Preparing for the Journey

"Yeah, I'll team up with you."

"Alright, thank you," Xuelian gave a slight bow of her head.

With that we added each other to our friends list.

To be honest I was a little more than happy.

"You should upgrade your equipment, it's going to get harder from here on out. There's several «NPCs» in that building to your right. One will upgrade your gear, the other keeps saying something about the soul, a miasma, and strengthening the body."

After she finished talking I followed Xuelian inside. To my right there was an NPC sitting in front of a candle. In front of me was an «NPC» with a long hood covering their head, the «NPC» was holding something that glowed faintly.

Xuelian pointed to the «NPC» on the right as the repair and forge tech. A blacksmith of sorts. The name read wandering Smith Trader Jack.

Approaching the «NPC» a prompt appeared.

{talk}

Pushing the prompt the «NPC» turned to face me.

"Oh, I didn't see you there. You trapped here too? I came here looking to make a fortune, that didn't work out, and now I'm stuck here. Anyway what can I do for you?"