Chapter 11 - Unexpected

< Level up! 2 to 3 >

I'm glad my level went up. At the same time, I was confused. Why is my base level is two instead of one? Moreover...

"How do I open the Avatar Statistics Screen?"

"Avatar Statistics Screen?" Alan mimicked my words. 

"Yes, a screen that will tell us about our Avatar's Level and Basic Statistics."

Alan shook his head. "I don't know about this Avatar's Level and Basic Statistics you talking about, oh!" The teenager shouted and pointed forward. "Two Peshrooms are moving toward us, sis Eclaite!"

I look at the Peshrooms then said, "Alright, let's defeat them." 

I unsheathed my short sword and prepared to fight. Alan did the same, his short sword and shield were ready. 

"I can handle a Peshroom alone."

I nodded and our fight began. And after kicking, slashing, and stabbing the Peshrooms for five minutes, our fight was over.

I'm satisfied with the progress I've made.

Now, since I've leveled up, I decided to end the hunt. 

We returned to the town of Rishtonbell. Each of us carried ten kilograms of material obtained from Peshroom.

In this hunt, I managed to hunt down twenty-seven Peshrooms and Alan got five Peshrooms. 

Twenty-seven Magic Stones will give me two hundred and seventy bronze coins at minimum. I promise to give Alan forty percent of my hunt. That means I have to give him, roughly one hundred and eight bronze coins.

As for the Peshroom's umbrella head and its meat which is ten kilograms each of it, we will divide the sales into two. I'm going to get seventy-five bronze coins and so is Alan. 

Haa… this hunt only gives me two silver coins and thirty bronze coins. I need nineteen silver coins and these coins can only cover ten or maybe fifteen percent of the total percentage of the money I needed!

And sadly, this money will be reduced because I have to rent a room in the inn to stay overnight. And that didn't include the cost to buy some food!

And speaking of food...

"Why does this Peshroom's meat have such an appetizing smell?" I wondered when I saw the white cubes I was carrying in front of my stomach.

"Appetizing? I don't smell anything like that." Alan moved his head near to the Peshroom's umbrellas he was carrying. His nose twitched a few times and then he shook his head. "I don't smell anything tasty."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

That's certainly weird. It was obvious that the smell was there but Alan couldn't smell it. What's going on?

"Maybe because sis Eclaite is Fox-kin. Thus you can smell that tasty smell. I heard Beastkin's sense of smell is sharper than Human."

"Ah!"

That's right, I forgot that I'm not human anymore. I was a Beastkin! I have fox ears and tail! And maybe their nose too!

If I recall it again, my sense of hearing and smell becomes sharper. I could hear the conversation of the people who is more than seven meters from where I was standing. And for the sense of smell, I was able to recognize a few different smells at the same time.

And clearly, I could smell some appetizing snacks sold on the side of the road. That appetizing smell starved me.

"Hey, Alan. You don't mind if we stop by to buy snacks?"

Alan looked up and looked at me. "I don't mind. What snack does sis Eclaite want to buy?"

"That snack." I pointed at a food cart with my left hand.

"All right."

That way, I got my first snack in this world. Barbecue smeared with red sauce can be said to be delicious. Therefore, I bought seven portions without hesitation.

"As always, you have a great appetite."

"Anyone can eat a dish in large quantities if the dish served is delicious," I said as fast as possible then went back to eat my barbecues.

And oh! Just a moment ago, I think, there is something strange in Alan's words earlier. I'm trying to find that strangeness. But in the end, I couldn't find it. I've forgotten the words he said because, "This barbecue is so delicious! It makes me unable to focus." 

A few minutes later, the last barbecue disappeared into my stomach.

< Strength Stat Up, STR + 1 >

"Huh?"

Why did my strength suddenly increase? Did this happen because of the barbecues I just ate? As I recall, wasn't it just high-level monster meat that could increase Basic Statistics?

Question after question popped into my head. And unfortunately, I didn't get the answers to all those questions.

I can only guess without evidence. The things earlier did happen because this world is not Ark Fantasy Online. And this is going to be something I have to understand if I want to live in this world.

Currently, we walking down the sidewalk towards the Adventurer's Guild. We're going to sell the Magic Stones and the twenty kilos of Peshroom materials to that place.

And it's a pity since I'm not an adventurer, I can't sell the materials I get to the Adventurer's Guild directly. I have to register first before I can do it.

Adventurer...

In Ark Fantasy Online, being an adventurer doesn't have a huge influence. A Player could still obtain resources even though he was not an adventurer. But that is different in this world.

From Alan's story, the influence possessed by the Adventurer's Guild could not be ignored. Almost everything related to monsters and Dungeons was monopolized and controlled by an organization called the Adventurer's Guild.

The organization also provides various types of crucial services such as the bank, vast information, and communication network, buying and selling monsters materials at prices above market price, etc.

If I wanted to raise my level and earn an income quickly, becoming an adventurer was the only available and easiest way for me to choose at the moment.

This new knowledge was given by Alan freely. The teenager gave me more help than I needed.

"Stop it, sis Eclaite! Don't pat my head! I'm not a kid!"

"All right," I said before making a giggle.

Time passed and we arrived at the Adventurer's Guild.

Standing in front of me was a white, huge four-story building. The pillars, frames, and windows of this building are made of dark brown wood.

The windows in the building have a unique shape with a half-circle at the top. The roof of the building was red and the building has three big doors. The Adventurer's Guild becomes more glorious because decorated with statues of dragons, blue banners illustrate with a sword and gold shield, and Blue Crystals functioned as sources of lights. 

"Truly, this Adventurer's Guild is more glorious than Adventurer's Guild in AFO." 

And… are the people who came in and out of the building were Players? ...no I don't think so. If there is another Player that comes to this world, there will be commotions where people shouting 'Where is the GM?' or 'Call the GM immediately' or other hysterical shouts. 

Dismissing my wild imagination, I followed Alan to enter the Adventurer's Guild. 

Inside that place, I observed the adventurers who paced around doing their business when I was waiting for Alan done with the selling of the Magic Stones and the Peshroom's material. 

I tried to find out who is the NPCs and who is the players. But In the end, I can't distinguish them. 

"NPC and player, that two words have no meaning in this world." 

Then, I observed the Adventurer's Guild and I knew, there was a tavern in here.

"It's not a bad idea to moisten my dry throat with a glass of water or maybe a glass of fruit juice." 

Thus, I walked towards the tavern owned by Adventurer's Guild. But, before I got there, two people suddenly hugged me from the left and right sides. 

"I miss you, sis Lylian." "I found you! Sis Eclaite!" Said two people at the same time. 

I froze for a while. And when my consciousness returned, I scanned the situation around me. I realized that everyone on the first floor was frozen too. They look at me or precisely at us, and they also didn't move at all for a moment. 

All of this made me thought that the time was stopped. 

But in fact, time is not stopped. I turned to look at two people who hugged me. One of them was a Human youth and another was a little girl Fox Beaskin. 

Honestly, this situation is so strange and awkward for me. And getting so much attention also made me feel so uncomfortable. Therefore ... 

"Ahem! Can you two let me go?" 

The words I said broke this stopped time. 

Two people who hugged me take their arms off me and moved away. I took two steps forward after being free. Then, I turned to see them.

A moment later, I froze after seeing their faces.