SSS-Rank Awakening: My Talent Multiplies Everything novel Chapter 194

Chapter 194: Day One: End Of Exploration.

Time passed quickly.

Before long, the thirty-minute period Kael had granted the specialist team finally elapsed. The twenty-two specialists returned to the main group with their equipment filled with harvested Frost Crystals, their faces carrying traces of satisfaction from the successful mining operation.

They hadn’t mined the entire vein.

Although the rules surrounding the exploration of a newly discovered rift allowed each exploration team to harvest as many treasures as they could find, there was an unspoken understanding between all the teams. Nobody was supposed to be excessively greedy.

Take what you could.

Leave the rest.

Once the initial exploration period was over, the Hunter Association or one of the major guilds would eventually take over the management of the rift. The resources left behind would then become part of the long-term development of the rift, providing opportunities for other hunters.

If the first exploration teams completely stripped the rift of everything valuable, there would be little reason for anyone else to invest resources into managing it.

It was simply common courtesy.

Every experienced exploration team understood this rule, and Kael’s team was no exception.

With the mining operation concluded, they resumed their exploration.

The group continued deeper into the frozen landscape, following their established formation as they searched for anything worth recording. Monsters appeared from time to time, but none of them posed any meaningful threat. The occasional Frost Yeti or Ice Serpent was quickly dealt with before the team continued forward.

The hours passed.

Before long, nearly twelve hours had elapsed since they entered the rift.

According to the rules of the first day’s exploration, it was finally time to return to the entrance and meet with the other exploration teams.

Kael led his team back along their previous route, and after some time, the familiar entrance of the rift finally appeared ahead of them.

They had made it back before the twelve-hour period completely elapsed.

However, Kael immediately noticed something.

The other teams had already arrived.

They appeared to have been waiting for him.

The three S-rank hunters leading the other three exploration teams were standing together near one side of the entrance, seemingly engaged in a conversation. Their discussion came to an abrupt stop when they noticed Kael approaching with his team.

Kael looked at them for a moment before separating from his own group and walking toward the three leaders.

This sort of meeting was completely normal.

Since all three teams were exploring the same rift, sharing information at the end of each exploration period was extremely beneficial. A monster discovered by one team could potentially become a warning for another. The same applied to unusual terrain, resources, environmental changes, and anything else that might affect their exploration.

The more information they shared, the safer the next day’s exploration would become.

Kael had only taken a few steps toward them when the stern-faced man clicked his tongue.

"So the junior is late enough to make his seniors wait. Such bad manners. Tsk."

Kael didn’t even bother looking at him. He had already dismissed his existence from his mind.

The mage woman beside him immediately glanced toward the stern-faced man.

"Come on, Karol. Stop being so hard on the kid. We should be glad he made it back in one piece."

Karol merely scoffed.

Kael ignored him completely.

Instead, he looked toward Ignas and the mage woman.

"I lost track of time and ended up coming back a little late. My apologies."

Ignas waved his hand dismissively.

"No issues. It happens. At least you made it back before the twelve-hour period elapsed."

He paused before looking toward Kael with interest.

"So, did you encounter anything special?"

Kael nodded and began explaining what his team had encountered during the exploration.

"There wasn’t much. We encountered a few Frost Yetis and several Ice Serpents. Nothing particularly dangerous. We also discovered a Frost Crystal vein worth roughly ten billion credits. The specialist team harvested what they could before we continued."

The others listened carefully.

Once Kael finished, the other team leaders began sharing their own findings.

The first report wasn’t particularly remarkable.

The second wasn’t either.

Then another.

The more Kael listened, the more his brows gradually furrowed.

Something was wrong.

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