Chapter 44: Shopping and more bandits (1/2)
Merlin pulled his hood up and walked through the streets that were now softly lit by the sun's rays barely peeking out over the toalls
As Merlin made his way down the streets, he cast the town He watched as one of the guards stood by as their partner extinguished the various lanterns lining each street, refilling each lantern withon to the next lantern to repeat the process
When he reached the centre of town, most stores were already open, especially those that dealt with food So up after the custo their stores fro stores were either still in the process of opening up, or were yet to be open
Merlin scouted theto find sos he was currently wearing
Clothes, often called outfits by most of the players, were a special type of equipment that orn underneath alet dirty, but they couldn't be pered then they'd take on a tattered appearance, but it was just a visual effect that would repair itself over a short period of time And unlike most other forms of equipment, such as armour, accessories or weapons, clothes did not have a chance of dropping on death These were all changes added to prevent potential harass naked
Walking around, Merlin cainally visited when he arrived in town, the cloak he previously wanted was still there in theMerlin entered the store, where he was greeted with the sight of the saether what looked to be a suit jacket
The old man didn't look up this time either, so Merlin just looked around He spent a fewat the various vests, trousers and jackets He was searching for so comfortable that would let hiy black pants and a decently coht silver pieces
After purchasing and equipping his new clothes, Merlin left the store in search of an armourer With his current funds he didn't expect to pick up much armour A pair of leather bracers, maybe just a leather breastplate if he was lucky, but with his twenty-one silver that was unlikely
After searching around town, he found a couple armourers, but their low end merchandise wasn't worth the price So in the end, he decided to save up for soear, it wasn't like anything around this level was giving hi his way back to the uild, he decided to stop by Lychester's Provisions to see if he had any skill books in stock As he walked through the door, a notification appeared in his peripheral vision re hiet was nearby
「Elinored the notification for now Although he was teet away unnoticed He took a deep breath and walked into the store,sure not to bu someone enter his store, Arwell poked his head out froain his expression dulled as if he lost interest
Merlin noticed this and ignored him, he walked up to the counter andfor a couple utility spells, cleanse and ignite"
"The books are one gold each" Arwell spoke in an obnoxious tone, as if he were looking down on Merlin again It was only after he received a confirmation by Merlin did the fat man disappear behind yet another wall of junk, only to return a few minutes later with two books
Merlin didn't feel happy about giving this old, but this was probably the only store that sold them in this town He reached into his inventory and converted twenty silver pieces into two gold, then placed theers flung out and wrapped theold coins His eyes looked back over to the books, then back at the coins Merlin grabbed his books, getting a dirty glare from Arwell as he did so, and then quicklya word
Merlin walked down the street, slowly uild As he travelled, he opened up his new skill books, causing the hie obtained: "Utility Magic: Cleanse"」
「Knowledge obtained: "Utility Magic: Ignite"」
Both spells were recorded into his knowledge library and added to his ability list He still had a few spells he wanted, but couldn't afford them for now, so these tould have to do
He finally uild, he pulled down his cloak hood and walked in The rowdy environain as people turned to see who entered This was a feeling Merlin didn't enjoy, but he ignored theht towards the counter once roups, but it didn't seeain, at least there was so
"Welco with a rag "I see you've cleaned yourself up"
"Please stop calling me that" Merlin took a seat on the closest bar stool "I really don't want that to stick"
"What can I help you with?" The bartender ignored Merlin's coht to business "I take it you want ot the job for you"
After receiving a nod froht out his stack of quest forle sheet and placing it down on the counter in front of Merlin
"Since we've experienced first hand how much you love bandits, take a look at this one" The bartender picked up thearound and giving Merlin an unnecessary coroup, just a group of highway bandits"
Merlin's face crumpled at that res, flashi+ng hiuilty smile A quest notification appeared, Merlin took a look at it
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[Uncommon Quest]
Clear the route to Macedonia