Chapter 325: Finding Rhodium (1/2)

Rhodium was abundant inside the valley of crystals , however usually they were small Crystal's, the size of a palm. What Rudra needed was a rarer type of Rhodium deposit , that was as big as a house. It typically needed 40 years to build up , and would only be found at places with abundant mana. Hence why the nocturnal worms were also found near it.

Even after 2 days of looking for it , no clues were found and the party members started to get anxious , the valley of crystals was big , but that big that it could not be completely scouted in 2 days time.

However what even proffesional miners could not find , was found by heaven's son Karna , accidentally at that. While bored Karna decided to spar with Neatwit for a while , and in the intense battle he needed to rely on mind's eyes. When he activated it though , he could percieve the terrain around him differently , as he located the rhodium deposit!!!

It was 35 meters below ground , as nearly 16 earthworms surrounded it , mining it would be a very difficult task. While the miners saw no sign of Rhodium being 35 meters below where Karna had indicated , Rudra had full faith in the son of Providence.

Hence under Karna's direction , the team started mining under Karna's direction.

Whenever an earthworm would pop up , the 12 Elites would use teamwork to swiftly deal with them , as they gained bountiful experience points from it.

Finally after ,2 more days of hardwork , they killed all 16 Earthworms and excavated the Rhodium.

Much to the surprise of the miners it was legit a 50 meter cube piece of Rhodium. They questioned Karna about his methods , but naturally Karna would not let his secrets out soo easliy. However the important part was that all the necessary parts had been obtained !

Now started the labourous process of bringing it back home safely.

Firstly a ramp had to be dug out with a 15° inclination that connected the surface to the Rhodium deposit , as 300 horses and 500 slaves pulled it hard just to load it on the wooden wheel platform that Fatty Kalash built.

Hence started the slow March back home , where the glowing Rhodium was slogged by 500 slaves , guarded by 500 soldiers and overseen by 12 Elites!

However the slow journey back home was anything but pleasant , the rhodium that had been nourished by mana for decades attracted too many monsters , as Rudra lost soldiers to scuffles every hour.

Even if Rudra himself took action ,there was a limit as to what he could do alone , he could not protect the safety of the entire contingent , there were bound to be some delay at his arrival , however the soldiers of his city at tier one were genuinely no match for these 80-85 level insects , they were easliy skewered.

The initial party of 500 slaves and 500 soldiers was reduced to a party of 350 slaves and 450 soldiers at the end of one day of travel.

This led to a further reduction of speed, as the 350 slaves had an increasingly difficult time in pulling the weight .

Having no choice left , the horses from the dead soldiers had to be used to supplement the shortage of labor force , which helped alleviate some of the immediate speed problems .

However what the group was not aware of was the fact that they were marching towards a extremely large ambush contingent of angry Rebels .