59 Herb Ring (1/2)

”It looks like you are only just starting as a pill refiner? ”

Ivan didn't see anything wrong with the question of the middle aged man so he honestly answered him.

”Then I'm sure you don't have a Herb Ring right?”, the man then followed up with another question.

”A Herb Ring?”, Ivan asked clueless. He had never before heard of it.

”It's not surprising that you haven't heard of it before since it won't usually be mentioned in starter books or lessons.”, the man said in a understanding tone.

”But don't worry, I'll explain the uses of a Herb Ring to you and then I'll tell you why I mentioned it to you.

A Herb Ring is a ring made from a special type of stone which can be found in a dungeon controlled by the Herbalist Guild. Inside the ring there is a independent space that can only be entered by plants and mental energy. Of course there are different grades and ranks of rings so the space is depended on the ring. For most pill refiners the cheapest and simplest ring which has only space but no good soil and energy accumulation is sufficient because they only want to use the space to store their herbs. Because only plants can enter the independent space they are much cheaper than upgrading ones inventory.”

”That sure sounds useful, but I'm sure that even so they are still expensive.”

”Of course. Even the worst quality rings are still worth more than ten thousand contribution points. Of course there is another way to gain them but it is strongly depended on ones luck.”

Ivan nodded. It was as he expected. If there was no other way to gain them then this salesman wouldn't have mentioned the ring to him. He was very interested in this ring since even though his inventory was unusual big even the few herbs he had planned to purchase would take up quite a bit of space in it.

”That sounds interesting, but could you first tell me a bit more about the other functions of the Herb Rings besides storing plants.”

”Of course.”, seeing that Ivan was interested the man smiled and then continued on with his explanations.

”Of course storing herbs isn't the main function of the Herb Ring, instead it is the possibility to grow them there. Of course the possible herbs one can grow in ones ring depends on the quality of the soil and energy accumulation. The higher the grade and rank of the herb the higher the requirements. But this alone wouldn't quite justify it's price, since even though being able to carry ones herb fields with one is nice but it would still be possible to grow them on normal fields.

That is were the energy accumulation comes to play. Herbs need a certain amount of energy in their surroundings. It is hard to find places that require their requirements besides the places they can be find naturally. Sadly these spots are often dangerous and completely unsuited for systematic herb growing.