Exploring the Volcano

After a brief moment of thought, Mel asked again, "Can't you relocate?"

After he asked that, the Dwarf Chief seemed to have awakened some philosophical instinct. With a sigh, he slowly shook his head. "The world is only so big. Where could we move to? Every place suitable for habitation already has an owner."

"Fine. I'll go take a look and see whether there's any way to keep you from being buried by the erupting lava."

In his previous life, if he knew a volcano was about to erupt, there had been no solution other than evacuating the nearby residents in advance. But this was another world, and he had already come up with an idea.

If he could set up an enormous teleportation magic array and send the erupting lava directly into a distant ocean, perhaps the villages below could avoid being swallowed by it.

It would be a massive undertaking, but he had enough high-quality magic ore to serve as the core of the array, so it was at least feasible.

"A bit difficult?" Mel glanced at the volcano behind them again.

"Guest, does that mean you have a solution?"

"Mm, I can give it a try, but the cost would be too high. It wouldn't be worth it just for information about a Legendary Artisan." Mel gently shook his head.

Even if magic ore meant no more to him than roadside stones, he did not want to waste it so casually. In the human world, magic ore was extremely expensive.

To buy magic ore of acceptable quality, one basically had to use magic coins. Among mages, that was the only currency in circulation. Ordinary human gold and silver could hardly purchase high-quality magic ore.

"If you are willing to help us, we are willing to offer a