Entering the store Gen followed Andy to a table in the back of the store, and when he got in front of it Andy pointed to one of the chairs and said, "Please sit down," as he sat down on the chair in front of him. Gen put the backpacks on his side and sat down, Andy then asked him, "Would you like something to drink?", "Water please.", "Sure, just a moment.", he then called another attendant who was nearby and asked him to bring two glasses of water. Then he asked, "Where are you going?", "I'm planning to go to the Sand Ruins", "The Sand Ruins!? Mr. Gen, I'm sorry, but in your case the rental price is going to be extremely expensive. The Sand Ruins is an extremely dangerous place, so the chance of losing the rented camel is very high", "I understand, but I'd still like to hear the price", "Okay, give me a moment please, I'll be right back", Andy then stood up and walked towards the back of the store, disappearing from his view.

When he was alone, Gen began to look around the store. Inside you could see all kinds of people, from merchants to adventurers. Seeing this Gen began to think, 'Renting camels is really profitable, we are completely dependent on them to move long distances in the desert. How much do they make in a day?', Gen thought about this for a while, until the other attendant came back with two glasses of water, Gen took his glass to drink, and then thought again, 'I hope it's not too expensive, I have accumulated 100 silver to make this trip, I have already spent nine coins on the necessary supplies, and used five to escape from Lina.', in the middle of his thought andy came back with a piece of paper and sat down again saying, 'I talked to the boss, and he gave me these terms. First I need to know how long you intend to rent the camel for, the maximum is one week, but you can renew that time at any of our stores around the desert.", "Okay, I'll rent it for a week then.", "Right, and what kind of camel do you intend to rent? We have the bigger and sturdier one, which is great for long trips without stops, we have the smaller and faster one, which is great for trips from one city to another, and we have our best camel, which performs as well as the other two in its specialties, but costs more than the other two put together.", Gen stopped to think for a while, but unfortunately he already knew the answer, he had prepared himself for three years precisely because he knew he would need the best camel for this trip.

"I'll have the best camel.", "Okay," Andy said, and wrote something down on the paper next, and then put it on the table and started talking, "The most expensive camel rental for a week will cost you five silver coins, but since you are going to a very high risk area, you need to make a deposit of the camel's value, just in case it gets lost. "And how much will it cost?", "Seventy silver coins", "Seventy coins!?", "Yes, but as I said, it is only a deposit, after returning the camel your money will also be returned. We're just covering ourselves in case something happens to our camel", "Hm, got it. Ok then, I'll make the deposit." Gen then took his pouch from his waistband and started taking out silver coins and putting them on the table, until he had seventy coins. Seeing all those coins on the table Gen felt a pain in his chest and thought, 'seventy silver coins, that's almost two years of work going at once!', but then he thought trying to calm himself down, 'Calm down Gen, it's just a deposit, when I return the camel I will get my money back. It's just a deposit. It's just a deposit.'

Andy counted the coins, and asked Gen to stamp the paper with his ring, which was one of the functions the ring had, each ring has a symbol chosen by its owner as a stamp, and these symbols are unique, Gen's symbol was that of a spear pointing upwards, it was a simple symbol, with only four strokes composing the design, they being the shaft, the base of the blade that went beyond the limits of it, and the two sides of the edge.

After collecting this Andy stood up and then said, "Okay, that's the deal, come with me Mr. Gen, I'll take you to your camel," Gen stood up and took his backpack and followed him towards the back of the store. As he walked out the door, Gen found himself in an area outside where the camels were, he continued to follow Andy until they arrived at his camel, and then Andy said, "This is one of our best camels Mr. Gen, it is almost ready to go, we are just putting the support for your luggage.", "No problem, I would like to buy a few things in the meantime.", "Sure, what are you looking for?", "I would like a map, water and a hut. The map has to be of the region of the sand ruins, and as detailed as possible, water I would like for a week, and the hut can be the best you have.", "ok, I will ask someone to bring your water and hut, for the map I will have to check if we have one that fits your requirements, I'll be right back.", "ok, thank you".

Gen put the backpacks down and waited while Andy returned with the map. After a few minutes he came back with a map in hand and said, "Mister Gen, this is the best map we have of that region, see if it fits what you are looking for," and then gave the map into his hand. Gen opened the map and started to look at it, the map was very detailed and covered a little more than just the ruins area, but two things were bothering him, and he decided to ask Andy about them, "The map itself is very detailed, but I have some doubts, two actually. The first is that I can't find the ruins on this map, and the second is that I don't know what these symbols mean," said Gen pointing to a symbol of an eye with the number three inside its pupil. On the map there were several of the same symbol, only the numbers on some of them changed.

After hearing Gen's doubts, Andy said, "Oh, I'm sorry Mr. Gen, I thought you had seen other maps of that region before, and just wanted a more detailed one, so I didn't explain about that. The reality is that no map of that area shows the ruins.", "What? why is that?", "The problem is that the ruins are not always in plain sight. In the past, when they were first sighted, thousands of adventurers went in their direction with the intention of exploring them, but none of them could find them, some stayed there for more than a month looking for them and never saw them, after that nobody talked about it anymore, and many started to consider them an urban legend. However, a few months later, another person saw it, but most people took him for a liar, mainly because the place where he said he saw the ruin was different from the place where it was first seen.

An essence test is a test created by awakened people, to make it easier for normal people to understand the essence that they master. The test is composed of trials that are based on the characteristics of the essence in question, and usually after passing all of them, the person awakens the essence. All of the trials that have been found to date are extremely old, and no one currently knows how to do them. Some people think that the technique of making trials has been lost, and others think that the people who have tried just aren't strong enough.

"I heard that the ruins are an ordeal, so I'm going there. I didn't imagine that it was speculation rather than something certain, much less that the ruins are not in a fixed place. Do you have any more questions, Mr. Gen?", "No, I'm keeping this map, how much is it all?", "Well, the hut will be eight hundred bronze coins, the map five hundred and the water two hundred, that's one silver coin and five hundred bronze coins, but since you spent seventy silver coins in our establishment, I can give you a discount of five hundred bronze coins, totaling one silver coin. ", "Thanks-, wait, I didn't spend the seventy coins, they are just a deposit." said Gen a little distressed. "That's right sir Gen, the seventy coins are just a deposit, just return the camel within a week and they will be returned.", "... ok." said Gen still a little uncomfortable, and then immediately took a silver coin and gave it to Andy.

After receiving the money, Andy handed the map to Gen and said, "Come with me Mr. Gen, your camel is ready," Gen picked up the backpacks from the ground and started to follow him. When they arrived Andy said, "We have already put the hut and the water that you asked for, all you have to do is put on your backpacks and it will be ready to leave," Gen approached him and started to hang his backpacks around the camel. When they were all on, Gen took the rope tied to the reins and guided the camel to the exit accompanied by Andy. As they reached the exit Gen said, "Thank you for your service.", "Thank you Mr. Gen, good luck on your journey.", "Thank you.", Gen then walked the camel towards the city gate.