Chapter 11: Pave 10 Paths and Earn a Penny (1)
Clang!
A pickaxe struck the wall of a stone hole. How long have I been doing this for now?
Transience of life, all is vanity, vanity is all…… I swung my pickaxe endlessly with the intent to cultivate myself morally and religiously. They say that Bodhidharma trained himself by going into a cave and staring at a wall for an incredibly long period of time. There was no reason for people to not call me an ascetic for mining tunnels endlessly like this.
After striking the wall roughly 40 to 50 times, a hologram appeared while emitting a ‘Ding!’―I honestly think this sound effect is going to make me neurotic―sound effect.
「You’ve extracted 2 iron ores.」
Ooh.
Cultivating myself turned out to be a worthwhile thing to do. Two ores came out at the same time. This rarely happens.
I put down the iron ores I received as loot by my feet. I went back to swinging my pickaxe energetically.
“Mother~ why do I~ keep wanting to~ see you~.”