During battle, he focused his mind and maintained absolute concentration.
On his days off between assignments, Xia Nan never shortchanged himself.
The values he had developed in the modern society of his previous life allowed him to stay true to himself amid this world's many temptations, while also making him perfectly willing to spend his hard-earned gold coins on anything that improved the quality of his rest.
A luxurious hotel room in the heart of the Blood-Cast Fortress's Upper City District offered no value for money, but it was expensive, peaceful, and afforded magnificent views of the rolling hills outside, refreshing both body and mind. Then there were the taverns frequented by adventurers, unlike ordinary restaurants, serving delicious, rare monster ingredients prepared by the finest local chefs-with the outrageously high prices typical of the transcendent profession, of course...
Money was hard enough to earn, and every assignment meant risking his life. Xia Nan certainly wasn't going to stint on such things, agonizing over every item on the menu just to save a little on dinner.
Besides, considering the value of the enchanted equipment he wore...
If trying to save money kept him from resting properly between assignments and adversely affected his performance in battle...
Even a single claw mark across his breastplate would probably cost more to repair than all the gold coins he had spent on his "extravagant" lifestyle over these past few days combined.
He knew perfectly well which mattered more.
Two days had now passed since he returned from the Banshee assignment.
For most adventurers in this world who had just completed a dangerous journey, two days probably wasn't even enough time to leave the tavern. At the very least, they would spend a while enjoying themselves at gambling houses and brothels, squandering their entire reward before