Chapter 176

"Of course, it didn't work!"

Dio shouted in anger while still holding his sword.

There was no movement or even a trace of magic in the air.

The portal was completely destroyed.

Dio took a few minutes to calm his anger.

This portal took a lot of effort to create, and now it's completely lost. He knew this was possible, but he was hoping for the best.

Dio even felt slightly relieved to have placed the portal on his sword. The explosion of a portal is quite powerful.

It would have exploded if the sword hadn't been made of underworld metal or if he had placed the portal anywhere else.

In the worst-case scenario, the Tower and perhaps the entire island would have collapsed.

"Alright, option number two."

Dio turned and looked at the House with the front door still open.

He stepped back inside, closed the door behind him, and slowly approached the lit fire in the center of the entrance hall.

The fire has never been put out since he arrived here.

Dio sat in front of the fire, and as he gazed into the flames, he tried to communicate with the House.

The flames in front of him intensify while taking shape and creating an image in the fire.

There were no details in the image, but he recognized perfectly the walls of the gates of the Underworld.

Then, the image changed.

This time to the location of his base, and with confirmation, the flames returned to normal, and everything became silent.

Then Dio used the shadows' movement to appear in front of the entrance door and opened it.

The House of Secret took him to the Underworld.

It was flawless teleportation without movements or confusion.

Dio stepped out onto the Underworld's black ground while the energy of this place coursed through his veins and pumped his heart.

"Yes, I love this place."

The House of Mystery also seemed to enjoy being here. It only gives him joy and curiosity to be in a new place.

"Let's see how the facilities are."

Dio said this while looking around.

The location he chose to set up his small base is on top of a simple, ten-meter-high hill, with a gray rock cave emerging at the top beside him.

Dio had a perfect view of his surroundings from this point. There were only fields of wild white grass on the horizon and dry ground around him.

This place was chosen with a defensive location in mind, but it was also thought to be used to obtain resources.

The cave to his left isn't very large, with just an irregular rock construction resembling a mouth four meters high and ten meters wide.

Dio used this place as his home and for mining.

There were only three things inside the dark rock cave.

One of them is a handmade bed made of leaves and other things he collected along the way.

On the other side of the cave is a pile of rocks stacked on top of each other, the size of a mountain, and shining brightly.

The rocks reached almost halfway to the cave ceiling, nearly six meters, while gleaming with emeralds, rubies, diamonds, and gold.

All mixed with dirt collected from the hole dug in the ground north of the cave.

Dio would surely make his first million if he sold all of this. However, it was better to do it slowly to avoid attracting too much attention.

These individuals mine all this wealth.

One of them emerged from the hole in the ground.

It was a white skeleton with glowing gray and red eyes while holding a pile of stones and rocks.

It took the riches to the pile and dropped them on the ground before turning around and retracing its steps.

"Stop."

Dio said it loudly.

The skeleton immediately obeyed his command and stopped in its tracks.

"Come here."

Dio ordered again.

The skeleton walked at its normal speed and stopped in front of Dio.

Dio reached his hand to its forehead and carved a golden trident into its skull.

This symbol represents Hades and his complete control over the skeleton.

This one was born in the underworld, and needed a command symbol.

Since Dio wasn't skilled at inventing things and didn't want to think about it, he chose the symbol on the front of his armor, known on Earth.

This was one of the pieces of knowledge he gained from the vampire wizard he killed.

This symbol was also known as the slave symbol, which gave complete command to the one who engraved it on them, but it also limited reasoning if used on intelligent beings.

Of course, Dio would never use this on a person.

He only used it on these skeletons because they were quite aggressive and lacked intelligence.

Dio now controlled four of these skeletons.

They worked hard and were tireless, but the problem was that they were not very intelligent.

It took a long time to teach them the difference between common jewels and a worthless pile of dirt.

But their strength was impressive enough for them to dig this small mine with just their arms and no equipment.

Dio checked the enchantments on the golden symbol, which was made of pure gold, an excellent conductor metal that was very cheap. He let it return to work.

He walked slowly to the back of the small mountain of wealth while looking for the spot where he showed the skeletons to place the true treasure.

Dio really wasn't expecting to find anything. The rarity of this metal was quite high.

But there was a rock on the ground the size of a soccer ball, with a small spot of black metal protruding from its side.

The Underworld's Metal. That's what he called it, since there were no records of it.

This metal was the object of the search and excavation.

The riches behind him are secondary prizes because getting them is extremely easy in this place.

Dio picked up the rock with his hand and crumbled it, leaving only a tiny piece of metal the size of a finger in his dirty hands.

It is still as black as night and colder than gold to the touch, but not as bright as his sword.

It is the forge that gives it its shine.

This was a very rare metal.

The only thing Dio could think of that would be a good comparison is Uru from Marvel Comics.

The metal of the underworld was ideal for being shaped by magic and gaining power through it.

It's really scary how easy it was to enchant it.

It was so easy that even an apprentice like Dio could build a defense amulet for Vanessa without much effort.

At that time, Dio didn't know it would be so difficult to find that material.

That small amount was the only one he found until today.

He didn't regret making that amulet for Vanessa, but he didn't try to create something even better.

The ectoplasm covered his entire hand, and the piece of black metal disappeared.

Dio already had some ideas about how to use it, and now that the house had his equipment inside it, he could do it right here.

Since time passes slower here than on Earth, Dio would have time to complete this project before returning.

Dio left the cave and walked towards his house to stop and look to the south from afar.

He could clearly see the wall of the gates of the realm of Hades. This wall stretches from one end to the other while cutting through this kingdom like a line on a map.

Dio recalled when he met the dog and the confusion a goddess created for him.

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