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"You also said your magic didn't work in Zoggoroth's castle, right?" Quentin asked, and Alicia nodded. "But I managed to survive that place because of Arryn's magic," Alicia replied. "You know, his power is not something you can handle. This problem is far different from anything you've ever dealt with before," Alicia continued. Quentin nodded. He realized his son's power was much different than he had imagined, considering the man had never dealt with black magic before. The only way he could think of would be to let Arryn grow on his own. Alicia asked Quentin to give up his ambition to control Arryn's power. "He's out at the moment, probably going to the blacksmith shop or checking out the guild office," Alicia replied, standing up from her seated position as she walked over to the bags of groceries she kept on the guest table. "I don't want him to know about this," Quentin replied. "Even though you don't want him to know, I'm sure he already finds out about his type of magic,
"What's wrong?" asked Arryn, confused by Alicia's response to him. "I have a friend who is an adventurer. He clearly told me that rank A missions are difficult," Alicia replied, looking worried. "I already know that. Don't worry, I'll carry out the mission with other adventurers," said Arryn. Alicia turned to look at Ivy. The woman knew very well how Arryn was stubborn and ambitious. However, Ivy was quite different and much calmer and more cautious. Ivy felt awkward just as Alicia focused her eyes on her, followed by Arryn, who happened to be sitting next to her. "Did you give him any advice, Ivy?" asked Alicia. Ivy was really nervous about being noticed by the two of them, especially when she was in human form. "I warned him, but Arryn was still confident in his abilities. I think taking an A-rank mission is not bad, " Ivy said. "You don't have to worry about me, Alicia. I can grow faster and stronger by taking on high-level missions," said Arryn. Alicia crossed her arms in f
*** The journey to Villatown took about five days by walking, in contrast to the horse-drawn carriage ride, which only took about three days. On average, the two stop their journey every six hours just to rest. The horse-drawn carriage ride is much faster and doesn't need to take as much rest. By now, the sun was already rolling towards the west, and the stars were beginning to shine. It was quite dark around them, and lighting was only obtained from the burning campfire. "The journey is still quite long. It would be best if you started resting so that tomorrow morning, we can continue the journey," Arryn explained, holding a wooden cup filled with warm water. Vio nodded her head. She wasn't used to traveling so far, so her body easily got tired. The woman said nothing and started to enter her tent, unlike Arryn, who was sitting in front of the campfire accompanied by Ivy. They didn't take a campsite in the forest but a field quite far from the forest. They also hadn't found a v
"Where are you going?" asked one of the adventurous men sitting directly in front of Arryn. "We're going to Villatown on a rank A mission to guard the village against goblin attacks," Arryn explained. "Wow, a rank A mission? Are you high-level adventurers?" asked the woman in the same group as the adventurers. "Well, you could say that," said Arryn. Their conversation continued until the moon was directly above Arryn's head and the people in that place, indicating that the nighttime was getting late. Arryn and Ivy were still there to accompany them. After all, they had just been chased by monsters from the forest. For Arryn, the best option to take care of them was to be next to them. He accidentally looked at the woman sitting in the centre between the two men in front of him. The woman seemed to nod her head several times, signalling something. Arryn didn't suspect anything. At first, he thought that it was just a typical gesture to go to sleep early. However, something happen
Ivy reached into each of the three adventurers' pants pockets. Not only that, but Ivy also checked the bags they were carrying carefully, making sure whether or not they had stolen any of Arryn and Vio's belongings. The woman only found a few items. Most of the items they took were bags of coins and gems. They had stolen only a few pieces of magic equipment since the price would drop at the blacksmith shop after several uses. Ivy took out all the items she had found from the bags of the thieving adventurers. The three of them couldn't talk anymore about the evidence. "The evidence Ivy found is clear enough to me," Arryn explained, looking at the three shackled adventurers before him as he sipped warm tea slowly. "Then what are you going to do with us? Kill us?" asked one of the men, looking furious and angry simultaneously. "Hmm... that may be what you're thinking, but I'm not that cruel," Arryn replied. "I will send you to a new world to explore. If you die, it will be entirely
*** Four days later. Arryn and Vio's trip completely ended right when they saw the monument of Villatown Village clearly displayed in front of them. The first response Arryn got was when his eyes saw the condition of the village was deserted. That's right! The village people's activities were low; most of them were doing trade only, there were no entertainment activities and so on. In addition to the quiet villagers' activities, the fact that the majority of the villagers weren't ordinary people. Arryn walked into the village and saw several adventurers in full armour and large swords walking around the village. "Are there any magic users nearby besides us?" asked Arryn, whispering to Vio. "I don't know. I think we need to meet a man named Clark to ask about this mission," explained Vio. They both recognized Clark's name, not from the name they found along the way, but it was explained in the mission brief they received that he was the mentor for this mission. The location was
Clark told Arryn and Vio about the schedule for the day after tomorrow and where they would be staying in Villatown. Clark explained that the location of their stay was in a two-story inn located on the west of Clark's house. The distance between Clark's house and the inn was about a ten-minute walk. The man also left a stamped letter for Arryn and Vio. He said Arryn and Vio would be allowed to stay if they showed them Clark's letter. "Take care of yourselves," Clark said, saying goodbye to Arryn and Vio as he led them out of the wooden house. Arryn nodded with a smile. He waved softly as he continued to walk away from Clark's front yard. The two of them started walking on the village's main road to get to the inn that Clark was referring to. "If I've watched, Villatown is much safer than I thought," Arryn said. He witnessed some of the activities of other adventurers who had nothing to do with guarding. Some of them were drinking, exercising, and so on. According to the explanat
Arryn, of course, released the adventurer to go to the vanguard. Not only him, but Arryn could also see several adventurers running towards the place. Vio walked up to Arryn while asking about the demon race that came to attack this village. "Are we gonna get there?" asked Vio. Arryn was silent. He took a deep breath while looking at the crowd of adventurers who had already raised their weapons. This attack was too sudden for him, but that was the risk of taking on this mission. "Prepare your equipment. We'll go to help," Arryn said. Vio nodded firmly as she walked away from Arryn to return to their room. Only Arryn and Ivy were left. Arryn turned quietly to Ivy, requesting the woman change her body shape into the Essua bird. The purpose of Arryn's request was for scouting purposes. A bright light emerged from Ivy's body, causing the few villagers who were watching the adventurers' battle to turn their attention to Ivy. It didn't take long for Ivy to return to her original form.