Chapter 117: 117. Journey to the Fabelt Pass (1/2)
Hearing Dohel's words, Tyler narrowed his eyes under his hood. He knew a little about mines as he had heard about the ones in the Darkin mountain range that were currently being monopolized by the so-called Great Five.
He hadn't bothered to find out more about them at the time because he didn't think he would ever be in a position where that mattered to him. Yet here he was now regretting that decision and his lack of insight.
However, he was still well aware of how valuable an unexplored mine would be. Based on the information he had gotten from the red ogre settlement he knew the mines in the Darkin mountain range and even the ones in the Darknar forest were all Grade 1 mines.
Although he was not a hundred percent sure about it, Tyler believed that a Grade 1 mine should be the highest rank of any ore mine. Of course, there was also the issue of the metal that could be extracted from the mine like Orichalcum and adamantine, so a Grade 3 Adamantine mine would be more valuable than a Grade 1 Gold mine.
With the logic, this so-called unexplored Grade 3 Gold mine was not that valuable and perhaps the nobles would not put that much attention on it, but Tyler doubted that the moment he thought of it.
An unexplored mine no matter what rank it was would contain endless possibilities as it was unknown what would be found at the depts of the mine. There was a chance it was connected to another mine or lead to something of even more value. Perhaps there was even a legendary monster living there as well.
If the noble were to find out about this illegal exploration, then all the work that had gone into Tyler's new identity as Lix Tetrax the VIP merchant would immediately go to waste. That thought made Tyler a little irritated but, he quickly used 'placate' to calm himself and focus.
There were only a few days left till the materials he had requested from Runic to be ready and he still owed him money. There was also a need for him to purchase skill books and materials that would be needed for his time in the magic institute.
As soon as he had made up his mind, Tyler promptly turned his gaze at Nadine who was still seated at the driver's seat of the carriage. She nodded under his gaze and Tyler sighed.
Dohel was right, it was indeed very dangerous to conduct any further discussions within the city premises so they needed to leave.
Tyler had already discussed most of the details of his plan with Nadine and since she was a native of this continent and had been briefed by Albert on how to avoid the wrong kind of attention from the ruling classes. Tyler had given her the authority of calling off this mission if she thought it would be too complicated and dangerous.
However, since this was only a Grade 3 mine that should not be located anywhere close to a living settlement, there should not be any problems accompanying the group on this mission.
As Dohel saw the two of them make eye contact — although Tyler's hood still hid the majority of his face — It would seem that he was under some sort of misconception and decided to address Nadine in an airy, light-hearted tone:
”It'll be fine, don't worry. Things won't be too troublesome as long as we don't get carried away and stick to the plan. And besides, nothing will escape the eyes and ears of Larut here. Plus, as long as I'm in charge everything will go smoothly. I'm quite awesome, don't you think so, my dear Nadine?”
In response to Dohel's proud and confident demeanor, Nadine slightly rolled her eyes and ignored him. Tyler wasn't entirely sure why she was like this as he had always thought she enjoyed the attention she constantly received from the men around her.
Then again, she did seem to have a superiority complex. So perhaps she just felt that someone like Dohel did not qualify to speak directly to her but only admire her from a distance, maybe, who's to tell.
The four other members of Unrivaled chuckled at Dohel's rejection as it seemed they all approved of Nadine's action. Well, all except Kylyra who still stood behind Larut and was giving Tyler strange looks.
Larut didn't seem to be fully amused and wanted to get back on topic so he interrupted Dohel from the side:
”It'll be fine. We'll only be traveling through the outskirts of the Sentro region and Darknar region. Therefore, we shouldn't meet any overly strong monsters we can't handle unless our luck is very bad.”
”The outskirts huh...”
Tyler recalled the map of the Darknar region he had seen in the red ogre settlement. Several regions were surrounding the Darknar region and although the details of the map were not clear, it still alighted some notable landmarks that Tyler remembered.
Dohel had mentioned the mine is somewhere in the Fabelt's Pass, a place that was close to the Mounta region. It was supposedly an uneven plain with several large hills that had been the location of a massive battle several centuries ago.
The place once housed a large city that was now nothing more than ruins. It was quite a dangerous region and Hunters wouldn't normally hunt deeper into the place. Logically speaking, there was a good chance there would be something rare hidden in such a place, and in this case, it was an unexplored Grade 3 Gold mine.
Being unable to resist the temptation anymore, Tyler sighed inwardly and nodded at the party as they promptly went to work loading the fifteen large barrels into the carriage without any further explanations.
Tyler didn't need them to tell him what was inside those barrels as he could clearly sense signs of life within them. Whatever was sealed upon those barrels was clearly alive and therefore could not be stored in any spatial storage box or ring making their need for a qualified merchant justified.
Tyler knew he couldn't get any more information out of Dohel until they were clear of the city so he kept quiet and boarded the carriage with the party as they headed for the gate to leave the city.