Chapter 17

Shien wandered around the Lamigion until the evening.

Thanks to this, Shien learned many things.

For example, in this world, the common currency was gold, silver, and copper coins. It was no different from other worlds that used swords and magic.

The purchasing power of a copper coin was just enough to buy an apple. A hundred copper coins were equivalent to a silver coin, a hundred silver coins were equivalent to a gold coin, and a gold coin was equivalent to ten thousand copper coins.

Hence, a gold coin was enough to support an ordinary family of three for a whole month, and even have more to spare.

Of course, for an ordinary family, having a gold coin was already good enough. However, it was not necessarily the case for adventurers and nobles.

That was because in this world, ordinary items might not be worth much, but items related to magic were extremely expensive.

For example, in this world, unlike potions that required time to take effect and did not have obvious effects, there were magical potions that could take effect immediately, and their effects were as varied and magical as magic.

Shien went to a magic potion shop and found that even the cheapest Health Potion cost three gold coins, while Mana Potion cost more than five gold coins. They were extremely expensive.

However, with this kind of potion, one's injuries and mana would recover at a speed visible to the naked eye. The effects were extremely obvious.

Hence, in an emergency situation, having a bottle of potion was equivalent to having an extra life.

Only those with the [Harmonization] skill could make magic potions, so the price of magic potions was naturally not low.

Apart from magic potions, there were also items with magical effects in this world.

Even if one did not know how to use magic, as long as one had the magic item, one could use the enchantment in the item. Only those with the [Crafting] skill could make such items, so they were also very expensive.

Of course, if there were magic items, there would also be magic weapons.

As the name suggested, they were weapons that could be used to release spells and other magical effects that were beneficial to battle. Like magic items, they were weapons that could be used by anyone, but they were much more expensive than ordinary magic items, and only those with the [Forging] skill could make them.

Such magic items could be said to be a special feature of this world, and Shien was dazzled by them.

Moreover, magic potions, magic items, and magic weapons all required a precious mineral called 'magic crystal' as a material. This was also one of the reasons why they were so expensive.

Magic crystals were minerals that contained mana, and only appeared in rare high-grade mines. They were essential for making magic potions, magic items, and magic weapons. They could also be used to replenish mana, and were also used as a resource for mana consumption. Therefore, they were strategic resources that all factions and countries had been developing and coveting.

Sean learned about all kinds of knowledge about this world through the introduction of various shops, and had a preliminary understanding of this world.

Therefore, in order to survive in this different world smoothly, Sean felt that he also needed to make a good plan for his livelihood.

Unfortunately, Shien had just logged into the Adventurers Guild as a temporary adventurer today, and the adventure activities would only officially start tomorrow. Currently, he could only think of a way to survive.

Fortunately, before Shien left the forest, he had disintegrated the horned monsters. Although he had hurriedly subdued a Gryphon and left the forest, he had brought some items with him.

For example, the animal skin used to wrap the Holy Sword. Because it was very tough, it was not like ordinary animal skins that would break upon contact with the blade of the Holy Sword. It was also good for keeping out the cold at night, so Shien had brought it with him.

After being identified by some of the shopkeepers, this piece of beast skin was determined to be the skin of a beast called the Fallen Scaled Beast. It was extremely tough.

This kind of monster was known as the toughest monster under level-50. Although it did not have extraordinary strength, if one wanted to subdue it, they would need to use high-grade magic or very high-performance magic weapons to break its defense.

Due to its defense, the animal skin of the Fallen Scaled Beast could be used to make armor. It was sought after by many adventurers and even nobles. The eyes of the shop owners who recognized this animal skin also shone. In order to buy it, they even offered 80 gold coins.

Shien did not mind selling it.

After all, this was a so-called extremely tough monster. Back then, Shien had only needed to use the Holy Sword to chop off its head, and the animal skin had also been cut off without much effort. Shien did not particularly cherish it.

But now, this animal skin was the only thing on Shien's hand that could barely wrap the Holy Sword. Shien still needed to use it, so naturally, he could not casually sell it.

What Shien sold was not the animal skin that was used to wrap the Holy Sword, but the horn of the group of single-horned monsters that he still had on him.

According to the shop owner, this was the horn of a Thorned Horn monster that reached level-30 at adulthood.

This kind of monster's horn could be used to make magic antidotes, and it could also be used to make daggers. However, Thorned Horns were monsters that lived in groups, and it was very difficult to subdue a lone Thorned Horn monster. This kind of horn was considered a relatively rare material.

The shop owner had been sighing at Shien's good luck, actually encountering a lone Thorned Horn monster. This made Shien very embarrassed to tell the shop owner that he had not subdued a lone Thorned Horn monster, but had slaughtered the entire group.

In the end, the horn was sold for 2 gold coins, so that Shien was no longer penniless.

After obtaining his first bucket of gold in the other world, Sean immediately bought some clothes and changed out of his clothes that had almost become strips of cloth. He then successfully found an inn and checked in at the price of one silver coin a day.

After 10 days, Shien could finally live in a place that humans should live in.

After checking in, the first thing Shien did was to take a bath.

In the forest, Shien had only bathed in a river a few times, and there were monsters in that river.

…

Night fell just like that.

"How comfortable."

After taking a bath, Shien lay on the bed, his body still covered in moisture. His face was full of energy, and one look was enough to tell how comfortable he was.

"Ahh, I feel like all the troubles of the day have disappeared. As expected, I am more suited to this kind of peaceful life."

Just as Shien was expressing his emotions, he heard a laugh.

"You're the first hero to say that."

As this voice sounded, the world began to change.

Then, before Shien could react, he had already gotten up from the bed and stood on the ground. The room in the inn seemed to have been replaced, turning into a temple.

In the center of the temple, in front of Shien, a familiar beautiful figure came into view.

"Goddess!?"

Shien's eyes widened.

Yes.

Shien once again returned to the temple where he was summoned.