Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

"By the way, as far as I know, a furnace can refine the mined metal ore into corresponding high-purity metal, right?" Lin Xia wanted to confirm.

"Yes, we mainly use it to refine copper, iron, silver and gold ores into high-purity metal ingots, so that they can be further processed into various machine products."

"Then may I ask, do you have a gem forging machine?" This is what Gray was most concerned about.

"Gem forging machine?"

"Yes, it is the raw gemstones that are mined and then cut and polished by machines to obtain pure gemstones."

"Oh~ We don't have that here. We usually only have gem replicators here."

"Ah? Gem duplicator?" Lin Xia and Gray were both very surprised. There was no need to explain this. Just listen to the name and you will know that you can just put a gem in and copy another one out.

"Well, you see, the raw gemstones produced in our town cannot be used directly. It would be too time-consuming and laborious to polish them manually. What should we do? Can we use a gemstone duplicator?" Lin Xia immediately took out a piece of raw ruby ​​from the space and handed it to Clint.

"Ah~ What a beautiful ruby!" Clint said in amazement, "Just from the exposed part, it is not difficult to tell how beautiful this gem will be if it is polished!"

"Yeah yeah!"

"But we really don't have a gem forging machine here, because the gems here usually don't need to be processed after being mined from the mines, but the quantity is very rare, so we can just use a replicator to copy them. But the forging machine you mentioned, I think I can find a way to make one. If you can wait, I can try to modify the original machine to see if it can meet the standards of a forging machine."

"Ah, no problem, we can wait, thank you so much!" Gray said in surprise. After all, the gem forging machine is the most important thing to Gray. As for the furnace, Cebala already has it. Even if Gray doesn't have it, he can borrow Cebala's, but it's not that convenient.

"Clint, it's really a bother for you to come here. How about treating you to lunch?" Lin Xia saw that it was almost noon and immediately made an invitation to lunch.

Clint smiled shyly and said, "How can I be so embarrassed? You are guests coming from afar, how can I let the guests treat me?"

"Haha, we are the ones who are bothering you, so don't be polite. We will be staying here for a while anyway, so we will let you taste the special food of our Mineral Town!"

Clint finally agreed after Lin Xia's enthusiastic invitation, and the three of them enjoyed the delicious food that Lin Xia brought all the way from Mineral Town at Clint's dining table.

During the meal, the few of them did not have the habit of not talking while eating or sleeping. On the contrary, the reason why Lin Xia was so enthusiastic in treating them was of course to build a good relationship so that Clint would be more dedicated when making equipment for the two of them.

Secondly, I wanted to collect some information about the mine. Ever since I heard Gray's unclear words about the dangers in the mine, Lin Xia was indeed a little worried.

"Are you going to the mine after dinner?" Clint obviously had a clearer understanding of the urgency of the two. "Yes, if you were not so anxious, you would not come here in winter. Okay, our mine is in the northeast corner. After crossing the bridge from here, just go straight north.

There is also an Explorer's Guild on the right side of the mine. Malone is the guild's president. Various weapons, boots, rings and other equipment are sold there. However, if you want to enter the Explorer's Guild, you have to complete Malone's mission. In short, I wish you good luck! "

After lunch, Lin Xia and Gray went to the mine in the northeast corner with Clint's blessing.

The journey was relatively smooth, and the villagers they met were quite friendly. Lin Xia had a good sense of direction. Finally, after meeting the last strange old man and asking about the location of the mine, the two successfully crossed a small bridge and entered the mine.

As soon as they entered the cave, they were frightened by a man wearing a cloak, with gray hair and only one eye left.

"Well... I just want to take a look at this old mine. It has been abandoned for decades." The man said indifferently to the two of them. From the looks of them, he knew that Lin Xia and the others should want to come here to mine.

"There may be some good ores down there, but it's such a dark place, and no one has been down there for a long time... I'm afraid you can find more than just ores there..."

He frowned as he looked at Lin Xia and Gray, and finally took out two tattered swords and handed them to the two of them, saying, "Here, take this, you may need it."

After Lin Xia and Gray received it, they found that they had obtained a "rusty sword"! Is this a weapon? Can it be used to kill monsters?

"By the way, I'd like to tell you that my name is Marlon, and I'm running the Explorers Guild out there. I'll be keeping an eye on your every move, and if you can prove yourself, my guild is always open to you."

It turns out that this person is President Ma Long!

Unfortunately, before Lin Xia and the others could say anything, the cool president left.

After the two looked at each other, Gray said, "Lin Xia, it seems that there must be something under the mine that needs weapons to deal with. My martial arts skills are average, and you..."

Gray wanted to ask, are you okay? Can you protect me while protecting yourself?

Lin Xia immediately patted her chest and assured: "Don't worry, Gray, when we get down there, you'll be in charge of mining, and I'll be in charge of killing monsters, okay! Besides, I also have a bow and arrow, and my archery skills are pretty good now!"

"It's a deal!" Gray said happily.

Gray had no other weapons, so even though this was a rusty sword, he could at least use it to defend himself. Lin Xia simply put away the sword and replaced it with his own mithril bow and arrow, and also carried the quiver on his back.

They roughly observed the environment of the mine. There was an elevator at the innermost part, but it had to go down to a certain floor before it could be opened, just like the elevator in Mineral Town.

There is a staircase on the right that leads to the underground floor. As for going further down, you probably have to find the stairs yourself.

The two men clenched their weapons and entered the next level.