First hunt

when we get back Jerry renounced their credits and the last person still hasn't shown up yet we all got paid ten credits leaving some of us with twenty as we start to walk back from it as I soon see Cody as well right outside

"oh, hey, b-uddy"

as Cody just looks right at me and sighs

"I know you came out for a reason other than credits"

as I stay silent while Jerry goes off within the crowd to leave me to it

"We can talk later alright?"

"we both-"

as I immediately rush off as Cody watches as they enter the building

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I enter the building as it is clearly the way to the surface I need to at least try to go out there right now, as I might ask brownie if she is willing, the place clearly was built to last with the foundation and while hidden, reinforcements

I see one of the leaders the Wolf as with them on the desk I begin to ask something

"Hello"

"what is it?"

"Just some, questions"

_

as I get home I see that Jerry slipped the mask under the door I pick it up and place it in the home corner facing it, as I lay down on my bed and begin to ready for the next day

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as I wake up and do my usual morning routine as I look over at the mask still facing the corner as I exit the place and to the food giveaway while I may haven't eaten much more than a bit of the food though I'll just inspect it and give it to someone as I await in the line with Cook

"I love this day to day tasks, so simple, so earn-"

as Cook pops my bubble and brings me back to reality

"you getting food or not?"

"Ah! right yes, though question, what is Wolf's fur color"

"what? I dunno black?"

as they just drop the container onto my hands and shoo me away to continue with the others in line

"Did I zone out? I swear a was at the back"

I shake my head and inspect all of the food before I eat what I need to go through the morning and afternoon, as I go over to the building though, I see neither Brownie with her shop nor Cody that is usually nearby

so with a sneaking suspicion as I enter the guild I not only see Wolf no longer at the desk but a seemingly normal woman

yeah I'm not gonna believe for a second this lady is normal

as the second thing I see is five from the original group including myself and 4 new people

"looks like this place is starting to get more popular "

as of the two skinny fellows while they look the same the black-haired one has something, a metal chest plate with a green insignia on it, as I walk over to ask them

"Hey, where did you get that?"

"you, mean the chest plate? it's twenty points, though I wouldn't have used this had it not been for this new quest"

"What, quest?"

"ask her she is the one with the quest list now though be warned there were twelve newcomers however after hearing the quest it's now down to only four new people"

as I nod and begin to walk over to the desk now with a small worry about what the quest might be, as I begin noticing, that two of the new people are Brownie, and right next to her Cody, as both have already noticed me as I start to rush toward the desk with the lady as I go up to them

"hello, how may I help you today?"

"Hello, so, what is the quest today?"

they have a constant small smile with almost closed eyes they have green hair and wearing a suit, strangely

"Ah the quest, as usual, today's quest is to get a sample of a spider patrol, only one is needed of course!"

"wait, you mean to say?"

"you need to hunt down one of the spiders in their patrol, as these seem the weakest enemies nearby"

That explained why one of the skinny ones, got armor As I swallow my saliva from it being so quick to face those things

"weren't we going to make a camp base it seems oddly quick to face them so quickly "

"The reason why I'm not allowed to say! apologies!"

as they do a Slight bow as I think upon the amor one of them has

"o-kay, so where do I get armor?"

as the clerk's smile widens

"I appreciate that your interested in that! we have a store for your item needs!, just ask what you have and I can show you what's available!"

as I'm already starting to distrust this, it seems, so, easy, but I shake my head

"is there any effect on the equipment? I have,.

. twenty points if I remember correctly "

"Then you can have the acid-resistant equipment! all you need is this which part as they are all 20 points each! either the legs, torso, or arms and head!"

as I am starting to really distrust this, who knows if it even helps all that much, so I soon make my mind

"nevermind maybe I'll buy something later"

"Ah well, I'm looking forward to your return!"

as I begin to walk away, that lady gives me a bad vibe all I can tell

as I look over at Cody and Brownie

"So, why are you two here? Brownie especially "

"We both concluded that you are most likely not gonna stop going on these 'quests'"

"so we decided to come along! in case something bad happens, though with this quest something bad will probably happen"

"that so? well, uh, see you two later then "

as I quickly take myself a distance away from the two and await for the elevator to come down again and transport us outside as it starts to open yet again

as people begin to enter, I go along with the crowd hoping Cody and Brownie aren't next to me as the elevator is now a good bit more cramped with more people even though most have already left as the elevator begins to move up and begin sending us to the ground the intercom with Wolf's voice through it

"to those that have taken this mission, I give my thanks, this is the very first of your missions dealing with a hostile being, as there are swords for attacking given to you, but be wary, these are called acid spiders for a reason"

as the elevator intercom stops and the elevator lands on the ground as we then head out though one head off the rest of us are sticking together most from fear others from it making sense to I'm the one that heads off

while the decision sounds stupid I'll be honest in that, it was for mainly 2 reasons, one is to analyze the spiders up close as with the many, many caverns I see there are some trees hollow ones too that I can hide in

as for the second part is to avoid the others, especially Cody and Brownie, those two can see right through me so not yet

as I begin to hide in one of the hollow trees and from the ground tracks I can tell which path the patrol usually takes so the tree I picked is of course a bit of distance away, I didn't completely put safety into the wind as I await

as soon the spider patrol comes and I'm close enough to get some details on them

there are two spiders as usual both are as tall as a tree, wide as a small car, and as long as a bedroom they seem to not be that fast until they attack probably charging, and they look a bit blasted too, their fangs having something looking like acid drip off them onto the ground as I hear a sizzle when it does so confirming so, so it is highly likely that their bodies have acid in them so splash damage should be avoided, their legs that end on a flat surface to make sure to carry their weight, as their 8 eyes while they have bug fuzzy that is black so getting them in the day is much better than at night As they soon walk past me as I soon get out of the tree when I couldn't see them anymore

as when I soon when I make it back to the others I see the remains of one of the new people melted by acid on the ground showing bones their sword beside them still looking brand new, as the ones left their morale is damaged, Brownie and the other new ones hit worst by the sight

"What, happened?"

as the man with muscle from the last mission spoke with an angered tone

"what do you think happened, someone didn't go to plan and tried to hit one spider, however, the other attacked and acid splashed from the first one's wound, you say the result, now please tell me you didn't run off for no reason"

"Ah, is that so, I came so I can observe the spiders, and I was about to say, however, it seems I was too late"

as Cody begins to look at me with a weird look as I don't know why as the man speaks again

"so what did you find out? you know, other than the obvious"

as I nod and begin to tell them what I found

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as I start to go up the second floor as I'm holding the mission papers in my hand and see the scene floor

it is like a maze of multiple labs as I see people in lab coats and the copies of metal

as I land in front of Metals office I see Cook there in another lab coat carrying some materials their eyes a bit faded, as I open the doors inside

seeing metal in yet another lab everything with color labeled as that, as she notices and faces me with a wide smile their screen still scratched off

"Ah you visited! been a good bit!"

she says messing with a dusty tablet the only part clear of it is the screen

"in-deed, I just want to ask you a question why do you need a sample of those spiders? and why did the leader approve?"

"Ah you didn't want to visit, you just wanted an answer, tell me what other metal can block the acid, other than mine?, that's why, as much I can make copies, we both know it ain't efficient now, go back, I got research to do "

they say as they turn back around to continue

and with no satisfying answer, I ask something

"then why didn't you ask us to get the sample or a guard?"

"simple, they already took plenty from me, so let them pay me back"

as I sigh and begin to walk back