136. Countermeasures for the Future (1/2)

Recently, I had been putting an effort into weapons production, but even I had no idea what kind of ore it was. And I didn’t sense any magic power coming from it, either.

「What is this?」

「A sub-Mithril ore, also known as the Fool’s Mithril.」

「It certainly looks like a Mithril ore.」

「The only similarity between the two is the appearance.」

「Is that so?」

「Yes. It has low affinity with magic, corrodes quickly, and is brittle, so it has no commercial value.」

「That is why it’s called Fool’s Mithril, huh.」

Maybe it’s called that way because someone might foolishly believe it is Mithril when they come across it. There may even be a scamming ring that sells this as a real Mithril.

「So, what about this ore?」

「The demons were commanding the goblins to mine it.」

「For what?」

As far as I’ve heard, this ore doesn’t seem to have many applications.

Even if you run a Mithril scam to earn funds for war activities, it is an inefficient way to go about it.

「At first, I didn’t know what it was used for, but I found out after investigating this core.」Milt said, and pointed to the Cardinal’s core.

Then, Milt started his explanation from scratch.

After we left for the Dragon Mountain Range, Xenovia and Milt remained at the academy. And when information about sightings of demons came in, Milt headed out to investigate. He arrived at the site and quickly defeated the demons.

「It was easy because there were only three demons.」Milt said, like it was no big deal.

Three demons would certainly be easy for Milt, but a serious threat to the average first-class warrior. That’s why Milt was called in.

「The demons seemed to be commanding the goblins and doing something, so I examined around the dig site.」

Apparently, it turned out that sub-mithril ore was being excavated. Milt was previously confused because he couldn’t understand what they could be using the sub-mithril ore for.

「But I finally found out after examining the core of the Cardinal that you brought in, Master.」

It seems that a considerable amount of sub-mithril ore was used in the Cardinal’s core.

「Hmm, that’s quite interesting.」

「Yes. Master. It’s interesting, isn’t it?」

「Where was it used?」

「On the whole core.」

Milt explained in detail that it was found in the joint between the magic stone in the center and the flesh that wrapped it, and the joint between the central magic stone and the smaller magic stones. And it seems that the flesh itself contained a large amount.

「It has piqued my interest quite a bit.」

「Yes. We need to investigate what function this ore serves.」Milt said.

I picked up both the sub-mithril ore and the Cardinal’s core.

「There is no doubt that this technology is better than ours.」

「Yes. Apparently the Tenebris Cult is studying body modification techniques.」