Chapter 32 - A short trip

The next day Nico woke up determined. He had a lot of things to do today. First he had to cure the elk meat and had to store it for sale. And for that, he needed a lot of salt and condiments.

There are two ways he knew of to cure meat. The first one is to smoke it dry and the second one is to salt it and dry it in the sun.

For both these methods, he needed condiments

The vampires here did not eat human food so they did not have it. he had to buy them from the human towns.

Raven made him a map of all the villages nearby.

Turns out they were actually on a small island close by to the river. This was the place where the river met the ocean and it was prone to whirlpools. So not many wanted to come and inhabit this land. Only at a particular time of the day, the water was calm and they can row their boats out.

The island was not that bustling with wildlife. Only a few elks lived here.

So the vampires usually never ov