Mark, who was walking in front, was more careful than Monica.
Seeing that Anna seemed to have something to say, he imitated the way Beta addressed Anna and asked, "Little Anna, do you have anything to add?"
It’s not that Mark wants to act mature, but he thinks that since the people from the Beta Adventure Group called Anna that before.
His shouting should help Anna quickly integrate into his team.
"Let's go to Old Charlie's Grocery Store first." Anna raised her eyebrows slightly, and without stopping, her boots stepped on the damp moss beside the market ditch. "Let's buy some insect repellent powder. The insect repellent powder there is mixed with laurel pollen, which is very effective against blood-winged ticks."
After finishing her words, Anna felt that she might not have been clear enough, so she added, "While the mosquitoes outside the Magic Beast Mountain Range are annoying, the most terrifying are the blood-winged ticks. Blood-winged ticks are the creation of the God of Plague, and they may hide near many magical plants. If you are bitten by one, you won't feel anything at first, and by the time you discover it, it may be too late to treat it."
Monica circled Xiao Mu's tentacles with her fingertips, raised her eyebrows and looked at Mark:
"Did you hear that? I'm telling you, the larvae of the blood-winged tick will burrow between your toenails, and the eggs they lay under your skin will hatch, which is more painful than childbirth. Luckily, I brought Sister Anna into the team, otherwise, we wouldn't know what kind of suffering we'd have to endure once we got into the mountains!"
Mark subconsciously retracted his toes, and Anna had already pushed open an oak-clad iron door on the side of the market.
It turned out that they had already arrived at the door of Old Charlie's grocery store.
Amid the tinkling of copper bells, the densely packed glass jars on the shelves reflected the distorted shadows of the three people, and the bitter aroma of some steamed herb filled the air.
The three of them entered the grocery store, and Anna hid behind Monica again and became invisible.
Mark opened his mouth slightly as he watched Anna’s actions.
Then he looked at Monica, smiled, and took the initiative to stand in front and said, "Boss, give us some insect repellent powder. I want the best quality you have."
"Hey! That's right! All the insect repellent powder here is of the highest quality!" A hoarse laugh came from behind the counter. Old Charlie, with missing front teeth, leaned over the brass scales and looked at the three people with a slight start. "Newcomers?"
In Old Charlie's experience, he knew that those who came to his shop to buy insect repellent powder were all adventurous veterans.
They are either experienced solo adventurers or members of an adventure group led by an elderly person.
It is rare to see a group of three young people coming together.
"How much?" Old Charlie asked with his eyes rolling.
"Two pounds." Anna's voice came from behind Monica.
Old Charlie took out two already wrapped brown paper bags from behind the counter and threw them on the counter. "These are already wrapped in advance. 5 gold per bag."
Mark took out the gold coins and was about to pay, but Anna reached out to stop him. She picked up the paper bag on the counter, put it to her nose and sniffed it, saying:
"It tastes wrong. This is regular insect repellent powder, without laurel powder. 5 silver."
The laurels on the Holy Dragon Continent are different from those on Earth. All the laurels here are magical plants.
Insect repellent powder without laurel pollen is a consumer product for ordinary people.
But if laurel pollen is added, it becomes a magic potion, and the prices of the two are naturally very different.
"Nonsense! How can you defame someone out of thin air? My old Charlie's Grocery Store has been open in Osborne Town for many years, and I only sell insect repellent powder with laurel pollen! Little girl, you have to be responsible for your words!"
Upon hearing what Anna said, Old Charlie immediately jumped up from the counter with his beard blowing, his face flushed red as if he was going to fight Anna to the death.
While shouting, he also rang the bell on the counter. The urgent ringing attracted two young men in the back room.
"Dad! What's wrong?" The two young men looked at Mark and the other two with vigilance as soon as they came out.
Looking at their expressions and movements, it seems that they are ready to proceed to the next step at any time.
Seeing this, Mark put his hand on the cross necklace without leaving a trace.
Monica also put her hands on the outside of her thighs with a smile on her face.
Xiao Mu quietly extended his tentacles along Monica's sleeves and swayed them slightly in the air.
On the contrary, Anna still looked at Old Charlie expressionlessly and said, "We need the insect repellent powder with laurel pollen added. Seal it with your grocery store paper bag and wax. I will take it to the Adventurer's Guild for identification later."
When he found out that the three were newcomers, Old Charlie had already figured out a way to make some extra money by taking advantage of the rookies' ignorance.
Anyway, young people like this usually come to Osborne Town to take risks on impulse. Once they suffer losses in the Warcraft Mountains, they will not consider the issue of insect repellent powder at all and will leave Osborne Town in disgrace.
He had used this method to trick many newcomers before.
Even if those newcomers grew into veterans later, they couldn't do anything to him because they didn't have enough evidence to prove that the grocery store had cheated them.
In addition, the indigenous townspeople of Osborne are protected by the guards of Dragon Slayer City.
Those adventurers are no match for the guards.
But Old Charlie didn't expect that this seemingly youngest adventurer could actually smell that there was something wrong with his insect repellent powder.
If he had only discovered the problem with the insect repellent powder, he could have just made a fuss and asked his two sons to go up and provoke them, and then get them to fight in exchange for some money for medicine.
But this little girl actually knew how to restrain him.
If the three of them were to bring the unqualified insect repellent powder to the Adventurer's Guild for identification, he would not only have to bear the identification fees, but also a hefty fine!
How could three rookie adventurers know such a thing?!
"..." Old Charlie's expression changed repeatedly. Finally, with his two sons looking at him waiting for orders, he snorted angrily and sat back at the counter to get two new packets of insect repellent powder.
Although Anna only said two short sentences, Mark and Monica are both smart people.
They all understood the situation from her words and old Charlie's reaction.
As expected, they had just arrived in Osborne Town and were not familiar with the environment that adventurers usually live in.
A grocery store owner who looks harmless and has a funny face can do such a deceptive thing.
Anna picked up two new packets of insect repellent powder and put them under her nose to smell them. She handed one packet to Mark and put it in his backpack. She took the other packet in her hand and said calmly:
"Take this bag for identification later."
Old Charlie behind the counter glared and quickly reached out to grab the insect repellent powder from Anna's hand, hissing, "Wrong one, wrong one! I'll give you another one!"
Anna just spread out her hands and let the other party take away the packet of insect repellent powder and replace it with a new one.
Then he gestured to Mark to pay.
Watching the performance between old Charlie and Anna, Mark felt that he was still too naive.
He really didn't expect that old Charlie would have the courage to play it again after being exposed once.
Is this guy some kind of cunning devil's follower?!
Seeing the strange expressions on Mark and Monica's faces, Old Charlie gave the team a bottle of odor-removing potion that could cover up human scent as an apology.
"Haha, you three. I, Old Charlie, have been so busy today that I'm a little confused. From now on, if you need anything, just come to my Old Charlie Grocery Store. I have all kinds of good stuff. If you need to get rid of anything, just come to me! I guarantee you will get a good price!"
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