<h4>Chapter 172: Demine</h4>


    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Shiraishi <strong>Editor: </strong>TheAlliance


    And it was a big discovery...


    ‘Turns out it’s a Demine...’ Lin Yun didn’t know whether tough or cry as he patted the dust off his hand.


    He had actually been confused by an alchemy array.


    And it wasn’t because the array was too profound...


    It was because the array was too simple.


    And it was a Master Alchemist level array!


    Lin Yun had never heard of a Demine being attached to a Master level array, this was like using fodder to feed arge Dragon, this was abuse!


    Only those peak Heaven Mages had the power to open a Demine. They would use countless arrays to open their own worlds from nothingness. These worlds stood outside of Noscent since their inceptions, not receiving any binding from thews. Thews of these worlds were an embodiment of the master’s will, and these worlds also depended on their masters to function.


    What kind of frightening power was needed to keep a world working? Even transmitting it couldn’t be handled by a Master Array.


    Thus, Lin Yun hadn’t even considered it...


    Untilter, when Lin Yun had analyzed that alchemy array for the sixth time, and he suddenly discovered that the crucial magic patterns of that alchemy array didn’t seem to bepletely aimed at opening a nar Path. Although it had some spatial stabilization magic patterns, more of them were used for mana transmission and rune transmission.


    What kind of ne would use mana transmission and rune transmission? Only a Demine...


    Everything became clear to Lin Yun then.


    That’s right, a Demine was most likely hidden behind that nar Path, or else this array’s crucial magic patterns wouldn’t have used mana transmission and rune transmission, and neither would the array have been connected to the Ash Tower. After all, a tower like the Ash Tower was already a true fortress. When fully operational, it could only be described as an extinction-level firepower. That power supplying the mana of a Master Array was simply unimaginable.


    The only exnation was a Demine.


    But if it was a Demine, then a Master Array wouldn’t be enough...


    Arriving at this point, Lin Yun frowned once again.


    After all, Rudolph was a Court Mage in the 3rd Dynasty, his authority was sky-high. As long as he wanted, he could invite an Artisan that was proficient in arrays, so why would he use a Master Array to connect to his Demine?


    “Merlin...Merlin...” When Solomon saw Lin Yun standing up, he was looking forward to hearing the results.


    But he waited a long time and Lin Yun was still daydreaming...


    Solomon couldn’t wait any longer and waved his hands in front of Lin Yun’s eyes, calling out to him several times in a row before Lin Yun managed to recover.


    “Eh? What’s going on?”


    “You’re asking me?”


    “Oh...” Lin Yunpletely recovered after hearing Solomon’s question. He took two steps back and pointed at the array on the wall. “This array can open a nar Path. If you are truly interested in Rudolph’s vestige, you should use the rune to go in and take a look. But you shouldn’t spend more than an hour, or else you might be lost in that ne forever.”


    “nar Path?” Solomon was startled. The Sage Tower had attracted talents for over a thousand years, and three Archmages had even graduated from it, but it had always remained trapped within Thousand Sails City. Besides being restricted by its mortal enemy, the Sage Tower, it was also because they didn’t have their own ne.


    Solomon, who came from the Cloud Tower, knew the importance of having their own ne...


    Why was the Cloud Tower able to stand together with the ck Tower, why was it above the countless mage forces of the Andlusa Kingdom?


    Wasn’t it because the Cloud Tower had no less than seven private nes? Each of them supplied the Cloud Tower with arge amount of natural resources, and resources were important to any power. Regardless of how long a power had been around, regardless of how much territory it owned, if it couldn’t keep up sufficient resources to support itself, its long reign would be history and therge territory would be taken by others.


    Nurture of talents, skill development, everything was inevitably linked to being backed by resources.


    Solomon never imagined that he would find a nar Path in the Ash Tower...


    As he thought of that, Solomon couldn’t help stamping his feet. ‘Those bastards are so lucky, they actually have a nar Path below the Ash Tower. If one day they find it, wouldn’t they receive the support of this ne’s resources? Wouldn’t the Sage Tower end up in trouble then?’


    “Merlin, do... do you have a way...” This oue was definitely not what Solomon wanted to see, so this High Mage forced himself to try to ask, despite feeling embarrassed.


    But Solomon didn’t even finish asking when Lin Yun shook his head. “I don’t.”


    “I didn’t even finish asking!” Solomon interjected.


    “You don’t need to finish asking. You wanted to ask if there was a way to destroy this array and make it so that the Ash Tower can never find this nar Path, right?”


    “Right, right, right... How about it, can youe up with a way?”


    Lin Yun shook his head and patiently exined, “Impossible. High Mage Solomon, even if I destroy this array, it’s impossible to destroy the ne itself. As long as the Ash Tower finds the existence of this ne itself, it won’t take much effort to arrange another alchemy array to take advantage of it...”


    “Then what can we do? If... If the Ash Tower gets hold of this nar Path, wouldn’t the Sage Tower be in extreme danger?”


    “This is something that you should leave for me to worry about,” Lin Yun cryptically muttered.


    “What?”


    “Since I have the right to choose first, do you think I can afford to leave a whole ne for the Ash Tower?”


    “...” Solomon’s expression suddenly darkened. ‘Damn, to think the right to loot this ne first would be his priority...’


    In the end, Solomon almost cursed as he whispered the opening rune while grinding his teeth.


    Immediately afterwards, Lin Yun only felt the space twisting around him. If he didn’t pay attention, it would seem like it was the same feeling as when he opened the Bone ne.


    But Lin Yun knew that there was some difference between both sides, such as the mana flow. This was the opening of a Demine, and the mana flow far surpassed that of the Bone ne because of the Ash Tower being linked with the array. Therge amount of mana released in that split second couldn’t bepared to a few Abyssal Magic Diamonds.


    After the space distorted, the surroundings cleared up.


    Solomon then let out a peal of unrestrainedughter.


    “Hahaha, Merlin, you can use your right to choose, hahahaha...”


    No wonder Solomonughed like that. What appeared before the two wasn’t a ne, but rather, it was a piece ofnd floating in the void. It was only a few kilometers wide. As they stood there, they could see a meteor streaking across the sky, lightning tearing through the void, with a red sky and endless darkness below. Time and space were in chaos. The ne felt like a speck of dustpared to the Bone ne.


    The entire ne felt empty. There was no life, no Laws, and even the four basic elements, earth, water, fire, and wind, were missing.


    Seeing this, it was no wonder Solomon had suddenlyughed. This was a small ne with no value.


    At this time, let alone Solomon, even Lin Yun himself felt somewhat stunned.


    Indeed, Lin Yun already knew that this Demine would most likely be average at best.


    After all, Rudolph was a peak Heaven Mage and wouldn’t have opened this Demine for long. It could be said that the entire Demine was merely in its embryonic form, and a thousand years had passed since the Dusk War. During these thousand years, Rudolph hadn’t been here to maintain this Demine, so it would have definitely worsened.


    But Lin Yun truly hadn’t thought that it would be this bad...


    When a Demine was first established, the first step would be to set up the living areas of the four elements. This was the foundation of all Demines, because without these four basic elements, a Demine wouldn’t remain stable. It might be destroyed in the Netherstorm, or be swallowed by the chaotic passage of time and space.


    In other words, the Demine that Lin Yun just set foot on was no different from a newly established Demine...


    “We should first check whether we can find Rudolph’s relics...” Fortunately, Lin Yun didn’t have much expectations for this Demine. After being stunned for a bit, he threw the disappointment to the back of his mind. In any case, this trip through this ne was free. Even if there was no reward, it would only be akin to taking a walk...


    It was actually Solomon who was nervous.


    Solomon had made a lot of preparations this time, after having spent several hundred thousand golds on the Hell Destroyer scroll and a few dozen days and nights to crack the scroll, before finally figuring out the secret hidden underneath the Ash Tower. Solomon had done everything for the chance to find Rudolph’s relics.


    These relics were too important for the Sage Tower. It was the most likely opportunity for him to make the Sage Tower rise...