Selfishness

 'Ikahmite, Ruby, Emeralds, and Gold.' Shone up high, the sun smiled relentlessly. No clouds, only a clear blue sky complimenting the greenery from the forest. 'I've struck the motherload,' he thought and stood, hand covering the eyes as the sun kept spreading light and heat. 'I knew it,' sprouting wings once again, '-Arda is amazing.' Dashed into the clear sky, he headed for the Capital. 

Another two days went by, from paying heed to the state's trouble, a new goal presented itself. 24th of November, two days away from the feast, Staxius called a meeting with the university and the Smiting guild. Sat in a conference room at the university, a place for the scholars, the display of data that referred to the site of a new potential mine. Started at 10:00, it ended at 15:00 with the number of details given. Alchemy was used heavily to prove the trace of ore in that area, many tests, and a primitive underground map of the site.