Female Novel
Chapter 26
The door of the Hunting Guild was kicked open, and Gravis walked in while pulling the Forest Fiend's corpse by its leg. Not a lotof blood flowed out since he had dragged it all the way here like that. The people at the tables looked at Gravis with someastonishment and also a little disgust.
The lady behind the counter looked at Gravis with a shocked look in her eyes. She hadn't thought that Gravis would actuallysuccessfully finish this hunt. On top of that, it looked like Gravis wasn't even injured. Hell, he didn't even seem exhausted!
Gravis dragged the corpse to the counter, but the lady immediately shouted. "What are you doing? Don't you see that people areeating here?" She gestured to the tables where multiple people had stopped eating with looks of disgust. "Get outside and go tothe bounty entrance beside the main entrance!" she commanded.
Gravis furrowed his brows. "Why didn't you tell me?" he asked simply.
The lady went red in the face. She hadn't even entertained the thought that Gravis might be successful in his hunt, so she didn'tbother telling him. "That doesn't matter! Go to the side entrance!" she commanded again.
Gravis frowned, but pulled the corpse outside and went to the bounty entrance. The bounty entrance was multiple times biggerthan the main entrance. Probably, so even big bodies could fit. He pulled it into the bounty entrance, where he could see somemen sitting at a table, playing a card game.
The men heard the scraping of the corpse on the ground and looked at Gravis. Seeing the body, they stood up. "Place it on thetable," one of the guys said, as he started putting on an apron and gloves.
Gravis saw a big, metallic table in the middle of the room. Some blood remained on the table, but Gravis didn't care. He hoistedthe corpse with one hand and let it slam onto the table. The eyes of the men widened. This guy had some good strength!
They quickly inspected the corpse. Its cause of death couldn't be inferred by just taking one look. It took some time until theynoticed a deep groove on the top of its head. One of them opened it a little wider and saw that half the brain was cut. So, thiswas the cause of death.
One of the guys whistled in astonishment. "Wow, that's good work, newbie. The corpse is basically without any injury. Let me justcheck the price of the corpse, and I'll give you your spoils. Oh right! Do you want the reward as materials or currency?" The manasked.
"Money," Gravis stated.
"Well, okay. Gimme a sec," the man said and walked over to one of the tables. He took out a thick catalog and looked through it.After about a minute, he closed it again and walked over to Gravis. He took off the thickest sack of money from his belt andsearched through it. After a while, he had taken out some silver coins and recounted them again.
“Alright, that's 45 silver coins for you," the man said as he handed Gravis the coins. Gravis took them but soon found a problem.“Hey, can you sell me one of those purses for a silver coin?" Gravis asked, pointing at the sacks of money on the guy's belt.novelbin
The guy looked surprised but quickly nodded. "Sure! Here, take this one," he said as he emptied a half-filled sack into anotherone. He gave the empty sack to Gravis and took his silver coin, obviously happy with this trade.
Gravis emptied his silver coins into his new purse, nodded to the man, and walked out. When he walked back into the HuntingGuild, through the main entrance this time, he saw someone cleaning the floor of the little blood the corpse spilled. He ignoredthe man and walked to the counter lady again.
"So, where's my payment?" he asked directly.
The lady harrumphed. "Can't you youngsters learn some patience? We have to wait for the report from the bounty hall." Shegestured to the wall of the bar. Behind that wall, was the room where Gravis just left the corpse. "It should take about fiveminutes."
Gravis frowned but nodded. Some things couldn't be rushed, so he simply leaned against a wall and waited, his eyes closed.The hunters looked at him weirdly. They saw that Gravis didn't engage in any brotherly conversation with them at the table. Hewas a young guy, so that was unusual. Young men would quickly start to brag about their kill or simply just unwind by releasingtheir happiness with some alcohol.
Instead, they felt like Gravis was releasing an aura of coldness and rejection. It seemed like, he didn't want to be disturbed.Some of them stood up and tried to make conversation, but Gravis always answered plainly, with as few words as possible. Aftera while, the hunters stopped trying. He was obviously an anti-social person.
About four minutes after he talked with the lady, one of the men from the bounty entrance came in and gave the lady a piece ofpaper. "Hey, newbie! Come over here," she commanded.
Gravis walked over and looked at her. The lady didn't know why, but for some reason, she really didn't like Gravis. "Show meyour weapon!"
Gravis frowned but complied. Being direct was one thing, but she obviously acted hostile towards him. He showed her his saber.There was some blood on the saber, but not much. The lady looked at the saber, then at the paper, then again at the saber, andthe paper again.
“Alright. Your mission's done." She then took out an emblem made of metal and a sack filled with coins. "This is your seniorhunter emblem. You need to present it if you want to accept missions," she explained and gestured toward the big notice boardat the end of the hall. "That's the mission board. Every mission regarding ferocious beasts is listed there."
Then, she gestured at a long list on one side of the hall. "That's the bounty list. It shows you, on average, how much a corpse isworth. You can bring any slain ferocious beast into the bounty hall. They will evaluate the grade of your corpse and compare it tothe current price. So, prices may vary since the bounty list only shows the general average."
"Missions have an additionalmonetary reward compared tobounties, but your slain beasts arestill your property." She then pointedat the sack of cpinsXxén aversae, a“aission er ldg a ferocious beastgives a hunter around 50 silver coins,yet it may vary according to thestrength of the monster. Trialmissions are only worth around athird of the price of an actual missionsince we can't guarantee the kill onthe first attempt. You get 20 silvercoins for this mission." The content ison NovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
"When someone commissions amission, we first send scouts toclassify, which monster is stalkingthe place. We can't trust amateurs tocorrectly identify a monster, soalways Vv rify,with|OMr Odn'eyes, whatkindof monster the target of amission is. So, the information ispretty accurate. When you want totake on a specific mission, pull downthe notice, and bring it to me togetherwith your emblem. Though, you haveto pay a contract fee when acceptinga mission. The fee counts asinsurance if you fail the mission. Thecontract fee is about 25% of thereward. If you complete the mission,you get the fee back." The content ison NovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
She explained everything in a verynatural and practiced manner. Gravistook the coins and added them to his
purse. After that, Wiecorecaleulatigns, wthliWek é could hunt
tWe ferocious beasts per day, but hewould need about an average of eightto buy a Skin-Pill, including thebounty. Gravis knew that this was thelower world and that the pills herewouldn't be like the pills in his world.He would probably need more thanone. The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
The entrance exams for the Elemental Guilds would be in around 90 days. He wasn't sure if just hunting ferocious beasts wasenough. He needed more money.
“Are there missions for hunting low-grade demonic beasts?" He asked, and the hall went silent.