Female Novel
Chapter 25
Gravis walked to the exit of the town. When the guards saw him, they simply opened the gate without a word. They had ordersfrom the town lord that Gravis could do anything he wanted, but the guards had to keep the town lord up to date with news abouthim. When Gravis went through the gate, one guard retreated and ran to the town lord's residence.
Gravis noticed that and guessed that the town lord probably had eyes on him. He didn't care that much. If the town lord wantedto attack him, he would be an excellent test of Gravis' current combat strength. If the town lord didn't do anything, that would befine too. Gravis left the town and searched for the Hunting Guild.novelbin
After a while, he found it. It was to the east of the town, while the gate Gravis left from, was on the south. It was a wide buildingmade of stone, and he could see a big sign on the roof that read "Hunting Guild". Gravis could also see stalls on the side of thehall, where some beasts walked around, which were probably tamed. He could only see ferocious beasts and no demonic.beasts. Demonic beasts were perhaps too strong.
Gravis went to the entrance and walked in. The Hunting Guild had no guards, apparently. They probably didn't need them sincethe Hunting Guild was full of strong hunters. Wanting to rob this place was pure suicide for most people.
When he went inside, he noticed that the hall also functioned as a bar. Long rows of wooden benches and tables adorned oneside of a large hallway, while the other side had the bar. At the end of the hall, there was a giant noticeboard. That was probablythe place where the bounties and missions were listed.
“Hey, newbie!" a guy shouted from one of the benches, a beer in front of him. "You want to register as a hunter or do you wannaset up a mission?" he asked as he stood up, and walked to Gravis.
The guy looked imposing. He was around two meters tall, and bulging muscles peeked through his brown vest, with nothingunderneath. A large sword, nearly as long as the guy himself, was slung over his back.
Gravis looked at him with his typical neutral look. "| want to register as a hunter," he commented dryly, as he continued lookingaround the hall. The hall seemed moderately full, but there was still some space. Nearly everyone had some kind of weapon ontheir backs, since this was outside the town. There were no restrictions regarding weapons out here. He could see all kinds ofweapons adorning the hunters’ leather armors. He could see bows, staffs, swords, sabers, spears, and many more.
The guy whistled in surprise and astonishment. "Oh? You're a little young for that. Are you sure about this? You need to be ableto slay a ferocious beast, at least," the guy explained.
Gravis simply nodded. He didn't want to get too close to others due to his ‘contagious luck’.
The guy simply shrugged, while leaning with his elbows on a nearby table. Another man sitting at that table looked at the guywith a disgusted look and pulled his food away from the guy's elbow. The guy talking with Gravis ignored it. "Well, it's your neck.You need to get over to the counter and register." The guy gestured with his neck to the bar.
Gravis nodded. "Thanks," and walked to the counter.
The guy looked at Gravis, walking away. "Heh, a shy guy, eh?" With that, he walked back to his table to continue drinking hisbeer.
As Gravis arrived, a middle-aged, grumpy-looking woman looked at him. Here, no one was intimidated by his weapon, since theHunting Guild was outside the town. Here, everyone walked around with a weapon. "What do you want?" asked the woman,annoyed.
Gravis didn't care about her manners. He preferred direct conversation. If someone were friendly to Gravis, he would feeluncomfortable and guilty since he had to act coldly. He didn't want to infect others with his luck. "| want to register as a hunter."
"To become a junior hunter, you need to find a party that will accept you, and kill at least four ferocious beasts until you canaccept missions by yourself. To become a senior hunter, you need to have tempered skin and must prove yourself by killing aferocious beast solo," the lady narrated like it was practiced, which was probably true.
Gravis didn't wait. "| want to become a senior hunter," he stated blankly.
One of the lady's eyebrows rose. "Kid, don't joke around. You're still too green to become a senior hunter. You probably haven'teven killed a chicken before," the woman laughed in disdain.
Gravis narrowed his eyes at the woman. Just when he was about to release his Will-Aura to make things easier, an old man onthe side of the counter walked over. "Margaret, you don't have the authority to stop people from registering. Give him the test,"he ordered.
The lady rolled her eyes and started rustling through some paper below her counter. After some seconds, she took out a piece ofpaper. "Here," she threw the paper at Gravis, who promptly caught it. "A ferocious beast called ‘Tree Fiend’ has been spottednear a farm to the south. Just follow the instructions of the paper. If you manage to kill it, bring its corpse here. If it's too heavy,bringing us its head will be enough, but you won't get any spoils, except for the monetary reward."
Gravis calmly looked at the paper, read through it, and nodded. He shoved the paper into one of his front pockets, turnedaround, and left without another word.
"Tch, another crazy youngster thinking he knows how the real world works," the lady commented in disdain. The man, on theother hand, was rubbing his chin with a smile.
"| wouldn't be so sure about that. | felt something... unique from him," the man told the lady.
"Tch, you're getting sentimental. If the boy dies, that's on you!" the lady angrily remarked and went back to look through somedocuments.
Gravis quickly left the hall and rantowards the south. He followed theinstructions and arrived at a farm, not20 minutes later. Aft askingtis |rane abouthis beast problem, heran to the east of the farm to a closeforest. The farmer saw the TreeFiend there some hours ago. He hadcommissioned the hunt about twoweeks ago, but since he didn't haveenough money, he could onlycommission it as a trial mission. Thecontent is on NovelDrama.Org! Readthe latest chapter there!
Atrial mission only cost about a third as an actual mission. Like the name suggested, trial missions were meant for hunters as atrial to upgrade their rank. There were multiple ranks, with Junior Hunter and Senior Hunter being the lowest and the highest,respectively.
There were not many people withtempered skin just walking around,so the Hunting Guild created someadditional ranks for the hunters\1\HHL serteccd Ss. Just, thoserdinke were not accessible to newrecruits. A hunter could only start atthe bottom or the top. If they toldsomeone with tempered skin, thatthey first had to slog through all theranks, they might not join. They hadtempered skin, after all. They couldjust go somewhere else. The contentis on NovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
Gravis arrived at the place where thefarmer last saw the Tree Fiend. Itwas close to a forest on the edge ofthe farm. That wa place Warethe farrberclebhis animals out to eat.Of course, that would seem idioticwith a ferocious beast stalking thearea. Yet, the farmer was afraid that,if the creature didn't find any foodthere, it would come to the farmerinstead. The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
Gravis jumped into a haystack and waited for the Tree Fiend. He knew the basics of tracking, but why would he risk going intothe forest and searching around forever, if he could simply wait for the beast to appear on its own? So, he decided to simply wait.
About five hours later, he saw an about two-meter tall, tree-like creature stalking around the forest's edge. Its arms were thin andended in long, thorn-like barbs. It was also walking on only two legs. This was probably the Tree Fiend. ‘Fitting name,’ Graviscommented in his mind.
The Tree Fiend didn't know that death had arrived.