60 Herb Dungeon (1/2)
”Wow, this sounds complicated.”
”Don't worry. Once one starts growing plants one would get the hang out quite fast. Of course if you only want a ring as storage then you don't have to think about it.”
”OK, thank you for explaining.”
”No problem, after all I have mentioned it first.”
”Oh right, why did you mention it? After all you surely know that I can't pay for a Herb Ring.”
”It's because I saw you together with Lord Van Bergen and heard that you are his student. So I thought that it would be wise to offer you a slot to explore the Herb Dungeon, which is the dungeon where the stones for the rings can be found.”
*So it is because of mentor. He seems to be more important than I thought.*, Ivan finally understood why the salesman explained so much to him.
”I have to admit that I am quite interested, but I don't think the access to the dungeon is for free. Besides that I am currently concentrating on pill refining so I don't have much time to go farm in a dungeon.”
”Of course the access to the dungeon isn't free. Besides having to be recommended by a herbalist clan you have to accept a quest too.This quest is so the Herbalist Guild gets something out of allowing others into their dungeon.”
”A quest?”
”Yes. Unlike others the Herbalist Guild doesn't take a fee beforehand but will take up to five herb stones for each run.”
”Five stones? I doubt the drop rate is so high that one could get five in one run, or their price wouldn't be so high.”
The salesman smiles and nods. In his eyes there is a flash of appreciation since he is quite satisfied with the comprehension abilities of this young man.
”Of course it isn't. That's why it is up to five herb stones. It is lucky to get even one but of course there are people who get more than five and these lucky ones can keep them.”
”Hm, there has to be other things that drop in this dungeon or nobody would do something like this.”
”Of course there are other things that drop. Not only do lots of common herbs drop. There are even rare herbs and fruits to be found. For most dungeon divers this is the main reward.
Besides the value of these herbs and fruits themself, there are also bounties on unknown ones.”
”So that's how it is. Sadly I don't have the time.”
The other man chuckles and then shakes his head. ”You don't know, but besides the drops there is something even more useful for pill refiners in this dungeon. And that are the mana fountains on each level. They contain a fluid that can restore ones mana.”
”Really? There is something so useful?”, Ivan hadn't heard of any potion or pill before that could restore ones mana. There were pills for just about anything but restoring mana, which was one of the greatest mysteries. According to the information he had collected in the library, many had tried to develop one, but they had all failed miserably.
”Of course. But the fluid can't be transported and to be honest it isn't that much. Especially on the first level of the dungeon. There it is only two drops, which can only refill ones mana two times. For each level the amounts then double. At least that is what we guess, since nobody has ever entered the sixth level.”