"Look at all this meat they have here!" Aurelia is yelling in the background while I finish freeing the prisoners. She sounds way too happy...
She is so enamored with meat... It increases the potential of Constitution, gives XP, but I need to eat fruits and mushrooms for Magic. And I want to eat something else. We have been eating only what we have hunted with no season whatsoever for the last few days in the woods!
And those boxes with fruits and other goodies are looking quite tempting...
But first! The prisoners. They were scared during combat, and I almost made them hurt the elf lady. The locks were simple.
And no, it is not because the elf lady is a beautiful woman... I swear.
"Do any of you need healing?" Lisa walks closer and starts to inspect them.
"I-I need, they burned my hand." The elf lady says she had a very peculiar accent. "But check the children first!"
Lisa makes sure they are okay. Meanwhile, I approach the elf lady.
"My name is Amber. We are adventurers who happened to pass by. The children said you were part of the Movers?"
I shouldn't have messed with the game files to change their name to that...
"Yes! These people were trying to either take us as slaves or hoping to get resources from our roaming camp!" The sleeve from the elf lady falls down a bit, and I can see the burn mark on her arm. "My name is Baelevi, Miss Amber."
Still not used to being called Miss. I smile while feeling awkward.
A wind passes, and she shudders. She is not wearing anything that protects her from the low temperature, and maybe the soldiers from the Eye have removed their warm clothes.
I go and grab some of the furs the soldier bodies have on them that have not burned and shake the snow out of them. I give one to the elf lady. "Thank you." She answers.
"Do you know where your camp is located right now?"
"It should still be by the river if we follow it upstream. I doubt they would have left us alone."
I nod. "Then we will return you three. I would like to trade with your camp too."
"Yes, yes! We shall guide you. Thank you!"
I turn around when Lisa comes to check on her. I want to find the Amulet before Lisa does.
"A-Amber, Amber, look!" Aurelia appears in front of me with pieces of cooked meat on her hands and hanging from her neck. "T-they have mammoth meat! And Gryffin! I am having an orgasm in my mouth! How much meat do you think I can fit in my mouth?!"
She is devouring some of the meat.
"Hey! Save something for later!" And stop enjoying it too much. "We still need to travel out of this forest!"
"You are boring!" Aurelia grabs a piece of raw meat to hand it to me. "Here, have a piece!"
"I don't eat raw meat..."
"I can tell you lack raw meat!" She smirks, too proud of herself.
I often hate her.
"Karina, did you see it?" I decide to change the topic completely and ask Karina about the amulet. "The amulet Lisa explained," I whisper so she doesn't hear that I am attempting to take it for me.
"Yes, it is on display in Maxwell's tent." She points to the one where he came out. "I saw it when he took me."
"Did he see you?"
She shakes her head. Then they cannot see her, only me as the real owner of Bloodless. That is a relief for the moment.
"I waved at him and even called him names. He did not react."
Aurelia follows me to the tent, and we see several weapons and decorations. In the middle, there is a case with the amulet I am looking for.
I run towards it. "Mine!" I say and open the display, take the amulet, and immediately put it on.
My HP and MP increased from it by at least 2000 each. This thing is staying with me, and I am praying for Demisaus to improve it!
"And I am the one crazy for food..." Aurelia says, chomping on another food. "Aren't you supposed to return it to Lisa?"
"...maybe... It is a good idea for me to use it..." I don't want to return it until I have a better item for my neck... if I ever find it.
"Something is calling my attention." I change topics. "Why do they have all the objects in the open? Shouldn't they be using the Inventory System?"
I take an apple from the table and put it in my inventory. It goes in and stays in there.
"It seems unnecessary to move stuff by animals..." I point out.
"I was wondering the same thing myself... They have everything out..."
"And the majority is at a low temperature, so they stay in a good state for longer." Aurelia points to a group of fruits. They are cold.
I did not take into account the climate.
"And then there is this." Aurelia continues. From her neck she grabs a string of sausages and puts them on the table. "For example, look at these 6 delicious and juicy Three Eyed Lizard sausages... You can see they are 6, right?"
I nod.
"How about now?" She grabs the sausages and stores them in her inventory.
No, I cannot see them. I think I got it.
"You mean I can lie about the items I have and report less or nothing."
"Yes!" Aurelia nods. "If something gets missing, someone will notice at one point if proper management is done. And the treasure in your inventory cannot be flaunted."
"You mean they are doing this to show how much they have looted?"
"Probably a way to attract lousy adventurers or wanna be thieves to capture and sell." Aurelia seems too proud of herself. "It is easier to showcase your riches when they are not in your inventory and is better than checking inventory by inventory who has what to keep around. No method is perfect, but many like to see what they stole."
Meanwhile, me, with the mess in my inventory with all that I hoarded before getting all stolen.
I forgot for a few moments that she has the title of Tyrant. She must know about managing groups and resources... Hopefully, she is too daring and aggressive. I forget she has people under her that she must manage.
"Once we are done, we are building a base." I comment. Somewhere to store goods and make sure to make it visible.
After exploring the whole place and seeing out items, this is what we got:
8 Normal weapons and armor
6 Magic level
3 Mystic
10K Gold
10 Gems
1 Golden Medal
6 Precious Stones
10 Unidentified Scrolls
6 Unidentified Wands
6 Baskets of Assorted food
4 Boxes of Meat (5 counting the one Aurelia ate by herself)
4 Boxes of Greens