Chapter 615 - 580: Go Big or Go Home
While the Vine Demons were transporting food in the village, Da Fei entered the Eight-Headed Snake tunnel again to reconnoiter the situation, where six heads were still writhing.
Time! It wasn’t until this moment that Da Fei truly felt the urgency of time and realized that he was not fully prepared yet. He even started to regret having slept for those two hours. Da Fei now had too many things to do, such as continuing to raid the Demon Race’s rear base to transport corpses and returning to transport Demon Children.
Actually, these tasks wouldn’t take much time; the trouble lies in the time-consuming replenishment of mana by the Magic Charging Crystals, and that wretched Blood Sea still required half a day to recede!
Fortunately, while the Flying was replenishing mana in the city for half a day, it happened to coincide with the ebb of the Blood Sea, which luckily allowed that time to pass by unnoticed.
Alright, now it’s crucial to calculate the timing of the ebb and the mana replenishment and to grasp this rhythm.
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Now, the Flying set off once again, and this time Da Fei’s target was another large demon lake. However, to ensure a swift and secure sweep, Da Fei decided to head back to Radiant City first to bring along all those mercenary heroes. Of course, there’s no need to bring their subordinates—they’d just take up space. What he needed was their Hero Skills, not their troops. In fact, with Elena, the Human Cannon, in the lineup, who needs troops?
With a flash of light and a change of scene, the Flying had returned to Radiant City once more.
Without a word, the first thing to do was to call over the Flower Demons to fill up on fuel while handling business; that’s how to make efficient use of time.
As soon as they reached the shore, Elena shouted up at the city wall: "Ogg, you guys get on the ship right away, there’s work to be done!"
The Minotaur Gengna was thrilled: "As expected of the boss, bringing business the moment he arrives!"
Business my ass! Elena had already said that the first day is a grand opening with freebies to show off your abilities! But rest assured, there won’t be any shortage of good food and good drink.
Meanwhile, Da Fei hurried off the ship and called over the part-time school principal, the Cultural Consultant, and the part-time medical class instructor, the Hygiene Consultant.
"Lord City Lord, what are your instructions?"
Da Fei spoke earnestly, "It’s to deliver the utmost directive of developing our school! Starting from today, both gentlemen are to temporarily cease handling advisory affairs related to the territory and focus entirely on teaching!"
The two were taken aback: "This..."
Da Fei sighed with a smile: "Comrades, the fact is we’ve always overlooked that we have excellent students, that is, the 31 Flower Demon Instructors in our city, these are the individuals we should focus on cultivating. In any case, to ensure success in one go, from today onwards, our medical class and circus class will only teach one student each, meaning the medical class will only teach one Flower Demon Instructor, and the circus class will only teach the Fishman Leader Gulu solely focus on learning. How does that sound?"
The two of them looked at each other in astonishment: "Only teach one? This efficiency... the cost in terms of time..."
Da Fei solemnly said: "As long as we achieve a breakthrough from zero, everything will turn around. Once we have a highly skilled graduate, it would be like cultivating a teacher—or at least a teaching assistant, right? This way, our teaching resources will become stronger and stronger, and the progress behind will be like rolling a snowball, getting faster and faster. By then, both of your burdens will be much lighter."
The two nodded: "That makes sense. We will follow Lord City Lord’s instructions and give it our all!"
Hahaha, that’s exactly the effect I wanted. Now that I’ve given my instructions, it’s time to set off.
When Da Fei boarded the Flying once again, Elena stepped forward to report: "Lord City Lord, just now Ogg and the others heard that Lord City Lord’s goal is to kill an Advanced Demon, they provided a very valuable piece of information!" Then she turned around and shouted: "Shakert! Show the map to Lord City Lord!"
"Yes, boss!" The Cave Person Shakert presented a greasy piece of beast skin map and said: "Lord City Lord, this is a map drawn using my Reconnaissance Skill, it’s an underground mine. You must have found some unknown minerals at the station’s dock, right? It’s just under the station, about half a day’s journey away. Guarding the mine is an Abyss Lord named Aziklo, those minerals were mined by him. We used to work in that mine, so we’re very familiar with the layout there!"
Da Fei raised his eyebrows in surprise! Underground mine? Information not found on the Military Governor’s map! Who would have thought these Wandering Heroes, these surrounding maps still held such depth? Damn it, of course, it has depth. If there was no depth, why would the Demon Race manage so many outposts here? But half a day’s journey? My time is so tight, even if there was a mountain of gold in front of me, I’d have no interest in claiming it, especially since I have to leave the battleship and venture underground, what a pain!
The Minotaur Gengna grumbled: "I’ve had it with this Abyss Lord for a long time, he’s nothing but a Leader-level creature, but he has humiliated us, proud heroes, in every possible way. If we could have beaten him, we would have killed him long ago!"
Eh? So you guys have this kind of regrettable history?
Shakert spoke sinisterly: "Since Lord City Lord needs the corpse of an Advanced Demon, I believe he is a very good target. Additionally, Lord City Lord can even take over a mine. It’s a win-win situation!"
Good grief, taking advantage of this to get revenge for you guys too, wouldn’t that be three birds with one stone? Da Fei couldn’t help but look at this Cave Person’s intelligence with newfound respect. Aren’t seemingly weak races full of cunning beyond anyone else?
Da Fei then asked: "What kind of mine is it?"
Shakert shook his head: "Unclear, judging by the color, it might be iron. But it’s unlikely that the Demon Race would expend so much effort to operate a regular iron mine. Actually, the outpost we served before was specially used to transport minerals for that place, but then the battle at the Pool of Radiance escalated and it was repurposed to supply the front lines. Now that the Radiant City has suffered a great defeat, it’s a time of chaos in the rear, and it’s the perfect chance for us to sneak into the mine and kill him!"
The Ogre Ogg also spoke up: "If it’s to kill him, I’d rather not take money!"
How badly do you want revenge? Da Fei frowned and asked Elena: "What do you think?"
Elena said gravely: "The strength of this Abyss Lord is beyond what they can handle even if they join forces. It must be very nutritious, which will save much more time than running around collecting the corpses of ordinary soldiers, not to mention it could allow Lord City Lord to take over a mine. Even if Lord City Lord can’t operate the mine by himself, reporting it to the Kingdom would also be a great contribution, so I think it’s worth a battle!"
Shakert spoke gravely: "I have a secret passage! He could never anticipate us showing up!"
Anticipate my ass! Even the station has been leveled by me, even a butt-thinking person would know trouble is coming, right?
However, Elena makes a lot of sense. Alright, I’m pressed for time, so if I’m going to do it, I’ll go for the big score! (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit qidian.com to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)