Chapter 173 - Meeting The Clerics (2/2)

It seemed Lyonette, the older sister was more outspoken than her brother Her weapon of choice seemed to be the massive battle-axe that was currently strapped to her back While her younger brother, Leonid, was rather soft-spoken and shy Leonid had tar picks strapped to his belt, so Merlin naturally assuaze turned to one of the re two members of the team, someone whose attention seemed to be focused entirely on Merlin's hair this whole time His facial expression was hard to read, Merlin wasn't sure if he was jealous or just impressed, but perhaps it was a aze as a request for hih it was nowhere close to Merlin's level, it still flowed as he walked

"You may call me Stavros" He announced as he rested his ar to a stop, his eyes locked onto Merlin as he continued speaking, "I worshi+p the beautiful Aphrodite"

The inally led Merlin to think that he would have been a worshi+pper of Apollo instead

"It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance," Stavros spoke with a flamboyant tone as he reached his hand out for a handshake

'Yeah, that uess The Goddess of love A flirty bard' Merlin thought to himself as he shook the man's hand

The lastaround what see wooden staff It seemed this last member was a spellcaster

"Nice to meet you, Merlin I'm Bibar, the only worshi+pper of Hecate at this outpost" The young man said as he approached, he held his hand out for a handshake, which Merlin promptly accepted

'Hecate' That naain, which led Merlin to think of thefor your assistance'

"I heard that she has started responding to prayers again," Merlin said

"Yes, she has Although the connection with her is un responding once more" Bibar said with a soft tone that seemed almost sad

"Do you have any idea why she vanished in the first place?" Merlin asked while trying to be respectful

"No Not a single clue, I'hed, "I've asked countless tiht, everyone quickly prepare for today'sout once we're all ready"

Severalaround, only to return s and other equipht, we're all prepared? Let's h the village of Hysia, attracting strange gazes from the locals as they marched towards the valley that they could see in the distance

"Why is it called the valley of plenty?" Merlin asked, al his question

"I heard from the locals that it was a translation error," Bibar answered Merlin's question, much to the latter's surprise "It should realistically be called the Abundant Valley, although even that doesn't really translate over well"

"You'll see why it originally earned the name in the first place very shortly," Bibar said as they continued their travels

"A translation error that stuck around, fair enough" Merlin nodded his head

"So daggers huh? That's an interesting choice against undead," The party conversed, which seeive him advice that would honestly be helpful for an unskilled player

The group cah relatively small when compared to half of the crazy rock formations and insane land the game, it was still rather impressive

The valley itself was lush and full of life Countless trees were flooding the inside of the valley, almost like a forest, a lot of which seemed to bear fruit of some kind

There were plenty of ani on the treasure trove of natural resources this valley held

"Right, so the valley of plenty part makes sense," Merlin said with an impressed tone

"Indeed, harvests froe's food supply," Caetables or even meat from the local wild aniainst the Necropolis, this valley truly is a Godsend"

"Is there not a single poisonous plant in the valley?" Merlin asked while scanning around Frolance value, he couldn't find anything poisonous outside of a erous plants or weeds that they see shoithin the valley, at least for several hundred meters into the valley" Cam explained, "It's likely that plants further in, or near the other side of the valley, are less than safe to eat"