Chapter 8 - Town

"Rize, wake up. Its time."

"Hmmm?" She was still sleeping.

"Hey. Wake up."

"Hmm? Oh uh... Yeah. I'm awake." She was still half-asleep when she said that.

We got ready and headed for the nearest town. Itz is the name of the town as Rize said.

We finally got to the town and it was huge. The walls stand up about 10 meter high, a gate open that acts as our bridge since there's a river underneath and a lot of guards inside and out.

We just barged through the front and to my surprise no one asked me about Rize. Maybe its because she looks like a normal human now? Well except for the skin color.

I instantly headed to some shops that allows me to sell some things.

"Greetings! Need something?"

"Yes. I want to sell this."

I offered my 300 pieces of goblin flesh. I got a lot when me and Rize hunted.

"Hey, hey, hey are these all goblin flesh?"

"Yes."

"I can offer you about 20 gold for these. That's a good deal."

That's pretty low isn't it? Or not? I haven't gotten across any currency here so this is my first time selling. "Make it 300."

"What..? Sir that's too high of a price! You could buy a house with that! How about 23 gold?"

Wait... I could buy a house with 300 gold? Since I currently have 100 gold... Isn't that a lot? I need to know how the currency in this world is flowing.

"Last offer. 40 gold and if you don't accept I'm taking all this back with me"

The store owner was pretty worried. He looked at the goblin flesh like it was treasure.

"I accept 40 gold for all of these."

He handed me a pocket of gold which contained the payment.

"Thanks."

Me and Rize went out the town and head into some armor shops to get equipments.

"Hey there storeowner, how much for this?"

"Oh... That costs 10 gold. It has good defense but can you afford it?"

That was relatively cheap. "Them how about this one?"

"5 gold and 20 silvers."

Silvers? Gold? Oh... I know what this means. This is a tier currency. I'm betting its 100 Copper for 1 Silver and 100 Silver for 1 Gold and 100 Gold for I don't know for now.

"Do you do custom made armor?"

"Yes absolutely." He was pretty confident in his skills.

"How long for a full set armor for me and Rize?"

"About a day."

About a day? That's fast as hell!

I noticed Rize was window shopping around the shop. "Hey Rize come over here for a second."

"What do you need... Sir?"

"Hey there storeowner I want two complete sets of armor for both of us. I want mine to be on the medium side and for her on the light side. I want it made on the most durable materials. Do you do magical enchantments on armor too?"

"Yeah I can do that. What's your preferred buffs?"

"I want her armor to be more on the archer side. And for mine just put strength boost."

"Okay. That'll cost 20 gold all in all."

"Deal." I handed 20 gold to him.

"Dear customer, what's your name? I'll engrave it on the armor."

"I'm Zieglind and she's Rize."

We left the shop and the storeowner started forging the armor. "So he was a blacksmith."

"Hey sir. Look at that."

"Can you stop calling me sir? Just call me Zieglind."

"Oh uh... Okay. But there's a weapon shop there. It seems they can also forge weapons."

We went into the shop and found a blacksmith hitting the steel. "I wanted something custom made. Can you do it? I need it for tomorrow."

"Heh? What do yer want? A custom made ey? What weapons do ye need?"

"Well can you check this bow she got? How heavy is this?"

The blacksmith grabbed the bow and pulled the string. "This is about a 30 pound bow."

"Can you make a bow that's an 80 pound bow?"

"Ye I can do that. What material do you want it made?"

"The finest materials you've got. And for me I want a heavy shield, two handed greatsword, two dual wield curved swords and a rapier."

"That's a lot of what ye want ey? I can't do it tomorrow. Pick at least two items that I can do ey."

"Then prioritize Rize's bow and the two handed greatsword. I'll get the remaining items the day after tomorrow. How much is everything?"

"About 20 gold."

About as the same as the armor huh? "I'll take it. I'll be coming back tomorrow for the two weapons." I handed him the gold.

*Rumble...* "Hmm? Are you hungry Rize?" I guess its natural since we haven't ate since the hunt yesterday. "Let's go that inn. Let's eat and then rest. Tomorrow we'll register if there are any guild here."

"Welcome!"

We were greeted by the innkeeper. We sat down on the table and a maid comes up to us.

"How much for a night?"

"5 silvers for a night."

"Can I make an advance payment?"

"Yes sure!"

"Here's one gold for 10 days and the remaining will be used for our food. I want our rooms to be one room and two beds. Thank you. And can we order whatever she wants?"

"Zieglind thank you very much!!"

We ate a lot and thanked the innkeeper below for cleaning up the mess Rize made for eating so much. "Rize sleep for now. We'll hunt again tomorrow."

"Huh...? Oh yes."

She was already asleep and fell on the bed by herself. Seems she was so full on eating so much.

I need to know why prices here are so cheap. I have 99 gold left. Its like I didn't spend anything. I've got to know the bottom of this.

Tomorrow will be different. I need to join a guild if there are any here. I need to grow my influence and it will start here.