Chapter 205 A Thread of Hope (2/2)

I said ”That is all then, I will probably come back later. For now, I want to check out the rest of the buildings”. She said ”Sure. Your bill is 8 Copper Hals”. I nodded and gave her the Black Hal. She seemed surprised, but still gave me the exact change. I gave her 10 Copper Hals and said ”Thanks for the conversation, and the food. Take care now”. She was a bit surprised, that I gave her a tip. I did that because not only was she polite, she even answered my questions. 10 Copper Hals, was not a lot anyway.

I left the tavern, and headed towards the market. 'I might be able to find something useful over there. This Sand of Time tool, would be useful, but she already said that it's useless for travellers' I thought. I arrived at the marked, and noticed some merchants shouting around, trying to gather attention around their products.

I check the stall that contained weapons, and although I saw some daggers, they were not as good as the ones I had. I also preferred my own daggers, I was used to them already. They had short swords and even bows on display. 'What I lack, is materials for my daggers, not those already created daggers' I thought, and moved to another stal.

The stal I visited next, contained random rubbish and trinkiets. I already had a solid pot and utensils, but I saw some more glass bottles and whatnot on that stal. I decided to buy them. I asked ”How many of those bottles and glass containers, do you have?”.

The Lizard responsible for the stal said ”I have 20 bottles, and 10 glass containers. Each bottle costs 2 Copper Hals, while each container costs 1 Copper Hal”. I said ”I will take all of them then”. He seemed surprised, but smiled and said ”Of course. All together, that will be 50 Copper Hals”. I gave him the money, and he handed to me all the bottles and containers.

Before I left, I asked ”Do you have any strings, I need a tough and thin string”. The Lizard scratched his head and said ”I'm afraid, I don't have anything like that. You may ask the woman, responsible for the stal with fabrics over there”, then pointed at one of the stals. I said ”Thanks” and left.

'It's worth asking about those strings. Maybe I can find something, that will at least let me practice my skill' I thought. I arrived at the stal that contained the fabrics, and asked ”Do you have any strings? Or perhaps very tough thread”. The Lizard woman looked at me, then asked ”Is it for stitching leather?”. I shook my head and said ”I need something much more durable than that. Something that is thin but also very durable”.

She thought for a while, then said ”I know about such material, but it's very expensive, and I don't have it. Maybe the tailoring shop in the Arangard would have it, but I'm not sure”. I asked ”Arangard?”. She nodded her head and said ”Yes, the Capital City of our race, but lower echelons are not allowed inside, at least without a permission. Humans are not allowed inside either, as far as I know. There are very strict requirements, in order to enter there. The royals live over there, you know”.

'I didn't know that, although I already knew about other possible villages' I thought. Before I left, I asked ”Can you tell me the name of that thread or string?”. She nodded her head and answered ”It's a thread, and it's called Iron Spider Thread. Very rare, but tougher than steel”. I nodded my head and thanked her. I also gave her 5 Copper Hals, for the information. She didn't want to take them, but I placed them on the stal, and left.

'So there is a super strong thread, that I can use to master my skills. I assume, it's not going to be easily obtainable. Maybe I will ask the military guy about it' I thought, and continued to browse the stalls.