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Chapter 7: Unexpected Encounter
update icon Updated at 2023/6/19 17:42:43

Weaving through the dense crowd on the street, there were quite a few pedestrians.

Turning left out of the block and then turning right into an alley, it was obvious that there were fewer people in the alley compared to the main road.

Arriving at a two-story house not far away with vermilion roof tiles, there was a sign hanging outside with a picture of meat on it.

"Come on, let me show you inside."

The young girl pushed open the spring door and went in first, Xiaoming seemed a bit scared, and Han Mu could feel her grip on his clothes getting stronger.

"Don't be afraid, you have to get used to dealing with humans."

Han Mu spoke to Xiaoming before going in first, and Xiaoming hurriedly followed in after him.

Unlike what Han Mu had imagined, the restaurant the girl brought them to was quite crowded.

Although it wasn't dinner rush hour yet, there weren't many seats left.

It seemed that there were several tables of adventurers sitting inside. They were obviously different from people at other tables because their weapons were leaning against the table, and most of them wore light armor or leather armor.

"Auntie! We have no more wine!"

A middle-aged adventurer drank about 500ml of yellow beer in a huge glass cup and shouted loudly while shaking the glass.

The girl hurried over to him and took the wine glass.

"I know, Uncle Joe. You seem to be in a good mood today."

The adventurer called Uncle Joe laughed heartily, showing a mysterious expression and pretended to whisper.

"Today, I killed a few goblins passing by during a mission, and I picked up a whole two gold coins from their bodies!"

"Wow, that's amazing!"

"Haha, it is."

Han Mu listened and knew that Joe had indeed made a fortune.

The currency system in this world is ranked as rubies, gold coins, silver coins, copper coins, and inferior coins.

Rubies are calculated in carats and can be directly exchanged into gold coins. The exchange rate varies greatly from country to country. And since rubies are used for magic consumption materials, they are generally not available in the market and only nominally currency.

Gold coins are mostly used for large transactions, while silver coins, copper coins, and inferior coins are used in daily human transactions.

Although different countries use different gold coins, the standard weight of 1 ounce is generally adopted for the convenience of circulation.

Therefore, no matter which country's gold coins you hold, their values are generally equivalent, with a weight of 1 ounce.

In the Yeti-Tannien Kingdom, one gold coin is worth fifty silver coins, and there are no difficulties in exchanging them; no businesses refuse gold coins.

Of course, if you use counterfeit gold coins in transactions, the punishment is extremely severe once discovered by law enforcement.

The monthly income of an average city citizen in the Yeti-Tannien Kingdom is about three silver coins, which can be exchanged into 150 copper coins or 750 inferior coins.

Using the cost of living in Kovdale as an example, a regular dinner for one person costs about 4-5 inferior coins.

By the way, one inferior coin can buy one black bread.

So two gold coins can indeed be considered a huge sum of money, which would require an ordinary citizen to work for more than 30 months without eating or drinking to earn back.

"Elsa, you're back! Hurry up and help out; it's about to get busy."

The somewhat plump lady boss behind the bar called out to the girl.

"I know, I'm coming."

The girl's name turns out to be Elsa, and she didn't go back to the bar immediately but brought Han Mu and Xiaoming to an empty table in the corner of the restaurant.

The table was covered with a slightly yellow tablecloth, but it looked like it had been washed with care.

"You two sit down first, and I'll get you the menu."

"Elsa, where's my wine?"

"I know, Uncle Joe! Stop nagging me! Jeez."

Before Han Mu could reply, she took the empty wine glass and pulled the curtain into the kitchen.

"Brother Mu, what should we do now?"Xiaoming asked quietly.

"Let's try human cuisine. Wol said it's delicious after all," Han Mu smiled and said. Since they had already entered, it seemed that this was indeed a legitimate shop, so they might as well have a meal, especially since Xiaoming was hungry anyway.

Moreover, since he had come to this world, he hadn't eaten any proper food. The werewolf tribe's food was either meat or dried meat, hardly any vegetables or fruits, and without seasoning, just eaten as it was, so the taste was naturally unspeakable...

Soon Elsa returned, first giving the beer on the tray to Uncle Qiao, and when she came to them, there was just a menu and two drinks.

She placed the water in front of Han Mu and the milk in front of Xiaoming.

"Don't worry, this milk is a complimentary gift. Take a look and see what you'd like to order."

She handed the menu to Xiaoming, who immediately handed it to Han Mu.

Han Mu shook his head slightly, opened the menu and looked casually.

"One of these sets, another one of these ... and this one."

Elsa took down Han Mu's order, calculating the price in her heart, and frowned slightly.

"These two sets are a bit expensive, even at a 50% discount, they still cost 10 copper coins. How about changing to another set? I can recommend some cheaper ones for you."

Han Mu shook his head and refused directly.

"Thank you for your concern, but we are not as destitute as you think. Although not very rich, I do have that little bit of money."

"Alright, just remember if you can't pay, I'll grant you permission to help wash dishes in my house."

"Thank you, then."

"Okay, just wait, I'll let the restaurant prepare."

Elsa winked playfully at Xiaoming and returned to the kitchen.

"Brother Mu Mu, we don't have much money this time. Is it okay to use the tribe's money carelessly?"

"Little rascal, you're overthinking it. Just enjoy the meal, I'll pay for this one with my own money. Consider it a return favor for the dried meat you treated me to."

From the information obtained from Wol, at least the currency of this country circulated according to the specification, so the coins in his own backpack could be used.

Although it might be noticed by a very few people with ulterior motives that there was a strange currency, he probably wouldn't stay long, so it didn't matter.

At this point, a swordsman adventurer walked in, came to Uncle Qiao's table, and picked up the drink that Uncle Qiao hadn't even taken a sip of, gulping it all down.

Is every adventurer like this, able to drink a large 500ml glass of alcohol in one breath?

The man shook his glass, shouting toward the bar, "Ms. Boss, bring me another glass of beer, put it on Qiao's tab!"

Qiao seemed to know the man well and didn't mind him drinking his own beer. He even greeted him to sit down with him.

"Hey, you're still alive! Looks like 'Silver Hammer' must have made a fortune."

"Don't mention it," the large sword adventurer took his sword off and put it aside, looking exasperated.

Seeing his appearance, there seemed to be a story to be told. Qiao immediately teased him a little, "What happened? Share it with everybody for a laugh."

"There's nothing good to say."

"Lack, you scoundrel! You drank a full glass of my beer."

"One glass of beer is not enough to buy my information. At least one more glass."

"Fine! Ms. Boss, quickly bring up a glass of beer for our hero."

Another full glass of beer was placed on the table, this time he drank half of it in one go.

Finally satisfied, Lack placed his glass down, and with a slightly drunken face, he said through his stinky alcohol breath, "The mission this time was a failure."

"How could that be?"

"I'm not quite clear either. Originally, the situation was going smoothly, but all of a sudden, we were told to retreat. It seems that the werewolves were already nearly all killed."They spoke so loudly, chatting without regard for others. Even without deliberately eavesdropping, everything they said fell into Han Mu's ears.

Werewolves? The silver hammer must be referring to the leader of the werewolf clan.

Interesting, let's listen in.

Elsa held a large tray supported with both hands, filled with lots of dishes, which she placed on the table for Han Mu and Xiaoming.

The order mainly consisted of meat, considering werewolves do not like vegetarian food. However, there were also some complimentary vegetables – Han Mu would not be polite and help Xiaoming to solve them all.

The portions of the dishes were quite large and they smelled quite good.

The only question was how they tasted.

Seeing that Han Mu started eating first, the starving Xiaoming began eating immediately.

"Eat slowly."

Watching the two of them eat happily, Elsa seemed very satisfied. She let out a soft laugh and went to attend to other tables.

Although eating, Han Mu didn't let it affect his ability to listen to their conversation.

"Because the designated task item 'Silver Hammer' wasn't retrieved, the Adventurer's Guild does not recognize that the Silver Hammer had been destroyed. The bounty is gone. The guild even canceled this task and removed many related tasks. I don't know what's going on, I'll ask the familiar counter staff at the guild in a few days."

Upon hearing Rak's words, Joe seemed to have thought of something too.

"It seems that a powerful monster must have appeared."

"Huh? How do you know?"

"This is just a guess, but it's good enough that we survived. Let me toast to you, cheers for your survival."

"Yes, it's good to be alive, cheers. It's a pity that the 10 silver coins reward is gone."

At this time, two more people entered, and Han Mu saw two familiar faces.

The two of them looked around the room and saw that there were only two seats left. They randomly chose one, which happened to be a table near Han Mu, separated only by an aisle.

Han Mu lowered his head, and these two people were indeed the members of Platinum Adventure's Guild, the Free Cavaliers - Warrior Sius and Forest Priest O'Connor.

Although Han Mu had worn a mask when interacting with them that day, he didn't fear them. However, he did not want to cause trouble and signaled Xiaoming to eat quickly with his eyes.

The two of them ordered two glasses of beer and some snacks, then started drinking without talking much.

There was not much food left on Han Mu's table and they quickly finished.

Han Mu left a silver coin from the previous game on the table and left the restaurant with Xiaoming.

The silver coin was very delicate. One side had the goddess Venus from the previous game, and the other side had a moon.

Sius noticed Han Mu and Xiaoming and watched them leave all the way. Sius felt that Han Mu had a very familiar feeling.

O'Connor looked at Sius strangely.

"What's wrong, Sius?"

"Nothing, it must be an illusion."

Turning his head to look at the silver coin on the empty table, Sius frowned. This was a type of silver coin he had never seen before.

"Hey, hey, hey, you two, how can you take someone else's money for payment? That's really impolite."

Elsa noticed that Han Mu and Xiaoming had left without waiting for change, but she was too late to stop them. At the same time, she saw their silver coins in Sius' hand.

"I'm sorry, I feel that this silver coin has a strong connection with me. I like it very much."

Saying that, he took out two common silver coins from his coat pocket and handed them to Elsa.

"I bought this silver coin."