Curis walks to the village's quest board, scanning the available quest. He noticed a few that caught his attention.
Quest 1: Missing Blacksmith
The village blacksmith, Babatunde, has gone missing. His workshop is in disarray, and his apprentice is worried. Find Babatunde and bring him back.
Quest 2: Goblin Infestation
Goblins have been raiding the nearby village. Eliminate the Goblin leader and destroy their hideout.
Quest 3: Lost Artifact
Retrieve the legendary Sword of Oko, said to be hidden in the ancient ruins of Ile-Ife. The sword is rumored to grant immense strength to its wielder.
Curis decides to accept all three quests for the long run. Taking them off the board, he went to Babatunde's workshop first since it is the easiest of all three.
Arriving at Babatunde's workshop, he met a commotion going on as an adventurer had came to ask for Babatunde but he is not around so the customer is causing a tantrum demanding refunds as he had paid for a weapon and brought the materials and Babatunde has not yet delivered it.
"Where is your boss? I paid him since two weeks ago for a weapon but he has not yet delivered whenever I come here, he is not always around, so tell me where is he?" shouted the adventurer using his massive build to intimidating the apprentice.
"I don't know where he is sir, the last time I saw him was six days ago when he left to find a material in the forest since then I have never seen him. Infact I pasted a quest note on the quest board maybe someone could help me find him," said the apprentice.
" Hmm, I give you 3 days, if i come back and I didn't get my weapon, I will make sure to shut down your shop," said the adventurer before leaving the workshop angrily.
Curis looked at the adventurer as he walked past him, after the adventurer left, he entered the workshop and saw the apprentice in deep thoughts.
"Ehm ehm, hello I am Curis an adventurer, I saw your quest on the notice board," said Curis towards the apprentice.
" Sorry, I didn't noticed that someone has came in, this place has been since i couldn't find my boss. Could you help me to find him, the last time I heard of him was when he left for the forest to get some materials?" said the apprentice in a depressed voice.
[A quest is formed]
[Missing Blacksmith:
Babatunde left to get some materials from the forest but he hasn't come back since seven days ago which made his apprentice worried. Find Babatunde and bring him back to his workshop.
Rewards:
50 silver coins
100 exp
50 relationship points with Babatunde.]
"Don't worry, I will find Babatunde and bring him here," said Curis as he accepts the quest.
"Thank you adventurer, I will await your return," said the apprentice.
[Quest accepted]
Curis left the workshop and head to the village chief to discuss about the invading Goblins as it is the second quest he accepts on the quest board.
Arriving at the village chief house, Curis knocked before hearing a voice telling him to enter.
"Come in," said a weak but strong voice.
Entering the house, Curis was shocked to see a robust man with bulging muscles instead of a frail and weak man on the seat sipping his tea.
"Don't be surprised, I know that I have massive build well it is because I was once and adventurer like you but now I'm retired so I decide to become the village chief of my hometown," said the chief as he was already used to that kind of expression.
"Sorry, I don't expect to see someone as huge as you as the village chief. By the way, my name is Curis an adventurer, I picked the Goblin quest from the notice board," said Curis as he compose himself.
" Don't worry, my name is Akindele and am the village chief of this village. About the Goblin quest, this is what happened," said Akindele before continuing.
"Three months ago, a village in the northern side of here was attacked by Goblins so every other village tighten their security but not long after another village was attacked again. So for the past three months, more than 9 villages have been destroyed by the evil demon spawn, a survivor from one of the villages told me that there is a goblin leader leading the other goblins if not their village could not be destroyed," said Akindele before sipping his tea.
" So what are we going to do now?" asked Curis.
" That was why I pasted the quest on the quest board, the hideout of their camp is in the forest so I will give you a map for your guidance," said Akindele.
" Coincidentally I also have a quest to carry out in the forest about the missing blacksmith, Babatunde who went missing seven days ago," said Curis.
" Ahh, about Babatunde disappearance, I was the one who told his apprentice to put up a notice on the quest board because he is the only blacksmith we have in this village so if you find him and eradicate the goblin camp, I will be very grateful," said Akindele.
[A quest is formed]
[Goblin Infestation:
Goblins started attacking the nearby villages destroying and plundering them, a survivor told the village chief that the Goblin's are being lead by a Goblin leader which make them more organized. Eradicate the Goblin camp and save the remaining villages from destruction.
Rewards:
2 gold coins
2500 exp
500 relationship points with Akindele and the villagers of Iraye-Oke
200 relationship points with the remaining villages]
"Don't worry, I will carry out the quest and destroy the Goblin camp as I can't stand the atrocities of these demon spawns," said Curis as he accepts the quest.
[Quest accepted]
" Thank you so much, if it is you I can be rest assured and here is the forest map," said Akindele.
[Forest map received]
Before Curis leaves the village chief's house, he brought out the last quest he picked from the quest board and show it to the village chief.
"Ahh, you are the one who accepts this quest, that is great but the current you is too weak to face this quest," said Akindele.
[A quest is formed]
[Lost artifact:
The legendary sword of Oko was said to be found in the ruins of Ile-Ife. The current you is deemed weak to challenge the ruins of Ile-Ife.
Requirements:
Level:20
Akindele's trust
????
Rewards:
Unknown]
Curis was surprised at the quest description and the unknown requirement but he accepts the quest.
After that, Curis bids farewell to the village chief and left hid house to start the quest but before that he decides to stock himself up for he doesn't know how long it will take to finish both quests.
Arriving at the market, Curis bought 50 health potion, 5 invisibility potion, 20 mana potion and 15 defense potion which cost him a total of 47 gold coins. After leaving the apothecary, he went to weapon and armory shop to get some weapon as his weapon could break anytime.
Arriving at the weapon and armory shop, Curis bought a chainmail armor, a chainmail boot, a steel gauntlets, a steel greaves, a longsword, a short sword and a steel shield which cost a total of 24 silver coins and 50 bronze coins .
Curis updated stats
[Status window]
Name: Curis
Level:1
Exp: 0/100
Path: None
HP:330/330
MP:130/130
[Attributes]
Strength: 26 (+4 from longsword and steel gauntlets
Agility: 28( +2 from chainmail boot)
Intelligence: 26
Vitality: 33 (+3 from chainmail armor and steel greaves)
Luck: 30
[Equipments]
Chainmail Armor (Uncommon)
Steel Greaves (Uncommon)
Steel Gauntlets (Uncommon)
Longsword (Uncommon)
Chainmail Boot (Uncommon)
Òrò-Àjinde: Bracelet of Orunmila
[Skills]
Observation lvl 1
[Inventory]
50 health potion
5 invisibility potion
20 mana potion
15 defense potion
Forest map
[Wealth]
1152 gold coins
74 silver coins
50 bronze coins
Satisfied with his current stats, Curis left the village to start the search for Babatunde and eradication of the Goblin camp.
NOTE: Curis stats is different from that of an average player as his beginning stats are twice that of others and his luck is six times of an average player, which make sense as to how he was able to get a divine item in the welcome box and the reason why his stats are different will be explained later in the novel.