When we woke up the next day, it was already 12 pm. After washing ourselves, we left for the guild. At the guild, I got the reward for the quests. It amounted to 3 silver coins, which were quite low. Then we took out the monster materials we had collected yesterday.
The guild employees were surprised to see that Sherry was able to hunt so many monsters. They asked for her guild card to check if it was true or not. The guild card records all the kills. After discussing it with the guild master it was decided that she would advance to D rank. I didn't get any rank promotion as I had not killed any monsters.
Sherry was level 47, so I decided to help her advance to level 50. When we exited the town, we saw Sara and Rick waiting for us nearby. I pulled Sherry to the side and asked her why they were there. She said that the day before, she had asked them to accompany them next time.
It was okay to let them come along as I was there. Rick and I were walking in the front while Sara and Sherry at the back. Sara and Sherry were talking the full time until we deep into the forest. Rick too, kept telling me boring stories about his past adventures.
We meet a pack of stone wolves, but they were easily defeated. Our job was to injure the monsters while Sherry dealt the last blow to get the most exp. We continued to hunt without any breaks.
Unfortunately, we were not able to get her to level 50. She managed to reach 49 and only a little away from 50, but it was already late, so we decided to end it for the day.
The next day was Sunday. Spending the last few days hunting like crazy, Sherry asked me to take the day off. I agreed as I too had to meet Leh for some work.
"Sherry, Let's go, we are going to the dwarf village."
"Sorry, I can't, I am not feeling well," She was lying in bed.
(She might be very tired from hunting. I should let her rest. But should I take her along? She can rest at Leh's place.)
"I think you should come with me. You can rest at Leh's place."
"Do you think so?"
(Now that I think about it, that place is very noisy. It is filled with noises of metalwork. She won't be able to rest there.)
"Then I should send you home."
"Just go. I will rest here." She stood up and pushed me out of the room.
I used ππ’π΅π¦ to go to the dwarf village. Leh and the company were very excited to see me in the hope of getting a new project. The reason for me going there was to make adjustments in the communication device. Previously, Sherry was not able to use it during the battle. I wanted to make it user friendly so it could be freely used during battle.
After discussing it with them, we decided to make something similar to ear pods. But for making ear pods we didn't need blacksmiths but craftsmen.
Once mom told me that Sherry's mother's craftsmanship was very refined. I went to ask her if she could do it or not. She was willing to do it. I told her how to do it and showed her the magic circles that had to be made on them. She estimated that it would at least take a week to make it. I told her that there was no need to rush.
When I returned to the dwarf village, I felt uneasy. I thought that it was something related to Sherry, so I used ππ’π΅π¦ to return to Clara. I returned only to see Sherry missing. I searched the room to see if she was hiding. She was not there. Her equipment was missing. I checked the corridor. She was not there as well.
I went down and asked the owner, "Have you seen Sherry."
"I don't remember properly but she left in the morning, I think?"
I was getting a bad feeling about it. I rushed out. As the lives of the master and the zombie were connected they could feel where the other was. I could feel that Sherry was somewhere around the dungeon area. Her presence was very weak. I ran in the direction of the dungeon.
When I was running I saw posters stuck on the walls and people handing out the fliers. A flier dropped on me. I was horrified to see what written on the flier. There was Sara and Rick's photo. Both were wanted with a bounty on their heads. They were accused of atrocity, kidnapping, and robbing people.
I used flight to fly and wind magic to increase the speed.
(I hope Sherry is not with them. Just wait I am coming for you.)