Chapter 4 – Silver Ore is Quite Rare

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【Request】 Delivery of Iron Ingot x 3

【Reward】 Iron Ingot x 3, 1000G

【Description】 Deliver 3 Iron Ingots to the Blacksmith’s Guild. Quality does not matter. The first basic quest is important.

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The quest I received was to deliver Iron Ingots. I have to start by mining Iron Ore.

「Gale-san」

「Hmm? What is it?」

「Where is the best place to get Iron Ore?」

「Ah, you can get it by mining in the mines west of the city!」

「Thank you very much!」

「Oh! Be careful!」

「Yes!」

I need to buy a pickaxe before I head west to the mine.

With that in mind, I strolled through the city and found a general store run by an NPC, a resident of this world.

As it was a general store, there were also recovery potions, tools, and simple weapons.

Naturally, the pickaxe I was looking for was also there.

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【Name】 Iron Pickaxe: Quality 1 ・・・ 500G

【Description】 It’s used to dig for ore. If used correctly, it is unlikely to break.

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I can afford it because I have 3,000G in my initial account.

There’s a quality range from 1 to 10, and this is the lowest… It looks like it’s going to break soon, but it won’t. What kind of criteria is this …?

「This one, please!」

「Welcome~!」

Alright. I was able to buy a pickaxe, so let’s get going.

By the way, my initial equipment includes not only beginner’s clothes, but also a shortsword, and the sword techniques that I learned from my sword teacher who was introduced to me by my father, so even if monsters appear, I’ll be fine!! ……… Probably.

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After exiting the west gate, while walking along the road for about a minute.

I met a monster for the first time.

―― Prunprun!

A green, gelatinous creature.

「It’s a slime! Can I use my skills? 《Appraisal》」

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【Name】 Slime LV. 1

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「T-That’s it? …Though it’s true that it’s still only LV. 1…」

The weak point or something is probably the red sphere in the center of the slime.

「Here we go! Come on!」

――Spang!

「GYUUUUU!!」

Oh, something dropped.

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【Name】 Slime Gel: Quality 2

【Description】 An item that Slimes drop. Strong against striking attributes.

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A Quality 2 item better then a pickaxe!? How can a Slime drop outperform Iron?

Let’s keep going at this rate until we get to the mine!

After a while, I was killing a few Slimes on the way.

《LV.1→2》

《Swordmanship LV.1→2》

《Appraisal LV.1→2》

「Oh? Have I leveled up? Honestly, I’m glad I can work out my own swordsmanship, but it’s still the same… Right?」

Next time I find a slime, I’ll do another appraisal! Then something might change.

――rustling…

Speak of the devil.

「《Appraisal》!」

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【Name】 Slime LV. 2

【Weakness】 Core

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… Mu~u… I know all about that!! But that red sphere, it’s called a core, huh?

… Speaking of which, Now that I’ve leveled up, I’ll have to figure out how to use the SP.

――Status.

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【Name】 Ayane LV. 2
【Race】 Human
【Job】 Blacksmith LV. 1

HP: 1050
MP: 550

STR: 15
VIT: 10
DEF: 10
AGI: 10
INT: 10
DEX: 15
MND: 10

【Skill】 《Smithing LV. 1》 《Swordmanship LV. 2》 《Physical Enhancement LV. 1》 《Mining LV. 1》 《Lumbering LV. 1》 《Appraisal LV. 2》

SP: 5

【Equipment】 Beginner’s Clothes, Short Sword

【Title】 None

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SP has increased by 5~! Then I’ll need 《Woorworking》 later, so I have to take it, right? And after that, allocate 2 each to STR and DEX…

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【Name】 Ayane LV. 2
【Race】 Human
【Job】 Blacksmith LV. 1

HP: 1050
MP: 550

STR: 17
VIT: 10
DEF: 10
AGI: 10
INT: 10
DEX: 17
MND: 10

【Skill】 《Smithing LV. 1》 《Swordmanship LV. 2》 《Physical Enhancement LV. 1》 《Mining LV. 1》 《Lumbering LV. 1》 《Woodworking LV. 1》 《Appraisal LV. 2》

SP: 0

【Equipment】 Beginner’s Clothes, Short Sword

【Title】 None

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Now it’s done!

Then, 30 minutes later. By the way, 1 hour in the real world is 3 hours in this world.

「I’m finally here!!」

A large mine that had been visible since I left the city.

There were many holes on the surface and one particularly large hole at the foot of the mountain.

Maybe that’s the entrance to the mine.

Let’s get in there!

It was a little dark inside. Maybe I should have bought some torches or lanterns or something…

Oh, I found it!

A little further on, I saw a chunk of ore on the wall. Is this the mining point?

With that in mind, I pulled out a pickaxe from my inventory.

「There!」

――Ka~a~ankka~a~an!!

I kept digging for about 4 hours in the real world, changing mining points.

《Mining LV. 4→5》

Level up~. I think I’ll end it here.

The results were 73 Iron Ore, 48 Coal, and 2 Silver Ore.

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【Name】 Iron Ore: Quality 2

【Description】 Iron Ore. When smelted, it becomes Iron.

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【Name】 Coal: Quality 2

【Description】 Coal. It could be used for many things.

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【Name】 Silver Ore: Quality 4

【Description】 Silver Ore. When smelted, it becomes Silver.

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Silver Ore is rare after all.

Let’s go home and smelt it!

I came back to the Blacksmith’s Guild and logged out to cook dinner.