In a forest not far from the town, I enter a place called Dodo's Bar. It has a large space and full of adventurers. When I approach the Quest Board, the lists show some easy to hard quests.
"Hmm, how about this one?" I take a look at a piece of paper containing a quest about plants, even though I don't know what plant is it. Every beginner obviously will think it's better to take on some simple quest first.
"Are you sure? Even though it's written as easy, but in reality it's a hard one. Many adventurers have already tried to take on the quest, but most of them end up failing, because they can't simply find it. The rewards are also not worth the hard work." A sudden voice can be heard right behind me.
"I'll take that as a suggestion. Do you have any recommendation in choosing quest for a beginner adventurer like me?" I ask politely. If what her recommend is too far, then it'll be better if I just go to another place to hunt.
"Don't take any," she answer leisurely.
I'm quite shock on what she just said.
"Okay. Then, can you teach me more about this? I'm not really sure about things like this."
"I'll help you. But before that, I want to see your potential. You see the old man in that corner? He's being bullied by the adventurers. If you can beat them, then I'll introduce myself and tell you everyhing I know."
It's a little work to negotiate with this girl right here, she's smarter than I think. For now, I'll just follow what she says because I want to learn more things I don't know.
"Hey gramps, do you need help?" I said, relaxed.
Suddenly, the group of adventurer starts to surround me and leaving the old man one by one.
"You kid, think you're a hero? You want to help him alone?" They come to me with fighting stance. I put on my defense in a flash. Things you need to remember is the condition and time that I'm in right now. There are 4 people in front of me, each with their own skills. Let me guess, the one behind with robe and staff is certainly a magician. The 2 people with armored body are swordsman. The last one should be the healer, because every party composition needs a healer. Even if he's an archer, it will be very hard to fight.
"Try this!" I throw a ceramic plate close to me to the magician. The swordsmen instantly cover the magician and left the healer.
I quickly switch my target to the healer. Because the swordsmen are quite far, I can chase him freely. He tried to run, but it failed because our distance is very close. I hit him behind his neck and he falls to the floor, unconscious.
"Don't you dare!" The swordsmen run into me.
'When we're in a position like this, it's better to…'
"Run!!" I run around the adventurer, to confuse them and hide in the crowd.
"Don't hide! Get out!" They shout while searching for me.
In moment like this, we need to target a long-ranged character because they need time to cast their skills. In a second, I hit his nose with all my power and he passed out.
'2 swordsman left, the most possible way to defeat them is to find the vital point, even though it's kind of impossible because they're using armor. I think I have an idea.'
"HEY UGLY!"
They turn their head and hastily run into me.
"COME HERE!"
They try to hit me, but I dodge it and instead of escaping, I bump into a large man. He turn and his face turn red from madness.
"HEY! How dare you to disturb me?!" The giant-sized adventurer catches both of the swordsmen and heavily slams their body onto the floor until they faint.
"Are you okay gramps?"
"Huh? Yes, I'm fine. Thank you" he says happily.
I turn my eyes to the corner on reflex, someone's calling me, and I see that woman is waiting for me.
"So, who are you?" I ask curiously.
"Me? You can call me Rafiel."
"Huh? I thought your name would be more girly- I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." I need to emphasize that the one in front of her is a woman, and seems like a magician.
"No problem, I didn't mind that. I know you have more to ask, that's why the old man you saved will be necessary. He'll tell you everything he knows."
I should've guessed it. There's no way the she told me to save him just to have fun.
We approach the old man. "Gramps, can you give me tips or any information about the adventurers? I just started and know nothing about things like this."
"Huh? Okay then. Before that, let's go to my house first, it's too much to say in public," he says guiding us to his house.