"Hello. Are you here for your first mission?" James asked Art as he and Naomi walked through the door. "Yes," Art said and glanced at the door with a nervous gaze. James caught on immediately and started laughing. "You have nothing to worry about. It's not like you are fighting against the beasts alone."
Art looked at him with a confused look. "Wait... Will I not fight them alone?" He asked and looked at James. When Art had calmed down from the surprise James started to explain.
"When you are on missions you usually will go with people who are one rank under you, Your rank or one rank above. As it stands now the ones on the grim reaper's team are all B-rank or above which means that they can't accompany you."
When Art had heard the explanation he started to understand the situation a little better. "Thank you for the explanation." Art said. James just nodded and looked at Naomi and thought "Have you told him anything?"
James opened the door and let them in. When Art walked in he could see how big the room really was. The last time he had visited he was too nervous to concentrate. Naomi and Art walked up to Lucy who looked at them with a smile. "Hi, I guess you are here for your first mission?" Lucy said.
"Yes," Art said and straightened up his back. "First you need to join a assassination squad. I know a C-rank squad you can join. They are two C-ranks and one D-rank. Art nodded and followed Lucy when she started walking towards one of the tables.
Around the table sat one man who looked to be in his mid 20's. The man was big and had no hair on his head. He looked like someone who had many battles under his belt. The older of the two women looked to be around her mid 20's too. She had brown long hair that shimmered in the light. She wore normal clothes but Art could see that she wore some type of armor under it. The last girl was probably somewhere in her early 20's. She had Blonde shoulder length hair and had a simple t-shirt and a pair of shorts.
When Art and Lucy were at the table the three looked at Lucy first and then Art. "Lucy is this the new assassin you talked about earlier." The man asked. Lucy Nodded and said "This is Art."
Art looked at them and said "Nice to meet you. I'm Art." The younger of the women introduced herself. "My name is Kelley!"
"My name is Nick. It's nice to meet you too. The bald man said.
"I Am the party leader. My name is Clarice." The brown haired woman said. After their introduction they sat down and started talking. Lucy walked back to Naomi and said. "He's in good hands with them." Lucy said while trying to reassure her that he would be okay. "Don't worry he can Handle himself better than a C-rank right now." Naomi said and walked out.
Art sat at the table and discussed the plan. Their mission was to defeat five Metalmouth's. Metalmouth are creature's on four legs that have a jaw so strong that it could bite through metal easily. The brown beasts are as big as cars.
During the discussion Art looked through Kelley, Nick and Clarice's stats.
[Name Kelley Miller]
[Age: 23]
[Level: 11]
[Race: Beast (Frostserpent)]
[Class: None]
[Exp 100/1100]
[HP 400/400]
[Strength: 29]
[Agility: 26]
[Stamina: 24]
[Intelligence: 19]
[Endurance: 18]
[Name Nick Fisher]
[Age: 26]
[Level: 14]
[Race: Beast (Bone Scorpion)]
[Class: None]
[Exp 650/1400]
[HP 500/500]
[Strength: 21]
[Agility: 25]
[Stamina: 32]
[Intelligence: 19]
[Endurance: 20]
[Name Clarice Hunt]
[Age: 28]
[Level: 16]
[Race: Mage (Sound)]
[Class: Witch]
[Exp 150/1600]
[HP 350/350]
[Mana 500/500]
[Strength: 10]
[Agility: 27]
[Stamina: 24]
[Intelligence: 38]
[Endurance: 22]
When Art read the stats he felt how they all were capable but not nearly as good as Steven. After around 30 minutes they had a plan on how they would take down the Monsters. Clarice would distract the Metalmouth by producing sound waves so the bear is focused on her while Kelley would come up from behind in her beast form and hold it with her long body. She was apparently a three meter long snake like creature. When the Metalmouth are unable to move Nick and Art will kill it.
Art, Kelly and Nick just nodded when they heard the plan. When everything was ready they left. Art followed Clarice when she walked up to a car and said "hop in." Everyone got into the car and they started driving.
Kelly sat with Art in the back. "How old are you Art? You look younger than me?"
"I Am 16." Art said as if it was normal to go around killing when you are 16. "Funny joke Art. No 16 year old would go around killing." She said and laughed. "But... I wasn't joking." Art said with an awkward smile on his face.
It became dead silent in the car. The first one to speak was Nick. "Don't you go to school?" He asked and looked at Art. "Yes, I go to school." Art said. At this time Kelley had regained her ability to speak and asked. "Why did you become an assassin then?"
"I need quick money." Art said and got a smile on his face. After that everyone became quiet. They didn't want to pry any further into his businesses.
After 20 minutes they had arrived at a big metal gate. It had a big sign in the middle of the gate. Forest gate. outside of here are monsters if you would like to live. Take another way!"
When the animals became Monsters they became more and more aggressive. It was to the point that the Beasts and the Mages built big walls around the areas that were the most dangerous to encapsulate the monsters. The only thing they have to do is go in and kill some of the monsters on a regular basis so they don't grow too wild or too many.
Clarice parked the car and said. "We are here."