Vol V Chapter 106

Hopes and the team did not know that Sui Xiong had gotten inspiration from their mining jobs to create a powerful tool and eventually develop the idea of building a giant Great Magic Pool for the Republic of Northwest. They continued to identify the ores steadily day by day—separating the stones according to Mithril content and passing them on to the masters for further inspection.

This job was boring, and yet, it was good for training magic. When the ores were finally completely identified, Hopes reflected that his knowledge of ores had indeed increased. If this experience were to be described as a game, his "ore-dressing" technique had been sharpened, and he was taking a big step forward from being simply an expert to becoming a master.

If he continued down this path diligently, over a year or so, he would also be able to differentiate naturally occurring and acquired Mithril.

He smiled at the thought of it.