CHAPTER 35: CHAPTER 35: PLAY IT SAFE FOR NOW

Hand Rubbing Diamonds stepped two meters in front of Fang Ka and stopped: "Mage Fang Ka, we’ve made a major discovery on the western Dead Volcano."

Fang Ka couldn’t help but furrow his brow in thought upon hearing this.

Could it be that they’ve discovered that the Dead Volcano over there is all Fire Crystals without sulfur, and have come to ask him why?

Apart from this, he really couldn’t think of anything else the players might have discovered.

Seeing Fang Ka in such deep thought, Hand Rubbing Diamonds quickly continued: "We discovered a location there that stands out from the surrounding Dead Volcano terrain."

"After digging up the soil in that area, we found a light blue stone slab, and when we tried to touch it, it felt like an invisible stream of water pushing me away."

Hearing the other’s words, Fang Ka was momentarily stunned, thinking he might have misheard, only recovering after a while.

However, judging by Hand Rubbing Diamonds’ appearance, he clearly wasn’t lying, and there was no reason for him to lie.

After all, the Affinity System is there, with severe penalties for lowering affinity, so no player would recklessly come to mess with him without reason.

Thinking about this, a strong curiosity welled up in Fang Ka’s heart.

He had been to the Dead Volcano a few times before and hadn’t noticed anything unusual; could the location mentioned by Hand Rubbing Diamonds be too hidden?

These players never cease to surprise him.

So he nodded towards Hand Rubbing Diamonds: "My loyal subordinate, lead me there to have a look."

Upon hearing Fang Ka’s words, Hand Rubbing Diamonds quickly turned around and headed swiftly towards the Dead Volcano.

Fang Ka followed Hand Rubbing Diamonds all the way to the Dead Volcano Territory, and was then led to the location mentioned.

Seeing the light blue stone slab in front of him, along with the flowing magic aura above it, Fang Ka couldn’t help but tighten his brows.

This is clearly a Magic Array.

He had already identified the light blue stone slab.

It was Sea Wave Stone, a very precious Water Element enchantment material.

And this Magic Array was a Water Element Magic Array.

The effects of this Magic Array are twofold: one, it creates a bubble-like Compatibility Domain, providing a slight affinity boost for mages performing Water Magic within.

Secondly, it gathers moisture, filling the Compatibility Domain with water sources.

The magic aura of this Water Element Magic Array is very familiar, exactly like those Magic Arrays in the Underground Library.

So, it’s pretty obvious who set up this Water Element Magic Array.

Moreover, the technique of using suitable same-element enchantment materials to indirectly enhance the power of the Magic Array is often employed by Kain.

Many of the Magic Arrays in the Underground Library use this technique.

Evidently, the Compatibility Domain of this Water Element Magic Array acts below.

Water Element Magic Arrays are primarily used by mages who specialize in Water Magic.

Could there be a water-element-specialized mage below? What is their relationship with Kain? Why has Kain never mentioned it?

Magic Arrays possess certain self-defensive properties, requiring either suitable or brute force methods to be broken.

Breaking Kain’s Magic Array is extremely difficult.

Currently, it’s basically impossible, but there’s no need to break this Water Element Magic Array.

The Compatibility Domain of the Water Element Magic Array is large, with Kain utilizing Sea Wave Stone to enhance it, it’s undoubtedly larger.

This leads to the speculation that the space below should be very large.

Meaning, all one needs to do is avoid the area where the Magic Array is located, dig down from the side, and discover what’s underground.

After all, only the Magic Array itself has defensive properties, the Compatibility Domain of this Water Element Magic Array has no defense.

Since Kain took him in, he hasn’t hidden anything from him, and the fact this hasn’t been mentioned likely happened before Kain adopted him.

The Water Element Magic Array continuously operates, either because there’s a mage with water affinity below, occasionally inputting Magic Power.

Or there are many Demon Crystals below, occasionally thrown into the Magic Array to maintain operation.

These are manageable, but what confounds Fang Ka the most is that even if the other can’t break this Water Element Magic Array, they could perform what he just intended to do, creating a passage from the side to appear on the Island.

However, there clearly are no passages around.

Why is the other content to stay underground? Why did Kain help the other set up this Water Element Magic Array?

Linking everything together gives rise to a significant possibility.

The other is not Kain’s adversary, nor does Kain wish to kill them; out of Kain’s intimidation, they’ve made some agreement, continuously remaining underground?

Fang Ka believed his imagined possibility might be substantial.

Thinking of this, Fang Ka instantly curbed his curiosity, deciding to hold steady for now.

Once his Skeleton players and his own strength improve, he’ll consider exploring.

Otherwise, if there’s some grudge between the other and Kain, and they find out Kain has died, it’ll blow up.

Fang Ka also pondered foxing them by claiming Kain left the Island to gather materials.

But this undeniably carries high risks, and over time would likely expose plenty of flaws.

Since the other is willing to stay underground right now, he sees no need to do anything rash.

For now, he’ll stabilize and develop.

Thinking of this, he turned his gaze to Hand Rubbing Diamonds: "Very well, the discovery here surprises me greatly, but for now, you shouldn’t tamper with it, return for now."

Then he awarded both of them 10 affinity points and rewarded them both with additional experience, raising them to level 2.

Currently, level 1 players are frantically collecting various Magic Potion and blood, and judging by the quantity collected, they’ll likely soon be enough to enhance each player ten times.

At this point, there’s no need to be stingy, with sufficient resources, empowering these players to be stronger nurtured ones will make harvesting easier.

He’s planning, if players discover minerals, he can issue a level 2 team mission, generously rewarding them to further enhance themselves, then they can help him with more tasks.

If no minerals are discovered, he might consider approaching it from other areas.

At this point, both Hand Rubbing Diamonds and Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching were extremely excited, they both felt this discovery would surely reap substantial gains.

Unexpectedly, the rewards were so great, not only gaining affinity but also leveling up to level 2.

They didn’t hesitate and internally affirmed, this surely is a hidden dungeon, it’s just that currently players don’t meet the requirements, hence it’s temporarily unavailable.

They certainly didn’t realize, the current rewards are merely incentives for them to work harder and be better harvested.