Traveling Together, Leaving the Royal City

Nfirea did not hesitate. He seemed very interested in Tang Zheng, an equal-aged peer who was not much older than him. "I need to discuss this with my grandmother. You can come along with me for now."

After saying this,

Nfirea turned around and hurried toward the entrance of the Adventurer's Guild.

"Let's go with him too. It'll be a good chance to meet the client." Captain Dosari spoke to the other three members, then turned to Tang Zheng and asked with a hearty laugh, "Coming?"

Tang Zheng nodded lightly.

Captain Dosari walked side by side with Tang Zheng toward the hall's exit. The other three team members followed closely behind, faintly seeming to be protecting Tang Zheng.

After Tang Zheng displayed Healing Magic, quite a few Adventurer parties had already begun itching to make a move.

At this moment,

the actions of the "Rock" party caused many of the surrounding Adventurer parties to curse inwardly.

At the reception desk,

the brown-haired girl Daya watched Tang Zheng leave together with the "Rock" party. A trace of envy and sorrow appeared in her brown eyes.

"He's truly amazing. You can't tell at all from his appearance, yet he's actually a Faith-based System Magic Caster. If only my younger brother..."

Daya muttered to herself in a low voice, but soon put on a professional smile again and began receiving the other Adventurers.

Outside the Adventurer's Guild,

a cargo wagon was parked there. The somewhat old wooden cart was piled high with goods. Wooden crates of various sizes were stacked at the bottom, while the top was covered with a layer of dry plants resembling straw.

As soon as one approached the wagon, one could smell a strong, somewhat pungent odor of medicinal herbs!

At the very front of the wagon sat an old woman holding a horsewhip, her head wrapped in a light green scarf. She was Nfirea's grandmother, Lizzie.

Tang Zheng and the members of the "Rock" party walked out of the entrance and saw Nfirea speaking with his grandmother Lizzie. Clearly, he was telling her what had happened in the Adventurer hall just now.

Tang Zheng and the others did not go over immediately. Instead, they waited near the rear of the wagon.

They did not have to wait long.

Nfirea came over with a trace of happiness on his face.

"Grandmother agreed. Tang, you can come with us."

"But Grandmother wants you to display your Healing Magic once more in front of her." Nfirea spoke with a smile.

"No problem," Tang Zheng replied softly.

Compared with casually following a caravan or an Adventurer team to E-Rantel, traveling with the grandmother and grandson, whom he knew and understood, made Tang Zheng feel much more at ease.

What was more,

Nfirea's grandmother Lizzie was a Magic Caster capable of using Third-Tier Magic!

Tang Zheng followed Nfirea to his grandmother Lizzie.

Her wrinkled face and graying hair made her appear very old. Her expressionless appearance and slightly protruding jawbones on either side made her look difficult to get along with.

In reality,

someone capable of raising Nfirea's gentle personality could not have had a particularly bad temperament themselves.

"Where are you from? Black hair and dark brown eyes are extremely rare throughout the Kingdom."

Grandmother Lizzie looked at Tang Zheng expressionlessly.

Hearing this,

Tang Zheng froze. That was not an easy question to answer.

"Forget it. It's a trivial matter. Use your Healing Magic on my horse."

Grandmother Lizzie narrowed her eyes slightly and pointed toward the black horse pulling the wagon.

The horse looked somewhat old. Near the back of its neck, it seemed to have developed a visible depression from pulling wagons for many years.

The hair around its rump was also sparse, and several red marks could faintly be seen.

"Okay."

Tang Zheng did not waste words. He raised his palm toward the black horse. "Minor Healing."

The clearly perceptible magic power within his body was suddenly drained by most of its remaining amount!

Soft white light radiated out, enveloping the black horse. The red marks on its rump were quickly healed and disappeared.

"Pfft!"

The black horse shook its head and snorted, looking extremely comfortable.

Hoo~

Tang Zheng exhaled a breath.

Although he did not feel tired, nearly all the magic power in his body had already been consumed.

The 1st Tier "Minor Healing" consumed 5 MP. Including the time he had used it in the Adventurer's Guild hall earlier, he had now used it twice.

Yet he only had 13 MP. Even if he wanted to use it again, he would be unable to.

Tang Zheng glanced at the MP value on his Attribute Panel. From the first time he had used "Minor Healing" until now, it still had not recovered even 1 MP.

His magic power recovered far more slowly than Tang Zheng had expected!

It was also possible that this was because he currently did not have a magic Class.

Although the "Genius" Class could transform into any Basic Class, it clearly did not come with the attribute bonuses or effects provided by other Classes.

"Hmm." Only then did Grandmother Lizzie nod. A smile squeezed onto her wrinkled cheeks. "It looks like we can speed up our return to E-Rantel a little. Let's set off."

After saying this,

Grandmother Lizzie stopped paying attention to Tang Zheng and called out to Nfirea. After Nfirea climbed onto the wagon and sat beside his grandmother,

Crack!

The sound of the whip striking the horse rang out.

The wooden wheels rolled over the stone paving on the ground, and the wagon set off amid a creaking sound.

Tang Zheng and the members of the "Rock" party could only follow closely behind. Clearly, they had not been invited onto the wagon!

Fortunately,

the wagon was already fully loaded with cargo, so it could not move very quickly.

May 17, Year 4 Before the Common Era.

On the second day after Tang Zheng's transmigration, he left the Royal City.

Within the Kingdom of Re-Estize, most regions consisted primarily of plains. The north and west bordered the sea and possessed two enormous port cities.

The Kingdom was mainly populated by humans. Demi-humans were extremely rare, which was also related to the Kingdom's people despising other races.

It was said that in recent years,

the Slane Theocracy to the south had been at war with the Elf Kingdom even farther south. From time to time, Wood Elves were sold to the Kingdoms of Re-Estize and Baharuth.

Their prices were quite high, generally exceeding 300 gold coins.

And those were merely ordinary Wood Elves. Some Wood Elves who possessed Job Skills could cost more than 1,000 gold coins.

It was said that such Wood Elves were sold entirely as "living magical items."

Three days had passed since their group left the Royal City. Tang Zheng learned this information while conversing with the members of the "Rock" party.

The members of the "Rock" party seemed eager to build a closer relationship with Tang Zheng, so they answered nearly every simple question he asked.

Thus,

Tang Zheng indirectly learned some basic knowledge and information about this world.

Nothing dangerous happened along the way, perhaps because they were traveling through the central region of the Kingdom.

After several days of contact,

aside from becoming basically familiar with one another, Tang Zheng finally learned why Grandmother Lizzie, despite being someone capable of using Third-Tier Magic, had hired Adventurers.

It was to use them as laborers!

The wagonload of medicinal herbs she was transporting had to be taken out and dried for a while every day.

The work of moving the goods up and down was naturally handed to the "Rock" party. Captain Dosari had secretly complained to Tang Zheng about it several times.

As for Tang Zheng,

he naturally was not idle either. During the periods when the herbs were being dried, as well as during their nighttime rests, he had to use Healing Magic on the horses.

It was not merely to treat the shallow wounds left by the whip.

According to Grandmother Lizzie, Healing Magic could not only restore injuries, but also restore part of the target's energy.

This situation made Tang Zheng realize that the way a skill performed in the game was still somewhat different from how it worked in the real world.

At the same time, through his repeated consumption of magic power,

Tang Zheng also observed how his magic power recovered. It restored approximately 1 MP every hour.