Chapter 281 Hoodlums
Even if Magnatit crystals were not considered rare, for humans they were. Even the Elves were in dire need of more Magnatit crystals.
Their need for more Magnatit crystals was high enough to enter all kinds of dungeons to search for Magnatit crystal veins as well.
This was why Nial and the others were so fortunate. They could get their hands on a fortune by just selling the Magnatit crystals that lay around in the dungeon in abundance.
The cave was huge, and just after an hour of mining in the first hall they entered, Timothée and the others felt like their spatial rings would burst when they were done mining and collecting everything.
"I would buy the Magnatit crystals as well. For each crystal, I can give you guys 50$. That should be fair, considering that there are probably tens of thousands, if not more than a hundred thousand Magnatit crystals around us," Nial offered, attracting everyone's attention.
They had no idea about the Magnatit crystal's value, so they couldn't tell whether Nial was lying to them or not.
However, even if he was lying, it didn't matter to them. If Nial wanted to, he could have entered the Nightfall valley and searched for underground caves all by himself. That way, he would have gotten everything for himself.
But now that he wasn't secretive about the underground cave, or planning to leave with the others before he would return later to greedily take everything, Timothée, Cecile and the others agreed to his proposal without thinking too much about it.
"Somehow, I feel bad. He will have to pay millions of dollars just to get the ores and Magnatit crystals…" Kelia said all of a sudden. Her voice was low but the others around her had clearly heard her.
"Well, if you don't want to exploit him, tell him that he doesn't need to pay you so much. But keep in mind that we need to become stronger as well. The biggest organizations haven't noticed us yet or don't regard us highly. We need to get stronger to attract their attention.
That requires money, while Nial doesn't need it. He is rich. Those were his words!" Leo stated while wanting to clear up Kelia's mind.
He could understand her but that didn't mean he would bother about being fair. Nial had come up with the deal on his own accord, so he had a plan through which he could either become stronger or earn more profit.
"You're right…" Kelia could only agree before she returned to working hard and mining the crystals.
Nial heard their conversation and he couldn't agree more. He had enough money to pay them, and it was not as if he would incur a loss either.
By increasing his proficiency with runic constellations, it would be much easier for him to create the second Ancient Origin ring, and the following seven as well. The Magnatit crystals weren't worth 50$ under normal circumstances, not if they were of such low quality as the ones in front of him.
However, their demand was extremely high right now because they had found the first magnatit crystal vein. This meant that they would be the first ones to create highly concentrated runic solutions.
With them and the ores found in the Nightfall valley, it wouldn't be a problem to create powerful Tier-0 runic armaments. Nial was pretty sure that it was only a matter of time before his blacksmithing skill would be on par with his current theoretical knowledge.
He had learned a lot, and wanted to apply everything to practical use as soon as possible!
Two days had passed in the blink of an eye but Nial was still in the underground cave with Timothée's group. One time, Nial went out of the Nightfall valley's dungeon to purchase another large-scale spatial ring, but other than that, they worked tirelessly inside the underground cave.
The final result shocked everyone, including Nial. He knew that he had lots of money. However, at the sight of the contents of all the Spatial rings that the others handed him, Nial could only swallow.
"If you cannot buy everything, we can sell some of the ores to a merchant as well," Timothée said the moment he noticed Nial's worried expression.
"No that's not it, I have enough money. I was just wondering how to store everything. I cannot just take your Spatial rings, after all…" Nial could only take a look inside their spatial ring as he received the wearer's permission.
However, taking away someone's spatial ring felt a little bit odd to him. This was even more so the case because Nial had perceived that there were more than just a few personal belongings inside. Even their clothes, including underwear, were stored inside the spatial rings.
Timothée nodded his head in understanding. He didn't even question Nial's wealth anymore as he replied,
"Then how about you purchase another large-scale spatial ring, or preferably a storage box? It's bigger in size, even if carrying it around is annoying. But I doubt you want to carry all the ores and Magnatit crystals with you everywhere, to begin with," Leo suddenly came up with a suggestion.
Nial nodded his head before he shrugged his shoulders lightly.
"I will find a solution to that. Let's leave the dungeon so I can pay you guys," He answered calmly and revealed a faint smile.
They were so deep in the cave that it took more than two hours before they reached the hole they had dug to enter the underground cave.
Unfortunately, some sort of unforeseen incident occurred…a group of human Originals was waiting for them on the surface. They looked straight at Nial before removing the coats they had been wearing.
"4th Intermediate Mirae rank, all of them…" Nial mumbled the moment he visualized them and their prowess.
Timothèe frowned deeply the moment he saw the group of human Originals. He was familiar with them. They were not good people and liked to beat up those who were weaker than them.
Of course, they only acted when nobody else was nearby, which was the case in most dungeons. Because of this, it was quite easy for them to stir trouble without ever getting caught. After all, there had never been enough evidence to evict them.
It was merely their statement against those that had been troubled by them and in most cases, they would escape getting punished.
The large maze appeared in Leo's hands. He was ready to go all-in as long as they would be able to overcome this situation, somehow.
"Is that some of these old and boring clichèes? I guess you guys want to take what belongs to me, right?" Nial was a bit annoyed. The human Originals from above had hostile intentions against him.
They had been wearing mana-concealing runic armaments as well.
And it was not even as if these runic armaments were commonly found.
'Someone must have ordered them to find me and beat me up…but who could that be?' Nial thought, feeling slightly confused. He was pretty sure that the human Originals above the surface wanted to see him half-dead or dead. Their efforts allowed them to find him as well.
"We just wanted to beat you up for acting cocky, but if you speak about us stealing your stuff, we can actually do that. Thanks for this great proposal, it never crossed my mind," The Original, who stood in front of everyone else, sneered.
His eyes were gleaming in greed as he said, "Come on, hand over everything that belongs to you! NOW, or you will die!"
Nial's expressions changed a bit as he realized that he had walked straight into the Original's trap.
It was extremely frustration, even more so because the Original precisely planned to provoke Nial, which had worked out.
The Odyssey seed began to pulsate and the Ankh shone brightly in a darkish-green color, releasing its vigor.
Nial could tell that the vigor felt a bit different than before him Since the end of the battle when the overflowing dark energy had been absorbed by the Ankh, it had changed. The invigorating sensation was still present, but the dark energy had transmuted the Ankh's vigor.
It was stronger now, and it provided him with a distinct boost in his control of mana and dark energy.
That was everything Nial could tell about the changes of the Ankh because he didn't understand what else could have changed.
When he released dark energy from his entire body, it looked like he was shrouded in darkness. Timothèe and the others realized something as well. Thus, they turned off the Light spheres in response, allowing Nial to merge with the darkness of the underground hall.
"We can join in this fight as well. Our rank might be weaker but it should be possible for us to fight one of them head-on. That will lift a huge burden off your chest!" Cecile assured him in a barely audible whisper.
Only Nial had been able to hear her, which was something she was fairly certain about. After all, everyone in the group had noticed that Nial's senses were extremely strong and very sensitive.
"Just come to the surface and take a look," Nial said before a gust of wind splashed in everyone's face when the ground below their feet cracked.
He blasted upward in a straight line using compressed dark energy to give him a boost the moment he jumped. The distance of 20 meters to the surface was covered in a single jump. Nial landed right in front of the arrogant human Original, who could only look at him in astonishment.
He swallowed his saliva before he took a few steps backward without realizing anything. Nial's entire body was shrouded in tightly compressed dark energy.
Without wasting a moment Nial released several balls of dark energy that were filled with black miasma. He threw them out to fill the surrounding 100 meters with them. They were spread out evenly at a distance of 10 meters from each other and were hovering in the air.
They didn't do anything special, but seeing such a huge quantity of balls in the air was already enough for the human Originals to look at Nial in fright.
"Y-you can control all of them at once?!" The arrogant Original asked while trying to suppress the emotions of fear and worry that surged up within him.
Nial ignored the arrogant Original as he scanned through the group that consisted of 10 Originals at the 4th Intermediate Mirae rank.
"That's not really impressive. I wonder who hired you guys to attack me. That someone must not know a lot about me," Nial could only say, smiling lightly.
Through the dark energy armor that shrouded him tightly, his smile looked devilish, preventing the human Originals from moving.
Nial humiliated them, but it was not as if they could do anything right now. His dark energy was already more than enough to suppress them, after all.
"I'm a little bit bored. How about you guys fight against me? Considering that you guys wanted to take away my things, how about I beat you up a little bit until you guys told me who sent you?" Nial asked, his devilish smile widening even further.
"Tell…me…WHO sent you?!" Nial growled, his voice echoing in the minds of the young Originals, only for them to realize that the balls of darkness exploded, and shrouded everything in black miasma.
Only Nial's devilish face shrouded in darkness was engraved on their minds as his eerie voice reached their ears,
"May I become your worst Nightmare?"
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