It took Ilena about ten minutes to finally pull all the miners up to the top.
Many of the miners had lost limbs or arms, and they were in excruciating pain.
Having gone all the way, Ilena canceled her avatar and cast [Meticulous Mending], instantly restoring all of their health.
As for those with broken arms and legs, Su Xi had no way to help them. Their maximum health had been reduced, and no amount of ordinary healing skills would help.
"Merciful Highness the Magician, may the Lord protect you..."
"Thank you for the healing spell, Master Mage..."
The miners were instantly filled with gratitude and knelt down to worship Su Xi.
Su Xi: "It was just something I did on a whim..."
A miner approached Su Xi and said, "Sir, may I step aside?"
Su Xi: "???"
They left the crowd with the miners.
The miners, their faces beaming with relief at surviving such a close call, said, "We are extremely grateful for your help, sir. We are just a group of ordinary miners, and we have no way to repay you, so we can only tell you that there are many pieces of ore that we have sorted out inside the cave..."
Su Xi: "..."
Goodness, no wonder the system hasn't issued any tasks; it turns out this is what it was waiting for.
The ore inside the cave doesn't belong to the miners, so they can't use it as a reward for the mission. However, they can tell Su Xi, and then Su Xi can go and get it herself.
"Don't worry, sir, we won't tell the association that the ore has been taken!" the miner foreman said, patting his chest.
The system didn't mention whether reputation would increase or decrease, which means that these NPCs really wouldn't tell anyone, or if they did, the Mining Association wouldn't care.
"I see."
Su Xi nodded, then asked, "By the way, do you know where the giant dragon on this mountain went?"
Remembering that Rozaer was also a giant dragon on this mountain, Su Xi immediately corrected her, "She was an ice-blue giant dragon."
"An ice-blue dragon?"
The miner lowered his head; he had always worked inside the mine and knew nothing of what was happening outside.
He chuckled and said, "Please wait a moment, sir, while I go ask my companion."
A short while later, the miners returned.
"My lord, my companion heard from others that a giant, ice-blue dragon flew out of the mountaintop a few days ago, but we don't know if it has returned."
"I see..."
Since they haven't shown up yet, they definitely haven't come back.
Where would Kura Ha go during this time?
Ilena thought about it, but she couldn't figure it out. After all, at this time in her previous life, Kura Ha had already been killed by Edgar and was waiting for players to defeat him. If they succeeded, they would become a boss in a dungeon, just like Roor.
After saying goodbye to the miners, Ilena flew down the crack again and entered the mine.
When we arrived at the location the miner had mentioned, there wasn't much ore.
There are 5 epic-level ores, 13 legendary-level ores, 162 Rare Ore, and several thousand ordinary ores.
In addition to the common ores, Su Xi put the other three types of ores into her backpack.
Including these ores, Su Xi currently has a total of: 56 Epic Ore, 666 Legendary Ore, and 582 Rare Ore.
An unexpected bonus from this trip.
Ilena emerged from the mine and continued flying down the mountainside along the cracks.
My main goal is to see if Kura Ha's treasure has fallen here. If I can find Kura Ha's treasure, I'll be rich!
The further down you go, the narrower the surroundings become, and the dimmer the light gets.
[Radiance]!
A faint light shone from the tip of the wand, dispelling the darkness like a torch.
Soon after, Ilena descended to the bottom and landed on solid ground.
Normally, wouldn't such a crack continue to extend downwards, forming a pointed crack? How come there's still a place where a person can stand at the bottom of the crack?
Ilena stretched her wand toward the ground and discovered that she wasn't standing on the ground, but on a root—a tree root!
"Holy crap, these tree roots are enormous..."
Ilena increased the input of the [Radiance] magic, and the space immediately lit up. Looking forward and backward, all you could see was the same surface of tree roots.
Could these tree roots be the Holy Tree of the Elf race?
Ilena, curious, canceled her avatar and then used [Forest Secret] on the tree roots.
As expected, a blurry white figure appeared.
"Su, are you calling me?"
Su Xi: "..."
"Ahem, I just saw this huge root here and was curious enough to try out the skill."
Holy Tree: "... Have you finished trying?"
"Yeah, I've finished testing it. Hey, by the way, do you know where Kura Ha's treasure went? That guy probably doesn't carry treasure with him everywhere he goes, does he?"
"The forest does not know where Kura Ha's treasure is."
After answering Su Xi's question, the consciousness of the Holy Tree left.
After the Holy Tree left, Su Xi marveled. The distance from Bannory to here was as far as the distance from Beijing to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. She never expected that the roots of the Holy Tree could grow here. It was truly outrageous.
However, considering the background setting of the Yuan Continent, this Holy Tree has survived from the beginning of creation to the present, so this level of absurdity seems acceptable.
As time went on, the damage the players inflicted on Rozaer increased, forcing her to stop and unleash a torrent of blue saliva at the ants.
"You little worms, you're even worse than earthworms! Won't you die?!"
A roar accompanied the spewing of dragon fire.
The players burst into laughter.
"If His Highness Zao'er isn't dead, how dare we die?"
"I want to go to the Yellow Springs with Princess Rozaer!"
"Hahaha..."
Some of these players, after dying and suffering repeatedly, got used to it and were in a state of extreme excitement.
This state appears to be related to adrenaline.
After all, pain can stimulate the secretion of this substance, allowing the body to alleviate the pain caused by injury.
Kurumi didn't feel anything; the pain she experienced in her past life was nothing compared to the recoil damage she was dealing with now.
Amidst the players' laughter and conversation.
Two small sword energies struck Rozaer again, but this time the location of the impact was somewhat unusual.
He drew two sword marks directly on Rozaer's buttocks, causing Rozaer to scream in pain.
"Holy crap, it hit the weak point!"
Kurumi was stunned. She had originally intended to attack Kurumi's body, but Rozaer turned around and turned her back to Kurumi. The Sword Art Online of the [Cancer Sword] naturally struck Rozaer's buttocks instead.
Two counter-damage attacks, each dealing nearly 40,000 damage, instantly appeared on Kurumi.
As Ilena flew over, she suddenly felt something drilling into her head.
Ilena: "???"
At the same time, a voice rang in my ears. "[Six Bullets]!"
"Bang!"
Gunshots rang out, and Ilena returned to the position she had been in two minutes earlier.