Leonel threw this to the back of his mind and made his way back to the Evolution Ore Mine. It was quite a distance away, but with the Segmented Cube, even this journey didn't mean much to him. Anastasia was so fast that it probably wouldn't take him any more than half a day to make it to any location within the Golden's Bubble.
Soon, it was within his sights again. Luckily, there wasn't another battle going on, and he could directly enter the mine. After analyzing the normal portion of the mine, Leonel nodded. It was a little bit inconvenient, but he had some ideas on how he might deal with this situation.
The Evolution Ore Mine was on another level compared to the Urbe Ore Mine. While the Urbe Ore Mine had been Fifth Dimensional, the Evolution Ore Mine was clearly Seventh Dimensional. There was also the problem of the multi-faceted core, but that had yet to spread to the other regions of the mine just yet.
It was both a positive and a negative that Leonel had stumbled onto the existence of such a mine.
On the one hand, it saved him the trouble of finding a stronger one in the short term. But on the other hand, it couldn't be used with such a weak foundation of Urbe Ore.
However, Leonel had an idea.
"Little Tolly, how many Fifth Dimensional Evolution Ores can you make out of this one Seventh Dimensional Evolution Ore? Don't try to input any of your own power."
Leonel gave Tolliver some instructions and limited his capabilities. He knew that the little guy was eager to help him and to outdo Blackstar, but he was worried about Tolliver overextending himself.
So, he thought of this idea instead. If Tolliver was breaking down a superior Ore into a weaker one, that should take basically all the pressure off the little guy. The only question was whether he could do it or not. After all, Little Tolly was in the Sixth Dimension and the Ore was in the Seventh.
Once again, it turned out that Leonel didn't need to worry at all. In fact, it didn't even take much time.
Tolliver came back to Leonel making more happy blooping sounds. Leonel couldn't help but smile, sending signs of affirmation to the Metal Spirit.
'This should be enough to reach the Peak of the Third Dimension in one go.'
Leonel's eyes lit with faint excitement.
Finally. It felt like his body had become a prison. He knew that he had so much more power to use, but his Third Dimensional status refused to allow him the chance to. It was infuriating.
He stored away the 100 billion kilograms of Fifth Dimensional Evolution Ore. He hesitated for a moment and then shook his head. He didn't know what would happen while he was breaking through, so he should cover all his bases first.
Clearly, it didn't take much time for Tolliver to mine Ores, so it would be quick.
Over the next few minutes, Leonel leaned on Tolliver to mine a million kilograms of the pure Evolution Ore. Then, he had Tolliver find the core and pull it out. He likewise passed this core, as he had done for the first two, on to Anastasia.
Then, he found a relatively safe place to bury the Segmented Cube again and then vanished. He hoped that he'd be able to come out in a reasonable time. But he knew that that was probably a false hope.
When had his father ever let him have anything easily?
Not long after Leonel left, a familiar young man wearing a pair of goggles returned. There was a happy expression on his face as everything had gone smoothly last time, but when he saw the mine this time around, his face fell.
The pressure of the mine was gone, large portions of it were excavated, and his hard work was all but ruined.