Levelling Up The Weakest System

A Hearty Steak

“I’m sorry, did you say that there are shades in this area?” Alexei asked, “This close to the capital?”

“Well, it’s what people say,” The barkeep replied with a shrug, “People have been going missing in the night without a trace, I suppose it could be something else, but the woods don’t really have any big or dangerous creatures in them around here.”

Alexei nodded, he felt a little bit reassured by the barkeep's lack of information.

The likelihood of it actually being a shade and not something else was pretty low, though the fact there was something killing off people in the town still made him feel a little bit anxious.

“Well, shades or not, we can’t turn back to Alandria,” Alexei said.

The barkeep sighed, long and drawn out, “On your head be it. Two rooms will be two pieces, one for each room for each night you stay here.”

“We’ll only be here for the one night I should think,” Alexei said before retrieving the two gold pieces from his knapsack.

He placed them down on the bar