So what now?

'Sooo Perseus what are you planning now?'

Boops talked to Perseus in his head, as Perseus gazed at the group of kids that were standing in front of him obediently. They had spent an entire day, gathering loot from the bandit camp, the only thing left was the bodies of the bandit raiders. The kids had placed all of the bodies laid out on a line.

Perseus walked through the line and started to check each body for any loot. As he walked to them he talked with Boops.

"well, as from what I have gathered, there are more bandit camps nearby and I need to figure out this encrypted message I got from the bandit leader."

'ah, yeah me and the system can try and figure that one out. You handle the guild stuff, besides you have a bunch of rewards in your inventory right?'

"oh yeah, I forgot about those"

Perseus opened his inventory to see 3 gift packages sitting at the top three squares of his inventory. He focused on it and a description was pulled up.

[reward package]

[a reward for completing the achievement of being the first to gain 10 members in a guild]

[reward package]

[a reward for completing the achievement of being the first to gain 20 members in a guild]

[reward package]

[a reward for completing the achievement of being the first to gain 30 members in a guild]

"open all reward packages"

[opening all reward packages]

[first package had been opened]

[you have gained a guild house coupon!]

[guild house coupon: a coupon that covers the cost of a single guild house, go to your local adventures guild for more information]

[second package has been opened]

[you have gained a quest item for the legendary blacksmith quest!]

[mysterious hammer: when used to craft chances of making a rare or unique item are increased, this only a small part of a bigger whole, please find a skilled blacksmith to investigate this hammer!]

[third package has been opened]

[you have gained a guild caravan!]

[guild caravan: a wagon that can be used to transport goods that also can be used as a place to live, comes with two horses. upgradable note: horses can be swapped out to another creature if wanted.]

'dangggggggg, those are some sweet gains Perseus'

Perseus gazed at the rewards he got and gave off a small laugh. It really was a huge windfall, if they used all of them right, they would only extend their lead in front of the rest of the player base.

Perseus noticed that Jack and the rest of the guild members were gaping at something behind him, he turned around to see a large wagon, complete with the guild symbol of two metallic wings on the side of it. It had two fresh horses already reined up and ready to go.

"oh, so when I open big stuff like that, it automatically spawns?"

Perseus just rolled with it and motioned to the group of kids who were still gaping at the wagon that appeared out of nowhere.

"get your stuff in there, I'm taking you back to the city."

All of the boys nodded and started to lift up their meager belongings into the wagon. Perseus approached the bodies and started to look for anything worth money. Occasionally he found a few coins or a few items that looked like they were worth money. He finally got to the leader, and spotted a curious ring on his finger.

Perseus squatted and looked at the ring. The ring had a red skull engraved on it, but to Perseus, the most important thing about the ring was that it had a golden band. He quickly removed it and placed it into his inventory. Right on time too. The bodies of the bandit raiders started to disappear and turn into blue lights that floated up into the sky.

Perseus briefly observed the phenomenon and walked to the wagon that the guild members had finished packing up. It seems fitting 30 kids into one wagon wasn't going to work, so Jason left Jack and 20 other guild members to wait at the camp. Perseus told the rest to get into the wagon. They all piled into it, thankfully because of their small frames, they were able to squeeze in. Perseus jumped onto the front and grabbed the reins. Right before he started to leave, though he thought about something briefly.

He turned to Jack who was waiting at the side of the wagon and tossed the map of the mine. He already asked Boops to copy it so the physical version wasn't needed anymore.

"Jack, check out the mine when you have time."

Jack happily nodded and responded

"yes, master! ill make sure that you will have results master!"

Perseus nodded and snapped the reins making the horses start to canter off.

Thankfully the way out of the bandit camp was a straight path. Because Perseus had no idea how to drive the wagon. The moment he got out of sight of Jack and the rest and had left the bandit camp he quicky asked Boops

"Boops, help "

Boops gave off a loud sigh and responded

'I already asked Jason, the skill should hit you in a few sec....'

"$%^%&*^(&*((*)&^&"

'ooh that looks like it hurts'

While Boops commented constantly on the expressions Perseus was making, the rest of the guild members in the wagon had no clue what was going on.

A few minutes later Perseus took a sigh of relief as the pain had finally disappeared from his head. He had experienced the pain once, but he could never get used to it. Thankfully the ways to steer the horses and how to control them came to his mind.

[steering level 3]

Perseus immediately placed his hand on the reins he had dropped in pain and corrected his course. There wasn't much of a path in the forest, but luckily the bandits it seems created a small path that was free of trees and brush that he could follow. While he traveled along the path he started to talk with Boops

"so Boops, how is master doing?"

'ah, well he's currently in a really intense week of training, he's been repeating the same form for a few hours, by the way, don't expect him to get out of his capsule this week. '

"isn't that really unhealthy for a human body?"

'it is, but the stats that he is getting are strengthening his body in real life so he should be fine'

Perseus nodded his head, at first he was a bit worried that something happened to him in the game, but it seems everything was fine. Boops asked Perseus a quick question

'hey Perseus, have you considered making that bandit camp one of your bases?'

"why would I do that?"

'well there is a mine down there to explore, I'm not sure if it has anything valuable but its worth a shot. Plus it's right in the middle of the forest, so it's a good place to grind and get items and levels, heck materials are also pretty plentiful there too.'

"hmm sounds good, but I'm not even sure if we can claim it if we don't have enough manpower"

'ehhh I think we'll be fine, after all, Jack is starting to step up.'

"but he's just 10 I don't think that he leading a group of similar-aged people will work"

'Yeah but he's a 10-year-old who grew up in a gang and on the streets if there is any ten years old who can lead and is mature enough to do so, it's him'

"hold that though"

Perseus had emerged out of the forest and had come to one of the plains near the city. It was a bit tricky to navigate but the reason why Perseus asked Boops to stop momentarily was because he spotted a figure in the distance. It was on the top of one of the trees and Perseus only noticed it because of a sudden glint in on the trees, like the light was reflecting off of a telescope or binoculars.

Boops quickly investigated and noticed a red bandana tied onto the person's head. Boops immediately relayed the information to Perseus, who decided to act natural and move along like normal.

Perseus drove the wagon through the plains while Boops kept a close eye on the mysterious observer. Eventually, they reached the gate, where one of the guards came up to him. Perseus knew him from the times he went out to do quests. Perseus greeted the guard.

"Hello, Epstine its been a while"

"yes it has been a while Perseus, now I trust you and all and you've done allot for us, so ill just let you in"

Perseus led the gate with some cold sweat on his back. He didn't think too much about the wagon of young kids he had, but somehow he managed to get past with his mini friendship with the guards and the gifts he gave them occasionally.

Perseus started to head toward the adventures guild.