I nearly laughed out loud when my first very payout was four chunks of 91 Quality Obsidian Metal. This officially confirmed that our dream of mass-producing the Brave General Horseshoe wasn’t a dream anymore.

Pa pa pa!

I kept hitting and growing the pile of Obsidian Metals in my bag. My bagspace was big enough that I didn’t have to worry about going overboard, and Obsidian Metal of identical quality could be stacked together.

Gui Guzi, Hickey and the others also dismounted, found a spot for themselves and began their mining. For a time, the entire map was ringing with the sound of metal striking against ores and the occasional chatter. It was almost as if we were holding a hero’s mining party at this place.

……

Half an hour later, I had gathered over 500 chunks of high-quality Obsidian Metal. I hummed a happy tune while mentally calculating the average amount of Obsidian Metal my people had gathered during this time. Also, Hickey had dispatched a couple of people to purchase Crystal en masse. It wouldn’t be long before we could start forging the Brave General Horseshoes.

It was at this moment Gui Guzi suddenly looked up with a deep frown on his face. "Fuck!"

"What’s wrong?"...