"Don't worry. Once one starts growing plants one would get the hang out quite fast. Of course if you only want a ring as storage then you don't have to think about it."

"OK, thank you for explaining."

"No problem, after all I have mentioned it first."

"Oh right, why did you mention it? After all you surely know that I can't pay for a Herb Ring."

"It's because I saw you together with Lord Van Bergen and heard that you are his student. So I thought that it would be wise to offer you a slot to explore the Herb Dungeon, which is the dungeon where the stones for the rings can be found."

*So it is because of mentor. He seems to be more important than I thought.*, Ivan finally understood why the salesman explained so much to him.

"I have to admit that I am quite interested, but I don't think the access to the dungeon is for free. Besides that I am currently concentrating on pill refining so I don't have much time to go farm in a dungeon."

"Of course the access to the dungeon isn't free. Besides having to be recommended by a herbalist clan you have to accept a quest too. This quest is so the Herbalist Guild gets something out of allowing others into their dungeon."

"A quest?"

"Yes. Unlike others the Herbalist Guild doesn't take a fee beforehand but will take up to five herb stones for each run."

"Five stones? I doubt the drop rate is so high that one could get five in one run, or their price wouldn't be so high."

The salesman smiles and nods. In his eyes there is a flash of appreciation since he is quite satisfied with the comprehension abilities of this young man.

"Of course it isn't. That's why it is up to five herb stones. It is lucky to get even one but of course there are people who get more than five and these lucky ones can keep them."

"Hm, there has to be other things that drop in this dungeon or n.o.body would do something like this."

"Of course there are other things that drop. Not only do lots of common herbs drop. There are even rare herbs and fruits to be found. For most dungeon divers this is the main reward.

Besides the value of these herbs and fruits themself, there are also bounties on unknown ones."

"So that's how it is. Sadly I don't have the time."

The other man chuckles and then shakes his head. "You don't know, but besides the drops there is something even more useful for pill refiners in this dungeon. And that are the mana fountains on each level. They contain a fluid that can restore ones mana."

"Really? There is something so useful?", Ivan hadn't heard of any potion or pill before that could restore ones mana. There were pills for just about anything but restoring mana, which was one of the greatest mysteries. According to the information he had collected in the library, many had tried to develop one, but they had all failed miserably.

"Of course. But the fluid can't be transported and to be honest it isn't that much. Especially on the first level of the dungeon. There it is only two drops, which can only refill ones mana two times. For each level the amounts then double. At least that is what we guess, since n.o.body has ever entered the sixth level."

Even the two drops on the first level would help Ivan to practice his pill refining since he would be able to drastically reduce the time needed to recuperate.

"Then wouldn't many go into the dungeon again and again? Since I am sure that the first level is much easier than the second."

"Sadly that doesn't work since there is a limit of one run per day. Besides that there is a limit to how many instances of the dungeon can exist at the same time. If not we could make a fortune from selling entrance rights."

Ivan felt a bit sad that his idea wouldn't work, but it was kind of expected since it would be to overpowered.

"Do you know how difficult it is to clear the second level?"

"I myself haven't entered the dungeon but I have heard that the monsters on the first level are around level 50. The second has an average level of 100. The third one of 200 and so on."

*Hm, that's not as bad as I feared. I should be able to clear the first level and maybe I can even accomplish something on the second level. At least it would be good training for me and Vlada.*

The more Ivan though about it, the better he liked the thought of training in this dungeon.

"You are right Sir. This sounds like a good dungeon to train."

Seeing that Ivan agreed to his opinion the man looked satisfied. He would be able to find another adventurer, which could help his clan. The same way the adventures could earn by clearing the dungeon the clan, that had sponsored the adventurer would get resources from the guild, dependent on the stones the adventurer submitted.

He then took out a token on which there was the symbol of the Herbalist Guild which was a schematically image of a herb Ivan had never seen before.

"Here this is the toke which will enable you to enter the dungeon."

He then gave the token to Ivan.

"Thank you.", Ivan thanked him and took the token. As soon as he accepted it a prompt came up.

< congratulation="" you="" have="" gained="" access="" to="" the="" herb="">

Current maximum times of access per day: 1

Given by clan: Feng

>>

Surprisingly there was a information concerning the maximum times he could access the dungeon, which was currently 1. This indicated to him that it would be possible to access it more often in the future.

"Now that this is out of the way, let us finish the sales of the herbs.", the salesman reminded him of why he had come to the shop in the first place.