Roaring Heroes Battle the Overlord (Ainz)

Chapter Ten : Entering Mistwood

After EeDeChi paid a 50-gold coin advance, the Adventurer's Guild acted as the notary and signed a contract with a magical seal, making Barrett EeDeChi's guide, responsible for leading her safely through Mistwood to Golden Sheaf.

The contract included an unbreakable spell. If Barrett were to tear up the contract or shirk his guiding duties, the 3rd Tier magic "Crimson Curse" would follow him for the rest of his life.

It was a sunny and bright morning in Montell. According to Barrett's supply list, EeDeChi and he went to the market and the weapon store run by the Adventurer's Guild to purchase supplies.

Since witnessing EeDeChi's formidable strength in defeating Wood, Barrett was very confident in her abilities.

It wasn't until noon, when they met as scheduled, that Barrett sadly discovered his orichalcum-level "elite" adventurer companion had been swindled into a fool by unscrupulous merchants.

"This glow-in-the-dark potion you bought..." Barrett picked up a finely crafted glass bottle shaped like an owl, filled with a deep blue potion.

He opened the bottle, pouring the potion into another transparent vial. The potion turned out to be a light blue, while the original ornate owl bottle remained deep blue.

"You've been conned! This glass bottle is just dyed deep blue; the glow-in-the-dark potion inside is cheap and light blue." Barrett shook his head, then picked up a bundle of steel wire and yanked it hard, causing the entire coil to fall apart.

"This twisted wire is fake, and this healing potion is green! It's obviously a fake. And this steel multi-blade dagger is magically coated steel, and this luminous stone, and this... and this... and this..."

As Barrett spoke, he threw EeDeChi's purchases out of the bag as if they were trash.

EeDeChi, carrying her oversized giant sword, crouched on the ground, her face flushed with embarrassment, and she buried her head in her arms, unable to lift it.

In reality, it wasn't entirely her fault. Although EeDeChi was an orichalcum-level High-tier adventurer, she had only been in this world for a little over two months.

In terms of slaying high-level monsters and enemies, she could indeed be considered orichalcum-level. But when it came to adventurer life experience, she was probably less knowledgeable than even the lowest copper-level adventurer.

Copper-level adventurers are native to this world, unlike EeDeChi, who was new here. Aside from understanding the language, she was unfamiliar with everything else.

Moreover, the merchants in Montell had similar Justice Values, or rather, all were equally low. EeDeChi couldn't distinguish which were honest traders and which were unscrupulous swindlers.

Barrett picked up a bottle of light yellow vitality potion and watched as the light yellow substance settled into a clump in the bottle, shaking his head in private.

He decided to teach this adventurer, who was one level higher than him, some basic knowledge: "People like you, who lack the ability to discern, should avoid buying things from Gyxiya's caravans. Eight out of ten Gyxiya are swindlers, and the other two are thieves or fortune-tellers. How to identify Gyxiya? Those caravans with a yellow seven-star emblem are Gyxiya. Of course, some Gyxiya won't display any emblem. In that case, you need to observe carefully. Look for high-carriages draped with crimson silk, or check if the seller has a northern City Alliance accent..."

Barrett spoke extensively, listing one point after another. He realized how rich his adventuring experience was and felt a surge of pride as he thought it would be nearly impossible to impart all this knowledge to EeDeChi in such a short time.