The one who had suddenly entered the Inn was not a human, anyone can tell just by looking at the skin colour of the man. It was pale green skin, and he had dark green eyes. There was no hair on his head but there was one horn in the middle of his forehead.
Apart from this distinctive feature, the person looked more human. Yelena and Others were still in the middle of the scuffle only a few had noticed the person coming in. One of them was Knox who was startled by the sight of the man.
" Monster, there is a monster here!" He shouted getting everyone's attention towards the man.
" No! Please wait, He is not a monster." The inn owner shouted. Yelena was confused, the members of Knox's party had quickly distanced themselves from her and were now focusing on the person. She had heard the woman shout, along with others Yelena was confused by what she meant.
" I mean no harm," The man said as he raised his arms in surrender. " I am just an infected."
" What does that mean?" Knox said before giving the order, " Kill him!" He shouted.
The others were just moving toward the man however before they could reach him, Yelena strode in front of the man and stood between them, sensing that there might be something they should know before taking action. The stranger had surrendered himself and she could tell that he meant no harm.
" You guys are scum who would even attack someone unwilling to fight." She asked while pointing her sword toward the man. Because of her actions of getting in between the Warriors of light and the stranger, everyone suddenly stopped.
" I have had enough Knox, I can't tolerate your rash actions always." Yelena's words stung her conscience. " If you don't stop now, I will have to rebel."
The other members looked at Knox, his face clearly showed that he was afraid of Zosia taking any actions. Ben finally sighed and went where Yelena was standing, the inn owner followed behind him.
" Please don't hurt him, my husband is just an infected." She said.
Yelena and Ben had no idea what that meant but one thing for sure the man was submissive so they felt no need to be hostile.
" What is an Infected?" Zosia asked.
" It's the Curse of Tree Demon." She answered, " My husband is a human, please understand."
" What does that mean? He is an Outsider, right? Outsiders are a big threat to humanity, we shall get rid of him." Knox argued.
" No Please!" She said while bowing her head on the floor, the same was done by the stranger. " We are looking for a cure, the doctors said that they could prepare a treatment but it would take a little time."
" It's curable?" Zosia asked.
" Yes, You can confirm this, there were some who had already been cured in the past. Now only a few are left." She replied.
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Conan stood in front of a traveller station, the only place in the city that looked technologically more advanced. He verified his traveller ID before entering the building, there were not many people in this station. He could see people who were most like staff and just three or four people who looked like travellers.
He walked towards a notice board to check the latest news about this particular city, the status maintains all kinds of information that a traveller would be interested to know. There is also information about recent things that happened, happening or are about to happen in the city.
' This is interesting, a monster that could change other people's physical condition.' He thought when he saw the case that has been resolved a few months ago.
There was a Tree Demon monster, a monster that had the shape of a tree. Many residents were infected by it and even travellers, what was more interesting was that someone was able to cure the people.
' Should I go take a look at who this doctor is? I don't think there could be anyone who could find a cure for such a thing in a Free City.' He thought and moved towards the reception area.
A lady with a smiling face sat on her chair behind the glass. Conan went near that place, instead of Conan, she was first to initiate the conversation.
" How may I help you, sir?" She asked.
" I had just your notice board mentioning an incident about the tree demon's infection. I would like to meet the doctor." Ha answered.
" Sir, Doctor Lang is always busy doing some research. You will have to make an appointment, and this is only when you have an infection to get cured." She said.
" So, I can not meet him any other way," He said, receiving no reply which meant that the other doesn't want to answer. He ignored the rudeness and asked something else.
" Alright thanks, but do happen to have any beginners quest."
" Sir, I will check your Id and then tell you, because the policy is to keep the quests confidential."
" On second thought, I will just check some public quests for now."
Conan could feel that the cheerful receptionist was strict when it came to abiding by the rules. He had many times bribed and argued with staff on other stations but this is the first time lady was being so strict with rules. In the end, he has to be the one to give up and leave, he went towards the notice board to see if there are any available public quests.
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" My name is Zosia Dawn, I came from the temple of light, like you, I am a warrior of light," Zosia explained.
After a little argument, everyone was able to agree. Yelena and Ben were allowed to stay, while the warriors of light will share the other rooms. Knox gritted his teeth and agreed because of Zosia's involvement.
" Warriors of Light, I didn't know I would meet someone like that so early," Ben exclaimed. " By the way, my name is Ben Lupin." He added.
Currently, Vena and Zosia had introduced themselves and were sitting with them at a table for dinner. Yelena was still alert around them.
" My name is Yelena Parker." She was the last one to introduce herself to the group.
" Miss Yelena, Your light is so strong, after seeing your action I am sure it's because of your righteous heart. I thank you for stopping my comrades from attacking an innocent man which is against what light teaches us. You must also be a great warrior, Sir Ben, you protected that lady and even tried to stop the fight many times from your side." Hearing Zosia's sugary word Yelena felt a weird feeling and then she looked toward Ben who always seems to be taking these things very easy.
As expected by Yelena, he was the first one to speak.
" There is no need and the same applies to you."
" May I ask why are you people here?" Yelena asked.
" We are going to participate in the upcoming war against the remnants of Augustine." She said making Ben wonder why there were only ten people then.