The fourth year before the New Calendar.
"Mid-Wind Moon," May 30th.
Following the flow of people, Nolan walked along the main road. The flagstone path had become somewhat sunken in places, likely due to the large number of people walking on it.
However, the entire ground was still very clean, with only faint traces of moss in the crevices along the very edges of the street.
The surrounding, well-arranged building complexes were predominantly light-colored, with dark-colored European-style roofs.
As Nolan walked down the street, observing his surroundings, he headed towards the Adventurer's Guild in E-Rantel.
He needed to find a place to rest properly first.
He had left the Royal Capital on May 17th, and by now, thirteen days had been spent on the road.
Leveling up had to be put on the agenda as soon as possible.
The Great Forest of Tob and the Katze Plains, both near E-Rantel, were the two important leveling locations in his opinion.
Nolan planned to head to the Great Forest of Tob first.
Not only because the forest contained a large number of beasts and monsters, but also because the undead creatures of the Katze Plains could not be effectively harmed by his current methods.
Therefore!
Nolan needed to prepare some supplies for himself, and for this, he had to thank the "Stone" team for teaching him some wilderness survival skills.
He wasn't going to the Adventurer's Guild now, but to a hotel near the Adventurer's Guild. It was said that these hotels were industries that had sprung up alongside the Adventurer's Guild.
Some high-level adventurer teams didn't even need to pay when staying in these hotels.
He had walked for more than ten consecutive days.
In his previous life, Nolan felt that even if his legs weren't completely crippled, they would be close to it.
But now.
After all this walking, Nolan felt nothing but a bit of fatigue; he didn't even have blisters on his feet.
This situation made Nolan suspect that leveling up was probably not just about increasing strength, but also about a significant strengthening of his physical constitution.
Nolan untied the water skin from his waist and took a sip of water. After passing a few blocks, he found a small hotel across the street from the Adventurer's Guild.
This type of hotel offered two kinds of rooms.
One was a multi-person room, which could accommodate 4-6 people, at one copper coin per person per day.
The other was a two-person room, at five copper coins per person per day.
This type of hotel was clearly provided for adventurer teams, and indeed it was, as local commoners wouldn't stay in hotels, unlike adventurers and foreign merchant caravans.
Nolan naturally wouldn't stay in a multi-person room, so he simply booked a two-person room for himself. After considering the time needed to prepare supplies, he booked it for two days, costing him 20 copper coins.
That was the price of one silver coin and seven copper coins.
Click!
Pushing open the wooden brown door, the somewhat old hinges let out a grating creak.
Nolan stepped inside, casually closed the door, and his gaze swept across the entire room.
The room wasn't large, only about eleven or twelve square meters. In the center of the room were two wooden beds, with a simple nightstand between them.
As for the rest of the space, there was no other furniture, making it look very simple. The only thing that comforted Nolan was that this room came with an private toilet.
Overall, this Another World was at a medieval level, but due to the existence of magic, it couldn't be entirely treated as medieval.
For example!
Whether in the Royal Capital or on the main streets of E-Rantel, there were things similar to streetlights.
Of course, they weren't real streetlights, but magical streetlights containing something called "Perpetual Light."
Although the journey had been arduous, it wasn't a problem for Nolan. The only thing he found a bit unbearable was the issue of going to the toilet.
"Paper" existed in the Another World!
However, the papermaking process was very backward, and the output was very low, and no one was willing to waste time improving it.
Because in the Another World, there was zero-tier magic that didn't exist in the game "YGGDRASIL."
This type of magic was also called life magic!
By consuming only a little magic power, a large amount of paper could be easily created. In this situation, there would naturally be no improvement in papermaking technology.
Fortunately.
The "Stone" team was, after all, a high-income group. When people had money, their living standards always improved a bit.
Otherwise—
"Cough."
Nolan coughed lightly, interrupting the thought that had popped into his mind.
The existence of zero-tier magic was information Nolan had heard from the "Stone" team. According to Captain Dossari, this type of magic, which was only used for convenience in daily life, was not specifically learned by most magic casters, unless they had a personal need; otherwise, they would only purchase the corresponding magic scrolls.
And because of this information.
It gave Nolan a reminder: his method of acquiring skills was by learning them through consuming skill points after others cast skills.
If magic was released using scrolls, could he also learn it by consuming skill points?
Additionally.
There was also the problem of making money!
Whether he wanted to admit it or not, the upcoming purchases would require money.
Going to the Great Forest of Tob, putting other things aside for now,
He at least needed to buy a piece of armor, especially weapons. The short sword he had in his hand would probably become dull after killing a few beasts.
He couldn't afford magical weapons, but he had to stock up on a few ordinary swords!
The basic commodity prices in this world were not high, but once an item became involved with "magic," the prices became quite frightening.
A cup that merely had a cooling effect cost as much as 150 gold coins.
And weapons with magical effects, regardless of their strength, were worth over 1000 gold coins!
These were things ordinary people could never touch in their entire lives!
With the money he currently had, he could only buy a few decent ordinary weapons!
During his journey to E-Rantel, Nolan had already begun to consider the problem of making money. Asking Enri about making "healing potions" was originally with this consideration in mind.
However.
After clarifying things, Nolan knew that he couldn't spend a lot of time collecting herbs and learning about them.
So.
Nolan also considered "zero-tier magic," which is life magic.
"Fortunately, the money Captain Dossari gave me solved the current temporary predicament."
Nolan took out the bag of gold coins from his Pregnant.
He had just checked, and there were a full 20 gold coins inside. Adding the money he had left before, he currently had 22 gold coins, 4 silver coins, and 4 copper coins in his possession.
Nolan placed the money bag in his item box, reached out, and rubbed his temples. There were many problems to think about, but next…
Thump!
Nolan walked to one of the beds and fell backward onto it.
He had been sleeping outdoors before, and his nerves had been constantly tense.
Now he could finally sleep in a bed.
What he needed most now was to recuperate and rest well.
Nolan lay on the bed, turned his head, and glanced out the window. The sun was strong outside; by his estimation, it should have just passed noon.
This hotel was not far from the Adventurer's Guild, and it was daytime, so he should be able to rest well.
This thought flashed through Nolan's mind, and he closed his eyes.