Chapter 13

Chapter 13

I was a bit hyperactive as I made my way to the caravan, Tom and Kate decided to join me, Kate to meet any of my brother's friends that will surely be there and Tom, in his own words, to see me get ripped off. I couldn’t understand how that was going to happen since I knew the worth of my goods and even had a haggling skill. I pulled up my screen looking to see if the exercise from last night had worked as I wanted .

Name : Ajax

Level :10

Experience : 4200/10000

Traits: Child, Divine Witness

Health: 70/70

Mana: 210/210

Stamina :180/180

Vitality : 7.52

Strength :15.36

Endurance : 18.9

Dexterity :16.7

Intellect : 33.84

Wisdom :25.02

Mind : 21.73

Perception : 14.14

Stat Points : 198

Skills :

Common :[Mathematics Lvl 20] [Stealth Lvl 13][Drawing Lvl 30][Athleticism Lvl 14] [Running Lvl 20][Reading Lvl 20][Writing Lvl 20][Cooking Lvl 14][Sewing Lvl 10] [Cleaning Lvl 10][Haggling Lvl 2][Gardening Lvl 19][Axes Lvl 14][Hammers Lvl 10] [Deception Lvl 1]Uncommon :[Meditation Lvl 32][Sense Mana Lvl 31][Expel Mana Lvl 31][Sprinting Lvl 10][Mining Lvl 5][Lumberjack Lvl 5][Smelting Lvl 3][Blacksmithing Lvl 3] [Mana Farming Lvl 2]Rare : [Manipulate Mana Lvl 6][Water Aspect Mana Lvl 5][Fire Aspect Mana Lvl 4][Air Aspect Mana Lvl 6][Earth Aspect Mana Lvl 4][Inject Mana Lvl 3]

I managed to segregate my skill, this also meant that if anyone got a look at my stats they could make a killing selling the information.

“What has you so worried?” Kate asked me. “It’s not going to be as bad as they said.” She tried cheering me up.

“thanks .” I mumbled “maybe you can help take my mind off it. How did you heal me yesterday?”

“Oh that, I just used the healing spell Alzinoth” she brushed off my question.

He regains his composure and answers back with a simple “15” the way he looked at me having changed.

Try as I might I couldn’t manage to do anything other than accept his offer and ended up letting it go for 15 silvers, I took my payment while numbly all they while reflecting back on the interaction, so this is how skills affected non physical confrontations, i could feel having gained some skills just from that interaction alone, that was the only thing that helped me write off my loss on the sale and got me to move further in the market looking to try my hand at now lowering the price others set on their wares.

“Where’d you go little brother?” Tom caught up to me, joined by Kate Derk and Jonny.

“Managed to sell my plants.” I tell him.

“Really how much did you manage to get for them?”

“15 silver coins” I answered dejectedly.

“ 15!!! Mom only comes back with around 25 and she usually sells double what you bright” he exclaims

“Yeah but she said what I had was worth around 20, maybe 25 when she looked at them 2 days ago” . In my focus at getting to the bottom of merchant skills I let that crucial bit of information just slip out.

“And where did you get plants like that?” Derk asked, while Jonny looked at me with greed in his eyes.

“I transplanted them from the forest and have been taking care of them for a year now” I quickly lied that I grew them from scratch and am hoping my deception skill will swing things in my favour.

They seem to have bought it but as of late more and more of these slip ups are happening. I need to start being more careful of who is around me when I run my mouth.

Well what’s done is done, all that's left is for me to go spend my newly earned cash. When a cart filled with seeds catches my eye.

“Hey sir, what kind of seeds are these?” I asked the merchant.

“I have different kinds of seeds, food medicinal, even some poisonous ones” he answers before he turns around and sees who he’s dealing with.”Oh, what can I help you with kid?”

“I was looking to buy some medicinal plants that would sell well and try planting them” I think honesty might be my best bet here and closing down a deal while he is flustered about selling poison to a child would work in my favor.

“Sure these ones here are quite rare and they sell well but they are very hard to grow, I would rather recommend these other ones” he shows me his wares

“How much would it be for a bag of the first ones?”

“I could let it go for 5 silver coins” he says as I feel the same pressure settle on me once again, though much weaker than before, is it because of my own skill improvement or maybe his skills aren’t as high, most likely both.

“I’ll give you 3” he answered back, his expression becoming more rigid. Clearly he feels my own skills taking effect.

“4” is all I hear back and the pressure mounts considerably, it takes every ounce of willpower I have to squeak out a “3 and half”.

His composure breaks out into a smile and through his laughter I hear “Ha ha ha, I like you kid, alright 3 and a half it is.”

The rest of my trip though the merchandise I do nothing but question the price and try to work out my skills on things I can’t afford as such getting my skills a workout and not being able to buy things from lack of funds.