The family migration is a time-consuming and laborious undertaking, and dangers are inevitable along the way. Anya and Kasabu are the backbone of the family, and they must return to assist.
Jason and the others remained in the cave to keep watch.
More than twenty Iron-Armored Saw Crocodile have been kept in captivity by Jason and his group. Without powerful Deity-level protection, the beasts of the Saint-level Domain can only become livestock.
Jason thought of the Four Divine Beasts Clan. If it weren't for their four Sovereign ancestors, given their family's powerful physical strength, many powerful individuals would probably have designs on them.
After all, whether it's a monster or a human, as long as their bones and skin are hard enough, they can be used as raw materials for crafting Divine Artifact artifacts.
Taking advantage of the free time, the group explored the size of the light blue metallic vein.
"More than three thousand meters deep, and over a thousand meters wide and long, it's enough for our family to use for tens of thousands of years."
"I don't know what this metal is called. I'll try asking in the nearby Falling Rain City when I have the chance."
The Deity-level Divine Artifact is not large. Even if the Rhine Clan's population were to increase several times over, they would not be able to use up such a large mine in ten thousand years.
Rita returned from upstream with a dozen or so subordinates. "We didn't find the group of Dragon-Scaled Loach; they probably burrowed into some side path. The further upstream you go, the more side paths there are, and there are many underground springs; the currents are very rapid."
Jason didn't want to cause any more trouble. "Let's wait until the chieftain arrives."
Jason has made a breakthrough; the profound mysteries of lightning and electromagnetic mysteries have begun to merge, and the threshold between electromagnetic mysteries and electric light has loosened.
While waiting for his family to relocate, Jason ate ten Blue Jade Fruit in succession and began to enter a state of meditation.
The "refreshing" effect of the Blue Jade Fruit lasted for one hundred days, and Jason finally seized that opportunity.
Opening his eyes, Jason's face beamed with undisguised joy—he wasn't one to hide his emotions, and there were no treacherous people around him, so Jason didn't need to conceal his strength.
"Elder Jason has made a breakthrough?"
"Ailin, just call me Jason. I've finally broken through a bottleneck that's been stuck for nearly a century."
Opposite her was Ailin, the Violet-Eyed Bladewing Fiend of the Saint-level from the same era as Jason. After breaking through to the Deity-level, she appeared as a cold and beautiful young woman, and had already married the "Extreme Ice Sword Saint" with whom she had signed Equal Contract.
As a rising star of the Rhine Clan, her current strength is actually stronger than that of her fathers, Dante and Edward. Ailin is also a key person to be trained during this training trip.
"Several members of our tribe said they sensed the presence of other Deity-level beings downstream, but dared not pursue them rashly," Ailin said worriedly.
Jason sighed, "Someone went downstream?"
"They hadn't gone too far. The group of Iron-Armored Saw Crocodile mentioned that there was a special type of sand and gravel downstream, which seemed to be an unknown metal ore, so some people went downstream a short distance."
Ailin took out a small handful of bright golden river sand. "We've confirmed it's a kind of metal ore, but it requires high temperatures to extract the metal. We only have one low-level Fire Element Lowgod in our team, and his strength isn't enough."
Jason examined the sand and gravel; there were indeed some metallic elements inside, but they were currently in a compound state.
Who was the Deity-level who was discovered earlier?
"Over there."
When Jason found the group of people who had deserted without permission, they were blocking the section leading downstream, organized by Rita.
Rita said, "I already had people check it out. It should be Midgod, with traces of earth-attribute Midgod. It seems the other party doesn't want to make contact with us."
"Midgod?" Jason recalled the Fiend from before.
"If it's that bandit leader from before, the environment here is very unfavorable for us." Rita also guessed it was that Fiend from before, since it had indeed escaped underground and it was normal for it to have stumbled upon this place by accident.
Jason might have been confident in investigating other places, but given the environment of this cave and the group of Lowgod, he dared not risk confronting a Midgod skilled in Earth Travel Technique.
"Everyone stay alert and wait for the clan chief to arrive before dealing with this." Jason had no choice but to play it safe.
Fortunately, the other party wasn't the type to hold a grudge.
In the Netherworld, unless it's a matter of life and death, no Deity-level would be willing to risk their life for a petty squabble.
The war between the Four Divine Beasts Clan and the Eight Great Clans in the original work, which lasted for tens of thousands of years, was due to long-standing grudges accumulated in the past and the instigation of powerful figures behind the scenes. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been worth the Seven Star Fiend risking their lives.
Delisha arrived three months later with the Rhine Clan.
Contrary to expectations, Delisha flew over directly in three Metallic Lifeform airships carrying more than a thousand people.
The Rhine Clan now has a more objective understanding of its current strength. In this remote northwest of the Northbone Prefecture, the Rhine Clan can be considered a "major force," after all, even bandit groups led by two Four Star Fiend can roam freely here.
"Not a bad place." Delisha put her hands on her hips and examined the cave.
After so many years of getting along, Jason has come to realize that his patriarch is a very lively person at heart.
Jason took the opportunity to mention the strange traces of Midgod that appeared three months ago.
"There are no other Midgod within my divine sense range." Delisha checked carefully. "The five council members, take the rest of the tribe to explore this underground cavern. I'll go downstream to take a look. Anya and Kasabu, take the five elders upstream to explore."
The Rhine Clan now has over twenty Midgod Midgod, including those who Refine Divine Spark. These forces are enough to protect themselves in this area even if Delisha leaves temporarily.