Cold Iron Ore is a highly valuable mineral. According to past game terminology, once Cold Iron is incorporated into a metal weapon, it proportionally increases the damage against monsters.
A pure Cold Iron longsword causes double the damage to monsters compared to an ordinary longsword.
In any country within the Vorn World, they have to deal with the trouble of monsters for long periods, so the demand for Cold Iron is immense. However, this ore only exists as an associated mineral in Silver Mines, Copper Mines, and some Crystal Ore, making it highly scarce.
On the market, Cold Iron's value is almost equivalent to that of Gold by weight, but Cold Iron is much denser than Gold, so it's precious as if it were gold.
When Brand mentioned there was Cold Iron here, it naturally drew the attention of these youths. If they could mine Cold Iron and then secretly transport some of these ores out to find an appropriate buyer, it would be an unimaginable fortune.
