Inhuman! And my first quest as an adventurer! Part 2

My stomach is growling, I realize that I haven't eaten since last night. Everyone is laughing and Zee says,

"Well you're not the only one who's starving, let's grab a dinner at Gyne, Marie's foods are the best in the village."

We are walking to Gyne. Zee, Edith, Den, and Shive are walking in front of me and Vivi. Vivi says to me,

"Val, do you want to do some quest from the guild tomorrow? Since we're now an adventurer, we need to get our goals".

I reply,

"Okay sounds good to me! Let's check the board when we arrived at the Gyne, and maybe ask Marie for some recommendation."

Vivi nods and smiles.

We arrived at Gyne, we saw Vex and Secra on the second floor waiting for us. It's like a daily basis for them to meet up at Gyne in the evening. I told Zee that Vivi and I are going to check the quest board and ask Marie for a recommendation, Zee nodded and waited for us upstairs. We went to the desk and asked Marie for a recommendation, we followed her to the board and she grabbed a paper with E-Grade quest and gave it to us to read it. It's a gathering quest, bring 50 Goldilyn Flower at Hoodlum's Hill, the location is on the East gate of Crude Village, the reward is 2 Silver and 50 Copper. Marie says,

"But be careful, because it's near Rabbitwolf's nest. Rabbitwolves are D grade quest because they are fast and their bites can pierce thin steel, if you meet them, don't let them surround you or you are done, if you manage to kill them, grab their fangs and hides, the hides worth 3 Silver and their fang worth 8 Silver each."

She showed us the Rabbitwolves Quest on the board. The rewards are 20 Silver coins if we could get them. It's like hitting two birds with one stone. I and Vivi agreed to take the gathering quest, and we went upstairs to have dinner with Zee's party. We ordered the food and we ate dinner together, after we finished, we said goodbye to Zee's party because Vivi and I planned to wake up early tomorrow for the gathering quest we just received from Marie.

I woke up early in the morning, and I think Vivi still asleep so I went out for a jog. I passed the Gyne, I saw Marie is cleaning the floor, I waved at her and she smiled. I took a small break at the market and helped the villager preparing their store. I heard a familiar voice, a beautiful voice called my name, I know it's Secra. I never know where Secra lives, so I ask out of curiosity.

"Miss Secra, where do you sleep? I know Zee and Edith sleep in the same inn as me."

She smiles and answers,

"I rent a room at Gyne with Shive and Edith. But Edith likes to spend the night at Zee's, while Den and Vex rent a room at the west side of the Village."

I nodded, since I still have a lot of time, I'll ask her for some information about them, I promised her to keep it a secret, so at least I can get some information. I ask,

"So Miss Secra, how did you guys meet?"

She replies,

"We've been together since birth, we go wherever Zee goes."

The more I asked. The more questions I have. Then I ask her again,

"Where are you guys from."

She stares at me and then winks. She replies with her finger pointing up the sky. Then she smiles and says,

"Aren't you supposed to be with Vivi right now?"

I forgot about it because I'm too curious about them. I said goodbye to Secra and jog back to the Inn.

When I arrived at the inn, I saw Vivi at the door waiting for me. I said to her to wait for a few minutes for me to get prepared, she nods with her cute smile.

Now that I'm ready, we go to the Eastside of Crude and go to the Hoodlum's Hill to gather Goldilyn Flower. We are prepared for the worst, which is approached by the Rabbitwolves. I think with my swordplay and Vivi's buffs, we can kill them, especially after yesterday's training.

On our way to the East Gate, a patrolling knight asked what we are doing here early in the morning, we showed him the quest paper from the Gyne, then he let us through but he said that we need to be careful with the Rabbitwolves, he gave us some tips if we ended up fighting them, we have to kill them in one hit or cut their vocal cords because they will scream for help if we didn't do that and it will become a big problem. We thanked him for the advice.

We walked through the forest and we finally at Hoodlum's Hill, we looked for a white gold flower. Marie said the Goldilyn Flower usually at the top of the hill, so we walk through the top, as she said the flowers are there. We picked them up, and sadly there are only 30 of them, so we agreed to go to the other side of the hill. We found another 10 Goldilyn Flowers, we just need 10 more. We kept walking downhill and searching for the flowers, we ended up in another forest. I and Vivi climbed the tree to look for the flowers. We jumped from tree to tree.

Finally, we found a garden, and there are a bunch of Goldilyn Flowers in there. Maybe if we pick more than 50 we will get more money, but Vivi said that we shouldn't do that, because someone might need it as well someday, and we can report it to Marie and tell her about this place. I realized that I'm being greedy, I shouldn't have said that and I apologized to her.

After we picked the last flower, we heard rustling sounds near us, me and Vivi looked at each other and nodded, we're pretty sure that's the Rabbitwolves. We're prepared for this, so Vivi gave me strength buff, speed buff, sense buff. We approach where the rustling sounds came from, as we expected, it is the Rabbitwolves.

It jumped right at me and ready to bite my hand, at the same time I dodged it and ready to slash when it jumps at me again, but this time the Rabbitwolf targeted Vivi, I ran as fast as I could before it jumps on her, I noticed my body felt like a feather, it's so light and I can run much much faster like wind, I think it was because the training I did yesterday. When it jumped on her, I managed to cut its neck. It died from bleeding. Before we can get its fangs and its skins, we heard other rustling sounds, but this time from all directions, Vivi and I stood and watched each other's six. I told Vivi to shout my name and duck when they jump on her, and I'll slash them before they reach her. We counted there are 4 of them, ready to pounce on us. I asked Vivi to rebuffs me, and she used the same buffs as before, right after she finished buffing me, one on my right jumped at me and I stabbed it on its neck, Vivi shouted my name and I immediately turned around and slashed the Rabbitwolf into half, before I could steady my stance, another one jumped on me, and bit my right shoulder, it hurts so bad and I thought it fractured my bone. I grabbed it and choked it then slammed it to the ground. Then I stabbed it on its head. The last Rabbitwolf jumped on Vivi, I forced myself to lift my right hand to slash the Rabbitwolf, I did it but it made a crack sound from my shoulder, I think this time I broke my shoulder, I couldn't even lift my right hand anymore. Vivi tried to use a recovery spell but she failed because it's an advanced spell, so I told her that it was okay, but she cried and apologized for being useless. I told her if she wasn't here, I'd be dead in less than a minute. I comforted her until she feels better while waited for Vivi to feel a bit better. I wrapped my right arm and collecting Rabbitwolf's fangs and hides. 10 fangs and 5 hides. That should be 95 Silver and excluded the Gathering quest and Rabbitwolves quest. After Vivi felt better, we went back to Crude.

It's already noon when we arrived at the East Gate, the patrol guy from earlier saw us and asked what happened to my right arm. He told me to go to church and ask a High Priest to use a recovery spell, he was surprised that a Swordsman and a Priest can kill 5 Rabbitwolves, he congratulated us and let us through. Vivi worried about my shoulder and kept making a sad face the whole time. When we arrived at Gyne, we confirmed our gathering quest to Marie also gave her Rabbitwolves Hides and Fangs. Then she looked at my shoulder while grinning and says,

"How's the Rabbitwolf's bite?"

I reply,

"Well it hurts a lot, I'm lucky that it didn't rip off my arm".

She laughed like it's not a big deal. Well, she is the Marie we know. Then she says,

"I'm surprised you both can kill a Rabbitwolf, and you killed 5 of them, you're really a Belliot."

She then pats me on my right shoulder on purpose. It hurts... it hurts a lot. Then she rewarded us, 120 Silver. We're confused and asked why Marie gave us 3 extra Silver and she said, it was for my shoulder and for an apology to gave us such a quest with high risk. She told me to go to church and ask for a High Priest to heal my shoulder that cost 3 Silver. Vivi accompanied me to the church, and she asked a High Priest to heal my shoulder. As Marie said, it cost 3 Silver with this kind of wound, after I healed, I asked Vivi to get lunch together near the church. She nodded and we eat a beef stew together. After we finished eating lunch I say to Vivi,

"What are you going to do now Vivi?"

She replies,

"I think I'm going to learn more at church, especially a recovery spell, so we didn't end up like that again."

I comfort and support her and say,

"That sounds great! I'll also want to get stronger so I can protect you and not worrying you like this."

She blushed and hid her face and nodded with her cute smile. After we shared the rewards and said goodbye to Vivi, I went to the training ground to train some more, but I can't do much today because I'm a bit tired from the battle against Rabbitwolves.

On my way to the training ground, I see Shive near the river looking at the sky. I'm kind of scared to approach her. She notices that I'm looking at her, I immediately smile at her, and she looks at me in disgust. I knew it, that's why I can't get near her if I'm alone, I still have to show some respect to her and waves to her and continue walking. From six of them, she is the mysterious one. I wish I can get to know her better. I might want to ask Zee or Edith how to approach Shive.