Chapter 36: Accepting the challenge

Author's Note:

Happy New Year My dear Xenodians, I was released from the hospital yesterday evening, good thing I don't have to spend new Year in a goddamn hospital bed. After celebrating the new year and resting for the day I can now go back to finally uploading new chapters.

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*Earthland, Ishgar, Fiore*

*June 20, Year 772*

*Afternoon*

He looks at the smiling Sebastian in front of him and thinks of what he said just now. John's blood began to boil as he grinned and replied.

"Do you think that I won't dare? I'll take you on whatever you throw upon me, Just like a certain salamander says, I'm all fired up!"

As much as John has a cautious personality, all in all, he's still a teenager at heart. As a hot-blooded teen, he will not refuse any challenge that came upon his way.

Not only that he's also very greedy for the reward! A blizzardvern is a great monster that's between A-S rank themselves in their adulthood.

Blizzardverns have been showcased during one quest in Mt. Hakobe in the anime where they need to find a herb that is useful for healing.

But the case is that the herb they are looking for is the favorite food of blizzardverns, so in the end, they have to fight the monster for the herb.

That adult blizzardvern is so strong that it can fight with Natsu, Gray, and Erza at the same time. You must know that at that time Erza is a strong S-rank mage, while Natsu and Gray are both A-rank Mages.

That is to say, as long as he can raise the blizzardvern to adulthood it's equal to having a strong partner by his side!

Seeing his master grinning in excitement at the challenge, Sebastian nodded thinking that with courage you're already halfway through many things.

He then waved his hands and raised a barrier surrounding John.

"Well, you stay inside here master, Just wait for a minute I'm gonna get something."

Then his body blurred and disappeared in a moment, and a few moments after he was back standing there with a big white egg and a few pieces of plants in his hand.

"Let's go and leave this place, I'm craving some of Makino's curry right now."

They then left Mt. Hakobe and went to the village near Mt. Hakobe to submit the job to the person in charge of the Thread&Stripes merchant guild.

"Thank you for the huge amounts of fur John."

Thread Weaver said as he instructed his guildmates to arrange for the fur to not be damaged.

John just waved his hand and said, " No Problem you hired me to do this job, so I will complete it to the best of what I can."

"Wait for me here."

Weaver then went inside the building and then soon went out with a stack of cash and two sets of winter clothing, one big and one small.

Holding the two pieces of clothing handed over John asked with confusion.

"This... I thought the reward only guarantees one set of clothing?"

But Weaver just waved his hands.

"You can keep it for your friend over there because the amount of fur you submitted is more than twice what is usually submitted by the mages who accept this quest."

He said as he gestured to Sebastian on the side.

Sebastian on the side was surprised.

"There's also some for me?"

"Just take it as some gratitude from me, with the number of goods this time it's enough for me to be promoted back at the guild."

Sebastian then took the clothing and thanked Weaver.

"Thank you for the extra clothing but it's time for us to take our leave now."

After refusing the proposal to spend the night at Weaver's place, They went and rented two rooms inside a hotel and spent the night inside.

In the morning the next day, they set off to return to the town of Magnolia.