Chapter 43

"Here we have some of the best bows forgable. Here in our little village we have a master smith who has worked on bows for several decades. All of these bows were forged here, excpect for the demon bow you can see here," The man pointed to the demon bow on the rack.

"They look nice, but not anything better than what I already have. What do you have here that I can only buy here?" I ask, and he starts to think of a bit.

"Well, we do have some vampire slaves, if you are into that kind of thing."

"How much?" I ask him, wanting to get a solid price. I want to buy a slave. Hopefully a really sexy one.

"Well," He says, scratching his chin, and his red eyes brighten slightly. "We have a few labourers for 48k credits, and we have some females for 70k credits and up." Damn, that's way too much, and a lot more than I expected.

"That is a little more than I expected," I say to the man. "I'm afraid I don't have that much."

"Well, vampires are known to have a lifespan of anywhere from 100 to 2,000 years, so you could have a slave to serve both you and your descendants." That's nice, but I don't think I want to share with my descendants, thank you very much.

"Is there an inn I can stay at, in the village? I have some raw materials I would like to refine." I ask the man. If I an turn the rest of my iron into iron swords, or even better, steel swords, I might have enough.

"There is an inn, but you would be the only human there, and nowhere in the village will buy from you. Other than raw materials, the village will only buy manufactured goods from other villagers." Well, I don't need anyone in the village to buy from me, I can sell it all to the shop. Selling to the shop is the best way too, because that way I don't have to worry about over saturating the market with iron swords.

"That is fine, thank you." I say, and then I leave. Outside the store, the guard is waiting for me. "I'm going to stay in this village a few days. Can you show me where the inn is?" I ask. I hope I'm not asking too much from him.

"Sure." He says, and he starts walking. "We don't get visitors very often, and much less often from other races." I continue to follow the man until we reach the inn. I can tell by the sign outside that says 'INN' in very large letters. It must be hard for normal people to see down here, with the limited light, so I really am lucky with all the different visions I have.

"Thank you," I say to the man, and I go inside. Inside the inn are several vampires, and not a single human. I go up to the counter and talk to the woman behind it. "Hi, I would like to get a room here."

"A human..." She says, looking me up and down. I can tell the others behind me are also looking. I don't like it. "Certainly, we are 30 credits a night."

"I plan on staying several days. Can I have the same room reserved for that time period?"

"Of course, just pay the amount for each day you want the room for." Good, I need to stay at least three nights if it is the 39th. If not, It doesn't matter much, 30 credits won't kill me.

"Okay," I say, and I take her hand. "Transfer 90 credits." With that, I have my room.

The woman gave me a key to a room on the second floor, and I went inside first thing. Once inside the room, I take a look at myself and realize I am filthy. I need to do something about this.

I leave the inn and walk to the edge of the village. The stream leads around the village, so I go back the way I came and meet with the man who did not follow me inside the village.