Legacy of the Betelgeuse

I get up and look at Hacal.

"I will get going now. It will take a while until I can go back to the Land of Sigrid, so please wait until come back."

Hacal stands up and nods.

"Thank you, Trevor. I will be waiting for your arrival."

I nod and then leave Hacal's house.

I'm on my way back to our house and I message Emma to ask where she is right now and tell her that we are going to explore the Orion to help Ivonna with her Godly item's quest. Emma then immediately replies and says that she's on her way back with William from the Cruzm Kingdom. She also says that there's something that she wants to discuss with everyone.

I'm back at our house and see Chelsea is laying on the couch while reading the forum and rubbing Lucy's head that's resting on her chest. I sit on the couch next to her.

"What are you reading?"

Chelsea is constantly moving her feet while tilting her head and looking at me.

"I'm reading the new guide that the players received. The companion system is now a hot topic in the forum thanks to you and Azrael. Everyone now wants to have one for themselves. Kingstar and the other big clans already got their Amruchi and now they're offering their service to help the players to get theirs. Of course, they're charging $300 for each Amruchi."

I'm humming with understanding.

"$300 for that is still can be count as cheap knowing that Amruchi is very useful for the players in the long term. If I'm them, I would charge more than $500 or even $1000 for that."

Chelsea is humming in agreement.

"Yeah, I agree. Oh, did you know that Amruchi can be traded with other players?"

I nod.

"Yeah, but the process is quite long. First, the player needs to be consent that they want to give their Amruchi away through their Amruchi's status screen. Second, Amruchi can choose whether they want to be with their new master or not since Amruchi is very picky with their master. Lastly, Amruchi needs to agree to be taken to the other player that wants them. The previous owner will receive a penalty and they won't be able to get a new one after a certain amount of time."

Chelsea is humming with understanding.

"So that's why so many players have been asking that their Amruchi can't be traded even though it's not getting a restriction from being traded to the other player. So many players wanted to buy for more than $500 for a single Amruchi. I can't imagine how expensive the final evolution of the Amruchi will be if the hatchling is worth more than $500."

I'm shrugging and lean on the couch.

"If they evolved perfectly ever since they were a hatchling, it should be worth more than a million dollars because they could single-handedly defeat Queen Arachne and two other world bosses. So yeah, it's going to be expensive."

Chelsea is looking at me while humming with understanding, and then Emma and William enter the house. Emma is waving at us.

"We are back!"

Chelsea and I are looking at them.

"Welcome back."

Emma sits next to me and then looks at both of us.

"What are you guys talking about? You both look so excited talking about it."

We tell her about Amruchi and how much its worth. Emma and William are surprised when they hear that it's worth so much than they both are imagined. After that, I tell her and William to prepare everything before we go on a journey. They both go to their own room and grab the items that are needed for the journey in their chest.

Chelsea messages Ivonna and asks where they are right now. Ivonna replies that she's at the Margloo Village which is in the west part of the newly discovered area in Orion. To think that she went to the opposite side of the place where she should be for the quest is quite funny, but I don't want to keep helping her because she needs to find it herself unless she asked for my help herself, then I might give him a small clue. Fortunately, the place she's at right now is not that far from where I need to be. I need to go to the Temple of Gloom and enter the Land of Sigrid from there.

We teleport to the Margloo Village and it's in the middle of the desert. It's so hot in here and we all get a Dehydration Debuff on us. I really don't like this side of Orion because of that debuff. Not just because of the dehydration, but also the monsters that are lurking under the sand are quite annoying, and not to mention that there's a chance to trigger the boss area in here.

We see Ivonna reading something on her screen, and I can tell that she's so confused with the clues she has while the rest of them are looking around while putting their hands over their eyes to cover their eyes from the sunlight. We approach them and Grisell is waving at us.

I look Ivonna.

"Did you find anything?"

Ivonna shakes her head.

"I'm not sure... I followed the clues from page to page, but I think they're not in order."

Ivonna then stands next to me and pointing at the screenshot she captured during the ritual.

"This one said to find a place where the sun is at its peak and where the grain of sand is covering the land. A path will be shown and a voice will be heard."

I raise my eyebrows while humming with understanding. Ivonna is looking at me and I tilt my head.

"And?"

Ivonna is looking at the screenshot and sighs.

"And... I don't know where to go..."

Ivonna is rubbing her eyebrows quietly whining that I can hear it.

"Do I really have to explore this vast sea of sand? It's going to take me months to explore the desert."

I tilt my head.

"How did you know it will take you months to explore the desert?"

Aspen then approaches us.

"Because I explored the desert and it took me 4 months. I went here with Jake and Jacob when the game just got released for a week. We went from the Smoke Mountain on the north, and when we entered the desert, we got lost for almost a month. It took us 2 months to find this village. We asked the Pasheer people who are the local NPCs of this area where we were. They said that we were in the middle of the desert and it will take us 2 months to reach the other side of the desert no matter which direction we choose. They were right, it took us another 2 months to reach the south of the desert from where we came from."

No wonder she knew that it will take forever to explore the desert.

I'm humming with understanding. Emma then suddenly shouts.

"What?! A gallon of water costs 2 Gold coins?! $2 for a gallon of water?! Holy sh*t!"

Aspen then chuckles.

"Yeah... in any villages in the desert cost that much. Water is more precious than gems here. So if you sell water here and buy gems from the passing merchant here, you can be rich."

Everyone is humming with disbelief. Grisell then immediately runs toward the merchant and sells all the water she brought with her. Leo then looks at Grisell.

"But it won't be long until the player abuses this."

Aspen nods in agreement.

"You're right. But I think the price will go lower and will be the same as any other place since the water supply will be more than the demands. Just like real life."

Ivonna then looks at Grisell.

"Grisell, you can go back and buy waters if you want to get more profit while I'm thinking for the clue."

Grisell is gasping and looking at Ivonna with disbelief.

"For real? Then I will!"

Suddenly everyone is selling their water to the merchant and then goes to the teleportation device to buy some more. The three of us just looking at them while chuckling with disbelief.

I look at Aspen.

"Since you have been here. Have you seen a river on your journey?"

Aspen is raising his eyebrows and nods.

"Yeah, I found them around southeast from here. Why?"

I'm humming while thinking. If the river is on the southeast of this village, then the Oasis should be near. I look at him.

"Did you see the Oasis?"

Aspen shakes his head.

"No, but. The local told me there was an Oasis not far from the river. Sadly they told me the Oasis disappeared and they couldn't find it anymore, but they told us that there's a passing traveler who found the Oasis back then. Some of the villagers went with the traveler and unfortunately, they didn't come back and went missing."

Aspen is furrowing his forehead.

"Why did you ask about it?"

I raise my eyebrows and slightly smile.

"Since we are here, let's find the Oasis."