HP: A Sociopath Gamer In Magic World [ Chapter 37: Ore! ] (Patreon)

Shaking my gloves to get rid of the frost that had grown on them, I moved on to the next cluster determined to get as much as I could.

Once I had managed to get them all I continued my journey, pulling my sweater tighter to fight off the cold.

Every once in a white I would stumble upon a monster, usually snow hares with icicle horns on their head or snow wolves, but a good hit was usually enough to get rid of them.

[Snow Wolf Pelt X 3

Snow Wolf Fang X 2

Icicle horn X 4

Rabbit meat X 2]

All the drops I got were placed into my inventory, where I would look at them later.

After an hour of climbing, the snow finally got too much for me, and I had to take refuge in a nearby cave. There was a family of polar bears already sleeping inside but a quick power strike with my rapier was able to solve that.

[Polar Bear Coat X 3]

I started a fire in the center of the cave and wrapped myself in their fur.

Looking around, I saw some blue veins on the cave walls.

"Observe."

[No name.]

[Would you like to name it?] [Y/N]

A holographic keyboard appeared in front of me and I wrote the first name that came to my mind.

['Mithril' is already taken. Please choose another.]

Well I'll be damned mithril was real? I'd have to confirm this later.

['Orichalcum' is already taken. Please choose another.]

Screw it.

['Angel Dust' has been accepted.]

[Angel Dust Ore- Rank: Magical

Description: A mineral deposit on the side of a cave wall. Angel Dust is a natural occurring magical metal capable of withstanding extreme temperature. It has a high magical conductivity making it an ideal material for magical objects.]

[A stroke of luck increases LUK by 2.]

Huh, it almost makes me wish I had taken a few extra seconds to think of a better name.

Walking toward one of the walls I thought of getting a sample to study later.

Opening my inventory, I took out a pickaxe and swung it with all my strength only for it to bounce off. It seems that I had underestimated the strength of the frozen rock. I was sure that if I used [Power Strike] repeatedly I'd be able to get a small amount in half an hour, but not only would that be a waste of mana but also effort.

I went over my options in my head. Seeing as the metal was able to take extreme heat, then I could simply melt the stone around it. The only problem was that I didn't have a fire spell strong enough to do that. My current transfiguration level also wasn't enough to simply transfigure a piece off the wall. That only left one option.

Reaching into my inventory, I retrieved a potion bottle labeled [Failed Potion #G].

Uncorking the top, I placed as far away from my body as possible and splashed the walls around me. Immediately the rock began to sizzle and bubble as it melted. Once again [Potions Making] proved how useful it was.

[Potions Making] (Passive) LV9 EXP: 0.22%

[Description: The noble art of potion making is now open to you.

Effect: Potions you make are 27% more powerful.

Effect: You have a better understanding of potions and how to make them.]

It took roughly 20 minutes for the stone to fully melt off the wall, leaving behind root like blue veins coming out of the wall.

[Wise decision making causes your WIS to go up by 1.]

I snapped some of these iron roots and placed them into my inventory. Seeing as I couldn't use fire to simply melt them into ingots, then that meant I would need to work on my transfiguration if I hoped to use them.

Taking a thin 5-inch piece, I thought back to what it said about magical conductivity and channeled my magic as if it were a wand.

"Lumos."

Amazingly enough a light came out of the other end just as bright, if not brighter, than when I used my wand.

Oh? It would see that I had stumbled into an amazing discovery.

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"It isn't going to be easy to get all these books on this list," the Slytherin Princess muttered as she looked at the parchment filled with different book titles written on it. "Why do you want a beginner's guide to wand crafting? You do realize that those are the most guarded secrets in our world right, they rarely if ever leave the maker's own family. A single book would fetch 500 Gallons at the very least."

We were currently in the library, working on our potions essay, when I had handed her a new order of books I wanted.

"I'm well aware, but I'm sure someone with your family's connections could find one a lot easier than me. Plus, it's not like they are illegal to own, right?" I told her with a smile.

"That didn't answer my question?" she asked simply without taking her eyes off the page.

Leaning on the table, I said in the most innocent tone I could mutter, "Call it simple curiosity. You know us Ravenclaws, we just want to know everything."

"Some might say some knowledge is not meant to be known."

"Yes, but those are just the loser too weak to handle that knowledge."

"And you think you're strong enough?" the blonde witch raised an eyebrow.

I gave a smirk of my own, "Well, only one way to find out."

We entered a staring contest for a few seconds before she ultimately back down. FYI, during one of my earlier testing of [Gamer's Body] I found out that I didn't need to blink. This made it vertical impossible for me to ever lose a staring match.

"…Fine. I'll see what I can do," she finally said.

"And the rest?"