You respond positively to the elf Traeliorn's offer.

You carefully examine this amulet and you consider the elf's offer.

You understand that most of the properties of your magic ring are still unclear. The unknown confuses you. You think that this uncertainty can lead to the most unpredictable consequences. You would like to keep rice to a minimum.

Therefore, you decide that the properties of the amulet that the elf merchant offers you will be useful to you. You will need a magical item that is guaranteed to speed up your movement and your actions in battle.

You look at the elf merchant Traeliorn and you see how his curious gaze of his beautiful eyes is fixed on your magic ring. The ring lies on the elf's palm. The metal of this ring has a silvery tint and glows slightly. The mineral that is inlaid in this ring has a light blue tint and also emits a faint glow.

Elf Traeliorn says: “Perhaps this faint glow indicates the activation of certain properties of this magic ring. However, most of the properties of this ring remain a mystery for now. But I think that I will be able to gradually reveal other properties of the ring. So what have you decided, Ulkin? Do you agree to the exchange?"

You say: "I agree to exchange this ring for your amulet, Traeliorn."

Traeliorn takes the ring and packs it in some small box. The elf Traeliorn then gives you a yellowish metal amulet. You place this amulet around your neck, so that the amulet is hidden under your armor. The moment the amulet comes into contact with your body, you feel a small wave of trembling that spreads throughout your body. This strange sensation lasts no longer than a couple of seconds and then this sensation disappears.

You leave the tent of the elf merchant Traeliorn.

You looked around. You see that the caravan guards and the merchants' servants are busy preparing for the further movement of the caravan to the north.

You went to check the equipment of the remaining young caravan guards. You spent about an hour on this activity.

Soon the caravan's movement in a northerly direction continued. You walked along with the rest of the caravan guards and you examined the surroundings. There was an area around with little vegetation. You only saw a small amount of frozen grass and bushes on either side of the road. To the right of the road one could see hills, and even further beyond the horizon one could see large mountains, the tops of which were white (obviously due to the fact that these mountain tops were covered with snow.

Dwarf Belknab sent individual caravan guards ahead as scouts.

You heard the dwarf Belknab say with a dark grin: “I hope our caravan doesn’t encounter another fucking monster like that ogre. However, if there is any threat ahead, our scouts should notice this threat and warn us. Or , at least we will be warned by the heart-rending screams of **** agony of these guys."

You felt somewhat embarrassed by the Belknab dwarf's peculiar humor. However, you could not always distinguish between the moments when Belknab was joking and when he was speaking seriously.

You look around and you see the frightened face of the merchant Jodaz.

You hear merchant Jodaz say in a trembling voice: “The appearance of this terrible monster was extremely unexpected. As soon as I saw it, I became afraid that this ogre would kill most of the guards and servants. It’s good that I decided to hire more guards.”

Dwarf Belknab said irritably, "It's not the number of caravan guards that is important. What is important is the martial skill, courage and vigilance of these guards. So you are lucky that you hired me to guard your caravan, Jodaz."

So, your caravan continued its movement north.

By the evening of this day, your caravan reached the border between the Sakred Kingdom of Orlania and the Despotate of Yalann.

You have seen many border posts near this border. You saw numerous, armed human warriors. You noticed that these warriors clearly obeyed the commands of several knights who were sitting in the saddles of large war horses. These knights were dressed in heavy plate armor and these knights had closed helmets with lowered visors. In addition, you noticed several priests from the Church of Equal Deities Brothers. It was unclear to you why these priests were here, near the border.

So, your caravan had to go through tedious cargo inspection procedures and duty payment verification procedures.

You, along with the rest of the caravan guards and servants, began to unload the carts so that the border guards and officials of the Kingdom of Orlania could check the compliance of the goods transported by your caravan with the requirements of local laws.