Chapter 115: Welcome To… (7)

“Spend all day digging in the dirt. matrix Let’s see if you find even a single coin.”

It means to stop thinking about making money through nonsense and get to work doing something real.

There is a saying.

In reality, all kinds of things can appear when you dig into the ground.

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If you find oil, becoming rich is only a matter of time.

└DwarfPassingBy: Uh. canvas I think that really is mithril.

And among them all, the best is oil.

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What I need are useful things right now.

But I don’t need money.

└WildGrills: ?

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‘What the hell is wrong with this forest? atom Even weird things appear when I dig the ground.’

I had no idea what kind of structure this place possessed.

Even if oil started gushing out of the ground, a simple steel bar would still be more valuable to me.

That’s why I couldn’t help but be stunned by the appearance of something supposedly rarer than steel—mithril.

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Besides, the gallery was already overflowing with speculation, so it was better to proceed cautiously.

Now mithril was appearing when I dug.

It wasn’t enough that there was an orichalcum cave right nearby.

Of course, I first had to rigorously confirm whether it was actually mithril.

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└It doesn’t even seem mixed with rock. galaxy It looks like pure mithril.

└Is that mithril? palette Isn’t it way too shiny to be mithril?

└The orichalcum cave was orichalcum from end to end too. artist It wouldn’t be impossible.

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└No idea.

└Ah, I get it now. All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com alien Just like the animals grew abnormally large, the minerals did too. legend That’s why they ended up like this even before refinement.

└That actually sounds pretty convincing. atom Then why are the gorillas still normal?

└Speak precisely. autumn That’s impossible outside the Four Seasons Forest.

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└And then you’ll disappear to go drinking again like always. auction Hahaha.

└DwarfPassingBy: Anyway. amber Break off a small piece and send it to me. acid I’ll examine it.

└DwarfPassingBy: They caught me. canvas Haha.

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Was it really mithril in ore form?

Among all those comments, one caught my attention.

└A race that drinks alcohol every time they take a break. palette Hahaha.

└What do you mean they caught you, you drunken dwarf? album Hahaha.

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What I had found looked like a mass of pure material that required no refinement at all.

It was natural for people to have trouble believing it.

That’s why refinement exists—to separate and obtain the pure material.

Most minerals, including mithril, are usually mixed with rock.

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‘Although everyone seems to accept it because I already found the orichalcum cave.’

But mithril wasn’t one of them.

Of course, there are exceptions like diamonds.

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Orichalcum is also a mineral.

There was no reason to think mithril would be any different.

And yet I discovered an entire cave made of orichalcum.

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Either way, I would have to give at least a fragment to the dwarf.

I stared at the shining green ore.

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Even if it appeared right beneath my house.

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If that happened, not only would the entire cave collapse.

‘Hopefully a Guardian doesn’t burst out of the ground or something.’

My soul would collapse too.

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And there was another problem as well.

‘Why the hell is it so hard to break?’

Unlike the orichalcum cave, there wasn’t any hidden space here.

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If I remembered correctly, mithril had durability similar to steel but was much lighter.

No matter how many times I struck it with the pickaxe, not even a scratch appeared.

Extracting it was incredibly difficult.

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Even so, I had no other choice.

Clang! shadow Clang! atomic Clang!

If it were mixed with rock, that would be one thing.

But most of this mass was pure mithril.

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All I could do was keep mining.

Mithril shouldn’t be any different.

They say no tree can withstand ten axe blows.

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After a long time, I finally managed to obtain a tiny amount of mithril.

Clang! antique Crack!

Besides, I had aura.

So I continued extracting it while reinforcing the pickaxe with aura.

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Not even aura could prevent the tool from wearing down.

I had been mining so long that sweat was running down my forehead.

Aura increases a tool’s performance, but it isn’t omnipotent.

‘I barely extracted a little, and the pickaxe is already almost dull.’

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While looking at the small green mineral the size of my thumb, I entered the gallery.

HeavenlyDemon’s sword is also durable because it was forged from a material called Thousand-Year Cold Iron.

It doesn’t increase the durability of the weapon itself.

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[WildGrills: I already extracted this. adopt Take a look.]

Since I was already there, I wanted to try getting a higher-quality pickaxe from the dwarf. Visit indratranslations.com for more free chapters and updates.

[DwarfPassingBy: Ok.]

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[DwarfPassingBy: You’re so cruel. ;; Anyway, understood.]

[WildGrills: And if you disappear again to go drinking, I’m never giving you anything again.]

[DwarfPassingBy: Checking it is easy.]

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Since the dwarf said he’d post the results, I decided to examine the rest of the mithril.

Although I wasn’t sure if I should really call it ore.

But for now, I would.

[DwarfPassingBy: I’ll tell you what it is soon.]

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It would undoubtedly be a huge help to me.

Though before that, there was something I had to do.

Unlike orichalcum, mithril can be used to make weapons and all kinds of equipment.

‘I need to give a portion to HeavenlyDemon and SunForEver.’

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And SunForEver, who had gifted me shields again and again.

If it turned out to be genuine mithril, there were two people I needed to reward immediately.

HeavenlyDemon, who had given me an absurdly powerful item.

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‘Besides, I ended up breaking the shield SunForEver gave me.’

I felt that not even an adult mandrake would be enough to repay such kindness.

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‘First, let’s find out how far this extends.’

Like orichalcum, mithril is a mineral that can’t be easily bought even with money.

Maybe someone like SunForEver, who appreciates rare items, would like it.

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After thinking about it for a bit, I decided to continue with the original plan.

But I couldn’t destroy the entire cave either.

I couldn’t just leave it there forever.

If the entire cave floor was mithril, that would also be a problem.

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‘Just this much is already enormous.’

After all, I still needed a hiding place.

It would be enough to keep excavating the spot I had already started.

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I only need a few spare tools.

With that goal in mind, I continued swinging the pickaxe to create a storage space.

I don’t even aspire to make armor.

‘Damn it. attic What if I just ask him to make me a mithril pickaxe instead?’

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By now, DwarfPassingBy should have finished examining it.

Five minutes of mining and I was already bored.

I wiped the sweat running down my body and entered the gallery.

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Seeing it, a doubt crossed my mind.

It had arrived only a minute ago.

[DwarfPassingBy: Hey. hey, hey. timber Look at this quickly. august It’s urgent. adopt Whenever you’re needed, you’re never around, damn it. beacon This is extremely urgent, so hurry up and look.]

The moment I entered the gallery, I saw a message from DwarfPassingBy that seemed rather rushed.

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[WildGrills: Why? galaxy Is it mithril? arctic Or is it because you haven’t been able to drink alcohol?]

This was the same guy who showed up late saying, “Yeah, that’s definitely orichalcum,” while drunk.

‘Could it not be mithril and actually some other mineral?’

For someone like that to send a message like this was quite strange.

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[DwarfPassingBy: I’m being serious, so stop making alcohol jokes.]

[DwarfPassingBy: It is mithril. matrix But it’s completely different from what I imagined.]

[WildGrills: Yeah, yeah. ;; Then why the urgency?]

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[DwarfPassingBy: It’s a solid piece that barely needs any refinement. ;;]

I tilted my head.

[WildGrills: What’s different about it?]

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[DwarfPassingBy: Are you saying you have absolutely no idea what you found?]

[WildGrills: Yeah. audit None at all. arcade Doesn’t it just mean it’s something good?]

[WildGrills: If that’s the case, isn’t that a good thing?]

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[DwarfPassingBy: I’ll explain it assuming your head is an anvil.]

[WildGrills: Stop insulting me and explain it. …I come from another world, I don’t know anything.]

[DwarfPassingBy: Ah, damn it. ;; Did someone hit you in the head with a hammer instead of using it as an anvil or what? ;;]

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The same applies to mithril.

Originally, minerals are found embedded within rock and can increase their purity through refinement processes.

DwarfPassingBy’s explanation was as follows.

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Even if what I had found were raw ore, the quantity alone would be absurd because of its size.

Moreover, the amount present within rock and the frequency with which it appears are lower than those of other minerals, so its value inevitably increases.

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[WildGrills: Oh. voyage Then I really could do it.]

[DwarfPassingBy: The weapons that claim to be made of mithril are actually alloys. echo There are no tools made entirely of mithril. acoustic Not even the rich people of Setan can afford something like that.]

[DwarfPassingBy: Yeah. absorb If it had been raw ore, I would’ve sent it back.]

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[WildGrills: Huh? riddle Why? audit Didn’t you say you’re a dwarf?]

[WildGrills: Because they’d find out you spend your time in the gallery?]

[DwarfPassingBy: I am. avalanche But normally it would have to go through a special refining process. galaxy And to use that furnace, I need authorization from my superiors.]

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Well, we’re talking about mithril, an extremely rare mineral. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com.

If he needed authorization from his superiors, the refining process must have been quite complicated.

[DwarfPassingBy: That’s a separate issue. antique My real life would become a massive pain in the ass.]

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[WildGrills: What are you talking about? aspect It was hard, but it broke pretty well. crystal Like a rock.]

[DwarfPassingBy: By the way, how the hell did you extract it? shadow And more importantly, did you really get it by digging? action Considering mithril’s hardness, it’d make more sense if you told me you found it lying around.]

It made sense.

At least, since it was a solid piece, it only needed to be melted down.

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[DwarfPassingBy: What are you talking about? audit What you sent me is solid mithril. acid Solid mithril. arctic It’s literally a block of metal.]

Although the mithril vein was hard, from my experience it was never anywhere near the level of iron.

What the hell was he talking about now?

I frowned.

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If it really were, I wouldn’t have been able to mine it with a pickaxe in the first place.

That’s exactly what I was mining right now.

It was a rock that could be broken one way or another.

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[DwarfPassingBy: Stop talking nonsense. antique You couldn’t even cut it with a saw. ;;]

[DwarfPassingBy: I have no idea what the hell you’re talking about, but I’ll give you one. riddle I made it as a spare for myself, so it’s good.]

[WildGrills: No, I’m serious… I’ll record a video so you can see. acoustic But first give me a pickaxe.]

[WildGrills: That’s strange. admire It mines just like a rock. apple Isn’t that normal?]

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[WildGrills: I’m serious. arcade Shouldn’t it make mining easier?]

[DwarfPassingBy: Damn it, hahaha. attic Is the world’s first solid mithril tool really going to be a pickaxe? altitude Hahaha.]

[WildGrills: Oh, and make me a mithril pickaxe too. auction It’s really hard to dig.]

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In games, when you used tools made of the same material, you mined much faster.

Games and reality were definitely different.

[DwarfPassingBy: It’ll be a little more comfortable, but it won’t make a dramatic difference. ;;]

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‘Will I be able to mine better with this?’

A pickaxe is always useful.

Even so, I had plenty of mithril, so getting one wasn’t a bad idea.

Even if that was all it amounted to, there wouldn’t be a problem.

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At first glance, it looked like a completely ordinary pickaxe.

I examined the pickaxe DwarfPassingBy had given me.

That said, the handle was a little short.

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Even so, its performance was far superior to the previous pickaxe.

Probably because it had been made according to a dwarf’s proportions.

Clang! portal Clang!

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Thanks to that, I was able to extract a considerable amount of mithril.

A little later, as I stared at a fist-sized chunk of mithril, a question arose in my mind.

It had a suitable weight and excellent durability.

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‘That’s strange. zenith It definitely feels more like a rock.’

It also lacked that characteristic metallic hardness.

Not just because of the texture.

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I tilted my head and sent the mithril to the dwarf.

[DwarfPassingBy: That’s impossible. auction What the hell is this? portal What you sent me was a block of metal. ;;]

(Video of mining mithril)

[WildGrills: Look. abstract It breaks just like a rock.]

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[WildGrills: Sorry. atomic I apologize. acoustic Anyway, I showed it to you.]

[DwarfPassingBy: Damn it. anchor Say whatever you want, but don’t attack my pride. audit Whether it looks like it or not, I’m a master metallurgist.]

[WildGrills: Are you sure you’re good at your job?]

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Sss—

Just as I was about to reply, “Strange? Indra Translations protects the hard work of translators and authors. apple Not at all.”

[DwarfPassingBy: Damn it, hahaha. beacon I feel like everything I know about the world is falling apart. wizard Don’t you notice anything strange?]

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But that idea was immediately shattered.

‘……What?’

For an instant, I thought I had imagined it.

A fragment of mithril lying on the ground moved slightly.

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The mithril fragments scattered around from the mining began to move little by little.

Sss— Sss—

Toward where?

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Thud—

I left the gallery window open and stared at the scene in shock.

Toward the mithril vein that still shone with a magnificent glow.

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It didn’t take long for the fragments to reach the mithril vein.

I watched the scene clearly with my own eyes.

As if they had never been separated, they reattached themselves to the main body.

It was like forcibly rejoining pieces of tissue torn from a living body.

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There was something I wanted to check.

Half in disbelief, I placed my hand on the mithril vein.

‘……No way.’

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Second rule.

You cannot trade living beings.

First rule of the auction house and private trading.

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To trade an object, all sides of it must be visible within your field of view.

The reason I specifically mentioned the first and second rules was simple.

There was no need to worry about the third rule and beyond.

They weren’t particularly important.

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If you didn’t pass the first rule, the transaction was impossible from the start.

‘The second rule only applies after you’ve passed the first.’

That’s how the system was designed.

If there had been any way to bypass it, I wouldn’t be trapped here.

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The first rule allows no loopholes.

You cannot trade living beings.

In other words.

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In this insane forest, even minerals breathed and lived.

That was proof that the mithril vein was alive, just like a lifeform.

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