In fact, there wasn’t anything at all as far I could tell. I couldn’t see any birds or sense any small critters running about the place at all. It was a little eerie. Especially since the mist that clung to the forest floor hadn’t dissipated in the slightest.
Something else that was weird was the fact that we hadn’t found even the smallest clue about the whereabouts of the group of adventurers that initially came here. I didn’t forget that they were the goal of the original mission, and we made sure to keep an eye out for anything that could’ve provided us with information about them.
But there was nothing. I wasn’t holding out hope that they were alive, as the branch monsters were far too much for anything in the Body Tempering Realm to handle, but there should still be something left behind, a splash of blood perhaps. Now we didn’t explore the entire forest, but they should’ve entered around the same area we did, but still, nothing.
It’s unfortunate but that’s a part of what you sign up for to be an adventurer.
Moving on, we quickly made our way back home, and the City was in the middle of waking up as a few people could be seen walking here and there.
We made our way to Greja’s shop and as always it was open, and she was just bright as ever. If I didn’t think it’d be rude, I’d ask her if she ever slept but it’ll stay just a inner thought for now.
“Good morning Greja. Are you able to take a look at some items for me?”
“Good morning and of course! What do you have?”
I placed the bracelet on the counter and took out one of the logs from my ring and placed it on the floor.
“Ah, rewards from the Dungeon I presume. The log is simple since I recognize the wood. It is from a tree that is commonly known as a Death Oak. Since they grow in areas rich with Death Qi, but don’t let that scare you. These types of trees are actually seen as somewhat of poisonous leech by cultivators of Death Qi, since the tree quite literally feeds on it to grow and releases small amounts of pure untainted Qi into the atmosphere as waste. The wood is fairly sturdy and can be used as you wish.
“Now this bracelet is a bit different. If you give it a bit of Qi, it actually does the opposite of the tree I just mentioned. It will convert a small amount regular Qi into Death Qi. That’s pretty much it.”
I was a bit worried about the lumber when she mentioned the whole Death Qi thing, but its good that isn’t the case. The bracelet though…unfortunately it’s a bit useless but that’s just now, maybe it will be useful for something in the future. Actually…now that I’m thinking about it, if the Dungeon keeps the handing out bracelets, I might need to have that regulated…it probably wouldn’t be wise to have a bunch of people running around the City with bracelets that could gather Death Qi.
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I thanked Greja for her help and left with the goods. I’ll pass the info to Richard regarding the Dungeon, and he’ll update the adventurer’s guild about the boys and all relevant information regarding the forest. We should probably name it too. Maybe after the Dungeon? Dead Land Forest. Yeah, that’ll work.
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Knock Knock
“Patriarch, you have a visitor.”
“Come in Frian. Who’s the visitor? Is it Richard? I told him yesterday I’d get all the reports signed by the end of today.”
“No Patriarch, the visitor is someone from a different City. They identified themselves as an envoy of the Mavelia Merchant Union.”
“Mavelia Merchant Union…where are they now?”
“In the government building. Richard is keeping them company.”
“Alright give me a moment, we’ll head there in a bit.”
It’s been a month since the Dead Land Dungeon, and this is the first time that someone has approached the City. I knew people would eventually show up, but I didn’t think it would be someone from another City. Even though I don’t recognize that name…It wasn’t one of the 13 City names that were displayed at the end of the Tutorial.
A lot has changed in the past month, and there are plenty of people constantly leaving the City for one reason or another, but some of them include scouts. Because of that, we know there’s another City somewhere Northwest of us. We haven’t initiated contact with them, nor have we been very close to it, and the only reason it was spotted was because that individual was slowing making their way up a mountain on the other side of the lake and spotted it.
So, I would assume the envoy is from that City, but would that mean that City was made separately from the Tutorial? Hm. Weird.
I eventually made it downstairs as I was thinking about the envoy, only to be met with Mr. White looking at me sternly.
“Good morning, City Lord. Are you skipping breakfast again this morning?”
“Ah I’ll get some on the way back Mr. White, something urgent came up.”
He shook his head and gave me a doubtful look before waving the towel he had in his hand and walked back towards the kitchen.
Mr. White was one of four people hired to work in the City Lord Mansion, and he was hired to be the cook. He was a older gentleman who apparently loved cooking and didn’t want to bother with cultivation at all, but thankfully for him, he entered the Tutorial with his grandson who took care of him.
And when he heard about the chance to be a cook or perhaps it might be better to call him a private chef, anyway when he heard about it, he was one of the first people to put their name in the hat for the position.
He loved it a lot and always complained when I skipped breakfast.
I never skipped dinner though. Never. Especially not when he makes Great Rabbit steak…
Anyway, let’s go meet this envoy.
I made my way into the building and very quickly found myself standing in a small office with Richard, and another man. The man looked…human, but different. He had tan skin, and typical human features, except for his eyes and his hair color. Both of which were light green. It was definitely different. And his cultivation…it felt higher than mine, though I’m not sure by how much. If I didn’t know any better, I’d think he was just a genius cultivator that was wearing contacts and had his hair dyed, but I knew that wasn’t the case.
This man before me.
He wasn’t from Earth.
“It’s nice to finally meet you City Lord. My name is Heclan. I am a part of the Mavelia Merchant Union, a faction who has part ownership of the City to your Northwest.”
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