Day 16
"Well here is the famed Lion's Pride Inn." Ginny sarcastically boasted. It was similar to the one in the game, but Goldshire was much bigger. More like Moonbrook in size with the amount of buildings. I gathered what quests there were and headed out. For the others it was a nice outing as they were in no hurry to follow along. I had a running commentary as I did the quests. It took a few hours to do the quests around Goldshire then and then we headed out to the Eastvale Logging Camp. There I did every quest as well. As far as the animals I only did what I needed to do to complete the quest requirements, but we took out every bandit or murloc we found. I had not explained to them that what I killed didn't respawn. We were moving too fast for her new guild mates to notice, but she figure they would notice when they got to Westfall and finally went through The Deadmines. As I started to see gear with stats on them I noticed that not a single piece was either bind on pick up or bind on equip, however the gear was set by race. True that there were not 4000 players looking like clones but they did remain the same sizes. This was balanced by the fact that the drop rates were four to six times higher. Not that I was really worried about gear. I wore the best belt, boots or gloves that I came across that would fit my gnome feet. This made a lot of enchanting mats as it was easier to carry the mats then the items. I went from level 10 to level 12 just doing the quests in Elwynn Forest and I was very close to leveling again.
"This is crazy. I did all the quests in Elwynn and in Stormwind before I came to Westfall I was barely level ten and you are nearly level fourteen." Ginny complained. "And to top that off it was three months before I finished Elwynn."
"Give her a break or better yet us a break." Bron countered. "She is losing out on a lot of mob experience, but she explained on how her gear works. Plus she has been turning in the quests in the morning."
"This rested bonus she is getting lasts a long time as it is only used up on mob kills which we are nearly zeroing out that experience being in group." Fizzle added.
"Still she is gaining levels and experience far faster than anyone ever." Ginny stated.
Isn't this the fourth or fifth time you have complained about it?" Elvel asked. "No wonder she is traveling out of ear shot."
"I guess I am complaining, but I am also really impressed." Ginny replied.
"The council is going to be shocked when we show back up." Bron stated. "We have both been summoned and her resignation was denied so long as she is the lowest level."
"When do you have to be there?" Fizzle asked.
"Right at the start of Winter Veil." Bron replied. "I predict that she will be well over level twenty."
"What level was Elisa twenty one or twenty two?" Elvel asked.
"She told me she is half way through twenty one and that since Kit arrived she decided to level a bit." Fizzle stated. "But I don't know how far she will get in a few weeks."
"Let's see by looking at the sun it will be well into night by the time we arrive at Sentinel Hill." Bron stated. "Better to camp here for the night." Bron opens up his map and checks for a home to stay in that maybe just out of sight. "Blast it that crazy rogue kept on going and we didn't notice. We need to catch up to her as she is quite near to the Furlbrow farm."
"You mount up and go get her we will follow." Fizzle added. Bron did so and took off in my direction. While he was trying to race to catch up I was heading back to the Furlbrow's to return his pocket watch to him. When he caught up I handed over the watch and for the first time I glowed as I completed the quest. Bron's jaw dropped as I glanced at him and smiled.
"About time you stopped talking about me and joined me." I stated. "But now I am wondering if being in a group is doing more harm then good?"
"It is keeping you alive and it goes much faster in a group." Bron countered.
"True, but even having four mobs on me I never went below half health. I am also gaining a lot of experience." I replied. "Way more than I expected."
"That maybe, but no one knows what will happen if you die." Bron stated. "And no one was desperate enough to try."
"Or if they did they never said anything." I guessed. "Until someone says something about dying we will not know. Which makes me wonder about all the graveyards."
"Well that is a conversation for the campfire, so let's go find the others." Bron said as he called his mount.
"No I am staying here." I stated. "And we will help fix the wagon. These good folk don't need to be stuck here and with the deed back in their hands they can go back to their farm." Bron sighed and dismissed his mount. Bob came back out and looked a bit confused, but he settled down after a few seconds. We had the wagon up on a post and Bron was busy replacing the damaged leather by the time the others arrived.
"What is going on here I thought you would come back to us?" Fizzle complained.
"We are camping with the Furlbrow's and Elvel you're a blacksmith right?" I asked. Fizzle fumed for a bit until I glared at him.
"Yes I am." he replied.
"Good I need you to craft this item. Shouldn't be too hard, but you will need to go to Goldshire or Stormwind to do so." I suggested. "Probably Stormwind would be better. A bit longer to get back but worth the portal there. Unless you know of a forge around here?"
"No there is one at the Jansen place it just needs to be fired back up." Elvel replied. "Never know I might just find a spare."
"Thank you, but you don't have to help us so." the wife said.
"You are feeding us for the night and it is more than enough to help repair the wagon." I countered. "And it is no problem at all."
"Didn't know we could do more with our professions?" Ginny wondered.
"I didn't think so, but once I got to looking at the damage I saw that it was possible to fix it." Bron stated. "Plus in real life I am a carpenter and you don't forget forty years of experience." Elvel took time with Bron to inspect the wagon and he was nodding in agreement quickly enough. Fizzle even joined with and was grinning from ear to ear as he opened his engineering bag. Turns out he had a few parts that would work to fix it, and after they ate they headed to the farm."
Kit do you really think they will be able to move on? I mean they have been in the same spot as quest givers for the last ten years." Ginny wondered.
"I think so and they need the help." I replied. "No one is low enough to need the quest they give anymore and I think that will be the key in this case."
"Why do you say that?" Ginny asked.
"I have a theory and this will possibly prove it." I replied. "I am going to sleep goodnight."
"Goodnight." Ginny replied as she stared at the fire.
