A deafening earthquake roared, echoing for tens of kilometers.
Amidst the stunned and terrified gazes of Yarwei and the other Dark Elf, a colossal White Ape, hundreds of meters tall, suddenly appeared and first smashed the earth open with a single blow of its club.
Immediately afterwards, the giant ape squatted down and reached in to grab something.
The Basilisk leader, who was struggling incessantly, was dragged out by his tail, causing soil and rocks to tumble and the earth to bulge.
The grayish-white light from the Petrifying Eye struck the White Ape, but instead of petrifying it, not even a single stone fragment was ejected.
After pulling the Basilisk leader off the ground, Gain pressed down on its neck with his left hand and swung the stick down with his right.
Bang!!
The Basilisk leader's head exploded.
The Basilisk leader, whom the old count, Yarwei, and others were helpless against, died so easily at the hands of the Variant White Ape, Gain.
"Is this the Power of the Legendary...?"
As Yarwei gazed at the scene before her, which was almost beyond her comprehension, she murmured to herself, a long-dormant flame surging within her.
Breaking the Legendary!!
We must break through the Legendary!!
The Dark Elf leader cried out in his heart.
Once upon a time, the ambitions that had been worn down by the tiny Underdark the Underdark began to grow wildly like sprouting grass in early spring.
Sometimes, the best way to ignite your fighting spirit is to see a wider world.
Like a frog at the bottom of a well, it will never have the idea of ruling the world.
Confined to a small corner of the world, even the grandest ambitions will dissipate with the wind.
As Gain dealt with the Basilisk leader, a crescent-shaped arc of blood-red light streaked across the sky. Topaz Dragon's eyes widened as his massive head detached from his neck and crashed heavily to the ground.
The old count, wielding a battle scythe, emitted crimson smoke from his body, enveloping Topaz Dragon, whose body had just been severed in two, and absorbing the latter's blood and soul power.
About a minute later, the crimson smoke dissipated, and the old count suddenly opened his eyes. A shadow of True Dragon seemed to flash in his pupils, but it quickly dissipated and disappeared, posing no great trouble.
"Comfortable!"
The old count squinted, the boundless vitality surging from his body making him feel as if he had become a hundred years younger, his energy and spirit greatly enhanced.
"This time, the breakthrough to Legendary is bound to succeed!!" The old count clenched his fist, his heart pounding with excitement.
With Gain dealing with the Basilisk leader and the old count eliminating Topaz Dragon, the Underdark is now largely settled.
Except for nearly a hundred Basilisk that have burrowed underground and are still putting up a stubborn resistance, the rest of the region has been pacified.
In the command center, Logo stood with his hands behind his back, listening quietly as Yarwei described the various resources of the Underdark.
As the local tyrants of the Underdark, the Dark Elf Race, who have lived here for tens of thousands of years, are extremely familiar with everything about this Underground Space.
As Logo listened, he was also rapidly processing the information in his mind.
The names of various resources from 10,000 years ago differ greatly from those in modern times, and he needs to compare them one by one.
Fortunately, Logo's brain has extremely strong processing power, and he had already organized all the information by the time Yarwei finished speaking.
"A good harvest!"
A smile crept onto Logo's lips.
The resources hidden in this Underdark are unexpectedly abundant.
On the magic side: Blue Feather Stone, gemstone veins, crystal veins, jadeite mines...
Tungsten, molybdenum, and iron ore on the technology side...
There are also silver mines and gold mines that are used by both...
There's even an entire magic crystal mine.
This magic crystal mine is small to medium-sized. The magic crystals produced each year, when converted into Ta Pound, can bring the family approximately 2.34 million Ta Pound in revenue.
Furthermore, what surprised Logo the most was the tungsten mine.
Tungsten is highly valuable. This silvery-white metal was also known as "heavy stone" in ancient times. In the fields of metallurgy and metallic materials, it is Rare a high melting point.
Tungsten and its alloys are among the most important functional materials in industrial production, and are widely used in many fields such as shipbuilding, aircraft, electrical engineering, electronics, and chemistry.
Tungsten-containing high-temperature alloys, in particular, have a wide range of applications, including the manufacture of high-energy engines, artillery, rockets, and nuclear fission reactors.
High-density tungsten-based alloys can be used to manufacture armor-piercing warheads; such a strategic resource is naturally better in greater quantities.
With both internal and external troubles resolved, Logo's status within the Red Maple Clan is bound to surge, becoming second only to the old Earl.
Under these circumstances, Logo prepared to integrate clan resources, comprehensively promote the industrialization of alchemy, and establish a truly advanced alchemy industrial system.
The greatest function of this Underdark is to serve as a logistical base for the clans.
As long as all the passages can be blocked, this place will be a treasure trove that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it will also keep the enemy guessing.
In addition to the gains in resources, Yarwei also revealed another detail.
"You said that a passage appeared in this Underdark more than seventy years ago, but you sealed it off?" Logo asked, frowning.
"That's right." Yarwei nodded, a hint of fear on her face. "The area that passage leads to is terrifying. Besides Endless yellow sand, there are terrifying insect beasts that emerge from time to time. There are countless bizarre insect races in the sky, on the ground, and underground."
We were overjoyed when we first discovered the passage, but after exploring it for a short time, our tribesmen suffered heavy casualties and had to retreat.
"To prevent these insectoid beasts from discovering the passage, after retreating to the Underdark, I immediately ordered the node to be sealed off."
Upon hearing Yarwei's description, Crassus, who was lying next to her, couldn't help but interject, "Boss, the scene she described looks so much like the Dusk Desert. Could this spatial node lead there?"