The role of Spirit Crystal Stone was shooting skyward, inflating the value of the Spirit Crystal Mine exponentially.
Gaven already had plans to tap into the potential of the Spirit Crystal Mine, but due to the limited number of Gnoll Miners, he was temporarily unable to excavate the mine's potential, and so he kept delaying the endeavor.
This matter firmly decided his resolve.
Such an important strategic resource was safest in his own hands, even if the production would decline for the time being.
Cutting off the food supply was naturally the first step.
All that was left was to wait for the Spirit Crystal Mine to run through their existing food reserves and then to watch internal chaos ensue.
Three days after dealing with Klay,
the leader of the merchant caravan, Bede Sechi, appeared in a flurry outside the Blackwell Tribe. This time, he was not with the caravan, only bringing two guards with him.
Upon meeting, Bede went straight to the point, "Is Klay dead?"
