609: Chapter 191 Flore Spreads the Invisible Net (Part 2) (Seeking Monthly Votes)_1 609: Chapter 191 Flore Spreads the Invisible Net (Part 2) (Seeking Monthly Votes)_1 Consecutive victories brought stronger confidence to the warriors of Qin City.
Four battles without any significant resistance brought them the wealth of four cities—that’s four cities.
Even if they couldn’t take everything, the wealth of four cities was an astronomical figure.
Almost three months had passed since the beginning of the war.
During these three months, the most rapidly changing front was the Milan east line, and Qin City was the biggest variable within it.
“Yin Zhu, let’s choose this city as our next target,” Oliveira said, pointing at the sheepskin map and showing Ye Yinzhu the next route of attack.
Ye Yinzhu nodded and asked, “How’s the situation with Flore’s army?”
Oliveira replied, “There haven’t been any changes so far.
According to our Horned Hawk Knights’ reports, Marshal Kusler of Flore hasn’t shown any signs of leaving Nuoding City since he led the Light Cavalry in.
This guy might just die of anger because of us.”
Ye Yinzhu smiled slightly, “I hope so.
After all, he is a Purple Star Dragon Knight.
If the Marshal were to die, Flore Empire, without its head, would be even less of an opponent.
Our brothers have been working hard attacking Flore internally.
How about after we plunder the next city, we play a game of disappearance on the people of Flore?”
Oliveira understood Ye Yinzhu’s meaning and gave him a thumbs up, “A balanced approach indeed.
It’s a good idea.”
Three days later, after Flore Empire lost the wealth of its fifth city, the Qin City Army suddenly disappeared.
This disappearance lasted an entire month, and such a situation suddenly left Flore Empire, which was gradually getting ready, somewhat bewildered.
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The military camp.
Marshal Kusler, staring at the envoy from the City of Florence, said in a deep voice, “It’s strange, have those people from Qin City really bypassed our defenses and returned to the Milan Empire?
Are they satisfied with the wealth of five cities?”
The envoy from the capital was naturally the representative of King Delavalle, “Marshal, according to His Majesty and the Prime Minister, that is the assumption.
The wealth of five cities, if transported by manpower, is enormous.
Even with a large number of spatial storage items for transportation, it’s not something that can be moved easily.
The Prime Minister guesses that Qin City has reached its transport capacity and has escaped to Milan from a position beyond our army’s reach.”
“Slap—” Kusler slammed his palm down on the mander’s desk, “Damn it, they ran away?
They’ve escaped without paying any price.
Did the Prime Minister say how we should deal with this?”
The envoy said, “The Prime Minister suggests we wait.
Our resources have been far too depleted in the previous battles, and we need time to recover.
As for the Milan side, we don’t need them to receive reinforcements.
The pressure applied to the Milan Empire from the south by Landias and Popon is increasing, and in the North, the bat strength of the Beastman Legion is gradually increasing as the weather warms.
Milan Empire’s most elite Northern Legion cannot possibly be redeployed.
Therefore, His Majesty and the Prime Minister intend to continue recuperating.
The new army of a hundred thousand conscripts that has been called up domestically still needs time for training.
Moreover, with spring approaching, the massive consumption of food also requires time to recover.
According to His Majesty, we should wait until the end of spring, the beginning of summer when we are fully prepared, then strike with the swiftness of lightning and crush Milan’s eastern defenses.
Marshal, the Prime Minister asks me to tell you, we cannot afford any more failures this time.”
Kusler knew some of the happenings within Flore, and it was Dario’s intercession that saved his life, reducing the grudge between him and the Prime Minister.
He nodded and said, “Go back and tell the Prime Minister that I will be cautious with the situation.
However, I always feel that those from Qin City won’t just let it go.
Since they managed to slip away quietly, they will also have the ability to slip back.
We’ll keep our net spread, waiting for them to fall into it.
I won’t be able to calm down until we squash this Qin City mosquito.”
“Yes, I will report your thoughts to His Majesty and the Prime Minister.”
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Had Ye Yinzhu and his men really returned to the Milan Empire, back to Qin City?
The answer, of course, is no.
It wasn’t that Ye Yinzhu was greedy, but he wouldn’t easily end this war before the foundation of the Flore Empire was truly shaken.
One month ago, after the Qin City Army had plundered the fifth city, per Ye Yinzhu’s plan, they sought a hidden spot to recuperate for a while.
Even the Behemoth Beasts couldn’t sustain long-term marathon battles.
However, unexpectedly, during the process of finding a place to recuperate for the Qin City Army, they discovered a treasure trove of a location.
Of course, this treasure trove was not discovered by Ye Yinzhu, but by Red Spirit.
Having dispatched all the loot from the last city through the Teleportation Magic Circle Formation and the Sumeru Divine Ring to Jinse for transport to Qin City, Ye Yinzhu led the Qin City Army eastward.
After traveling about 200 li, just as they were looking for a safe place to rest, Red Spirit suddenly disengaged from its possessed state.
Red Spirit informed Ye Yinzhu that it had discovered a rich ore deposit about ten li away from the Qin City Army.
Ye Yinzhu was overjoyed.
The purpose of plundering cities was to transfer Flore’s resources to assist in Qin City’s development, and naturally, the mining resources of the Flore Kingdom were highly coveted treasures.
A mine that had caught Red Spirit’s eye was sure to be anything but ordinary.
Thus, it was under Red Spirit’s guidance that the Qin City Army found its temporary respite in a rarely-traveled hilly area.
Ye Yinzhu ordered the Raptor Druids to conduct an extended reconnaissance, while the main force of the Qin City Army rested in the hills.
The ore deposit Red Spirit had discovered was not as precious as the Demon Silver Mine found in the Northernmost Wilderness; after all, Demon Silver and its associated Kongou essence were top-tier ores.
Nonetheless, this newly found mine was enough to make Ye Yinzhu extremely happy.
It was a Mithril Mine.
While the properties of Mithril were not as impressive as those of Demon Silver, Mithril was one of the metals most favored by Mages and was widely used in the casting of Magical products.
Generally speaking, whether for weapons or armor, the inclusion of even a small amount of Mithril enabled the binding of Magic to the item.
The amount of Mithril was also a key determinant of the Magic Formation’s effectiveness and the Magic Power’s strength.
The Mithril ore deposit discovered by Red Spirit was enormous; according to the bined estimates of Red Spirit and Oliveira, this Mithril deposit’s total yield nearly equaled the annual Mithril production of the entire Milan Empire.
This wasn’t to say that the Mithril production of an entire empire was less than that of this single deposit; rather, although finding Mithril ore was not too difficult, refining Mithril was an extremely plex process.
From a ton of Mithril ore, only about one kilogram of Mithril could be extracted.
If any issues arose during the process, the Mithril ore could easily bee useless.
For Ye Yinzhu and his Qin City, however, this was not a concern.
Red Spirit, even at the seventh rank, was already capable of rapidly extracting Demon Silver and Kongou essence.
All the more so now that it had reached rank nine.
Ye Yinzhu found that the enhancement of Red Spirit’s strength worked in an opposite manner to that of Human warriors’ Douqi.
The elevation of a Human warrior’s Douqi began with its gaseous state; it first formed a gaseous state within the body.
With the continuous strengthening of Douqi, this gaseous state would bee increasingly dense until it transformed into a liquid state after breaking through the Zi rank bottleneck.
Whether the ultimate form of this liquid state was solid was probably known only to those at the Sub-God rank.
Red Spirit’s situation was exactly the opposite.
Initially, as a Red Essence creature, it absorbed the elements contained within solid metals after consuming special metals.
As it grew in strength and reached the standard of a rank seven Magical Beast, the metals ingested would immediately turn into a liquid state, making them easier to refine and absorb.
Now, as a rank nine entity, Red Spirit could even turn metals into a gaseous state, naturally facilitating an even easier refining process.
As a precious metal, Mithril also had its own associated metal, Fine gold, which was even more valuable than Mithril but even more difficult to extract.
Fine gold’s ability to amplify Magic was second only to Demon Silver.
From a ton of Mithril ore, about one kilogram of Mithril could be extracted, and only 100 grams of Fine gold, reflecting its prized rarity.
Once the existence of the Mithril mine was confirmed, mining menced.
This is where Ye Yinzhu’s strategic foresight shone through.
The thirty Goblins and their controlled Goblin Rippers were put to maximum use.
A Behemoth Beast was no match for the Goblin Rippers when it came to excavating an ore deposit.
These mechanical giants, the Goblin Rippers, were the product of untold years of Goblin experimentation to achieve their current efficiency.
Before departure, when the Dwarf Clan Masters were casting these Goblin Rippers, Ye Yinzhu emphasized their mining efficiency to the Dwarven craftsmen and Goblin designers.
As a result, the mining tools attached to the arms of these Goblin Rippers were made entirely of Kongou essence and were supremely sharp and durable.
The thirty massive Goblin Rippers were powered at full capacity, rapidly mining the deposit using the energy from Magic crystal stones.
Red Spirit proved to be the key player.
The mined Mithril ore was gathered together for Red Spirit to refine.
Although Red Spirit had to absorb some energy to replenish itself during the process, its unprecedented speed as a rank nine Red Essence creature at refining was astonishing to all.
With thirty Goblin Rippers operating, they could mine over a hundred tons of Mithril ore each day, and Red Spirit alone could refine over half that amount.
Not only Ye Yinzhu but even Zi, with his steadfast mind, was thrilled to see so much Mithril and Fine gold before him.
With these materials, after being forged by the Dwarf Clan Masters, one could only imagine how luxurious the future equipment of Qin City would be.
The mining of the Mithril mine was pleted on the tenth day, but Red Spirit’s refining took a full fifteen days.
In the end, over 800 kilograms of Mithril and over 70 kilograms of Fine gold were extracted.
This wealth of rare metals even surpassed the bined collections of all the nobles from the five cities they had previously plundered.
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