Chapter 1-12 : Innocent Hunter (part 1)
「Alright, that should do it. I hope it will change everyone’s perspective toward the residents. Alice, thank you for the information.」(Shougo)
「No problem.」(Alice)
After sharing the information with other players through the in-game forum, Shougo and I returned to where the other members were waiting.
「Thank you for waiting, guys. It’s done.」(Shougo)
「Good work, Shougo.」(Rin)
「Thanks. So, what are we gonna do now? Do you guys still want to go to the dungeon?」(Shougo)
「Honestly, I don’t feel like going to the dungeon now. We just told everyone to be useful to the people in this town, so why don’t we do the same? I think we can take some quests at the guild.」(Rin)
「Rin’s right! That’s the fastest way to help the residents.」(Alice)
「Yeah, I agree. How about you guys?」(Shougo)
「We’re with you.」(Gaul)
As Gaul said that, Shuu, Leone, and Kururu nodded at Shougo.
「Great. Let’s go to the guild then!」(Shougo)
Now that we had decided what to do, the seven of us left the residential area and went to the guild.
There were so many quests on the quest board in the guild hall.
In this game, you can receive quests from the guild or the residents directly, but if you want to take multiple quests, it’s better to go to the guild.
「Oh, right. By the way, I don’t have any skills that help with collecting items, but how about you guys? Has any of you learned【Gathering】or【Mining】?」(Shougo)
「Nope. Haven’t learned any of them.」(Rin)
「I’ve learned【Gathering】.」(Alice)
「That’s Alice for you. Anyway, I think we should learn those kinds of skills. It will be useful for clearing quests from the residents. For now, let’s choose some subjugation and gathering quests.」(Shougo)
「I recommend the forest area because there are a lot of items we can collect there. There are so many monsters we can hunt too.」(Alice)
「That’s a good idea. We can hunt some Erst Bears in the forest.」(Gaul)
「Oh! Don’t forget about the Erst Wolves too! Their skins can be used to make light armor.」(Shuu)
「That’s right. The equipment shop rarely sells materials nowadays, so we have to find them ourselves.」(Leone)
「We can mine some ores too to upgrade weapons.」(Kururu)
Apparently, Shougo’s party members seem to agree with my idea.
「Speaking of equipment, Alice, how long do you plan to keep wearing that beginner outfit? I think it’s time to change it.」(Rin)
「Aa… You’re right…」(Alice)
Now that she mentions it, I’ve been wearing my beginner armor since I created my character. A lot had happened and I totally forgot about it.
I’ve leveled up quite a bit and I have to fight much stronger enemies eventually.
I can instantly kill my target if I successfully land my attack while using my【Sever】Skill, but I remember I almost got killed when I failed to dodge an Erst Bear’s attack the other day.
So, yeah, I think Rin’s right. It’s time to change my gear.
「Seems like everyone agreed about going to the forest, so I took some quests with that location.」(Shougo)
Shougo took some quest forms from the board while we were talking to each other. He then showed them to us.
ー Hunt five Erst Bears (reward : 2000G)
ー Hunt ten Erst Wolves (reward : 2000G)
ー Collect a hundred medical herbs (reward : 3000G)
*Note : Please bring the body parts of the monsters as evidence of the extermination.
Collecting a hundred medical herbs is fair, I guess, but… Hunting five Erst Bears and ten Erst Wolves…?
I think that’s a bit too easy.
I mean, we are a party of seven people. Hunting that small number of monsters surely will be too easy for us.
I can even hunt twenty of them by myself without a problem.
I wanted to ask Shougo about this, but before I could do that, Gaul talked to him first.
「Oi, Shougo… Are you sure about this?」(Gaul)
「I know what you’re trying to say, but you don’t need to worry. I’m sure we can clear these quests.」(Shougo)
Hm? Hold on… Is it just me or they’re talking as if these are extremely hard quests…?
「Hmm… But, it’s gonna be harder than you think since we have to bring body parts as evidence.」(Gaul)
「I know the drop rate of items from monsters is not great recently, but it won’t be so bad.」(Shougo)
「Well, there’s nothing we can do about the drop rate. If they don’t drop a thing, we can just look for another one.」(Shuu)
「Aa-ahh… I’m worried about whether my MP will be enough for a long battle or not…」(Leone)
「Yeah, I understand your feelings. As magic casters, we have to save as much MP as possible.」(Kururu)
「Don’t worry, Kururu, Leone. Gaul, Shuu, and I will try our best as frontliners, so you two can relax a bit. Besides, we have Alice and Rin today. We can do it! Right, Alice, Rin?」(Shougo)
「Of course!」(Rin)
「Y, yeah, of course, we can do it. Un! If anything, I can kill those monsters with one slash of my wakizashi, so don’t worry!」(Alice)
Saying that, I winked at Leone and Kururu.
「Kyaaa~! A cute girl is trying to protect me~! I can die happy now!」(Leone)
「Don’t die…」(Kururu)
「Hahaha! No one can kill Erst Wolves and Erst Bears in one hit, especially the bears. They’re very tanky after all. But I like your spirit, Alice-san!」(Shuu)
Saying that, Shuu raised a thumb up at me.
「A, ahaha…」(Alice)
Wait… No one can kill those monsters in one hit? But… I can one-hit kill them without a problem…
Uhh… I wanted to ask Shougo, “Aren’t these quests too easy?”, but seeing the others’ reactions, I decided not to.
「Well then, are you guys ready? Let’s get going now.」(Shougo)
「「Ouuu!!」」
「O, ouu…!」(Alice)
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I predict her friends Common Sense-Chan will be stabbed repeatedly by Alice-Chan without her even realizing it lol