Xavier, seeing that the Wade family was shipping a batch of spirit stones to the family, he had to make them pay in some way.
"It seems that the cargo will be coming near midnight. There is still 5 hours before that time. I think I need to make some preparations for tonight. After all, if it's true that there are multiple martial Lords guarding the cargo, it will be difficult for me. "
Xavier had the confidence that with enough preparation, he could escape even a Martial Lord stage expert. After all, he had defeated a peak Grandmaster expert in Sheila and was confident that even if he could defeat them, with his movement skill, he could at least make a run for it.
He went inside one of the rooms and started to buy stuff from the system shop. He had access to many things in the shop all of which were at martial master level but considering his expertise in different fields, he could easily make things which could cause quite a bit of trouble for any weak Martial Lord.
Xavier continued to work while Sheila was still in her meditating state.
...…..
The Cavern System inside the forest.
In one of the routes in the cavern system, there were many people doing things. They were taking a lot of equipment which looked like it was needed for mining. If one looked closely, the whole cavern walls were swimming ever so slightly. This was the sign of a spirit stone mine.
If one dog deeper into the walls of the cavern, they would find spirit stones. And there were about 20 people mining then.
They were rotating their shifts and one of the people who were resting said,"Man, the Wade family stuck it rich. They got such a huge spirit stone mine out of pure coincidence. They are going to make a fortune."
Another man said," Yes, we have already mined at least 100000 spirit stones and that is only in one day. If we were to mine the whole cave, we could get at least 10 million spirit stones."
"10 million!" The others gasped. They were just workers who were hired by the Wade family for mining the cave. When they were hired, they didn't know what it was and just came here. Only after coming here did they know what they were doing. Being foundation stage cultivators, they were very weak and could really see a 100 spirit sides let alone 10 million.
"So you think that they will give us some of the stones after we finish our jobs?"
"I hope so. After all, we will be mining for at least a month to clear out all the spirit stones and they are saying that even more people are coming in to help so that we can finish it within the one month deadline."
"Hey, do you know anything about that ain't diamond like crystal that we mind it yesterday? The Elders were very shocked when they saw it. Do you think that they are valuable?"
"Yes, I think so. Looking at their faces, it was very rare and precious. We could feel very pure energy pulsing from that crystal when we touched it after all."
When they were talking, a man dressed in black and wearing a mask came to them.
"Don't loiter around. Start working. We are not paying you to stand around and talk." The man shouted. He had a sword merit on his waist and was giving off a powerful aura. He was a grandmaster level expert.
The pressure he exuded made the workers shiver in fright. They quickly got on their feet and scurried away.
The man looked at them and answered," Hmm, thinking about getting spirit stones. Hmph, they will be lucky if they get out of here with their lives."
He was about to go away when he heard a sound.
He turned around and looked back. He could've sworn that he heard something but looking back, he found nothing.
He was about to turn around and go but he felt a thud and his vision turned black. He had been knocked out.
The man had wanted to ring the alarms before he went unconscious but the impact was so heavy that he didn't even have the time to warn the others.
After the man fell down, he instantly disappeared.
After a few minutes, inside another cavern, 2 figures appeared out of thin air. One of them was the masked guard and the other one was a youth who had worn a black cloak and his hand held a strange device which was in the form of the knuckle brace.
"Hmm, the KO knuckles did a good job after all. I was worried that he may have enough sense to sound the alarm after one but everything worked out well in the end."
"Now, it is time to infiltrate the cavern here. First, I need to find the place where they are storing the mined spirit stones and then find out where they have kept the spirit crystals. If I could get my hands on them, I'll be set for at least a month of intense cultivation."
After thinking about his plans, Xavier took out a device. This device was like a box which was 10 centimetres on each side. It scanned the unconscious man and soon it ejected out a mask.
Xavier wore the man and his fork began to change. He turned into the masked guard. But only did his stature and build similar to the guard, even Xavier's aura was similar. If one didn't know the man very well and didn't have sharp senses, they could not even tell that he was someone completely different.
He took the said by the guard's waist and completed the outfit.
He walked back along the way he came and reached the plane where the workers were mining.
He was about to pass when a moner cake out," Sir, I have found out that crystal which the elders have preferred to search for."
Xavier tried around and saw that the man was holding a thumb sized crystal which was shining in his hands emitting dense energy.
Xavier looked at this and frowned. This spirit crystal was not as per as the one refined by the furnace. It had impurities.. It was like a better version of a spirit saying but not a spirit crystal.
But considering how rare spirit crystals were, it was normal that they misunderstood the purer spirit stones for spirit crystals.
"Good job, give me the spirit crystal, I'll take it to the elders." Xavier put out his hand.
"But the elders said that we must put the crystals we have found into the collector at the end of the cavern." The worker said in doubt.
"Hmph, you do what I tell you to do. Don't ask any questions or else, Hmph." Xavier snorted releasing a menacing aura.
The worker shivered and put the spirit stone in Xavier's hands and returned to mine even more stones.
Xavier then started walking towards the collector which was at the end of the cavern. If he was right, then this was the place where the high grade spirit stones were stored.
He reached the connector at the end of the cave. It was a huge metal container which was 2.5 feet tall and 1 feet in diameter.
It was filled till ¾ th of the container and Xavier estimated that there were at least a 10000 high grade spirit stones inside them.
In front of this collect were 4 guests who were standing in 4 directions watching everything all the time.
When Xavier approached the collector, one of the guard said," Number 7, why are you here? Shouldn't you be watching over the workers in sector 2?"
Xavier, who was disguised as Guard 7 said," The workers found a spirit crystal. I came here to place it inside the collector."
"Couldn't you have sent a wither to deliver it here?"
"I just wanted a change of scenery. It's been a while day and I've but seen sunlight and have spent the whole day in this dark place. I wanted to relax as well as see the vast collection spirit crystals with my own eyes."
"Ok then."
Xavier nodded and started going towards the container.
Just as he was about to arrive best it, the guard stopped him again saying," Good it right there. Give the spirit crystal to us from that distance only. The elders have ordered not to allow anyone near 2 meets of the collector."
"Come on now, we are all guests who are assigned here. Can't I just put the crystal and go back. Come on, do a fair for you colleague here."
The other guard hesitated. He then turned to the other 3 and saw there other 3 also showed hesitation.
"Come on, it's not like I can do anything to the spirit crystals. You the are standing guard here and are all stronger than me and I know that even the Martial Lord elders are also watching over the collector, how can I do anything in such a place? And even if I did, where can I go from there?"
The guards were now starting to hesitate further. They looked at each other and reached an agreement.
"Ok, you can come and put the spirit crystal in the container but you must step back immediately and withdraw from this room."
Xavier nodded. He approached the container and opened the lid. He was about to put the spirit crystal inside but he dropped something in the ground.
It was a coin.
To be exact, it was a coin shaped gadget. Xavier dropped the spirit crystal and the coin in such a way that they both hit the bottom at the same time.
Clang!
BOOM!
A bright flash of light along with a loud bang sounded.
Thud, thud, thud, thud!
Four blunt hitting sounds were heard and by the time the flash of light ended, there were only 4 unconscious guards and an empty spirit crystal container.
"How dare you!!" A roar sounded as a powerful pressure descended upon the whole scene.