Knowing her real name was Shakuntala, Umichi stored it in his head, to remember, so that he could look for her once they got out. He smiled at her as she smiled, knowing to call her Suki. "Sounds like a good idea to try find a blacksmith. Hope we find one fast." he replied to Suki. Suddenly seeing Yumi skip ahead, humming a tune, while he threw some knives. "Ah, isn't that an English song?" called out to Yumi. "Arg... what was it called again .... Oh well." he shrugged it off.
"Yeah we should probably eat at the restaurant when we get there" Umichi agreed. There wasn't much around and besides the few boars and wolves he did kill. They reached the front of Gonike. "Well, I think I will repair my equips first, and then we head to the restaurant, you guys can go ahead .... Oh wait, Suki." he called, putting a trade request. "I got some Nepent roots. It says an alchemy ingredient, so yeah. I figured you could use it." giving her the Nepent roots. The fruit both times went to Umichi, so he could just finish the quest right there and then, but first, to the black smith. He went to the black smith, and got his Anneal Blade<<2S2Q3D>> repaired. Checking his col, he had just over 7.5k col, even after the repair, he decided to get his last enhancement. "Can I also get a Sharpness Enhancement?"
"Sure, another 6k"
It was expensive, but worth it. A friend of his in the line was a beta-tester who had an Anneal blade. It was the best thing around almost all the way through the beta, except for one other sword. Well, they might have changed it now, but most likely it still was the best thing at least for until the 3rd or 4th floor. And since it is enhanced, probably at least 6th. Umichi assumed. Getting a message from one of his friends of that day in line, it read "Hey, how you been? Most of the first floor is the same as the beta according to the guy I'm with, but, the labyrinth changed a lot apparently. We should meet up if you come over here."
Umichi replied, "I'm all the way south East, in Gonike. About to head to Citadel for an interesting quest. Need to find myself a blacksmith though."
"Haha! Well, if I get time soon, I might come, I am a black smith, so yeah. I thought about doing that quest too you see."
"Well, if you have time come join us!"
About 5 minutes had passed during the short conversation, and he forgot about his Anneal Blade. "Here you go. That will be a total of 6140 col." Paying the black smith, he got his new Anneal Blade<<3S2Q3D>>. Leaving the black smith, he went off to the restaurant.