Chapter 34: Ore for sale

After leaving the old village chief's house, George immediately went to the back mountain and returned to the cave again. George was very short of money now. He needed to make money as soon as possible and pay back the money he owed the old village chief. Only then could the entire back mountain truly and completely belong to him. In fact, he didn't want to rent it for only one year, he wanted to contract for ten years at once! As George was afraid that the "wall" would be exposed, he could not sell a large amount of metal ore in a short period of time, because it would arouse others' suspicion. In addition, he was alone and his labour was limited, coupled with the fact that mining was tiring. Therefore, George estimated that his own mining speed would not be too fast. Hence, it would require him to contract the entire back mountain for a long time. Only in this way could he mine slowly and methodically. "Obtained a piece of high-quality iron ore" "Obtained a piece of high-quality silver ore" "Obtained a piece of high-quality obsidian" …… The robotic voice kept ringing in his ears. "High-quality ores are indeed different. When I got low-quality ore before, there were no reminders in my ears, but now it just keeps going." George muttered to himself while sorting out the ore. The backpack only had ten slots, two of which held the medicine shovel and mining shovel, so George could only hold eight ores at a time. "I thought ten of them were enough before, but now it seems that this is far from enough. It would be great if the backpack could be expanded." George thought to himself. However, he was the only "player" in this time and space, and the others didn't know what a "backpack" was at all, so naturally there was no way to help him expand the space in his backpack. Therefore, George was clueless about this matter at the moment. With eight pieces of ore, George returned to the village and went directly to his master blacksmith. At this time, Blacksmith Sun was forging iron with his upper body naked. Although he was old, his muscles were still full of explosive power, which made George envious. Seeing that Blacksmith Sun was busy, George quickly went over to help pull the bellows. At the same time, he watched Blacksmith Sun's every move and learned seriously. Blacksmith Sun just glanced at George, and then continued with what he was doing. The hammer hit the long sword in his hand again ang again. The whole blacksmith shop was filled with the sound of rhythmic clanging. "Stab!" About half an hour later, Blacksmith Sun placed the polished sword in cold water to cool it down. His work for the day was almost done. "It's still no good." Blacksmith Sun looked at the sword in his hand while shaking his head with some dissatisfaction. Then, he threw it into the corner of the blacksmith shop. At this time, George discovered that there were already several swords piled up in the corner of the blacksmith shop. It seemed that they were all works that Blacksmith Sun was not satisfied with. George casually used the appraisal skill on it. "Blackstone Long Sword: Silver Level: Attack +30, Agility +10, Strength +10, Additional Skill: Life-stealing" "Life-stealing: After hitting the target, the target will continue to bleed for 30 seconds." George was shocked, and quickly scanned several other swords. He realised that the swords regarded as failures in the eyes of Blacksmith Sun were all silver-level equipment, with a lot of added attributes. For George, who was still using a medicine shovel to fight, they could already be regarded as very high-quality equipment. Waste, what a waste! George wailed internally. The top-quality equipment in his eyes was thrown away like rubbish by Blacksmith Sun. This was such a waste of natural resources. However, considering Blacksmith Sun's status as a master, it was normal for him to look down on silver-level equipment. "What brings you here?" When George was thinking about how to get a sword from Blacksmith Sun, the latter spoke first. "Oh, Master, when I was in the mine before, I found a few pieces of ore and wanted to ask if you want them." George looked away from the swords and said to Blacksmith Sun. "What kind of ore?" Blacksmith Sun asked casually without taking George's words to heart. Blacksmith Sun knew very well what was going on in the mine in front of the village. In his early years, he could occasionally get one or two pieces of high-quality ore from it. If he was lucky, he could even dig up rare ore. Those ores could be used to forge magic weapons. However, over the years, as the mines were excavated and almost empty, there were no good ores in them, and only some low-quality ores were left. Therefore, it was impossible for George to obtain any good ores from them. George took out a piece of ore from his backpack and handed it to Blacksmith Sun Blacksmith Sun, who wasn't paying attention at first, suddenly widened his eyes when he saw the ore. Then, at a speed that was incompatible with his age, he snatched the ore from George's hand. "It's actually a piece of high-quality iron ore! I haven't seen such high-quality ore in years." Blacksmith Sun toyed with the ore in his hand, his face full of excitement. It didn't look like he was looking at an ore, but rather like looking at a lover. "Master, how do you like this ore? Do you want it?" George asked. "Yes!" Blacksmith Sun said without hesitation, "I will give you ten gold coins for this piece of ore." Although ten gold coins wasn't much, there were a lot of ores in that cave, and this was just the least valuable iron ore. Therefore, George was very satisfied with the price. "Okay." George nodded. "With this piece of ore, I won't have any problem making gold-level weapons. If I'm lucky, I might even be able to make dark gold-level weapons!" Blacksmith Sun said excitedly. George was very happy after selling a piece of ore. He asked, "Master, if I still have this kind of ore, or even better ore than this, would you still purchase it?" "You still have more?" Blacksmith Sun eyed George suspiciously, "Where did you get so many high-quality ores? The mine in front of the village is useless and there were barely any high-quality ores at all. Now that it has collapsed, where are you to get other high-quality ores?” It seems that Blacksmith Sun had doubts about the origin of George's ore. George also kept his guard up. He knew very well about how profitable ore was and that the metal wall in the cave was absolutely priceless. Although the villagers here looked kind, in the face of such huge interests, there was no guarantee that there wasn't anything they wouldn't do. These people were not data, but living people with their own thoughts and values. So George smiled and said, "I'm just asking. I'm going to travel across the entire continent in the future, and I might encounter high-quality mines after all." Blacksmith Sun nodded without doubting George's words, "If you have this kind of ore, I can still collect a small amount, but not a lot. I don't have much savings, so I can't buy too much."