As he thought this, the Dawn Knight muttered to himself:
"How much could Warrior Potion ingredients even be worth? Still... it's not that dangerous. If we run into them, we can gather them along the way. As long as the price isn't lower than the purchase missions, money's money no matter where you earn it, right?"
"I wonder how many useful people there'll be today. If it's like this right now, we probably won't be able to go very far. The prey we catch might not even be enough to feed us..."
After thinking it over, he looked at Derrick.
"Hey, kid, how much are you willing to pay for Warrior Potion ingredients?"
"Huh? I'm not buying them, I..."
Before Derrick could finish, the Silver Knight, having heard that he did not intend to bid, withdrew his gaze in disappointment.
Derrick froze, unable to understand why the other man was acting so...
"Sigh."
Dorum sighed.
"You can see it yourself. Fewer people are planning to leave the city to hunt now. There are only five of us so far. With this few people, we'd have to stay extremely alert just to protect ourselves outside the city. We couldn't go far at all, much less protect an ordinary person like you."
"If you want to advance, you can either farm and save up Cow Grass to buy potion ingredients from someone, or you can only try your luck and see whether anyone is willing to take you along. Or else..."
Or Derrick could try leaving the city to hunt on his own. That was possible too, but it would basically be nothing more than baiting a fishing spot with his life.
After all, strictly speaking, Sequence Nine had not surpassed the normal limits of the human body in terms of combat