preparation

Waking up early again it was less of a chore to wake Kuma up now but he was hit with a question he had not put much thought to.

(So when are you going to leave this town its clear its not going to be something to help you on the future besides you want to see more right?) That was a question he was not expecting from Kuma.

(I have not thought about i guess i should see if there are like escort quests so we get coins for going somewhere else but then again would it be my rank?) Alex although not expecting the question answered suprisingly well.

Ofcourse if there was a quest for F ranks to escort someone he would take it but then again who would want some F ranks defending them.

The other option buy a tent some rations and a map and get to walking and hope you don't find something strong or bandits.

Although if he did find bandits they could probably take care of it but Alex did not want to tempt fate.

(Fair then let's take a look at the quests then.)

Before that Alex took a quick look at his stats and did see that meditation does increase mental strength.

Well Alex was walking to the guild he did wonder when is he able to make a new plushie or doll he was not sure what he wanted and he also should ask Kuma on his opinion on the matter.

Alex decided to put that thought away because they arrived at the guild it was calm in there suprisingly but he thought it was because not a lot of adventures want to wake up early.

Still looking at the quest he did indeed not find a escort quests at F rank so he decided to just take a few quests and buy a good tent a sleeping bag and rations and a map.

But still looking at the quests there were not a lot that stand out so he let Kuma choose a few and it was all monster killing.

There was the giant mantis and some slimes to kill.

After taking the quest they were stepping out of town and in the direction of where the giant mantis should be when they realized something.

(Hey Kuma you noticed to don't you the influx of monsters around like i seen allot of the squirrels then when i first did.)

(Yeah makes you think is it just normal for this time of year or is this a problem that needs solving.) Kuma did notice it after a few minutes but wanted to see if Alex would notice it to.

(Do you think that's why the focus more on monster killing quest because i noticed for every herb gathering quests there are ten monster killing quests.) Alex did propose a interesting question.

(Would not suprise me but if they do that they should be aware of the problem it could become so why not do something against it.) Kuma not really caring about the problem but more about why no one does something.

(I dont want to make a claim i can't prove so take it with a grain of salt but what if they dont have to man power to either low level guards or lack of guards.) Alex ofcourse had no proof but it could be possible but no one would ask because that could just be considered disrespectfull and Alex did not want to know how a guard would react

(Guess that could be true just weird that no seems concerned about it.) Kuma still not happy with the lack of effort the guard are making

(That should be a good thing though that means that there won't be a big trouble.) Alex tried to swap Kuma's view because if people are able to live there it can't be that bad.

With that out the way the also stumbled across the first mantis and Alex decided that it was time that he would kill it alone since he could.

And it was suprisingly easy just like he thought the mantis leaped at him he ran forward got under it and cut the stomach open and the mantis is dead they definitely are not the smart creatures that's for sure.

Well the quest said a gaint mantis not multiple so that was quests done but the took the mantis blade as proof and went to look for the slimes hoping the just sort of stumble across them.

Which proved harder then they thought they definitely thought it was easier to find a slime.

They thought of turning back to the city and ask someone if they know where some slimes are because the place he got told about is not the place for slimes.

Just as Alex was about to walk under a tree Kuma jumped off his shoulder and pulled him back.

(What is wrong?) Alex knows Kuma would not do that without a reason.

(The slimes are on the trees and by looking at the trees you dont want to get touched by them.) Looking at the trees they could see some sort of burn mark but it definitely was not from fire.

(That can't be good well i keep them at bay with barrier and you kill them with earth claw.) Alex quickly decided on a plan without a problem so Kuma nodded not seeing flaws.

So with that Kuma started the fight sending a earth claw which they could not tell if it worked the slime sort of absorbed it.

But it did do something and that was getting the slimes attation and the slime dropped from the tree ready to fight.

F+ rank monster slime.

Kuma send another earth claw seeing it shaved a bit of slime away so hey kept launching earth claws at the side of the slime who is getting smaller.

What they did forget is that the slime as it got smaller it had less wind resistance because of its small size it became faster.

Just as it was about to hit Kuma Alex blocked the slime with a barrier and Kuma quickly moved from his position.

As Kuma ran he launched a earth claw at the slime and the slime was done for it could not get smaller and was dead.

(Remind me how many slimes do we have to kill?) Kuma asked clearly not amused at how annoying it was to kill one slime.

(5 we have to do this 4 more times this will take a while especially since they make acidic burns on trees i can't really get close without risking a acid burn on myself.) Alex who thought this would be a walk in the park but he never thought he would be so wrong.

They looked around the area and did not find any other slimes so they walked around a bit keeping there eyes on the trees.

It took all the way till noon for Alex and Kuma to find and kill 4 more slimes which annoyed Alex greatly.

Because in every game slimes where easy to kill and now he has seen how hard they were to kill he was less than impressed with the slimes.

But the duo was happy enough that they did not need to kill more slimes and that they are done with the quest.

Walking back to the town they found a 3 dark squirrels that decided they attack Alex and Kuma so the two decided that the squirrels had forfeit their lives and killed them and brought their bodies to the guild to sell.

Entering the guild it was business like usual and it just seemed like yesterday was just a busy day.

From completing the quests he got 20 copper and from selling the dark squirrels he got another 15 copper.

With a total of 40 copper they decided to start preparing for the trip to a new town or city and decided to go a shop which sells camping gear.

Looking at all they were selling Alex realized they won't be able to get everything because a good tent is one silver which is equal to 100 copper, so they decided to just buy a map first that was 5 copper and left the store walking back because they need 65 copper so a few quests are killing a few monsters should do the trick.

Instead of walking to the inn Alex decided to go to the guild for a quest or two and hoping it would get him close enough so he has time to travel with some daylight the next day.

Alex wants to leave this town the next day but if he can't he will leave this week he can't really stay here forever if he wants to see everything the world has to offer.

After all why stay in one place if you are a adventurer each town or village has probably ways for adventurers to make money or atleast that is Alex's mindset.