The next day. The sun has arise, birds begin to flies through the sky, a sound of chirping of birds can be heard throughout the sky, animals back to their activity after they woke up from their sleep.
Jonathan, woke up in half eyes and he'd slowly raise his body to sit, turning his head to the side seeing Mary Carter still asleep. Then Jonathan rub his eyes stood up and zipped the tent doors to open it, he left the tent. As Jonathan outside of the tent his eyes met a sunlight dazzling his eyes slightly, instinctively closed one of his eye. He turn his gaze to the sky seeing a group of birds flies through the sky freely, without any limitation, just freedom.
Outside the tent is still the same, a leftover of burning woods on campfire. Yet it can still use it and so Jonathan use his low-level fire magic which creating a fire on the campfire, burning the leftover woods that are still useble.
Jonathan take out a pan, meats, and bottle of oil. He pours the oil into pan then moving the pan on top of campfire, placing the pan down just on top of the fire which enough to make the oil sizzling. He could hear the sizzling oil inside of the pan, then placing a beefs inside of it while sprinkle those beefs with salt and pepper. The aroma of those beefs reach into the tent and to Mary's nose, she reflectively sniffed the aroma which her eyes slowly open, waking her up completely. She then slowly raise her body, yawning slightly while stretching her body.
She sniffed again, curious where the aroma come from so she slowly stand up and walking out of the tent. She saw Jonathan cooking some beefs for their breakfast.
Jonathan also added some vegetables, as the beef are perfectly cooked. He'd serve the beefs into 2 plates while also adding vegetables beside the beefs.
Jonathan sense Mary's presence which he looks at the tent, seeing her stood in front of the tent while she rubbing her eyes rapidly. Jonathan took one of the plates then approach her giving the plates contains a beef and vegetables to her.
Mary lower her head to staring at the plates, she raise her both hands to grab the plate. Jonathan step back to the campfire and sat down while also grabbing his plate too. Mary goes to campfire as well and sat down next to Jonathan, Jonathan gave a spoon and a fork to her and she take it, she immediately ate the food once the spoon and the fork on her hands.
Jonathan cut the beef with his spoon then simply scooped up a spoonful of beefs, then stuffed into his mouth. The taste and the scent is good and delicious, it might led into addicted to someone ate those food that Jonathan made. Including Mary although she won't reveal her slight addictive to Jonathan's food. They're still ate their meal peacefully and eagerly, just then a bushes near them make a noise and movement alerting Jonathan and Mary to look at that bushes.
The bushes kept making a noise and swaying as if there was movement there, then a level-A+ monster jumped out from that bushes, a red massive bear standing menacingly, the bear's gaze locked at both of them. They could feel the chill surrounded them, Jonathan reactively grab the sword on his back, swing it to a front pointed directly at the massive red bear.
The bear roared causing massive wind blows heavily around those area, Jonathan slightly stepping back trying to hold his position from the blows of wind.
When the wind finally vanish, Jonathan position himself ready to dash toward the bear. The bear also ready to attack Jonathan by revealing a massive bear's claws. Jonathan take a deep breath then immediately he'd dashed with his own physical speed, the bear blocked his attack then counterattack by raising one hand, slashing toward him when the attack almost hit Jonathan he'd immediately dodge and step back. Jonathan then preparing an attack again, dashing toward the bear.
The bear also attack him by move forward really fast, clashing to each other's attack. Mary Carter cannot even follow the pattern on those clashes, it was very fast even bypassing a human eyes. Jonathan teleported behind the bear then slash the back of red bear, a bloods of bear spread out rapidly from the injury causing the red bear groan loudly. The bear turn around but Jonathan attack immediately, the bear block Jonathan's attack with it's claws. Unfortunately, Jonathan's Sword easily penetrated the claws, slashing through the claws and hit on the deep bear's chest.
A bear stumbled to the back with another groan in pain, the bear tried to maintain it's position, but Jonathan once again thrust his Constant Sword directly into bear's heart. And so the bear immediately died, bear's body fall down to the ground as Jonathan sway his sword into air, the stain of blood that on the sword gone. Then Jonathan sheathed his sword to his back.
Jonathan approaches the lifeless bear's body to collect the magic crystal and bear's skin, those can be sell which earned a lot of money, because the level of that bear is level-A+. After Jonathan done collecting those items, Mary is still on her previous position but with her surprised and shocking face. She doesn't know that Jonathan is really strong, even it can be category a level-S adventurer because the speed and strength is the same as level-S adventurer.
"W-wait... I d-didn't know you were that strong?"
She confused and yet surprise by his skill, Jonathan tilted his head then said.
"Yeah it's because i've been training with my sword for like 10 years, before becoming a adventurer."
Jonathan reassure her that he is training in whole 10 years, she sigh deeply decided to trusting him, she also think that Jonathan isn't an ordinary human. Because how the hell Jonathan able to attack with the speed that ordinary people couldn't able to.
Jonathan begin to walk, patted her shoulder, telling her that they're safe as long as Jonathan brought Constant Sword, Mary calmed little bit. Jonathan goes to the tent, goes inside of it to tidying up the things in the tent, after tidied the stuffs he proceeded to removed the tent, throws the tent parts to his dimensional storage skill. He wipe his sweaty head also sigh in exhausted. Encountering such level-A+ monster was very tiring, it usually need a group of level-A adventurer to even beat 1 level-A+ monster.
Although Jonathan is still holding up his power, but still it's very exhausted. He use his medium level of wind magic to vanished the fire on campfire, Jonathan told Mary that they continue their walk toward exit, Mary slowly stand up pat her clothes. Then she approaches Jonathan after that he lead the way into the previous path.
Eventually they manage to walk out from dangerous forest without any injured or casualties, they reliefed that they're still alive.
A massive land of green grass can be seen in front of them, the movement of the grass follows the line of the winds. They also can see a massive kingdom from very far away, and that kingdom is very different than any kingdom that had been visited by them, meaning that they finally arrived at continent Kāyskh. They start to approaching it but, Jonathan felt someone watching behind him, he turn his head and looks at the forest that they came out from that forest earlier. But there no sign of someone watching, while Mary is still walking toward the kingdom, Jonathan use his 'Scan of World' skill and then the red figure appeared on top of the branches tree. It's now confirmed that someone watching him, he wanted to know whose watching him but he need to get to kingdom first. So he turn his head back and approaching Mary Carter and they walked towards the kingdom, as they arrived there also a checkpoints. Which mean that there would be checking their backpack like another kingdoms before. It was going smoothly as Jonathan and Mary pass through the checkpoint and enter the kingdom.
"Hey Mary, i'm gonna go to guild first, i need to sell a stuff that i've been collected on the forest."
Jonathan told to her, and Mary Carter just replied "Alright then, i'll find the inn while you were gone."
Both of them nodded then they now separate from each other, Jonathan arrived at the guild and told the employees that he wants to sell an material, the employees which is a women nodded at him and Jonathan use his dimensional storage then took out whole material that he had been gathering yesterday and earlier.
A meat of red dragon, a shell of red dragon, fur of red bear, and more. Those material were very rare because it's very hard to get it and yet Jonathan has it. She surprised even cannot say a single word, her partner notice her surprised expression and saw Jonathan's material which she also surprised, she immediately goes inside the door behind, telling the guildmaster about Jonathan's material.
Guildmaster seems interested yet surprised like her, so he ordered her to lead Jonathan to his room. She nodded and proceeded to do what he told to. After while Jonathan knocks on the door then slowly open the door, entered guildmaster's room. The guildmaster sat in front of desk full of quest that aren't available yet.
"Hello adventurer, my name is Vanthork and i'm a guildmaster here, and the reason why i summoned you here because i have a question for you, adventurer."
The guildmaster said, he gesture Jonathan to sit down in front of his desk, Jonathan nodded and he sat down.
"I heard that you've had a level-SSS+ material, which came from the red dragon that had been reported. And level-A+ monster red bear, so how did you manage to get all of this? Is it you met an level-SSS+ adventurer and they gave you the material?"
Jonathan shake his head, he is the one who take down those monster with of course, Constant Sword. So Jonathan explain him how he manage to get all of those.
"Well no actually, i haven't met that adventurer on my entire life. But whether you believe it or not, i killed those monster and collecting that material."
Hearing Jonathan word, the guildmaster laughed at him thinking that his word are the joke. But Jonathan said seriously.
"But seriously, this isn't the time to joke, Adventurer. Let me ask you again, how did you got all of those materials?"
Vanthork said, Jonathan already knew that the guildmaster didn't believe his every words. So Jonathan just sigh and accept the defeat, he doesn't like being a famous guy nor being a strongest adventurer. And he finally told a lied to Vanthork if he keep trying to reassure him, it won't work at all.
"Fine, i'm gonna telling a truth now, when we're inside of the forest we saw a lot of lifeless monster bodys laying down into a ground, including the red dragon that you're mention it. So i take all of the material because i think someone who'd killed those monsters doesn't really want a material."
Jonathan said with obvious lie but Vanthork is actually believed his word now, Vanthork is the person who really underestimate a lower-rank adventurer such as Jonathan. Jonathan current rank was on level-D.
Which is the second lowest and weakest level in the world, the rank systems on adventurer guild were called a level, and those level has hierarchies of it. Like the lower level which is level-E and the highest level that could be possibly achieved by some people which is the level-SSS. But there's also a secret level that are beyond level-SSS adventurer, and they are level-SSS+. Level-SSS+ capabilities is that they could kill or slaughter whole armies of level-SSS monsters easily and those was equal to lower dragon, if those people were grouped then they could defeated a high-level of dragons it is a red dragon and black dragon, the strongest dragon among the strongest.
"I knew it, i knew you were telling a lie. No-one has ever defeated a red dragon by one man, even the group of level-SSS+ adventurer struggles little bit. But i expect you to not giving a lie information or story, it is against the rule of the adventurer. But now i forgive your attitude."
Vanthork said, smirking at Jonathan like such an arrogant person with abused power. Then Vanthork ordered Jonathan to leave the room and so Jonathan simply complies by bowing his body slightly as an respect to Vanthork after that he turn around leaving the guildmaster's room, once Jonathan were out of Vanthork room he couldn't not accept that treatment earlier but he choose to not let his anger out, so he left the guild.
He begin to walked aimlessly because this is his first time visiting this kingdom, he notice some knights walking on the street wearing an unusual armor that Jonathan yet haven't seen it before. It's completely different than the previous knights, even the weapon that the knights are using is different. Jonathan keep walking on the street while sound of people talking, promoting their store, and more. While he looking his surroundings he suddenly felt someone watching him again, he immediately react by scanning his area. Yet without his 'Scan of World' skill he couldn't see or found who's watching him. Jonathan sigh and decided to ignore it and after while Jonathan saw Mary looking at one of the food store, Jonathan approach her and asked her if she wants it or not.
She looks at him and nodded furiously, Jonathan sigh and entered the store with Mary, once they inside of the store one of store employee greeted at them.
Jonathan told Mary that she can choose a variant of a food, it didn't matter if the food were expensive or not due to Jonathan having a lot of coins because of transaction between Jonathan and Berthur Calder. Her eyes immediately flashes, she pointed atleast 10 variants of food on a display and ordered those food. Jonathan speechless by how serious she really want those food. Jonathan approaches the cashier and ask him how much is it, the cashier told Jonathan those foods cost around 10 gold coins, and so Jonathan gave his 10 gold coins to a cashier. Once Mary got her own food they get out from the food store, she told Jonathan that she found a inn for them to rest and she tells him the location of it. So they goes to a location that Mary told him, when they are walking on the street Jonathan still sense a presence of unknown man, stalking them in the darkness. Jonathan could see them using his 'Scan of World' skill detecting multiple of unknown man on the dark alleys or on a rooftop, Jonathan took Mary's wrist and quicken his pace to escape them.
Unfortunately they are still following them, Jonathan had a bad feeling about them whether their a assassin, bandit, or even mercenaries. Once they arrived at the inn Jonathan immediately told Mary meet him on his own room. She nodded then they separate to their own room, Jonathan goes to his room and enter once he inside of his room, he place down his backpack and looked at the windows. Yet the unknown mans is still watching him from afar, he'd close the curtain and use his 'Silence Room' skill which allow the user created some sort of barrier around his room which the sound on inside of the barrier were vanished and cannot be heard by outsider. He sit down on the bed while waiting Mary to come to his room, about 10 minutes later Jonathan's 'Scan of World' detected an allies in front of his door which is Mary Carter, he could she knocking on the door but can't make the sound as the door is inside of his skill. Jonathan approach the door opens it and gesture Mary to enter his room when Mary inside of his room, Jonathan closed the door and sat down on his bed once again.
"Mary, i have something to say that someone is lurking at us when we're left the forest."
Mary Carter surprise even a sound of gasp slip out from her mouth.
"W-what?! Is that true? We've been lurking by someone? You should told me that earlier, so that we could catch those who's lurking on us."
Mary Carter wanted to help Jonathan's problem as Jonathan always helping her on every situation such as on the dangerous forest accident, she need to pay back for saving her life. Jonathan sees Mary determined to helping him by looking at her eyes he's not sure that they can catch those stalker, but he can't refuse her offer to help him too. This is a tough situation to decide him to accept her helps or not, Jonathan looks at her once again, meeting her pleading eyes begging to accept it. Mary still waiting for an answer from Jonathan while he keep thinking to decide whether to accepted it, eventually Jonathan finally accept her offer to help, hearing his answer makes Mary's eyes begin to sparkling she smiled wildly. Jonathan felt unease to her reaction, and so Jonathan begin to explain their strategy or plan to catch the stalker or assassin. It took them 20 minutes while the unknown strange man still standing on the shadow of alleyway, waiting for an order to begin their action. Then Jonathan's plan/strategy is finish, he non-activate his skill and immediately the barrier vanished, Mary left his room proceeded to her own room beside Jonathan's room. What are they planning? Is it 100% guaranteed to succeed the plan or is it fail miserably? Who knows.
And so they goes to sleep, and yet the unknown man remain watching them especially Jonathan, a partner of the unknown man emerge from a darkness of alleyways behind the unknown man, telling some information and the unknown man nodded then his partner step back and vanish into the darkness.
On the next day, the sunlight burst through the windows, illuminate Jonathan's face and Jonathan slowly arise to sit down. His eyes slowly open while also rubbing his eyes, he yawned and stretching his whole body, he looks around the room and stand up from the bed, then he left his room and goes downstair to cafetaria. Once he in the cafetaria he sees Mary Carter sitting on the corner while a bunch of man surrounded her and flirting at her, trying to catch her attention. She glance at Jonathan and winked at him rapidly telling that she need his help to get out of that situation, Jonathan notices that and he sigh then approach them.
"Hey, what are you guys doing? She's my girlfriend, you guys need to leave her alone man."
Their's gaze turn to him with a confident and arrogance looks on their face.
"Huh? What did you just say punk? You think that she is your girlfriend? What a funny guy, you aren't even strong compare to us."
One of the man said with confident, but then Mary dash toward Jonathan and clingy at his wrist, pretending to be his girlfriend, her action make Jonathan caught of guard and his face immediately red like rose.
"He's right, he is my boyfriend. So please leave me alone."
She said staring at those mans, they're speechless and they annoyed that they can't get her attention and eventually they leave them alone, once they vanished Mary get off from his wrist. And she thank at him.
"Thanks Jonathan for pretending to be my boyfriend, if you aren't there i didn't know how to solve it."
"Y-yeah no problem Mary."
Jonathan replied, but still had a slight blush on his face but Mary not notice it. They sat down together and order some food for their breakfast, a strange man wearing a suspicious cloat that sit behind them, that man keep glancing at them suspiciously and Jonathan could feel the sense of someone watching him. He then used his 'Scan of World' skill once again and seeing the man staring at them but his face is hidden in shadow covered by the cloat so Jonathan cannot sees the man's face, the man wrote something on his book while spying at them. It seem he's writing a information about their routine and their movement, planning to kidnap Jonathan and force him to met their client and make him to give all of his potions to their client.
Jonathan could just approach the man and asked him what he's doing, but Jonathan decided not to. As an hour pass, Jonathan stood up and invited Mary to go shopping on this new kingdom. She agree ith a excited nodded, why is she excited? Well it because she had plan to buy some stuff that she wanted, a new dishes, new clothes, new souvernirs, and etc. So they leave the inn and walk toward the marketplace, they found so many good stuff that they could buy it too. When they're walking on markeplace, a smell of food catches Mary's attention and she sniffed in reflect.
She then look around trying to find the source of that scent and she finally found it, the smell was come from a small restaurant. She also notice that the restaurant is empty like there's no customer, feeling empathy toward that restaurant she decide to go visit into the restaurant. She telling Jonathan to goes to that restaurant while she pointed directly at the restaurant, Jonathan looks at the restaurant and he told her "Are you sure?" And she nodded rapidly, seeing her like that Jonathan cannot refuse it. So they goes to small restaurant, once they inside of the restaurant they sees the interior of restaurant is kinda dirty there's a cobweb on the ceiling, a dust on one of the table, and more. But they didn't care about, they just wanted to taste the food of it, because the smell is indicated that the food would be delicious. They sat down on same table and the chef notice a customer and the chef quickly approaching them and gave some menu to them.
They looked at the menu, intrigued by how different the menu was than previous menu that they had. They immediately order a lot of foods on that menu because they're want to know the taste of different country or continent. The chef wrote and listed all their food, nodded at them then he told them to wait for while. The chef goes to a kitchen room to making their food. Meanwhile Jonathan curious by why this restaurant were empty customers, but if he asked to it considered as a rude question. So he just hold back his question and just wait, they begin to talk to each other but Jonathan and Mary doesn't know that they in the trap of the assassin. One of the plan that assassin's partner told to, and actually The Chef was one of the assassin member.
Outside the restaurant, one of assassin climb on top of one of the tall building nearby, he brought a bows with full of magic enchanted. And he's aimed at the window directly at Jonathan's head. After while the chef finally finish cooking their meal and he'd return to Jonathan and Mary's table. He place the meal in front of them he excuses and leave them alone, Mary was drooling looking at those delicious meal, the delicious scent went into their food. Mary simply scooped a spoonful of the food, and ate it. A star appeared on her both eyes, and she purrs by how delicious the food was. And eagerly ate all of her food. Jonathan simply speechless of how Mary's reaction of the taste, thus Jonathan scooped up a spoonful of food and stuffed on his mouth. Jonathan surprise by how delicious it was, even his food are way below this kind of dishes. He thinking to ask the chef what's the recipe is so that he could make it when they continue journey.
When they ate their food peacefully, the assassin that were on top of the building nearby launch the attack, shoot the arrow with a immense speed toward the windows due to magic enchant and it directly at Jonathan's head. But before the arrows getting hit his instincts begin to take over Jonathan's body, he reflectivily dodge the arrow by backing of his head and the arrow right pass him, almost hit his nose an inch. He wide his eyes in shock, and fell down from the chair because dodging the attack. He looked at the arrow that were on the wall now, Mary also surprised by sudden attack. Jonathan notice that this is an trap, and they were in their trap. The chef report the assassin with his skill that his shot were missed and they need to use a plan B. Assassin nodded at the report and telling his partner to launch a plan B, immediately front and back door slammed by the assassin fully blocking the escape part. Jonathan and Mary immediately stand up, Mary took out her magic book ready to cast a magic attack.
They were surrounded and outnumber. One of the assassin dash toward Jonathan and Mary Carter manage to dodge the attack and land a hit into assassin's head immediately knocking him down, staring at his partner, all of assassin immediately dash and attack them at once. A outnumber and inevitable battle clashes on small restaurant, Jonathan manage to knock down several assassin and no injury, while Mary dodging their attack and cast an fireball to them, burning them in place but not killing them.
An relentless attack by assassin cornered Jonathan and Mary, Jonathan had no choice but using his sword, a Constant Sword'. And so he called his sword which immediately appeared on his hand. Surprising them and they backing off from them, they question themselves, "how the hell that sword appeared on Jonathan's hand? Like it's teleported.", but they not letting their mission fail and so they charge at them once again. Jonathan ask the sword for grant the power and the sword granted him, his energy and strength are now increases. Managing to injured several assassins with his sword, surprisingly Jonathan weren't injured even there is no scratch on his body. Those achieve are enough to be qualified as an Level-S adventurer or even higher, they fought like hundred of assassin and finally they retreated with their injured partner.
Jonathan kneel down and panting, he was exhausted by the battle. Fought hundred of assassin were make Jonathan very tired. Mary leaned into the wall she also exhausted because she keep casting her magic while dodging their attack and secure her distance. They resting for like 30 minutes and they slowly stood up, looking how mess the restaurant now. They food were on the ground, the table and chair are broke in piece. Jonathan looks around and notice that the chef is gone, he thinking positively that the chef is successfully escape the battle. He doesn't realize that the chef is part of the assassin. They look at each other and decide to go back to their inn. And so they safely arrived at the inn, immediately goes to their own room without a thinking. Mary jumped into her bed and closes her eyes and sleep. While Jonathan place his sword down and activate his 'Dimensional Storage' looking at his storage, he'd took one of the items which is potions of energy (Allow the user regain their energys back to 70%, also the percent is depends on the quality of the potion.)
On his storage. He drank the potion of energys and regain his stamina back. He looks at the windows seeing the sky slowly turn into a dark, so he decided to sleep, he lay down on the bed and fall asleep.
Meanwhile all of the assassin return to their main base, one of the assassin leader that were ordered to do the mission which is take all of Jonathan potions and gave all of those potions to their client, the leader goes to boss room reported their failed mission to their boss with a scared look. The boss in rage as he heard his subordinates failed their mission, he was expecting to be a success mission not a fail mission, so he punch the leader on the face really hard and order him to take Jonathan potion no matter how they gonna do it. But not allowed them to kill Jonathan yet because all of his potion is on his storage skill which is only he can activate it. The leader nodded nervously and left the boss's room. And so what their next plan to get all of Jonathan's potions? Who knows....