Eric's Pov :

Eric first headed towards an inn, but stopped at the entrance. He was not supposed to join an influence like his brothers but start his! At first he wanted to start a gang just as he was told, but then another thought came up instead.

Now That there is some distance between them their telepathic connection takes a couple of seconds to get a response! he sent:

"Hey Vince! Why not instead of a gang, I start a group of mercenaries! we can do tasks and missions insted slowly building connections , granting favors and widening our network!"

after three seconds, came a response:

" That is a pretty good idea, but who are you gonna recruit? and how loyal are they gonna be? If we end up doing this idea , I'd rather have you get a spokesperson in your stead to take tasks while you remain hidden and a mystery!"

" Indeed, That is even better " thought Eric

" It is gonna be slow at first, but it is indeed better than a gang!" replied Vince

"Ok , i'll think about it some more , go on for now!" said Eric.

"Ok!" Vince said

Eric started strolling around until he found a rather beautiful garden! He did not understand how can a garden be so beautiful. He could see what others could not! His essence eyes saw that each herb of this garden had a special essence filled with vitality!

He entered and Jumped to a tree and started meditating while thinking about a solution. One thing about Eric , he was a scheming person, but only to his enemies! But he always had a longing for nature, He always felt at ease near forests and oceans! His meditation here was thereupon enhanced!

A couple of minutes passed and he entered a state not ethereal but another called " One with nature" usually those who entered it stay in this state at least for 3 days! It was dangerous as they were always open to attacks!

But Eric was not normal! 3 hours passed and a young lady dressed in a black robe with a hood! only her face is seen and some couple of strands of her red hair which are similar to Erics's . Her eyes were green and she had some kind of accessory headband. At first she was surprised and angry, who dared to intrude her holy garden! but when she saw Eric ! she gasped! The entire reason for her to build this garden was to enter the " one with nature " state. Yet this young man who had entered had already achieved it. She was not a villainous woman and knew that she could normally easily cause him heavy losses but now she decided to stay and watch how much time could this young man stay in this state.

Another suprising thing caused her to gasp! just as she got Closer, Eric opened his eyes and looked towards her! Historically known, the least amount of time to stay in that state is 3 days!! No less!

There were indeed cases of less time before but all those who did got heavy losses from nature itself! Most considered it , if one was not attacked, a disrespect for nature!

But this young man here broke that law as he just looked at her with a smile! His red hair dangling on his face and his golden eyes were indeed attractive! For any young maiden! Even Eric was not aware of his charm as he smiled especially at this moment when he was just integrated with nature!

He asked:

" who are you?"

The lady woke up from her stupor and blushed a bit, how can she, be entranced by a man's beauty! She was angry at herself but she decided to take it out on Eric!

" You are an intruder to my Holy garden and you ask for my name without even introducing yourself?" snapped at him

"I am sorry! I apologize for my rudeness young lady! let me introduce myself! I am Eric! I did not mean to barge in , But when I saw the garden , I felt closure and peace, and i unkonwingly woke up when you got close to me, I do not even remember how I got to the tree." Eric got on one knee grasped the lady's hand and kissed it!

He alwasy wanted to try this when he saw it his past life! The girl at first was surprised as to why he would kneel? he did not know her true identity and when he grasped her hands she had no resistance towards it!

She blushed when he kissed it and took it back! She has never seen a man doing this as a greeting! Yet she felt odly attracted to him, he was intriguing and a bit mysterious to her! Normally she was the mysterious one especially with her current clothes! yet this man did not even see that as wierd! she Had thought that no man would kneed to a woman as it was a matter of pride! But this guy was indeed proud and this action in her eyes did not diminish that in the slightest! For Eric this was just him being a gentleman and trying it out for fun!

She remebered him saying closure and peace and shouted :

"you have a nature spirit?"

Eric did not answer as he did not know and he did not want to show himself in front of her as an uneducated man so he only smiled. She took that as a yes! A nature spirit was an item that one meets by luck and cannot be sought for! It congeals around the person and allows him to advance faster than others in inner force! precisely near Nature essences! It comes in different shapes and sizes never the same appearance!

Eric did not have it , But his Essence eyes help him integrate with surrounding essences!

" My beautiful young lady, I was strolling around looking for answer, and By staying here I found it ! So I owe you a favor! may I ask how can one make money here? as I am not from around these parts!"

the girl Blushed at being called beautiful, usually these compliments were ignored by her and left her unmoved but now her heart was racing out of her chest!

"One can hunt strange beasts for a couple of silvers! Sentient beasts's prices differ from 1 gold to 2 amethyst! or one can sell precious metals or herbs to either the auction house or the golden gate pavillion." explained the lady

" Thank you, young lady, for being kind enough to share this information! I apologise once again for disturbing your place! "

" ah no problem! but where are you from?" the lady raised her head after her blush faded but Eric was no where to be seen.

"I owe you a favor. We shall meet again in the future!"

she heard his voice coming out from no where! She looked around and tried to find him but in vain. This left her disappointed and at the same time Happy! This was the first man who saw her and did not do anything to get close to her! He immediatly left after finding out what he needed , he was a focused man! Obviously, she knew nothing about Eric!

" My name is aurora!" she shouted at the void hoping he would remeber her name but no response came back! she mumbled with a smile " I don't believe the next time we meet ,this princess can't charm you" she then blushed and rebuked herself for thinking this way!

Eric was already going out of the city! He did not hear her name! But he will indeed look for her to repay the favor! He was gonna go to the primal mountain! the biggest mountain near Candor! opportunities coexisted with risks there. One can he hear him say

" I need money!"