I have an Apocalypse City-Chapter 814 - 815: War Puppets_1

Chapter 814 -815: War Puppets_1

Song Jian passed through the narrow passage and came upon an underground mine. At this moment, the temperature around him increased significantly, giving the impression of stepping into a steam room.

In this mine, a scorching red glow permeated the air. Deep in the mine, a Magma River could be clearly seen slowly flowing, and at the end of the mine, there was an enormous Magma Lake. This Magic Crystal Mine was actually located in the belly of a volcano;

Now, above the Magma River, there was a large stone bridge erected. In the center of the bridge, there was a massive forge, continuously drawing heat from the river of lava;

Prowling around were numerous Gray Dwarf Zombies, wielding heavy hammers. Their skin was slightly reddened and utterly devoid of life, all around level forty monsters, wandering about the cave. Some were digging into the surrounding rock walls, while others were by the side of the Magma River, seemingly fishing something out of the lava.

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Next to the forge in the center of the stone bridge, three topless Gray Dwarf Zombie Bosses had iron hammers in hand, tirelessly hammering upon a massive anvil as if forging weapons. And beside them, piles of Magic Crystal Ore lay heaped like a small hill;

A Gray Dwarf Zombie wielding a heavy hammer approached Song Jian at the end of the passage. Song Jian swung his sword at the creature, and with a thought, six gleaming Spirit Swords appeared around him, constantly thrusting at the monster;

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The combined power of the six Spirit Swords erupted, dealing over five thousand points of damage to the creature. One Spirit Sword inflicted a “damage amplification” effect in the monster’s status bar after dealing damage, and the subsequent three Spirit Swords inflicted over 50% increased damage;

In just one strike, the creature’s Vitality Points plummeted below 40%. After being attacked, the monster rushed towards Song Jian, who, wielding the Sky-breaking Sword, engaged in battle with it. In a short time, he killed the ordinary level forty monster;

After collecting all the items dropped by the creature, Song Jian slowly explored along the cave walls. On his way, he discovered many high-quality Magic Crystal Ores. It seemed that this was the true Magic Crystal Mine, capable of producing high-grade Magic Crystal Ore.

However, to gather the Magic Crystal Ore here, one must have at least level 8 Mining Skill. Only those who pursued life skills professionally as miners could increase their Mining Skill to this level at this stage;

Having killed over twenty Gray Dwarf Zombies who were mining for Magic Crystal Ore and obtaining a dozen Magic Crystals, Song Jian slowly approached the stone bridge over the Magma River;

Now, Song Jian observed that the three Gray Dwarf Zombie blacksmiths forging weapons beside the giant forge in the middle of the stone bridge were all forty-five level elite Bosses with over twenty thousand Vitality Points. To gather ore here, he needed to kill all the monsters in the vicinity. Most importantly, City of Hope would even have to dispatch a team to protect the mines, ready to take down the monsters as they spawned to ensure the miners’ safety.

Most importantly, in this area, because it was Cursed Land, any creature that entered would suffer a reduction of 15 points in their attributes, while also losing 10 Vitality Points every second;

Such negative effects were impossible to resist or dispel. Hence, whether one wished to gather Magic Crystal Ore or hunt the monsters here, the difficulty was immense;

“Let’s continue exploring deeper and, if possible, find the reason why the gods have forsaken this area!” Song Jian thought to himself, slowly making his way towards the stone bridge over the Magma River;

After clearing the monsters at the edge of the stone bridge, Song Jian entered a stealth mode, quietly waiting for the cooldown of the Soul Wander skill to end.

Soon, the cooldown for the Soul Wander skill expired, and Song Jian immediately cast it, then rushed towards the stone bridge;

The stone bridge was roughly fifty meters long. Song Jian charged onto the bridge and, as he neared the forge, did not attract the attention of the three grey dwarf zombie blacksmiths. Their entire focus seemed to be on the iron felt they were hammering;

This piqued Song Jian’s curiosity. He wanted to see what they were forging. Peeking through, Song Jian caught a glimpse, between the three grey dwarf zombie blacksmiths, of a strange item on the large iron felt. This item appeared somewhat ugly, while the grey dwarf blacksmiths kept breaking down refined magic crystals into powder and then merging it into the peculiar item.

Although he couldn’t tell what the item was for, Song Jian got the impression that it might be a part of some vast contraption;

Song Jian frowned slightly and checked the remaining duration of Soul Wander – just a few seconds left. He hurriedly continued rushing forward;

Beyond this stone bridge was a deeper mine tunnel that seemed to stretch all the way down to the earth’s core. Without hesitation, Song Jian plunged into it. The direction of the mine tunnel seemed to lead towards the area beneath the churning Magma Lake in the distance;

Within this mine tunnel, Song Jian discovered that the ores here were even richer than those along the walls by the Magma River. There were not just Magic Crystal Ores but also vast amounts of Mithril Ore, Truesilver Ore, Truegold Ore, and Star Iron Ore;

Each type of ore was exceedingly valuable and many were strategic materials that couldn’t be bought even with money. This made Song Jian feel an impulse to give up exploring and simply start mining and gathering here;

However, Song Jian’s Mining Skill was only at level five, which made it a waste to harvest such precious ores here, and he couldn’t mine most of them regardless, so he could only feast his eyes on them;

This winding tunnel was devoid of any monsters, almost entirely filled with precious ores, and after walking for roughly a hundred meters, Song Jian finally arrived at a vast underground hall;

Within this hall stood towering war puppets over ten meters tall, all forged from steel and in various ferocious forms – demons, mythical beasts, and other menacing appearances. Around these war puppets, numerous gray dwarf zombies were continuously building something, apparently adding components to these giant war puppets to make them even more terrifying;

Boom, boom, boom~

At that moment, a war puppet resembling a man with a wolf’s head and wielding a heavy hammer started to shake violently, and a copious amount of steam burst from its back;

The grey dwarf zombies around it let out a shriek of terror. Several grey dwarf zombies began to clamor loudly, as if due to someone’s operational mistake, they had accidentally activated this nearly completed war puppet;

Click, click, click~

Inside the body of this war puppet, a series of movements could be heard, as if it were awakening from a deep slumber. The heavy hammer in its hand slowly rose and then smashed down towards the panic-stricken grey dwarf zombies around it;

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