Kyle fought through one room after another.
There was seemingly no end to them, and almost every single room had so kind of enemy.
After fighting through almost 15 rooms, Kyle found himself in a room he had visited before.
He looked around for a bit and found a tunnel he hadn't traveled into yet.
"How big is this cave network?" Kyle asked.
"I don't know," Theodor said. "It's kiloters upon kiloters long. If you travel deeper, you will also find Earth Elentals. I've even seen two tal Elentals."
tal Elentals were extrely rare.
Earth Elentals were only created when a lot of dense Earth Ether was in one place without a lot of other Ether.
This generally only happened deep below the ground.
tal Elentals were created the sa way, but that was exactly why they were so much rarer.
They needed dense tal Ether without a lot of Earth Ether.
The existence of tal Elentals ant that there were extrely valuable, big, and dense clusters of tals in the ground sowhere.
Only huge mines like the primary mine of the Forthings had tal Elentals.
Sadly, compared to Earth Elentals, tal Elentals did not increase the likelihood of valuable ore appearing.
After all, tal Elentals were consuming the tal.
However, the heart of a tal Elental was unimaginably valuable.
The heart of a tal Elental contained all the tal Ether of a gigantic cluster of ore.
The heart of a tal Elental was one of the very few sources of genuine Rank A Materials.
Kyle had only seen one Rank A Material in his life.
Adamantium.
The castle of the Forthings had been made of it.
Adamantium was one of the Rank A Materials that tal Elentals could create by gathering all the tal Ether.
Rank A Materials were used to create the equipnt of Dukes and Advisors.
This was not sothing a new Grandmaster or Royal Knight had access to.
This was sothing for the true elite of the kingdom.
These kinds of materials were of national importance.
However, Kyle knew one thing for certain.
'If I accidentally co across a tal Elental, I will die,' he thought. 'I wouldn't even be able to defend myself.'
Just the fact that a tal Elental was created ant that it had enough high-quality food to very quickly reach the later stages of the Third Realm.
Theoretically, tal Elentals in the Initial and Early Third Realm existed, but they had never been seen. Even tal Elentals in the Mid Third Realm were rare.
Almost every single tal Elental was in the Late or even Peak Third Realm.
Killing sothing like that needed the Ace Team of the Skysand Guild, a Duke, or an Advisor.
These were one of the strongest foes the Skysand Kingdom fought, beside the Winterfire Kingdom.
"Have you killed a tal Elental before?" Kyle asked as he kept traveling through the tunnel.
"I killed five," Theodor said. "Two of them have been here. The other three were in the Dividing Ridge."
"I made Hieronymus out of the ore of the first tal Elental," Theodor said, referring to his weird dog dragon thing that shared the sa na as King Skysand.
"I spent almost an entire Ether Crystal to kill it."
"I made Sulfur out of the second."
"I used the third to create Granite."
"The last two were used to create my Inheritance Crystal. Those were also the two I killed here."
"Killing the last two was not as difficult as killing the first three. Sulfur keeps them at bay. Hieronymus attacks them from the back, and Granite simply kills them."
Kyle furrowed his brows. "Isn't Sulfur two or three levels lower than a tal Elental? How can he keep them at bay?"
"Sulfur's complexity and Ether density are two or three levels lower, depending on the tal Elental. However, his body was forged of the sa material as the tal Elentals. They can push Sulfur back, but destroying it will be very difficult."
"When it cos to golems, you shouldn't think about level. Sulfur is only in the Early Third Realm, but his physical power and defense are just as strong as the physical power of a Late Royal Knight."
"While Granite runs out of Ether quicker than a Peak Grand Sorcerer, his Spells are just as devastating."
"Hieronymus is not as hard and powerful as Sulfur, but his speed equals the speed of a Late Grandmaster with a small True Body."
"On their own, they couldn't kill a tal Elental, but they never fight alone."
Kyle nodded.
It was quite interesting to hear more about Theodor's forr power.
"Why is Granite only in the Mid Third Realm? Can't you make a stronger one?" Kyle asked as he looked into a new room with a bunch of Mid Ferocious Beast snakes.
"I could," Theodor said, "but I didn't receive the necessary funds."
"I have to refine pure Ether Crystals to create their cores. Creating Granite alone cost almost 70 Ether Crystals. If I wanted to make a better version, I would need over 200. "
"Ether Crystals are not common. They are viewed as currency and are used by many people to reach the Third Realm. The Forthings most likely have several hundred Ether Crystals stored as ore, but they would find it impossible to convert all of that into Ether Crystals."
"There are simply not that many Ether Crystals in circulation."
"I had enough wealth to upgrade Granite, but I just couldn't get the Ether Crystals I needed."
Kyle crushed the skull of one of the snakes before jumping to the side.
"Can't you convert Ether Gems into Ether Crystals?" Kyle asked as he ramd the pick of his hamr into another snake.
"Yes, we have a way to do that," Theodor said. "The problem is that it's very inefficient. Its efficiency is barely 5%. Creating one Ether Crystal needs almost 2,000 Ether Gems."
"I was quite wealthy, but I wasn't that wealthy."
Kyle grew interested as he killed the last snake.
"Could we also theoretically create Ether Essences?" he asked.
"Yes, but how are you going to get 2,000 Ether Crystals? At most, inside the entire kingdom, there are maybe 200 to 300 Ether Crystals in circulation. You would need to confiscate all the Ether Crystals for literally centuries before getting enough."
"However, by collecting and storing them like this, nobody will reach the Third Realm during this ti."
"The core of the Skysand Army will die out, and the Winterfire Kingdom will overrun us."
"So, yes, it is theoretically possible."
"But it's practically impossible."
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