Chapter 10 - 10. The Great Town Of Ingmery (1/2)
”So tell me, you've got only these few stuff down in the basement, yea? I knew you could do it on your first trial. I hope it gives you a boost after those 5 levels.” Prius said as he took a swig from his mug and when he placed it down, he got a foam moustache. Hah hah hah.
”It was a harrowing experience for me, my friend. I never thought I would be facing gigantic rats at the basement after all. When you mentioned rats, I was half expecting they were this big.” I gestured with my hands to show how big I expected them to be.
”Hah hah hah... Audemars, my friend. Sorry if I were to hide certain information from you regarding that basement. It's not a basement but it's a dungeon.”
”Secondly they are no grains and seeds underneath but there were crates and barrels and every one of them contains a certain number of credits. I hope you got them all.”
When Patricia heard us talking, she immediately rushed over with a portable medikit and placed it on top of the island. She wanted to check me out and was stopped by Prius.
”Leave him be at this moment, you may check for any scratches later on. We're in the middle of a discussion her, Pat.”
”Oh, my bad. I'd come back later.” Patricia threw a glance at me and I smiled and quickly hide it as I picked the mug of grog and took a swig. It was bittersweet and when I placed the mug back, I too had a foamy moustache and I let it be since it looked kind of macho. Hah hah hah.
”Yes, I got them all. As what you said 'Finders Keepers' so I was wondering what those crates and wooden barrel were doing there. I kicked one of them and it sounded empty so I started to bash them about and retrieve some pouches with credits in them.”
”That's good, and so far you had the basic necessities that you need, that would be the one piece of a glove, an old bronze sword as well as as a wooden round buckler. Do you have anything that you need to ask me further?”
I brought up the interface and saw that I need another 87% before I could progress on to the next level. Seems rather a long and arduous journey for me to travel before I could even be on par as what I used to be before this Leap. Since this is the way, I decided to be a non-combatant during the day and to venture out in dungeons during the night.
”What does this settlement offer at the moment, Prius? Does it have a Blacksmith, a crafting shop, herbalist, farmlands et cetera?”
”Ah, this is a small settlement indeed. We do have a small Blacksmith shop here, a general goods store, a Tavern, a Mystical pharmacy and a herbalist pharmacy. This is just in the central parts of Ingmery.”
”The Northern and Southern parts of the settlements have quite a few more stores, mainly for those who have deeper pockets, if you get what I mean,” Prius said and I nodded on apprehension.
”Hmm, it means that there are three zones here and the central ones are the ones that had been built initially. It seems I may need quite a lot of footwork going around these places, eh?” I thought to myself as I wondered how big could this settlement be since I had not left the Great Hall yet.
”By the way, Prius, I am sure there are other great halls such as this, am I right?”
”There are, of course, this was named as the Great Hall of Ingmery, the Northern one is named as Guild of Northingmery, while the Southern one is named as Guild of Southingmery. Ours was named as the Great Hall because our forefathers were the ones who founded this central part of the settlement.”
”That's a very good name, I believed that Ingmery had existed for some years already, right? I asked as some ideas did enter my mind on how to be a non-combatant in the day.
”Hah hah hah... Ingmery had been around for at least 150 years, my good friend.” Prius explained with a sense of pride being born and raised here in Ingmery. ”What you may see here would be similar to what you may see in the Northern or Southern parts. We had local produce market and there are quite a number of abandoned houses, small houses that are average in size as well as other homes too.”