A Merchant In The Woods
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*After their lunch, everyone packs up and prepared themselves for another long trip*
Obvious Hero: "From now on, Don't let your guard we don't know what kind of monsters we'll encounter along the way"
Timid Heroine: "Don't worry, We can handle them"
Edgy Rival: "I'm now looking forward to this adventure"
*The excitement of Delson to get rid of his boredom is immeasurable. He's already inside the carriage*
Bonus Character: "Can you guys move faster? Knight Fom is waiting for us"
Edgy Rival: "You're just too fast!"
*In the middle of the day, they started travelling again hoping they could find something or someone on the road*
*Norean narrates their journey*
[A day had passed and still, nothing happened. We only ate once a day to prolong our supplies because we can't see any trees or plants that can be a good source of food]
[It's our third day of travelling towards the East Direction, nothing. There's only a vast field that is almost the same as being in a desert]
[On the fourth day, we ate lunch together. Wryan needs to cook a new mushroom soup since it's the only thing we have]
[The fifth day, Again and again. nothing and nothing. If only we can eat grass like the two horses we wouldn't starve like this. Not to mention, our water supply was greatly reduced to half]
[On the sixth day, We lost a little bit of hope. We can't even take a bath because there's no river anywhere. Wryan starts to smell bad I can sense it. The heroine keeps staring outside.]
[Delson always complains about how painful his butt is after sitting the whole day and here I am feels nothing but boredom. The only time we can properly rest was in the evening]
[ The seventh day, A week had passed since we started travelling and now we were about to eat lunch again and guess what... another mushroom soup-]
Edgy Rival: "Can you stop that mumbling like that every single day!"
Obvious Hero: "I can't help it though it's like we're stranded on nothingness and the only thing we have were mushroom soup and a now a single barrel of water"
Timid Heroine: "Don't talk like that Norean. You should be thankful that we have food for every day"
Obvious Hero: "Look at the knights who came with us they can't even swallow the food properly"
Bonus Character: "He's true though, Now I feel like I'm losing the interest to eat this"
Knight Fom: "I didn't expect this... I thought that in just a few days we'll find a kingdom so that we can resupply. The prince even gave us thousands of gold pieces for buying all the things we need"
Knight Jerson: "At this point of time what's the point of having money"
Obvious Hero: "Hey Wryan... Can you cook the grass?"
Edgy Rival: "Of course not, you i***t!"
*The hero took a glance at the horses*
Obvious Hero: "Or maybe we can cook that"
All: "Don't eat the horse!!"
Bonus Character: "This is a serious problem... If we don't find anything for the next few days we'll starve to death"
*All of them was kept silent for a second*
Knight Fom: "Anyway, Nothing will also happen if we keep sitting around like this let's get moving..."
*After packing up, the carriage moves again*
*The moment they were about to lose hope. Knight Fom saw something*
Knight Fom: "Huh...? Is this real or am I hallucinating?"
*The trees become clearer and bigger as they get closer*
Knight Fom: "Whoooooaaa!!!"
Obvious Hero: "Uhh... did you hear something?"
"A forest!!"
Edgy Rival: "I think Sir fom is saying something?"
"Forest!! Trees!! Fruits!!"
Bonus Character: "Forest...?"
Timid Heroine: "Don't tell me-"
Obvious Hero: "YESSS!! Finally, please give me some meat monster!!"
Edgy Rival: "There's no such thing as a meat monster!"
Bonus Character: "Prepare yourselves, this will not be a peaceful trip anymore"
*The carriages enter the forest*
Timid Heroine: "Hey Sir Fom, can we stop by some nearby river? I want to clean myself"
Knight Fom: "No problem, As long as we happen to find one that is-"
*After few minutes of entering the forest, there's still no sign of any life form surrounding them*
Obvious Hero: "What's this...? Nothing? this is it? No meat?"
Timid Heroine: "Just tall trees everywhere, anywhere, all around us!"
Edgy Rival: "I'm SICK OF THIS!!"
Bonus Character: "Calm down, Wryan."
*With all the dull trees surrounding them, Knight Fom saw a different object right in front ahead*
Knight Fom: "Oh, I see something! It's a wooden house...?"
Timid Heroine: "Did you hear that? There must be a village!"
Obvious Hero: "There's no way a village will survive in this forest of... nothingness"
*The carriage stop moving*
Bonus Character: "Let's check it out!"
*All of them left the carriage and went to check the house*
Knight Fom: "Oh wait, This not a house... It's a small shop!"
Edgy Rival: "How is this even possible? We're in the middle of nowhere!"
Obvious Hero: "Who cares, I'm going in!"
Bonus Character: "Well, This is the point of having money"
*The hero's team, Knight Fom and Knight Jerson enters the shop*
Timid Heroine: "Whoa. it's a decent shop!"
"Knight Jerson: " Everything we need is in here! they even had freshly stored food"
Merchant: "Welcome! Welcome! I never had a customer for 15 years now so I'm really glad you guys came!"
*The merchant is an adult brown-haired man with a brown moustache and beard shows up to welcome them*
Bonus Character: "Are you kidding me? 15 years? How do you even manage this shop?"
Merchant: "Never mind that. Look around everything essential for human survival is right here!"
*Wryan approaches Knight Jerson*
Edgy Rival: "Hey Jerson. Where's the other knight?"
Knight Jerson: "They usually stay outside to protect the carriage from sudden raid"
Edgy Rival: "Eh... That's some loyal knights"
Merchant: "You're the obvious hero right? Are you on your way to the Dark Castle?"
Obvious Hero: "Yeah, that's right!"
Merchant: "Then it's my role to guide you and explain the huge obstacle blocking your way, the Serraria Bridge."
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