" Sir, The Private quest I wanted to talk about is this." Mark had several papers in his hand, he handed one to Conan. " As you know 3 months before we hunted down a tree demon with the help of travellers. We had to make a request on which we had spent a lot of money but there is still danger lurking here."
" And, you are sure this is the case," Conan asked.
" Yes, there is something that is attracting the monsters towards the city.— Perhaps a Lord level monster." Mark explained.
" We had a good income by selling the tree demon to TGAE, apparently it was a mid-high level threat. To defeat it we had to hire numerous A-rank travellers who left the city just a few months ago. Then monsters such as these swamp monsters started to appear." Mark said. " I would like you to find what's causing it and get rid of it."
" Hmmm, Lord level, if you are not able to find it in the open then it must be a master at concealing its presence. You are right it's necessary to check this, perhaps it's hiding some of the monsters in hopes of gathering an army." Conan answered.
" Sir, have you ever faced a monster of the lord level." Mark asked." From your words, it seems you had, I would like to know more about your skills."
" I had done in the past, as for my skills there is no need to display them in front of you. I will take the quest, in return, you will allow me to keep the crystal of the beast." Conan offered.
" But then, how are we meant to cover the cost of hiring you," Mark asked.
" As I said there will be other monsters, I will hunt them down and bring them here for you," Conan answered. For a traveller, it's necessary to get permission from the official before the hunt for several reasons. There is a law that only allows these officials and some organisations such as TGAE to deal in monster crystals. If an individual desires it then they need a permit, Conan could have done it as a personal quest but decided to do things more legally.
' If it's a spirit beast as well, then I will get a special grade crystal for sure.' Conan thought.
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" This must be the station, right?" Yelena said as she got off the jeep. Standing in front of the station they could see the building that looked completely out of the place. The infrastructure was far better than other buildings here.
" So we wait here? He didn't mention the time." Yelena said.
" It's morning, he should be here soon."
Just as they were talking a person that looked to be an official came.
" Are you Ben Lupin and Yelena Parker?" He asked.
" Yes, we are."
" Please follow me, sir Conan is waiting for you."
They followed behind the man towards a place that looked like a waiting room and finally saw Conan sitting there and having breakfast.
" Hey, that's mine," Conan complained when he saw Yelena taking a cheesecake.
" Not anymore." She started to eat, while Ben sat down on the seat in front of him.
" So what are we going to do here?" Ben asked.
" I have accepted a private request from the station and was also able to get you some quests that you may want to participate in," Conan answered. " Take a look at the papers, these are the quests for you."
" So only yours is different," Yelena asked.
" Mine is a scouting quest." He answered, not telling her that he was going to look for a lord level monster or possibly a special grade spirit beast.
" You can register as a hunter, being a hunter may help you Ben because the Hunter faction mainly works for the benefit of hunters," Conan said.
" You are not a hunter Conan." They asked.
" Well, I am just an ordinary traveller but an ordinary traveller is also allowed to hunt or complete public quests."
" Then what's the benefit of becoming a hunter." Ben was confused about a lot of things.
" It helps you gain fame and popularity." He answered. " You can decide after reading that." He pointed toward a manual on the table.
The group separated again, and Conan left Ben and Yelena on their own. While Yelena was eating the remaining breakfast Ben was reading the manual carefully.
" So, are you going to register?" Yelena asked.
" That seems to be the better option, What about you?" He asked.
" If it will gain me unwanted attention then that would become troublesome for me. I will like to stay low key."
" Yelena, I am going to register. I think we should do this quest after that." He offered as he selected one of the quests.
" It's a little dangerous, do you think you will be okay?"
" I think I can protect myself, we should be able to complete the quest."
" Fine, go ahead I will wait here and then we would leave."
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" So When are we going to leave? Do you have any idea?" Zosia asked.
" We should leave this place by tomorrow, Knox had sent some people to gather necessary supplies." Vena answered, " Why don't we go and do some shopping of our own?"
" Yes, I think that's a good suggestion." Zosia got up from her seat and was just about to leave with Vena when she saw some of the members of her party doing something suspicious.
" They have gone up and down several times now, what is going on?" Zosia asked.
" Hmm, that is weird." Vena pondered " Could it be that they are messing with their things?"
" We shall not accuse them of something like this, it's beneath them." Despite saying that Zosia was worried that Knox might have done so as an act of revenge.
" Let's check, By the way where's that little boy. He was always roaming since yesterday serving the customers." Finally, Zosia also noticed that the boy had gone missing.
She quickly walked to where the owner of the inn was, currently, she was working on preparing the lunch for the guests.
" Excuse me, but that boy, Kenny. Have you seen him anywhere?" She asked.