Bab 98: Black gold.

Anna jumped in the way of the first warrior she saw and tried to win him over as Tameka suggested.

"Sir! Please hear me out. I'm looking for someone who will carry me to Ophel's Farm, I can pay - "

"Fuck off," He grunted and walked away.

"Excuse me?!" Anna breathed out, but didn't waste her time.

"You there, I'm looking for someone who will carry me to - "

"How much?" He smiled and tried to grab her by the waist "Can you do oral for 100 gold?" He chuckled and winked.

Anna just stopped and quickly turned around disgusted.

"120?" He shouted toward her, but quickly lost interest.

No, she won't let that pig touch her.

She nearly bumped into another knight's back.

"Sir! Please, I'm looking for someone who will carry me to Ophel's Farm, I can pay you 150 per hour and I'll throw in any loot you and my companion collect on the way..," she blurted out, before he even turned to her.

Knight of the Falling Sun ~ Player ~ 84% HP

He was so attractive it was almost ridiculous.

Long ginger hair and light blue eyes looked like from some commercial for happiness.

"I'm waiting for a friend. He should be here any minute now. It's a bit off our usual route, but we are broke as fuck. As you can see, even my sword is completely broken," he laughed and lifted the massive handle of a two-handed sword with short remains of iron blade "and in my money bag is only a few silver coins," He said with a painful smile and caught a glimpse of someone familiar. He waved toward his direction and waited for that person to come closer.

Fiery Knight ~ Player ~ 33% HP

"Bro, these ladies are looking for protection on their way to that farm we passed a week ago. Good pay. You wanna do it?" He asked, the other man looked a bit confused, so Anna explained it again.

"We are trying to get to Ophel's Farm. I have to log out in a few moments, so you would literally have to carry me. The journey will be safe, my companion will handle any threats, so we don't necessarily need you both to go, but if you insist, we can pay up to 120 gold coins each per hour, plus complete health recovery and two new swords," She said and waited for his reply.

"Are you kidding...?" He breathed out and stared at her.

"No, I'm serious. If you are interested, we should hurry up to pick new swords for you in the weaponsmith. I have sold every plant I had, but I'm able to make an ointment for your wounds as soon as I find proper healing herbs," She replied a bit offended, she wasn't able to tell whether he was making fun of her or not.

"Do you realize it's a nearly 3 hours long journey?" He reassured and did a quick math "That's 360 gold for each! Are you sure you can afford it?"

"Yes. 720 plus the swords," She said and handed each of them 60 gold coins. "This is your limit, you have two minutes to buy a weapon and return to us. We will meet you by the gate, I'm going to look for some healing herbs in the meantime. Please hurry,"

That Fiery knight turned around and trotted as fast as his armor allowed him to the blacksmith, but that ginger stayed behind and quickly thanked her, before he also followed him to pick a sword.

*They would do it for 50.* Tameka giggled and rushed her out of Godfast. Anna opened her inner sight and harvested every unusual flower left and right, she took everything. She hung a few of them on the wattle carrier Tameka had on her back to dry them out and quickly started to mill a few of them into a more potent mixture.

They caught a glimpse of her and rushed toward their direction.

Advanced meadow mix ointment

+ 250 HP

+ 30% Attack boost for 3 hours

+ 30% Damage resistance for 3 hours

+ 30% Strength boost for 3 hours

+ 30% Speed boost for 3 hours

+ Poison resistance for 3 hours

Anna handed out two mixtures each.

"Use it whenever you feel like you need it. My friend has a map, she will lead the way," Anna said as she smiled at the priestess. "Although she is nonverbal, she is committed to compensating you for every successfully completed hour of work, last pay is when we are safe at the farm, where our partnership ends,"

"Noted. Thank you for this opportunity, here is the change. From the blacksmith," Fiery Knight said and they both handed her almost two dozen gold coins. Their new swords looked good.

"You can keep them," Anna said and looked at Tameka "Do you remember that restaurant address?" She whispered and tried to learn it from memory as Tameka repeated it again and again in her mind. She also came closer to both Knights and blessed their swords.

"I really have to go now, good luck," she said quickly and logged out as soon as one of them lifted her from the ground.