In the blink of an eye, a whole day passed, and there was no news from Nellid.

Two full days passed, and there was still no news from Nerid.

After three full days, there was still no news from Nellid, and Richard had no hope in his heart.

In fact, this is also expected, as for the rarity of molybdenite, when he described it before, he did not exaggerate at all, at least in the whole of Florence is difficult to obtain, not in Shylock.

It took him nearly a week to find it, and for Nellid to find it in half a week, in addition to hard work, it would take some luck to do it.

And luck is obviously not so easy to get, there is no accident, the other party should not be able to find molybdenum ore.

In this case, he may have to think of a way on the underground black market, or some informal auctions, after all, molybdenum is a very important ore in his research, and it is really a bit difficult to do without it.

In the light of the setting sun, Richard paced in the courtyard, thinking.

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In the blink of an eye, it was dark.

Nelled appeared on the outskirts of a mine more than ten miles outside of Florent, hiding under a tree and looking inside the mine. The mine was large, and the light of a few oil lamps flickered, the light was dim, and the atmosphere seemed a little gloomy.

Nellid was not afraid, lowered her head, looked at a small bean-sized piece of lead-gray ore in the palm of her hand, and pursed her lips. She was now eighty percent sure that what she had found, and which was also produced in the mine in front of her, was the so-called Gray Moon Stone—it seemed that her sleepless efforts for the past three days had not been in vain.

So now, is she trying to find a way to quietly take some ore from this mine back to Richard, or will she go back directly to tell Richard where it is?

Nellid thought earnestly.

According to Richard, as long as she finds the origin of the Gray Moon Stone, it will be regarded as a loss of favor. However, according to her inner thoughts, it was better to put the ore directly into Richard's hands, and she didn't want Richard to underestimate her because she was a woman - as long as someone helped her, she would have to double it back.

It's just that the current mine, on the surface, looks lax in defense, and there are not many people guarding it, but it gives her a very dangerous feeling, and if she wants to sneak in, it may not be safe. After all, her strength is not very strong. Not to mention facing wizards, even facing too many well-trained ordinary guards, it is possible to suffer.

So how do you do it?

Nellid frowned.

At that moment, the sound of horse-drawn carriages outside the mine was heard, and Nellid leaned down to see a convoy heading towards the mine in the night, with a flying fish painted on the outer wall of the carriage - the symbol of the Deep Blue Castle.

Nellid couldn't help but guess: Could it be that this mine is from the Deep Blue Castle? Then this convoy is coming now, could it be that the gray moon stone in the mining area is going to be transferred......?

Thinking of this, Nerid's hand clenched......

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"Squeak Squeak Squeak ......"

The convoy drove into the mine and slowly stopped.

Several of the mine's overseers greeted him with smiling faces.

A carriage at the front of the convoy, the door opened, and a young man stepped down, dressed in a blue flying fish robe, who was none other than a wizard apprentice in the Deep Blue Castle.

Seeing the wizard apprentice, several ordinary people overseers were extremely respectful, quickly greeted, and after a while of politeness, led the wizard apprentice towards the side of the mine and entered a warehouse.

"Lord Crewe, you see, this warehouse is all produced this month. The overseer opened a box and introduced, and saw that it was a pale yellow stone, "These are all excellent acid sulfur stones, and some of them are particularly high-quality, which can be used as spell materials for the masters of Deep Blue Castle." ”

The wizard apprentice listened, nodded and said, "Very good. ”

After that, the tone changed: "But the main purpose of my visit this time is not to see the acid sulfur stone - although the price of acid sulfur stone is not low, it can be found in many places."

I came this time, mainly because of the gray moon stone you mentioned before, this thing is very rare, and it is used to release some plastic energy spells, which has an irreplaceable effect and is extremely valuable. Many wizarding organizations will take possession of all of them when they find them, and then digest them internally, and rarely take them out for sale, at most they have some circulation on the black market.

This time, a mine that produced gray moon stone was discovered, and many teachers in Deep Blue Castle attached great importance to it. I came this time to bring back the Gray Moon Stone produced by you and test the quality of the Gray Moon Stone for the teachers. If the quality is good, then maybe more people will be sent in and more mining. Do you understand?"

"Yes. The overseer nodded quickly.

"Okay, don't be verbose, where is the Gray Moon Stone, take it out quickly, I don't have time to waste it on you. ”

"Right there. The overseer listened, quickly pointed into the corner, and explained, "Because it is too scarce and difficult to mine, only one box has been mined, and all of it is there." ”

The wizard apprentice looked in the direction pointed by the overseer, and his expression was slightly cold: "You tease me?!"

"How dare I?" said the overseer.

"What about the box?"

"Huh?" the overseer was stunned for a moment, looked at the corner, his eyes widened, and he stayed where he was, "No, I checked it just now, where it is, why is it gone......"

"Are you sure you were still here?" the wizard apprentice's expression grimaced.

"Sure. ”

"Are you sure that the miners under your command have not moved?"

"They definitely don't dare to move, dare to move, I'll kill them, it's all wizards' things!"

"So—" The wizard apprentice's eyes narrowed, looking around, and he said quickly, "Then it's easy, it looks like thieves have come in this mine." ”

"Thieves?!" the overseer was shocked.

"Don't talk nonsense!" the wizard apprentice looked at the overseer and yelled, "Gather everyone together, search for me, and you must find the thief for me! Maybe it's someone from another wizarding organization, and you must not let the other party take the secret out, let alone take the Gray Moon Stone away!"

"Yes!" the overseer did not dare to say anything in the cold gaze of the wizard's apprentice, ran out of the warehouse, shouted loudly, and soon the whole mine area boiled, and many guards appeared, and began a strict search.

The Wizard Apprentice stood in the open space in the mine, keeping an eye on every area of the mine, ready to strike.

And just like that, time passed minute by minute.

When the guards searched the abandoned ore pile of the mine, a figure suddenly rushed out, holding a large box, knocking the unreacted guards to the ground, and running towards the exit of the mine.

The wizard apprentice of the Deep Blue Castle saw it and immediately prepared to make a move, but unexpectedly, the figure running with the box turned its head sharply, looked at him, and then spat out a blue-black seed from its mouth.

The seeds fell to the ground, growing rapidly, turning into terrifying black vines that swirled around them.

The wizard apprentice's expression changed, he didn't dare to be careless, he quickly cast a spell, and corroded the vines with acid, and at this time, the figure holding the box had already reached the exit of the mine. At the exit, the other party spat out the seeds again and wrapped the vines around the guards, looking like they were about to escape.

"Damn it!"

The wizard apprentice cursed, his lips opened and closed, and a black energy arrow condensed at the end of his finger, striking at the other party with all his might.

The speed of the energy arrow is extremely fast, and it is behind the person holding the box in the blink of an eye, but then the person holding the box is a flash of white light, as if some spell prop has been stimulated, after being hit by the energy arrow, the body shook slightly, and continued to run forward almost unaffected, and ran out of the exit in the blink of an eye, disappearing into the night.

The apprentice wizard was furious, and shouted, "The thief is holding something, and he can't run fast, so chase me!"

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