No Money

Gab was strolling around the market looking everywhere and familiarizing with his surroundings. The people around him will sometimes look at him with pity and sometimes disgust.

Although Gab didn't care for what others think about him, he was still curious about why do those people look at him that way. To ease his curiosity, he went to a nearby store where it has large tinted glass and looked at himself. There at that moment, he found out that he looked too thin and his clothes were tattered. He now understands why do those people look at him that way, he look like a beggar that was starved for how many months.

"GROWL!" When Gab thought of how starved he was, he suddenly felt his stomach growling in hunger. "Oh, I just remembered that I only ate small amounts of insects along the way. Now I am hungry, better find something to eat."

Gab started walking around to find some food that those street vendors are selling.

"Delicious dumplings, everyone buy some of my delicious dumplings. Buy these freshly cooked dumplings and surely your hunger will fade away." A vendor of dumplings was yelling for customers to buy his product.

Gab heard the yelling of the vendor and immediately he looked at him and a moment later the smoke of the freshly cooked dumplings reached his nose. Smelling the smoke that is coming from the dumplings, his stomach's growling further intensified until he didn't know that he was walking closer and closer to the dumplings stall.

When Gab was in front of the stall, the vendor noticed him and immediately the forehead of the vendor contorted as he looked up and down at Gab.

"Hey little boy, I do not have the resources to spare some food to a beggar like you. So go away from my stall, you are just making my customers go away with your dirty clothes and body." The vendor clearly disliked Gab the first time he saw him due to Gab's outer appearance.

Hearing the voice of the vendor, Gab suddenly was out from his thoughts and was surprised that he was already in front of the stall. He looked at the vendor but before he asked the vendor to sell some dumplings to him, he remembered that he needed some cash to pay for the food. Gab grabbed his pockets to look for some credit coins, but immediately he felt dejected because he found out that his pockets has holes in it. With that Gab already knew that he will not have the chance to eat at the moment and he was penniless.

Gab turned around looking at the ground never minding the growling of his hungry stomach. Gab can be seen kicking a piece of rock thinking deeply. "Sigh, what do I need to do to earn some money? If this situation last for a long time, surely I will die due to hunger." Gab suddenly stopped at a corner and sighed in misfortune.

When Gab was about to feel that he didn't have any hope to earn some money, he heard a kid not far away from him shouting and calling for his father.

"Dad, you got something big today! Wow this animal looks dangerous, haha Dad is so strong to kill some scary animals." The kid was so happy of what he is seeing.

Gab looked at the animal that the kid was talking about, an idea suddenly came to his mind and sure enough it was the best occupation that he can do at his current situation.

"Yes, thats it, I will be a loose hunter at the moment and hunt some monsters at the outskirts of the forest to earn some money and have something to eat. With my current strength I am sure that I can easily defeat Level 1 Mortal Realm monsters." Gab's emotions were again lifted with a new hope that suddenly came his way.

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In front of a public well, a skinny boy can be seen bathing with his tattered clothes on. People looked at him from time to time, wondering if some crazy youth came to their city.

Gab didn't mind what others are thinking, he just wanted to finish taking a bath and go outside the walls and venture the forest to catch something to eat and earn some money through some monster materials.

30 minutes later when Gab was done taking a bath and he directly went to the city.

At the city gates, he registered his name and signed a contract stating that the city management do not have any responsibility for their death when they are hunting inside the forest.

"Hahahaha food, here I come!" Gab looked at the entrance of the forest delighted.

With a step, Gab immediately disappeared from the place he was standing previously. By the time he appeared again he was already 500 meters away from the entrance of the forest.

"Supersonic" Gab uttered in his mind. With the supersonic skill, he scanned the surroundings with his radio waves. With this scan he felt the presence of some wild animals and 2 Level 1 Mortal Realm Monster in opposite direction resting inside their nest.

Growl! Gab's stomach growled again and this time he cannot endure it anymore. " I think I need to catch something to eat first before I hunt some monsters.

Gab rearranged the position of those he scanned in his mind and looked for a nearby target. With this plan, he thought of attacking what appeared to be a boar in his scan at around 356 meters away from him.

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Sizzling sound can be heard inside a cave and a fire was maintained at the right degree an above it was a whole boar a meter long that was oozing with fats and the smoke that is coming from it was so aromatic and good. Gab also got some herbs along the way to the cave that he spread around the body of the boar to add to its taste.

"Hahaha, thank you for the food!" Gab thanked the heavens for the food he cooked.