The dwarves' efficiency was terrifyingly beyond Joshua's expectations. He had asked Frost Axe to reinforce the mine yesterday, and by the next day, Frost Axe had already prepared both the materials and manpower.
The underground mine Steve had excavated was now full of busy dwarves.
They used a luminous moss to solve the problem of lacking oxygen underground... while building materials were transported directly through Teleportation Portals.
Today was the tenth day of construction on the underground mine, and the gray mist on the battlefield beyond the city walls had receded somewhat.
"Child of the Forest! We found another pile of glowing stones."
Just as work began for the day, Arl brought Joshua some good news.
"You found another vein?"
Joshua turned to look at Arl's game screen. Her Steve was running around near a cluster of Source Crystal Stones that emitted a faint white glow.
Arl's Steve had not run far... when a tree root suddenly extended from the soil above and grabbed the Steve under her control.
A faint red glow appeared over Steve's body, indicating that he was continuously taking damage.
Ciri, who had been following Joshua, immediately switched the Diamond Pickaxe in her hand for an enchanted Diamond Sword and rushed forward.
The Diamond Sword slashed across the root's surface. Though it did not sever the root... a large portion of the dense gray mist clinging to it, so thick that it had nearly engulfed the entire underground space... was instantly purified.
"Is that the World Tree corrupted by the gray mist?"
Joshua watched as the root withdrew back into the soil. The instant Arl landed, she immediately switched to a Golden Apple and began munching on it.
"Have we arrived?"
Ciri also moved close to Joshua. She held the mouse in one hand while stuffing