WorldCrafter - Building My Underground Kingdom-Chapter 53: Countermeasure

Two days passed, Ben was completely unaware of the approaching disaster. Right now, he was sitting on the floor, taking a well-deserved break while admiring the results of his hard work.

He had worked nonstop on this mine for more than 48 hours. The place was completely transformed—many krell could be seen moving around, busy with their tasks, while others stood still like statues. However, this didn’t mean they weren’t alert; at the slightest hint of danger, they would spring into action immediately.

One soldier stood ready near the lever, prepared to drop the gate at the first sign of trouble. Two others stood guard at the gate’s front, ready to buy time in case of an attack.

The entrance to the dungeon was now fully enclosed by a solid square structure with a sturdy gate blocking the path. Ben even stationed another krell to guard the entrance, just to ensure nothing unexpected emerged. He still felt uneasy about something escaping the dungeon. Their understanding of it was limited, but Ben was certain this ruin didn’t originally belong here. He tried digging around it, but he never succeeded—the area was protected by some kind of barrier. Thankfully, it didn’t prevent him from constructing his building.

’That place is too huge,’ Ben thought nervously, ’and even if the ruin was always here, that doesn’t make it any less dangerous. If anything, it makes it worse.’ Ben recalled the phenomenon of a dungeon break from many of the stories he’d enjoyed before, and he couldn’t help but feel worried.

Elvira stood beside the building, inspecting the intricate magic circle etched onto the wall. "Isn’t this a bit overkill? You used up 100 white gemstones just for this thing."

"No way," Ben replied seriously. "Did you forget how strong that boss was? If we had more resources, I’d have put in even more."

The structure encasing the dungeon was special, constructed from grimslate ingot bricks mixed with white gemstones. Elvira had then infused it with magic, setting up a countermeasure in case the worst happened. Although the spell itself wasn’t very sophisticated, with a single command she could trigger a catastrophic explosion, releasing all the stored mana at once. Even so, she felt it was wasteful—there were many other things she could accomplish with that much mana.

"Since you’re okay spending 100 white gemstones here, give me some too," Elvira said, looking at Ben with pleading puppy eyes.

Ben glanced at her, puzzled. "What do you need them for?" he asked. That was a massive amount of mana. He preferred to keep it stockpiled for his other emergency plan, a strategy he’d named Legion, which basically involved spamming all his resources to produce as many krell soldiers as possible.

Right now, the total number of krell soldiers had only increased by four, specifically created to guard this place. Ben didn’t want to make more since they still lacked a reliable food source. This was a significant drawback of his abilities compared to magical constructs or golems made by mages. His creatures were real living beings—they required food, water, and rest. At the very least, Ben felt relieved they didn’t have other complicated needs like entertainment to relieve stress, or even a desire to breed, which often led to conflicts in most species.

Still, this made Ben wonder—was it due to their limited intelligence, or was every one of them naturally like this? At the very least, he knew every creature he made began with absolute loyalty.

Elvira looked excited as she began explaining, "I just learned something incredible! If my theory is correct, these can dramatically boost my magical output. You see, by restructuring my mana circuits to synchronize perfectly it will create intrinsic resonance frequency, I’ll achieve a state of quantum mana entanglement. This entanglement will drastically enhance my mana conductivity, exponentially increasing the energy throughput. Once my mana core reaches harmonic equilibrium with the gemstones’ vibrational energy states, it’ll trigger a cascading amplification effect, significantly elevating my overall spell potency and magical efficiency—" ."

Ben stared blankly, already lost in the whirlwind of complicated magical jargon flying out of Elvira’s mouth. He waved his hand impatiently, interrupting her, "Elvira, forget the fancy theory—just tell me plainly. You have no idea how long this experiment will take, right?"

Elvira brightened, enthusiastically Continuing her explanation. "First, I have to realign my mana channels to sync perfectly with the atmospheric’s resonance frequency. Once the alignment stabilizes, it’ll exponentially amplify my mana throughput—"

Ben could feel his head start getting hurt, "Elvira, just skip to the end. You don’t know how long it’ll take, do you?"

She paused awkwardly, her cheeks slightly flushed. "Uh… I guess not exactly? But you cannot give time limit on experiment! What matter is the result! Look as long I get the formula right-"

Ben sighed deeply. Seeing her chance slipping away, Elvira moved closer and grabbed his arm, putting on her best pleading expression. "Come on, Ben. Please? Just a few? Pretty please?"

Ben frowned, barely managing to resist Elvira’s intense puppy-eyed assault. Eventually, he sighed and gave in. "Fine. I’ll give you ten gemstones—but no more."

Elvira instantly brightened, grinning victoriously as she took the gemstones. She leaned in close and whispered teasingly into his ear, "You’re such a stingy husband."

Ben rolled his eyes and then reluctantly added, "Here, take another twenty for making more talismans to fortify our main base."

Elvira’s cheerful expression quickly vanished. "Wait—you give me ten but spend twenty just for more talismans?"

Ben shook his head firmly. "We’re not having this discussion again. Just focus on strengthening the base. I’ll go look for a proper food source." He turned away from her and began to walk off.

Usually, Elvira would understand the bigger picture immediately, but whenever her experiments were involved, she forgot about everything else. Ben had explained countless times: right now, their top priority had to be rapidly boosting their defenses. Danger was lurking everywhere, and they still had almost no intel on their surroundings.

Ben had also decided against sending out any krell scouts for now, worried they might accidentally provoke enemies toward their base. He intended to personally secure the perimeter first, just to be safe.

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