped forward to surround the flaming tiger, the beast immediately turned and ran without hesitation.
If the mine were in its proper condition, the three adepts would have had more than enough means to deal with this damned tiger. However, all of the tunnels were now filled with thick and swirling lava. Greem was still doing fine, his speed almost unaffected, but Karak and Yunid could only be slowly left behind.
The three adepts and one tiger ran through the winding tunnels, playing their game of cat and mouse.
Seeing that they wouldn’t be able to catch the tiger, Greem let out a roar and shouted, “You guys keep chasing, I’ll run ahead and intercept it!”
Without the complete topographic map of the underground mine, he would not be able to know the exact location of the resource warehouses of Molten Fire City.
The mines?
What was in there?
Unprocessed and unrefined raw ores, gemstones, scrap, and a whole bunch of waste.
How could these things be of any use, regardless of how much Greem managed to steal?!
From the moment he arrived in Molten Fire City, Greem had set his sights on the ‘resource warehouses’ that very likely existed in the city!
It was a large underground mine. The daily amount of ore excavated from this place had to be tremendous. Transporting them to the surface for refinement and extraction and transportation them back to Molten Fire City for storage was very unlikely.
That was why there had to be an alchemy lab somewhere in Molten Fire City. It was very likely that metal ingots that had already been refined could be found there.
If metal ores were only small change that Greem couldn’t be bothered to work for, then these refined ingots were the precious treasures of Molten Fire City!
However, with Greem’s identity as an outsider, he would never have been able to get access to information such as the location of these warehouses, even if he were to scour all the famous locations of Molten Fire City. To avoid alerting or alarming Molten Fire City, Greem couldn’t attempt to get the information through Freina. As such, he had to rely on force.
As he turned into fire and chased after Cindral in the tunnel, he waited for further analysis results from the Chip.
Since Karak was willing to hand over the topographical map of the mines, he must have wiped away some extremely crucial information. However, Greem didn’t mind him doing so. With the Chip, he could find anything he wanted on the map as long as there were any slight traces left behind.
Mines One through Four looked like dense spiderwebs on the map. However, outside the spiderwebs, apart from the few tunnels leading toward the surface of Molten Fire City, there were three more subtly hidden tunnels.
The alchemy lab had to process a large number of metal ores daily; it couldn’t be too small. Moreover, the path to and from the lab had to be fast and easily accessible. There should also be a hidden path that led to the surface.
Combining all of this information and data, the approximate layout he got from his observations, and the topographical map before him, the Chip quickly and effortlessly locked onto an empty spot on the map.
With this information in hand, Greem instantly sent a message to Flaming Tiger Cindral, who he was still pursuing.
Cindral immediately turned back and started a fight with Greem.
The two of them ravaged the depths of the mine with their Fire Teleportations, flickering about like apparitions as they blasted each other with their attacks. Finally, they arrived at the location where Cindral had dug into the mines. Both Cindral and Greem charged into the sea of lava, moving further and further away as they tussled with each other.
The ripples and shockwaves from the depths of the lava sea caused the entire region to go into turmoil.
Karak and Yunid stopped at the point of entrance and looked at each other.
Keep chasing? With their speed in the lava sea, they would never be able to catch up to the two who were fighting inside. Give up on their pursuit? Greem was fighting for their sake now; giving up as the master of Molten Fire City was…
“Lady Yunid, I will have to trouble you with the task of helping Greem. I need to return to see what has happened to Dorian. It seems like something has happened on his end as well.” Karak quickly made up his mind, “Don’t worry, Lady Yunid. We of Molten Fire City promise that item will be delivered to your hands regardless of the results of the battle! You can trust our Molten Fire City to uphold that reputation.”
At this point, Yunid had no reason to object.
Moreover, with Greem holding back the flaming tiger, the risk she had to undertake was well within control. It was worth a risk!
“Good, don’t forget what you’ve said!”
After agreeing to Adept Karak, golden light spread out from Yunid’s staff, diverting the lava away from her. She then quickly charged into the depths of the lava with the barrier of light around her.
Though it was impossible to see anything in the lava sea, and even Spirits couldn’t search too far forward, the shockwaves from the battle in the distance still guided her way.
However, what Yunid didn’t know was that the two ‘battling’ in the lava sea were no longer Cindral and Greem, but Cindral and Greem’s fire clone.
At any rate, the distance between them and Cindral’s Third Grade power was more than enough cover to conceal the true identity of the Second Grade fire clone.
Meanwhile, the real Greem had turned into a cluster of flames, sneaking back into the mines. He avoided Karak and Yunid and quickly made his way to the location he had uncovered.
This intense battle instantly turned into a strange and unpredictable fight!