Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair.

Chapter 210: Deep Silver Ore
"Report, opening? What are you talking about?" Ron was confused. He took the report from Rurik's hand and scanned it line by line before he understood what the dwarf was talking about.

"You sent people to that mine?! There's—"

There were ghouls and abyssal energy leaking in there, and Rurik just led a bunch of young people in to explore? !
"Don't worry, we are back safe and sound, aren't we?" Rurik laughed guiltily, "We didn't go to the most dangerous fifth floor. We stopped at the third floor."

"There, we discovered and further expanded a relatively solid mine. Guess what? We found a mine!"

Rurik said this as if he had spoken: The mines in the Kingdom of Faramar were not abandoned because of resource depletion. How could there be mines without any ore? However, Rurik then mysteriously took out a piece of rough ore from his bag and handed it to Ron.

"My Lord, please take a closer look. This is no ordinary mineral!"

Ron took out his handkerchief and took the egg-sized rough ore from Rurik's hand. The mineral looked like an oxide, and when he summoned the wizard's hand to carefully scrape it, the inside showed a different color from the outside.

"You don't have to be so careful," Rurik said anxiously as he watched Ron's actions. "The actual application is very different from the work in the laboratory. It's okay even if you just do it directly - its nature determines that it has no harm to the human body."

"It looks like silver, but the color is lighter. Is it mithril?" Ron tried hard to recall his little remaining knowledge of inorganic chemistry. Although he had dabbled in this area in the past, with the gradual specialization of academic fields, he now only has vague impressions of these things.

"Although Mithril has a better name, I don't think it is that," Rurik chuckled. "This is Deep Silver. Although it is very similar to Silver and Mithril, its properties and applications are very different."

"Take its appearance for example. This thing was first used as a forging material not in the main material plane, but on the battlefield of Purgatory and the Abyss. It was equipped by a demon lord whose name is now unknown to himself and his subordinates to fight against the army of demons. The name 'Abyss Silver' came from this."

"But metallurgists soon discovered that they were wrong, because in fact these minerals were not produced in the abyss, but from the main material plane. They were discovered by the followers of the demon lord after they occupied a quarry."

"It has a silver-like luster, but lighter than silver. It has properties similar to cold iron, but lighter than cold iron. Weapons mixed with this can have the same effect as silver when fighting against enemies that are weak to silver."

"And most importantly, when Yuanyin comes into contact with the devil's blood, it will remain in a trance for a long time. This trait makes the lord invincible in the battle to invade Purgatory, and he will win every battle!"

"But now we can't even remember his name," Ron returned the rough ore of deep silver to Rurik, "Why did it become like this?"

"Well, I don't know either," Rurik was stunned by the question. He scratched his big beard, "I went to look up some information. It is generally believed that it is because the Deepsilver ore is too scarce. Many planes don't even produce it. This greatly limits the size of the demons' armed forces. Such a small number of elites were finally annihilated by Grand Duke Zariel. Those Deepsilver weapons were completely destroyed by the magma, and the demon lord himself was killed and forgotten."

"As for another theory, this demon lord did not die at the hands of the devil, but perished in the internal strife of the abyss. The magic equipment made of Abyss Silver is certainly good, but it is far less effective against demons than against devils. Therefore, he was eventually killed by other demon lords, and his subordinates were also recruited or wiped out."

"That all sounds reasonable," Ron shrugged. "So, is there any precedent for producing this kind of ore in our plane?"

"Yes, but not much," Rurik answered honestly, "My teacher once worked for the Spearbeard clan among our dwarves. During that time, they found a small amount of Deepsilver in a quartz vein pyrite mining site. After forging, they sold it to a group of adventurers at a sky-high price." "But that's all. I really didn't expect to find Deepsilver mines here!"

"Could it be that... this kind of mineral usually appears near iron mines?"

"Anyway, it's always a good thing to have new resources," Ron looked at the dwarf who was lost in thought, "but I have a question, can you refine and further process it?"

"You should know better than me that there is a big difference in profits between minerals with different degrees of processing."

Rurik nodded and said, "Of course I know this, so I came back to report this to you. If you approve the resumption of mining at the mine, I will immediately prepare for the relevant attempts."

"This is a rare and precious material. I will never give away the Yuanyin just by digging it out of the stone!"

"Then do it," Ron nodded, "If you need anything, you can tell me and I will provide as much support as possible."

Deep silver, demons, no wonder the mining industry can support the entire Falama Kingdom. Although Ron does not have a demon sponsor to pay for it, this is also a windfall, and there is no reason to let it go.

"Of course, but you don't need to do anything now!" Rurik patted his chest, "Just wait for my good news!"

"Oh, by the way," Rurik suddenly remembered something before leaving. "When I came back, I heard Driver and Andre arguing. If you have time, you might as well go and take a look."

Ron snorted, "Argument?"

It is really remarkable that a goblin can "argue" with others.

"Well, it was actually a quarrel," the dwarf blacksmith knew what Ron was humming, and added, "If only I could find out the context of those swear words, but unfortunately I couldn't figure it out after listening for a long time, so I don't know more."

"You'd better go and have a look."

"Could it be that the goblins are causing trouble?" Ron stood up with a headache and patted his forehead. "Which goblin was caught stealing? Or was he drunk and fighting?"

"But Driver is not the type to favor other goblins... Could it be that he did something weird?!"

(End of this chapter)