Richard moved into his new residence in a very short time.
After spending about half an hour cleaning the dust from the place, he settled in.
In the blink of an eye, night fell.
Night.
On the mountainside of Vesuvius Dak Volcano, in Pompeii Town, two hundred meters beneath Stone Building No. 1248.
Richard stood in a downward-sloping passageway. Before him, packed earth and rock firmly blocked the way forward.
Richard raised a hand toward the earth and rock. Wandering Energy Elements within the mana source in his body surged out.
"Whoosh!"
An earthy yellow beam shot from his palm and struck the dirt and stone. The rubble trembled violently, then with a crash turned into fine powder that spilled across the ground like sand.
Richard stepped forward and raised his hand. The powder flew up from the ground and spread toward the surrounding walls, where it was forcibly compressed into the four sides of the passageway, solving the storage problem while reinforcing the tunnel.
After finishing this, Richard's expression barely changed. He reached out again toward the earth and rock blocking the passage farther ahead, casting spell after spell.
In this way, the passage continued extending forward, first sloping sharply downward before leveling out and heading west.
About half an hour later, Richard cleared away another section of earth and rock and turned to look behind him. A deep blue glow appeared in his eyes as he activated Gaze of the Eye and scanned his surroundings.
"Right now, I should be about two hundred and twenty meters beneath the Stone Tower, and roughly one hundred and thirty meters west of it," Richard muttered. "This is still about fifty meters from the heart of the volcano. It's quite suitable as an energy conversion point. Of course, I should check