Bab 41: First quest
Hades stood alone before the quest board, unable to read. He has already escorted Gabriella back home, Fen stayed with her but Hades couldn't sit idle. 'I need to get off F rank quickly, I need those people to start giving me money…' stared back at the reception desk and Nina waved her hand to him with a smile.
He walked toward her with a stern face, "I killed a monster, would you buy it?" He asked glaring at her.
"No, you as a staring F rank adventurer are prohibited from fighting monsters unless in emergencies. If you killed a monster you will be suspended for a week under the self-harm rule." Nina stated.
Hades glared at her, they won't let him sell monsters…He glared at her, "What prevents me from killing you and taking the money?" He was serious, she was a hindrance now…if not for Gabriella's will he would have killed her long ago.
"Can you do that and survive? This place is filled with more people than can you handle." She asked with a confident smile.
"I can try…" Hades grinned, a wave of oppressive feeling rushed from his body as he glared at her. A raging pitbull glaring at a helpless kitten.
All the adventurers there felt it and drew their weapons, this is a troublemaker, and he is dangerous. THUD! A hand touched Hades's shoulder, it was a familiar one "Calm down, let's go together." It was Cael and Eva behind him.
"What brought you here?" Hades asked with a surprised face.
"Gabriella said we need to keep an eye on you, she is resting as you know," Cael said signaling for Nina to bring him something.
Eva smiled approaching Hades "Will go get you a weapon first, staying unarmed like this can't be good. After that will help you finish F-rank quests so you can rank up faster."
Nina quickly came back with a stack of papers, those were F-rank quests and E-rank quests. Cael showed his guild card to Hades.
<Cael Vendetta> <DBD> He was already a D-rank adventurer, considering that he and Hades were close in performance with the bandits, Hades immediately noted that his strength might fare up to D-rank strength level B.
Cael is D-rank, Hades is F-rank, and the in-between is E-rank quests and that's the highest tier they can take as a party.
"I need to get stronger if, let's go kill more." Hades smiled clenching his fist, a lot of Favor was awaiting him outside.
Cael smiled, winking at Hades "We're not going to kill, I'm going to kill, and you're going to gather grass."
Hades glared at Cael for a few moments and then launched a fist, "You gather grass." Cael immediately dodged with a puzzled face and Eva rushed in to restrain Hades.
She whispered to him, "You idiot, stay calm will get you monsters to kill."
Nina giggled watching them, "Isn't he a feisty one?"
"Who?" Hades glared at her and Cael told Eva to drag him away.
Surprisingly, Hades was extremely tame with those he know. Even the physically weak Eva could drag him outside while most men would struggle to take his punches. Cael smiled, Hades's fangs weren't pointed at them…if any person was in Eva's place. They would have already died.
Cael browsed through the numerous quests and tried to find one suitable for Hades. The goal was to teach him the location and how to harvest and use medical herbs on the go and kill monsters to satisfy him.
For the E-rank quests, he picked {Bulldeer Hunting} and {Horned Rabbits extermination}
For the F-rank quests, he picked {Red-Mint collection} and {Horse fungus collection}
Bulldeer, as the name, suggests it's a hybrid monster between a bull and a deer. Some call it buff deer for how muscular the monster can get. But they are shy monsters who rarely attack people or fight back, they always chose to run away. The problem is the delicate taste of their meat which made them a prised hunt to those who can catch one.
For traveling adventurers, a Bulldeer might be just the right feast to have after a great quest or when traveling. Also unlike deer which are illegal to hunt, Bulldeers aren't. Those are lessons that Hades should learn at E-rank but there is no harm in teaching him now.
Horned rabbits on the other hand had tuff meat, sour gamy taste, and very little nutritious value. But, they multiply faster than flies at a dumpster and can easily overrun farms and destroy crops like a locust swarm.
Red mint is a type of red-colored mint with a strange taste, it isn't edible but it can help stop bleeding when crushed into a paste and applied to wounds. For adventurers, carrying some all the time is a necessity.
Horse fungus, on the other hand, wasn't a useful thing to humans, but a useful thing for horses as the name applies. They love it, and it is good for them. To horses it can act as long-lasting rations, the animals don't need to eat much of it to survive, and it grants them a small boost of stamina.
Travelers have stated for a long time that using horse fungus as feed for their horses can reduce travel time by almost a third, those horses will live longer and healthier, and even reduce costs for their owner. Raptor loves it, but don't try bribing him with it as he will kill you and take it.
After accepting the quest, Cael, Eva and Hades went outside the city. This time, just by seeing Cael's face from the distance the guards opened the gate. He was their leader after all.
"Cael, where are the monster?" Hades approached Cael with an angry face.
"Earlier in the guild you idiot! Listen well…" Cael rushed in as well, "I was trying to take quests and then have you join later, can't you be calm?"
Technically, Cael shouldn't let Hades engage with monsters, he should only let him watch. The reason for the difficulty reduction isn't so the lower rank can join the fight, it's so the higher rank can provide a mid-battle explanation to the fight.
They were lucky that Nina knew Hades to be strong, otherwise, she would have reported them immediately for trying to harm a newcomer. But, they still have to get Hades back to the guild safe and sound, otherwise, Cael will be in trouble with them.
After explaining that and making sure that Hades understood that if he got injured, he would have to cope with gathering grass until he ranks up, the three of them started searching for monsters and the herbs on the way.
"So, where do we find this Balls deer?" Hades asked with a serious face.
"Bulldeer. That will be a hard one to catch. The usual way is to find its grazing spot and wait for it to arrive, but since they are strong they can run quite fast and take a lot of hits." Cael explained looking around.
"So, what do they eat?" Hades asked.
Eva smiled, "They eat horse fungus, two birds with the same stone." She wished Fen was there so they can use him to track the Bulldeer.
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