Underground Level Three, Paper Completed, Meditation Method Advanced!
Ian returned to the mine shaft once more.
Before Ian could begin studying the Fire Pattern Runes, Magnus pulled him off to attend another meeting.
At the meeting, the group conducted a new division of the mine's benefits.
Magnus gave Ian a portion of his own share, and the other two did the same.
This meant Ian could receive roughly twenty-five percent of the resources here!
It looked like only an additional five percent, but that portion had been carved out of the shares of all three men. They had already shown him considerable respect.
By calculation, it meant an extra thousand Magic Stones each month.
He was very satisfied.
After settling this matter, Ian entered the second underground level again.
The familiar path.
Yet as he passed through one area, Ian suddenly halted and turned his head to look.
Not far away lay a vast open space. At its center was a passageway, but it did not lead to the first level above ground—it led to the third underground level.
Ian had never gone down there before, and his curiosity was piqued.
He walked toward the passage.
Unlike the elevators connecting the first and second levels, the route to the third level was a massive fissure. At its entrance, however, stood a translucent amber energy barrier that stopped Ian in his tracks.
But through the barrier, Ian could vaguely see rolling waves of heat on the other side, an astonishing sight.
Even the air was filled with fire elemental particles visible to the naked eye.
He judged that the elemental concentration on the third level was at least one and a half times that of the second level—perhaps even higher deeper within.
What was on the third underground level?
Ian narrowed