Enzuu entered the Adventurer's Guild, where his party members were already waiting. Enzuu is a middle-class adventurer who is neither very great nor weak, Enzuu is a sword user who is quite skilled in swinging his sword. And can also use other weapons such as Daggers, spears, and other sharp weapons.Adventurer guilds are places where adventurers gather, no matter where they come from. Adventurer guilds are spread across several places throughout the country, both small and large guilds. As long as they have registered as adventurers, they can accept missions and various other tasks in any guild. Each adventurer guild is not led by a person/individual, but is managed by the kingdom itself.Upon arrival at the party gathering place, Enzuu was immediately greeted with a very warm welcome."You!! We've been waiting here for so long!! Because of you, we can't get missions with good rewards"The nagging person was a girl named Eve.With a guilty smile, Enzuu tried to find an excuse to convince Eve, "Sorry, I had a little chat with an adventurer from out of town, and didn't realize that it was past the agreed time limit. Yes, even though we didn't get a good mission, we can still hunt monsters, right?"Eve still felt annoyed and continued to grumble, when Eve was grumbling a man with a loud, manly voice interrupted Eve's grumbling."Enough, we'll run out of missions if we continue to stay here. Let's see if there are any good missions or not."The man who spoke was named Barn, a large man with fierce red hair."Enzuu, even though I'm also annoyed, what Barn-san said is true. So I'll let you off this time, let's go to the mission board and stop your ranting, Eve."The person who agreed with Barn was a man named Rodurn, although Eve agreed but she was still upset. Upon arrival at the mission board there were still 2 missions left, namely, 'Eradicate the wild lizards' and 'Expelling the Griffin herd'.Griffin is a powerful monster with high speed and is able to move freely with its wings, which may be able to exterminate a group of Griffins requiring at least 3 high-class adventurers.In our party there are only 3 middle class adventurers (Enzuu, Eve and Rodurn) and 1 high class adventurer which is Barn. And it is not only 1 Griffin but a group of Griffins, so it is very unlikely to accept this mission even though the reward is very tempting which is 20 gold coins.Our party had no choice but to take the mission to 'Exterminate wild lizards' for a reward of only 3 gold coins.There are 3 types of currency in this world, namely, Bronze Coins, Silver Coins and Gold Coins.1 koin emas = 40 koin silver
1 koin silver = 10 koin perunggu
"There are still 2 missions left to take, exterminating lizards 3 gold coins, chasing away Griffins 20 GOLD COINS!!! let's just take this mission"Eve, who was annoyed by Rodurn's words, replied in annoyance, "You're an idiot!! How can our party fight a Griffin? I'm fine, but what about you and Enzuu? And it's not just one Griffin, it's a group of Griffins!!""Hey, you're also an intermediate level!! What are you being so arrogant about with nothing!! Enzuu, aren't you annoyed with this person?" Rodurn, who couldn't accept it, replied while clenching his fist towards Eve.Since Enzuu was already used to their behavior, Enzuu didn't take it seriously, "What Eve said is true, with our party it's impossible to defeat the Griffin, so we'll take this lizard mission. You don't mind, right Barn-san?"Barn is the oldest and most experienced in his group, so Enzuu always asks for Barn's opinion when making decisions."Yes, it is ok"We went straight to the reception area."Do you want to take this mission?" asked the receptionist."Ya benar" "Please sign the adventurer"Adventurer's mark is a tool to identify if he is an adventurer, this mark can be used in any guild. The mark is in the form of a colored crystal that is made into a necklace. The mark will shine when magical energy is passed through it and the name and special symbol of the owner of the mark will appear to stamp the name and special symbol onto the mission paper that is taken.After giving all our adventurer marks, the receptionist began stamping our marks onto the mission paper."Enzuu, Rodurn, Eve and Barn. 3 middle class and 1 upper class, it seems you can take this mission. Alright, it's done, this is your adventurer's mark. Be careful when carrying out the mission, okay?"After taking the quest at the receptionist as we were heading out of the adventurer's guild, we heard gossip from other adventurers about what was happening around the hunting grounds. The situation inside the adventurer's guild was already quite quiet as most of them had already gone out and done their quests, but there were still a few adventurers still around."Hey, do you know about the hero party that has finished off the small monsters around the outside of the hunting ground?" said an adventurer."Really?? That great party of heroes? Why would heroes come to a small hunting ground like this?" another adventurer replied.Another adventurer replied, "I don't know, maybe the heroes are bored because there is no evil that can threaten the world they currently live in" in a dismissive tone.After hearing the conversation, we immediately rushed to the place indicated by the mission. The place was not far from the hunting ground because the lizards were one of the foods of the monsters in the hunting ground. For some reason the lizards came out of the hunting ground and moved to a place close to the settlement, that's why the adventurer's guild wanted to eradicate the lizards so that they would not approach the settlement.Right after leaving the adventurer's guild Eve asked herself."Hmm... by the way, why did the lizards come out of their nests in the hunting grounds? Did their food supply run out or did they want to look for new nests?""Maybe this has something to do with the hero activity around here," Barn suggested.Barn has always been sensitive when it comes to heroes since 3 years ago he was summoned to this world by the kingdom. He always has a firm tone when talking about heroes, even though he is a serious and firm person but he always cares about his friends and teammates. It's different when he talks about heroes, his face shows hidden anger.Rodurn seemed annoyed by Eve's question, "Enough already, there's no point in you asking that. Let's get going, so we can finish this faster and go hunting to get more results."We walked all the way out of town and came to the entrance to the hunting ground, we didn't go in and took a side road so we could see the hunting ground along the way.The road is not rocky and is only made of soil, if you look to the right you will see a hunting ground. And if you look to the left you will see trees that if you look further there are houses of residents that look faintly visible.On the way to the place, Enzuu saw the outside of the hunting ground and it turned out to be true what the previous adventurers had said.The outside looks calm no monsters are visible, usually there are small monsters like goblins, slimes, wolves and others seen around the outside. It seems the hero party has slaughtered all the monsters outside.The outside looks like a vast expanse of green grassland and there are several fruit plants around the middle and end of the outside, there is a wooden fence as high as an adult's stomach before entering the hunting ground.At the end, there are many trees that look like a forest, which also forms a boundary between the outside and the middle.In the middle there are middle class monsters such as Hob goblin, Werewolf, Ogre and others. And there is also the deepest part filled with high class monsters.While looking around the outside Enzuu muttered."It's true that the monsters outside are no longer visible."Eve who heard Enzuu's mutter narrowed the distance between her and replied."Yes, that's right, why would the hero party bother taking care of such a small monster, if it continues like this we will have a hard time hunting monsters."Enzuu couldn't think of an answer to Eve's question, why did the hero do that, what was the real purpose of the hero being summoned to this world. "I don't know," Enzuu answered and continued walking towards the mission location.Upon arrival at our destination, we immediately looked around the place, the place was filled with trees and looked like a forest."This seems like a good place for the lizards to live," Eve began."Yes, the place has various fruits and also insects, like in a hunting ground"Enzuu tried to analyze the place, and saw several lizards going deeper into the forest.Rodurn, who also seemed to see it, immediately reacted."Hey hey, I saw those lizards in the depths of the forest, let's hurry"Rodurn immediately darted into the forest and left his three friends behind."Hey Rodurn wait, don't just act on your own," Eve angrily chased after Rodurn, followed by Enzuu and Barn.When entering the forest, not a single lizard was seen, we continued to enter the forest. And began to see a glimmer of light at the end of the vision. Enzuu looked back to make sure Barn was still following, he started to slow down his running speed to close the distance with Barn.Barn who realized what Enzuu was doing started running to his side."What's wrong?" Barn asked.Enzuu could already hear Barn's voice and replied, "It seems the lizards know of our presence, that's why we haven't seen a single lizard along the way.""Those lizards wouldn't run aimlessly, they must be heading somewhere. Maybe we'll find out when we reach the light that's visible at the end," said Barn.We kept running side by side and still didn't see the lizards, until the light started to get closer.Eve had already passed through the light, the two of us began to pass through the light. There were already Rodurn and Eve standing there looking at something, when they arrived there Enzuu immediately asked Rodurn."Rodurn what's wrong?""I..i..that look at that" Rodurn said while pointing in a direction with a very surprised expression.Then he looked in the direction Rodurn was pointing, how surprised Enzuu was when he saw that.There was a big tree filled with countless lizards. The tree was bigger than a normal tree, and there were no other trees growing around the tree. There was only one big tree filled with lizards.Seeing the abnormal number of lizards, Enzuu thought of something. With this many lizards, is it possible that all the lizards in the hunting ground have moved here? What made the lizards leave their old nest? There was no point in thinking about that now, what should be thought about now was how to deal with the lizards.Eve just stood there looking at the tree, Barn seemed quite surprised too. Enzuu then looked closely at the tree. The tree had a large support trunk and 4 branches that towered up and to the side. The 4 medium-sized branches were overgrown by other small stems with leaves at the end of the small stems that were also large. The size of the lizards is about the size of an adult's arm, with a fairly large size but they can move quite nimbly. This will make it difficult for them to eradicate the lizards, especially with their very large numbers.Enzuu began to look far into the surroundings beyond the trees. On the left side there seems to be only a rocky wall, it seems like there is a cliff above it. It can be said that it is a ravine if seen from above, if we herd the lizards there the lizards will reach a dead end and will start to scatter. It will be a problem if the lizards get out of this forest. If you keep walking forward it looks like there will be a path that will lead out like the one you entered earlier, so that's not a good choice either.And when Enzuu looked to the right he saw the fence of the hunting ground behind the edge of the trees. Enzuu started to think of something and started talking to his party."Everyone let's change the plan"His three friends immediately turned to look at Enzuu."It seems impossible to exterminate these many lizards, so instead of exterminating them we will herd them while killing as many lizards as possible."Rodurn seems unhappy with Enzuu's proposed change of plans."Wait, then we won't get much reward!""Are you able to kill so many lizards??" "Of course I can!! Just look at this"Rodurn seemed to want to immediately dash to where the lizards were. But Barn quickly grabbed Rodurn's hand so that he couldn't run like before."Let's listen to Enzuu's explanation first," Barn said in a firm tone."O..okay" Rodurn couldn't do anything because of the strong grip."Stupid, what are you doing acting alone like that again!! It will scare the lizards and will make them scatter if you go straight to that tree" Eve angrily smacked Rodurn's head."Get ready," Rodurn replied disappointedly."You, think before you act"After scolding Rodurn, Eve turned to Enzuu."But how and where are we going to lead him?" Eve asked Enzuu directly."It looks like this far right side is a hunting ground, you can see the fence that surrounds the hunting ground if you look towards the end of the forest."Enzuu's three friends immediately looked to the right as Enzuu said."Yes, I can vaguely see it."Enzuu continued, "We'll herd him there, is that okay Barn-san?"Enzuu asks Barn's opinion."It doesn't seem to be a problem, since the lizards came from the hunting grounds. And the adventurer's guild will probably accept it since they just want the lizards to stay away from residential areas."With Barn's approval, Enzuu immediately explained his plan."So it's like this....."After hearing Enzuu's explanation they confirmed once again by looking at each other and nodding while saying, "Okay"They started their movement, Rodurn remained on guard at this place and the other three started walking around to the left of the tree, towards the ravine.Once there, Eve and Enzuu remained guarding this section. Barn continued walking to the left around the tree until he reached a point where he was facing away from the path. That is, Barn was one direction ahead of Rodurn.So they will prevent the lizards from running in any other direction than the hunting ground.If you look at the direction of the hunting ground, Rodurn is to the right of the big tree, Eve and Enzuu are behind the big tree and Barn is to the left of the big tree.Since Eve uses an arrow, Enzuu will help her so she won't have any trouble if a lizard runs towards her.Eve then looked towards Rodurn and Barn, if everything was ready Eve immediately gave aba aba."I start"Eve took an arrow and began to draw her bow. 'Zfuuung' the arrow was released and immediately shot straight into the middle of a large tree and hit 1 lizard.The lizards who realized this immediately scattered and flocked down the tree and ran in all directions.There were about dozens of lizards running towards Rodurn, he swiftly held his spear and started to cast a spell."O fire, cover my spear with your heat"Then a blaze of fire appeared that covered Rodurn's spear, the fire was only on the top of the spear.Rodurn then swung his spear from right to left and hit 5 lizards in the front.The lizards following behind immediately changed direction to the right and left, Rodurn then ran to the right towards the hunting ground while continuing to slash any lizards that tried to pass him.On Barn's side the lizards ran towards him, Barn used a shield and an axe, because using a shield and an axe at the same time was not suitable in the current situation so he put his shield on his back and only used the axe.Barn is a person who is not very good at magic so he only relies on his physical strength to fight. Because of his large body, Barn has a little difficulty facing the agile lizards.Barn began to take a run-up to throw, he spread his legs and began to swing his axe to the right side. By pulling his axe fully back and pointing it further down then he threw his axe forward, his axe spun around and hit a group of lizards running towards him and continued to dart until the axe was stuck in the bottom of the big tree.Then he started to take the shield on his back and started running towards the hunting ground like Rodurn did.Enzuu and Eve started running forward right after Eve released the first arrow to balance her movement with Rodurn and Barn.They started to distance themselves from each other.With so many lizards running towards Eve with agile movements, Eve couldn't use just 1 arrow. So she started to take 3 arrows and started to draw her bow while reciting a spell."O wind, lend me your arrow with your speed"The three arrows were enveloped by a cone-shaped wind that pointed forward. The arrows then shot at high speed and hit the three lizards in the front, but it did not succeed in making the lizards change direction.Enzuu swung his sword as he ran forward, his job was only to make sure the lizards ran towards the hunting ground.After he made sure the lizards had turned towards the hunting ground, he then ran sideways towards Eve to help her.With just her bow Eve wouldn't make much of an impact on the lizards, Enzuu began casting magic on her sword."O lightning, cover my sword"He then slashed the lizard in the front and then the lightning continued to strike until it reached the middle.All the lizards were now running in the same direction, namely the hunting ground.Enzuu then returned to his position and the two of them began to pass through the large tree.The distance between the big tree and the hunting ground was not as far as when they first entered, the two of them just ran forward to make sure the lizards didn't change direction. Rodurn who wanted to get a lot of rewards kept killing the lizards that tried to change direction, he thrust his spear forward and hit the lizard that jumped to the right. He did that 3 times."Damn lizard, how dare you cross me," he said.Barn continued to block the lizards that jumped at him with his shield while occasionally looking forward, and it seemed that the fence of the hunting ground was already quite visible."It seems like we're almost out of this forest," he shouted to convey the message to his other colleagues."Keep going like this" Enzuu who heard Barn replied back.They continued running while watching the lizards. When Enzuu looked ahead he began to see the fence clearly, Barn and Rodurn had already come out of the forest and were guarding near the fence making sure the lizards entered the hunting ground."Hey hurry up" Rodurn who was impatient shouted to the two of us who were still behind.Until finally Enzuu and Eve came out of the forest and saw the lizards that had entered the hunting ground scattering in all directions."Huffft... this is tiring too" Eve said while holding her knees with a panting breath."Cik sis sis, you're already like this after just this much time," Rodurn started to tease Eve."I'm a backliner, you know! Unlike you, a frontliner who has a lot of stamina.""Gosh, geez, so this is the only ability you have that you said would be okay against Griffin," Rodurn continued to tease Eve.Eve quickly took out her arrow and shot it at Rodurn's spear, knocking it out of his hand.Rodurn who was shocked immediately reacted."Hey, that's dangerous, you know!!""For a Frontliner to not be able to avoid that means you are nothing" Eve turned to attack Rodurn with a very arrogant expression"Shut up!!!""You started it first!!"They both clenched their fists at each other."You guys never change, huh?" Enzuu gave his reaction to their behavior.The distance is not that far, but running at full speed drains a lot of stamina.There were easier ways, such as burning the big tree, but there were no powerful magic users in our party who could burn the entire big tree in one attack.Even if the three of us combined our fire magic, we still wouldn't be able to burn the entire big tree at once, and if we forced it to burn it, it would take quite some time and would cause the lizards to scatter, which would give rise to the current situation. What made this difficult was that the lizards had no intention of confronting us and were just running around aimlessly, unlike the monsters who were trying to defend themselves and trying to fight back.We needed to collect the tails of the killed lizards to give to the adventurer's guild and exchange them for rewards, and also retrieve Barn's axe that was still stuck in the big tree. So we decided to go back into the forest.After collecting all the lizards,Rodurn killed 8
Eve lizards, 4
Enzuu lizards, 7
Barn lizards, 12 lizards.
In total, there were 31 lizards killed.
"Huh, is that all? This won't yield much. Let's go to the hunting ground and hunt some more monsters." Rodurn seemed dissatisfied with this result."Can't you see? Didn't you see earlier that there were no more small monsters in the outer hunting area?" Eve replied to Rodurn.True, when at the hunting fence while watching the lizards enter the hunting ground there were no small monsters visible. Now it was clear that the hero party had eradicated the small monsters outside the hunting ground."Yeah, I know! It's because you only hit a few lizards." Rodurn seemed to understand the situation.The party had already used up a lot of stamina in the chase, forcing the hunt inside wasn't a good idea, so he blamed Eve for this."Facing agile and numerous opponents is not my skill!!" "Then what opponent is suitable for you?" Rodurn kept teasing Eve."This child 1 is really annoying!!" It seemed like Eve had reached her peak.Enzuu, who saw this, immediately tried to calm Eve down."Come on Eve, don't be provoked by Rodurn's words, the more you react, the worse Rodurn will become.""Hey, you always defend Eve, boring." "I'm not taking sides with anyone, but it seems like Eve can't take it anymore. So it's best to stop here," Enzuu argued while waving both of his hands left and right.Enzuu is a person who is good at reading the situation, he can adapt himself to any situation. When it's time to be serious Enzuu will take it seriously, and when it's time to joke around he won't take it too seriously. Rodurn was just teasing Eve but with Eve's exhausted situation, it seemed Eve couldn't take Rodurn's joke as a joke. So Enzuu tried to stop him.Eve, who received Enzuu's defense, began to move behind Enzuu and began her action."Let's Enzuu teach that ignorant child a lesson" Eve said, then she stuck her tongue out while pulling her cheek with one finger. "Bweeh"Rodurn just turned his face away while clicking his tongue "Hummm"Rodurn seemed to be losing interest in continuing, so he started cutting the lizard's tail with a knife he took from his bag.Barn who still had to get his axe went walking towards the big tree to get his axe that was stuck in it. Enzuu who saw Barn, started to wonder what kind of tree was that??While they were cutting the lizard's tail, it seemed that there was a monster lurking in the distance coming from the direction of the cliff. It seemed that the rock wall had a cave (tunnel) large enough for the monster to enter.