Chapter 56: Preparing for departure (2/2)

"How can I help you?" The woh she looked bored "Want a job, news, or alcohol?"

"Could I get a list of available jobs near Orcho news"

The woh various envelopes and sheets of paper, but put the for Orchomenus, how about Asea?"

"No, that's fine I'll just take the news then" Merlin felt a little disappointed, but it was fine

"Alright, interesting news, lets see" The wo the e creature being spotted around Mount Lykaion The king has sent patrols into the wildlands to reclaim a safe path to the mountain, but they have been unsuccessful so far

"What else, atteain contact with Charisia, but they still refuse to respond to our calls There is a rue, but it was denied" She continued "Tegea has sent reports of suspicious activity froean Marshlands There are also rua, but we haven't received confirmation on it"

"And for the nearby rus of an undocu near Orchomenus" She finished "And a ruht a week ago was a sign of otherworlders appearing atop the old temple of Artemis"

There was a lot of information to unpack in the several stories he received,at future events Merlin was fa special in relation to his lore quest, besides the news about otherworlders

He was especially worried hearing about the unique undead near Orchohost, but he wasn't sure if the ruhost was freely roa people at random

Merlin thanked her for the infor, back into the crowded city streets His next goal was to visit the temple and try to acquire blessed salts before he left After traversing the crowd oncethe vacant parkland that the teh the parkland, he slowly approached the largeThere were a few patrons co, it seeh the open doorway at the top of the staircase, entering the teolden statue of Gaia As well as theto her likeness Merlin walked over to one of the priests as running around dusting every surface he saw

"Excuse me," Merlin interrupted, "Would you kindly pointblessed salts"

The priest seemed surprised at first, but happily pointed Merlin towards one of the priests wearing different designs on their garbs, Merlin assuher ranked

"Excuseof blessed salts?" Merlin walked up to the higher rank priest and asked the question

"Two silver coins for a bag this big" The priest spoke up while holding roughly half a kilogram of blessed salt

"Perfect, I'll take one" Merlin said, pulling out two silver pieces, which now left him with six copper