Chapter 15 - Searching for a Quest - A Hero Is Needed Once Again?

A day has passed since Iris's experience with the Butchers goons, and honestly, nothing much has happened since then.

All Iris has been doing, is purely training herself, while thinking of her next step to increase her strength.

She knew that the butcher wouldn't just sit there and nothing, Iris knew that she has no time to waste, and needs to increase her strength as quickly as possible.

Iris has already received a pretty clear picture on what type of character the Butcher possesses, and she knew men like him would never accept such a blatant threat towards his authority by someone such as Iris.

He will not only want to deal with her for the sake of Hope but to also use her as an example to those who think they could get away with crossing someone such as him.

She even believes that she likely has already caused a dent towards his reputation among his men as a result of her making him suffer losses, not once but twice.

Thus, she needed to become a Journeyman mage, and one fast.

Iris knew she also needed a few spells other than her Legendary one, as having such a powerful spell will help against one strong enemy, but if there is multiple, she could only use it once, before they know all her cards.

Thus they will probably choose to send some cannon fodder to drain her mana, waiting until she became exhausted before dealing with her.

So, she knew she would need other spells within her arsenal if she wants to deal with a large number of opponents, including the Butcher himself.

Informing her parents she is going out for a couple of hours, and they quickly told her to be back for dinner, before she left through the front door, shortly beginning her stroll on the streets.

Thinking of ways to find a quest, she decides to go for a jog throughout the neighbourhood, seeing if she can come across anything that could trigger a quest.

Starting to pick up the pace, Iris was soon going at a constant speed, which would cause the previous her to fall on the ground panting for breath after fifteen seconds of maintaining such a speed, but now it feels incredibly easy for her, as if this wasn't even the limits of what she could achieve.

The past day training also wasn't in vain either, as all of her physical attributes become rounded, her Strength became '21' and Endurance '20'.

However, she knew that to improve either from now on with the current physical training she is doing, will be incredibly unlikely and if she even manages to improve herself by doing so, it will require significant effort on her part.

And as Iris believed it would be too time-consuming, she decided to lay off the physical training for the time being, and look for the quickest increase in strength available to her, quests.

Before long Iris has spent an hour aimlessly wandering around the streets, feeling as if she wasn't something right to provoke a quest, Iris decided to search for something within her mind of an area which can cause a quest to occur.

A few minutes past, and as if a light bulb went off within Iris's mind, she came up with the perfect place to go!

Walking at a steady pace, she soon headed towards one of the roughest areas within the City, a place is commonly known to contain drug dealers, gang members and is the primarily the sole cause of the Crime rate within the City.

Within such a place Iris was sure she could find a quest or something which can at least benefit her in improving her strength, raising her guard in anticipation of trouble, Iris soon entered the area, in she noticed that many eyes were naturally drawn towards herself, as honestly she stood out as a result of her appearance everywhere she went much to her displeasure.

In fact, she likely would have worn something more inconspicuous if she would have known from the start she was about to enter a place known for trouble to happen, this was a result of many reasons as there is a distinct lack of police within this area, as a result of it being a poorer area of the city, thus, in turn, receiving less funding from the government.

This resulted in a large amount of crime, as individuals quickly built up their 'business' unhindered, creating their drug enterprises or gangs which are involved with racketeering or prostitution, not to mention it allowed many to run rampant without fear of the authorities, and if they end up getting caught?

Well, they could either bribe their way out of it to the greedy officials or simply 'take care' of the witness before they even got the chance of taking a witness statement within the court, so as you can see this is not a nice area to live.

Iris constantly came here during her childhood to remind herself many people have it way worse than herself, in fact, she used to feel a small pang of pity for the people which had to endure living within such an environment as a result of the true scum of society which cares more about their profits than they do of the well-being of other human beings, but these emotions were soon wiped out after receiving a piece of Orthos's soul as she felt her emotions dulled out even further, making Iris feel nothing.

Getting rid of these thoughts, she continued to walk, ignoring the many lecherous gazes directed towards her as she walked further and further within the area, she already noticed a group of men that have been following her for quite a while, causing Iris to furrow her brow in annoyance.

Not to mention she still hasn't received a quest yet!

But right when she was about to be further annoyed at the lack of quests, a notification came from the system, once again signifying she received a quest.

[ Quest received! A bunch of damsels, needing to be saved by a hero! ]

[ Description: You've already experienced firsthand how being a hero feels, but a hero's work is never truly finished! A gang around the neighbourhood have been kidnapping girls, find the ones responsible by tracing this towards the source and save the girls from their miserable fates. ]

[ Reward: 12 Attribute points | 275 System points. ]

[ 3 days: Before the girls get auctioned off towards the highest bidder. ]

[ Accept | Decline ]

Upon seeing the quest, Iris instantly accepted the quest without any hesitation what's so ever, as from the details of the quest she has already discerned the danger those girls are in, not to mention she is in desperate need for a quest at the moment.

Thinking into how she could find the girls, suddenly something came to mind, Iris turned her head as she glimpsed at the men that have been following her.

Thinking that they may be involved with the kidnappings, Iris once again felt that she now knows just how she will find the source behind the girls kidnapping.