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Ghwyr woke up early the following morning and immediately went to the Guild Hall to ask about the request from the King’s Reserve. After confirming with the administrator, he immediately went to the place just as the sun rose from the horizon.Tuttel was already awake when he came to his tent. The man had been fixing some traps and was happy to see him comeback. He gave him a new location to hunt and told him that the population was twice as much as the last. However, he only needed to hunt 15 of it.“Your yesterday’s catch was good, but I couldn’t risk you ending a whole species because of me.” The lanky man said while scowling again. “Do fifteen today… and fifteen only. The guards might fine us we go beyond that.” He explained.Ghwyr nodded and apologized to him. However, Tuttel simply brushed it off and told him to move forward from the mistake. Before he left to hunt, the lanky man gave him a fresh pair of knives for the hunt.“One is for legs, and this hooked one is for the horns
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Tuttel was carried out of the reserve still yelling about some monsters coming to get him. The remaining soldiers just shook their heads and gossiped about how the man might’ve smoked too much dream moss that caused the entire incident.“I heard you could get delusions if you smoke too much of that thing.” The younger guard said while carrying one of the dogs’ carcasses into the sack. “Poor hound, this is! You collaterals of your masters insanity.” He added.Ghwyr was left there standing by the tent. Still not sure what to do at that point. Should he leave? It was clearly obvious he wasn’t going to get paid that day, especially after what happened. Annoyed, he took a deep breath and was about to go inside the tent when the older guard blocked him with his spear.“And where do you think you’re going?” The older guard asked.“I’m just going to put this bounty inside.” Ghwyr explained.“Seems like so.” The guard said. “Unfortunately, I can’t let you do that. Besides you’re not even paid
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Few months have passed after that incident with the mysterious monster and still Ghwyr was the talk of the guild, although for the wrong reasons. Most of it stems from the gossip that the monster was a sort of forest spirit that he angered while hunting the jackalopes. While most of the knowledgeable people on Jackalopes would find it ridiculous and something to scoff about, the rest of the adventurers weren’t as well-read or as forgiving compared to some.Ghwyr had since moved on from that incident. He even got a bonus from the guild for fighting the monster, but unfortunately no one could tell what it truly was. Jackalope bucks weren’t supposed to look like that! They might be gigantic in size, but they were never humanoid in appearance. This gave the throne a reason to investigate on the matter and close the King’s Reserve for the public’s safety as well.During the short amount of time, Ghwyr had already garnered a lot of experience and coins from taking some other jobs. Most of w
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The Bracken Delta was a town located at the mouth of the Bracken River, a major river that met the fresh water from the mountain springs with the saltwater from the Torren Sea. It was supposed to be a thriving fishing village before the first lords of the town developed it into a powerful port for Evalom.In a way, it had some similarities with Bottom-trodden, mainly because of the huge body of water located in the town. However, the comparison ended there. Unlike the filthy and poverty-ridden Bottom-trodden, the town of Bracken Delta was thriving with its massive port where most of the travelling merchants and fishing ships were.It also held one of the strongest weapons of the Evalom kingdom, the Evalom Navy which was located at the other side of town, a massive military port that could subdue any threats coming from the sea, whether it was of human or supernatural causes.He got there as early as he could. Ghwyr wanted to finish the bounty request as early as he could, so he could
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“Where are the rats?!” Ghwyr looked around and saw a massively empty room.Ghwyr and the rat exterminator was standing on a wooden floor elevated from the ground where the rats had supposedly nested. They descended into the creaking stairs while carefully looking around in case a giant rat might pop out of nowhere.Their flickering torch wasn’t enough to light up the massive room. It only illuminated a few feet from them, so it was possible that something might be lurking in the dark somewhere. However, the boy seemed to be unfazed by the darkness. He navigated the huge space well unafraid of the giant critters that might’ve been hiding below.“M-m-must be… hiding… s-s-somewhere.” The boy replied hesitantly.Ghwyr turned to the boy, raising an eyebrow. “I thought you’re a rat catch—well, an expert on this matter?!” He asked.“I-I-I- am so s-s-s-orry! S-s-sorry…” The boy profusely apologized. “I…I… had me map here… we could locate them… also had me bait and poisons…” He took it out of
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Ghwyr immediately stood up and pushed the boy away from another huge clump of soil hurled towards them.“Get away, now!” Ghwyr shouted as he activated his shield. “I will take care of this!” He said as he unsheathed his sword.The boy ran out of the stock house and left him there against the abomination at the bottom floor.The monster refused to show its true self, preferring to hide inside the hole it created. Its red raging eyes stared at Ghwyr, unblinking and following his every movement. Its eyes faded in the darkness once again then, a huge chunk of rock flew from the hole and almost hit him, if it weren’t for his trusty shield.The rock shattered into pieces as it hit his shield. Ghwyr gritted his teeth, feeling the wave of impact that coursed throughout his body. The monster was one mean brute and Ghwyr fears that it might do the same attack over and over again if he didn’t find a way out of it.“You’re one nasty rat.” Ghwyr picked up a piece of the shattered stone in his han
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It has been days since his mission at Bracken Delta has ended. The mission was a huge success, and even got a handwritten recommendation from the lord of the town. However, as always, that part seemed to be fairly neglected by the other adventurers. Some of them were just unable to swallow the reality of how good he had been in their ranks, that they just end up mocking him.Some had a name for him that they whisper under their breath as he passed the halls. They call him the Hunter, a mocking and condescending name for his accomplishments. According to them, the only reason he got the top rankings and commendations was because of the missions he took. They say he had it easy just killing all sort of critters instead of doing some other bounties, like escorting individuals and other errands.No matter how hurtful they may be, Ghwyr just ignored them. He had no time for childish ploys and nonsense, though it would have been better if they just focused on doing their own stuff, rather t
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Ghwyr tumbled to the floor, unable to comprehend how the instructor was able to catch him as quickly as he did. He turned around and saw the instructor arms-crossed while tapping his feet, staring at him angrily. “Well, would you like to sleep on the floor all day?” The man with an eye-patch asked. “N-n-no… sir.” Ghwyr shook his head and stood up. “Good. Now, scram and get comfortable over there!” The grumpy man pointed at the very back of the class. Ghwyr immediately scoured to the back, passing the sitting attendants who couldn’t look at him straight in the eyes. They were avoiding eye-contact, as if they were ashamed of being there and Ghwyr might have an inkling as to why. He sat at the very back, beside an adventurer who seemed to be mumbling something while weirdly rocking back and forth. “Next!” The man’s voice echoed throughout the room. Ghwyr’s seatmate shuddered hearing the man’s voice. He too had chills just hearing the man’s deep raspy voice. There was a certain growl