Chapter 583: Yamila's Research, Stealing the Metal Ingots

"The enemy is divided into two factions internally, and they almost came to blows today. That wasn't just for show; it was a situation where they truly almost took action."

Xueya Site described in detail to Jier the situation he had seen through the telescope.

Once Jier thought about it, he understood the reason for the enemy's infighting. In fact, the enemy had always been divided into two factions internally: one was the faction of Knight Hate, and the other was the faction of the soldiers under Yeluba.

Among them, Yeluba's faction was the one currently controlling the Jiedian, having gained the approval of the majority of the Defeated Soldiers.

As for the faction of Knight Hate, they had previously been left behind in Changmai Village by Yeluba himself, leaving Knight Hate with no one to use.

But things change.

As they stayed here longer, the soldiers grew more and more suspicious in their hearts: why did they have to wait in this godforsaken place, wasting time? For money and wealth? But where were the money and wealth?

By attacking and looting Changmai Village, Yeluba had let the Defeated Soldiers make a small fortune, and through various means, he had let his soldiers immerse themselves in the act of bullying and humiliating the villagers of Changmai Village. This was a kind of alternative means of "currying favor" with these soldiers, a cheap way to unite the soldiers around him.

Knight Hate and his Adjutant, however, had always advocated for gathering Mineral Ore as quickly as possible, completing the trade, and leaving this place as soon as possible to return to the civilized society of the Southern Province. Perhaps he wanted to wash away his shame in this year's war, or perhaps he had become a hidden thread and a secret mine planted by an enemy country within the coalition.

But regardless, the two had a major disagreement over whether to stay here.

This disagreement had been hidden before because of the imbalance of power between the two. It wasn't until noon today, when Adjutant Piluo led a team and saw the large area destroyed by the Magic hut south of the Jiedian, that the accompanying soldiers realized they were still in danger on the edge of these unfamiliar mountains.

The soldiers' hearts were shaken, and some who had originally acquiesced to or supported Yeluba stood one after another by the side of Adjutant Piluo.

"Therefore, as long as we simply do some things to intensify the conflict, they will fight, and they are bound to fight," Jier said with certainty.

The conflict had already been intensified tonight; at this moment, the Jiedian seemed calm, but in reality, everyone was secretly discussing these matters. If someone were to die because of this now, then things would be hard to say!

"I'll go over tonight and find a way to sneakily kill a soldier to see if I can intensify their conflict. If it doesn't work, I'll try again tomorrow. Gradual deaths will definitely make them nervous, always on guard that someone is out to harm them."

Jier smirked, while Xueya Site asked Jier how he would intensify the situation regarding the alien Beast within the Jiedian, as Jier had said before that he had a way.

"This also has to do with those Defeated Soldiers. They are too stingy. Originally, they had an agreement with those long-haired Lynx Beast to let those Mao Mao into the Mine to dig for Mineral Ore. Part of the dug-out ore would be given to them as a usage fee, part would be taken as a smelting fee, and only the last part would be smelted into Metal Ingot for the Mao Mao."

Jier curled his lip in disdain: "But they are too greedy. They actually wanted to covet even this little bit. I don't know if it was the soldiers below doing it privately or if it was instigated by that Yeluba, but they actually gave the Mao Mao smelting lumps that contained many impurities and were not good. Those Mao Mao also didn't know their stuff, thinking that as long as it was metal, they were profiting, but they didn't expect that those metal lumps containing many impurities couldn't be used normally at all!"

Xueya Site's eyes lit up: "So, as long as this matter is leaked to those Mao Mao, the Mao Mao will definitely cause trouble! Right?"

Jier nodded, then shook his head: "It's not that simple. Just telling the Mao Mao that they were cheated won't make them believe the fact that they were cheated. We must take the high-quality Metal Ingot smelted out and compare it on the spot with the impure metal lumps in the Mao Mao's hands for them to understand they were cheated."

"Heh heh, when that time comes, given the personality and numbers of those Mao Mao, it's possible the enemy Jiedian will be turned upside down!"

Jier said happily.

The attack plan was not complicated: clear the outer sentries and Shapeshifting Monster, assassinate and intensify the conflict inside the enemy's ranks, find a way to get the Metal Ingot in the house and display it as evidence to the Mao Mao, and guide the Mao Mao to take revenge. At that time, the Warrior outside the Jiedian would break through the Jiedian to enter, kill the enemy soldiers, and drive away the Mao Mao.

Throughout the process, the Villager needed to guard the entrance and exit of the Mine, not letting the chaos and fighting affect the inside of the Mine, and protecting themselves well.

Jier would monitor the whole process and personally deal with Yeluba and Knight Hate.

"Besides that, I also ran into that so-called 【Messenger of Flame】 just now." Jier hesitated for a moment before briefly telling his companion about Yamila.

"It's actually a female Mage!?" Xueya Site was extremely surprised.

Jier waved his hand: "Not a Mage, but a Magic Apprentice. Just like the relationship between a Craftsman and an apprentice in a workshop."

Hearing this, Xueya Site breathed a sigh of relief. He had been truly terrified just now; the few of them were simply not enough for a Mage to deal with.

"Then what should we do? You also said that behind all this, it's people from the neighboring country causing trouble. They've now sent a Magic Apprentice; does your plan need to be changed?"

Unexpectedly, Jier waved his hand: "No need, things aren't that bad. The other party's relationship with Knight Hate is just a cooperative trade. Although I don't know the specifics yet, I'll just get the Metal Ingot needed for the trade out in a moment and give it to the other party in advance, telling them not to get involved in this mess. Wouldn't that solve it? Moreover, I talked to the other party just now and even spent money to buy some Magic Tool from her. Ha, I'll show you the Magic Tool later; they are all very interesting."

Xueya Site was clearly very interested in the Magic Tool in the story. Although Jier had the 【Heart Fire】 Magic Dagger on him, this thing was more like a peculiar weapon rather than a traditional Magic Tool.

"As long as the other party doesn't get involved, I believe the task of taking the Jiedian and rescuing the Changmai Village Villager can be completed smoothly. Hmm, come to think of it, it seems something is missing to correspond with the prophecy given by Dashu Bi'ao. And the missing thing is likely in the hands of that 【Messenger of Flame】, Ms. Yamila. What could it be?"

Jier muttered to himself.

At the same moment, Yamila was currently operating the Magic Instrument in the research room of the Magic hut, carefully copying and inspecting the Dwarf Soldier Spear.

The length and width of the Long Spear, and the length and width of every component, were carefully measured. Its overall weight, the position of its center of gravity, and the materials of each component were all carefully inspected.

The most critical part was the Dwarf enchantment craft on the head of the Dwarf Soldier Spear, as well as the Strengthening Blessing on the entire Long Spear.

Yes, after inspection, it was discovered that in addition to the easily visible enchantment patterns on the spearhead, the entire Long Spear had actually received an additional Dwarf blessing.

With the help of the Magic Instrument, Yamila carefully inspected this blessing and found that, in terms of energy effect, it seemed to have strengthened the toughness of the Long Spear as a whole, preventing it from being easily damaged.

"It really has the style of Dwarf legends!"

She muttered, then focused her attention on the enchantment effect of the spear blade.

"Patterns I can't understand, clearly buried within the spear blade, along with hidden magic structures. What a pity, Mimi, your tools here aren't good enough to inspect the magic structure inside the metal without damage."

Hearing Yamila's words, the Magic hut Mimi let out a low "mi" sound, expressing an apology.

"It's okay, Mimi. When I go back, I will definitely tell the teacher to add a better inspection instrument for you."

After Yamila finished speaking, she patted a crystal ball in front of her. This thing was connected to the stone table in front by a metal rod. The surface of the stone table had complex magic patterns; these were all Magic Array capable of inspection and detection. Once activated, they could be pressed against an item to check its performance and various parameters.

Just now, Yamila had already used this set of tools to detect the various metal components of various parts of the Dwarf Long Spear, as well as the dosage of Magic Material in it and the possible types of Magic Material.

But the Strengthening Blessing added by the Dwarf to the Long Spear clearly interfered with the properties of the various materials, causing most of the data from the inspection instrument to be distorted. Only after Yamila guessed and inferred, roughly determining the amplification and strengthening effect of the blessing on the Long Spear's materials, did she roughly determine several of the metal components and Magic Material types.

But this was already the limit for her and this inspection instrument. Getting any more accurate understanding of the structure of the Long Spear was not something she could do at the moment.

"But this is enough. I can sell these things cheaply to various forging masters. Even if one person buys a copy, even if the money isn't much, it's still a large sum of income!"

Yamila said with a grin, then carefully made a rubbing of the surface layer of the enchantment patterns on the spear blade. This thing didn't have much use, but it could still be sold for some money. At least after asking Jier to clarify the enchantment effect, others would be able to know what the effect of this enchantment pattern was when they saw it in the future.

Of course, it was impossible to completely reproduce this kind of Dwarf enchantment effect just through these patterns on the surface layer. Dwarf magic enchantment still had many differences from the way Human weapons and equipment were forged.

Jier was shrouded in a layer of pitch-black shadow, walking through the Jiedian with light footsteps.

He had changed into a set of clothes, letting light, ordinary clothes replace the armor that would make the sound of plates rubbing together. Especially the Boot on his feet; he had changed into a pair of rabbit-fur short boots he bought last year. These soft boots made almost no sound when walking on the road, especially when Jier deliberately lightened his footsteps.

Added to the ellipsoidal pitch-black shadow around his body, in this night with little light, he was practically walking in a place where no one else existed.

Between the surrounding wooden houses were loosely arranged soldier tents. They mostly lived in groups of two or four in the tents, with snoring sounds rising and falling. Only the soldiers keeping watch by the surrounding campfires and the soldiers patrolling on the wall were still enduring their sleepiness to guard this place.

But the soldiers constantly walking on the wall were still okay; even if sleepy, they didn't doze off because they were always moving. But the soldiers sitting in the Jiedian by the campfire couldn't do it. Their watch, which was in groups of two in the first half of the night, had long since changed to a situation of single-person watch in the second half of the night.

And with a single-person watch, with no one to accompany or supervise, the person on watch would inevitably be frequently harassed by sleepiness, jumping back and forth between being awake and not awake.

Jier snuck through the tents like this and arrived in front of the wooden house where the Metal Ingot was kept.

A soldier was also sitting in front of the entrance to the pit here, but this person was leaning against the outer wall of the wooden house, sitting on a wooden chair like a tree stump, arms crossed, dozing off!

There was no help for it; although this was an important place that needed someone specially arranged to watch it, it was basically impossible for one person to move away the heavy Metal Ingot. And in the process, collisions would inevitably occur, and making some noise was also unavoidable.

Therefore, the Soldiers guarding here were completely at ease, not at all worried about anyone coming to steal the Metal Ingots. As long as the Mao Mao did not come in swarms to move the Metal Ingots, it was impossible for just a few of them to budge the Metal Ingots.

Because during the casting process, the Soldiers had specifically made these high-quality Metal Ingots large and heavy, guarding against them being secretly taken away. As for the impure metal lumps made for the Mao Mao, they were intentionally made small to make it convenient for the Mao Mao to carry them.

Jier secretly jumped down into the pit he had entered and discovered that the ground of the pit had been trampled solid by people; there were only some thick wooden sticks placed at an incline to act as a barrier for entry and exit. Jier carefully moved the thick wooden sticks aside one by one, and then climbed in himself.

He did not remove all the thick wooden sticks blocking the path because there was no need; as long as he entered this place, the things inside would be emptied out by him.

After entering the room, which had a scent of rust in the air, Jier slightly drew his Hunting Sword, letting the small portion of the blade that was exposed emit a white light. Naturally, by using the Sun God Divine Power on the Hunting Sword for illumination, the power of the Shadow Bird could not be used.

Taking the opportunity to put away the Shadow Bird, Jier looked at the heavy Metal Ingots stacked all the way from the ground.

"Now, these things all belong to me!"

Jier announced.

Unlike the Defeated Soldiers who needed four people to lift a Metal Ingot, he could easily hold the heavy Metal Ingots in his hands by himself, even one in his left hand and one in his right. Afterward, he activated the Grass and Wood Source Blessing Ability to obtain nearly infinite energy for a short period of time.

With this energy, he could enter and exit the lady's dream realm quickly with almost no loss.

Transporting these Metal Ingots into the dream realm was simply a piece of cake.

Going in and out, Jier's figure kept appearing empty-handed, picking up two Metal Ingots, disappearing instantly, and then appearing again. After going back and forth more than a hundred times in a short period, Jier was still fine, but the Metal Ingots in the room had all disappeared.

"Done. Did I go too far? I should have at least left something for the Mao Mao to see."

Jier shook his head, returned to the dream realm, took out a dozen or so pieces, placed them messily in the room, and additionally took out some combustible debris to pile up in the room.

This room would be set on fire by him tomorrow, right after he took out the Metal Ingots to enrage the alien Beasts, so that those Mao Mao would have no way to come over and further verify his claims. This would avoid the discovery that the Metal Ingots here had disappeared.

Once the room burned down, no one would really care about the whereabouts of these Metal Ingots.

After finishing this, Jier returned the way he came, put away the light source, and restarted the Shadow Bird's Shadow Veil ability, shrouding himself once again in a layer of pitch-black shadow.

He jumped back to the entrance of the pit, carefully put the thick wooden sticks in the pit back into their original positions, and then climbed out of there on tiptoe.

"Next, it is time to light a fire inside the already nervous Soldiers."

Jier rubbed his hands together and began to look for a target to strike.

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