Chapter 833 Chapter 832: Discussing The Split
?The decision was made quickly, and now we stood by the main entrance of the Terracotta Grottos, ready to plunge into its monster infested depths in search of treasures and fights - depending on who you asked.
Most of the Demons seemed far more interested in the potential changes that the monsters might have undertaken thanks to the abundance of Nature Mana in the air, whilst Anput, Leone and I seemed to be the ones who were more interested in the resources that we would find, especially since this would be an opportunity to find some really cool things...
With how much mana is in the air, it wouldn't be surprising to find a bunch of Mana Crystals and potent gemstones waiting to be utilized, and if we could find a few Water Mana Crystals, well... I could only imagine what incredible items I could make with those.
And to be fair, Ammit seemed equally interested in everything, the air headed Cimeriesa muttering to herself about the ingredients to be found inside the Grottos, which would come from both the earth itself as well as monsters, so there was one Demoness who seemed less interested in a good fight.
"So how do we plan on splitting what is found? We agreed to help, yes, but that doesn't mean we aren't getting paid... and considering how thick the Nature Mana is in the air, well... I expect there to be an absurd amount of wealth waiting for us in those depths..."
Satanya was the only other one thinking about something besides the resources or the monsters, and instead focusing on the third, obvious option that no one else was truly focusing on; money.
She wanted to earn some serious coin from this endeavor, or at least make away with some serious profits in the form of materials - not because she actually wanted or needed materials, but because she could use them to barter and sell off for both her own gains and for the benefit of her Clan...
Even those with pure Fire Mana - like Leone - were benefitting from this mana abundant atmosphere, getting a nice amount of energy and strength from the atmosphere, whilst those of us with either Earth or Water Mana were benefitting even more...
Our Cores were being filled with more mana, which allowed us to cast stronger spells and strengthen our bodies even more, all while we could regenerate mana at a quicker rate.
If this was the atmosphere at the entrance of the Grottos, then what would it be like deeper inside this Dungeon?
If we were benefitting like this already after just a few minutes of being here, then what would the monsters be like who were living in it?
Both of those questions were exciting to think about, since it meant that the monsters were definitely stronger and that the Grottos had created an abundance of mana rich resources inside its confines, which was both a boon and a bane.
Wealth waited for us within its depths, but so did danger; greed for more resources, lust for another battle... both could lead to overestimating our abilities and lead to injury or death, and that was a fine line that we would need to tread.
How much could we extract from this Dungeon before needing to pull back and rest?
What could we fight within reason without risking tiring ourselves out and potentially injuring ourselves?
Being deep inside hostile rich territory with no strength was a death sentence, after all...