Mage Joan

On the way to the warehouse area, Mr. Hodge introduced to Qiao An:

"Ten warehouses, a total of 80 containers, almost half of the containers are filled with coarse crystals, a total of 40 tons, which is only the output of the mining area for a week."

Qiao An simply calculated that the annual output of coarse crystals in the Mojing mining area is not less than 2,000 tons, and the output value is as high as 20 million Jindujia. It is like a chicken that can lay golden eggs, no wonder it is coveted.

Followed Mr. Hodge into the nearest warehouse, Qiao An touched the "Essence Collar" and transformed into the "Todd form" of the hill giant, lifting a one-ton tin container full of coarse crystals with both hands. , Placed side by side.

Then, Qiao Ann brought two more containers and put them next to the previous two containers.

Patting off the dust in his hands, Qiao An performed the "shrinking technique" on the four containers gathered together, reducing all the huge containers to 14,000 of the original volume and the total weight to only 2 pounds.

Qiao An recites the incantation, the "Qingbing Secret Box" is summoned by the spirit world, leaning over and picking up four containers reduced to the size of a water cup, and putting them into the secret box.

Next, Qiao Ann did the same for the containers in other warehouses, and then reduced them to the secret box after casting the spell.

Until the last warehouse, Qiao An was planning to cast a spell on the last four containers, but was stopped by Mr. Hodge.

"Dr. Vader, we can't remove all the coarse crystals, otherwise the robbers will find a trip in vain, and I'm afraid they will become angry. They will either kill the innocent and vent their anger, or they will take their grudges and find opportunities to retaliate in the future.

"So you mean to leave four cabinets of coarse crystals to bribe the four forces, how much sweetness to them, so as not to provoke the group of gangsters?" Qiao An guessed.

"Haha, the robbers took advantage and saw that the warehouse had been emptied. It was unprofitable. In addition, we also have three underground forces here. It is not easy to bully. As long as their brains are not completely broken, they You will understand that it is not good for everyone to make a fool of yourself. Just pretend to deal with their employers, and you won't really turn your face and fight." Mr. Hodge explained with a smile.

"It makes sense!"

After listening to Nick Hodge's analysis, Qiao Ann was very inspired and deeply admired Mr. Manager's wisdom in life.

There are a total of 36 miniature containers in the secret box. Qiao An lightly taps and chants the mantra to send the secret box back to the spirit world, and then uses the "teleport technique" to directly send Nick Hodge to Mead The magic crystal refining factory in the port area of ​​Gad.

Mr. Hodge had already greeted Charles Ponzi, the treasurer of the refinery, in advance. After meeting him, he briefly introduced Qiao'an's identity and urged him to lead the way to the warehouse.

The warehouse area of ​​the refinery is larger in scale than the coarse crystal warehouse located in the Taikoo Abyss. In addition to hundreds of tons of coarse crystals, it also stores more expensive industrial magic crystals. The total value of the warehouse is nearly ten million Jindujia. Probably the most wealth-density building complex in the entire New World.

Qiao An opened the secret box, took out the 36 containers one by one, placed them in the designated positions in the warehouse, and then canceled the "shrinking technique", and the containers immediately returned to their normal size.

When handing over with the treasurer, Qiao An noticed that there were only a dozen uniformed guards patrolling the entire warehouse area. They seemed to be of average strength, and he was a little worried.

"Mr. Ponzi, in the warehouse where the magic crystals are stored, is there any defensive measures such as'magic alarm','inhibition','mage room' or'bronze wall and iron wall' to prevent criminals from sneaking in and stealing." Qiao An asked Treasurer.

"Yes! Dr. Vader, these magic enchantment warehouses you mentioned are all in. Today's situation is special. It is necessary to move things frequently and people come and go. For convenience, the defensive measures have been temporarily closed. That's not the case, the guards are quite strict!" The treasurer replied.

Qiao An felt relieved, and then inquired: "Mr. Pounds, I heard that it hasn't been peaceful recently. Does the refinery have plans to strengthen security?"

"Don't worry, Dr. Vader, I dare say there is no safer place in the world than here!"

The treasurer patted his chest to pack the ticket.

"Think about it, this is not a dark place, I don't believe that robbers can break into the city to make trouble!"

The treasurer's words sound fine at first glance. The city of Midgard has garrison guards, the Magic Crystal Refinery has perfect magic protection measures, and it is located in the city’s most prosperous port area for industry and commerce. Most of the residents in the dark areas are afraid of the sun and are unlikely to break into the city center of the surface world. .

However, perhaps because of too many unexpected changes during this time, Qiao Ann became a little nervous, thinking about it, after all, he was still uneasy.

There is nothing wrong with not being afraid of 10,000, just in case, and being careful.

For the sake of safety, Qiao An extracted two "mythical powers", pretending to inadvertently touch the inside of one of the containers, and quietly set up a "mythical link" and a "spell delay" to reach the 6th ring. "Magic Alert".

In the next two months, once the magic alarm is triggered, he will immediately feel through the "mythical link".

Qiao An didn't want to appear suspicious in the eyes of others, so he didn't tell the treasurer and Mr. Hodge about the action of setting up the "magic alarm". After the delivery of 36 tons of coarse crystals, he cast a spell and sent it back to the mining area.

...

The crisis in the magic crystal mining area came faster than Qiao An expected.

On the second day after he transferred the stock of coarse crystals to the refinery, at noon on August 8th, surface time, a group of uninvited guests broke into the magic crystal mining area.

Qiao An was having dinner with old friends such as Klein, Scholz, Gamdo, Robin Hood in the canteen in the mining area. Suddenly, a sharp alarm sounded outside the window, and then received a magical text message from Greybird, and learned that the culprits were coming. Attacked and greeted everyone hurriedly to the warehouse area.

"Dr. Vader, you are here at the right time."

Nick Hodge and Greybird greeted them, their expressions a little nervous.

Not far behind them, the stone-blind barbarian mercenaries responsible for the security of the mining area were confronting a group of uninvited guests who had just teleported over. There were only 20 opponents in total. Qiao An glanced over and found that most of them were familiar faces.

The intruders belonged to the four forces in the Underdark Region. Among them, the one that Joan is most familiar with is Claudia Bellamy, the "Dark Princess" of "Okneel" in Drow City, and the one who follows her is " Pyrrhus the Faceless Man, Pepe the Demon Hunter, and two high-ranking drow swordsmen.

The organizer of the last "Dark Territory Survival Championship", the tauren tribe chief "Redbeard" Cunuo from the ruins of the maze also appeared in the ranks of the interlopers, and he was sent along with the mythical tauren chieftain His daughter, Princess Turandot, son-in-law "Bluemane" Vulgen, and two heavily armed high-ranking tauren warriors.