Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 489 - 449: War Begins_2

If they manage to leave the dungeon right now, they could use the time to earn a large amount of gold coins to purchase resources, boosting the energy of the Fairy Tale World.

But that’s not possible.

So now, Lilulu feels as if she has a pile of treasure right in front of her, free to take, but can’t hold it because her hands aren’t enough.

Such a feeling is truly painful.

After hearing Lilulu’s words, Kane nodded knowingly.

This indeed is a very tricky problem.

Kane pondered whether there was any way he could help Lilulu solve it.

Thinking it over, he took a Copper Magic Stone from his space equipment and handed it to Lilulu: "See if the energy inside this is usable."

Without even examining the Copper Magic Stone Kane gave her, Lilulu nodded and said, "Of course, Kane’s magic stone can be used."

Lilulu had studied Kane’s magic stones long ago, making her, apart from Kane, the most knowledgeable about magic stones in the group.

It’s not that she doesn’t want to use it; rather, she can’t.

"Kane’s magic stone can be used, but the magic power inside cannot be extracted or used by Lilulu; it seems to obey only you." Lilulu’s voice was tinged with regret.

Any mage who has seen Kane’s magic stone would be amazed, as it serves as a perfect magic power battery.

Especially since Lilulu knows that the energy inside comes from Magic Materials.

All explorers, when using Magic Materials, almost always lose more than half of the energy into the air, unable to use it perfectly.

It’s an unavoidable issue that no one has found a solution for so far.

Yet Kane’s magic stone can extract the energy from Magic Materials one hundred percent.

If this discovery reached those researchers outside, they’d literally die from excitement.

Though it’s excellent, only Kane can use it, which made Lilulu sigh.

Actually, when the guild system came out, magic stones became usable by others.

The prerequisite is [Permission - Magic Stone].

This expansion ability allows guild members to unlock the permission to use magic stones.

It’s one of the expansion abilities Kane must unlock, and it doesn’t cost many magic stones, just two Silver Magic Stones.

They should be able to gather these in the upcoming battle.

Thinking of this, Kane said, "Don’t worry, it won’t be long before I figure out a way for others to use it too."

"Really!" Lilulu asked excitedly.

"Of course."

With that, they chatted idly as they headed to the first enemy camp on their route.

Upon seeing them, the camp raised a shield, and judging by the level of the Magic Shield, it had been upgraded again.

Moreover, Kainder’s Eagle Eye also spotted around twenty spell-like units in the enemy’s camp, with two leaders standing above them, one of whom was clearly a mage.

This mage, along with the twenty or so spell units, maintained the barrier.

This meant that if Kane wanted to break through with firepower, he’d have to be prepared to exhaust all of his magic power.

And if he tried using a Ruins Maker to dig through like before, it wouldn’t be possible either.

Suddenly, Kane slapped his own head, wondering why he was spending so much time studying this magic shield. Wasn’t there an expert right next to him?

Specialization is key, especially when it comes to those who defy logic.

Seeing the look Kane gave her, without needing much prompting, Lilulu spoke up: "This magic shield can be easily broken. Are you ready to attack?"

Hearing Lilulu’s words, Kane had to admit that he still had a long way to go in learning this aspect.

"No rush, I’ll plow around them first to see if any traps are hidden." Kane said, as the remaining war horses and food carts emerged with cannons to bombard the surroundings around the camp and the road to it.

The main goal was to detect any hidden traps, using minimal magic power, but covering a wide area.

It was primarily to scout for traps or paths, causing almost no serious damage.

This expense of magic power couldn’t be avoided; while traps held little use against Kane, for their subordinate soldiers, they were deadly.

The booming cannon fire lasted close to a minute before ceasing.

Unlike the first encounter, the enemies in the camp remained calm as they watched Kane’s bombing.

When the dust settled, many traps had indeed been destroyed or collapsed on the ground.

The enemy leaders weren’t the least bit sorry, as it was merely a standard precaution, and causing harm was a bonus; if not, it was fine too.

Through previous battles with their fellow companions against Kane, they clearly understood Kane’s attack methods.

Now, their strategy was to hold!

With a turtle-like defense, they didn’t expect to make any headway against Kane.

All they needed was to wait for reinforcements.

Perhaps these blue side enemies had been too complacent recently, as they hadn’t fully realized Lilulu’s terrifying suppressive power over such magic shields.

Kane directly resumed driving the Ruins Maker, leading his soldiers to charge towards the enemy camp.

The two leaders atop merely scoffed at Kane’s actions.

"What fools, thinking they can use magic knowledge to punch a hole in the shield? It’s laughable."

Yet this time, the shield wasn’t breached but vanished.

"What’s happening? This can’t be! How did I lose control of the Array?"

The Mage General shouted in panic.

However, Kane didn’t give them a chance, already driving the Ruins Maker towards the fort’s wall, tearing apart the wooden wall and the soldiers atop it.

The soldiers followed closely behind.

...

In no time, the entire camp began transitioning to blue and white hues.

Kane and his group rested on the spot, recovering their physical strength, and identified the loot collected by their soldiers.

Another camp lay ahead, and their target was to remove both camps.

Longbei and their target were the same. If successful, along with the four camps they flattened last time, their territory could expand to the riverbank.

This great river cut across the map.

In this way, they could stand invincible by relying on the river.

Even if the red forces launched a full-scale attack, they might not be able to conquer them entirely.