Chapter 25: The Big Drill Idea
The morning breeze brushed through the trees as Caelen stepped outside. The air was fresh, the ground still a little damp from the recent rain. He walked over to the tiny farm he'd made and crouched beside the corn patch.
[Crop Growth: 26%]
"Still slow, huh," Caelen mumbled, scratching the back of his head.
He stood up, stretched his arms, and stared at the sky. "It's gonna take days... I can't just wait around."
That's when his eyes narrowed. He remembered something. A big something. The mythril.
He turned his head toward the forest, where the deep cave was hidden underground.
[Google: Detect Mythril]
[Detected: Depth 100 meters. Status: Unreachable by normal tools.]
"Right... it's too deep to dig manually," Caelen said to himself. "I'd need a week just to reach it... unless..."
A smirk tugged at his lips. "What if I build something? A machine... something like a drill?"
He rushed back into his hut and sat down at the upgraded workbench. The mana crystal flickered softly in the corner, but he ignored it for now.