Miguel thought for a moment before he accepted the elderly blacksmith's offer. For one thing, he knew that he was not lying, and second, he knew that 1,000 Gold Coins was actually very cheap for an item made out of such good material.
However, what the elderly blacksmith said about the Volcanic Iron anvil being defective was true, so its value could only go down. No one was willing to buy such a crude-looking anvil in Red Cliff City either, and even if they planned to reforge it into another item, none of the blacksmiths here in Red Cliff City has the capability to do such a thing, so it was only normal that its price would go down as it has no practical value in Red Cliff City at this moment.
After he paid the Gold Coins, Miguel could not help but ask, "Why didn't you try to bring this to a bigger city and sell it there?"