This chapter is an extra update in celebration of "Bu Deng Qing Ting"'s 10,000 reward.
Emily was still leading people in felling trees. Liszt took a turn around the great pit but found no glimmer of magical feedback. He had no idea just how well that Man-Eating Tree Dragon Elf could hide.
They had been playing hide-and-seek for over a month now, yet it had not shown itself even once.
During a break from the tree-felling.
He had a group of serfs move to another great pit, then chose a spot in the center and began digging. He had a feeling that these great pits were the Dragon Pit Giant Mine rewarded by the Smoke mission.
The serfs dug laboriously. They had gone less than two meters deep when they struck a layer of rock. The stones were smashed apart and brought before Liszt.
The stones were heavy and dark red.
"What kind of stone is this? Does any of you recognize it?" Liszt weighed one in his hand. It felt like some kind of ore—especially with the prompt from the Smoke mission, it seemed even more likely that the stone in his hand was ore.
Furnal Ink, who was following at Liszt's side, replied, "Your Highness, if I am not mistaken, this is iron ore."
"Iron ore?" Liszt examined it carefully. It differed somewhat from the iron ore he had seized from the Trapped Dragon Mountains Iron Mine, chiefly in color. "What kind of iron ore is this? Why is it different from the iron ore I've seen? I remember the iron ore from Trapped Dragon Mountains was black."
"It may be low-grade ore—iron ore with a low iron content. It generally appears in the upper layers of a deposit." Furnal spoke excitedly. "Your Highness, there may be