(That's not a bad sword)

At a glance at the sword the woman had in her hand, Lion thought.

The material would be misrilled.

So strength is no big deal - only by Lyon's standards - processed with advanced skills, which seemed to have a slashing flavour that drew a line with the mass-produced products there.

To hear the earlier exchange, apparently she hit it.

Lion spoke up.

"Sister, would you like me to strike the sword, too?

"Ahem?

A woman looked back at me without hiding her frustration.

Is she in her late twenties?

She's a beauty with a neat face, though she just tied her long dark hair behind her head unconstitutionally, as if she wasn't paying attention to her appearance.

Just in addition to that intimidating glance, now that you have a sword in your hand, even adventurers accustomed to rough things will hesitate to speak to her.

Of course, I don't care about Lion at all.

"What, aren't you a child? As you can see, Atashi is in a bad mood right now. Just go home."

When she says so, she just walks inside the workshop.

Lyon followed him inside the workshop.

The narrow space was so filled with all sorts of materials that there was no foot treadmill.

"You didn't hear me!

"Yeah, I heard you."

"Then go home! Temei, I'm not going to put a sword on that kid!

Murder that can be beaten relentlessly along with yelling.

That was enough for a normal kid to lose his mind.

But Lion flatly threw the question.

"Can I ask you one thing? What kind of opponent would strike me with a sword?

"Well, in the wake of Atashi's killing, that reaction... Hmm, Temehe, you're not just a kid"

The woman snorted just a little funny.

Then I put the sword on my sheath that stayed out of my way, and then...

"Atashi is Zeta. As you can see, I'm a blacksmith."

"I'm Lion. D-Rank Adventurer."

"Adventurer? At that age? Well, be reasonable."

Woman - Zeta laughs in a way that has fixed her mood somewhat.

"So, the answer to the question, there's only one condition for Atashi to strike a sword at you. Being a swordsman enough to use Atashi's sword. That's all."

"I see"

Lion nodded,

"By the way, have you ever struck a sword with more than a misrill material?

"What?"

"Adamantite, for example."

"Huh?"

Zeta stares at Lion with the face of "What are you talking about?"

"Nah, scarce material, you don't get it in the first place. Adamantite would be the kind of material used for legendary weapons. You don't even have a royal palace blacksmith."

"Really?

Compared to Orihalcon, which is said to be the metal of God, it shouldn't be that scarce... but Lion tilts his neck.

Blacksmiths hitting Adamantite martial arts were never uncommon in previous life, and Lion had several.

By the way, that sword that was left at my parents' house is made of an alloy that is very trace but contains adamantite.

"Then why don't you come mine your own?"

Fortunately, there is a dungeon near this town, he said.

"Um..."

Zeta scratches her head with a grumpy face.

"I guess it's scarce because it's not easy to mine."

"I think you'll find quite a few deep in the dungeon, though?

Adamantite is created naturally in places with high magic concentrations.

The depth of the dungeon was so full of magic that it was an easy place to mine.

"Asshole, Temehe. It's deep down in the dungeon that leading adventurers party and challenge. Don't tell me you're going for a walk like that."

"Really?

Lion tilts his neck in the sense that it doesn't fall to his heart.

"... ha"

Zeta sighed heavily.

You thought this guy might go alone if you let him go.

"I don't have a choice. I was just about to go get some material. I'll dive with Temehe and see if Atashi deserves to strike a sword."

It was surprisingly nice to see you like this.

... She didn't even think about it at this time.

I didn't know this was going to cause the worst tragedy.

Dungeons north of Badakka - commonly known as the "Rock Cave Corridor".

In the meadow area there is a huge crevice like after a meteorite falls, and the caved hole behind it is the entrance to it.

The interior is hierarchical, the more powerful the demon moves to the lower level, the more troublesome the trap becomes.

Sometimes it never existed a hundred years ago, and this is the first time Lion has dived.

So far the highest reaching record is twenty tiers, challenged and launched a few years ago by a party led by an A-rank adventurer.

However, the party said it had lost its leader and broken up during the challenge.

But even those twenty tiers are quite unlikely to be able to mine Adamantite.

Depending on the type of dungeon, if you want to pick Adamantite for sure, you'll have to dive into at least thirty or so tiers.

That's why the goal is thirty tiers at a time.

"You can't decide what a thirty tier is. Well, it's enough to get to the ten tiers. There's a good chance we'll be able to mine Mithril."

And, before I left, I was a zeta who was kicking ass that it was ridiculous about Lion's goal.

"Why are you seriously diving down to the thirty tier? Whoa, whoa, whoa!?

Her screams burst deep into the dungeon.

There are no other adventurers around.

Naturally.

Anyway, this is completely untouched territory.

"Huh? That's why you went first, right? The goal is," First of all, the thirtieth tier. "

Lion tilted his neck with Kyoton.