Deep beneath the cave lay an undiscovered underground mine that no faction had stumbled upon yet, except for the Orcs of the village settlement.
They had been exploiting it to its full potential, explaining why their village seemed stronger than it should be.
While the highest strength a village of their size was supposed to possess was Tier 3 Orcs , they already boasted a Tier 4 Orc and countless Tier 3 Orcs due to the power mine.
This mine was no ordinary one; it was a power mine, where naturally occurring and unattributed power stones could be mined and directly absorbed.
This explained the rapid increase in the village's strength, even though they were a newly settled community.
The Orcs were desperate to keep the mine a secret, for if word got out that a small Orc family village was attempting to control such a valuable resource, they might face annihilation from larger Orc villages who coveted the great income that came with owning a power mine.