Wizard Earl

Chapter 199 Nothing Gained

After leaving the Lexid Tavern, Connor was in a good mood. His plan was progressing smoothly. Back in Rune, Connor had made thorough preparations for this operation in Tunguska. He learned that there was a very famous intelligence organization in Tunguska that called itself the Glazer family. In Tunguska, as long as you paid them, they could get you highly credible and valuable intelligence. In addition, most importantly, they were very trustworthy and rarely leaked information about their employers.

After learning about the Glazer family, a two-pronged plan took shape in Connor's mind. On the one hand, he could use his magic-detecting staff to search for the location of magic stone mines in the Tunguska region. On the other hand, he could entrust the local powerhouse Glazer family to search for Snake Eyes's traces in Tunguska. This approach would be far more efficient than him acting alone.

Connor set his first step in searching for magic stone mines in Tunguska on the western outskirts of Tunguska. Although there are no major rivers around Tunguska, there is a small lake called Mercedes on the western outskirts. This lake is a freshwater lake and is the main water source for the citizens of Tunguska.

Walking along the country lanes around Lake Mercedes, Connor, leaning on his cane, casually observed the scenery by the lake like a wealthy young master on a spring outing.

On the surface, that's how it appears, but in reality, Connor's mental power, combined with the demon-detecting staff in his hand, is fully used to detect the situation within a one-kilometer radius. Under the influence of Connor's mental power, the demon-detecting staff will silently release a detection wave into the depths of the ground. After this detection wave encounters minerals underground, it will provide Connor with the results based on the type of mineral.

Connor's greatest hope was that Snake Eyes hadn't set up a disguise array around the magic stone mine he discovered. The magic-detecting staff he currently had was still a relatively primitive alchemical item for detecting ores and couldn't yet identify magic stone mines under a disguise array.

Actually, as soon as Connor arrived at Lake Mercedes in the western suburbs, he believed that the snake eye of the magic stone mine was not found here. As for the reason?

It's very simple! There are too many people at Lake Mercedes. As the only major water source for Tunguska City, Lake Mercedes, although not as heavily guarded as Reservoir Runmendi, still has a lake management force of over a hundred people. In addition to these people, Lake Mercedes has also formed an industry chain for catching lake fish, with thousands of people relying on this lake for their livelihood. If there were magic stone mines here, it would be difficult to avoid the notice of these people.

After thoroughly investigating the western suburbs, Connor headed straight for the next area. Over the next three days, Connor searched the eastern and northern suburbs surrounding Tunguska City, leaving only the southern suburbs unchecked. However, he found no information about magic stone mines. Of course, this was not unexpected for Connor. He had been aware of this situation from the beginning of his search, and the southern suburbs of Tunguska was the area Connor considered most likely to contain magic stone mines.

According to historical records, magic stone mines don't appear in isolation; other mineral resources, such as tungsten ore, often appear around them. Connor was certain Snake Eyes had found a magic stone mine because he discovered a large quantity of magic stones and several other minerals mentioned in the records, including tungsten ore, in Snake Eyes' spatial ring.

Quite coincidentally, in Tunguska, a city not rich in mineral resources, there happened to be a small tungsten mine. This tungsten mine was located in the southern suburbs of Tunguska and was monopolized by the Correa Consortium, established by the Correa family, a powerful local family in Tunguska.

This is Connor's only clue about the magic stone mine. However, Connor also has his own concerns about this clue. In Rune and the surrounding provinces, black tungsten ore is not hard to find. On the contrary, it is a very common mineral resource. As far as Connor knows, there is a large black tungsten mine and a small mine in the suburbs of Rune alone.

Therefore, the appearance of the black tungsten mine in the southern suburbs of Tunguska does not necessarily mean that the magic stone mine that Connor longs for will be found there!

Late at night, under the cover of darkness, Connor, dressed in a black robe, arrived at the vicinity of the black tungsten mine in the southern Tunguska district, which was occupied by the Correa family. Leaning on his cane, he solemnly searched his surroundings.

For the sake of the magic stone mine, Connor wouldn't mind sending a few people back to the embrace of their gods. However, before discovering the magic stone mine, Connor didn't want to cause trouble. Connor briefly learned about the Corea Corporation.

The Correa family is a family business in Tunguska, with 90% of their assets located in the city. Their businesses primarily focus on catering, accommodation, and mining. Tunguska's wolframite mines are a significant source of income for the family. Capitalists are all the same; wolframite is not scarce around Loen, and market competition is fierce. Therefore, to transform the dark ore into valuable gold, the Correa family, lacking the expertise to refine high-precision wolframite, can only focus on volume.

In order to reduce costs and increase profits, the Correa family tried their best to suppress and cut the wages and benefits of the black tungsten miners. The miners risked their lives to mine underground, but in return they received meager wages, so naturally they were unhappy. Therefore, in order to deter the miners and make them work obediently, the Correa family established a security team of about 100 people at the black tungsten mine.

Although no one admits it publicly, everyone knows that this security team is suspected of illegally possessing firearms without a license. On a regular basis, this security team doesn't even allow people to enter the area within a 20-mile radius of the mine.

Unfortunately, the area within twenty miles of the mine was a key inspection zone for Connor. The security team of over a hundred men, even though armed, could be wiped out in minutes if Connor went all out. However, to avoid attracting attention, Connor chose to secretly test the underground for magic stone ore under the cover of night.

Half an hour passed, and Connor had already searched a 50-mile radius around the mine with his magic-detecting staff, but still found nothing. This situation made Connor frown and turn his gaze to the mine. Although it was late at night, the roar of the machines in the mine could still be heard. Obviously, the workers in the mine were still working at this time. Behind the high walls around the mine, kerosene lamps were lit on the tall watchtowers, seemingly to prevent the workers in the factory from escaping.

(End of this chapter)