Tale Of Unknown: Hero From Zero

21. Outside the Labyrinth (part 2)

After resting all night in a decent place, as well as filling the stomach with delicious and nutritious food, Riyan woke up from a good sleep. Since falling into the sixth floor of the Hexaphilia labyrinth, he rarely sleeps because his mind is always haunted by the existence of various powerful monsters there. Of course this included satisfaction for him.

Before going to find a train that was about to go to the Tendo continent, he took time to eat breakfast so as not to limp on the trip later. Maybe he also needs to buy some food, because the continent of Tendo is very far from the capital of Alivonia. If calculated, it may take about two to three weeks.

'My appearance is no longer a problem, now only the last preparation.'

While chewing a breakfast portion of jumbo that contains a little meat and vegetable spillover, he muttered it in his heart. Please note, Riyan is a pretty well-planned person. If he wanted to do something, he would definitely think what the benefits and benefits were for him. He learned a lot of knowledge and lessons in the labyrinth, even before meeting Luctas.

After finishing her breakfast, Riyan got up and paid for her 3-piece meal at the reception desk. He does not understand the magnitude of the money system in this world, but he complies with the law only. Without caring about it, he immediately left the inn.

Riyan walked towards a convenience store to buy some healing pills and mana enhancement pills. Actually he did not need any mana enhancement pills, but no one knew what events had been waiting for in the future. For example Glayster, the sword Faleon gave him broke, he had to start consuming mana enhancement pills in his stead.

"Welcome to our shop!"

When he entered the store, he was greeted by a thin, plain-clothed man from the cashier's desk. Hearing the shopkeeper's welcome, Riyan sighed. It seems that he experienced excessive fear of transvestites due to the incident at the clothing store yesterday. Even if nothing happened, I don't know why he felt so worried.

"What are you looking for, sir?"

"Which healing pills and enhancement pills."

"Ah, please wait a minute."

The guard walked to a shelf behind him. Since healing pills and mana enhancing pills are processed products from special herbs, they should not be put mixed with ordinary items. Such a special object was quite rare and expensive for commoners, so the chances of being stolen were higher.

Then, the shopkeeper again brought a medium-sized box whose contents were divided into eight parts. At the left end was a light blue healing pill, next to it was a green mana enhancement pill, a blue status enhancement pill, a red status enhancement pill, a physical pill, a magic pill, a defense pill, and a speed pill. The pills have the ability to match their name.

Physical pills can temporarily improve one's physique, magic pills for magic, and so on. Each pill has a different color in order to be distinguished. The physical pill had a striking orange color, the magic pill was white, the ground brown defense pill, and the yellow color symbolized the speed pill.

"The healing pill, as it may."

Saying that, Riyan thrust out a piece of gold and the one he received from the wardrobe shopkeeper. Before leaving, he had exchanged two other crystal fragments for a piece of gold. The shopkeeper looked a little surprised, but he immediately took out ten tablets of healing pills and gave them to Riyan.

'So one of these healing pills is worth one silver? Expensive too.'

Riyan was speechless staring at the ten healing blue pills that were in his grasp. He asked 'if one healing pill is this expensive, how much would a blue status enhancement pill cost?' inside his head. Commoners had to be able to buy all their necessities for a week with just the money, it was quite expensive.

"Is there any more?"

"Which enhancer pill, five points."

"A piece of gold."

'Over expensive!?'

Hearing him, Riyan was struck by a slight shock. He really did not expect that a single healing pill was worth two healing pills. Then, he began to imagine the price of the status-enhancing pills from the two objects. Thinking about it, his head started to feel dizzy and he immediately threw away those useless things.

Riyan took out a single shard of white crystal of his, then thrust it at the guard. He still has money, but it is better to save it to buy supplies and travel costs. He does not know the market price, so he must prepare various preparations in the future.

"I-this!? Where did you get this crystal!?"

The shopkeeper suddenly jumped from where he was standing and brought his face closer to Riyan to a distance of about 5 cm. Reflexively, Riyan immediately took a step back.

"From the maze. Why why?"

"Maze? I never knew the labyrinth had this crystal."

While saying that, he put on the face of a thinking scholar, equipped with a right hand that plays on his chin. Riyan began to be confused by the interlocutor's attitude, as the clothes shopkeeper he had visited earlier interpreted this crystal fragment to be worth about five pieces of silver. As he was about to ask, the shopkeeper spoke first.

"These crystals are moon crystals, they are highly sought after by collectors because of their rarity."

"Rarity?"

"Yes, scarcity. The moon has a pure white color, just like the moon. In a size as small as this, they were valued at about one piece of gold."

Hearing the word 'one piece of gold', Riyan's brain came back to thinking. It had become a habit for him to think and analyze something he heard, for some reason. Maybe the heredity? In the past, the mediator father and mother was an archaeologist who liked to hunt relics. It seems that Riyan inherited their curiosity and analytical thinking habits.

Without further ado, Riyan immediately asked what he heard from the guard, making sure what the possibilities that appeared in his brain were correct.

"Today I went to a clothing store and the guard said that this crystal was worth five pieces of silver."

"So soon, is she a transvestite?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"Ah, that person is indeed blind in this sort of thing. He only judges things based on his interests."

Hearing this, Riyan's annoyance rose to its peak and in his right temple a vein appeared, indicating he was angry. The guard also felt the anger of Riyan, so he took the initiative so that the store and the goods sold were not subjected to an impingement.

"Just calm down, I'll pay for your losses my brother inflicted."

"Sister?"

He was surprised to learn that the transvestite at the clothing store yesterday and the keeper at this convenience store were brothers. Usually the family or relatives will work in managing the same place, but this does not seem to apply to these two brothers.

"Yes, that person is my sister. We decided to set up our respective stores to our ability and compete in a healthy manner. Even so, it seems that he still has difficulty in assessing market prices."

'Why did he vent?'

While muttering that in his heart, Riyan put on an expression as flat as possible listening to the guard's explanation. Although it has nothing to do, he still listens to know the workings of the people in this world.

"So because of that, I'm willing to make up for the loss as long as you don't take revenge on him."

"Yes, okay."

"Thank you for understanding."

Finally, instead of decreasing because of buying healing pills and enhancement pills, the money is increasing due to mistakes made by the transvestite clothing store keeper. Ryan was happy about this, of course. Getting more profit, who is not happy?

Riyan received 17 pieces of gold and 8 pieces of silver from the guard, then left after finishing his business in buying the healing pill and the mana-boosting pill. Next he went to the grocery store to buy provisions during his trip to the Tendo continent.

'Bread already, meat already, carrots already, potatoes already. Looks like this is enough.'

Looking inside the bag, Riyan checked all the items he needed. Actually he does not need to buy food as a stock because he can find his own prey, but he wants to rest himself from the activity for a while.

The last thing he had to do was to head to the interstellar service, looking for a horse carriage that was about to go to the Tendo continent. Previously, Riyan had asked the cost of service between horse carriages up to the Tendo continent and the trip would cost a piece of gold coins. The services between horse carriages seemed to be very rich with the prices installed.

Arriving there, he found several horse carriages that were ready to leave with goods. Each carriage was pulled by or four horses so that the horse would not be overburdened. In addition, the trains have roofs to protect their passengers from sun and rain. Because it moves in numbers around three to four, it may look like a caravan of traveling merchants or a moving tribe.

Riyan immediately entered the building which contained a small board that read Intermediate Services. Inside, many people in uniform were busy and then carrying things, as well as a reception desk filled with rows of humans who were waiting in line. Not wanting to wait longer, he also queued in the back row.

"Excuse me, I want to go to the Tendo continent."

"Eh? Tendo continent?"

"Yes, the Tendo continent."

The receptionist was surprised to hear Riyan's purpose. He was silent for a while, but he cleared his throat and spoke. His smile seemed a little forced because it was his duty to serve guests with a smile.

"Pardon us, but the last train that went to the Tendo continent had departed a few hours ago."

This time it was Riyan's turn to be surprised to hear the receptionist's words. Even so, he was not hysterical or thought a no-no in an instant. He remained calm and showed his flat face.

"When will the train go to the next Tendo continent?"

"About another week."

'Last long!'

Complaining that in the case, Riyan unintentionally let out a wry smile. Not only his smile, but his mood also became sour. A week was not a short time for him, he wanted to leave Lasfile, the capital of this Alivonian kingdom. He also did not want to see the faces of his friends anymore, especially Shawn, the student who pushed himself because he was too scared and panicked by the arrival of a [Chimera] first.

After saying thank you, Riyan decided to get out of the Intercollegiate Services building. There's no point in him stopping by the building, and then the supplies don't seem to last long either. Raw materials such as meat and vegetables will rot quickly if not preserved. Riyan felt disappointed, but his expression remained flat as usual.

"Alright, let's just try to walk."

He said that to himself to encourage his grieving heart. He began to set foot towards the entrance gate in the west to begin his heavy journey to the Tendo continent on foot. However, upon retracing the fourth step, Riyan came to a halt.

"Woah, that's Miss Typhania!"

"Miss Typhania? Who's she?"

"You don't know? He was one of the members of the group of heroes summoned from another world by the noble Alestein."

"Oh, so."

Hearing the conversation of the surrounding citizens, Riyan immediately turned his eyes to the back. There his eyes found a beautiful girl with long blonde brown hair with the same eye color. His body was clad in a simple white shirt and wore brown short skirts about 10 cm above the knee, leaving everyone who saw him bewitched instantly. He carried a wooden stick one and a half meters long with a blue stone at the end.

His smile was so sweet that all the people of Adam were fascinated by it, even some women did not escape its beauty. Riyan was speechless to see the increasingly graceful and beautiful appearance of Tifania in these three months. The change of Typhania can be said to be quite drastic for Riyan who did not see its form in a long time.

"Miss Tifania, please wait for me!"

Behind him followed an 18-year-old girl with black brunettes dressed as servants. He ran from behind with a breath of breath following Typhania. Once again, Riyan was surprised to see the second person.

"Remia, you should have increased your stamina."

"S-I am a servant, not a soldier."

"Remain, servants also need high stamina to do all the work."

"Ugh..."

True, the girl who followed Typhania was Remia, the servant who worked in the kitchen of the royal palace of Alivonia. His appearance did not change much, it was just that his aura of maturity began to be seen. Moreover, it seemed like her ability as a servant was also developing.

'Luckily I've bought this hooded robe.'

Riyan pulled the tip of his hood so that his face was difficult to recognize from a distance. Despite being among the crowd, he took safer action by closing himself even more tightly. Although Typhania and Remia were the ones who always supported him, except for the first incident of lies, he did not want to see them in the near future or even not at all.

"Have you bought the flowers, Remia?"

"Flower for Riyan, right?"

"Yes, we should pray to him today."

"Calm down, I bought it."

"Thank you."

Hearing that, Riyan pensively looked at the two people. He became a little curious about what Typhania and Remia were talking about.

"Who is Riyan? Is he her lover?"

"Eitherway. But there's a rumor going around that one of those otherworldly heroes died on the first day of their entry into the Hexaphilia labyrinth."

"Heh, dead huh? So weak. Does such a person deserve the title of hero?"

"I don't know. It is possible that Miss Typhania wanted to pray to that person called Riyan in her tomb in the palace."

"If that fellow called Riyan was such a great hero that he could exterminate dozens or even hundreds of demons, maybe I would also pray in front of his grave, hahaha!"

Riyan who heard that just ignored them without caring about the last words of one of the citizens. He has received greater insults and insults than this, so it would be ridiculous if he was carried away by emotions and directly taught the person who insulted him.

He turned around and walked back to the entrance of Lasfile to begin his journey. Although he was alone, he did not feel that he would be in trouble because he was much stronger than the surface monsters weaker than [Minotaur] and various other sixth-floor monsters of the Hexaphilia labyrinth.

Although he knew that he would be lonely again, he accepted it and walked alone. At least he had to leave this city first in order to be free from worries over the fact that he was still alive. If he is known to be alive, there is a possibility that Alestein will deploy a search team in order to find himself. Wh why? He was one of the summoned heroes from another world, it was only natural that he was a valuable asset of the kingdom.

Elsewhere, at the tomb of Riyan, Typhania and Remia were praying in front of the tombstone.

'Riyan, tomorrow we heroes will again challenge the Hexaphilia labyrinth after a long time. Please, give us your protection and guide us to find your body so that it can be buried as it should.'

After praying inwardly, Typhania opened her eyes and stared at the name 'Riyan Klaint' sculpted on the tombstone. He smiled in relief that he would enter the Hexaphilia labyrinth once more to complete it, while searching for Riyan's body.

"Remia, let's go back."

"Ah, yes."

After finishing their prayers, they returned to the hero's dormitory in the palace section. They walked back without suspecting or watching around because they were sure no one could break through the palace walls. In addition, they also did not feel any signs of the presence of anyone near them.

'Where is the tomb? Interesting little rock. Use it to me, my dead self.'

Even so, there was a young man whose entire body was shrouded in a robe, standing on a tree not far from there, about 40 meters away. After enjoying the scenery he had seen since a few minutes ago, he descended from the tree and moved westward at an incredible speed.