[97] Mining Time!

After everything was settled, the three of them prepared to depart.

After passing through the passage between the 36th and 37th floors, they finally reached the 37th floor, the domain of the floor boss, Udaeus.

The 37th floor was a vast cavern, not as expansive as other floors.

August had some doubts, would there really be Mithril ore here?

Taking out the map given by Goibniu, August began searching around.

After several rounds, August couldn't find it.

"Hey, haven't found it yet?" Tsubaki said impatiently. You have a map in your hand, and yet you can't find it? Are you kidding?

"Then, you do it."

"Fine, I will."

Without giving August a chance, Tsubaki took the map and began studying it carefully. Ais, on the other hand, looked around. After all, they came here to face the floor boss, Udaeus.

However, it seemed Udaeus had not yet respawned.

In the original story, Ais encountered Udaeus after meeting Bell Cranel. It was on her way back that she happened to run into the resurrected Udaeus.

Now, it seemed there was still some time before Udaeus would respawn.

But that wasn't a problem for August. With the use of the Water Candle, he could hasten Udaeus's resurrection. Moreover, August had already tested it and the Water Candle was effective against floor bosses.

"Here it is."

At that moment, in the distance, Tsubaki laboriously chiseled away a large section of the rock wall. And within that, exactly what August and the others came for, Mithril ore.

"Quite troublesome, it was concealed with magic using rocks. If we didn't have the map, we probably wouldn't have found it."

After all, who could have expected Mithril ore to be in the floor boss's room?

Now, August and Ais hurried over.

Seeing the Mithril ore, August smiled.

"Tsubaki, how is it?"

"I found it, but this vein isn't that large. Even if we manage to extract it all, the weight won't be much."

"After all, this is just an exploration. Otherwise, how could the Mithril ore be revealed to me?"

"True."

Tsubaki nodded. Veins like Mithril, once found, would naturally be left for oneself to mine. Whether the profit was big or small, it was all theirs.

As for reporting it to the Familia, like August did last time, that was extremely rare.

It wasn't that it didn't happen, but it wasn't something a normal person would do.

After all, the Familia itself was a collective of interests. Throw a piece of meat in, and if it left you with a slice, it was already considering the news you brought back.

Even when August took the lead in cooperating with Hephaestus Familia, if it weren't for August's abilities, he wouldn't have gained much.

"If we mine it ourselves, how long will it take?"

"Well, at least ten or twenty days, even with all three of us working hard."

"That's too slow."

"Are you stating the obvious? This is mining, not hunting monsters. Do you think it's easy?"

Seeing August dissatisfied, Tsubaki rolled her eyes.

In the Dungeon, the deeper you went, the more undeveloped resources there were.

The reason was simple: weak people couldn't reach them, and powerful people didn't bother with such things.

Take mining veins for instance, any adventurer capable of reaching Level 5 was usually an outstanding member of a Familia, or even a Familia Captain.

People like that wouldn't go mining. It was a joke.

"This is too slow. Time waits for no one. Let's use some special means."

A magical mark appeared on August's forehead, and he entered Demonization.

This shocked Tsubaki and Ais, who were so close to the Demonization for the first time.

The darkness merged into the shadows, forming an immensely huge claw.

Boom!

The next moment, the shadow claw directly fell on the ore vein.

The solid rock wall was torn open, and a large chunk of Mithril ore, along with rocks, was ripped out.

Tsubaki, witnessing this scene, was stunned, unable to recover for a long time.

"To use magic for this kind of thing, you're the first in history."

Giving August a thumbs up, Tsubaki acknowledged this unprecedented exception.

Most adventurers who could use magic, especially those with slightly higher strength, were the firepower core of a team. They were not only self-confident but also quite arrogant.

Using magic to mine, throughout Orario's many years, August was the first to dare to do such a thing.

However, it wasn't over yet. Controlling the shadow claw like an excavator, August rapidly dug out the Mithril ore from within the rock wall.

But, within this pile, almost sixty to seventy percent was useless rocks.

"If we bring the furnace here, we can directly smelt it."

Tsubaki instinctively sighed. After all, she had a deep appreciation for the power of the automatic smelting furnace over the past month.

Boom!

As she said that, the automatic smelting furnace appeared right in front of her.

Tsubaki was immediately dumbfounded, looking at the furnace with a vacant expression, then turning her gaze to August.

"Hey, when did you take that?"

"When we left. Since we came here to mine, I thought bringing it along might be useful. After all, it's a handy thing, so I brought it."

"You're...good..."

What else could she say? She could only say good.

"Give me my tools."

"Tools? What tools?"

"Of course, my forging tools. There's too much useless rock on this, and when smelting, the excess rock will consume magic stones. With so much stone, how many magic stones do you want to waste?"

"Uh, I didn't bring them."

"Huh? You took the furnace but didn't bring my tools. What are you thinking?"

"I didn't expect you would need them."

"I..."

Tsubaki wanted to vent her anger, but now wasn't the time.

In this way, August, like a humanoid mining machine, continuously tossed out large chunks of Mithril ore, and in no time, a small mountain had piled up.

However, within this mountain, most of it was useless stone, and there wasn't even half of the Mithril ore.

Once smelted, the total amount of Mithril would be even less.

Rumble!

As August mined, the entire 30th floor suddenly shook violently.

"What's going on?"

Tsubaki looked over, only to see the ground cracking in the center of the distant floor. Then, an immensely gigantic skeletal giant climbed out.

The 37's floor boss, Udaeus has entered the game!

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