"Your will is above all else, Your Majesty."
Hearing the tone of Lord Luolan XV saying that everything was under control, the girl, who was the leader of the royal family's secret agency, lowered her head again to show her respect.
"Let us continue to watch, this rare event in a thousand years, this federation is our stage."
Taking out a bottle of aged wine and a clear goblet that exuded a faint magical aura from nothingness, Loren XV poured himself a glass in a very good mood. Then under Shia's flattered gaze, Loren XV poured a glass for her as well.
"Thank you for your gift, Your Majesty!"
"Go ahead and continue to collect the situation of the gray fog. In addition, focus on supervising the production and installation progress of the constructed prosthetics. Try to complete the deployment of a prosthetic body reserve covering the entire federation before the gray fog breaks through.
After this matter is over, I will approve your withdrawal of the [Blood of Ability God] and [Black Dragon Molten Thunder Essence] that you applied for previously. "
After Shia finished drinking, Loren XV once again promised precious resources to help her break through the ninth level as a reward, and then waved her hand to signal her to leave on her own.
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"Found it, the target location is the warehouse over there. According to the intelligence, all the raw ore the other party purchased from us seems to have ended up here."
In the western part of the Kingdom of Loland, in Dragon Claw City, a team of players whose movements seemed a bit sneaky came near a warehouse area on the outskirts of the city.
The task they received from the task publisher was to pretend to be a small mine owner to sell a batch of low- to medium-level magic metal ores. Then follow the buyers, find the warehouse where they store the raw materials, and investigate what they want to do with so much ore.
Anvis is not the only one who is interested in this incident.
After magic construction became popular, construction factories usually occupied too large an area, so the factory sites and supporting warehouses were usually located in the suburbs of the city, and the required materials were transported by pack animals.
"Yuck! The smell of this shitty place is so disgusting. It's not all good if it's too real."
However, as they moved forward, many players couldn't bear to cover their mouths and noses.
The two spellcasters did not hesitate to spend their mana to maintain a first-level protection spell [Purifying Air] at all times.
There are not only factories in the suburbs of the city, but also more self-built residences for the refugees.
Outsiders who cannot afford houses in the city usually gather on the outskirts of the city and build their own houses around the city walls, forming slum areas.
If Dragon Claw City prepares to expand one day in the future, these areas will often be surrounded by the city and become new slums in the lower city.
Obviously, the sanitary conditions in such a place cannot be good.
The odors emitted by various types of beasts of burden and human excrement, vomit, fresh and rotten domestic garbage can be seen everywhere on the street corners. All kinds of unpleasant smells are mixed together and emitted in the air.
"Hold on, we're almost there."
The captain glanced at the coordinates marked on the mission panel, compared them with the map, and determined that the target was the ordinary-looking low warehouse in front of him.
When it comes to low- and mid-level magical construction materials in the entire federation, it is impossible to complete the transfer of materials of this scale without anyone noticing.
Therefore, the forces that purchase materials did not hide it, but generously pulled carts of ore into this warehouse.
However, when spies from many forces try to sneak in and steal information, they often never return.
"According to the data, this is a warehouse rented by the 'Gilded Vine' Chamber of Commerce. Its main business is mid- to low-level magical structures, alchemy potions, etc. However, it is currently being taken away by the Black Ring Chamber of Commerce. A lot of market share.
The Gilded Vine Chamber of Commerce is a medium-sized chamber of commerce, with a president who has reached the seventh level of strength, and two sixth-level spellcasters, guest ministers. The average level of its chamber of commerce guards is third level, with multiple fourth-level squad captains and fifth-level guard commanders.
There are rumors that the Gilded Vine is a secret chamber of commerce controlled by the royal family of the Kingdom of Loland, but there is no conclusive evidence. "
A player in the team opened the panel, searched for the information he had recorded, and then gave an introduction.
He has a special life profession 'scholar', which allows him to store some of the knowledge he has read in the panel, and when it is needed, he can search for related records through a method similar to searching for keywords.
"Yes, Taozi, the information this time is quite detailed."
The captain nodded.
"The challenge level of this mission is 40+. There are probably fourth-level guards inside. Please brace yourself and be careful not to be exposed, otherwise we will most likely suffer attrition."
After a simple arrangement, a group of players skillfully put on the invisibility veil, avoided the guards in front of the warehouse door, and sneaked into the target warehouse.
The things in the warehouse don't seem to have any problems at first glance. A large number of low-grade metal ores of various types are piled up, as well as some metal ingots that have been initially refined. It seems to be an ordinary construction factory resource warehouse.
However, a group of players who were very skilled at looting houses and finding hidden treasure chests soon discovered something was wrong.
The amount of ore they sold before did not match the amount of ore in this warehouse.
At the same time, there was something wrong with the area where the metal ingot boxes were placed. There were two light scratches on the floor, which seemed to be the marks left by something that often slid here.
After a lot of knocking, a secret passage finally appeared in front of the players.
A secret passage with a purely mechanical structure and a simple concealment technique can prevent the entrance of the secret passage from being searched by the low-level prophecy spell [Search for Secret passages], but this purely physical method of finding it cannot be avoided.
So, the curious players left two people outside to watch, while the others filed in.
After arriving at the other end of the secret passage, what appears in front of the players is an unexpected scene.
In the dark and huge space, a large number of assembly lines are operating on their own. Countless ores fall into crushers and are crushed, and then fed into huge furnaces to extract pure metal.
On the other side, various metal ingots are input along the feeding port and turned into standard parts. Then, after being assembled by the robotic arm, they gradually turn into racks of strange human-shaped structures.
Finally, the assembled structure flowed along the assembly line into a hole in the dark wall in the distance and disappeared.
"What is this? Some kind of secret factory?"
Looking at this scene in a daze, one player spoke in a low voice.
"It seems that our ore should be produced into this structure here."
"Then we take one sample back, which should be enough to complete this mission."
"Aren't you curious where those constructs were transported? What's across from the hole in the wall?"
After the initial surprise, the team members immediately started discussing.
"Something's wrong."
However, the captain's brows gradually wrinkled.
"It went so smoothly. We sneaked in here without encountering any obstacles at all. Where are the guards here?"
Before the captain finished speaking, two messages suddenly appeared on the panels of many players.
['Niu Liluo' is dead] ['Taotaojiang' is dead]
These two names are the players who were on the lookout before. At the same time, sharp sirens rang out all around, and a large number of pitch-black Constructed Knights emerged from the darkness, with scarlet rays of light on their faces shooting everywhere, as terrifying as messengers from hell.
"Enemy attack! Everyone, bring samples as soon as possible and prepare to break out!"
Although his heart was a little heavy, the captain still issued the order without hesitation.
Only by successfully completing the mission can we live up to the sacrifices of our team members.
In the end, under the cover of almost the entire team, the captain escaped from the secret passage with a space bracelet containing a body, and used various means to hide for thirty minutes, and finally successfully escaped from the battle and went offline.
(End of chapter)
