Anton instructed Fenix to order lunch for them since the others had already eaten.
“We didn’t order food for you since we thought that you’d eat outside,” Anna said.
“Once we concluded my mini-concert it was past lunchtime so we hurried back. I don’t want to get scolded by Father,” Anton replied.
While Anton and Fenix were eating, Lucas arrived carrying boxes of stuff and then he went outside again together with the men who carried the chests. When Anna, Lunelle, and Devon examined the contents of the chests, they saw that they were not weapons or armor but worn-out clothes, pieces of jewelry, and other stuff.
After lunch, Anton got busy repairing everything with the help of everyone. It took him a couple of hours before he completed everything and after that, he planned to take a bath and continue playing the game to hunt for items and increase his level. Before he entered the room, he talked to the Fenix.
“Fenix, this will be our last day in the city so that means that you can now go home and you don’t need to return tomorrow. You can keep the rest of the coins that are remaining.”
“Thank you. I enjoyed being part of your group. I would have asked for you to employ me and would come with you but my father would not let me do that,” Fenix said.
Their tour guide looked sad for a bit then Anton saw that the boy resolutely changed his expression to a cheerful one then said goodbyes to the others then left.
Anton saw that the others like their wizard tutor, Frederick were busy examining the items that he had just repaired together with Devon, Colin, and the girls.
After taking a bath, Anton entered the game virtually and continued completing Act II of the Nightmare Difficulty of his Diablo II game. He wanted to rush Act II so he would be able to activate the option to increase the difficulty of the game by using the “Player X” option but playing inside the game personally was a long-time project since it consumed a lot more time. Three hours of playing allowed him to only complete the Halls of the Dead. It took him quite some time because he was finishing every nook and cranny and walking inside the world of Sanctuary itself was way different than playing behind a screen. The walking distance alone would consume a significant amount of time and the combat itself was not as straightforward as casting his spells repeatedly.
In person, he would need to strategize to avoid getting hit and would have to utilize all the spells that he could but this process allowed him to become a veteran combat spellcaster.
When he completed the Halls of the Dead, he checked the time and found out that it was already seven in the evening and wondered why nobody came in to call him for dinner so he parked his character in the Rogue Encampment and minimized the game. The sad part about all that playing was he didn’t find any notable items and he didn’t increase in level.
Outside, everyone was busy with their own thing. Anna and Lunelle were reading the notebooks that contained the Belgariad series that Anton wrote, Devon and Colin were examining the weapons and armor and Frederick was reading some sort of book while studying his artifact necklace.
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While Anton was looking at what the others were doing, Anders and the others entered the suite.
“I’m so tired!” Anders exclaimed but he looked happy.
Anders then asked Colin to order dinner for everyone then they all sat at the table to wait.
“I’ve already repaired all of the items,” Anton told his father.
“You will need to go with me later to go to where our caravan is located so you can begin repairing them. We managed to purchase more carriages and carts and we hired a lot of people. We would need to stop in villages again to collect items that you can repair to increase the number of products that we could sell once we reach Ruandelle.”
“We also already purchase a lot of supplies so you don’t need to store food in your magical space. You can store the food that only you want to store but I still ordered a lot of cooked food from the inn’s cook downstairs so you can store them later as well,” Nemina said.
Colin then arrived together with the inn’s attendant carrying their dinner. While they were eating, Anna told Anders what Fenix told them regarding Anton’s adventure as a street busker in one of the city squares. She told their father that he earned a lot of coins by singing just eight songs and that Anton received a lot of proposals from different people. All of the adults laughed when they heard it and Anna kept on asking what was funny.
“I will tell you once you turn sixteen,” Anders told his daughter which made her pout.
After dinner, Anton thought that his father would rest for a few minutes but he immediately asked him to go where the caravan was located so he followed his father, Lucas, and Nemina.
They first went to the kitchen so Anton could store the cooked food the inn’s cook prepared and after that, they moved on while the kitchen staff were looking at Anton with wide eyes.
They arrived somewhere near the city gate according to Lucas and there were eight carriages and four carts waiting for them. Anton saw that chests and barrels and other stuff that was supposed to be inside the carriages and carts were by the side. There were also a lot of people waiting.
“Did you hire all these people? There’s like an army of them!” Anton asked his father, astonished by the number of people.
“We need all of them. A lot of them were guards who would guard our caravan since the road is dangerous. Most of them applied when they learned that there was a wizard powerful enough to defeat an army and heal even the most severe wounds making the caravan safe,” Anders replied.
Anton shrugged and began the process of repairing all of the carriages and carts which only took less than ten minutes. However, he encountered some difficulty since some of the carts were very large. Thankfully he added some points to his Telekinesis skill. Everyone who was watching gasped when they saw the old, dilapidated carriages disappearing one by one and reappearing looking brand new. Then Anton went to the horses that would be pulling the carriages and added each one of them then healing them using his auras until all of the horses were healed and invigorated. The people who were taking care of the horses were surprised to see that all of the horses suddenly looked energetic and all of the wounds were gone.
“Father, should I heal the people as well to make sure that there’s no hidden injury or sickness?” Anton asked his father.
“That’s a great idea! We don’t want our travel to be delayed by someone getting sick or something.”
Anders then asked Lucas to announce to everyone to line up since the wizard would heal all injuries and that they didn’t need to worry since it would be free since the owner of the caravan didn’t want sickness to cause any delay. The people looked at Anders and Anton gratefully then they began lining up.
Anton saw that there were also children in the line and when he turned to Anders, it was Nemina who informed him that some of the employees they hired would be bringing their families with them and he just shrugged.