Chapter 744 (2/2)

He found the God of Forging of the half-orcs, Steel Lion Morani.

Upon hearing his query, Morani laughed, then told Sui Xiong that he had made a huge mistake.

Mithril was a strange object, and its weight would vary according to its purity. When its purity was lower, it would have a similar weight to normal silver ore. As the purity increased, its weight would decrease. When its purity reached the level of “thousand pure gold,” it could float in water easily.

“In this case… the purer it is, it could even become as light as an actual feather?” Sui Xiong asked curiously.

Morani shook his head, “I thought about that before in the past as well and did some experiments with that hypothesis in mind. The lightest it can go would be to approximately the weight of cork. I didn’t have the means to continue these experiments and… I also haven’t found any conditions which would make the Mithril even lighter.”

Sui Xiong understood now, and he laughed at himself bashfully, looking at his invention.

It was clear that the purity of most Mithril was not able to utilize the weight method to identify it. In a bunch of ores, only a rare few would be so lightweight that it could be easily identified. The “easy solution” that he had thought up was only feasible in theory but not in actual reality.

“Actually, to select ores, the best method is to use magic. Mithril and silver’s biggest difference lies in its’ uniqueness and magical quality. If one could make a tool to measure the ore’s degree of magic, it would be easy to differentiate them.” Morani piped up, seeing Sui Xiong’s dilemma.

“Even if it is an ore?” Sui Xiong asked.

Morani thought hard before replying, “Yes, probably. As compared to weight, the magical conductivity of Mithril is less affected by its purity. Thus, when making enchanted weapons, one usually uses about ten percent of Mithril to elevate its magical conductivity and allow the weapon to have some magical properties. The weapon can thus conduct magic as a full entity. For Mithril ore’s purity, it would also be similarly high.”

He thought about it again and mentioned that an experiment could be done to prove his point. Thus, the two gods found some silver ores and Mithril ores to test their magical conductivity.

As per Morani’s words, this experiment showed that there was a difference between the magical conductivity of silver ore and Mithril ore. This difference could be identified by average magic and only required one to be a mid-level wizard to do so.

Looking at the experiment results, Sui Xiong couldn’t help but laugh.

Although he had not created the tool yet, Sui Xiong had confidence that he could create it successfully now. This would greatly improve the efficiency of the workers in the camp.