"Are we seeing this right?"
"Captain, we've struck it big!"
Staring at the Source Iron ore vein inside the cave, the members of the Miracle Guild's tracking squad had their eyes shining with excitement.
They were intimately familiar with Source Iron ore veins. Their guild had clashed with every major superpower over such veins before, and they knew exactly how valuable they were.
Now that Magic Crystals were becoming increasingly important to every major guild, possessing a stable source of Magic Crystals was the foundation of guild development. As a result, every superpower had posted bounties for the coordinates of ore veins like this Source Iron vein.
As long as the vein was confirmed to be unoccupied, the discoverer would receive a reward of ten thousand gold coins on the spot, plus one Epic-grade weapon.
That bounty had caused a massive sensation among the players of the Divine Realm, driving countless players into a frenzy searching for ore veins.
After all, for the vast majority of players, ten thousand gold was an astronomical sum. Even if they sold it for Credit Points, it would be enough for an ordinary person to live comfortably for the rest of their life — let alone an Epic-grade weapon, which was an irresistible temptation for any expert player.
Even the major superpowers didn't possess many Epic-grade weapons. For an ordinary expert player, such a weapon was no different from a divine artifact. With an Epic-grade weapon in hand, one's combat power would leap forward dramatically. It was entirely possible to rocket into the ranks of top-tier experts with a single Epic-grade weapon — after all, the stronger you were, the better your chances of securing resources, and with enough resources, even building up a top-tier expert was feasible.
Because of this, massive numbers of players had joined the ore vein exploration teams, sparking an entire craze.
Unfortunately, despite the bounty being posted for so long, not a single person had managed to discover one…
Yet they never imagined that by tracking Zero Wing to this location, they would stumble upon the legendary Source Iron ore vein.
Within the Miracle Guild, any guild member who discovered an unclaimed Source Iron ore vein would receive not only gold coins and an Epic-grade weapon as rewards, but also a rank promotion within the guild.
At the thought of this, the grey-robed assassin captain immediately contacted Vice Guild Master Qianli Wuya, reporting everything about Zero Wing and the Source Iron ore vein in full detail without leaving out a single word.
At that moment, the conference room at the Miracle Guild's Thunder God Island base was packed with high-ranking guild officials. They had all gathered to discuss the Barbarian God's Legacy in detail — after all, the matter was of tremendous significance and would shape the Miracle Guild's future development.
Qianli Wuya, receiving his subordinate's report from within the conference room, felt a flash of wild elation cross his features.
He hadn't expected that sending assassins to tail the Zero Wing Guild would yield such an unexpected windfall. For the Miracle Guild, this was a double blessing.
"First the Barbarian God's Legacy, and now a Source Iron ore vein?" Qianli Wuya smiled faintly before issuing his orders. "Well done. Now I'm giving you a new task — keep eyes on that ore vein. I'll mobilize our main force immediately!"
As for Zero Wing's naval combat strength, he had already witnessed it. In an open sea battle, the result would likely be mutual destruction. But on a small island, things were entirely different.
On an island, players who had obtained maritime legacies would receive no combat power boosts whatsoever.
Moreover, the island's location fell squarely within the Miracle Guild's sphere of influence. Zero Wing was only a five-hundred-person team — wiping them out would be child's play.
Qianli Wuya immediately began mobilizing fleets from the inner regions of the Death Sea, preparing to seize control of the Source Iron ore vein at the earliest opportunity.
Meanwhile, inside the demonkin cave, the Zero Wing members were continuously clearing out patrolling demonkin squads under Shi Feng's command. These demonkin squads might have been difficult for other expert teams to handle, but for Zero Wing, they were easy pickings.
The first volley of Mana-Breaking Crossbow bolts — which no ordinary main tank could withstand — posed no real threat to Ke Le, who was drawing aggro. Facing the onslaught of four or five heavy crossbow bolts at once merely cost him half his health bar, nothing more.