Rebirth And Second Chances 93 Dungeon Entrance

The Geode was impossible to miss. Easily twenty feet tall, the base encased in igneous and sedimentary rock. The metal refracted light as efficiently as any diamond or gemstone. Facets and surface scoured and formed by water in the same manner as stalagmites and stalact.i.tes.

Most noticeable, the metal deposit was affecting the ambient magic and small ley-line that was spiraling down the cave system. Drawing the energy in and super-charging it somehow. The process seemed to take the energies from the ley-lines, cycle them, and then disperse the collected energies, increasing the ambient magic exponentially.

The results were reminiscent of a thunderstorm. An ozone smell in the air, and an electrical charge that caused the fine hairs on your body to stand. As particles were continually cycled, they would invariably collide, giving rise to those electrical charges.

"Caraid, is it supposed to do that?" I asked.

<[silinium can="" only="" be="" found="" within="" the="" path="" of="" ley-lines.="" one="" of="" the="" reasons="" the="" metal="" is="" so="" valued="" is="" it's="" conductive="" and="" enhancing="" properties.="" it="" can="" absorb="" magical="" energy="" and="" ionize="" it,="" releasing="" processed="" and="" filtered="" condensed="" particles="" that="" enhance="" other="" environmental="" elements.]="">

<[earth, air,="" and="" water="" aspects="" are="" especially="" adept="" at="" refining="" those="" charged="" particles="" and="" increasing="" their="" effectiveness.]="">

<[people, plants,="" and="" animals="" are="" able="" to="" absorb="" this="" refined="" magic.="" evolving="" and="" growing="" substantially="" faster="" than="" those="" of="" the="" same="" species="" without="" access.]="">

<[it is="" one="" of="" the="" reasons="" why="" silinium="" is="" tightly="" regulated.]="">

<[to mine="" these="" deposits="" could="" have="" long-lasting="" ecological="" impact="" on="" the="" area.="" and="" since="" there="" is="" flowing="" water="" within="" range,="" that="" sphere="" of="" influence="" for="" this="" silinium="" deposit="" could="" be="" ma.s.sive,="" the="" water,="" that="" waterfall="" is="" collecting="" and="" dispersing="" the="" refined="" energies.]="">

"Why would anyone want to mine Silinium if the benefits to the environment are so large?"

<[imagine focusing="" those="" attributes="" on="" a="" microscopic="" level="" in="" array="" and="" rune-crafting.]="">

<[planetary portals="" can="" be="" created="" using="" lesser="" metals.="" silver="" works="" well.="" but="" when="" you="" consider="" the="" distance="" between="" planets="" and="" solar="" systems,="" these="" lesser="" metals="" simply="" don't="" work="" as="" well.]="">

<[silinium has="" one="" other="" unique="" feature.="" it="" retains="" a="" kind="" of="" memory,="" a="" resonance="" with="" the="" deposit="" it="" is="" mined="" from.="" these="" like-charged="" deposits="" vibrate="" and="" synchronize="" in="" a="" harmonious="" blend="" that="" allows="" the="" exact="" same="" magic="" variables="" to="" be="" isolated="" and="" duplicated.]="">

<[a chain="" of="" portals="" can="" be="" linked,="" with="" access="" restricted="" to="" only="" those="" other="" portals="" that="" contain="" the="" same="" silinium="" magical="" signature.]="">

<[it doesn't="" matter="" how="" the="" metal="" is="" worked="" or="" formed.="" it="" retains="" the="" characteristics="" that="" it="" absorbed="" as="" it="" was="" formed,="" a="" kind="" of="" polarity,="" and="" always="" recognizes="" similar="" polarized="" metal,="" that="" has="" been="" extracted="" from="" the="" same="" deposit.]="">

<[silinium's ability="" to="" store,="" process,="" and="" release="" purified="" mana="" allows="" for="" a="" measurable="" upgrade="" in="" distance="" and="" efficiency.="" raw="" silinium="" and="" the="" mining="" of="" the="" metal="" are="" restricted,="" for="" the="" most="" part.="" what="" silinium="" is="" harvested="" has="" been="" restricted="" to="" portal="" technology.]="">

"This Geode is immense. At least five or six hundred tons of materials just in the metals that can be observed. Certainly, there has been research done to test at what rate removal is possible without impacting the surroundings?" I wondered.

<[there have="" been.="" it="" is="" safe="" to="" remove="" five="" percent="" of="" any="" silinium="" deposit.="" one="" of="" the="" interesting="" benefits="" of="" this="" kind="" of="" metal="" farming="" is="" the="" ability="" of="" the="" silinium="" to="" restore="" and="" replace="" those="" metals="" that="" are="" removed.="" master="" cla.s.s="" miners="" have="" theorized="" that="" the="" magics="" absorbed="" from="" the="" ley-lines="" are="" not="" only="" purified="" and="" released="" but="" contribute="" to="" the="" growth="" and="" production="" of="" silinium="" itself.]="">

<[there have="" been="" a="" few="" people,="" mostly="" considered="" pseudo-academics,="" that="" have="" theorized="" that="" silinium="" is="" a="" life-form.]="">

<[the G.o.ds="" have="" never="" validated="" or="" denied="" this="" claim,="" so="" it="" crops="" up="" occasionally.="" conspiracy="" theories="" have="" even="" bandied="" the="" idea="" that="" the="" metal="" was="" essential="" in="" the="" evolution="" and="" creation="" of="" sidhe.]="">

<[but sidhe="" know="" that="" their="" 'evolution'="" was="" a="" product="" of="" divine="" will.="" we="" have="" communed="" with="" our="" G.o.ds.="" our="" creation="" histories="" are="" not="" a="" myth="" but="" a="" fact.="" accounts="" shared="" with="" us="" by="" the="" very="" G.o.ds="" who="" spread="" forth="" their="" hands="" and="" created="" the="" tuatha="" de="" danann="" in="" their="" likeness.]="">

"Then how do they explain the metal appearing on other planets? Why did Sidhe evolve only on Talahm?"

<[silinium has="" never="" been="" discovered="" on="" any="" other="" planet.="" it="" is="" unique="" to="" this="" world.]="">

<[it is="" the="" one="" export="" that="" even="" the="" planetary="" council="" refused="" to="" restrict.]="">

"If Silinium can only be found on Talahm, how did the other Pantheons construct Portal systems?"

<[inefficiently.]>
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<[they had="" to="" use="" a="" network="" of="" stepping-stones.="" portals,="" using="" silver,="" would="" be="" constructed="" on="" platforms="" that="" were="" transported="" to="" set="" locations="" to="" act="" as="" relays="" and="" anchors.]="">

<[these relays="" allowed="" for="" a="" sequence="" of="" hops="" to="" be="" linked,="" allowing="" transportation="" to="" occur.="" each="" platform="" had="" the="" ability="" to="" broadcast="" and="" teleport="" between="" each="" other,="" their="" reach="" on="" average="" over="" a="" distance="" of="" one="" light-year.]="">

<[but the="" cost="" and="" the="" sheer="" number="" of="" relay="" stations="" required="" to="" link="" systems="" together="" is="" problematic.="" that's="" why="" silinium="" is="" so="" valued.="" and="" why="" haygan="" may="" have="" been="" motivated="" to="" break="" trust="" with="" duke="" a'daoine.]="">

<[profit and="" power="" can="" turn="" even="" the="" most="" honest="" man,="" corrupt.]="">

"I don't see any tool marks, nothing to suggest this node has been mined," I said aloud, not sure if anyone else might have insight into why that might be.

"There wouldn't be unless the intention was to destroy the mine," Lohne explained.

"This is a main Silinium node hub. It has branching roots that open into lesser geode deposits. It is those lesser deposits that are probably being mined.

"If you mine the main node, you risk damaging the growth properties inherent in the metal."

"Silinium's ability to grow and restore mined ore was the impetus behind botanists hybridizing plants and gene manipulating them so that they produced metals and resources," she explained.

"No one would risk damaging the rootstock of this vein. Not only would there be ecological consequences, but they would be destroying future financial considerations."

"It's easier and makes more sense to harvest the seed stock the Silinium branches produce. Fist sized sproutings that can be harvested, and even transplanted to grow in other locations."

"The dungeon entrance should be close. They always sp.a.w.n near great nexus of magic, and Silinium nodes and ley-lines are as about as powerful a nexus as you can find, on any planet," Uron informed us.

Careful scouting allowed us to map out the remainder of the cave system. We found where the mining was being conducted, and an area that had been protected behind a formation to blend into the surroundings and deceive the eye. It was easily recognized and neutralized since we knew that the dungeon existed.

Once we broke the controlling array, what had been a featureless wall transformed into a pa.s.sage that skirted the Geode, a hall that snaked behind and led to a stabilized portal, pulsating with energy. The obvious entrance to the dungeon.

As we approached the portal, the System was kind enough to supply the name of the dungeon.

[You are about to enter a dungeon instance.]

[Dungeon Information: CERN the site of the Hadron Collider.]

[Location Earth: Geneva Switzerland]

[Level - 0]

[Proceed Yes/No]