Stopped on the way back to the city, Katsuo organized his inventory with the items he got by killing the 11 wolves he found in the forest.
(I got a total of 9 meats and 13 wolf skins, their item drop wasn't that bad. With that I can recover the expenses with the 2 potions I spent. But I still have to pass in some merchant and sell it all, or maybe I can do it with the guild when I get there... I wonder which one of these will give me more money for it? ...)
(I managed to avoid piercing the wolves' bodies to get some unusual rarity meats but it seems that this was in vain, all the meats I got are common rarity and won't be priced a little higher than usual)
"I think it's good enough"
I said that while looking at my tidy inventory again. After self-praising myself for it, I closed my inventory and started walking again.
(It's getting late, I should get to town soon)
16:58 PM (58 minutes later after the battle with the wolf's in the wolf forest)
After a long journey alone, I had arrived in the city and now I was inside the guild going to officially finish my Quest
With not much time to waste I head upstairs right after I enter the guild and head straight to the same place where I marked the Quest.
In front of the table the same attendant I saw before looks at me and says
"Hello, would you like to book a Quest as an adventurer?"
"No, actually I came here to finish this Quest I just did a few hours ago" (Katsuo)
I take the Quest sheet from my inventory and give it to her
"I see, wait a minute..."
And then she bent down and started looking for something, when she got back up, she had a glowing crystal ball in her hand.
"Put your hand up here please"
She said this as she placed that crystal ball on top of the Quest that Katsuo delivered
Without hesitation, Katsuo placed his hand on top of the crystal ball which after a few seconds began to glow red.
And then a screen appeared in front of Katsuo
_-_
∆ [250 XP Gained from Quest] ∆
[Warning]: ∆ [Level 54 Reached]
∆ [Increasing Character Stats] ∆
_-_
"You may now withdraw your hand"
Katsuo did as she asked and withdrew his hand from the top of that crystal ball.
"What was that?" (Katsuo)
"Our guild has been going through some problems that the adventurers themselves are causing, one of them would be the lie about completing the Quests. And that's what this crystal ball is for..."
"...she is able to investigate the adventurers about the old things they did, how the ball turned red means you are not lying and you have completed your quest"
"I see" (Katsuo)
And then she took a little coin purse and handed it to me
"Here it is, congratulations on completing the Quest"
"Thank you" (Katsuo)
After picking up the bag, a screen appeared in front of me.
[Item Obtained]: ∆ [Bag of Coins]
And then I closed the screen and put the coin bag in the inventory and left the guild
(Before I forget, I still need to go to a merchant and sell him those meats and also the wolf pelts)
(Probably my routine will be like this from now on. Waking up, completing Quests, selling items, improving my equipment and then completing Quests a little more difficult. This seems like a tiring and very repetitive routine but that's what I have to do from now on against)
And then Katsuo started looking at the sky
(For some this game must have ruined their lives in the real world while mine seems to be fine, I've accepted the environment we're in, we can't leave until we've done what we need to do. Probably that would be, How a VRMMORPG Game Ruined My Life)
And so Katsuo started to walk through the city streets in that dusk looking for some merchant that was close by.
Eventually he arrived in a district full of tents with lots of people everywhere.
(Maybe this is a good place I can find someone to sell the items)
With that I walked around the district while looking at all the stalls, many of them were selling food while others were selling equipment and potions.
Until I found a stall with a merchant who was selling some items that only enemies drop. These would be, meat and skins of land animals and also some and large scales that seemed to be very hard, probably they were from possible Dragons.
I approached the tent and the man with a strongly menacing stance asked
"Have you come to buy or sell something?"
(What weirdest game character voice is that?! I don't know what you're trying to do but it's being pretty embarrassing, please stop!)
"I came to sell some wolf meat and skins" (Katsuo)
"How many would it be?"
Katsuo opened his inventory and looked at the amount of wolves' items.
"There would be 13 meats and 9 wolf skins" (Katsuo)
"I see, I can do it for 16 silver coins and 32 copper coins for everything"
"Alright" (Katsuo)
Katsuo did a few clicks on his inventory and the meats and skins appeared on the table.
"you're a player... Thanks for the items, here's the money"
The merchant said this as he placed the bags of coins on the table.
"Thank you" (Katsuo)
Katsuo took the bag and the same screen that appeared in the guild now appeared in front of him again
[Item Obtained]: ∆ [Bag of Coins] (2)
After taking the bag of coins, Katsuo put them in his inventory and left that district.
(What a weird and scary guy at the same time... In the end, it looks like I'll have to sell the items in the guild anyway. Now that I remember, where am I going to spend the night?)
Katsuo stopped walking the moment this came to his mind.
(I totally forgot about that, we're stuck in a game and [log out] is no longer available. Oh, I know where I can stay, there must be an inn nearby where I can stay overnight)
(I remember passing an inn on my way to the guild after completing the Quest)
Katsuo looked at the clock on his screen again
17:35 PM
(I better hurry, it's already too late and the sun is almost setting)
Katsuo started running to the inn.
17:41 PM (6 Minutes Later)
With night in the sky, Katsuo entered the inn and a woman who was behind a counter said
"Hello, would you like a room for the night?"
"Hello, yes I would like" (Katsuo)
"We still have a few rooms. Per night it's 2 silver coins, with meal it's 10 more copper coins"
"Alright" (Katsuo)
I opened my inventory and took the exact 2 silver and 10 copper coins and handed them to her
"Thanks, here's the key. Breakfast meals are at 8:00 am, afternoon is 4:00 pm and evening is 9:00 pm"
"Thank you" (Katsuo)
"Oh I almost forgot, your room is on the second floor turning right at the end of the hall"
"Right" (Katsuo)
Katsuo took the key she had with her and went upstairs to the second floor.
(... At the end of the hallway ...)
Katsuo went to the end of the hall and entered his room.
(A simple room with a bed and a table, it was not to be expected something very amazing with such a low price)
Without much else to do Katsuo lay down on the bed and within seconds the uncomfortable feeling of lying in a comfortable bed while wearing metal armor
(I better take it off)
And then Katsuo opened his inventory and after a few clicks all the armor and the sword disappeared from his body, just keeping his cloth clothes.
After that Katsuo slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep