"This is North Yak Island, home to the largest Gold Mine in the New World—and the least productive."
Carmensen Silver Fox looked down at the Gold Mine Mountain, disdain in her eyes.
"The largest Gold Mine? No wonder Blackbeard stationed so many people here. Judging by those buildings, everyone on the Island must belong to the Blackbeard Pirates. But what do you mean, it's the least productive?"
Werther was confused by what she had said.
"People call this Gold Mine Mountain the Greedy Gold Mine. It's famous throughout the world. Apart from the Dusi Gold Mine in the East Blue, it should be the largest Gold Mine anywhere.
"But it has one fatal flaw: it's difficult to mine. The island isn't cold because snow falls here year-round. The chill keeps seeping up from underground. During the coldest season, the rock walls become as hard as steel.
"So unless someone's desperately poor, why would they mine it? The cost far outweighs the return. When Whitebeard controlled this place, he used it as a cold-storage warehouse for supplies that were hard to preserve."
Werther marveled at her explanation. He hadn't expected her to know so much about the New World. It seemed the Family had taught her a few useful things after all.
"Doesn't that mean I can't destroy the mine either? If it's hard to excavate, destroying it should be even harder."
Carmensen Silver Fox looked at him as though he were a monster.
"You want to destroy it? Impossible. The best way to ruin a gold mine is to blow it apart. That mixes the gold ore with huge amounts of ordinary rock and makes refining much harder.
"But that won't work here. They already use explosives to force their way through the rock. Thinking you could destroy this Gold