Game Of Eternals: Sinner

Chapter 15: Traveler.

Neo sat there, stunned. He looked at the silver ring that appeared before him in a daze. This was absurd. Even if he had not much knowledge about the Dungeons and the items, he knew this much that the ring and the amulet he received before were not something that could be granted easily. Even one of them could be the reward of clearing a C-rank dungeon, but here he got it as a reward for clearing the floor, not even for conquering the dungeon.

『 Teleporting to temporary safe zone in 2 minutes.』

"Wait what?" Neo stood up but regretted as the pain assaulted his head, but he shook it away as moved toward the monster's body to get his swords as he didn't want to end up being weaponless.

He also took the sphere out of the Monster's body and found that this one had a red shade deeper than the one he got before, but he couldn't appreciate the color as his head buzzed with pain, and he collected the spheres that dropped from his pockets when he fought with the Hobgoblin. Usually he put them away before the fight, but this one started abruptly, and he didn't have time to do that.

He collected all the spheres and waited to be teleported away and in the next second; he got teleported away to a temporary safe zone.

As Neo looked around the safe zone, he discovered it was not damp and dull. The ground was covered in soft grass, and there were several large trees providing shade and a cool breeze. In the center of the clearing, there was a small pond with crystal clear water that looked inviting. There were even a few comfortable-looking logs scattered around the area that he could use to rest.

Neo couldn't help but feel grateful for the brief respite from the intense battles he had faced so far in the dungeon. He took a deep breath and allowed himself to relax for a moment, enjoying the peaceful surroundings. He just wanted to lie down and sleep.

『 With Player's high luck. The traveler event has started.』

『 Player can check the traveler's wares.』

Neo was confused as he looked around, but didn't see anyone other than him in the safe zone.

"Who are you looking for, young man?" he heard a voice coming from next to him and jumped away in surprise as he looked at the potential "Traveler."

The traveler was a tall, lean man in his early 30s with a tanned complexion. He had piercing blue eyes that seemed to glint in the flickering light of the torches in the safe zone. His jet-black hair was tied back in a loose ponytail, and he wore a wide-brimmed hat to shield his face from the sun.

He was dressed in a long, flowing cloak made of deep green wool, which was fastened at the neck with a gold brooch. Underneath the cloak, he wore a leather jerkin, studded with silver rivets. His breeches were made of brown suede, and his boots were tall, with pointed toes.

He carried a small bag with him which confused Neo as he was expecting a bag as tall as him, filled to the brim with different things.

"I say, young man. It is impolite to stare at someone like that." The traveler said when he saw Neo was still looking at him with an eyebrow raised in confusion.

"Sorry about that." Neo hurriedly apologized and asked, "Are you Mr. Traveler?"

"In the flesh. Why? do I not look like one?"

"No." Neo answered with honesty, as he really didn't look like one.

"Ouch," the traveler said as he waved his hand and a notification appeared before Neo.

『 Davis, the wandering traveler, is offering to sell his wares to you. Do you agree to trade?.』

Neo looked at the notification and then at Davis in surprise. He really was a traveler.

"Okay, for your honesty. I will answer one question for free. Ask away"

Neo thanked him as his mouth arched up in a smile but didn't ask hurriedly as he had too many questions like why was his mana core filled with lines, what was going on with his absurd experience bar meteoric rise, what was this dungeon, how many floors does this dungeon have and finally how to get out of this damn dungeon?

"Hoo? looks like you've got a lot to ask." The traveler said as he sat down on the log, looking at Neo with an amusing smile.

"Can you read my thoughts?" Neo asked, a little wary of the man as he guessed what he was thinking.

"No, I just figured that out because of the time you are taking to think about which one you should ask."

Neo heaved a sigh of relief but still kept his guard up against him.

"Don't worry, we travelers cannot hurt players. It is in our contract"

"Contract?" Neo blurted out.

"Oh, are you going to use your free quota on that?"

Davis chuckled as he looked at Neo.

Neo shook his head and kept thinking about which one to ask before he put his hand in his pant pocket and it came in contact with the sphere. His eyes lit up as he took it out and asked, "Can you tell me about this?"

"Now this is interesting."

"You are lucky, kid, that I'm a good traveler, otherwise you would have been dead before you knew it after you showed that to me," Davis said as he motioned for him to pass the sphere.

Neo did so but his words still shook him as he didn't understand why such a thing that was found in almost every monster would bring a great disaster to him.

Davis, meanwhile, was scrutinizing the sphere in his hand. Examining its color, and said, "It is full of essence. A miracle if you ask me." He mumbled to himself as he questioned and then answered himself.

After examining the sphere, he asked, "Where did you find this?"