"This is an Infuser," Kyle said as he showed everyone a long needle with a handle.
The ten Fighters in front of him looked at the long needle with interest.
"That's how we harden the walls?" one of them asked.
Kyle nodded. "Correct," he said before putting the needle on one of the walls of the mine. "You put the Infuser onto the wall and push your Ether into it. The Infuser has an internal transformer, which means it also works with Neutral Ether. The Infuser transforms the Neutral Ether into Earth Ether."
"What if we already use Earth Ether?" a Fighter with a heavy brown shield asked.
"In that case, you can directly use Earth Ether. If you can use Earth Ether, you will be twice as efficient," Kyle said.
The Fighters nodded and looked at a couple of people with an Earth Affinity.
Kyle had led the group of Fighters through the entire mine over the past hours, teaching them the basics of how to run a mine.
Naturally, all of these Fighters were from the Stark Brotherhood.
Kyle was the sole owner of the mine, which meant that he could do with it whatever he wanted.
So, he decided to form an agreement with the Stark Brotherhood.
Just like Lily, the Stark Brotherhood was allowed to work in the mine and keep part of what they harvested.
Of course, mining the ore wasn't the only thing that needed to be done.
The walls needed to be scouted for dangers.
The walls needed to be made sturdy so that they wouldn't collapse.
They needed plans on where to dig so that the mine remained stable.
They needed to find the ore.
They needed to get rid of the debris.
They needed to get the chunks of ore out of the walls.
They needed to refine the ore.
There was a lot to do.
Because of that, Kyle opted to hire teams over individuals.
Individuals would only be interested in mining the ore since that would be their payment. Sadly, that would lead to an unstable mine.
Teams that wanted to earn money inside the mine needed two things.
One, someone with an Earth Affinity to strengthen the tunnels.
Two, someone with a Metal Affinity to refine the ore.
In terms of team composition, this was all that was necessary.
Of course, the teams still needed to follow the guidelines and rules of the mine.
If careless digging led to a cave-in, the responsible team would be fined severely.
After Kyle gave his instructions, he told the teams that they could start.
In order to keep responsibilities clear, the teams were assigned different tunnels.
In that case, assuming there was a cave-in, everyone knew who to blame.
As the teams started working, they grew excited.
They got an entire mine!
If they found some rare ore, they would become rich!
Both teams had five members, and they were not weak.
With their powers, they could mine at insane speeds!
They would become rich!
Yet, as more and more time passed, the excitement waned.
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