Lies after lies.

"I'm just saying that you are making too much fuss about it. I'll let you slain the other one, alright mate?" She overheard some man's voice.

"I'm back," Anna said and tried to squirm her way out of that ginger's arms.

He halted and carefully assisted her to get on her feet.

*I'm sorry I forced you to go, but at least you filled your stomach with something tasty.* Tameka sighed and stopped a few steps before them all, holding the map open.

"Yeah, the meal was actually really decent, it's a pity I had to run away like that. But he was fucking unbearable. So, where are we?" Anna asked her and stepped closer to her. Tameka pointed at the map and then somewhere in the distance.

Anna saw the top of the mill between golden fields of grain and thin smoke rising from the farm chimneys.

"Oh you were faster than I expected," Anna laughed and looked back at the knights, sweating heavily.

Both knights exchanged confused looks, as neither of them really understood what the weird monolog meant.

"Yeah, she rushed us," One of them complained "We can still accompany you to the farm, we will probably stay there for a few hours to regenerate,"

"Do as you like," she said and turned to Tameka again "It was over two hours already, right?"

*Yes. Their second payment was just about 10 minutes ago. They babbled the whole time, I'm fucking tired of them, let's continue just the two of us.*

With a laugh, Anna walked over to the two knights and generously presented them each with 120 gold coins.

"Thank you for your time, but we are good now. We will be slow; I have to harvest everything I can lay my hands on to financially recover from this. Take care you two, see you around," There was no space left for discussion.

"How was the journey, aren't you tired?" She then asked, as she turned back to Tameka and turned on her inner sight, to be able to harvest plants easier.

*They actually carried me too for over an hour, when we crossed the hills.* Tameka replied and followed that nearly blind Herbalist.

"They did? They seem ruthless with all that armor and weapons, but they are actually such gentlemens," Anna laughed and bent down to harvest a clump of tiny rare bluebells.

"Eghh, sorry to bother you again, but can I get to know your name? We would also love to buy some healing shit, the one you gave us earlier was top notch," A voice rezoned behind her back, however, as she turned around, she found no one present.

"I can't see you, where are you?" She asked because she didn't want to switch her inner sight back and forth.

"Right here. I'm Abhay Chauhan and that ginger over there is Rihn. You are?" The voice responded a bit from the left.

*He is right here.* Tameka said and squeezed something quite high in the air, so Anna fixed her eyes to that spot.

"I'm Anna and my friend's name is Tameka," She chuckled "What about meeting us at the farm? I have to harvest and process it first, so it would be for the best if we could just meet there,"

"Okay then, it's settled. You - you might let go of my cheeks now, we are going to go ahead," He said with a strangely muffled voice.

*His face is super funny right now, you should see him.* Tameka said, but let go of him and stepped back to Anna's side.

Anna laughed "It's rude to touch a face of another without getting permission first,"

*Shut up and work, we are on a mission, do you remember?* Tameka laughed, with a vain undertone hidden in her voice.

Anna bent down again and plugged out some plants with white chunky roots, slowly getting closer and closer to the farm.

"I can see few legendary flowers behind the farm. Let's sell what I collected on the way and quickly continue," Anna said and turned off her inner sight to avoid others.

It was crowded here. There were two large, injured groups just getting back from fighting a boss together, plus many individuals trying to finish quests.

"Hey las," Someone stopped Tameka right after they entered the peaceful zone. "I talked to that boy over there, he said you are able to form blessings that advanced, would you bless my sword too?"

Noble Knight ~ Player ~ 91% HP

He was cute, but boring.

*200 gold.* Tameka turned her head to Anna, to pass her message.

"The price is 200 gold. In advance" She said to him.

"Can she do it for 150?" He asked and glanced at the huge blessed sword Abhay Chauhan

had striped on his back.

*Tell him it's 230 now.* Tameka smiled.

"She insists on 230," Anna said and lowered her voice, facing Tameka "This is not how bargain works, you are supposed to meet him in the middle -"

*He can afford it. Tell him I hate to waste my time. 250 or he can fuck off.*

"Please don't talk," Anna stopped him before he could dig his own grave "She will do it only for 250 gold. So don't waste our time and fuck off, if you are unable to afford it,"

He remained silent and just handed 250 gold to Tameka. His ego was pushed aside by his desire for an even greater weapon than that guy had.

The priestess put the sword down on the ground, closed her eyes, opened her mouth and uttered long formula in a low, ringing voice. The sword glowed a bit and raised few centimeters up the air, before it fell back on the ground.

[You unlocked BLESSED NOBLE KNIGHT'S SWORD with passive ability LIFESTEALER. +100 strength, +80 accuracy, +2% HP stolen from target with each hit]

Blessed Noble Knight's sword +100 strength, +80 accuracy, +2% HP stolen from target with each hit

"That's fucking awesome, thank you so much!" His face lit up and he lifted his weapon from the ground, running back to his guild mates.

"I'll have to go to have some sleep, I'll make some ointments quickly and leave it to you," Anna smiled at her and sat to the side to process the flowers and herbs.

There were two more people approaching Tameka to get their tools blessed, but neither tried to bargain and they just paid the price. They were much further into the map, there was better loot to find and everyone took the game more seriously than around Odense. 

Anna finished her work, hung a few herbs on the carrier and since she didn't need to regenerate her health, she just curled beside one wall and left the rest to Tameka.

*Have a good rest, I'll wait for you.* Tameka smiled and sat right to her legs, resembling a cat wanting to cuddle but not to look so demanding.

[Stamina is now recharging. 1:42 to full recovery]