B017 – Calmen Town

B017 – Calmen Town

Ascension.

When Hecate logged in, the time was already evening. Her game avatar, which was sleeping due to the quasi-logout had awakened.

The escort convoy which she was riding had almost reached its destination, Calmen Town.

"Welcome back, Hecate-chan." (Minami)

"Good evening, Hecate-chan." (Floire) || "Hello there." (Kaire)

"En... Good evening, Minami... Kaire and Floire." (Hecate)

As soon as Hecate's game avatar opened her eyes, Minami was the first one who greet her, followed by the Nakamura siblings. Meanwhile, the last person, Touya was nowhere to be seen on the carriage. Hecate looked around but couldn't find his appearance.

Her curiosity was quickly answered by Minami.

"Touya is outside near the client's carriage. As our party leader, he is in charge for the talk. Now that we're almost there, maybe he'll be back soon." (Minami)

Hecate only responded with a nod.

Sure enough as Minami said, a few moments later, Touya appeared and jumped into the carriage. There was an expression of displeasure written all over his face. He greeted Hecate and sat on the seat before complaining to his party.

"In the end, the water is just pure rainwater! There's nothing sacred about it!" (Touya)

"Ah, then... We wasted our time for hours just collecting rainwater?!" (Kaire)

"That's what I'm talking about." (Touya)

Hecate just silently listening and did not participate in their conversation.

It seems that they are talking about the holy(?) rain before. Touya, Minami, and Kaire went down because the guards released a quest to collect the rainwater as much as possible. When they did so, their system info obviously told them that it was just rainwater.

However, they persisted in carrying out the quest until the rain stopped. Perhaps, there was a hidden effect on the water that they couldn't see, or so they thought. When the water was collected and passed on to the guards, they do Appraisal on the water. And they discovered that the water was... actually just rainwater.

Minami calmed down the situation.

"Well, calm down... At least the quest is over. The rewards don't seem like much but our contribution point went up."

"Well, that's true." (Touya & Kaire)

Hearing her words, Touya and Kaire opened the quest contribution list window and calmed down when they saw their contribution points. After all, the greater the contribution they made, the greater the final reward.

Meanwhile, Hecate also looked at the contribution list and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Even though she didn't really care about the rewards, it would be a pity if the quest was deemed a failure due to the lack of contribution points. Fortunately, her contribution rate only fell by about 3%, from 25.6% to 22.2%, and her rank dropped two places, from fifth to seventh. But at least, her quest won't be considered a failure.

Then, a few moments later one of the guard coming to their carriage.

"Adventurers, we have arrived in Calmen Town. We will stop by the Adventurer's Guild to report the completion of the quest, as well as send out a new escort quest for three days later. If you wish, we would like to hire you again."

"Thank you, Sir Aston. We'd love to." (Touya)

Perhaps because Touya has earned a lot of favorability on the way, the guard was very friendly.

Hecate and the party Sharp Edge immediately got off from the carriage in an orderly manner.

The Border Town of Gemmerio Empire, Calmen Town.

This city was a border town of the Gemmerio Empire with two places. To the south of this town was Nerkia City, and to the southeast of the town was the territory of Croissa Kingdom.

Although the two countries have signed a truce, but they have just been at war with each other. This was why there were a lot of Centurion Knights standby within the city.

Thanks to the crest on Georg's carriage, the group passed through the gate with ease, but Hecate couldn't help but notice some unfriendly gazes towards Minami, Floire and Kaire, or more precisely, towards non-Human Players.

Of course, the people in question were also aware of it.

"Wear your hood and ignore them, Kai-kun, Flo-chan." (Minami)

"Yeah..." 2 (Kaire & Floire)

Minami quickly equipped a hooded mantle to hid her tail and antler-like horns.

Following Minami's signal, the Nakamura siblings hid their animal ears with their hoods and continued walking. Although what they were doing didn't change the overall bad atmosphere, it at least reduced the odd stares that were directed at them.

After they passed through the gate and walked away from that place, Floire couldn't help but grumble.

"What's wrong with them?! Really, they're a bunch of jerks! Did you see their disgusting eyes staring at us? Have we ever done anything wrong with them?" (Floire)

"Well, they recently had a war with the Beastkins. This is somewhat normal." (Kaire)

Kaire's reply couldn't calm Floire's irritation. She continued to badmouth them as they walked.

The guard that accompanied them could only awkwardly apologize.

"I apologize for their behavior. The knights under General Bernard mostly held belief in human supremacy. But you don't have to worry, they won't do anything to you because of the treaty." (Anton)

"Ah no, this is not Sir Anton's fault." (Touya)

"Yeah, it's those bastards who are wrong!" (Floire)

"Ahaha..." (Anton)

The peace treaty in this game was not like the peace treaty in the real world. It was supervised by the system and was capable of binding on all participants. From a Native's point of view, this treaty was equivalent to an oath to Goddess Norn and must not be violated. Those who violate this oath will have to pay a painful price, or so they said.

As for the exact content of the treaty, it was printed in the Miscellaneous section under Tutorial and was available for all Players to view. One of the content was for the Empire to not mistreat other races, especially Beastkin.

Perhaps this was why the party Sharp Edge dared to go to the Empire, despite having a majority of non-Human members.

Thirty minutes later at the Adventurer's Guild building.

Georg's representative had already left the building after speaking with one of the receptionist. Then, one by one, the Players participated in the escort queued up to report the completion of their quest.

Hecate successfully reported the quest completion to another receptionist. The receptionist girl, Camilia, stamped the quest plate Hecate had brought, before placing it on the shelf along with the other completed quest plates.

"Okay, the quest completion has been recognized. And this is your reward from the client."

"Thank you very much."

Camilia handed out a small bag of money, and a few mid-grade potions to Hecate.

Spoiler ; ; <big><big>Quest Completed!</big></big> <big>Escort the merchant Georg to Calmen Town</big>

Rank: C

Quest Details: You have successfully escorted the merchant Georg to Calmen Town and reported to the Adventurer's Guild. However, you did not interact enough with Georg or any of his guards. Your name may not be remembered by them. Rewards: EXP +10000

500

10 Mid-Grade Red Potions. 2 Mid-Grade Blue Potions. Adventurer's Point +20

Hecate expressionlessly received the reward and put them to her inventory. The reward wasn't much, and the Red Potions or Blue Potions was just trash items, if compared with Hi-Potion and Hi-Ether. There was no need to be excited.

But the quest reward was not Hecate's main focus. For her, reporting the quest was just a side task.

"I'd like to withdraw my Gold coins." (Hecate)

"Understood... Then, please touch this plate." (Camilia)

Hecate touched the metal plate that Camilia had taken out and quickly operated the screen that appeared soon after.

Spoiler ; ; Your current Balance:

15,022,640,440

Please select an action:

Deposit

Withdraw:

50,000,000

(Administrative Fee:

10)

With a swipe of her finger, she withdraw

50,000,000 in one fell swoop. Comparing with her savings, the money from the quest rewards earlier was just like a joke.

'Quest that last for 2 days only give me

500 !? With that pitiful amount, I won't be able to get rich even if I work myself to death! As I thought, the true way to get rich is to rob the rich!' Geett the latest novels at novelhall.com

Spoiler ; <td colspan="4"><big><big><big> <td colspan="4">Recent Purchase | Consumable | Rental | Costume | Scroll | Misc <td colspan="4">< Page 1 >; [ Your Gems: Item Name Price Limit Inventory Elixir1 [Item Name: Elixir (0 / 1) 7 Exp Potion2 [Item Name: Exp Potion (0 / 7) 27 30 Condensed Hi-Potion Box3 [Item Name: 30 Condensed Hi-Potion Box

Obtainable from cash shop items.

Can be purchased 10 times per day (0/10).]

90

(0 / 10) 64 30 Condensed Hi-Ether Box4 [Item Name: 30 Condensed Hi-Ether Box

Type: Consumable - Box

Rarity:

Durability: 30/30

Price:

150

Effect: Contains 30 Condensed Hi-Ether

Details:

Condensed Hi-Ether is more lighter than normal Hi-Ether. However, it can bring the same MP restoration amount.

Obtainable from cash shop items.

Can be purchased 10 times per day (0/10).]

150

(0 / 10) 65 Life Insurance Scroll5 [Item Name: Life Insurance Scroll

Type: Consumable - Scroll

Rarity:

Durability: 5/5

Price:

75

Effect: Prevents the death penality for the user when they die for 30 minutes.

Details:

A life insurance certificate issued by Gaia Headquarters.

This item loses its effect once the player receives its benefit.

Obtainable from cash shop items.

Can be purchased 8 times per day (0/8).]

75

(0 / 8) 44 Crime Scroll6 [Item Name: Crime Scroll

Type: Consumable - Scroll

Rarity:

Durability: 5/5

Price:

500

Effect: Hides own name for 10 minutes.

Details:

A scroll enchanted by powerful dark entity.

It gives the user the ability to hide their name.

Obtainable from cash shop items.

Can be purchased 2 times per day (0/2).]

500

(0 / 2) 10 Amnesia Stone7 [Item Name: Amnesia Stone

Type: Misc Item

Rarity:

Durability: 10/10

Price:

300

Details:

Bring this item to the Pope or Shaman in any country and he can help you to reset your Stat and Skill Points.

The higher the user's level will requires more Amnesia Stone.

Lv01-20 - 1 stone

Lv21-40 - 2 stone

Lv41-60 - 3 stone

Lv61-80 - 4 stone

Lv81-99 - 5 stone

Lv100+ - 10 stone

Note: They won't help you if your karma is negative!

Obtainable from cash shop items.

Can be purchased only once times per day (0/1).]

300

(0 / 1) 5

Hecate has been spending

4850 every day to purchase those cash items ever since her Capstan Table was bought 6 days ago. Though, she had missed a day for doing so due to the escort trip.

Excluding Elixirs and Amnesia Stones, those items were her battle supplies, mostly for Black Phantom to use.

However, her focus right now was only on the Amnesia Stones.

'Hmm, I still lack 5 more to reset my skills. But, I don't want to wait any longer. I'll just buy the rest!'

The reason why she collected Amnesia Stones was because she had planned to reset her skills.

Currently, she had 5 Amnesia Stones in her inventory, for her who had reached Lvl 132 to reset her skills, she needed 10 stones. But, it would be too long if she waited for another 5 days. And so, she decided to just buy the rest at the Auction Hall.

Hecate closed all the windows and said to Touya and his party.

"Well then everyone, let's meet again another time." (Hecate)

"Yeah, let's meet again, Hecate-chan!" (Minami)

"We will stay in this town for three days. Just call if you need us!" (Touya)

Kaire and Foire didn't say anything, but the expressions on their faces already explained everything.

Kaire & Floire: "Don't forget your promise yesterday, okay?"

Hecate: *Nods*

Kaire & Floire:

This secret conversation between these 3 people went undetected by Touya and Minami.

Having said her goodbye to the Sharp Edge party, Hecate left the building.