Sea World: Descending with no Cheats

Chapter 4:Merchant Guild and First Tasks

After seeing me check my side in a panic and letting out a relieved sigh, both Thad and Jess realised they had the same coin purse and checked theirs as well.

“Only one gold piece, though I have no idea how much that even is” Jess remarked. She is right I realised, we have no idea how the currency worked or how much money we actually had. Though I realised as the Captain I had five times the amount that they did.

I also checked my entire body searching for any other pouches or containers, looking for the system storage where I can store my loot and items that I purchase, but after a while I realised that I don’t have any. When I took a glance at the panel in my mind with my personal information I realised I couldn’t find one either.

Don’t tell me there isn’t any storage here. That would thoroughly ruin a lot of people’s grand adventure thoughts from the square outside. Following this logic it probably means that when we kill sea beasts we would also need to harvest them ourselves instead of automatically acquiring resources and gear. That is a disturbing thought.

As I was having my panic inducing train of thought, we walked through the town reaching the central square. Based on what I have observed so far, this world is far behind in the times compared to our world. This town is a typical medieval town with a few magical elements thrown in. Such as the lamps on the side of the streets, and various magical trinkets operating on the street.

We could only be thankful the road was made of stone. All the natives have also been eyeing us cautiously. It seems they know that otherworlders are descending but they have no expectations towards us. And they have no idea how to interact with us. This might become a problem. Seems like I need to be proactive towards the natives.

When I first laid eyes on the Merchant Guild building, I identified it at a glance. Expensive looking white stone with a gold engraved plate above the entrance reading [Merchants Guild]. Seems like the language here is English at least, otherwise communication would’ve been our biggest headache. Though I should’ve picked up on that after my talk with the guard.

Walking into the Merchant’s Guild, I saw a reception area with a young man dressed in expensive looking clothes eyeing us. I couldn’t read the emotion in his eyes but as he was the only person available to talk to, I headed over to him to strike up a conversation.

“Hello, my name is Jerry, I was wondering if you could give us a quick breakdown on the financial situation of the region. As you know we have only just descended and are unsure of how money works here. I was also wondering if there any jobs that a Captain with a ship can take and what goods and books you have available for us,” I declared with a firm tone.

At my declaration, both Jess and Thad seemed as if they had expected that I was a Captain, just that I was going on a different route to the rest.

Hearing my questions and statement of being a Captain, the young clerk looked slightly excited as he eagerly responded, “Hello, my name is Clark, the money in our world works as follows. 100 copper is equal to 1 silver. 100 silver is equal to 1g. 100g is equal to 1 platinum. And 100 platinum is equal to 1 diamond coin. Diamond coins are the highest value that you can get but seeing them in our town would be quite impossible. 100 copper is enough for a normal person to live by themselves for a month where they can rent a small house for 50coppers and buy enough food for a month as well with the rest. As for the goods we have available here, we have weapons and armour for all types of classes as well as supplies a captain would need for voyage. Enough supplies per day works out to approximately 10 silver.”

As the financial and introductory level was explained we all breathed a slight sigh of relief, it seems the sea god hadn’t left us dirt poor but given us enough funds to get started in this world.

“As for books, we don’t have many books here as the amount of people that can read in town is less than a hundred. We only have ten different types of books here though they are expensive. Oh, we also have some resources that certain classes require to function and produce goods. As for jobs that a captain can take, we have numerous jobs available. As you are the first Captain to approach us, I would recommend taking the following three jobs. Deliver five hundred kilograms of cargo to Jollis Isle. Collect five hundred kilograms of cargo from Jollis Isle and bring it back to Pacling Isle. Kill and provide proof of death of fifty sea beasts to the guild,” Clark continued.

It seems coming to the Merchant Guild was the right choice, doing something for a reward makes it much easier to create a plan.

“And what are the rewards for the three tasks” I inquired. “Both cargo trips will reward 10g while the sea beast extermination will reward 5g” he responded. As he finished talking I heard a ding sound in my mind. Opening the panel I saw a new notification had appeared.

[Task Found]

[Deliver 500kg of cargo to Jollis Isle]

[Reward 10g and 100 exp (Experience)]

[Task Found]

[Collect 500kg of cargo from Jollis Isle and return to Pacling Isle]

[Reward 10g and 100 exp]

[Task found]

[Present 50 sea beast magic cores]

[Reward 5g and 200 exp]