Early in the morning Lucian and Irvin started heading towards the adventures guild as Lucian had promised Irvin he would earn back the silver that he borrowed for his little debauchery act and the room he rented so he could spend the night
"So you're saying you just want me to stay outside the gate and just wait for you to bring the materials to me , so that I can deliver them back and complete the mission while coming back with another one ?" Irvin asked Lucian as they were walking towards the Adventures guild
This was the first time Irvin had heard or even thought of such a weird idea , then again he had never joined a party so he didn't know , perhaps this was how parties did missions as well
"Pretty much yes , I can't wait to see the confused looks on those guards especially that guard captain hahaha" Lucian answered with a mischievous tone
"But you got to be fast bringing the materials back to the guild while coming back with the new mission , I really hate waiting" He made sure to remind Irvin
Lucian was sure that if these missions were anything like the one Irvin had when he first met him then he would complete around three of those in about two hours for his first run , solely because he would need some time to learn the area
But after his done with that , he could probably do three missions in an hour , if there were any missions left for him to do that is
"You're not going to run away without paying your debt right" Irvin asked jokingly but saw Lucian stop after hearing his question confusing him in the proses
"You're right that's also an option , I'm surprised it didn't cross my mind" He said with a serious face
Irvin was startled , what do you mean its an option I was only joking you little shit , he was about to retort but was quickly interrupted by Lucians laugh
"Haha , I'm only joking with you old man"
"I repay my debts in full , so don't you worry" he said seriously
Irvin sighted , this young man really liked messing with him but he couldn't do anything about it
"Alright ill hold you to it then" he said as they both started walking
After reaching the adventurers guild they saw that there was a group of four people already in , probably to take a mission just like them
Irvin saw that this group had two rangers and two melee fighters with one wielding a two handed axe and the other a long sword and based on their equipment they were doing pretty well for themselves
But just as Irvin was evaluating them they were doing the same , only their eyes were entirely focused on Lucian and completely ignoring Irvin as his equipment wasn't anything special
One of the rangers approached them and stopped in front of Lucian
"Little friend , that is some nice equipment you got there may I know how you came by it"
Lucian looked at the man that stopped in front of him , he looked to be in his mid thirties and was a little shorter than Lucian , brown hair and eyes with a clean shaved average looking face
He was wearing what seemed to be a metal breastplate with hard leather shin guards over his green colored cloths and nothing but a glove on his right arm , nothing spectacular but at least he looked cool Lucian thought
"It was given to me by my teacher" he replied with a plain tone
"I see , you must be pretty loved by your teacher for him to give you such a nice tailored made armor as a gift" the man replied with a smile while eyeing his armor
"Not really , he was just kind enough to give it to me"
"Yours isn't that bad either" Lucian said looking at the man
"Haha thank you , names Allen" as he extended his hand for a greeting
"Lucian" he replied accepting his handshake
Right after shaking hands the other ranger came and Allen introduced him along with the other two
The rangers name was Dale the axe guy was called Kraig and the sword wielder Bale
"Were about to go on a mission near the lake close to Red Wood forest" Allen said after the introduction
"Apparently there's a rank one magic beast recently spotted there so were going to hunt it"
"Why don't you come along , you look like a person that can handle himself" he asked Lucian while looking at his armor with a glint in his eyes
Lucian watched as Allen introduced him self and his party to him one after the other while completely ignoring Irvin in the proses and started to laugh
"Hahahaha"
Allen raised an eyebrow at Lucians sudden burst of laughter
"Did I perhaps say something amusing?" he asked a little annoyed
"Hahaha..... no no" Lucian said while trying to control his laughter
"It's not what you said but more on what you did" he said finally with a clear voice
Allen was confused , what did we do that was so funny he thought
He recounted the entire scenario from the beginning to see if they did anything worth laughing about , as soon as they had entered Allen walked towards him and had complimented his armor then gave his name and introduced his party to him where was the funny part he thought
"!?" wait "they entered" Allen focused on that little sentence and he finally remembered that there was another person in here apart from them
He looked behind him and saw an old man carrying a bow and a quiver while wearing a plain white shirt with brown pants and brown leather boots , he had black/grey hair with green eyes and a clean shaved face
I see , Allen snickered internally as he finally understood what the problem was , it seemed the worthless old man he had ignored was Lucians companion
"My apologies I did not realize he was your companion" he said to Lucian by making an apologetic face
"He's not" Lucian replied as he looked at Allen's little performance
"Then why the fuck did you laugh at us then?" Kraig said loudly as he asked Lucian
"Kraig , no need to raise your voice" said Dale trying to keep Kraig's temper in check while Bale stayed silent with his eyes closed looking completely unbothered
Lucian looked at Kraig and grinned , further provoking him
"How can I not laugh when your friend here took one look at my armor and came to introduce himself along with you lot" he said while pointing at Allen and then the rest as he continued
"As you continuously ignored this old man here , even though we entered together you proceed to invite only me on your mission while throwing glances at my armor" he said with amusement
As soon as Lucian said that the atmosphere around them immediately got tense
"What are you trying to imply here" Allen asked as his face darkened along with his party members
Lucian looked at these clowns and snickered , if you're going to be greedy at least make sure you hide it properly otherwise don't even bother
Kraig saw Lucians smirk and lost his temper , he pushed Dale aside and reached towards Lucian in a grabbing motion
"Did you find Allen's question funny you little punk" as he grabbed him by the top peace of his breastplate pulling him closer
"There's no need for this my friend" Irvin finally intervened as he placed his hand on Kraig's shoulder hoping to stop this from escalating any further as he didn't wish to see a human being fried , this early in the morning
"Mind your business old man" Kraig said as he looked at Irvin and pushed him aside with his free hand knocking him to the ground , and just as he was about to turn his head back to Lucian he heard the sound of bone cracking and snapping
*crack* *snap*
"!!!" Kraig's eyes almost popped out of their socked at the sheer amount of pain that was transferred to his brain as he saw his hand that he used to hold Lucian by his breastplate , was bend in a ninety degree angle with the bone sticking out
Just as Kraig was about to scream from the pain he found out that he couldn't make any noise as he started feeling immense amount of pain around his throat but before he could even proses that , he collapse on the ground and slowly lost consciousness
Allen and the rest watched in shock at the sheer speed Lucian used to brake Kraig's arm and then proceed to chop at his windpipe followed by a quick hook knocking him unconscious