"move aside peasants"
said a gruff voice from behind the brother sister duo. Rex frowned a bit, his initial good mood vanished. he turned around to look at the source of the voice , however he saw that statement wasn't directed at them but at some animal eared duo, around the same age as Rex.
the duo looked exactly alike except they had different coloured eyes and one if them was female.
Rex didn't care about what would happen to the twins, but as he was about to turn to leave his sister shot him a 'you have to save them look'
"what?! are being for real, this is none of our concern, plus our strengths are similar why don't you help them" he said while having a struggling look.
"Rex just help them, wouldn't you want someone to help me if I was in that situation?, plus, do you really want your little sister to fight some brute?" she said with a triumphant smile on her face seeing her brothers struggling look.
"fine!! I'll help them" Rex agreed reluctantly with a wronged look on his face.
Rex got to the scene just as the burly looking man was about to hit one of the twins.
the twin already braced for impact, but no impact was made as Rex effortlessly caught the burly mans hand.
"I wouldn't do that, you see, someone doesn't want these folks behind me to be hurt. so I'll appreciate it if you don't hurt them and we'll be cool, okay?" Rex said with a friendly smile plastered on his face.
"what?!, who the f*** are you, mind your own business" the burly man said with an enraged look on his face, he even seems to not notice how Rex easily caught his hand, he may not have used his full strength but he's a warrior at the master realm, no average Joe could just stop his attack so easily, especially Rex who looked so scrawny.
"yeah I said the same thing but here we are" Rex said shrugging his shoulders with a smile on his face.
"mind your business kid or you'll regret it" said the burly man in a threatening voice
"as much as I would love to do that, I can't let you harm them, so you should let them go and we would pretend none of this happened" Rex said said still maintaining his smile
" okay you little bastard, you asked for this" the burly man said while trowing a punch at Rexs face.
seeing the man attacking Rex had a slight frown on his face before he threw a punch, meeting head on with the burly man.
*baam*
the burly man took five steps backwards before stopping, while Rex remained on the spot with his arms still out stretched, while looking at the burly man with an annoyed look.
"now that wasn't very nice, I asked politely with a smile and everything but you didn't let up. what's your deal anyway, not like you have a feud with them or anything" Rex said while putting his arm down.
the burly man snapped out of his daze after hearing Rex. "do I need a reason to hit them?, they're just disgusting beastmen, and judging from your eyes, you're part beastman as well. what, did your mom f*** a beast man? , what a disgusting wh.... "
before he finished his statement, a hand grabbed his face, slamming his head into the ground, making a head shaped hole on the ground.
"you talk too much, you know, normally I would have killed you but I'm not going to do that, cause I was in a good mood, but if you ever cross me again" Rex said while pulling the man's hair from the ground to his eye level. "I'll make sure you never see the light of day again" he then threw the burly man a few meters back.
Rex then turned around to face the twins
"you guys are lucky my sister is so kind hearted" he said as a menacing aura surrounded him, they both shuddered while the male twin moved his sister behind him.
" stop trying to scare them Rex" Rexs aura vanished right after he heard the voice
"hahaha, come on sis, I was just messing with them" Rex said while turning to face his sister, she just shot him a look, then proceeded to talk to the still trembling twins.
"hello, my name is Janet and this is my brother Rex" Janet said while pointing at rex. the male twin seemed entranced by Janets beautiful face, seeing this a smile full of mischief made its way to Rexs face.
"you might want to close your mouth buddy, you might catch flies. hahaha" the twin snapped out of his daze, but he became red to his ears, further boosting Rexs laughter.
Janet shot him a 'keep quiet or die' look. seeing the look, Rex quickly stifled his laughter.
"please don't mind him, so what are your names?" Janet inquired.
"oh pardon my rudeness, my name is Daniel, and this is my sister Lucy. we are grateful for your intervention" he said as they both bowed slightly.
"it's fine, we c-"
"you think this is over??!!, watch your back beast men" the previously forgotten burly man said before storming of.
"sis we have to get into the city before dark, I'm tired from all that running" Rex reminded
"yeah you're right, see you later Daniel and Lucy, hope we meet again" Janet said before catching up to her brother.
as they reached the gate, a guard stopped them. "the gate fee is two silvers each"
"is there a another way for us to pay, cause we don't have any money" Rex asked politely
"well you could use beast cores, and that would be a rank 1beast core each"
the guard replied curtly.
Rex the pulled out two rank one cores from his beast skin bag and gave it to the guard, who then let them pass.
the town wasn't anything to behold but it was clean and spacious.
they asked around for a place to sell all the cores they had on them.after getting directions to a shop, the duo made their way to the shop. when they got to they shop, they read the sign to confirm, it read 'big johns weapons 'nd stuff'.
they got in and walked to the counter, no-one was there so they rung the bell on the table, soon after a woman with brown hair and green eyes came, she was quite pretty, not on the level of Janet, but he was beautiful in her own way. but the most peculiar thing was her ears, they're long and pointy.
"welcome customers, how may I be of service" she asked politely.
"we would like to sell some beast cores" Rex replied in a similar manner.
"okay then, lemme see the cores you have" said the elf
Rex then proceeded to put all the cores he had on the table. they were 60 rank one cores,
34 rank 2, 15 rank 3 and 4 rank 4 cores.
the elf was a bit shocked but the regained her composure and calculated everything.
" rank one cores cost 2 silvers, rank 2 cores cost 10 silvers, rank 3 cost 2 gold, while finally rank 4 cores cost 10 gold. so everything costs 116 gold" the elf said with a smile.
" would you like to make a purchase?"
"no thanks but could you explain something for me? " Rex asked while collecting the gold and putting it in his skin pocket.
"sure, what do you want to know" said the elf while keeping her smile.
"could you explain the currency works, my sister and I have lived in the forest since we were little so we don't know how it's exchanged" Rex said while scratching the back of his head.
"sure, well for starters bronze has the lowest value and to exchange for a silver coin, you need 100 bronze coins, for a gold coin you need 10 silver coins, for a white gold coin you need 100 gold coins, but white gold coins are mostly used by nobles or wealthy merchants" the elf said maintaining her smile.
"thanks for the explanation, and sorry to bother you again, can you recommend an inn for us ,and a clothing store." Rex inquired
"no problem, as for the inn, I recommend the inn a few blocks from here its name is Tina's inn, there's also a clothing store on the way there" the elf replied still having he smile on.
"thank you very much " Rex said and turned to leave.
"wait, you said you have been living in the forest right?" the elf asked making Rex turn to face her
"right" he replied
"then you don't have a job, but seeing as you gathered all these cores it'd be best if you joined the adventurers guild, it's a few blocks away from Tina's inn" suggested the elf
"my name is Martha nice to meet you" she introduced
"my name is Rex and this is my sister Janet, thanks for the info. and I'll be sure to go to the guild" Rex replied then left the shop.
they went to the clothing store and got some clothes for themselves. then made their way to the inn. they paid for 2 rooms and food. they got to their rooms, cleaned themselves and finally all their fatigue overcame them so they basically passed out as the got on their beds.