14 Purity Five (1/2)

Galen was the richest guy in the town for a simple reason: his father was the mayor of the town, and he owned a mine. While the minerals were not very profitable, they still made Galen's life comfortable.

Galen eyed Roland up and down. In the end, for Falken's sake, he said, ”All right, since Master Falken has recommended you, I'll take you on. However, I'm a fair man. I'll give him money according to the minerals he digs without any special privilege. How does it sound?”

Falken chuckled and said, ”No problem.”

Then, he patted Roland's shoulder and left slowly. Galen opened the gate of the stone house, and the stench of rocks was unleashed. Different minerals had been piled up inside the warehouse.

Galen fetched a hoe and a basket from inside and tossed them to Roland. He said, ”These are your tools. You can start working… Right, what's your name? I need to register it.”

Galen picked up a quill and opened a book from his drawer carefully. ”Speak, and tell me your age, too.”

”Roland, seventeen.”

Roland was twenty-four in reality, but his game character was set to be seventeen, between a teenager and an adult. So, he could only give such information. After all, he looked too young to be twenty-four, and Galen wouldn't have been convinced if he said so.

Galen wrote down his name in the book. Roland stole a glimpse at it and discovered that the words in this world were pictograms. The words were not straight. There was no telling whether it was the standard format or Galen's personal style.

In the end, Galen waved at Roland, and Roland strode into the cave with the hoe and the basket.

The cave was rather huge, which was understandable because fresh air was needed in the mines. An oil lamp was established every dozen meters on the way. The wall was wet, and Roland could feel water on it.

Roland dragged the basket forward. There were pit-holes and pebbles everywhere on the way. After several minutes, he finally heard noises up ahead. Soon, he saw several people working hard at the end of the cave in different directions.

This was the real mine. It was a rather spacious place. The dome was a dozen meters high, and there were about thirty meters from the left end to the right end. The place was rather dim despite the lamps hanging on the wall.

Roland jumped off from the platform. Someone noticed the noise but soon focused on their mining. Time was money for the miners.

Observing the environment carefully, Roland came to an unoccupied corner and watched other miners work. Then, he copied them.

Mining and sweating for an entire day, and copper of purity five is all I can find…

His deepest impression on the first MMORPG game was mining, and he was mining again in the first immersive game in the world. He wondered if he was destined to be a miner.