[Mission: Kill 10 Sea Wolves. Time limit: 3 Days. Reward: 25 Copper coins.
Difficulty Rank: F
Do you accept: Y/N]
The moment he saw that interface, Soren's jaw nearly dropped on the floor. He couldn't believe that there quests, but he should have expected them, since one of this world's rules of nature was the existance of the system itself.
"This is the way requests are done. The interface for missions will appear only when there is a direct objective given, a reward and a level of difficulty. Of course there can also be other little bits of information, but those will have to wait for another time. Considering the fact that the two of you can handle Sea Wolves, this shouldn't be a hard task." Rohan explained.
Soren felt like this system made everything like a game. But he felt that something was off so he decided to confirm his suspicions.
"Ummm... Rohan, is the penalty a piece of information that can appear on the quest interface?" Soren asked.
Rohan was taken a bit aback by the Soren's perceptiveness, so he answered:
"Usually yes, that is true. But for this one, I decided to make it a bit special. Take the poster off the wall and check the back."
After Rohan said that, Soren tore the poster off the wall and checked the back, only to see a new quest:
[Hunter's test: This test is issued by one of your co-workers to test your huntung skills. The quest objective is the same as the front of the poster, but the way this quest work is completely different. This test will test 3 things at the same time: Time, Quality and Condition. The time limit is still 3 days as before, but the earlier this quest is finished, the better. The quality test is the quality of the carcasses of the monsters. You need to be able kill them, without causing damage to the fur, meat or the bones of the beast. The condition will check the way you have been doing fights, did you play safe or did you risk it all? All of these will give a combined grade that will show your skills as a hunter.
Failure: Abdocation of your guild card.
Time Limit: 3 Days
Reward: Dependent on the grade.
Difficulty rank: E
Do you accept? Y/N]
'WHAT THE HELL IS THIS QUEST!? ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE ME TO GIVE UP!?' Was what Soren thought the moment he saw that quest. He should have expected that there was a catch after seeing that extremely easy quest, but the moment he saw that quest, it was like he had already accepted it. He had a feeling that Rohan would definitely try everything in his power to force me to accept this quest, so after gritting his teeth, he accepted the quest.
[You have accepted the quest: "Hunter's Test"]
"I'll do the test Rohan." Soren said dejected. The fact that he fell for that made him angry, but there was no point on crying over spilt milk.
"Not bad Soren. You have guts, I'll give that much." Rohan said proudly. He still had another dozen of ways to force Soren into the quest, but the fact that Soren accepted it willingly saved him a lot of hassle and time. After that, he then took out of the bag, a much smaller bag, gave it to Soren and said:
"Since you accepted the test, of course you will need a way to carry the corpses. That little bag that you are holding is called a Bag of Holding. It is a special bag that can hold thing in a space of up to 5 cubic meters. Also to use the bag, you just need to imagine an empty box and that will appear in front of you."
After Rohan finished his explanation, Soren decided to check the bag of holding.
[Bag of Holding (S): A bag that has a personal space of up to 5 cubic meters. No living beings can be put into the bag.]
'Just as Rohan said.' Soren thought. After that he imagined an empty box in front of him and indeed, a box appeared in front of his eyes, but no one else could see it. In the box there was also some stuff inside it. Just as he was about to check it, the n Rohan called him and said:
"You should probably be able see some stuff at the bottom of the box. Bring them out for a bit to explain you some stuff."
Then Soren took out all the stuff from the box. There were a couple of bags with weird items inside them. Then Rohan started explaining about the items inside them.
"Alright, since you will be hunting monsters, you shoud get used to camping outside as well, but knowing you, I don't believe you will be having problems. This first bag as basic camping equipment, a tent, a torch, a couple of lanters and a small stove to cook food. There is also a knife inside, if you know how to process carcasses. As for the other bag, it has some basic leather armor, a new weapon and lesser monster lures. The monster lures themselves can be used to bring all the monsters near half a mile radius towards your location. This way you can, at least, guarantee yourself to get some monsters but this will be also taken into accounts for your final evaluation. If you have any questions, you better ask them now, otherwise go to the back room and get yourself equipped. The mission starts at midday so don't be late."
Soren didn't have any questions that he could think of, si he took the bag with the equipment and went to one of the back rooms, after Jay showed him the way. The armor itself had a blue and yellowish pattern that looked like mixed liquids in a cup and it covered his torso, arms and tail. The weapon that was covered in a cloth was a sharp iron blade with a blue hilt and was inside a blue sheath. After he put his equipment on, he then decided to check it.
[Tropical blowfish leather armor: (DEF +42). Armor that is made bybthe skin of a Tropical Blowfish. The monster itself has fairly hard skin so this armor provides a decent amount of defence.]
[Sharpened iron sword: (DMG +32).
A sword made out of wrought iron, that has been sharpened after grinding it for a little while on the grindstone.]
"Much better than before." Soren said a bit happily. The quest would definitely give him a major headache, but the staring equipment itself was pretty sweet on its own right.
After he left the room, he went to Lavenza who was waiting around the area and asked her: "How do i look Lavenza? Better than yesterday's rags, am i right?"
"Kyuuuu~... Keke~." Lavenza said expressionlessly.
"Alright, I may be getting a bit ahead of myself. But at leasy don't go ruining over my parade." Soren sighed after saying that and just as both of them were leaving the guild, Jay suddenly rushed towards them and said:
"Hold it guys, don't leave just now, I need to tell you something quick."
"What is it Jay?"
"Rohan is waiting for you guys at the east gates. You should go there ti meet up with him before you leave."
"Alright, thanks Jay."
After the two of them left the guild, they started having a quick conversation about some battle plans for the wolves, but just as they were talking, both Soren and Lavenza bumped on another person and the three of them fell on the ground.
"Oh god, I'm so sorry, I wasn't paying attention I didn't-" Once both Soren and Lavenza got their heads up and saw the person that had bumped onto, they were stunned. That person was a beautiful woman with shiny, long, blue hair that was tied to a ponytail, she had green eyes that looked like crystal clear emeralds and hair tail was a clear azure with sharp scales. She was also wearing a blue set of clothes that were similar to a dancer's attire that wasn't covering a lot of skin and was wearing a thin azure veil on her face.
"I'm sorry as well, I didn't to..." The woman also fell silent when she laid eyes to Soren and the Lavenza, she was also filled with all kinds of emotions. She wanted to talk them, but she knew she couldn't talk to them. At least not now, so for now she calmed herself and said:
"I didn't mean to bump at you, I was in a hurry." She said nervously.
"We are sorry as well, we weren't paying attention and ended up causing trouble for you." Soren said apologetically.
"It's alright, for now, take care." The woman said before she rushed away while looking a bit embarassed and happy at the same time.
"Weird lady, that's for sure. Come on Lavenza let's go... Ummm... Lavneza? Hello?" Soren waved his hand in front of Lavenza's face before she came back to reality.
"Kyuu~?" Lavenza looked confused.
"You have no clue? Anyways, we can always figure things out later. Let's get going."
"Kyuu~!" Lavenza seemed excited but she still looked at the direction, the woman left, before she left with Soren.
The woman herself, was hiding behind one of the buildings, while seeing Lavenza and Soren leaving.
"Finally we met." She said before she shed a tear.