Under the arrangements made by the five Mountain People leaders, the many Mountain People from the five surrounding mines finally came down from the mountains after so many years, returning to Brettel City after their long absence.
News that the four bandit groups had suffered grievous losses and returned in defeat spread inadvertently throughout the Seven Grand Duchies. Some smaller bandit groups would certainly never dare come to Brettel City for easy pickings again, and even the Seven Grand Duchies, which were at war, were shocked by the news. Overnight, Brettel City, a city anyone could once bully, became a Forbidden Land after nearly ten thousand bandit corpses were left behind.
While Brettel City was busy arranging for the citizens on the mountains to move into the city, Han Shuo gave Dokes and the others some instructions, then quietly vanished from Brettel City once again.
All the magic crystal ore had been consumed in the last battle. Unlike the goblin bombs used by the war chariots, magic crystal ore was not easy to purchase. This scarce ore was monopolized by the great empires and used as a primary material for magic arrays. Han Shuo had instructed the departing Fubin'en to help purchase some, but he also began looking for ways to obtain magic crystal ore himself.
The magic crystal ore in the Underground World, which he had heard about in the Dark Forest last time, was the first possibility that came to Han Shuo's mind. Once Brettel City had temporarily settled down, Han Shuo came to the Dark Forest alone once again.
In the Dark Forest, Han Shuo headed straight for the entrance to the Underground World and reached it without spending much time.
After arriving, Han Shuo did not rush inside. Instead, he released a Yin Demon to circle