B01DCAV4W2 (S) by Aleron Kong Page A

looked first at Richter, then the nearby river. 
    Richter thanked him for the reminder.  Once upon a time, he had been the stinky kid in school.  It had been a hard year for him.  He would NOT become the stinky Master in the village!
     

CHAPTER 4

    One cool thing that he discovered while bathing were aquatic herbs.  Richter hadn’t really thought to search the water for plants before.  Two specifically caught his interest.
    You have found: Green Waterthread.  You are getting a very strong feeling that this plant has healing properties.  It also can be used to make waterproof clothing and flavor a tasty stew!
    You have found: Muckweed.  This a component of a sticky solution, it can make a Water magic based poison, and can be used as a fire repellent. 
    Both of the plants were extremely plentiful.  Richter gathered his fill of each, placing them in his Bag.  He withheld one waterthread.  Knowing it was a bit creepy, but needing to know about the effectiveness of this new herb, he steeled himself and drew his new short sword against his bare arm.  He didn’t cut too deeply, but with the bleeding status he achieved, he lost a small amount of health over time.  He started chewing the waterthread.
    You have eaten: Green Waterthread.  You will recover 65.1 health over 30 seconds. 
    Richter did some quick math and figured that outside of the bonus he got for his Herb Lore, the base healing would have been 30 health over 30 seconds.  That was three times as strong as the previous healing herbs he had been using.  Hopefully, it would make a proportionally stronger potion as well.  
    As he worked, Alma happily snacked on a fish she had caught while Richter bathed.  He personally thought she was a bit of a cheat.  Rather than try and grab her prey, she had simply directed a Psi Blast towards the water.  It was basically the equivalent of dropping a stick of dynamite in a pond, Crocodile Dundee style.  It was definitely efficient, but kind of a douche move in his opinion.  When he tried to explain this to his familiar though, she just rolled her eyes at him and kept snacking.  
    Shaking his head and chuckling at his soul familiar, he finished bathing.  Happy with his new discovery of the water herbs, and satisfied that he no longer smelled like goblin taint, he got out of the water.  He pulled a fresh set of clothes from his bag, and rolled his old clothes up into a ball.  Now that he was clean the garments seemed absolutely filthy to him. 
    When he had walked back into the village proper, he found one of the older children helping with washing.  The boy accepted the bundle of soiled clothing with an obviously forced smile.  Richter didn’t blame the kid for not wanting any part of that stinky pile, so he tossed the boy a copper, which seemed to help the lad’s mood.   
    He didn’t waste any more time getting to the room of the Great Seal.  Walking into the room, the downward staircase seemed to draw him forward, beckoning him to adventure.  Before going down the stairs though, he decided to check out the boxes that Krom had mentioned.   Richter had set Randolphus loose before he bathed, and sent Futen to monitor the village, so now his only company was the sated dragonling.  He opened the door to the armory and walked in.  Making his way to the back of the room, he did see three stacked metal boxes that he had previously overlooked.
    One box was about four feet long and a foot wide, a second was half that length and the third was a simple box.  Good things come in small packages, he thought.  He raised his left wrist to align with the clear circle on the box.  It read his Mark of the Mist Village like a bar code and, with an audible click, the lid popped open.  Looking inside, he saw a metal collar.  It looked like it was made of quicksilver links, each about an inch long.
    You have found: Quicksilver Collar of Submission.  Durability 300/300.  Item class: Rare.  Quality: Superb.