Strongest Hammer God novel Chapter 287

Team Sandstorm went on more missions in the next couple of weeks.

They were earning some good money, but Kyle had to save most of his money to pay the lease on the mine.

20 Ether Stones was not little, and the missions gave him only between three and six Ether Stones.

Two weeks after Kyle purchased the mine, Lily's golems were ready to start working.

She had also built five more Golems just to speed up the mining process.

During the last weeks, Kyle had already scouted out every dangerous spot on the mine.

Of course, it wasn't actually him who had done that.

It was Selene's Colossus.

The issue with Earth Elementals was that they sensed whoever sensed their hearts.

So, if Kyle found an Earth Elemental, it would find him as well.

Then, the Earth Elemental would just compress the mine and make it impossible for Kyle to escape.

However, the same thing wasn't true for Selene's Colossus.

Sure, the Colossus was weaker than the Earth Elementals, but it wasn't hindered by the ground.

It could just dig away.

The good thing about Earth Elementals was that they grew weaker the further away they were from their hearts, which meant that they rarely left their hearts' vicinity.

Selene's Colossus would get injured whenever it found an Earth Elemental, but if there was one thing Colossuses were good at, it was taking a beating.

When Selene was done scouting, she gave Kyle all the necessary information.

"Seven?" Kyle asked as he took a deep breath.

"Yes, seven," Selene confirmed.

Apparently, on the lower levels, there were seven Earth Elementals within a distance of 300 meters from the currently established tunnels. _{freew\e bnovel.com}

Entering a range of 100 meters would enrage the Earth Elementals.

It wasn't surprising that the Millards wanted to sell the mine.

Angering just one of them would kill everyone inside the mine.

"I wish we could just use Skyler to mine the ore," Kyle lamented.

"How?" Selene asked. "Skyler just eats everything she digs through."

"I know. I was just lamenting," Kyle said.

"It's just a small congregation of Earth Elementals," Selene said. "At most, there are 20. As long as we can get rid of them, this mine will have no issues with Earth Elementals for a while."

Kyle nodded.

Earth Elementals tended to be created in groups.

One Earth Elemental created a second one, which created a third one, and so on.

At some point, the Ether density of the ground would be too low to support even more Earth Elementals, which was when the population stabilized.

"You should see our mines," Selene said. "There are thousands of Earth Elementals below the Dividing Ridge. We can't even reduce their population since they keep regenerating faster than we are killing them. The only thing we can do is to slowly push them back and harvest the spots where they used to be."

"But on the upside, Earth Elementals gather all the Earth Ether, allowing the Metal Ether to flow freely. There's bound to be very valuable ore in the place where the Earth Elementals are right now."

Kyle nodded.

Earth Elementals were a curse and a blessing.

In fact, while the Earth Elementals were the biggest obstacle to the Forthing's riches, they were also a major contributor.

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