While trading yesterday I had went up 2 levels and with two titles I had quite the stat boost

  I thought about stat distribution but I decided to delay that because I did not

  Know what I needed

  Current funds: 1 gold 7 silver 52 coppers

  I was now at a crossroad my food stall was making a decent income and I started adding new

  Types of dishes on the other hand my specialized merchant class shine bests when trading long

  Distances and trade even if it had risks could make more profits

  The city I started in was called Udan. It was a capital of a small principality and had port to

  The west

  Talking to people around the city and to merchants several things became clear to me

  The region around the city had a cold climate so not every food type could be grown here

  Things like rye and wheat are the stable food fruits and wines are considered luxury goods

  Here which I could see in the market rates on the other hand whisky and gin are cheap and

  Abundant

  I knew that I could not go on a long journey

  I simply did not have the funds to make it profitable

  All I could do is go to nearby towns and trade between them and the city

  Short and not very profitable but all I had

  Going to the markets

  Gin (93%) 1 silver 39 coppers

  Whisky (98%) 98 coppers

  I decided to invest in gin even if it costs more

  Thanks to my fame and charm haggling managed to lower the price to 91%

  And got 12 bottles of gin for 1 gold 6 silvers and 38 coppers which left me with 1 silver and

  14 coppers

  My plan was simple buy gin from the city and sell it to the villages and buy grain from the

  Villages and sell it in the city

  The closest village should be half an hour to the west. so i better get going

  As I walked away from the city less

  And less players were seen and soon I was the only on the roads

  The way was relatively safe sense it’s a small distance from the city

  Though I did notice couple monsters but they were a good distance from the road that I

  Didn’t worry and I made it to the village safely

  The village of Helde was small and it didn’t have many buildings I headed to the trader to

  Check the

  Current rates

  Gin (97%)

  Though it was abundant and there was a good supply of gin it was not produced locally

  The village didn’t have a brewery like the city so they have to buy it from the city

  After several attempts at haggling I managed to raise the price to 98%

  And sold my gin for 1 gold 7 silver and 64 coppers

  And that translates into 1 silver and 26 coppers of profit and some exp

  Next is to buy wheat and take it back to the city

  Wheat (86%) 4 coppers

  I managed to buy it for 85%

  I got 469 units of wheat and was left with two coppers

  The journey back took more time because I had to rest when my stamina was depleted

  Thankfully I didn’t get attacked and I decided to put all my stats in agility to raise my speed

  And stamina a bit even with that it took me fifty minutes but I finally got back to Udan

  The rates for wheat were 93% but I managed to raise it to 95%

  So I ended up with 2 gold 2 silver and 29 coppers

  I took a different gate and headed towards a different village sense I needed to find the best

  Route and to didn't want to raise the rates in the villages but mostly for safety

  The next village had favorable rates as well and I made 3 silver and 34 coppers with my gin

  However the trader here was different

  -I heard Tomoe had a good harvest this year

  -oh where is this Tomoe

  -oh are you interested its five miles east from here but the road is a bit too dangerous for

  You

  -I see thank you for telling me

  So npc’s could give valuable information like these

  I decided to skip the dangerous route and go back to the city

  This time I was very nervous some players had saw me walk away alone and they might

  Follow or try to ambush me on my way back so I didn’t go over weight and didn’t buy much

  And I was right to do so

  As I walked from behind the trees the two players from before were engaging a three

  Horned deer one of them noticed me and started pointing at me while talking to his friend

  This was my queue to leave as I started running away one of them in light armor disengaged

  And started running after me while his heavy armored friend kept fighting the deer

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  He was gaining at me at first but after I used my escape skill he stopped and just gawked at

  My speed

  As soon as he stopped targeting me my speed fell down to normal but he had already given

  Up and returned to his friend who was having a hard time fighting alone

  My first encounter with robbers has went better than I could hope for

  *****

  Back in Udan every one was speaking about the dungeon that was discovered recently it

  Was a cave 2 miles south east of the city checking the market rates it seemed everyone

  And there mother was getting supplies and rushing off

  I seen some merchants buying food and potions and heading in the same direction as most

  Of the players probably to set shops at the entrance

  Not a bad Idea except that everyone had it at the same time so I don’t thing I can hop in

  And it seems the prices managed

  To stay as high as ever

  Lesser health potion (187%)

  Lesser mana potion (158%)

  Weak health potion (213%)

  Weak mana potion  (163%)

  Intermediate health potion (123%)

  I have noticed that the prices rose in the nearby towns that I visited

  It seems that they as well bought potions from the alchemists of Udan

  So there wasn’t a huge difference in market rates

  and it seems someone was stockpiling Intermediate health potions for when the demand rises

  None of the villages I visited had much production beside foodstuff so they relied on the city

  Of Udan for most of the things they need except for food

  I decided to avoid most of the players by going north

  I still needed information on the nearby villages and what they produced before choosing

  The best routes

  40 minutes later I reached the first village

  Ding

  *you have discovered the village of Zama

  Zama a small settlement built three generations ago by Shepherds from Udan

  Fame +100

  So I am the first to go this far north. Talking to the villagers I found out the next village is at

  Least half a day to the north and from what I could see this village lived on raising sheep’s

  And that was shown on the market prices

  Wool (83%) 41 coppers

  Lard (87%) 1 silver 74 coppers

  Lamb meat (91%) 2 silver 73 coppers

  They all had favorable rates wool was the cheapest and had the lowest rate then again I

  Could afford to reach my weight cap with lard lamb meat was a bit too expensive and too

  Heavy so I bought all the lard I could get and one piece of wool and one piece of lamb meat

  To see how much I could get for them

  I managed to get 14 pieces of lard one slice of lamb meat and a small bag of wool and was

  Left with 14 coppers I spent 10 to get some rye bread and headed back to the city

  It took me an hour to get back to the city taking a few detours to avoid both players and

  Monsters

  Lard fetched a whopping 2 silvers and 16 coppers (106%)

  Wool for (97%) and lamb meat for (118%)

  This time I didn’t sell my goods and went to the eastern gate towards the first village I visited

  Today

  When I came to Helde earlier today I didn’t see any animals so they should pay more

  And I was right

  Lard (132%)

  Wool (119%)

  Lamb meat (143%)

  I expected a rise in price but not this much

  Oh I didn’t complain and sold my goods and holly molly I made 4 gold coins 1 silver and 84

  More than one gold of profit and enough exp to reach the next level

  Coppers this is the route that I should use

  Zama to Helde

  And if I can get a good price for goods from Helde in Zama then this route should be very

  Efficient time wise

  I fell in the trance for several hours

  From Zama to helde back and forth

  Some people tried to rob me but no one was as fast as I was giving danger my back

  After all two thirds of courage is running away

  -I hate walking

  -I hate monsters

  -and I hate other people with a passion

  When I woke up from my trance I had gained 5 extra levels and had 15 gold coins and

  2 silver and 30 coppers

  I could now buy a mule and a carriage but I think that will mark me as a piggy bag for others

  To smash

  But nevertheless I am starting to think it’s time to move into grander project