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Another town filled with extremely talkative people.ugh,I wish there was a straight path with no villages to follow to Cyadne without all these townspeople getting in my way.Just as I was about to leave,a lady who looked about seventeen walked up to me; Hey,she said with a liveliness unfit for anyone above the age of twelve.Are you an adventurer,she asked.Those words betrayed her apparent love for fantasy scripts.Though i couldn't expect much from an inhabitant of this remote area."they are called huntsmen,not adventurers",I replied.And why would a huntsman pass here.They usually follow the forest to avoid unnecessary human contact.Something I probably should have also done if not for how stressful that is,I added inwardly."Why ask",I questioned.Did you want to join my crew,I asked, letting my impatience show on my face.No,I just wanted to know how that kind of life was, because I wanted to be one when I turn eighteen,she replied.I heaved an exhausted sigh before replying;"If your townspeople had to pay a stranger three hundred cowries to kill a single serynx,i see none of you becoming a huntsman ever.Even scavenging huntsmen face greater threats than serynxes".After i said that,I left hurriedly bading farewell only with a wave my hand. After a thirty minute walk, I was back on the path.

 I got to the port after an hour of a mix of running and walking."I want to get to Medes please",I asked the receptionist with as much niceness as my fatigue allowed."That would be a hundred cowries for a carriage and two hundred for the typhoon,at your own risk of course,she replied with practiced courtesy."The typhoon",I answered as I took two hundred cowries from my satchel.The typhoon was essentially a crystallised ball of magic used for fast transportation.But due to high speeds, only powerful mages who could protect themselves from the damage used it.After she took the cowries from me,she led me to a chamber with neither a ceiling nor roof.In it were people I guess were the typhoon operators.After a bunch of commands from the receptionist and tweaking of the launcher, a semi spherical globe was formed.get in,one of the operators with a hefty build grunted.I obliged,and the globe fully formed as i sat in it.In a matter of seconds,I was launched into the sky,where i had to concentrate to prevent myself from spinning uncontrollably.In below three seconds in real time,I landed heavily in Medes.the landing,or rather crash, did not make as much of a sound as I thought it would.I guess the transport agency used some kind of augmentation on this area.the sphere dissipated after the impact,and I continued my walking.Luckily,my destination was not at all far from the landing area."You look good, how long has it been since you came.You have even grown taller than me now."Said the woman wearing a plain white gown that contrasted the dry environment and even the fiendish smile she had across her face as she ran to hug me. I hastily evaded before putting my hand across her shoulders."Still with this,you have no friends or lover yet you still refuse to hug me".She wanted to continue but knew from experience this would get us nowhere,so she just smiled."i hope you brought really entertaining stories this time",I laughed heartily.At least let me get in,then I will tell you everything about my journey,mother.