"Urgh...I finally can rest"
'The duke will leave tomorrow, finally we can get some rest...'
My name is Tom, 178cm tall with brown hair paired with black eyes and I am 19 years old. I'm just one of bunch male servant that managing Duke manors at Liliac city. Before being brought here, I'm just simple 37 years old office worker. It has been long time since I exhausted like this because of physical work, it's good to have young body but man! Working as a servant really not easy job, especially for youngsters like me. Because usually they gave most of task to us, it matter of seniority, just common thing on society.
Anyway, today was a good day. Tomorrow the duke will depart early in the morning, I can't be much happier to hear that. Today' we finally can rest earlier than usual, on the normal day, when Duke at the residence, we cannot sleep before the Duke went to the bed first.
I went straight to my room after getting my thing done, I don't care about my colleague invitation to have fun, I just want go quickly to the bed and sleep. They probably just playing cards, chatting, and drinking alcohol anyway, I just don't want become senior servant 'prey', I deserve some rest!
My room was dark there was no light inside it. I just casually grab matchbox from pocket and lit up candle at the drawer beside my bed, it lit up well under the dark. The room was tiny, even then there was two bed inside it. I lie down instantly, and wasn't even bother with uniform that still I wear.
I opened the the chat channels and quickly dive into conversation. When suddenly there an interesting story.
The guy who wrote it really put a effort writing those, it so long, but I can read it quickly.
I wake up from the bed after finished reading.
The contents of the story was; certain person going to the forest to gather things and encountered beast (probably) on way back home.
I don't know if that was really a beast or normal animal. In fact, I doesn't really care!
I knew more information than normal people who get transported here, beast was rare resource that high powered noble, kingdom, and the other sought after.
There once someone reported 'rumors' about beast when he was 15 (memory), there not much people learn about the 'rumors' and got the information from his friends 'experience' during the day when they gather at night, so he only tried his luck. But who know that the thing was real? The person who reported it to government got an hefty sum of money, but he also disappeared not long after. No one know where he went, but that not important! [1]
Tom quickly changing his clothes, put the robes on and hasten his step getting out from manors via back entrance going straight to the city.
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On few different place, similar case also happened to the people that read story of Roy.
And suddenly on the same night, there was sudden influx of information regarding Beast report. Few high noble with high power also hear it, but they shortly gave up after knowing that the information already being spread everywhere.
Chaos happening on few kingdom near the location of beast being reported, after knowing that the information already leaked elsewhere, they sent an Agent immediately without thinking twice! Or else the Beast might grabbed by other kingdom!
It known fact already, that the world doesn't lack strong people. It just that they're hidden from ordinary people. What the world lack are actually material to make strong people!
Those strong people are still human afterall, there will be time when they died. For few kingdom and countries, that means they have lesser power if war break out, or just deterrence like nuclear missile.
There no way to fix it, the resonance already being exhausted long ago and even more tempting than diamond.
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Mei was one of few 'Lucky' travelers that receive certain 'Roles'. Her roles was one of backbone of certain kingdom, with her identity, she knows many Classified information compared to common noble or commoners.
Mei wasn't sure how many 'lucky' people getting the similar roles as her, so she just remains low key and just enjoying her life.
On 7th night since she transported, interesting things occurr. Without much thinking, she made her move on her own.
With just blinking she's appear somewhere else, thousand kilometres from her original position. She's just leave simple notes;'leaving~ taking a stroll' at her place she's stood before, incase someone might looking for her, certainly does...
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Pettie young lady with black hair and wearing deep dark blue that resembles night skies suddenly appear above forest.
"Tsk, it seems like I was too late...even though I used my spiral talent"
"Who is is?...eh! This trace?"
"lightning?... impossible! There no way for that lightning guy get here before me! I went here directly after looking the chats!"
"unless...
did lightning guy being replaced by a traveller?"
"Hehe he...it was right decision to come here, at least I got useful information" the girl feels something and glanced at certain direction.
"Hmm..? Seems like I doesn't have much time, I can't even do verification now, this place might Turned chaotic soon..."
"let do this instead..."
With that, the girl suddenly nowhere to be seen. Not even her traces remains.
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Next day,
I already wake up even before the sun went out. I get out from the caves because of 'nature call'. After that done, I went back to the cave, making a fire then have breakfast.
The sun already appear when I'm done, I picked up my tools and went ahead to the river.
'eh?'
I stopped my step after hearing some notifications.
'Ding!
Good morning user#007354041307! You received your first mission!
Mission information: Gather item from the [List] below.
[List] – 5 type of different fish
– Slander Flower
– King Mushroom....[expand]
Time limit: 2days
Reward: random item
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'Missions?'
a mission or quest was given random to traveler everyday, it was sixth day and finally he gotten his own mission to do. He getting tired living in the wild, there many things to get done, but there no tools for it.
And surely, after checking the clock at chat channel, it was 6'clock. Which was time usually mission being assigned.
He closed the tab shortly after, he can't be distracted while on the way to the river. He was still in the wilderness afterall, there still lot of dangerous animals in the forest.
Only after reaching the river did he fully checked the mission.
The mission was required for him to collect 10 different types material. From grass to leaf, plants, specific trees, and so one...
From 10 odds types, some hard to get, but still manageable since he have 2 days to complete it. Only single thing that slightly a problem, a rabbit.
'where the f I can find a rabbit?'
For 6 odd days since in the forest, he never encountered any living animals other than insects. There once he encountered a snake, he didn't know if the snake was alive or dead. He just quickly get out of the area without even bother, the snake was big and there was unpleasant smell, so it probably died already.
'whatever, let's complete the task that can be completed first.'
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[1] the department that managing the report are everywhere, they can be found on big town and cities. and every kingdom had their own organizations for it.
Every rumors or report will be checked by sending an normal agent to the field. They didn't worry about lack of manpower, there was a lot of manpower.
After being confirmed by normal agent, they will try to 'secure' the target if can. But if the target above their league, they just need to confirmed it and then 'Field Agent' will be sent.
actually, that was just 'common' procedure. There was 'normal procedure' that only known by few people. This 'normal' procedure are; ordinary people placed with certain spells(spell imprint) that will only trigger under specific conditions, which are; if they see magical beast.
This spells are actually failed products of military research, the spell just had to much restrictions. One, the spell only can sent limited information. Two, the spell will disappear after single use. Three, the cooldown period are too long, it depends on people. The fastest was 5 days for ordinary people, and the average was 12-20days.
The spell will be placed when ordinary people reaching age of 18(reach adulthood) during time when they reported their identity, and the method are actually unnoticeable.
Author Notes: I always referred the MC as 'i' or 'he', that because his name(identity) still not being known yet. Since there no 'status' and since he's not traveler with 'roles'