Hoppes and the rest did not know that Sui Xiong had already been inspired by their ore dressing work and had conducted some outdated research. In the end, they had obtained the good result of "the Republic of Northwest was going to build a large magic pool." They still worked hard every day to select the mithril ores from the silver ores, and then sent them to the two appraisal masters for further screening before selecting the innate mithril ores.
This job was boring, but it was very good for honing their skills. When the batch of silver ores was finally sorted, Hoppes felt that his understanding of ores had improved a little. If he were in the game, his ore dressing skill would definitely have improved a lot, and he would have taken a big step forward on the path from an expert to a master.
If he could continue to train like this, maybe after a year and a half, he would also be able to distinguish between innate mithril and acquired mithril.
Thinking of this, he could not help but smile.
"You look very happy. Is it because the boring ore dressing work is finally over?" Ruby, who was sitting beside him, asked. "To be honest, that job was really a little unbearable. I'd rather go and fight a group of trolls alone than do that kind of work."
Hoppes looked at his slightly dark circles and could not help but laugh. "You didn't choose many ores, did you? Why do you look so tired?"
"I used to think that fighting was very tiring, but now I know that doing internal affairs is very tiring too," Ruby said helplessly. "Every day, I have to coordinate people and deal with all kinds of things … I'm really not good at this. I'm a warrior, not a scholar or a noble!"
"But I think you're doing quite well. Everything is done in an orderly manner. If this is considered not good at something, then what is considered good at? "Hoppes countered with a question.
Ruby was speechless and could only remain silent.
"He just doesn't like this kind of work," Sid, who was sitting beside them, said. "But even if he doesn't like it, there's nothing we can do. We can't stop working just because we don't like it. Life is like this."
"If it's possible, I hope to be a librarian. Every day, my job is to read books, organize books, and handle the borrowing and returning of books. It's quiet and peaceful, and I stand aloof from the world. How peaceful and peaceful that would be! "Sid sighed softly and said," But, I can't. I have responsibilities that I have to bear, and I have work that I have to do. I'm not young anymore, I don't have the right to be willful. "
He looked at the haggard Ruby with his slightly pale green eyes, "You are older than me, and the pressure in your life must be greater than mine, so you must understand this more. It doesn't matter if you're happy or unhappy. Why don't you adjust your mood and try to like this job? "
Ruby froze for a moment, smiled, sighed, and shook her head.
"You're right, but I can't do it. I really can't enjoy this kind of tedious work that involves dealing with all kinds of people, numbers, and accounts! "
He turned to look at Du Du, who was happily eating and drinking with a group of people, and his eyes revealed a look of envy.
"Sometimes, I really envy this one-track minded guy. He's always so cheerful. He never seems to have any worries. "
"That's probably because he really likes it," said Hoppes. "Just like me. You might think that ore dressing is a very dry and boring thing, but I can find joy in this job. I carefully study every piece of ore, judging its texture from every corner, every section, and every reflection. It's like flipping open a wonderful book, browsing through the books that use rocks as a medium … As long as I calm down and do it, it's actually quite interesting. "
Looking at his smiling face, Ruby couldn't help but sigh again and drink his wine in silence.
Tonight was a celebration dinner to celebrate the completion of the batch of mithril ore, so it wasn't suitable to talk about those boring and unhappy things.
The next morning, Hoppes woke up very early. He prepared his equipment early, then said goodbye to his friends and set off to explore the mineral veins with a few other exploration team members.
During this period of time, the exploration team had explored about a quarter of the entire mining area. In the entire mining area, more than half of the places that were convenient for movement had been explored by them. The remaining places were somewhat dangerous. Without an expert leading the team, ordinary exploration workers really wouldn't dare to go.
In this world, "extreme sports" and the like were not popular. Be it aristocrats or commoners, they all paid great attention to personal safety. That was why Void City's adventure-themed amusement park, "Dungeons and Dragons", was so popular. It could satisfy the adventurous needs of those rich people, and at the same time, there was no real risk.
It was now the middle of winter, a real world of ice and snow. In this kind of weather and environment, it was really very dangerous to climb those steep rock walls or go down the cracks in the rocks to the bottom of the cliff. Not to mention that the exploration team was mostly made up of commoners who had some ability to survive in the wild, even experienced adventurers wouldn't be willing to do such things.
Therefore, if it wasn't for Hoppes, the exploration workers definitely wouldn't dare to take the risk.
Wearing custom-made snow boots and wrapped themselves in thick, waterproof winter clothes, the group of four moved forward with difficulty along the road that had been opened up during this period of time. It was only at noon that they arrived at the place where they planned to explore further.
It was a cliff. Although it wasn't straight up or down, it was enough to make people stop at the sight of it. What was even more terrifying was that there was ice and snow on many parts of the cliff. Or to put it more plainly, the cliff wasn't that steep, and the places where they could stand on were all covered in ice and snow.
"Captain Hoppes, look up there." One of the exploration workers pointed at a certain part of the cliff. Although the sun wasn't very bright today, they could still clearly see some obvious silvery-white color.
Without a doubt, that was a mineral vein.
"I'll go up and take a look." Hoppes observed carefully for a while, and after ascertaining that he wouldn't be able to judge the situation of the mineral vein just by observing it from afar, he decided to take a risk and climb up the cliff to investigate the area next to the mineral vein.
This was a very dangerous thing, and it required a lot of preparation work. With the help of his three companions, he spent a few hours before he hammered ten long, waterproof nails into the cliff.
When it was time for him to climb, these long nails would be where he would step on and tie the safety rope. They would also be the insurance that would keep him alive.
That was the end of the day's work. The next day, they came again and continued hammering the long nails into the cliff. They hammered another ten or so nails into the cliff.
However, the third day wasn't as smooth. Due to the snow, the work was greatly affected, and they only managed to hammer in a total of four long nails.
Based on this trend, they would probably have to be busy for another five to six days before they would be able to open up a path that was slightly safer. It would be sufficient for Hoppes to climb all the way to the mineral vein and conduct an on-site investigation.
Hoppes wasn't in a hurry, and neither were the exploration team members. Outdoor exploration was something that required time. It could even be said that in most situations, they would be more than happy to spend more time.
Time was safety. The more time they spent, the more prepared they were, the safer they would be.
To people like them, safety was the most important thing.
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