Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

”Completely demolishing an entire mountain range is quite difficult, but we can try drilling from various directions to locate them.

That way....

Not only can we reduce the wear of the [Fairy’s Magic Stone], but the magic power can also quickly return to the surroundings.

We can use reconnaissance magic to explore the drilled holes while preparing for the next super large magic to pierce the mountain.

Perhaps, this will save a lot of time.”

Yang Yu placed his hand on his chin and thought for a while.

Bai Jin’s suggested method was very similar to the preliminary drilling method used in mining, and much more practical than blowing up the entire mountain range.

Yang Yu was unsure, considering Bai Jin’s current magic power and skills, about the maximum power of magic he could wield.

By suggesting directly blasting the mountain, he was also trying to test the extent of what Bai Jin could achieve with magic.

However, even though they had already annihilated the lurking [Modesty], Yang Yu could not guarantee that the Curse Sect was not silently monitoring their actions from somewhere.

If Bai Jin indeed used magic to blow up the mountain, the large amount of magic power gathered might expose them.

If the Curse Sect detected Bai Jin using such destructive magic, they might relocate their positions once again.

If they used the drilling method to explore, and the Curse Sect didn’t feel much threatened, they might only send people to stall for time.

If they could break through the defenses faster than the Curse Sect expected, perhaps they could stop them.

After making up his mind, Yang Yu sought the opinions of the others on site.

The officials of the Trent Republic supported Yang Yu without much hesitation and expressed their willingness to provide part of their stored [Fairy’s Magic Stone] for Yang Yu’s use.

The Goddess Sect also had no objections, but Ussiger slightly frowned upon hearing that the Curse Sect might be lurking within the mountain.

Bai Jin’s method might work, but finding traces of the Curse Sect could take a lot of time.

Initially confident, Ussiger had grown to value the threat of the Curse Sect after witnessing everything that had just happened.

She planned to finalize some matters and immediately dispatch personnel from the Main Cathedral to jointly defeat the Curse Sect.

No time to lose, since they already found new leads, Yang Yu decided to set off immediately.

As the sky began to brighten, the officials sat on the ground, leaving the selection of the Governor to the last, and discussed various matters, contemplating how to assist Yang Yu in completely resolving this crisis.

Yang Yu went to the training ground and urgently assembled the previously formed team.

Many had already been disturbed by the situation at the Old Palace, so assembling them didn’t take much time for Yang Yu.

Standing in front of the troops, he explained everything that had occurred in the Old Palace, gave a combat briefing, and then he led the troops non-stop to their target mountain range.

The sun gradually rose from the horizon, spreading its light over the earth.

Skillfully commanding the troops to camp at the foot of the mountain, Yang Yu allowed the troops to rest on the spot.

The expeditionary team had been on the move all day yesterday, and with the unrest last night, they hadn’t slept, rushing on the road early in the morning, and their bodies were already exhausted.

Though time was of the essence, an overly fatigued army could not win a battle.

Yang Yu did not rest immediately.

The mountain in front of him was not small, and randomly drilling holes would take a lot of time; Yang Yu needed to carefully plan and maximize efficiency.

Yang Yu first sent out mages who could use Dancing in the Air and swift scouts to meticulously survey the entire mountain, map out its various parts, and evacuate the residents nearby.

These tasks would take a lot of time, during which the troops could rest.

Once the mapping of the mountain was complete, Yang Yu would exclude areas where the Curse Sect couldn’t possibly exist based on the size of the towns they left behind, reducing the scope for drilling and reconnaissance.

After all, the Curse Sect members were humans too, and Yang Yu believed they couldn’t live in a completely enclosed space.

They would need to breathe, or else they would suffocate underground.

Therefore, Yang Yu decided to prioritize investigating some obvious cracks on the mountain, thus further narrowing down the range.

He used every available strategy.

Yang Yu also incorporated a bit of Iyas’s metaphysics, asking her to randomly select some areas.

If Iyas could obtain a revelation from the goddess and find the Curse Sect’s headquarters on the first try, that would be ideal.

If not, it didn’t matter to Yang Yu.

If metaphysics always worked, Iyas could tell them where to go and effortlessly collect top-notch equipment, accidentally dealing 99,999 damage with one stroke, sparing them from all this hardship.

After determining the initial areas for excavation and exploration, it was nearly noon, and the first batch of resting soldiers awoke.

Yang Yu immediately directed the reconnaissance scouts and mages to rest while the awakened mages began preparing to drill holes and search for traces, looking for clues of the Curse Sect.

Super large magic achieves its powerful attack by borrowing magic power from the external world, largely unrelated to the caster’s intelligence.

As long as a mage seriously studies and can use a certain level of high-level magic, they can use super large magic.

While those who master super large magic are rare, they are not impossible to find, especially as the Trent Republic is currently putting in great effort to find the Curse Sect, aiming to expel them from the nation.

Only super large magic can easily penetrate the mountain range.

Due to limited magic power in a particular area, even if the power of the super large magic is diminished, it cannot accommodate more than a few super large spells, so many people are not needed to simultaneously cast super large magic.

The important thing is the reconnaissance action after drilling the hole.

Because the holes are made with super large magic, which is primarily composed of external magic power, the casting mages find it very difficult to sense the conditions inside the holes and must send a troop of mages for careful exploration.

However, in Yang Yu’s team, there is someone capable of easily investigating all the holes.

That person is Hualan.

As a member of the Fish-dragon Clan and a spiritual ability user, Hualan possesses quite special abilities.

She can command parts of marine life spirits, guiding them to act according to her will.

Ghosts are quite suited for reconnaissance, possessing a certain penetration ability, able to move into crevices and navigate around, and capable of sensing living beings within a specific range.

Hualan’s existence can enhance the value of each cave.

Having studied at [Corpse Collection Coffin] for many years, Hualan’s ability to manipulate spiritual bodies is already exceptionally refined, with a remarkable scope, making her well-suited for all reconnaissance and detection tasks of this operation on her own.

Hualan gladly accepted Yang Yu’s task.

Though other members of [Corpse Collection Coffin] don’t possess abilities as exaggerated as Hualan’s, their controlled spiritual bodies are stronger than magicians’ detecting magic. Yang Yu entrusted them with the same task.

Thus began the orderly ’excavation’ operation against the Curse Sect.