Chapter 81: The Distress After Having Energy Points (Part 2)
The mithril ore looked large, but there was not much left after smelting. Gervis estimated that a basketball-sized ore could only produce a corn-sized amount of high-purity mithril. The smelting ratio of ore to mithril was terribly low.
After more than an hour of non-stop work by Gervis and Nashen, they finally smelted all the mithril ore within half an hour.
"Phew! I'm so tired. Thank you, Lord Nashen. If I were alone, I would probably have to work until dawn."
After throwing the last piece of ore into the furnace, Gervis finally breathed a sigh of relief. Even though his Qi sea was larger than others and could run continuously for more than an hour, that was his limit. If Gervis had not deliberately taken a short break in the middle to avoid exposing the secret of his Qi sea, he would have collapsed on the ground exhausted.
"Master Gervis, you are too polite. You have really become an excellent person now. It is hard to imagine that you did not have any outstanding skills in cultivation back then. Now you may be as good as Miss Bonita. It is really unbelievable."
Na Shen smiled and shook his head to indicate that this was what he should do. At the same time, he was surprised that Gervis had made such rapid progress. Compared with before, he was like a completely different person. There was no magic medicine in this world that could improve a person's talent for cultivation. The only cheat was just the cultivation space. Na Shen was puzzled by the fact that Gervis had made a breakthrough after just a few days of absence.
"Haha, I used to be afraid of hardship and fatigue in training. I thought that with my father's protection, it would be okay even if I didn't train. But since I knew I would live alone and my territory was very dangerous, I started to work hard in training. I didn't expect to break through and become a titled knight so quickly. Maybe the glory of the knight has enveloped me."
Gervis pretended to be a prodigal son who had turned over a new leaf and brought up the boss Rong Guang. As for whether Nashen believed it or not, it didn't matter. The low-level bronze knights and the great nobles didn't care about him and had no time to delve into the reasons for his breakthrough, not to mention people like Nashen and Gandalf.
"Haha, maybe Master Gervis is really shrouded in the glory of a knight. Lord Gandalf would definitely be pleased if he knew that Master Gervis is so outstanding."
Who is covered by the glory of a knight is always a compliment used by others to praise nobles, but nobles would never use this phrase to praise themselves. When Nashen heard Gervis actually boasting about the glory of a knight, he couldn't help but laugh. He no longer cared about why Gervis had made a breakthrough so quickly. Considering Gervis' current age and the space he had to cultivate, he was only at an above-average level.
While the two were talking, all the ore in the furnace had been refined, and all the mithril had flowed from the grooves into the earthen container used to hold liquid mithril.
Seeing that the mithril in the container had slowly solidified as the temperature dropped and its color had changed from fiery red to silver-white, Gervis could not wait to take a hammer to smash the container and take out the mithril inside intact.
"Hey, this is too light!" Five carts of mithril ore were finally exchanged for a baseball-sized piece of high-purity mithril. However, the weight in his hand made Gervis speechless. It seemed to be only more than 200 grams at most.
The book described that mithril was much lighter than other metals, but Gervis didn't expect it to be so light. A baseball-sized block of mithril only weighed as much as a few eggs.
"Master Gervis, please don't think this is too little. This is already considered an ore with a relatively high content. Some ores with low content can only be smelted with ten carts to produce the amount you have."
Seeing that Gervis looked dissatisfied, Nashen explained with a wry smile.
To be honest, looking at the mithril block in Gervis's hand, Nashen felt a little jealous. You know, he would need to accumulate wealth for a lifetime to be able to afford such a piece of ore.
"Hehe, it's not that I think it's too little, I'm just a little surprised how light it is."
Although the mithril in his hand was light and small, it was calculated in grams. One gram could be exchanged for 10 gold coins. During this trip, Gervis was able to exchange more than 2,000 gold coins in mithril alone, which was a huge sum of money.
"Now that the smelting is done, Lord Nashen, let's rest tonight. I will hold a celebration banquet for everyone tomorrow."
"Okay, Master Gervis, I have to say that the cook in your castle is the best I have ever seen. I am looking forward to tomorrow, haha."
Nashen was also quite happy today. When he heard Gervis mention the celebration banquet and thought about the fact that none of the soldiers he brought with him died, he laughed happily.
When everything was done and it was late at night, Gervis and Nashen returned to the inner castle. Then a servant took Nashen to wash and rest, and Gervis also went back to the third floor.
"Sir, are you done?" Gervis walked into the corridor on the third floor. Anna heard the noise and came out of the study.
"Well, we're done with our work. Anna, why aren't you sleeping yet?" The performance of the little maid Anna in recent days has won the recognition of Gervis, so Gervis is quite concerned about her.
"My Lord is still awake, I dare not sleep. Butler Thomas made it very clear in his lecture about the responsibilities of a personal servant."
Anna's bright eyes were extremely smart and her tone was sticky. When she heard Gervis' question, she immediately answered respectfully.
In the past two days, Anna has lost the nervousness and fear she had at the beginning, but she has also learned the responsibilities of a personal maid and is meticulously learning the rules taught by Thomas to demand herself.
"My Lord, the bath water is ready for you. You can take a bath now."
"Well, thank you for your hard work, Anna. You can go to bed now. I went to bed directly after taking a shower. There is nothing else to do!"
"Okay, sir, I have already told Butler Thomas the results of tonight's statistics. There is also a statistical table in your study."
"Oh, good. Go and rest then!"
"Yes, sir, good night, sir."
After Anna left, Gervis went into the study to get the statistical paper, then returned to the corridor and entered the bathroom.
Sitting in the warm bath, Gervis checked the papers in his hand.
The food was enough to feed one hundred men for three months, with more than 150 sets of long swords and leather armor, more than fifty small round shields, and three sets of iron armor worn by bronze knights.
Because the battle was too intense, many weapons and equipment were damaged and could not be used, especially the leather armor, which suffered the most damage. There were more than 30 long swords that could be used after being sharpened, but there were very few leather armors, with only more than ten sets intact. The rest of the leather armors were more or less broken, and only the iron pieces on them could be removed and used as iron materials.
But Gervis didn't care. His main goal tonight was ore. Other things didn't matter. Getting five carts of mithril ore was already a big profit. After looking at the spoils of tonight, Gervis put the note next to the pool. Now he finally had time to check the panel.
Unable to wait to open the panel, Gervis saw the energy point with a value of 10, and a happy smile immediately appeared on his face.
"Hehe, I didn't expect happiness to come so suddenly." He had always thought that he might not have the chance to get 10 energy points at once this year, but things are unpredictable, and he got it in just a few days.
"What color kiwi should I choose? Looking at the exchange mall on the panel, Gervis thought happily. He certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to use ten energy points at once to look for elf bugs.
"Should I choose the golden fruit?" The effect of the golden fruit gave Gervis a great surprise, so he was drooling over the golden fruit.
But apart from the golden fruit, other fruits must also have extraordinary effects, and he has not taken them yet. What if other fruits also have miraculous effects?
"When I don't have energy points, I worry all day long. Why do I still feel troubled when I have energy points? It's all because of poverty!"
Gervis leaned back in the bathtub, feeling quite distressed. He finally understood why rich people worked harder than poor people, because people can never have too much money (energy points).
(End of this chapter)
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