Defying the Fate of Beheading

Chapter 661 349: New Great Sin Ability [Hall of Greed]

Louis also didn't expect that Rimuru's growth rate would be this fast.A wicked thought emerged in his heart, which was the hope that this war could last a little longer.

If the war continues to be prolonged, and Rimuru continues to engulf resources in the Fallen Star Sea, perhaps in a year's time, a demigod could emerge.

That would be a demigod creature nurtured by nature!

Honestly, even Louis, facing a Rimuru that has ascended to a demigod, would hardly have a chance of victory.

—Though by the time Rimuru becomes a demigod, he will only be stronger than he is now.

"Aren't you worried about her? This should be her first time fighting alone, right?"

Louis looked towards Beatrice.

The first wife shook her head and said, "She will grow up eventually, and now is the time for her to see more of the world outside."

Louis was silent for a moment, saying nothing.

He could hardly tell Beatrice that her little swan had long turned into a black-hearted being without her knowing.

Those past experiences you thought she never went through were, for her, merely an illusion of life, things that didn't need repetitive learning.

But this point, your precious sister couldn't tell you, while your husband knew it very well.

He couldn't bring himself to say this.

After all, this brings up a problem, namely, once Beatrice asks, "Why would my sister rather tell you such things and not me?"

How would he respond, tell Beatrice that they are all guardians of the secret frontline?

Or tell the first wife that her black-hearted Mina was struck with a huge hole by him, treating boyfriend and sister differently?

What would follow was the deadly stare and the knight's lance stabbing from the fiancée.

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

Thinking about this made his head ache.

"But indeed, the resources in the Fallen Star Sea are abundant."

Louis quickly shifted the topic: "From the timing, they should just have set out to sea."

For any country, the near-sea areas are within the scope of available development.

These regions, not to mention seabed minerals, even the fish are nearly all caught.

Yet even so, Rimuru just entering the ocean acquired so many resources, it's hard to imagine what it would be like after entering the resource-rich areas.

"Huh?"

Just as he had this thought, he felt the materials flooding into the armory swelling at a spectacular rate.

How fast was it?

Louis looked up at Beatrice: "Have them make some psychological preparations."

Beatrice was taken aback: "It's started already?"

Judging by the time, the allied forces of various countries should have already gathered at sea, and after resting heading towards the core area of the Mermaid Empire.

Seeing Louis's subtle expression, it was clear Rimuru found quite a few good things from the sea bottom.

Louis took a deep breath and said: "If I hadn't sensed it personally, I would've thought it just dug up a mountain of minerals."

Beatrice pondered and said: "Is there a possibility it really did find a mountain of minerals."

"Perhaps, although I occasionally blow up a mountain as normal operation, to actually have a mountain of minerals straight in front of me, I am not quite used to it," Louis chuckled wryly, "no, that's not a mountain of minerals, that's refined metal as big as a mountain."

At this, even Beatrice took a deep breath.

"So much?"

"Yes, although it's just common minerals, this mountain at least has 100,000 Gold Coins worth."

What is this?

Straight up giving you 100 small targets?

Too ridiculous.

Beatrice pinched her brow, her eyes becoming red:

"I knew they didn't have much mining capability, but I didn't expect them to waste the minerals so much, truly sitting atop a mountain of gold without knowing."

Louis shook his head and said, "Underwater work isn't that easy, the difficulty of mining is more than ten times that of the surface, even for mermaids and mermen, it's very dangerous in such environments."

He could understand the Mermaid Empire.

With the underwater environment as it is, to mine on a large scale, they would have to deploy their citizens.

Though numerous, not many sea creatures have intelligence.

Despite the Mermaid Empire acting bold in front of other countries, they face far more enemies underwater than they imagine.

Because intelligent aquatic species are scarce and generally antagonistic with the mermaids and mermen.

This means they not only have to contend with those intelligent aquatic species but also face a large number of aquatic monsters.

Mermaids might have the capability to venture to those areas to extract resources, but given their numbers, there's no way to establish cities in those areas.

There are too many monsters.

And underwater mining is different from land.

Among the lower-middle-class residents of the Mermaid Empire, there's a tale that mermaids and mermen are cursed by the sea and the God of Destruction, that if they mine widely underwater, they'll be cursed by the Sea God and gradually unable to breathe until they die.

Not to mention, quite a few residents believe in such tales.

But from a glance, Louis could see that this wasn't some Sea God's curse, it was the large-scale silt dispersal from underwater mining.

On land, large blocks of rock and earth would directly fall to the ground.

But underwater, it inevitably forms pollution zones.

In such an environment, whether or not you can see clearly, wouldn't you have nothing but silt in your gills at all?

When Louis mentioned this to Beatrice, a spark flashed in her eyes:

"Doesn't that mean a lot of the resources under the sea remain in their original state?"