Everyone there was facing the source of the sound, a child-sized person coming out of the thick smoke that blocked the view. Seeing a small child coming out of the smoke, Gorr asked Lucas
"Hey there, is he your son?"
"Watch your language, you stupid Orc!" Hearing Gorr's words Arubus became annoyed
To prevent their quarrel Lucas introduced Arubus properly.
"He is Mr. Arubus, the most famous non-family merchant in the Rockandell continent"
"Non-family merchant?"
"Move aside Lucas I'll explain myself"
Arubus explained about the Non-family Merchants.
The Rockandell continent consists of several kingdoms. Imerta Kingdom, Karlz Kingdom, Askharban Kingdom and several other small kingdoms are part of the Rockandell continent. Merchants have an important role to sell goods from one place to another.
In general, merchants will form their families, work with the officials of a kingdom and gain their own authority. But there are some merchants who have extraordinary courage, and become non-family merchants. The most famous name of a non-family merchant is Arubus.
Non-family merchants have freedom and are not tied to any kingdom. However, they could not train bodyguards and it was difficult to build their own housing.
To guard them, non-family merchants would hire knights who were scattered throughout the kingdom. While Arubus was explaining, the Dark Owls who felt defeated decided to retreat.
"Dark owls won't stop until they get what they want, get ready you orc our elite warriors will hunt you down"
In an instant a teleportation skill was used by the Mage of the Dark Owl. Seeing a teleportation before his eyes, Gorr held the necklace left by his parents.
Arubus watched Gorr's necklace carefully, without realizing that Arubus' face was right in front of Gorr's necklace.
"This necklace, this is a teleportation necklace. This thing is very expensive because it has the best mana storage material, can I see it for a while?"
"Why don't you run and take it with you?"
"Calm down, I am a merchant with a good morality."
Gorr gave the necklace to Arubus, Arubus looked at the necklace carefully. Lucas came and asked Arubus about Gorr's necklace.
"Is there anything interesting Mr. Arubus?"
"Hmmmmm... Yeeeahh this necklace...."
Aulus frowned as he continued to scrutinize Gorr's necklace. Until he finally managed to realize something
"AHHHH of course, this thing must have been made by that person"
Gorr and Lucas wondered who Arubus was referring to. But in the midst of their confusion Patrick and Ragnar decided to escape from that place. Patrick used the emergency blaster he had. Before taking off, Ragnar shouted
"I won't give up Julia, I'll come back"
"That bastard Valskar, doesn't he ever learn?"
Gorr took his necklace back from Arubus' hand. While putting the necklace back on Gorr asked.
"So what do you know about this necklace?"
"Well, a necklace with such complex abilities can only be made by one person."
"Who?"
"The greatest inventor and weapons maker ever."
Little by little, the questions Gorr had about the outside world were answered. Although the answers left Gorr with new questions.
Arubus began to enter the village, the villagers warmly welcomed Arubus' arrival. When he stepped into the village, how surprised he was after seeing a pile of jatyr wood in Ursu village.
"Wow Jatyr wood where did you find it? The old man will be happy if I bring this to him"
"Gorr brought this wood, we don't know how he found it"
Arubus turned to Gorr, he really wanted to take Gorr away with him. Gorr, who was curious about the casual attitude of Lucas and Arubus when he met him, began to ask Lucas
"Why aren't you surprised when you see me? I'm an Orc "
"We have met many races, the residents of a small village like Ursu might be surprised. But in big cities the appearance of races other than humans is not unusual."
Arubus and Lucas had finished buying the items they needed. Medicinal plants, Tigress skin and Jatyr Wood were the items they bought. Not forgetting Julia's Grandpa offered Skarr to them.
Hearing that they had caught a fugitive, Arubus turned to Gorr. Inside a room Skarr was being held captive with his face destroyed by the blows he received. Seeing Arubus who was very excited Gorr asked him
"What's wrong with you, do criminals like him can be sold?"
"You really don't know anything huh? Wait a minute, I'll show you something."
Arubus hurried to his carriage, looking for something. Gorr was curious about what Arubus would show him.
Arubus had found the item he was looking for, he ran towards Gorr with a sheet of paper. Gorr looked at the contents of the paper, there was a picture of Skarr and there were numbers written below.
"Wow, you humans can draw human faces this well? Cool."
"It's a wanted poster, due to the war situation the soldiers mostly went to the battlefield. As a result, crime is rampant. The government spreads wanted posters so that there are people who will catch criminals and reduce the number of criminals in their kingdom."
"And the number below it?"
"That's the reward you get if you catch him."
Julia's grandfather and Arubus made a deal over the head of Skarr. After the deal was done Arubus gave them furniture and money in exchange for what they sold.
The transaction has been completed now Arubus is preparing to leave Ursu Village, before leaving Arubus makes an offer to Gorr.
"Hey you Orc, will you go with me? I'll take you to a great place."
An amazing offer, following the most famous non-family merchant would definitely increase Gorr's reputation. But Gorr could not simply leave the Ursu village that had accepted him.
"I'll go with you if you can make sure this village is safe until no Merchant comes here"
The villagers looked touched by Gorr's answer, he was still thinking about their safety amidst the reputation he could gain.
"Is that your only requirement?"
"Yes, of course that's all"
"Alright, I can fulfill it"
Gorr was surprised by Arubus' words, he guaranteed the safety of Ursu Village like it was not a heavy thing. The decision has been made, Gorr will follow Arubus from now on.
Seeing Gorr about to leave Ursu Village, Julia looked both happy and sad. She approached Gorr to say goodbye.
"Is this our goodbye?"
"I guess so, sooner or later I have to leave Ursu Village to continue my journey. Following someone like this runt will be worth it."
"You're right."
Julia gave Gorr a cloak that she got from someone who saved her years ago. When Gorr came and saved her village, Julia remembered that person and repaired the cloak.
"I'll give you this, the person who saved me used to wear this."
Gorr put on the cloak. A Tigress fur motif perfectly blended with Gorr's burly body.
"This is amazing, it fits me perfectly."
Seeing Gorr wearing the robe, Arubus looked very happy. Like he was seeing someone from the past again. In the middle of his reverie, Lucas approached Arubus.
"What's wrong with your face?"
"It's okay, I just remembered an old friend"
Gorr said goodbye to all the villagers, they all hurried to leave. But when Gorr was about to get into the carriage Arubus stopped him
"Woa Woa Woa, what are you doing stupid?"
"Of course get on, I want to get in there too"
"This train is designed for humans, just walk away you idiot"
Annoyed, Gorr got off and walked, the villagers escorted them away. When they were quite far from the village, Gorr asked Arubus.
"Hey are you sure the village will be okay?"
"Calm down don't underestimate me, if I say they will be fine then that means they will be fine."
On their way out of the Ursu village area, a shadowy figure stared at them from the forest.
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