Richard walked along the mountain path, his brow slightly furrowed. He had nearly circled the entire mountain, yet found no passage or crack. Combined with the earlier investigation by his consciousness body, he could basically confirm that taking a shortcut to remove the Crystal Skull from inside the mountain was practically impossible.
That meant he could only find a way to carve a tunnel from outside the mountain, enter the hidden chamber within, and then retrieve the Crystal Skull.
That would be no small undertaking, especially in this world that resembled the Middle Ages.
If he relied solely on manpower with iron hammers and rock bolts, it would likely take half a year to finish.
As for spells, the Chapter of Munro did contain Earth Magic capable of breaking rocks, and he had recently learned one himself. But at the Wizard Apprentice level, it could only be cast on a very small scale. Even if he cast it continuously, the results would be mediocre.
He still needed to think of a better way.
Richard narrowed his eyes and stopped on the mountain path, gazing thoughtfully at a rock wall beside it.
Richard knew that the hidden chamber lay several dozen meters behind this rock wall, but how could he break through that distance as quickly as possible? After pondering for a moment, Richard raised a hand toward the wall and began chanting.
"Crack... crack..."
The rocks in the wall split apart and gradually flaked away.
Evocation Earth Magic · Zero-Ring Low-Tier · Earth and Stone Control.
"Crack, crack." Rocks continued to fall, kicking up clouds of dust. It looked quite impressive, but after a long while, he had only made a hole three or four centimeters wide and a little over ten centimeters deep.
Richard looked at the hole, pursed