"You! Who are you?!" The agitated party leader shouted with a pleased look.
He covered his hunt, the dead body of the creature, not covering the subordinates who should have been more important to him.
"Oh! No need to be on guard, comrades." KiRA announced while stopping his pace. The players knew how the other players within the tower could have bad intentions.
The cases of players killing other players for their loot as well as items was not new anymore. The news was openly broadcasted through radio every single day to spread awareness.
The reason many players did not want to register with the association was also because of the threat posed on their lives.
If the tower was a safe place, anyone would want to visit it and experience the unique world. However, the current state of the tower was nothing less than a Anarchy.
"I'm a wandering rchant, friends. Here, as you can see, I'm rely here to sell so goods~." Taking out a few potion bottles of Healing potion as well as temporary boost potion, he placed it on the ground before them on a cloth.
KiRA had already observed enough so he knew how to deal with this situation. The party may not have anything that he needed aside from that girl, they surely possessed a good number of coins.
"A wandering rchant?" The party leader mumbled, a subtle confusion present in his eyes. "Are you for real?"
It had not been long since the tower opened to the public. There had not been many players around.
Many of the players that were entering the tower had co from the nearby smaller cities.
It was pretty common to find so shady people trying to scam them with fake items and consumables outside the tower, but this was the first they had heard about a Wandering rchant selling goods inside of the dungeon.
"Oh of course, of course~. Do you not believe ? Oh you can trust ~. These are all legit stuff~." A professional smile was present on his face as he inford them. It seed like he had scamd–, sold to such people many tis in the past as well.
However the party leader did not fall for his smile nor his attitude. Instead of believing a random person calling himself a wandering rchant, he knew he could believe in sothing else more.
"Is he telling the truth?" The party leader looked at the girl in the back, at Chiika, for the answers.
He knew he could trust her judgent more, and as hateful as she was towards them, she nodded at the bastard of a party leader.
"They're real. I can tell that much." She could see the flow of Mana around the potions that resembled the original ones she had seen.
It was surprising how soone was carrying around so many potions, selling them inside the tower at that. It was actually too good to be true, however, it shouldn't be as simple as it looked.
"Mister! Can I inquire about the prices? I don't think we can afford them right now." She was exhausted from their previous fight already, but she still looked after her party mbers.
At least they were going to protect her as long as they were inside the dungeon.
"Oho~! Do not worry about it, Miss~! You can have the first purchase at a re 300 coins~. Anything for 300 coins~. A special offer for the first ti custors~. Oh! The prices will increase later on though." There was an unfamiliar darkness in his eyes when he said those final words.
Sohow, it sent a chill down the girl's spine. She didn't understand what it was, but she could tell the deal was pretty good.
"300... isn't that-." Chiika knew the prices were too good to be true. However, her teammates didn't care about all that.
"Oh! That's so cheap! I'll take a potion!"
" too! Give one as well!"
Before she could say anything, her teammates rushed forward towards the rchant, leaving the girl and their boss standing.
"Hmph. Why should we waste our money when we could just take it from-." The party leader still did not like the shady rchant.
"I wouldn't suggest that, Mister. That person... he's at least Level-20." Chiika wasn't sure, but she knew he was at least stronger than all of them.
"If he wanted, he would have killed all of us even before we saw him."
The party leader knew about the special abilities of the girl. She was very sensitive to Mana and things within the dungeon.
She could tell when sothing was approaching or where they should be going. They were able to avoid a lot of problems thanks to her ability as well.
If they move forward, he knew they could still earn a lot more. If they stumble upon a hidden treasure or sothing, then he could have a comfortable life outside this damned tower.
"Are you sure?" But that would not be possible if they got killed by so player they shouldn't have ssed with in the first place.
"Yes." Chiika knew he wasn't that dumb. At least, he knew how to survive in dire situations.
He was strong and capable despite his nature and character. So, being with him wasn't that big of a challenge.
"Then we should use the opportunity." He went ahead and also purchased the potion from him.
"Thank you~." However, as KiRA was handing him the potion, the captain looked straight at him in the eyes.
A survivor would know danger when they see it.
And when he looked into those deep red eyes devoid of any negative emotions, he knew the girl was right.
"Thank you." He simply backed off, and went back with his party.
"I look forward to seeing you all again soon~." He announced while handing the last of his custors, Chiika her potion.
She only had enough for one potion so she wasn't going to use this precious dicine. She stored it away in her inventory, and with an awkward look, she left with her team.
'Now then...'
They went ahead and with her excellent ability to detect Mana, they were able to avoid many dangers.
There were traps in their path that would have put holes throughout their bodies. There were monsters on their path that they would never be able to beat.
They were on the first floor of the tower and yet they had to be extrely careful when moving.
But so confrontations were impossible to avoid.
"Captain!"
"Yes!"
"Go on the right! Right!"
They fought another (Level-20) monster after an hour. However, thanks to the potions that they had, they were able to move on to the next part pretty quickly.
"Don't mind them. Let's just go." They ca across other people on their way, but avoided most of them.
So of them were injured. So needed potions more than they did, but they continued moving forward.
'If only I had one more...' Chiika wanted to move on without paying attention to them, but there was a person with severe wounds that couldn't even move.
"Here you go!" She just gave the person her own potion and moved on with her party as quickly as she could hoping the person would leave the tower and get treated.
'There are so crazy people who would want to continue...' but she could only hope that this person gets away safely.
"Captain!" Another battle lood over them, and they could not avoid this confrontation either.
-Clank! Clank!
They fought the armored knight, an inanimate monster resembling knight armor.
"Haaa... Haa..."
The battle went on for more than an hour as they used a hit-and-run strategy to chip away at the health of the monster.
-Thud...
"Finally..."
"We... we did it."
"Haaa... haa..."
They were finally able to finish the battle sohow, with each one of them being utterly exhausted once again.
"I think... I think, we should call it a... a day here." Chiika was the one guiding them so even though she wasn't actively moving, just using her ability constantly was draining her energy.
She needed rest more than any one of them, and they had achieved more than many other small parties would have in the ti they spent here.
"Captain... the girl is right..."
"Haaa... right... we should go."
The captain was out of his potions as well. And, this much was much better than just one defeated creature.
They could at least make a few thousand coins each this way. Going out now would be for the best... or perhaps not.
"Oh my oh my~. What a coincidence~." As they were resting, they heard a voice from a different path. A voice that they had beco quite familiar with already.
"I didn't think we would actually et so soon~." it was the rchant that sold the potions to them the last ti. The ray of light that, to the exhausted girl, seed like an ill on.
"Well~." The rchant smiled with his red eyes. His intentions this ti being uncertain to all of them present.
"Would any of you like a potion~?" He was repeating the sa line like the last ti, however, they did not feel the calm they had felt the first ti.
Instead, there was fear.
There was a strange fear that they were going to be in trouble very soon...
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