So, Aiman deliberately had the Merfolk from the Divine Hall convey a message to Fang Ka.

Expressing that he was always prepared to diligently serve Fang Ka, and that Fang Ka could just instruct him if anything came up.

Upon hearing the message, Fang Ka smiled noncommittally.

He could roughly guess Aiman's intentions.

Having the Merfolk specifically come over to deliver a message was probably because he had given a gift to Aira.

In terms of understanding human nature, Fang Ka considered himself quite experienced.

In this week's time, the players had explored seventy to eighty percent of the islands.

It was estimated that they'd finish exploring in another two days.

Currently, two gold mines, one silver mine, and one iron mine have been discovered.

All of these veins are subterranean, and if mining is intended, the craftsmen from the Underground City will need to start making goblin mining tools and then send them over.

Those craftsman slaves, previously under the high-pressure of the goblins, had attained quite sophisticated skills, capable of following the goblins' preparation blueprints to manufacture them properly.

The vast project of the Underground City was created by these slaves using goblin mining tools, so digging a subterranean vein wasn't particularly difficult.

Moreover, the ones working would be the players, who are all high-tier Undead creatures, unlike those slaves. Using goblin tools, they'd do the work easily.

Besides these veins, no copper mines have been found yet. It's uncertain if any surprises will come in the last two days. Of course, even without them, just having gold coins and Silver Coins is quite good.

Additionally, the underground iron mine doesn't need to be mined because previously, the Merfolk had already found a large, open-air iron mine on the islands, which has been used consistently.

Fang Ka let go of these thoughts in his mind, then resumed his place on the recliner to continue meditating.

Now, it's just a matter of waiting two more days until the players finish exploring the entire Merfolk Islands, then making the next plan.

At that time, rewards would be reasonably divided based on the players' exploration results.

Two days flew by.

On this day, Fang Ka, through shifting perspectives, observed that after the players finished exploring the entire Merfolk Islands, he immediately settled the rewards for them.

During the remaining two days of exploration, players didn't find any additional veins, meaning the entire investigation yielded two gold mines and one silver mine.

During this period, he often observed the players secretly, making some assessments of their usual behavior.

After settling the rewards, he issued a new mission.

The new mission targeted players with flight capability specifically.

The content was very simple, requiring them to go to the Underground City to transport goblin mining equipment.

This mission wasn't particularly difficult, but it required spending time and energy to take the trip.

However, the rewards for the mission were quite decent, and players receiving the task were still very happy and eager.

This made the players without flight capabilities feel somewhat envious.

Soon, players figured out that the flying players transporting the mining equipment were likely doing it for them.

Many players speculated that this Merfolk Islands would probably soon be an officially opened scene.

After all, before the Underground City scene was officially opened, players had also gone there to battle.

With the task issued now to flying players to transport mining equipment from the Underground City, Fang Ka then walked towards the beach.

Just as the players speculated, the players had discovered two gold mines and one silver mine on the Merfolk Islands now.

Fang Ka believed it was time to officially open the Merfolk Islands location to the players and let them establish operations there formally.

But before that, he needed to assign a reliable subordinate to coordinate affairs there.

Similar to Tina's role in the Underground City.

On this matter, Fang Ka thought it over and decided the candidate had to be selected from Xia Lin's tribesmen.

If so, it was necessary to ask Xia Lin for recommendations on who to send.

He strode toward the beach, and upon seeing his figure, Xia Lin immediately greeted him warmly, "Tutor Fang Ka, you're here? Is there anything you need?"

Fang Ka nodded to Xia Lin, then spoke, "It's like this, Xia Lin. After careful consideration, I've decided to send someone trustworthy to coordinate the affairs on the Merfolk Islands."

"Similar to Tina's duties, primarily managing daily work there."

Upon hearing Fang Ka's words, Xia Lin immediately understood that Fang Ka wanted her to recommend a suitable person.

After all, she surely understood her tribesmen better; Xia Lin's recommendation had contributed when Tina was sent to the Underground City.

And as proven, Xia Lin's endorsement was highly reliable. From the start of her dispatch to the Underground City to now, there had never been any mistakes, everything was arranged impeccably.

After thinking for a while, Xia Lin furrowed her brow and said, "I've thought this over carefully, and I believe Sadek is the most suitable choice."

Sadek was one of the Merfolk in Xia Lin's tribe with vital acupoints, introduced briefly by her when she previously presented Fang Ka the knights in her tribe.

Though only mentioned briefly, with no detailed introduction at the time.

Thus, Fang Ka's memory of Sadek was indeed very shallow.

However, since Xia Lin recommended him, it was likely trustworthy.

Fang Ka hesitated slightly before lightly nodding to Xia Lin, "Alright, since you recommended him, there shouldn't be any issues."

"Let someone call him over; I need to brief him on some matters."

Xia Lin nodded to Fang Ka enthusiastically and said excitedly, "Tutor Fang Ka, your trust truly makes me feel immensely honored."

"Please wait for a moment, I'll have my tribesmen call him over for your arrangements."

Without too much delay, a robust Purple Merfolk soon approached from afar.

Upon seeing Fang Ka and Xia Lin, he immediately respectfully bowed to them, "Greetings Lord Fang Ka, Greetings Lady Xia Lin."

At that moment, Noel, lazily lying on a nearby rock, spoke slowly, "Ah, am I being ignored?"

Noticing Noel's hostile gaze, a slight sweat appeared on Sadek's forehead.

Being one of the knights frequently beaten by Noel before, the psychological shadow Noel cast wasn't much less than that from Parod.

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