By the time they reached the city gates, their SP had already been completely depleted, so they took it slow, since they had no other choice no matter how much they were in a hurry.
{That'll change after the first update.} thought Swara as they walked through the woods.
Within seconds, they started hearing growls. They walked towards it and saw a giant man with a boy on his shoulder, fighting a pack of 6 three-eyed wolves, each level 3, three wolves were down on the grass, their eyes lifeless. The little boy had a bow in hand, he tried to shoot any wolves that tried to come near the giant, but still, he wasn't doing much well, he's HP had already depleted to 15%.
Aphrodite and Loki nodded at each other and entered the battle. Each taking on two wolves at a time. Aphro used her daggers that were given to the rogue class to slit the throats of the wolves. Loki was surprised that his timid, little sister killed something and didn't even flinch an eye, but decided that if she can do it, why should he be left behind. He too started hitting the wolves with his staff, although it didn't do much damage, it made work for Rudra easy, as he and Aphro made short work of the wolves.
"Congratulations, you have levelled up, you are now Level 3."
"Congratulations, you have levelled up, you are now Level 4."
"Congratulations, you have levelled up, you are now Level 5."
"Phew, thanks guys, I didn't think I'd meet so many wolves at once." He said, as the three of them started picking up the loot.
"Did you read it's description?" Aphro asked him.
"Huh? What are you talking about?" confused, Rudra asked her.
She gently took the herb from the kid, who was on the ground now, and showed it's description to them.
Dragonrose herb
Rarity: Uncommon
Bright Orange in colour, it is a herb found in the area between Helbens and the capital Etomshire, if plucked, it releases a smell that attracts Triam Wolves.
"Oh, I was wondering what this pungent smell was. I guess that was it." Loki mentioned.
Rudra asked, "Huh, what smell?"
"Eh? You can't smell it? Aphro, you can smell it right?"
"No brother, it's only you, werewolves have a strong sense of smell."
"Oh, I guess that explains it."
"Well anyways, how did you find the kid?" Aphro said, changing the topic.
"Oh, him?" Rudra asked, pointing to the boy, "He's Tolm, he was alone in the woods, said he was looking for this herb, I decided to help." On looking closer, Aphro realised that boy had little fangs like a vampire.
"Hmph, well whatever, let's go, we have to take him home."
The rest of the way went by without any incident. They reached the yellow house. Tolm ran inside to his grandma, "Grandma, I found the herb, here, it'll help you get better."
"Tolm, how many times have I told you to not go in the woods alone. What would I do if something were to happen to you?" she turned towards the three, "Thank you for bringing him back safely, as compensation, I don't have any money, but please take my son and son-in-law's soldier uniforms. They are in pristine condition despite the war. I lost them both in the war, but I have no use for these and I would be happy if they belonged to someone as kind as you kids. Please do not say no."
Tolm ran out of the room and brought back two uniforms, they gracefully accepted the reward.
"Quest Completed"
"Rewards: 1) +3 Human Affiliation
2) 2 Soldier's Uniform
Description: Uniforms used in the Great Interspecies War that happened 25 years ago by the Human Nation Etom. Only a thousand such uniforms remain.
Grade: Uncommon
Attributes:
+4% STR
+4% END
+4% VIT
Equip Soldier's Uniform?"
Loki gave them to Aphro and Rudra, since they weren't suited for a mage, who happily equipped them.
Just as they were about to leave, the little kid held Rudra's hand. "Wait, please bring back mom too, she's gone to the Lubnit Forest in the east."
"Quest Recieved: Help The Kor Family 2/4
Difficulty: A
Recommended Player Level: 5
Quest:
1) Get Isaella back to Tolm. She is in the Lubnit Forest, east of Helbens.
Rewards: +3 Human Affiliation
2) Help her take a silver coin from the Rulmo's lair."
Rewards: ???
Time Limit: 4 hours
Accept Quest?"
{Huh? That... didn't change much, well, might as well see it through till the end.}
"I accept, wait, who's Rulmo? Why does he have a lair? Is it a dragon? Are we gonna fight a dragon? Please tell me it's a dragon."
"Quest confirmed." the system told him.
Tolm told him, "No, he's a wyvern that lives in a cave in the Lubnit forest, he is the reason there are less monsters in that forest. That's where Mom went. Please bring her back."
"Pretty much a dragon," the childish Loki gleefully said, "We're gonna fight a dragon, we're gonna fight a dragon. Let's go guys, what are we waiting for? The dragon's not gonna defeat itself." He walked out of the house, jumping and dancing. The two followed.
Soon, they reached the eastern entrance of the town, from there, it took them 3 hours to spot even a single cave, surprisingly, there were no monster encounters on their way. The cave was hidden behind a large mound, assuming it to be the one they were looking for, they immediately moved towards it, only to see a player passed out in front of the mound.