Quest plete: Sy Nightval Bear+150XPStamps Gained: +1Stamps: 7 -> 8XP: 5480 -> 5630

  “Not as much money as I expected,” Adam admitted, noting that each of them barely made fold s at the end of paying for the Porters and splitting the loot with Fred, who had dohing.

  “Why are you paying me exactly?” Fred asked. “I did less than the Porters.”

  “No, no,” Adam said. “You stayed with the Porters and helped Zeus out, so don’t worry about it. You did your part.”

  Fred wasn’t sure if he should accept.

  “I took the leftover five gold from the split and put it into the party fund, so you accept the money in peace,” Adam said, dismissing the worries right away.

  “We did not hunt this Nightval Bear for the money,” Jurot said. “We hu for training, and t it back to the Iyr.”

  “Oh?” Adam said, gng aside to him.

  “It is best,” Jurot said.

  “Sure, sure,” Adam said. “We’re taking the core too, another reason why you should just accept the money, Fred.”

  ‘Did I really just make fold for walking to a forest and back?’ Fred thought. ‘Rich people are scary.’ He recalled how much money Adam had given him st time too, which was far more than he expected. ‘Scary.’

  “Now that’s we’re doh the Guild stuff…”

  Adam bit into the jam buing the delicious food, all the while watg Jurot speak with Pam as he told the tale of their exploits. They hadn’t goo a bakery in a short while, so Adam made sure to splurge this time.

  “You know, Adam,” Lucy said, biting into her jam bun again. “I don’t know if you’re smart or stupid.”

  “I hear that a lot,” Adam said.

  “I’m sure you do,” Lucy replied. “How long do you think it’ll take us?”

  “To get a Drago?” Adam asked.

  “Yeah.”

  “I don’t know,” he admitted. “I might seem nont about it, but I’m very serious about helping you out.”

  “I know, I just…”

  “I know,” Adam said, patting her back. “All this fighting has to make us stronger eventually.” ‘Though, the others are soaking up some of the XP. I’ll o figure something out for that.’

  With the Porters full of bread, carrying with them their baskets, Adam and the rest returned back to the Guild. Fred followed them like a lost sheep, unsure if he should be following them.

  Omen: 1, 20

  “I’m feeliremely lucky today,” Adam said, his lips uo tain his smile. “We should do something big.”

  “What kind of big?” Lucy asked.

  “I don’t know. We could aim for two Nightval Bears?”

  “Two Nightval Bears may be too much,” Jurot said, feeling awkward that he was trying to keep Adam at bay. “You wanted us to train safely.”

  “I’m just saying,” Adam said. “I might be able to do something ioday.”

  Jurot wondered what Adam could do, and the other Adventurers nearby stared at the Half Elf, who seemed so chipper.

  “Adam,” Paul called. “We o talk.”

  “I didn’t do anything this time,” Adam said. “Is this about Sir Landon? I thought we had an uanding with one another.”

  Paul remained silent for a moment. “What’s this about Sir Landon?”

  Adam stared up at Paul, who was keeping an eye on the Half Elf. “Nothing.” He cleared his throat, and motioned his head to the others. “e on. You too, Fred.”

  ‘Me too?’

  Paul brought them to a private room, them tea and snacks. “There’s a problem whieeds to be dealt with today.”

  Adam’s ears twitched, and he could smell the gold. “Right?”

  “There’s an Oyarth wreaking havo the Cherry Wood, which is going to pose a problem for the Adventurers who are trying to tackle it.”

  “Cherry Wood? Is that the safer forest?” Adam asked.

  “Yes. If it tio wreak havoc within the forest, the inexperienced Adventurers will have a hard time.”

  Adam nodded his head slowly. “Sounds like you need some experienced Adveo deal with it, but st time I checked, Jurot and I became Adventurers only this year, and Lucy here became an Adventurer about a month ago or so.”

  Paul narrowed his eyes at Adam.

  “So,” Adam said, leaning in towards the Vice Master. “How much are we talking?”

  “Six hundred gold,” Paul said. “Untaxed.”

  “I would accept but there’s a problem,” Adam said.

  “roblem do you have?” Paul asked. He wasn’t sure if he could afford to deal with a problem Adam had, sidering the kind of problems he had often brought upon himself.

  “What the hell is an Oyarth?”

  They followed the road out towards the Cherry Wood, with Jurot humming quietly. “A Nightval Bear and an Oyarth? We will bring baany stories.”

  “Is it better than a Dragon?” Adam asked. “Could we use it’s heart to help Mara?”

  “No,” Jurot replied, stopping his humming. “It is a great creature, and it may be about as difficult as a Nightval Bear to assault.”

  “Something that strong in the Cherry Wood? I wonder how it got there.”

  “It happens sometimes,” Jurot said. “Though, it is a more powerful creature than a Nightval Bear in some ways. It could perhaps fight us all quite evenly all at once.”

  “Really?” Adam asked, raising his brows. What could deal with three Experts all at once? “How does it mahat?”

  “Tentacles,” Jurot said.

  Adam stopped. “Excuse me?”

  The others stopped, and Jurot tured to look into his eyes. “Not like those.”

  Adam slowly nodded. “Well, there are aype of tentacles I’m not ied iher…” He shuddered.

  “Uh,” Fred called out. “Should I really be here?”

  “Yeah,” Adam said. “You’ll be keeping the Porters safe.”

  Remy and Jeremy gnced between one ahe pair of them uood that it wasn’t Fred who’d keep them safe, but the monstrously strong Half Elf, who had grown so powerful sihey had met.

  “I will too,” Nobby said. “I will fight.”

  “Rex, Nobby,” Adam said. “We’re heading to the Iyr soon, and we’ll start your training properly then.”

  “Okay.”

  “We should have brought Sir Vonda,” Lucy said. “She’s more useful than Fred.”

  “Whether or not she’s more useful is irrelevant,” Adam said. “Fred’s got no scruples against killing. Ain’t that right, Fred?”

  “Well, I’m no’ killing anything, but I don’t mind sying s.”

  “See?” Adam said. “Sir Vonda may be more useful with her magic, but isn’t Fred more fun?”

  “Sometimes, Adam, you really do make sense,” Lucy said. “Sometimes.” She wao make sure Adam’s ego didn’t grow any rger than it already had.

  The forest seemed different.

  It was quieter than before, that was for sure. The sweet chirping of birds no longer apahem. Jurot, who normally spotted all manner of small critters, did not mao find quite so many on his journey.

  “It’s close,” the Iyrman said, reag for his axe. “I smell it.”

  Adam coughed, pulling back as he waved his hand in front of his helmet. “What the fuck is that?” A most foul smell had spped him across the foul, the stench of rotteh.

  “I told you,” Jurot said. “I smell it.”

  “Not that hard, mate,” Adam said, trying to breathe through his mouth instead.

  As they approached the clearing, they head the noise of bones g, a slurping sounds, which stopped as new prey had es viity.

  Through the trees, Adam could see it. He wasn’t sure what it was exactly, for it appeared to be a mole, with four tentacles whied a tail. It’s eyes and nose were exactly where one expected them to be, but its mouth was where its stomach should have been, currently swallowing an Elder Wolf, several rows of teeth tearing it apart. It was at least twice the size of the Elder Wolf it was chewing on.

  “Fug hell,” Adam whispered, swallowing his saliva.

  “He’s so cute,” Lucy said, her face puckering up as though she were staring at a newborn puppy. “ we keep him?”

  Adam blinked rapidly, before turning to look at Lucy. She could see the look of shod disgust on his face through his helmet.

  “We ’t?” The Demon girl frowned.

  Battle OrderD20 + 1 = 7 (6)

  The Elder Wolf dropped down, the half which had been i partly digested, as it screeched and charged forward towards the group.

  Though Remy and Jeremy had been with Adam this eime, and had seen how powerful he was, even they could not help but let their bdders loose at the nightmare which charged at them.

  Adam brought up his shield, but the creature opes mouth wide, revealing all the teeth and the red fleshy insides which threateo tear him apart.

  Omen: 1, 20 -> 20

  The snoiled high, but there was a small se of various alleys which held a make shift shelter with a sloping roof. However, the boy had found himself a small garden, having mao evade the attention of the two elderly men who lived there. He straightened under his b as he heard the cttering of wood which had dropped before him, including some flint and steel, and some fresh bread before him.

  The teeth tore across the Half Elf’s shield, all the while its tentacles kept the other two at bay. Jurot and Lucy had mao cut two of the tentacles, causing it to scream right in front of Adam, its wicked breath spshing across him.

  stitution SaveD20 + 5 = 23 (18)

  Adam mao keep his breakfast in his stomabsp;

  A tentacle smmed Lucy down before ing arourying t her to its open maw to e her.

  “You son of a bitch,” Adam mao say without gagging, feeling the electrigle flow through his body.

  Mana: 18 -> 17Spell: Hex

  Attack (Fnking)D20 + 9 = 13 (4)Omen: 20 -> 020 + 9 = 29Critical hit!Phantom: 3 -> 0Mana: 17 -> 142D6 + 22D6 + 8D6 + 6 = 123 (1, 4)(1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6)(3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6)

  “Brush your fug teeth!” Adam dared to shout, still feel the hot breath across him, bringing Phantom down across its front, biseg the creature in half. It felt in two pieces oher side of him, as Adam pulled away towards the trees. He dropped down to his knees and began to vomit.

  Victory!OyarthXP Gained: +320XP: 5630 -> 5950

  ‘It wasn’t worth it,’ Adam thought, heaving up again.

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