After separating from my group, I went to solve my shipping problems, it turned out not to be as difficult to send the eggs as I expected, one of the examiners approached me first and helped me to send the eggs in a discreet way, the box said bodies and eyes of storm owls' fragile products, handle with care.
It seems that they can be used as substitute ingredients for the normal ingredients in certain health potions I was surprised by this because as far as I knew before they only have properties for rare strengthening or night vision potions. I never research too much about potions besides the more common ones because I always remembered my mother's advice, never trust products created by alchemy.
Of the many products on the market that can have harmful effects in common situations, the most common is the common side effect of potions and the second is the negative effects of concoctions created by the consumption of several different potions. After a person drinks a potion and its effects come and go, a good part of the potion and its ingredients can be left behind, this waste takes time to be expelled from the body and it can be reactivated when another potion enters the person's digestive system.
This accumulation of toxins can lead someone to have many problems and the most serious one is death. This is the main reason I avoid using any potions, most of the medications I use are not absorbed directly into my body but are applied outside my body for sternum use like ointments and oils.
I should learn more about these products, but it's hard to take the time, especially now. I spent the rest of my time replenishing my groceries and preparing a few more tools and items for the trip, the shop available at the camp has undergone a nice upgrade, the variety of products has increased a lot.
But she now charges points or materials to buy items or rent them. I don't have a problem with that as I have a lot of points, so I made a lot of preparations for these quests.
I feel much more comfortable after making a lot of explosives, it can be considered intellectual property theft, but I made my explosives in the form of bombs instead of simple plates that serve as a mine, I thought that this way it would be easier to use the explosives.
Planting a large or medium sized package instead of a wide slab on the ground is more effective in my opinion, it took you enough time to make an arrangement in different three dimensions, but the explosive power of these bombs will surprise everyone who sees them. detonating. I put some ingredients and elemental energy inside the empty bomb space to increase the explosive power of the bombs.
After preparing everything I went to sleep to rest because even before the sun rose, I was already with my team in front of the matrix for us to teleport to the eastern region of the kingdom. This time we're going to have a long way to go as our final destination is on the edge of the realm.
Leaving the hidden military building we faced one of the main cities in the eastern part of the kingdom, the weather here is much warmer than the north and south region. This isn't exactly a suppression since if the weather here hadn't been warmer a small desert and savannah wouldn't have formed in the region.
"Are we going to make our way to the location of the first mission?"
"No, we have to find some mount to use, without the help of magical beasts to speed up our journey we will waste a lot of time. It would be nice to have level two magic beasts but arranging five of them might be a bit difficult, better split up and look for good mounts for us to use."
"It might not be that big a building, there's a family in this town that I know and they can help us."
Everyone looked at Zephyrus with surprise, my surprise only disappears when I remember that he came from this area of the kingdom, his house shouldn't be that far from here.
"I had forgotten about it before, but your family is from the east, isn't it? An ally or acquaintance who resides in this city?"
"Ally, as far as I remember, is a family focused on exporting and importing to the neighboring kingdom. They don't have great political or military power, but they do have a good trade network that provides good wealth for their family and allows them to buy allies like my family for the protection that comes with friendship with strong families. "
"Well, you go there to see if we can get some mounts and maybe even a lead on the smugglers, as they work in commerce they must know or have some information about their competitors who break the law."
After we parted, I felt like I was being watched by a weak and inexperienced warrior. She was pretty bad to the point that her observational skills get to be annoying to be the target, and like an annoying mosquito that buzzes in her ear.
I stop by some stables to find some mounts in case Zephyrus can't get help from the merchant family I now remember forgetting to ask for the name. This was really a mistake if I knew the name, I could go find it now to see how the coals are doing.
My idiot shadow tried to talk cumin but she ended up backing down instead of advancing the final distance and talking directly to me, the girl is too shy or she has no confidence in her mission. Of course, she was sent to deliver some sort of message or invitation to me, which in itself is a big surprise I should be completely unknown in this part of the kingdom.
Tired of having that annoying mosquito buzzing around me I ambush her when I go out of her sight, a good scare and a nice revenge.
"Are you going to keep following me doing nothing or are you going to tell me why you guys are following me?"
When she realized I was behind her she gave a very cute scream and I covered her red face with one of my hands and took a few steps back to get away from me.
"So?"
"I'm sorry but I have a message to give you, I'm really sorry I caused problems and that I didn't know if I should give the message to you or another member of your team, I was just designed to deliver that message to your team leader, is that you?"
"Don't worry too much, I can get this message."
When she took a piece of paper out of her pocket, I became alert, but my attention is not only focused on the girl and the paper, but wrapped around to see if another observer uses her as a distraction so he could attack me, but as far as I can see it doesn't there was a remotely strong nobody near the two of us.
I got the message and as I ripped the seal, I felt a speck of mana being released from the seal, obviously it can't hurt me anymore and now I'm absolutely sure the person who sent this card knows I opened it.
Its content was very straightforward, an address and an appointment, luckily, it's not a night meeting but before lunch, at most we'll lose a couple hours of travel, not a very high cost, but if we were called without even a good one reason, I'm going to spank the person who arranged this meeting.
"You can leave now."
"Thank you, have a good day."
After getting rid of the annoying messenger, I made my way to where I had set out to meet my friends and as time went by, they arrived and by the smile on their face I think nobody had a problem in town.
"Will they be able to find some magical beasts for us to use?"
"I found two, two good quality steeds great for carrying heavy passengers."
"I found one, it was a desert lizard, it looks like it's a popular mount for crossing the desert, it has a very good resistance to desert heat and drinks little water."
"I found one too like Alice, a dark lizard.
"Well, let's just wait for Zephyr to come back and we're seeing whether or not we're going to rent these mounts. Didn't you even get a message while looking for mounts?"
The three women looked at me as if I had spoken nonsense.
"Why would we get any messages here and now?"
"Well why hasn't been revealed yet, but I've received an invitation to meet someone at an inn near here, it's still a long time before the appointment. So, when Zephyrus comes back, we'll go to this bar, you'll spread out around the bar and exits while I wait in the center of the bar openly."
"I don't think anyone would attack us in the middle of town but never be careful and a bad move. They will understand."
"Yes, but you know who contacted you."
"No Gloria, I only know that a mage, sends mana on the letter's seal that should let you know that the letter has been opened. Not even a clue as to the identity of this person anymore."
Our conversation was interrupted when Zephyr appeared accompanied by an unknown warrior and wizard. They must be part of the family he went to visit.