Time slowly passed as Abel and Wizard Frank chatted. One by one, the elite wizards of team 3 appeared. They were all very friendly to Abel. After greeting him, they all joined in the conversation.
"You're all here!" Wizard Hogg appeared, and all the elite wizards in the team had arrived. He looked around and said, "Our mission this time is to guard the fifth mine for 30 days. The reward is 50 credit points per person. If there is a battle, the credit points will be calculated separately!"
"Captain, why did we accept a mission like this? We're going to be bored for another month!" Wizard Evans was the rank nineteen wizard in the team. He had a high status in the team, so he grumbled.
"Wizard Evans, if you're bored, you can teach Wizard Abel how to cooperate with other wizards!" Wizard Hogg stared at him and said.
"Haha!" A burst of laughter erupted in the team.
Wizard Evans didn't get angry, "Wizard Abel, you'll follow me for a month. Make me a magic staff first. I want the best one!" Instead of getting angry, Wizard Evans smiled and said to Abel.
It was at this moment that the wizards realized how cunning Wizard Evans was. He wanted to get close to the water first.
"Ok, let's go!" Wizard Hogg yelled.
Abel teleported from the office to the mountain. When he appeared, he was already in a camp in the valley. There were some wooden buildings around him. Although it was a little rough, he could still feel the existence of a magic circle. This place was completely protected by a defensive magic circle.
"Wizard Hogg, you're finally here. We've been waiting to go back and rest. What a boring month!" Another rank 20 wizard and a team of 7 elite wizards were already waiting for them in the camp. The leader of the elite wizards bowed and said.
"Adept Angus, are you still expecting an attack from the enemy?" Adept Hogg smiled as he stepped forward and gave an adept's bow.
"It's better than wasting a month here!" Wizard Angus replied with a smile. He then turned to his team and said, "Let's go, let's get out of here!"
"Finally, we can leave. This place is so boring that all we can do is dig for magic gems!" An elite wizard behind him laughed.
"Wizard Evans, remember to dig out more gems!" A rank 19 wizard smiled and said to Wizard Evans, who was beside Abel.
"Wizard Haywood, why don't you stay and let's have a little competition?" Wizard Evans was not going to lose to Haywood in an argument.
Abel smiled as he watched the exchange between the two teams. He could tell that there was a deep friendship between the two teams.
"Let's go, Adept Haywood. If you don't leave now, then you can stay here forever!" Wizard Angus yelled. He had already drawn the "move in a flash" spell pattern in his hand.
"Captain, I'm coming!" Wizard Haywood yelled back and made a hand gesture to Wizard Evans. Afterward, his body turned into a flash of white light and disappeared from the spot.
"Wizard Abel, that was team 5. They were guarding this place last month!" Wizard Evans smiled and explained to Abel.
"Wizard Evans, there are no miners here. Why do they need to guard an abandoned mine like this?" Abel looked around. Although there were buildings, there was no human scent. This meant that there were no wizards living here, so he asked in confusion.
"That's because you don't know the value of this place. The gems produced here are very important to the evil Knights. Also, this place is not far from the Evil Kingdom, so the Evil Kingdom would often open a portal and send their evil Knights here. They've tried many times to take back this gem mine!" Wizard Evans explained.
"Everyone, feel free to do as you please. Wizard Evans, you take 2 wizards and guard the first round!" Wizard Hogg clapped his hands to get everyone's attention.
"Wizard Abel, Wizard Frank, you 2 follow me!" Wizard Evans said to Abel and Wizard Frank with a grumbling look on his face, but he didn't say anything.
Abel and Wizard Frank followed Wizard Evans into a building on the edge of the camp. As soon as they entered, they could see the foundation of the magic circle in operation. If anything were to be done here, it would be detected immediately.
"The Wizard Union is so stingy. They don't even set up a spirit to guard this place. We have to monitor it ourselves every time!" Wizard Frank complained.
"Wizard Frank, did you forget that the Wizard Union never put spirits in a second-line battlefield like this again after we lost a lot of them?" Wizard Evans gazed at Wizard Frank and said.
"I'm just complaining. If there are spirits, we can rest now!" Wizard Frank said with a smile.
Abel found a place to sit down and took out a book to read.
After half a day, he realized how boring this place was. The 3 elite wizards could only sit here. Although they could do other things, they couldn't leave this place. They had to keep their power of the will connected with the protection circle at all times to make sure they would notice anything wrong.
The reason why 3 elite wizards were here was to make it less boring. Of course, if there were enough people, it would be safer to have more wizards on duty.
When the sky was about to turn dark, Wizard Harold walked into the room with 2 other elite wizards. It was time to change shifts.
"Wizard Abel, I'll take you to mine some mana gems. This is a huge mine. It's very wide. If it wasn't for the Evil Knight's invasion, we wouldn't be able to do it so easily!" Wizard Frank said to Abel in excitement when he saw Wizard Harold and the other wizards coming to change shifts.
"Wizard Abel, you can go with Frank. We'll learn how to work together tomorrow!" Wizard Evans didn't seem to be interested in mining, so he said to Abel.
From his expression, it seemed like he wasn't interested in large mana gems at all.
Wizard Frank brought Abel to a mine on the side of the mountain outside the camp. It was also within the protection circle, so it was safe.
"Wizard Frank, why doesn't Wizard Evans seem to be interested in mining?" Abel asked in confusion. At the same time, he also saw that there were no other wizards digging here.
"Wizard Evans wouldn't be interested in this little bit of harvest. This mine has been dug out many times, and all the gems that can be easily dug out have been dug out. Even if we work hard for a day, we can only get 10 gems. If we're lucky enough, we'll be rich!" Wizard Frank said with a smile.
"If we dig out gems from this mine, we don't have to hand them in, right?" Abel asked again.
"I'll be honest with you. You can dig out as many gems as you want. The Union wants you to dig them out as soon as possible, but it's too dangerous here. Many groups of miners came here, but they were all killed by the Evil Knight. After that, no one wanted to come here anymore!" Wizard Frank said as he pointed at the mine in front of them.
Abel's heart skipped a beat. He had other ideas about mining. If the Wizard Union wanted to dig them out as soon as possible, they probably didn't want the Holy Knight to get their hands on the resources here.
"Wizard Abel, let's start digging!" Wizard Frank said as he took out a puppet from his portal bag. It was holding a mining shovel in its hand.
Abel couldn't help but feel speechless. Wizard Frank must have known about this mission, so he prepared this mining puppet in advance.
"What do you think? I bought it from the dwarfs for mining!" Wizard Frank said proudly as he saw the look on Abel's face.
"I just don't know if the gems you used to drive the puppet are enough to dig out the gems!" Abel shook his head and said. He knew a lot about puppets. These puppets used mana gems, and they used up a lot of mana gems.
"Wizard Abel, as long as I can dig out one top-level gem, I'll be rich!" Wizard Frank said confidently. He then continued, "Too bad your Johnson is too big. If you put it here, it'll definitely be faster than my puppet!"
"Wizard Frank, you can go ahead. I'll go talk to the captain!" Abel said with an apologetic hand gesture. He wanted to talk to Wizard Hogg about mining. He didn't want to dig with his hands. That would be too stupid.
"Come early, it'll be nice to have a chat!" Wizard Frank waved his hand.
Abel flashed out of the cave and sensed Wizard Hogg's location. Even if a rank 20 wizard didn't want to reveal his scent, as long as he didn't hide it, his powerful wizard core scent was like a bright light in the dark.
"Oh, Wizard Abel. What's the matter?" Wizard Hogg asked as soon as Abel appeared in front of the door.
"Captain, I have a special mining method. I want to earn some income for the team!" Abel said.
"Oh, right. You're a Grandmaster Blacksmith. You always deal with mines. Come on in!" Wizard Hogg opened the door and said with a smile.
Abel walked into the room. It was just as simple. It seemed like this mission was to let him get familiar with the team. It was also why he wanted to repay the team.
When Wizard Hogg brought the third team to Frost City and started the wizard war with the Blizzards, Abel already wanted to thank the wizards. However, there were too many things on him that couldn't be exposed.
Today, he discovered this magic gem mine. When it came to mining, even the dwarves in the Central Continent could not compete with him.
"Captain, my contracted beast Johnson has a special ability with ores. It can move ores from underground to the surface!" Abel said with a smile.
"Wizard Abel, you mean Johnson can move gems from underground like ores?" Wizard Hogg's eyes flashed, and he quickly asked.
Mana gems were the currency used by wizards in the Central Continent. The team members didn't go mining not because they didn't like gems, but because the gems here were just too hard to mine.
When Wizard Haywood left, he was only joking. The mana gem mine here had been excavated many times by the wizards who stayed behind. It was basically impossible to find any mana gems on the surface. As for the mana gems deep underground, it would take a lot of time and effort to dig them out with a professional miner and a professional miner.
"Yes, that's Johnson's ability!" Abel nodded with certainty.
"Wizard Abel, Johnson is your contracted beast. The gems it dug out should be yours. Are you sure you want to share them with the team members?" Wizard Hogg looked at Abel with a serious face.
He thought Abel didn't understand the rules of the team. Gems were like training resources, and every wizard in the team could keep it for themselves. There was no need to share it with the team.
"This is the team's mission. I'm in charge of mining, and the team is in charge of safety. It's only right that we share it!" Abel lowered his voice.
"Wizard Abel, I don't care if you succeed or not, I'm still happy with your decision. I'm happier than sharing the gems. Your feelings for the team are more important than the gems!" Wizard Hogg smiled.
As an advanced wizard, he had no shortage of gems. The powerful fighting power of the Lightning clan had earned him the rights to many new gems mines. As the captain of the third team, he had a lot of gems.
"Other than the wizards guarding the protection circle, everyone else, gather!" Wizard Hogg yelled. His voice blasted through the roof of the camp.
"What's wrong?" Vice-captain Wizard Lamo yelled as he appeared outside Wizard Hogg's door.
Afterward, figures appeared beside Wizard Lamo within 2 seconds. Wizard Hogg pushed open the door and walked out with Abel.
Just when he was about to say something, another figure appeared beside Wizard Lamo. It was Wizard Frank.
"Wizard Frank, you're too slow. If there's a fight, you'll cause problems for the team!" The smile on Wizard Hogg's face disappeared as he yelled at Wizard Frank.
Wizard Frank was frustrated. He brought his puppet into the deepest part of the mine. Although Wizard Hogg had used a sound amplification circle, his voice still couldn't reach the deepest part of the mine.
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