Chapter 4:
They noticed us right away.
Without hesitating for a moment, they advanced towards us to attack,
In a moment we were 3 against 3.
Dominic holds his broadsword in both hands, Roobers holds his axe tightly and I hold a wooden shield in my left hand and a short hammer in my right.
I stood on the left side with Roobers in the middle and Dominic on the right, my opponent grabbed a tree club, he didn't wait for my turn, he swung the club to his right with both hands and just hit me hard.
His hit is fast, despite his short height, his hands look quite muscular, I didn't expect such a blow, out of instinct I raised my left hand that was holding the wooden shield, and that's how I took the hit.
I was pushed back a little, the blow was hard, my left hand was shaking from the impact blast.
I gasped quickly, it was a strong hit, much stronger than I expected, goblins are supposed to be weaker than humans aren't they?
As I was pondering another blow hit me, my thoughts took me out of the fight, the goblin hit the top of the shield causing my left arm to almost lose its grip on the shield and causing my elbow to spread leaving me with no protection.
"Zophyr!" Lorine called out.
Dominic swung his sword up and with the thrust he tried to cut his goblin opponent, but it immediately shifted its body to his left and dodged Dominic's thrust, "Die!" cried Dominic as he swung his sword again, while at the same time the goblin stabbed Dominic in the right shoulder with the tip of his short sword.
Dominic swung and slashed again and again, but each time the goblin in front of him dodged to the right or left and then slashed and scratched Dominic along his arms and shoulders with the tip of his short sword.
Roobers and the goblin in front of him traded blows between Roobers' axe blade and the goblin's short sword, each time Roobers attacked the goblin defended and vice versa.
The three of us seem to be struggling in battle.
The goblins' faces looked angry or maybe excited, probably a combination of the two.
The broad goblin standing in front of me, with the help of both hands, swung his club upward to hit my head and end the battle.
This is it? Is this where it ends? My first encounter with the goblins is also my last? Everything happens too fast.
A quick blow came again, instinctively I tried to protect my head and face, so I put my hands in front of me, the club rubbed the bottom of the shield and instead of my face hit my chest.
I was pushed backwards and crashed to the ground.
"Zophyr!" I heard some muffled voices calling my name, these were the voices of my group members.
I took a serious hit, I feel liquid in my mouth, I spat out some blood, my vision is blurry and it's hard for me to focus, yet I see the goblin moving towards me.
My chest really hurts, I think I broke a rib or two.
He was moving towards me slowly, or so it seemed to me, when suddenly he stopped and began to take a defensive move.
My vision returned to itself, the blurring stopped.
An arrow was shot at the goblin but he placed the club in front of him and the arrow hit the club and deflected to the left.
I have to get back on my feet, I try to get up off the ground, but my body doesn't seem to be able to.
Another arrow was shot at the goblin, I didn't see it, but I knew Lorine was behind me trying to back me up.
This time the arrow hit the tree club and penetrated a little, but the broad goblin immediately pulled out the arrow and threw it to the ground.
"Inferior goblin, how dare you?!" cried Roobers as he leaped up and stood between me and the broad goblin.
Roobers you're great, he came to my aid.. Wait a minute, but what's up with the goblin he's fighting?
The middle goblin who was Roobers opponent chased after him while trying to stab him.
"Woah!!!" There was a cry or growl in a loud voice, his voice echoed.
I know that voice, Dominic used a taunt, and immediately the goblin chasing Roobers changed his gaze and he started running towards Dominic. Calling out the taunt causes the goblins to shift their focus to Dominic.
The broad goblin admittedly looked away for a moment but immediately returned and concentrated on Roobers in front of him.
Now Dominic is fighting against 2 goblins and Roobers against 1, I feel completely useless, I try again to stand on my feet, this time I succeeded.
Roobers went on the attack, he jumped while swinging his axe in the air and landed a blow on the goblin, the goblin deflected the blow with the club, Roobers struck again from the goblin's right so he jumped back and dodged and immediately hit Roobers on the left shoulder, Roobers tilted his body and moved his axe thus He stopped the blow, immediately after that he backed away a little.
Dominic continued to try and land blows on the goblins but each time he did so both of his opponents scratched and cut his shoulders and hands from both directions. He panted heavily, had he reached the end of his strength? I have to help him, it's hard for me to move, that blow hurt me badly, wait, I can heal myself, stupid as I am.
I placed my right hand on the affected area, I concentrate... I am concentrated.. Glowing and golden points of light came out of my hand, they covered my chest area and immediately disintegrated and disappeared, the pain in my chest stopped.
I started panting heavily, the world is spinning a little, I know the feeling and know that the ability to heal takes a toll, this feeling will pass soon.
"Ga'A OO monGU"
I know this spell, it's Sylviana's ice shard magic, it's time for her to join the battle.
Sylviana started the spell, she placed her white staff in front of her with the upper part pointing to the sky, she held it with both hands without moving her legs, at the edge of the staff small triangles began to appear they changed their shape into transparent-blue rhombus. This is 'Shards of ice'.
"kHoo Gal RaAaD"
The rhombus shards of ice began to grow, seeming to hover slightly above the top end of her staff.
"Tald Tor SHarroW"
Sylviana at that moment swung, or almost threw the staff towards the 2 goblins who were fighting against Dominic.
The ice shards left the staff and flew towards the goblins, 4 ice shards flew quickly,
When the goblins saw the shards they tried to dodge them, one of the shards fell long before it got close to the goblins, 3 shards flew to the middle goblin, 2 of them hit him in the chest and pierced the thick fabric just a little and the goblin started to bleed, the remaining shard missed the target.
Wait, the goblin is bleeding? But it's not blood...
I looked at the goblin in amazement, from the area of the injury on his chest I could see a green and slightly dark liquid, similar in shape and function to human blood, but it was still green.
The wounded goblin lost his concentration, Dominic took the opportunity to swing his sword from the right and cut the wounded goblin's throat, a splash of green blood poured out from his throat, the wounded goblin immediately grabbed his throat and fell to the ground.
"One eliminated two left!" Dominic shouted and swung his sword again trying to hit the other goblin.
there we go! We will succeed! The only question is who should I help first? I looked at the Roobers and the wide goblin, they seem to trade blows from time to time.
Dominic's hands and shoulders are full of blood and cuts, it seems better to help Dominic first.
"Dominic I'm coming!" I called out and started walking towards him, "Go to Roobers! That goblin is mine!" Dominic replied.
Will he manage on his own? I stopped moving towards Dominic.
I have to trust my teammates, fine, I changed direction to Roobers and this time without hesitation I lunged forward with my shield up and covering my upper body.
When Roobers saw that I had returned to the battle, he began to pant quickly and heavily, in a manner similar to wolf panting, Roobers intends to use rage mode.
When the goblin saw that Roobers was focused he strike him hard, I leapt at him and deflected the blow with my shield.
"Rahha!" Roobers called out and suddenly a reddish aura appeared that surrounded his body and disappeared immediately after.
The broad goblin hit me again, I braced my left hand and absorbed the blow with my shield, time to pay him back!
Immediately after the hit I shifted my shield to the left while dragging the club along with the shield, with my right hand I landed a blow on his left shoulder.
"Rrrr!" cried the goblin as he absorbed the blow, he immediately turned his body to the right to avoid another blow, at that moment an arrow was shot towards his right shoulder, the arrow hit and penetrated through the thick cloth he was wearing, a green liquid began to flow from the impact area.
"there it is!" Lorine exclaimed happily.
The goblin jumped backwards, he tried to avoid my next attack.
Roobers suddenly lunged forward, he looked agile and faster, he raised his axe and landed quickly, the goblin deflected the blow, Roobers advanced to the left of the goblin and struck again aiming to hit his stomach, the goblin tried to jump back again and the axe scratched his stomach, luckily for the goblin it hit only the thick leather fabric.
As the goblin backed away, Roobers quickly swung his axe up and struck hard, the goblin picked up his club and parried the blow but the blow caused him to fall to the ground on his back and dropped the club.
"You're an inferior creature!" called Roobers while he lands his axe blade on the goblin's chest area, he was not had enough time to react and could not protect from this blow, and the axe blade penetrated his chest and Roobers killed him.
"Nice..." Dominic said as he stood and looked at us, his goblin opponent seemed to be lying on the ground while Dominic's sword was stuck in his heart, Dominic also seemed to have eliminated his opponent.
Roobers was thrown to the ground, he gasped heavily and quickly, "Haaaa…." He let out something like this while panting, the effect of the rage ability seems to have worn off and it is causing a great deal of exhaustion.
"Well done party! We've killed our first goblins!" I called happily.
we succeeded! We really succeeded... although it was not easy at all, but I know that our group is special, in time it will be easy.
Sylviana and Lorine approached us
I advanced towards Dominic, he was injured quite badly in this battle, he needs to be healed quickly, "It looks really serious" said Sylviana as she looked at Dominic's wounds.
"That's nonsense, the goblins can't seriously injure me... they're too weak"
It's obvious that Dominic would say something like that, "Okay, just don't move I'll heal you" I said while placing my shield and hammer on the ground.
I put one hand on his right arm and another hand on his left arm, I concentrate, I imagine the glowing points coming out of my palms, golden glowing points of light came out of my hands, they covered Dominic's arms and in a moment they disappeared and Dominic's injuries disappeared as if they were not there.
The world spins, 200 times a second, "everything ok man?" I heard Dominic's voice vaguely, I closed my eyes, I can't bear this dizziness, it doesn't stop even when my eyes are closed, I don't feel my body, it will pass in a moment, just a moment...
"Zophyr!" cried Dominic, he sounded particularly high, or maybe above me? I opened my eyes, my vision gradually returned to itself, Dominic was seen leaning over and looking at me with concern.
"Are you okay?" He asked worriedly, "Y.. Y.. Yes" I said in a weak voice.
I'm lying on the ground for some reason, "You lost your balance and fell, I thought you passed out" Dominic explained.
I took a deep breath, I must have really lost control of my body and fell.
"I'm fine, now I'm fine" I said and slowly started to get up.
Roobers was no longer lying on the ground but sitting, it seems that this battle really wasn't easy for us.
Only Dominic looks at his best, and he faced 2 goblins, it seems I underestimated his abilities, he is stronger than it seems..
Dominic reached out his hand to me and helped me in the last step of getting to my feet.
We took the short swords of the 2 goblins and the goblin's tree club, sometimes the goblins have different jewelry like bracelets and rings that are worth a little more than their simple weapons, that's how Sylviana explained, but these didn't have anything else, for now we'll settle for that.
The night was approaching and my teammates and I made a fire to spend the night.
In the Great Forest there are many small streams and clean water sources, so we had no problem filling our drinking supplies.
Regarding the food, we used the battle rations we took with us when we left this morning, you can hunt or try and catch fish, but to us, it seems like a waste of time due to the fact that this journey was planned to be very short and tomorrow we will return to Herash city.
The night has already begun, the fire is already burning, we sat down around the fire,
It was not big and bright, rather small and spread a little heat, for two reasons, the first is so that we don't run out of dry wood in the middle of the night, and the second reason is to avoid attracting unnecessary attention, besides the goblins there are many other dangerous creatures in the Great Forest.
"Well, I didn't hear from you thank you.. or how strong you are Dominic.. or how big you are Dominic..." Here he started, Dominic is bragging again... on second thought, he is right, he fought against 2 goblins almost alone.
Lorine looked a little displeased with Dominic's bragging "We are a party, and as a party everyone helped, we all participated in the battle.. it's not just you fighting.."
"Only I fought against 2 goblins and if Sylvie hadn't intervened, I would have eliminated them all by myself.."
"Her name is Sylviana" said Roobers.
Sylviana was sitting with her 2 knees folded and she is holding her legs and leaning with her head on her knees, she joined the conversation "The truth is that I wasn't sure when it would be a good time to join the battle, unlike you, the number of spells I can do is very limited, as soon as I my magic power runs out .. I am worthless."
"Worthless? That's nonsense..." Roobers immediately responded "Only a fool can think you're worthless" he added.
I will not allow a member of my party to think that he is worthless "everyone is equal before the union, everyone has advantages and disadvantages, so does every tribe, the greatest success of the human race is the union, we are using the advantages together and cover up the disadvantages together" this will surely make her understand that she is equivalent to all other members of the party.
There was a brief moment of silence after I said these things,
In the background there were distant buzzing noises, occasionally the growls of creatures, and the sounds of the fire of the campfire eating the dry fragments of wood,
"And yet" Sylviana broke the silence "I would like to know when I should join the battle and when I should wait patiently"
"I think it's a matter of experience, have you seen Daryl? The mage in Inzdel's party.. He knew exactly when to join the battle and when to move forward, I'm sure it's just a matter of experience" Lorine explained. "Yes.. probably.." answered Sylviana, her voice sounded unsure, maybe she is still thinking about it..
"Sylvi say..." Dominic started to say but immediately looked at Roobers' angry face and corrected himself "Umm.. Sylviana.. How much will we get for the goblins' weapons?"
"Hmmm... I'm not sure, it also depends on a lot of things.. If we deposit the 2 swords and the club in the hands of the Union, we might get something between 8 or 9 bronze coins, if we try to sell in the market or at a blacksmith, I think we can get 15 bronze coins or actually a silver coin for them One" Sylviana answered in detail.
"Inzdel said that it is better to entrust the loot to the Union, it will help us to rank up.." I mentioned this fact.
Dominic didn't react immediately.. He seemed to be pondering in his head and whispering something like "Not enough.. Not enough...", after a few seconds he called out "I have a great idea!" and immediately stood on his feet
"Let's follow the buzzing noises! We'll find Arnalils and increase the loot! Brilliant idea right?" he added.
Dominic seemed particularly enthusiastic, it's been a few hours since the fight with the goblins, we must have partially recovered, not completely that's for sure... is this a good idea?
"I think we haven't fully recovered after the fight with the goblins" I said "I don't know if that's such a good idea.."
"Come on Zophyr, it's just a few Arnalils, if we notice something more dangerous we'll come back here.. what do you say?" Dominic asked the rest of the party.
I was going to answer and reject the offer on behalf of everyone, but Roobers got ahead of me "as far as I'm concerned, there's no problem... I don't care if we go for it and I don't care if we're not."
"That's the spirit! See Zophyr? We rested enough.." Dominic said with slight excitement, although Roobers didn't say he was in favor, he said he didn't care..
"If Roobers don't care, I don't care either, we just have to be careful, we're without Inzdel and we better not run into the dark predators again" said Sylviana.
"The truth is I'm not tired at all... with all the money we will get we can upgrade our equipment" said Lorine.
"4 against 1, Zophyr, everyone is in, we just need your leadership decision" Dominic added with an annoying smile,
How annoying he is, he knows.. he knows I can't say no to that... he knows that once there is a majority no leader will want to oppose the majority... let me be sacrificed to the dragons.. no one agreed with him either, they all said they were not opposed.. it's different from agreeing.. Damn with him..
As I pondered, I noticed that Lorine was looking at me, her red eyes shone in the firelit, she smiled at me slightly, a kind of 'it will be fine', it's reassuring, her look is soothing... the anger in me suddenly disappeared.
"All right team! Off to hunt Arnalils!" I said and stood up.
The rest of my teammates also stood up.
We left the fire burning so it would be easier for us to find it when we got back.
We cautiously moved towards the source of the buzzing noise, me and Dominic in front, Lorine and Sylviana following us and Roobers covering behind,
We walked very close to each other, I felt everyone's fear that we might lose each other, it was dark but the light of the stars and the moon provided enough light for us to see what was around us.. Despite this we walked close to each other, maybe also from the fear that an unknown enemy would appear.. yeah , probably because of that.
We walked for a few minutes, maybe 10 minutes, feels more like half an hour, I'm not sure.. From time to time I looked back to make sure I saw the fire, at some point I didn't see it anymore, but I'm pretty sure I know where it is.
The buzzing grew stronger, and in a short time we could see several Arnalils in front of us, they were brown rabbit-like with white pupils, so their eyes stood out especially at night.
The area was relatively open when some leafless trees were found scattered, the area looks like a small hill when the Arnalils are at the foot of the hill.
There were 6 Aranalils there in total, and they were jumping and circling more or less around the round orange-brown object that seemed to glow with the pulses - the Tunka that was half buried in the ground.
Dominic began to move forward, I grabbed his hand "Wait for everyone" I whispered.
I turned to my party members and motioned for them to come closer.
"We'll start with Sylviana's surprise attack, and then we'll go towards them" I explained.
"After the spell I will look around to make sure there is no dark predator coming to the area" replied Sylviana.
Everyone nodded in confirmation, we are ready.
Sylviana started the spell,
"Ga'A OO monGU" She said in a low voice so they couldn't hear her,
We cautiously moved forward a little, close enough to the Arnalils and far enough that they would not notice us.
Sylviana is already close to finishing the ice shards spell.
The rhombus shards of ice hovered slightly above the top edge of her staff.
"Tald Tor SHarroW"
Finishing the spell, Sylviana at that moment waved, or almost threw the staff towards the Arnalils,
The ice rhombus quickly flew to the Arnalils and since they did not notice that they were attacked until this moment, we caught them off guard..
2 shards hit one Arnalil and dismembered his body, the remaining 2 shards hit another Arnalil's head and killed him.
Immediately after that, we came out of hiding and launched an attack, Dominic was the first to arrive, the Arnalils already started jumping in our direction.
Dominic swung his sword up with the help of his 2 hands and with a leap struck Arnalil who was already next to him, the Arnalil was almost cut in two, Dominic continued and stabbed the next Arnalil close to him, it penetrated his body and Arnalil died immediately.
Another Arnalil jumped in my direction with my neck as a biting target with his sharp teeth, I quickly raised my shield and stopped the bite, I immediately moved my shield and while Arnalil landed on the ground I hit him with my hammer right on the head, I heard a noise of something breaking or cracking and Arnalil fell as if paralyzed or maybe dead .. looks more like a dead..
The last Arnalil approached Roobers, and before he could do anything Roobers stuck the blade of his axe in his back and eliminated him.
That was the end of all six Arnalils that were there.
"Amazing..!" Lorine said in amazement "You eliminated the Arnalils quickly and easily."
I looked around, she's right, this fight was pretty easy, no one got hurt and we managed to eliminate all the Arnalils in a very short time.
"I told you" Dominic said proudly.
"You really deserve all the respect, we won a Tunka in a simple battle" said Sylviana as she approached us.
In a short time we pulled the Tunka out of the ground, it was done quickly so that we wouldn't encounter any more creatures.
We started going back towards the campfire, or some direction, I'm pretty sure it's the campfire direction..
Again, Dominic and I are leading, Lorine and Sylviana are behind us and Roobers is closing.
"Are you sure you know where we're going?" Dominic asked
"The truth is that I'm quite certain, in any case this direction will lead us out of the forest" I replied.
"Yes it is there.." Sylviana said while showing the direction with her staff, it was the same direction I had led the group so far.
We continued to move forward.. we were already supposed to arrive.. It was faster going there in the first place.. maybe we got confused? No.. It can't be.. Sylviana also remembered that this was the direction..
I looked around, in fact each side looked the same, many trees scattered randomly, the area was relatively dense with alot of the trees..
Every direction looks exactly the same, I don't remember we passed here..
I looked back in the direction where we eliminated the Arnalils, the buzzing sound of course stopped, and I could no longer see the area where the Arnalils were.
I stopped, looked at Sylviana, "Are we still on the right track?" I asked worriedly.
Sylviana was surprised, "Yes, that's the direction, I'm sure" she replied, this time a little less confidently, I'm afraid she's not sure either, even though she said so a moment ago.
"Have we lost our way?" Lorine asked in confusion.
"No.. no.." I tried to reassure.. "well maybe yes, but in any case this direction is the direction to exit the forest, so even if we miss our campfire, we will build a new one at the edge of the forest" I think this answer will calm everyone down..
We continued to move forward, and after a few minutes we noticed something on the horizon, some kind of light, maybe fire...
"there it is!" cried Dominic who was the first to notice that it was the fire, our fire.
A load off my mind, and I took a long breath..
"Yes, I told you this is the correct direction" Sylviana pointed out and in a short time we arrived at our warm campfire, our temporary home for this night.
We prepared ourselves for sleep, this time I'm on last watch order, Dominic will wake me up and I'll guard until sunrise, that means I'll have more time to sleep.
We agreed that if the guard notices something suspicious, he must not delay and immediately wake everyone up, this time we are without Inzdel's party, so it is better not to take unnecessary risks, especially since we know that dark predators can appear in this area.
I laid down in my makeshift bed, not comfortable at all, but there's no point in complaining about it..
I closed my eyes and began to reflect on what we had been through.
I think the hunter of the Arnalils did us good, Dominic pushed for it.. and he was right.. He also defeated 2 goblins almost by himself, while I was almost killed in a fight with one goblin..
Really suitable for the leader of the group.. and we almost lost the way back to the fire..
I'm a complete failure, well maybe I'm exaggerating myself, maybe not a complete failure, but definitely not fit to lead the party, maybe Dominic should lead the team, he'll surely do a better job than me..
When I think about it again, maybe Sylviana would like to lead, she is very smart and knows a lot of things..
Tomorrow I will talk to them, maybe it would be better if we hold a vote on the election of the new leader and thus elect someone who is sure to be much better than me.
"Zophyr" came Dominic's voice.
I woke up, "yes yes, my turn to guard" I said and started to stand up.
Dominic stood by the fire, it seems that he is still waiting for me to settle down and get ready for the watch.
"Dominic, you can go to sleep, I'm ready" I said.
"I'm pretty awake right now, just a few minutes.. You win the prize and get company with me for a few minutes… then I'll go to sleep" replied Dominic with a small smile.
I joined him, this is how a true leader speaks, giving more and more of himself for the party..
"Dominic, I was wrong and you were right, your idea to hunt the Arnalils was good and did good for the party" I said.
He looked at me in amazement, "Tha.. thanks." he replied.
"I… I think you should lead the party" I said, he looked at me again in amazement "Huh? Lead? Me?" he said in confusion.
"I don't understand at all, why you supported me for leader when we formed the party.. I won't do it anymore.. not anymore.." I replied.
Dominic looked at me incomprehension for a few seconds, immediately after that he moved forward to the area where you can sit on some rocks, still near the fire "Come Zophyr" he said.
I advanced towards him and sat down next to him on the rock.
"Zophyr, you are the leader of this party, you are the most suitable for the position" Dominic said seriously, I don't remember him speaking so seriously..
"You are stronger, always eliminate enemies more than everyone else, both Arnalils and goblins, and.. and you make decisions that are good for everyone, why don't you take the job? You can use Sylviana in case you lack information.." I said.
"I'm not the most suitable, in fact I'm not suitable at all.. I didn't just support you.. I really think you're more suitable for the job.." Dominic continued.
I looked away "You're mocking me aren't you? Making fun of me..." It's not nice to mock a person who admits to you that he's a failure "You don't really think like that.. You're stronger, braver... more of a leader" I added.
Dominic shifted a little uncomfortably, "It's not true.. It's not true... I'm not braver.. not a 'leader' type.." He said the word leader with emphasis.. "You remember the leader of the Dark Predators attacked Garyuk from Inzdel's party? And in fact almost killed him.."
"Yes I remember..." I answered
"At that moment, despite everything I thought about myself.. despite everything I knew about myself.. I was still frozen in place.. I couldn't move.." Dominic surprised me, that's exactly how I felt when I looked at the leader of the dark predators when he attacked. "If not Roobers, yes Roobers.. he is the first one to attack back.. Roobers is really brave, much braver than me.."
I didn't think about it until now, it was really Roobers who attacked the leader of the dark predators and actually saved Garyuk..
"Do you understand? It's true.. I'm strong, and I'm a good fighter, I've never been afraid of anyone.. But in that moment.. in the moment of truth I froze" Dominic added.
"It's like you said before, you have to know how to make use of everyone's advantages, and a good leader has to know how to gather everyone and get along with everyone, a good leader needs to be listened to, and he needs to know everyone's advantages and disadvantages" Dominic explained, it sounds very reasonable..
"Everyone's advantages... Roobers is the brave, Dominic, you are the strongest among us, Sylviana has the knowledge and wisdom... and Lorine supports and helps those in trouble..." I said this and suddenly I imagined a picture where all the party members are united and winning together.
"And you're the one who can gather everyone together, I see it in you.. it's as clear and simple as eliminating Holbar" Dominic's comparison is strange, but I'll take it..
Dominic got to his feet, "I'm going to sleep, I don't have much time left to sleep..." and he began to move towards his makeshift bed on the ground.
"Dominic" I said "thank you".
He smiled slightly and went to sleep.
This conversation helped me a lot, maybe I really exaggerated myself.. It's true, I have the ability to find the advantages of all the members of the party, I will focus on uniting us and improving cooperation.
The morning came without unnecessary surprises.
We returned back to Herash city.
It turns out that it is possible to complete tasks for the Union, and this gives us a small bonus in the deposit. Selling to private traders is still more profitable, but it does not help to advance in the ranks...
Sometimes we entrusted the spoils to the Union and occasionally we sold them to private traders.
Over the next few days we went back and forth to the Great Forest, raiding the same area each time, this area is big enough and the creatures never perish... of course we didn't take any unnecessary risks.
We performed some simple tasks of the Union, mainly of collecting various amounts of Holbar tails and entrusting them to one of the merchants who work with the Union, or entrusting a Tunka, 10 of them to be exact..
We killed a lot of Arnalils and Holbars in the next few days and every now and then we encountered small groups of goblins, 2 or 3 goblins in each group at most.
We did this for two weeks, then when we returned to the Union Quests house, right after depositing the loot, the lady from the union stopped us.
"We have a special mission, it is as important and urgent as possible, you will receive a special bonus if you manage to carry it out" the lady said.
The ladies who work at the Union Quests house were called 'Union Assistants, or for short assistant.
"Important and urgent?" I asked, "Can I hear the details?" I was intrigued.
The assistant nodded affirmatively "A task of this type is usually intended for volunteers of a slightly higher rank than yours, therefore you will not be able to accept it alone" she explained.
"So we have to wait for another party to get here?" Lorine asked.
The assistant extended her right hand and directed our gaze to the center of the space of the Union Quests House, "You don't have to wait, they are already here" she said.
In front of us we saw 5 people, a party actually, they also have a white metal badge.
"You will carry out the special mission together with this party" the assistant added.