8 chapters in and I finally made it to a town!

'Pyro, what happened exactly?'

[You walked into an illusion array. Illusion's mess with your mind and that was why you couldn't hear me. Oh and arrays are magician's tools to cover for the magic they can't use, the only downside would be the time and materials used to set them up. They are nearly impossible to set up during a battle.]

'I'm gonna need some sort of resistance from that. Would negative status effect immunity work for mental attacks?'

[...]

[Not really, but it would work against illusions and the type of mental attacks that would block my connection to you.]

'Hmm... why would illusions even block you? Aren't you connected to my soul?'

[It's not like you use your soul to think.]

'Fair enough I guess.'

[This might be a bad time, but would host like to absorb the remnant mana from the corpse?]

'That's kinda messed up. Nah, that goes against my morals...

How much mana are we talking about?'

[Maybe 5k.]

'Yeah sure, why not.'

Well I think I am done with this adventure. I'll just teleport to the town or a little bit before town.

'Which way to the nearest town... actually, which way to the capital?'

[North west, 3000 kilometers.]

Woah that's a long distance away. In fact, I don't even have enough mana to teleport that far... To the nearest town I go!

I teleport to the forest right before the town and find that I accidentally teleported right behind someone. They are wearing a black cloak that covers there entire body and head, a little sketchy. They are either a girl or a feminine guy. Well let's play a game. Let's see how long we can follow them without them noticing. It's there fault for looking suspicious.

I conceal my mana and casted a silence spell from the good ol' dark magic. Sometimes I creep even myself out.

Okay it has been 10 minutes of just standing here, I think it is about time to confront this person...

"So uh... are we going anywhere?"

The cloaked individual seems panicked, well I would too if someone just suddenly started talk to me.

"Abababa! H-how long where you behind me for?!"

That's definitely a girls voice. I could finally get a good look at her face and she is really freaking cute. Omg I want to cuddle her. There is one thing that drew my attention, the silver hair and pointy ears. Is this an elf?

"Not for long. Maybe a minute or two. So what are you doing here?"

Obviously I am gonna lie. Who stands behind a person for 10 minutes.

"Well um, I'm waiting for someone new to enter so I can see what I need. I don't want to be branded a suspicious person."

You're a little late on that one. Bullsh*tting powers activate!

"Oh really? I was doing the same thing. I've been living in this forest since I was born."

"??? But there are no edible food in this forest?"

Well... That wasn't expected.

"I have a power that could make food. I am a magician."

"That's very impressive! But what did you do before you turned 4 to get your grimoire?"

Crap! I forgot about that! What kind or family would raise a child solely in the forest, especially since it is an evil one? Uh... um... I feel like this girl is seeing through all my lies. Well when in doubt... teleport away!

I teleport to the opposite side of the village and walk over to the gate. This village is surrounded by tall wooden logs, so either it's very poor or the level of monsters aren't very high here.

"Hey you there! I need to see your ID."

A very typical looking knight came forward. Don't know quite what I was expecting.

"I lost my ID. I was going to apply for a new one at the adventurer guild."

Being an adventurer is a must! Plus I know it's real as those other guys said they were class C adventurers.

"Then you are gonna have to pay a tax. That will be 15 copper."

And there is another issue. I could easily make money if I know what they look like.

"Oh I am only gonna take something out of my storage so please don't be alarmed~"

I summon out my grimoire and make a bar of gold. It surprisingly only costs 100 mana. Pyro simply says that since gold isn't really beneficial that I can create it easily. What kind of logic is that? I can easily get rich and buy beneficial things for me.

"Can I sell this for some cash?"

"I-is that a bar of gold? Yes I will sell it for you. Please come inside!"

Really? No questions on how I lost my ID but I have a storage. This knight is surprisingly stupid or just blinded by greed. I kinda don't even feel safe in this town anymore.

Since I really don't want to talk to this dude again I'm just gonna save you the trouble of listening to the conversation. Basically I got 15 silver from that gold bar, which is about 1500 copper. I have no doubt that I could have gotten a gold coin from a solid bar of gold, but I'm not really complaining.

Anyways once I left the guard's resting place, I wandered around the city for a bit. It's kind of embarrassing to admit, but I got lost. All I want is to find a nice inn. Alas I'm stuck wandering through a surprising amount of people for this small town. Well, maybe I will sign up at the guild after all. It should be that giant building I saw awhile back...

Now that I truly look at it up close, it is surprisingly fancy. It's like the guild takes away all the money from the town... Sigh... I don't want to talk to any receptionist. I'm just gonna hope this won't be like any typical fantasy setting and I don't get attacked instantly.

Eh? What is that shadow flying at me?! Why me god?!