Leaving the guild building I intended to go directly to explore the outskirts of the city I would go after some herbs and hunt some animals if I was lucky I could kill both rank F missions with that I would have completed a minimum of solo missions to change rank, but I fit to spend a good time making my registration so it is already close to lunchtime but not too close.
Difficult decision if I go out of town I will end up skipping lunch and if I stay for lunch I will miss a few hours of light as I have to go back to the institute before dark.
So I decided it would be better to go get something simple for lunch while I head out of town I decided to get some food on the way, something to eat while walking.
With my lunch already settled I head out of town picking up some skewers and sandwiches on my way I finally arrive at the east gate of the city as this exit has a small wood containing herbs and some magical animals.
When I leave the city, I head to the small forest when I approach, I use my eyes to see the mana and elementary energy of the forest. It is to my surprise that it has a reasonable amount of mana in the air, it is not a level to compare to the emerald forest, but it has a greater amount of mana than the forest in the village I grew up in.
When I approached the forest, I could already see some spots in my mana in the air. These spots were living creatures. They are usually small since the bodies of magical animals of level one are smaller than the bodies of intelligent races, but I can do it. to see three spots that must belong to other adventurers I doubt that more people will not act in the same situation as him.
But as it would not be productive to approach a group of adventurers since they must be behind the same resources of the forest and the region close to them must have already been explored by the group of adventurers .
So I made my way in a direction opposite to theirs and as I doubt that there is any magical beast or magical animal of level two I decided to move using my aura and wind element to increase my speed if I use a moderate amount I will be able to cover a very wide area bigger that afternoon.
The task of searching for herbs is not a challenge for me since using my eyes the task of locating any hidden resource becomes easy since any valuable resource has mana or elemental energy within it.
As the hours passed I killed some animals, but I was still far from reaching the quota to count as a complete F-rank mission. In terms of herbs, I managed to see herbs with different functions in this forest and really rich in magic herbs, maybe I can manage complete two Rank F herbage missions .
But there are some important events that I am facing and reflecting on now because this event put me in a complicated situation. I found what I think is a decent amount of elemental minerals and rich in mana a few meters deep. I can dig and mine a good part of the ore more. as i don't have tools to help me i would spend a lot of time to mine a part of it, but this is not my problem, but it will not be shit if i harvest this ore i doubt anyone knows about it but it is extremely close to the city so to mine it in secret must be very difficult.
Even now there is a group of adventurers coming towards me mining this small deposit without suspicion I will need help and come at a time when the forest is empty because if I am discovered mining I doubt that there are no people who tried to take advantage of mine and get a part of the ore using some cliché excuse.
If it is discovered I would not be surprised if I had to pay taxes for the city, guard, merchants, kingdom and perhaps even for the adventurer guild, only taxes will eat about eighty percent of the ores I would excavate.
If they invent a fine for me I could end up losing money instead of winning it.
I continue my exploration of the forest, but I realize that I am being followed by a group that contains three adventurers who were coming towards me when I had found the ore deposit .
I changed my direction a few times, but I was still being chased even though I was masking my tracks.
The problem that one of them has a gray core and taking my experience from earlier I doubt that it has the ability to kill a gray core warrior and have two black core warriors helping it will not improve my chances if it were a damn wizard I I could try to kill him with an ambush, but a warrior makes any complicated action on my part the only good news and that not one of them has an elementary jealousy.
I should have brought some explosive mines, but today I only have a few poisons and smoke bombs with me and even if I make the first move against the group of adventurers I have to hit the strongest with a poisoned arrow if not my chance to win and a lot little.
So I decided to retreat. I'm going to use my top speed to take a walk in the woods and distance myself from them, but before that I want to see the faces of the group so I can track them later.
Using my skills I try to create a false trail to deceive my pursuers and position myself as far away from their route as possible, but still close enough to be able to see my pursuers.
To my surprise, the group was made up of two women and a strangely familiar girl.
She was a gray-core warrior with an affinity for the fire element, she used a full maturity, the weaker two were a girl with an affinity for the wind and the boy had an affinity for the fire element, but I still don't know why he is familiar to me .
When I walked away from them I noticed an emblem on the warrior clothing of the gray core was a drawing of a green horse, is it an emblem of nobility? "
Some nobles or vassals carry the totem pole of a noble house that they belong to. I don't particularly know several of them because in the institute it is forbidden to wear totems in their clothes.
Moving away from my pursuers, I increase my speed using my wind element.
I was successful in outwitting my pursuers but with that I lost my opportunity to complete Rank F missions, but even so I still need to go to the guild to get my ID.
If it weren't for the ore deposit that I found this afternoon, it would be a complete waste of time since because of my pursuers, by the way, I will take revenge on them, but before that I have to find out their identities and find a way to get the miner out of the forest. I think that I will have to ask for help from my friends and mainly Ingredi her as a magician of the earth element will help a lot in digging the earth to release the ore.
Making my way to the guild I head over to the novice counter again this time I am greeted by a receptionist with the characteristics of a rabbit Does the master of this branch of the guild have a preference for women of the beast people? "
I'm not judging you in a negative way, I particularly find them very cute too .
"Good morning I came in the morning and I registered with the guild I came now to get the guild card my name and Ulric Fenris ."
"Good morning, Mr. Fenris, I'm going to check if the card is ready. I'm going to take a few minutes.
"Thanks."
Seeing the receptionist looking in one of the drawers on her counter, it only took her a few minutes to find my card.
"Mister Ferris, could you get your identification so I can verify that the card details are correct?"
"Of course."
I hand her my institute emblem and I realize that what she said doesn't make much sense, there is no reason why she should verify my data on the card but verify my identity.
Seeing her bring the card closer to my emblem, I see the mana moving between the two. This happened a few times and I see that the mana in the card becomes bigger than before.
"Thank you for your patience, Mr. Ulric, here is your guild card and I wish you success in your future missions .
"Thanks."
Receiving my card and badge from the receptionist, I keep them, but before doing that I still study them, they don't notice anything abnormal in them.
With my card ready I finish my registration with the guild and I head to the institute before nightfall.
Upon arriving at the institute, I go to the canteen to wait for my team members to arrive for dinner.
I want to discuss with them about my exploration of the forest and see if they are interested in mining a little.
Even if dividing the profit into six parts will greatly decrease my profits and it is not feasible to mine alone.