In the blink of an eye 21 days had passed since they started living at the inn.
In the meantime, they had also gone to the dungeon a total of 9 times.
In those 9 times, they made a small fortune and extended their stay in the room for another 3 months.
At the inn, after taking a bath, Catharina said softly: "Luan, it's your turn."
"Already going!" He shouted from the kitchen.
...
At noon, he had a delicious lunch with Catharina.
The next day, they woke up early, it was still snowing a little. After breakfast, they went to the dungeon.
Because of several days of snow, the ground was full of snow. Their feet sank a few cm into the snow.
Catharina's overcoat came in handy.
Luan was also wearing one, as well as a wool beanie covering his ears.
On his hands, he had wool gloves.
Practically everything they wore was made of wool, only the leather boots were not.
These were custom-made boots of Lv2 crocodile leather.
It cost one day of hunting in the dungeon, but it was worth it.
Not only was it comfortable, it reached the point of seeming to be part of their feet.
While they were walking, someone stopped them.
It was a middle-aged woman carrying some shopping bags.
"Hey, you're Luan who sells wool clothes, right?"
Hearing her question, Luan replied: "Yes, but I'm sorry, I don't have anything available at the moment."
"Really, not even a single piece?" She seemed disappointed.
Luan explained: "Look, making wool clothes depends on my talent, and unfortunately, I'm Lv1 and I couldn't create that much wool."
"I understand..." She thought of something and her eyes shone: "So, can you make something to order? I really liked the clothes you make, especially these overcoats you two are wearing."
"Well, it's not impossible." Luan replied.
"How about we go to that bakery and talk a little about it?" She suggested: "By the way, call me Madalena."
Luan did not answer immediately, he looked at Catharina, and she nodded, agreeing.
"All right." He agreed.
...
In the bakery, there were some tables with chairs, they chose one table at the back, and ordered only a green tea and a piece of cake.
While drinking tea and eating cake, they talked about the overcoats she wanted.
She ordered a total of five overcoats. Two for teenagers more or less the size of Catharina, one for a ten-year-old child and another for her, and another for her husband who was a few cm taller than Luan.
Finishing noting down everything she ordered, he said: "This may take five days, at least, 3 days to be ready."
"Right." Madalena asked, more shyly: "How much will this cost?"
Luan assessed her. She didn't seem to lack money, but she also didn't seem to have it in abundance.
And the brief conversation they had was pleasant.
So, he replied: "Maintaining the high quality, the same as the one I'm wearing, I can make everything for a total of 69 silver coins, what do you think?"
Upon hearing this, it was clear that she was satisfied with the price upon seeing her eyes shine, even the expression of surprise which she masked very quickly.
Pretending to cough, she replied: "W-Well... This will cost me a good part of my savings, but considering the quality, I agree with that amount. When it's ready, you can find me at the Niketa drinks store, it's at the end of this street. Ah, yes, don't worry about the bill here, I'll pay."
"Thank you." He shook her hand with a friendly smile.
"Thank you." Catharina said softly with her cold voice.
Madalena said with a discreet little laugh with her hand in front of her mouth: "It's the least I can do for taking the time of you two."
...
As they left the unnecessary baggage when entering the dungeon, they didn't need to rent a locker.
Upon passing through the portal, they again came across the reddish sky and a strong smell of blood hit them.
Metallic sounds, mixed with screams echoed.
Like a mother protecting her son, Catharina opened her arms in front of Luan, staying in maximum alert.
This gesture of hers brought comfort and worry to Luan.
The good side was that, upon looking closely, they noticed that it was just a group of Brugnar fighting against a large group of hunters.
On the other hand, this action of Catharina left him more worried. And if it was a real danger and she ended up getting hurt because she wanted to protect him?
For now, it was better they got out of there.
"Let's take a detour." Luan held her hand, pulling her.
On the way, he said: "Catharina, I appreciate that you worry about me, I really do, but please, don't put yourself in danger because of me."
She looked at him, then lowered her head, she grumbled a "Mm", but it was hard to say if she really understood, or simply pretended to agree.
Sighing, Luan only hoped that nothing bad would happen to her because of him.
...
In a quick movement, Luan jumped backwards, dodging the Brugnar's arms, then advanced, placing his left hand on the creature's mouth, creating wool directly in the Brugnar's throat.
While the Brugnar was suffocating, Luan's two right fingers – both the index and the middle finger were wrapped with wool threads, making them hard and resistant like metal and pointed like a spear – The two fingers pierced into the side of the creature's large ear, in a quick and precise attack.
*SQUELCH!*
*Splash!*
When his finger was pulled out, green blood came out of the finger hole.
Suffocated, the Brugnar couldn't even emit a sound, aggravating his situation.
Falling hard to the ground, a relatively low "Thud" was heard.
This scene repeated itself a few times.
Meanwhile, Catharina was even more brutal.
She moved with grace, but her actions were like those of an assassin.
Her hands were like sword blades, decapitating the Brugnar wherever she passed.
In the beginning, they only fought with groups of fewer Brugnar, but now, they were soloing even 10 dezes at the same time. At most, 20.
This time, it was 9.
One by one fell dead to the ground.
When everything ended, they collected the eyes.
...
A day and a half later, Luan and Catharina were about to leave the dungeon when they were surrounded by a group of 7 men.
"Hehehehe..."
"Look what we have here~ It seems your harvest was good, wasn't it?"
"Boss, she looks like a beauty even with her face covered, how about..."
"After me you play with her, but before that..." The boss licked the blade of the dagger: "Let's kill this guy first!"