Gruer Town!
The ground was paved with large stone slabs, and the surrounding buildings were in a medieval European style.
Caelan asked for directions and arrived at the market.
A continuous stretch of stalls sold various items.
There were fruit stalls, daily necessities stalls, and vendors pushing carts selling goods.
Unlike the imagined bustling crowd, most of the stalls here had few customers.
Customers walked in twos and threes on the street, and the bored stall owners were chatting to pass the time.
Caelan walked around and found a merchant dozing on a pushcart.
After waking him, Caelan took out the beast tooth from his pocket.
The merchant, wearing glasses, examined the beast tooth for a while and then said to Caelan, "Oh, this is a Gray Wolf's tooth! If you think 1 silver coin is a fair price, you can sell it to me. Of course, you can sell it to other merchants too. But I don't think anyone will offer more than 1 silver coin!"
"1 silver coin!" Caelan was stunned.
This single tooth was actually worth 1 silver coin!
The merchant explained, "Gray Wolf teeth are needed when making evil-warding talismans!"
Caelan didn't know what an evil-warding talisman was, but he still sold the beast tooth.
Putting the 1 silver coin into his pocket, Caelan asked for the location of the blacksmith's shop and walked over.
Undoubtedly, he needed to buy a weapon and then go out to hunt monsters for money.
Not only was it to accumulate monster souls, but also to gather money to heal his left hand.
Moreover, becoming a Professional and learning skills also cost money, at least several silver coins!
Without money, even in another world, it would be difficult to move an inch.
Upon reaching the blacksmith's shop, Caelan exhaled softly and walked in.
Behind the shop's counter, a burly figure was observing a dagger.
Hearing Caelan enter, the burly figure put down the dagger and stepped out of the shadows.
As Caelan expected, the owner of the blacksmith's shop was a massive, burly man.
John, nearly 1.9 meters tall, was almost forty years old this year.
His arms were full of bulging muscles, and his face was also covered in tough flesh.
From a distance, he looked like a bear, very imposing.
His chin beard was messy, and combined with his bald head and small eyes, he could make a naked child cry.
"What do you want to buy?"
Old John's voice was like a brass bell, startling Caelan.
"I... I'll just look first!" Caelan swallowed and said cautiously.
Old John heard him and no longer paid attention to Caelan.
Caelan walked to the exhibition wall nearby and found that it was hung with various farm tools.
Of course, there were also weapons like daggers and short knives, but they were all short weapons.
The only long weapon was a longsword hanging at the very top!
The sword was 1.2 meters long, with a hilt of about twenty centimeters.
The blade, forged from fine steel, gleamed with cold light!
Caelan's eyes lit up, and he pointed at the longsword, asking, "How much is this?"
Old John glanced at Caelan.
Since his trench coat was lost in the battle, and his short-sleeved shirt was torn to wrap his left hand, Caelan looked very disheveled now.
"Fine steel longsword, priced at 15 silver coins, no bargaining!"
Caelan's eyes lost their light when he heard the price.
15 silver coins!
That was too expensive!
Caelan gave the weapon shop owner an apologetic smile and asked, "Then, what weapons in your shop are priced under 1 silver coin?"
Old John heard him, pointed at several wooden clubs on the ground, and gestured with his chin, "Iron weapons are at least several silver coins. These clubs, made from hundred-year-old wood, are 50 copper coins each!"
Looking at the large clubs, over a meter long, on the ground, Caelan grimaced.
The prices here were too high.
And what could these large clubs even do?
"Although they're not very useful against some powerful monsters, they can still kill a Slime!" Old John said when he saw Caelan's question.
"Slime? Where are the Slimes?" Caelan immediately perked up when he heard about Slimes.
The Goblins in the forest were too strong, and there were many of them.
Even with a fine steel longsword, Caelan felt there was a great danger.
Now that he heard about Slimes, of course, he would go bully Slimes.
Old John saw Caelan's excitement and poured a bucket of cold water on him.
"There are many Slimes on the prairie outside the town. But Slimes are not easy to deal with; one wrong move and you could be seriously injured!"
Then Old John told Caelan about Slimes.
Slimes are very common monsters on the prairie.
These creatures can be killed with a single hard smash of a wooden club.
He would buy the Slime skin for 1 copper coin per piece!
Don't think Slimes are easy to deal with, or they wouldn't be rampant on the prairie outside town.
Slimes can spray corrosive acid!
If you're accidentally hit, it's trouble.
If it gets on your hands or feet, it's manageable; apply some herbs, and you'll be fine after ten days to half a month of rest.
If it sprays on your face, it could very likely cause disfigurement!
Moreover, Slimes are social creatures; angering one will attract a whole group.
Ordinary people without armor wouldn't dare to provoke these things; if they encountered them, they would choose to walk around.
Slimes have an attack range of less than three meters, so farmers just need to be careful and keep their distance to avoid injury.
They pose some danger, but killing them only yields 1 copper coin.
Additionally, Slimes usually just eat dirt and grass on the prairie and rarely actively attack people.
So no one bothered these round, blob-like monsters living on the prairie.
Only during harvest season would the mayor find a way to entrust some low-level Mercenary Corps to deal with these crop-destroying Slimes.
After hearing Old John's words, Caelan fell into deep thought but ultimately decided to go to the prairie to level up by fighting Slimes.
After all, these were already the weakest monsters, killable with just one blow!
However, Caelan heard 'Mercenary Corps' from Old John, which greatly interested him.
"Excuse me, do Mercenary Corps refer to the Adventurers of the Adventurers' Guild?"
Yesterday, the Old Priest also mentioned that Professionals could join Mercenary Corps, which Caelan had forgotten to ask about at the time.
When it came to other worlds, Adventurers were naturally the most distinctive feature.
Adventurers, with various dreams, would slay monsters, earn gold coins, level up, and eventually fight the Demon King!
Currently, Caelan struggled even with Goblins, so he certainly wouldn't fight the Demon King.
But the Adventurers' Guild had many quests, both high and low difficulty!
Before going out to fight monsters, he would first check if there were any quests he could take.
However, to Caelan's disappointment, Old John's answer was that there was no Adventurers' Guild in this world, nor was there an Adventurer profession.
The only related thing was the Mercenary Corps.
Mercenary Corps accept commissions and then receive remuneration.
From their mode of operation, the meaning of Mercenary Corps was similar to Adventurers.
But in reality, the two were vastly different.
Firstly, a Mercenary Corps is a group organization; one must first become a Professional and pass the Mercenary Corps' assessment to join and take quests as a team.
Secondly, the remuneration for Mercenary Corps' quests is very high—after all, they have so many people to support.
Without a major issue, ordinary people wouldn't post commissions.
This was also why no Mercenary Corps would stay in Gruer Town.
Here, hardly anyone would post commissions; Mercenary Corps would starve here sooner or later!
Relatively speaking, Adventurers were a relatively unattached profession.
They came and went alone.
From slaying dragons and demons to clearing rats from sewers, they did it all!
They might lose their lives in some quest at any time.
But this did not affect others.
Except for friends, no one would care about an Adventurer's life or death.
Of course, Adventurers could also form Adventurer teams!
The meaning of an Adventurer team was similar to a Mercenary Corps.
But the problem was, because of the existence of Mercenary Corps, there was no Adventurers' Guild in this world, let alone Adventurers or Adventurer teams to deal with the Slimes on the prairie outside town and the Goblins in the forest!
Unless these Goblins multiplied to a scale where they could attack villages and towns, coming out to plunder food and women, threatening the safety of Gruer Town.
At that time, the mayor would send people with a commission to Valkam to pay a Mercenary Corps to solve the problem.
All in all!
Caelan's idea of becoming an Adventurer and earning money by taking quests was a bust.
But then he thought, since there was no Adventurers' Guild in this other world, he could open the first Adventurers' Guild.
Although he currently had no money and insufficient strength.
But with the Spirit Offering, he would have all these things.
Once the Adventurers' Guild was established, Caelan could lie back and earn money!
"It's decided, I'm going to open an Adventurers' Guild in another world!"