Wizard: Start with Biological Transformation to Grind Experience
Chapter 165 - 004: Secret Silver Mother Ore

Chapter 165: 004: Secret Silver Mother Ore

After the wedding, Lynch did not linger and departed from Frost Cold Town that very night.

Walking along the rugged woodland paths, Lynch reflected on the events that had transpired.

"Cunning nobles!"

Using such despicable methods to draw him into their affairs was truly disgusting. Perhaps they sensed that they didn’t have many years left to live, and thus acted with reckless abandon.

After weighing his options, Lynch ultimately decided to intervene. After all, this noble had indeed taken exceptional care of his family over the years. Given his prolonged efforts, granting him some measure of reward was only fair.

The solution to the matter turned out to be surprisingly simple. Lynch provided several bottles of magic potions that could rid mortals of their ailments and restore vitality to certain physical functions. To a noble on the brink of death, these were as precious as the world’s greatest treasures.

"Rest assured, leave everything to me. Once Brown realizes I have these, he wouldn’t concern himself over a silver mine, let alone a gold mine." Acate’s grin was etched with wrinkles as he clutched the magic potions.

The top leaders of the two families had already agreed to compromise, making it much easier to betray their respective families’ interests in the process.

Acate proposed organizing a war, encouraging both sides to clash, shed blood, and cool the heads that had become fevered with greed over the silver mine. Once the fervor subsided, they could step in and divide the silver mine.

However, Lynch felt that such drastic measures were unnecessary. Magic could resolve many problems.

He placed several curses within the silver mine. Any common folk entering to mine would fall gravely ill afterward—not fatal, but sufficient to ignite panic. Acate and his people could then fan the flames further, ensuring everyone regained their sobriety.

This was a necessary step.

Since the silver mine’s discovery, the two families had been embroiled in a bitter conflict over claiming its resources. Tensions were high, and neither side was willing to relinquish this fortune, as it directly affected the livelihoods of their subjects.

Even though the leaders of both families could compromise, they still needed suitable reasoning to answer to their knights and subjects within the territory.

Lynch’s magic potions were only distributed to the leaders, not shared among everyone else.

With this maneuver, resolving the conflict became much easier. A silver mine might be priceless, but if mining it came with a terrible curse, its value diminished significantly.

Valueless things naturally became less desirable to fight over.

"I didn’t expect to find something like this here..." Lynch’s gaze fell to the object in his hand.

He was gripping a piece of silvery metal that appeared to be freshly mined silver ore, but strangely, the ore seemed to be writhing—

Secret Silver Mother Ore.

This was a peculiar mineral, existing somewhere between organic and inorganic matter. It was formed when elements adhered to silver ore, nurturing its growth. A single vein might yield only a few dozen grams, making it an exceedingly rare material.

This substance possessed phenomenal natural properties for elemental conduction, making it one of the finest materials for crafting witchcraft tools and alchemy tools. Lynch’s palm-sized lump could easily fetch several thousand magic stones on the market.

This piece of Secret Silver Mother Ore was a gift from Baron Acate. After the silver mine’s discovery, he had sent people to survey it. When the miners returned, they found this strange mineral, which was subsequently brought to him.

Upon noticing its writhing movement, Acate immediately realized it was a transcendent material, beyond the reach of ordinary people. He had it sealed away until Lynch arrived, at which point it was handed over to him.

"What extraordinary luck."

The conditions for the formation of Secret Silver Mother Ore were incredibly stringent. Based on Acate’s descriptions, the vein itself was small, and producing this quantity of ore was truly remarkable.

"I’ll have to find a place to smelt this quickly..."

The survival mechanism of Secret Silver Mother Ore was parasitic in nature; it needed to absorb the mineral elements from silver ore to sustain itself. Once removed from its host vein, it would gradually weaken and die. When dead, it would become indistinguishable from ordinary silver ore.

To transform it into a material usable by wizards, it had to be smelted before its death. Smelting fixed its structure and elemental properties, locking them permanently into place.

"Where should I smelt it?" Lynch pondered.

Smelting Secret Silver Mother Ore was a highly technical process. The quality of the smelting directly affected its final value and grade. Lynch didn’t have the right tools at hand, and using primitive flames would cause too much damage.

"Ideally, I need to find a skilled blacksmith to refine and forge it."

"Wait!"

"The Tulip Domain should suffice!"

Lynch remembered that during his brief stay in the Tulip Domain for a couple of months, the locals boasted about having the best blacksmith in the entire Saladin Kingdom. Whether true or not, the equipment there had certainly impressed him.

"I’ll be passing through there anyway. Might as well visit an old friend." After musing for a moment, Lynch quickly made his decision.

...

A few days later, Saladin Kingdom, Tulip Domain.

Tulip Domain was unusually lively today. Subjects from nearby towns had been summoned to the castle to assist with preparations. The new Tulip Baron, Lord Jamie, had suddenly issued an order to host a feast, announcing the arrival of a distinguished guest.

At this moment, in the central plaza of the castle, Baron Jamie was sparring with this honored guest, surrounded by a large crowd.

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

The clash of metal rang out continuously, as the audience watched the evenly matched duel between the two figures in the center of the field, astonished.

Jamie Stock, the lord of Tulip Domain, was renowned throughout Saladin Kingdom as a prodigious knight. Over a decade ago, he had earned the title Knight of Hundred Flowers, and his skills had reached the level of High-level Knight years ago, leaving him with few rivals in the kingdom.

But the person he was sparring with? A youth who seemed barely seventeen or eighteen. At that age, the number of knights who could rise to such prominence was scarce, yet this young man had the ability to hold his own in combat against the experienced baron—a truly incredible feat.

After trading dozens of blows, Lynch once again found an ’opening’ and countered to disarm Jamie’s Cross Sword.

Jamie said, "My friend, you have defeated me yet again."

Pausing, he spoke with a hint of amazement, "I never imagined your swordsmanship would improve this much."

That sentiment was genuine.

Although Jamie deliberately allowed an opening and lost to Lynch in this bout as he did before, the loss felt far less controlled this time. It was abrupt and a bit awkward, enough to be noticed by others.

Unbeknownst to Jamie, Lynch had truly grown strong enough to challenge him.

Lynch replied, "You’ll find there’s even more to surprise you."

"Haha!"

Jamie put down his Cross Sword, stepped forward, and embraced Lynch warmly. "Is that so? Then we’ve got much to discuss today!"

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