Four years before the New Calendar.
[Midwind Month], May 30th.
Following the flow of people, Tang Zheng walked along the main road. Perhaps because too many people had walked over it, parts of the stone-paved road had become somewhat sunken.
However, the ground was still very clean. Only in the cracks along the edges of the street were there faint traces of moss.
The neatly arranged buildings around him were mainly light-colored, with dark-roofed European-style architecture.
As Tang Zheng walked down the street, he observed his surroundings while heading toward the Adventurer's Guild in E-Rantel.
He needed to find a place to rest and recover first.
He had left the Royal Capital on May 17th. Including today, he had already spent thirteen days on the road.
Leveling up had to be put on the agenda as soon as possible.
The Great Forest of Tob and the Katze Plains near E-Rantel were both important leveling locations in his eyes.
Tang Zheng planned to visit the Great Forest of Tob first.
Not only because the forest contained a large number of wild beasts and magical creatures, but also because he currently had no way to deal effective damage to the undead in the Katze Plains.
Therefore!
Tang Zheng needed to prepare some supplies for himself. For that, he had to thank the Rock team for teaching him a few wilderness survival skills.
He was not heading to the Adventurer's Guild now, but to a small inn near it. Apparently, these inns were businesses that had sprung up alongside the Adventurer's Guild.
Some high-level adventurer teams did not even need to pay when staying at these inns.
He had been walking for more than ten consecutive days.
Back in his previous life, Tang Zheng felt that even if his legs had not been ruined, they would have been close to it.
But now.
After traveling all this way, aside from some fatigue, Tang Zheng had not felt any discomfort at all. He did not even have blisters on his feet.
This made Tang Zheng suspect that leveling up did not merely increase his strength. His physical constitution was also becoming noticeably stronger.
Tang Zheng untied the waterskin at his waist and took a gulp. After passing through several blocks, he found a small inn across the street from the Adventurer's Guild.
This type of inn had two kinds of rooms.
One was a shared room that could accommodate four to six people, costing one copper coin per person per day.
The other was a double room, costing five copper coins per person per day.
These inns were clearly meant for adventurer teams. Then again, that made sense. Aside from adventurers and traveling merchant caravans, local commoners would not stay in inns.
Tang Zheng naturally would not stay in a shared room. He simply rented a double room by himself. After considering how long he would need to prepare supplies, he booked it for two days, spending twenty copper coins.
That was one silver coin and seven copper coins.
Creak!
As he pushed open the brown wooden door, the worn hinges let out a piercing squeak.
Tang Zheng stepped inside, casually shut the door, and swept his gaze across the room.
The room was not large, only around eleven or twelve square meters. Two wooden beds stood in the middle, with a crude bedside table between them.
There was no other furniture, making the place look extremely bare. The only thing that comforted Tang Zheng was that the room came with its own private toilet.
Overall, this New World was at a medieval level, but because magic existed, it could not be treated entirely as a medieval world.
For example!
Whether in the Royal Capital or on the main streets of E-Rantel, there were things similar to streetlights.
Of course, they were not actual streetlights, but magical lamps containing Everlasting Light.
Though the journey had been difficult, it was not a problem for Tang Zheng. The only thing he found somewhat unbearable was using the toilet.
Paper existed in this New World!
However, papermaking techniques were extremely underdeveloped, production was very low, and no one was willing to spend time improving them.
Because this New World possessed Zero-Tier Magic, something that did not exist at all in YGGDRASIL.
This type of magic was also known as Utility Magic!
It only consumed a little mana to easily create large amounts of paper. Under such circumstances, there was naturally no need to improve papermaking technology.
Fortunately.
The Rock team was, after all, a high-income group. Once people had money, their quality of life would always improve somewhat.
Otherwise—
"Ahem."
Tang Zheng coughed lightly, cutting off the thoughts that had surfaced in his mind.
Tang Zheng had learned about the existence of Zero-Tier Magic from the Rock team. According to Captain Dossari,
most Magic Casters did not specifically learn this type of magic, which was only used to make life more convenient. Unless they personally needed it, they would only buy the corresponding magic scrolls.
This information also gave Tang Zheng a reminder.
The way he acquired skills was by spending Skill Points to learn them after watching others use them.
If magic was cast through a scroll, could he also learn it by spending Skill Points?
Additionally.
There was the issue of making money!
Whether he wanted to admit it or not, the upcoming purchases would require money.
As for going to the Great Forest of Tob, setting other things aside,
he at least needed to buy a piece of armor. Weapons were especially important. The short sword in his hand would probably be chipped after killing only a few wild beasts.
He could not afford magical weapons, but he had to prepare several ordinary swords at the very least!
The basic prices in this world were not high, but once an item became associated with "magic," the price became frighteningly expensive.
A cup with nothing more than a cooling effect cost around 150 gold coins.
Any weapon with magical effects, regardless of whether it was strong or weak, was worth more than 1,000 gold coins!
These were things ordinary people could never encounter in their entire lives!
With the money he currently had, he could only buy a few decent ordinary weapons!
Tang Zheng had already begun considering how to make money on his way to E-Rantel. Asking Nfirea about making Recovery Potions had been partly for that reason.
However.
After figuring things out, Tang Zheng knew he could not spend a great deal of time gathering herbs and learning about them.
Therefore.
Tang Zheng turned his thoughts toward Zero-Tier Magic—Household Magic.
"Thankfully, the money Captain Dossari gave me has solved my immediate difficulties."
Tang Zheng took the bag of gold coins from his chest.
He had checked it earlier. There were a full twenty gold coins inside. Adding the money he had left before, he currently had twenty-two gold coins, four silver coins, and four copper coins.
Tang Zheng placed the money bag into his Item Box and rubbed his temples. There were many things to consider, but next...
Thud!
Tang Zheng walked over to one of the beds and fell backward onto it.
He had been sleeping outdoors the entire time, and his nerves had remained constantly taut.
Now, he could finally sleep in a bed.
What he needed most right now was to properly rest and recover his strength.
Lying on the bed, Tang Zheng turned his head and glanced out the window. The sun was high outside. Judging by the time, it had probably just passed noon.
This inn was not far from the Adventurer's Guild, and it was daytime besides. He should be able to get some good rest.
With that thought passing through his mind, Tang Zheng closed his eyes.
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