Chapter 18 There is no hope here
Chapter 18 There is no hope here
"uh-huh!"
Stretching lazily, Ash sat up from the bed with sleepy eyes, rubbed his head, and his eyes quickly became bright.
After brushing his teeth and washing up, Ash bit into an apple and headed to the Adventurer's Guild with the rest of his harvest.
Thomas is ready to take action against him, so he naturally doesn't need to hide it. The right thing to do is to speed up the conversion of his gains into strength.
But after killing them, you have to prepare to escape.
Chewing the sweet and sour flesh, Ash thought about where to run.
If he killed Thomas, the local cult would definitely be alerted and more cultists would definitely come to him.
He would not confront the cult here head-on. Who knows how powerful they are in terms of their challenge level.
Anyway, it is definitely not something that a newbie like him who has just become a professional for more than half a month can handle.
"Ash, are you ready to go on another adventure?"
Suddenly, a pleasant voice came to his ears. Ash turned around and saw Sister Maria standing there.
"No, I'm going to sell some things." Ash said, "I won't be going out for the next one or two days."
"Can you help me buy some things?" Maria came over and handed over a few silver coins. "Just help me buy some cloth and thread. I saw that some of the children in the courtyard have torn clothes and want to repair them."
Ash looked at Maria deeply, then nodded: "Okay."
Seeing Ash take the coin, Maria thanked him, "Thank you."
"You're welcome." Ash said, "I'm leaving now."
"Ah."
As his fingers stroked the coins, a complicated look appeared in Ash's eyes.
He had never had the privilege of mending clothes when he was a child in this life. He had to mend them bit by bit by himself using straw thread.
"He seems like a good person."
Ash sighed inwardly and didn't think any more about it.
Whether Maria was a good person or not had nothing to do with him, and he wouldn't stay in this town for long anyway.
Arriving at the Adventurer's Guild, Ash took out the Goblin Chief's head to settle the mission under the waitress's surprised gaze.
After a quick glance at the panel, he actually was counted as having completed two missions this time.
After exchanging the money, Ash looked at the three gold coins in his hand and walked straight to the largest blacksmith shop in town.
Because it was morning, there were not many people in the blacksmith shop, and the blacksmiths were also in a lazy state.
"What do you need?" An apprentice from the blacksmith shop came over and said to Ash.
"I need two short swords and a complete set of leather armor, including the head, chest and legs." Ash said, "I want an advanced level."
Entry level? The apprentice was surprised for a moment, and glanced up and down at Ash. He felt that the boy in front of him didn't look like he could afford so much money.
Guests are welcome. There is no reason to drive business away.
The apprentice asked in a more polite way to get Ash's details: "What is the specific budget?"
"Three gold coins." Ash spread out his palm, revealing three gold coins.
It’s enough to buy an ordinary set.
The apprentice nodded and changed into a more professional mode: "Are there any specific requirements for the dagger, such as weight, shape, etc.?"
"Lighter and longer."
"What about leather armor? Is there a need for concealment?"
"Have."
Through questions and answers, the apprentice quickly understood Ash's needs and brought a set of equipment according to Ash's request.
"The Swift Wind Sword is one of the longer daggers we have, and it's also relatively light." The apprentice picked up a dagger with green markings on the blade and handed it to Ash.
Ash took the sword, twisted his wrist, and the dagger spun, turning into a shadow.
The apprentice next to him showed a hint of surprise. Having been in the blacksmith shop and seen all kinds of people, he still had some vision.
He didn't expect that although Ash looked young, he had already mastered the basic swordsmanship to perfection and was only one step away from sublimation.
However, this one step away was enough to hold him back for a long time, especially since he was using the Sphinx swordsmanship commonly used by adventurers. This swordsmanship was easy to get started with, but difficult to master, and even more difficult to improve.
The apprentice's thoughts wandered for a moment, and Ash finished testing the sword, then nodded and said, "Okay."
The apprentice came back to his senses and continued to introduce the remaining equipment.
"This is tanned from horned rabbit."
In the end, the two swords cost 1 gold and 20 silver, and the entire set of leather armor including shoes cost 1 gold and 85 silver, totaling 3 gold and 5 silver.
The apprentice gave Ash another zero, making it exactly 3 gold.
"As expected of a businessman, you are really good at calculating."
Ash looked at the twenty or thirty silver coins in his pocket and couldn't help but sigh. Money really doesn't last long.
After buying some food, cloth and thread, Ash returned to the nursing home.
After putting his things away, Ash went to find Maria with the cloth and thread.
"Who told you to steal other people's things?"
As he approached the church, Ash heard an angry voice.
Looking through the crack in the door, Ash saw Maria holding a blackboard pointer and scolding several white children. Next to her was a yellow-skinned boy with a cowardly look.
Without thinking, Ash knew what the plot was, but the sarcastic old nun in the past turned into Maria, the half-moon sister.
According to past circumstances, the old nun would just say a few words and then lightly let the matter go without any punishment.
But now, Ash watched in silence as Maria took down the bully.
'By the way, where did that old guy go?'
Ash suddenly frowned. Maria's sudden arrival meant that the old nun was definitely gone, but where could she have gone?
Could it be that he got a promotion?
"Go and copy the doctrine a hundred times!" Maria announced the punishment to the children.
The white children were somewhat unwilling to accept the punishment, but under Maria's powerful aura, they silently lowered their heads and accepted the punishment.
Ash stood at the door and looked at these white children, his face suddenly became vicious, as if he was thinking of some way to take revenge on Maria.
"What are you looking at!" A white kid saw the yellow-skinned Ash standing next to him and kicked him without thinking.
boom!
The white child immediately flew out backwards with obvious shoe prints on his chest.
Ash glanced indifferently at the white child lying on the ground, then turned and walked into the church.
The remaining white children looked angry, but after looking at their companions, a trace of fear appeared on their faces.
"Here you go, Sister Maria." Ash handed the cloth and the remaining coins to Maria.
Maria also saw Ash's kick just now and wanted to say something, but in the end she just sighed: "Thank you."
"You're welcome." Ash hesitated for a moment, then said, "Leave if you can. There's no hope here."
"What do you mean?" Maria frowned.
"Literally." Ash said lightly and turned to leave.
Maria looked at Ash's leaving back and frowned even more tightly.
Returning to his room, Ash took out the reserved magic core, put it in his mouth, and activated [Cat's Breathing].
A large amount of magic power was absorbed into the body and then quickly transformed into fighting spirit.
As the last magic core was consumed, Ash felt a surge of pleasure rising from his spine and going straight into his brain.
{[Sun Quetzalcoatl] blood concentration increased by 0.1%, currently 2.5%}
It's level 4.
Although he was upgraded, Ash was not very happy.
He looked at the empty magic core and sighed. He never expected that being too proficient in breathing techniques could be a mistake.
He was just trying to achieve the [Eater of Air] achievement, and judging from his reaction, his thinking was correct. Magic power could indeed be considered a kind of energy that could give him a feeling of fullness.
But the problem was that he was too proficient in the breathing method, and the magic cores he absorbed were low-level, resulting in his "eating" speed being only slightly higher than his digestion speed.
This also resulted in his magic core being consumed before he was full.
"Next time, store more advanced magic cores."
Thanks to [Juetianmo] for the 100-point reward
(End of this chapter)