Alexander and Lulu went down and he saw that the inn is full and it seems lively. As he make his way he saw Candice talking to Kirk and the two boys are just rating their fill. "Ah~ its good to be young!" He expresses. Lulu giggles and apparently Candice and Kirk heard his voice and both of them suddenly shy away from each other. Alexander laugh and sit beside with the kids.
"What's the occasion sir Kirk? It seems that the inn is very lively tonight." He asked. After gulping the pint of beer "ah yes, it's actually old man Strom's birthday today thats why the Inn is full pack and lively." Kirk said. Alexander nodded as he observe that most of the visitors are either old rankers, Knights and some shop owner. "it seems that Strom is very famous around here." He commented "Yeah! The old man is actually one of the genius knight on his prime, his title is actually 'Blood Storm' Strom because every time he would go to arms, countless of lives will be reap and will cause a blodd storm." Kirk explained as he look up to the old man in admiration. "He also sometimes teach in the Knight's Academy as an honorable guest teacher so he has a lot of mentees as well here who came to celebrate just like me." He added.
Alexander nodded and drank a bit of ale and made his way to Strom "old man! Happy birthday! Here's my gift to you." He put a cloth sack on top of the table. As he put it on the table, Strom's eyes lit up but his face still calm as water and just nodded towards Alexander "thanks kid! Enjoy the party." He said and took the sack to his storage ring.
Storage ring is pretty common in this era but in the past, it was a peerless treasure. With the advancement in elemental techniques and runic designs, storage ring is now a common item that can be purchased by anyone as long as you have the money to pay for it, hence Alexander was not shock that Strom has one.
After socializing with the knights and other shop owners, Alexander decided to call it a night. He asked Candice to take care of the kids and made his way back to his room. Back to his room he saw that pot that failed has the failed batch. He let it be and open his Panel;
[Status] [Mission Board]
Name: Alexander F*cking Mcdowell
Age: 16
Occupation: Hall Merchant (59 days before Expiration)
Money: 54 Gold (20 days before deduction)
Power Level: (Yellow Ranker 5)
Strength: 395 Intelligence: 275
Charisma: 380 Wisdom: 283
Endurance: 314 Luck: 525
Agility: 318
Skills:
Hide(Mastery) Tracking(Mastery)
Appraise(Mastery) Apothecary (Intermediate)
Smithing(Beginner) Haggle(Intermediate)
Titles:
'The one reincarnated for the 100th time'
'Chosen of the Elements'
'Beast Farmer'
'Meat Merchant'
'Raging Demon'
'Sole Survivor'
[Status] [Mission Board]
Mission 1(Special): Create a new potion.
Reward: Body Tempering System
Mission 2(Special): Take in an Apprentice.
Reward: Will Tempering System
Mission 3(Weekly): Slay a Red Rank Beast
Reward: 5 Gold
Mission 4(Weekly): Sell 200 gold worth of your goods
Reward: Box of Mischief
Ongoing Quest:
- Create a new potion.
Reward: Body Tempering System
Alexander look at his panel and noticed that the daily missions are gone. "System why are the daily hunt mission was remove?" He asked. "Ding! Since host is now a Hall Merchant, the system is now generating a more appropriate daily mission that is fit to you lr occupation." Explain by the system. Alexander's eye lit up and smile. As he was contemplating on what missions would appear, Pixie suddenly came out "Master! The Ancient Vine Plant is bearing fruits please go to the secret realm and harvest it." Alexander smiles from ear to ear and immediately open a portal to the secret realm.
When he enters the secret realm, he immediately go the lake to check on the vine. After a few minutes of running, he arrived at the lake and saw the Ancient Vine plant bearing its fruits. Alexander walk towards the plant and was amaze on what he saw. "1.... 2.... 3.... Holy shit! 5 fruits! I'm a fricking tycoon! Haha!" He exclaimed and laugh like a mad man.
Normally an Ancient Vine Plant will only have one or two fruits maximum every hundred years but with the harvest that Alexander got, it exceeded his expectations. Suddenly the old man from the old wooden house approach Alexander "with the environment of the secret realm and with the abundance of elemental energy here, it was no surprise that the Vine Plant bore five fruits." The old man explained.
Alexander smiled ear to ear when he heard the explanation of the old man since if that is true then if he harvest some more special plants or tree then they may become more potent. "Also master, I would also like to inform you that the four beast who took shelter in the north, south, east and west are about to break through to beast warriors. It would be great if master would be in the secret realm when they break through."
Alexander nodded and thought the he really hit the jackpot today. Not only he got 5 ancient vine fruit but the 4 beast is also about to break through. With that he left the secret realm and hit the bed early.
Inside of a certain room a young woman and an old man was kneeling in front of a middle aged man. "father! We've just got the list that will appear on the auction that will be hosted by the merchant guild and one of the items listed was our clan's heirloom, the frostmoon tear drop. We need to get this back father!" Exclaimed by the young woman. If Alexander is here, he would be able to recognize the girl as she is Claire Moon and the old man is Monroe.
The middle-aged man nodded "inform all the remaining clan members to pool all of our remaining resources and we will join the auction." He instructed. Claire and Monroe saluted and get going. As they disappear from the shadow, a murderous glint can be seen on the Middle-aged man eyes.