After nearly two hours of splitting clones and running around, Rino concluded that these mines were alive. Or, in a way, they moved. They might not actually be alive like those living caves.
It was simply an engineering masterpiece, and even gnomes would not be able to match their genius invention. The rooms in the mines had no traces of spells or mana. Everything was created with the power of science.
Rino had to admit, the dwarves managed to fool him well for a while when none of his clones returned after the first batch. As it turned out, the dwarves cleverly designed three levels of mazes that would stall intruders who did not know their way. There was only one true path to walk, and Rino took two hours to understand how it worked.
