Frost Iron Ore was an extremely valuable mineral. According to the game, once a metal weapon was mixed with Frost Iron, it would increase the damage to monsters by the same ratio.
A pure Frost Iron Longsword was twice as powerful as a normal Longsword to a monster.
As any country in the world of Vaunte, they had to face the troubles of monsters for a long time, so the demand for Frost Iron was extremely high. However, this kind of ore only existed in silver mines, copper mines, and some crystal mines, so it was often priceless.
In the market, Frost Iron was almost as valuable as gold, but the proportion of Frost Iron was much higher than gold, so it could be said that it was as valuable as gold.
When Brando said that there was Frost Iron here, it naturally attracted the attention of the youths. If they could dig out some Frost Iron and find a way to secretly transport some of the ores to a suitable buyer, they would be able to earn an unimaginable amount of wealth.
Of course, in reality, most people like them had some means to do some sneaky things. It wasn't that they didn't know about the mines, but they were too lazy to ask about them.
After listening to the girl's question, Brando looked at them and thought that it was a good idea to use some small favors to buy their hearts. After all, he might need their help. He pointed at the slanted lines on the wall and said, "Dig along these lines, but I can't guarantee that we will be able to dig it out, but there will definitely be a rich mine behind."
Cohen nodded, and under his signal, Maher picked up a pickaxe and dug in that direction. Then, the others followed suit.
Brando had no intention of digging. Instead, he turned around and looked at the other end of the tunnel. The dark tunnel stretched to the end of the light. "Where does it lead to?" He turned around and asked.
"There's another layer below," Cohen replied. He didn't work because of his body, but it seemed that the others didn't mind. Brando even saw someone give a portion of the ores they dug out to the weak youth. "But that layer has been abandoned."
Brando, of course, knew why the lower layer was abandoned. Last night, the young man had said that it was because when they were mining, they had dug through the tunnel between the beehive and the beehive, causing the monsters to swarm out. After that, it was not easy to drive the monsters back, but since then, no one dared to go to the lower layer of the mine.
After hearing Cohen's words, he looked over there and walked straight into the depths of the tunnel.
"Wait," Cohen stopped him. "Sir, it's best if you wait a while."
Brando stopped.
"Why?"
"The supervisor will come to check in a while. You'd better wait for him to leave before you go." The young man replied.
"When is he coming?"
"Fifteen minutes, sometimes half an hour."
Brando frowned. "Will he come again?"
"Yes, the supervisor will come every few hours, but it's hard to say exactly when."
"A few hours seems to be enough —" Brando thought. He nodded. "Thank you." At the same time, he thought that this was the benefit of buying people's loyalty.
He picked up the pickaxe and knocked on the wall twice. Under the power of his Gold-ranked Strength, the rocks fell down like a landslide. But what really surprised Joka and Maher was that the youth's movements were extremely skillful. The pickaxe went straight into the veins without any deviation.
A layer of low-quality silver ore slid down to Brando's feet. He fiddled with it. At first, he was a little interested, but after a while, he just sat there and listened to the clanking of the pickaxe.
Maher and the others dug quickly. The light purple wall was soon peeled away, revealing a layer of gray rock behind. Brando gestured for them to stop. He then had Joka throw a small piece of the rock over to him. He picked it up and studied it for a while.
"This is the diagonal quartz. Let's continue digging!"
"You mean we have it?" Cohen asked.
Brando nodded.
The youths' faces revealed faint expressions of excitement. They wanted to go to the outside world together, so naturally, they would need a large sum of money. And right now, it seemed like an opportunity to make a fortune.
The speed of the pickaxes became faster, and the clanking sounds were incessant. Brendel watched as the youths threw away the unwanted rocks one by one, and some of them rolled to his feet. But when he looked at them, he found that the quality of the quartz was getting better and better.
Brando paused. This wasn't normal. Quartz was a product of magic, and it was usually found in high purity crystal ores. It was the opposite for metal ores.
He looked up and saw that Maher, Joka, and the others had stopped digging. After the gray rock was completely broken down, a deep blue vein was revealed. It was Froststeel. However, what made them stop was not the Froststeel, but the glowing crystals within the Froststeel.
Magic Eye Gems!
There were seventeen of them, and each one was the size of a thumb!
He had never heard of anyone being able to dig out seventeen Magic Eye Gems in one go. Even the lowest grade Magic Crystal, the Purple Yellow Crystal, which was used to make Intelligence Headwear, had not been dug out in one go, let alone the Magic Eye Gems.
He patted his cheeks as if he was dreaming. He immediately looked up and asked, "Do you know what this is?"
Everyone shook their heads.
Brando looked at the Froststeel Ore vein that contained the Magic Eye Gems. In fact, the vein itself was abnormally large. Brando looked at it and estimated that there were at least one or two tons of Froststeel Ore in it.
This amount of Froststeel was already quite terrifying.
The Cold Iron was also a product of Mana contamination, but Brendel could not figure out how this vein was so unique that it could allow so much Mana to gather here and form such a huge vein.
He shook his head and stopped thinking about it. After a short pause, he said, "These are Magic Eye Gems. They're very useful to me."
The youths fell silent.
"Okay, we'll split it fifty-fifty." Maher immediately said. In fact, it was quite unfair for them to split it fifty-fifty. After all, Brando was only one person, and there were seven of them.
But these youths knew that Brando was strong, and they were worried that he would be tempted by the wealth.
But Brando shook his head. "I'll take them all. You can sell me your half too." He patted his waist. "I can pay immediately."
Magic Eye Gems were the most important material for making magic rings, but that wasn't all. At least, Brando knew that the White Lion Armor needed them. Even the long-lost Wind Weaving Bow of the Golden Elves needed them.
Seventeen thumb-sized Magic Eye Gems were enough to make a hundred sets of armor. Brando couldn't help but think that this was really a case of traveling far and wide looking for something, only to find it by chance.
The youths were silent for a while before Cohen asked, "How much are you willing to pay?"
"You don't know the market price of the Magic Eye Gem, so you won't be able to sell it. I won't hide it from you, I'm only prepared to pay half the price," Brendel said calmly, "but even if it's half the price, I think it's enough to satisfy you."
"How much is that?" The girl beside Cohen asked.
"Ten square gold coins."
Everyone in the mine gasped. Square gold coins were the most common currency in the south, and ten square gold coins were worth 13,000 Tor. It wasn't a small sum.
"You're really willing to pay … that much?" Jocah stammered.
"Of course, together with your payment."
The youth smiled awkwardly. He knew that Brando was joking with him. He had brought Brando down here and asked for fifteen Tor at most.
The weak-looking youth didn't say a word. He nodded and gestured for his companions to pry out the crystals and give them to Brando. Brando paid without hesitation. He saw the youths nodding and biting the bag of gold coins as if they didn't believe that it was gold.
But it was true that 15,000 Tor was an astronomical sum for these youths. They wouldn't be able to earn that much even if they worked here for ten years. Even if they sold the silver ores secretly, it would still be the same.
Brando carefully put away the Magic Eye Gems. The youth named Cohen asked, "Mister, do you want this Cold Iron?"
Brando looked at the long Cold Iron vein. Of course he wanted it, but not now. Sooner or later, this mine would be his.
He shook his head.
The youth sighed in pity. Without Brando, it would be much more difficult for them to get the ores out.
However, this accident was only a small interlude in the boring mining process.
About half an hour later, the supervisor finally arrived. He seemed to know the youths. Not only did he greet them, he even mistook Brando for a new member.
Cohen, Maher, and Brando didn't deny it this time. After the supervisor left, Brando finally found a chance to go deeper into the ground.
After bidding farewell to the youths, he followed the deep, dark underground tunnel to the lowest level of the mine. The crisscrossing tunnels had been abandoned many years ago. There wasn't a single trace of life in the cold underground. If a normal person were to walk in this place alone, they would definitely feel their hair stand on end.
However, Brando was satisfied as he walked in the darkness.
It was best if there was no one around.
In the end, he stopped at a blocked passageway. After making sure that it was deep enough, he stretched out his hand and a sky-blue Card of Fate appeared in his palm.
It was the Wind Spirit Spider.
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