I can still here the steps of Kar'npaul as they set out for their own objectives, with my new equipment and the currency they gave me, I was feeling confident to finally explore Windfall.
Exiting the tavern, the ambiance of the town was something I never felt before back on earth. Houses surrounded by towering trees, the wind blowing in the direction of the sun, feeling like a gentle breeze on my face, the pathways created with stones much like the ones back on earth, the buildings built with a strong foundation from different types of wood and stones.
I took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, admiring the scenery while taking long glances from all directions, my attention quickly shifted by the scenery of different kinds of races walking around the town, from hammering sounds coming from the dwarves forging a blade on their anvil, to ogres walking around casually, looking at the fruit stalls, to different vendors shouting, attracting customers to their stalls.
Mesmerized by the different kind of stalls all around the street to my east, I was contemplating on whether I would visit The Adventurer's Society or take a quick stroll to the market street, thinking that information was more important than weapons and armor for now, but my curiosity got the best of me as I grew nearer to the market street without noticing I was already walking towards it.
Multiple stalls can be seen from the wide street of the market, ranging from weapon stalls that have a variety of weapons, luxurious weapons displayed on top of their carts, swords that looks like they are in perfect condition, the scenery made me relive the memories of how I failed to consume a basic sword technique rune, the embarrassment was piling up in my body as I cringed and walked further.
"woah, what's this?—" I muttered as I approached a small cart brimming with vibrant plants and glowing flower pots, each one unique in color and shape. My eyes drifted to the vendor, a young girl standing behind the cart.
She looked to be no older than her late teens, with black hair streaked with glowing green highlights. Her wide eyes darted nervously around, like she was looking for customers. She bit her lip slightly, hands fidgeting with the corner of her apron, her posture a little hunched as though she wanted to shrink into the background.
She seemed to be worried about something, looking timid while she was quickly glancing at everyone coming near her cart.
The girl’s eyes widened in shock, her earlier nervousness vanishing in an instant. Her face brightened, and a sudden spark of energy replaced the timid aura she had just moments ago.
“Oh! Are you here to buy herb?” she asked, her voice trembling slightly with excitement. Her hands fluttered over the plants, carefully picking up one of the glowing flower pots and holding it out to me eagerly.
“Please please please, take a look! These are rare plants—I promise they’re worth it,” she said, almost pleadingly while almost jumping with excitement. Her enthusiasm was very noticeable, as if she was desperate to make a sale. Her gaze never left mine, eyes wide with hope, her smile strained yet full of warmth.
"oh.. I am just here to take a look if you don't mind" I said, coming closer to the plants and carefully examining it. Her smile still retained, her hand intertwined while she looks at me examining the plants.
"I think this a great time to use my 1 skill out of 2" I thought while looking sad knowing the fact that my class was considered the worst. I grabbed the nearest plant, examining it carefully, it glowed faintly like a dying glowstick, blinking with energy, in a sudden moment, the system window appeared again, I grew no reaction as I anticipated the appearance of it.
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NAME: Glowing Acorns
A luminous plant that grows near the Black Eyes tree
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The details, showing a brief description of the plant, most likely reflected the level of the skill I had, but something is better than nothing, I thought, placing the pot back to its original place.
"Do you like the glowing acorn?!" the vendor asked while I explored more of the plants she had, "it's a really great plant to repel nearby monsters when you are in trouble—!" she quickly followed up while I examined the next plant I grew interest in, "you know I had a hard time finding that!" she kept talking about how she found those plants but I decided to ignore her for now as I picked up the pot.
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NAME: Echo Flower
A flower that grows in places where there is echo, with the elements of wind and water.
This flower can mimic any sound it has absorbed through sound waves
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The system window appeared before I even got to take close look at it, the flower resembled a human ear, with a weird pattern on the outside and a deep hole in the middle of the flower.
Just as I was processing the information, the girl babbled excitedly, “Ah! That one! It can mimic the sound of anything! You just stretch it out and—”
Before she could finish her explanation, another window popped up beside the description of the Echo Flower, catching me off guard.
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Examine - LVL 1 - > LVL 2
You can now view more details of plants and herbs!
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I stared at the glowing window in disbelief, my heart beating fast. I had just leveled up my Examine skill all of a sudden. The sense of accomplishment washed over me, small but significant. A part of me felt impressed, even proud, that I was already growing stronger, however slowly.
For the first time, I realized that maybe—a class this useless can achieve something in this world.
In a blink of an eye, the system window suddenly refreshed and displayed more details about the flowers I already examined.
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NAME: Glowing Acorns
A luminous plant that grows near the Black Eyes tree
Condition: Healthy
Effects:
1. Its light attributes repel certain monsters from getting close.
2. ???
3. ???
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NAME: Echo Flower
A flower that grows in places where there is echo, with the elements of wind and water.
This flower can mimic any sound it has absorbed through sound waves
Condition: Fresh
Effects
1. Can store sound waves that occur nearby.
2. Releases the sound waves when storage is full.
3. ???
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With the new information displayed, I grew more confident in myself, growing a big smile, "Sir why are you smiling at the air? and are you gonna buy now?—" the girl exclaimed, growing a frustrated face while crossing her arms, my big moment disturbed by this noisy girl, "Buy something please!" she said while looking more troubled than before.
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NAME: Justin Joe HP: 100/100
CLASS: Botanist MP: 100/100
LEVEL: 1 STATUS: Normal
SKILLS:
Examine - LVL 1 -> LVL 2
Harvest - LVL 1
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