After spending a month outside Elysium—seizing ten small villages, establishing outposts, mapping mineral veins, and identifying fertile farmland—Claude finally decided it was time to return.
The newly claimed region within Hyparia would be called Deepstone Quarry, and he had already chosen Henrich to act as its landlord, responsible for developing the territory.
But before leaving, Claude had one last task. He needed another servant to guard the crystal mana cave.
He had already assigned Sun to protect it, but with Claude having discovered two such caves, it was unreasonable to expect Sun to hold both positions alone—especially since Sun protect the other cave with his clone.
As Keira had warned, monsters continued appearing around the caves, likely drawn by the raw mana.
Though most were only at the one to two-star evolution stage, they still posed a real threat to Sun, who had yet to reach three-star evolution himself.
