50 A confused mind
[<strong>Quest for Adventurer Class F</strong>
<strong>Title:</strong> The Strange Egg
While I was returning to the second floor, I lost an egg that I found in a chest on the Ninth Floor. I believe it is between the first and second floors because that’s when I realized it was missing.
Since I am a Class C, I cannot stay on these floors too long, which makes it impossible for me to look by myself.
He is about a foot long and black as coal.
If you find him, look for Dylan in the most famous tavern in the port.
<strong>Reward:</strong> 1 gold coin.]
“That sounds like a good mission to me! Despite the meager reward… A mysterious egg from the Ninth Floor!” Said Nathalia, looking at the white paper with the official guild seal, her eyes shining with excitement.
The Elf stood in front of the quest board, which had just been filled with posters by the receptionist. Several novice adventurers around the guild were drooling just to see her up close, and some more experienced ones even tried to approach, but she totally ignored them.
Across the street, Luke was watching a blacksmith at work, listening intently to the pounding of the hammer on the iron and the anvil, smelling the strong smell of molten iron up close.
‘This guy is awesome!’ He said to the blacksmith, seeing his great skills.
Although he looked quite young for his profession, the blacksmith had great muscles, which allowed him to keep forging for continuous minutes.
‘Please give me your precious money! Even if it’s just a simple repair!’ The greedy blacksmith pleaded internally.
However, he had to stay only wishful thinking, because when Luke began to feel the dark circles under his eyes sweat, he said goodbye and headed towards the mission board. A forge was definitely not a good place for a half-wolf to be.
“Did you find anything interesting?” He questioned Nathalia, which made the passionate crows staring at her dissipate.
Nathalia realized that the boy was a bit more normal now and allowed herself to perk up a bit:
“A mission about a mysterious egg, Luke! What if it’s from a Summoner?!”
He arched his eyebrows and was interested, because finding an egg wouldn’t be that hard, however, they had just finished the active mission they picked up later in the morning.
“Aren’t you tired?” The half-beast inquired. Together, they had defeated over three hordes of Goblins and Kobolds a few minutes ago.
Nathalia raised both arms and showed her muscles, which were not trembling with fatigue, in response to his questioning.
“Okay, we can do that one. How much is the reward?”
“It says here it’s one gold coin only…” Nathalia said, at the same time pouting.
Without a second thought, Luke started walking towards the Dungeon once again, much more motivated than in the morning.
This time, there was only one mission left before they finally entered Class E, where missions would become less tedious for him. If they had completed the mission given by the Guild Master, they would both already be Class E.
“You are aware that if we find the egg, it won’t be yours, right?” Luke stated.
“Why not?”
“Because the mission is to find it, right?”
“Yes, but…”
“Don’t even think about it, the reward is great.”
“Do you know how many hundreds of thousands an Invocation can be worth?”
“Tell me more about that.”
Summoners are extremely rare beings, whose strength and magnificence are so frightening that the strongest adventurers in the world necessarily need one.
A single Summoner can change the course of a war, as well as be the reason to start one.
Since they are legendary creatures, they are also no more than mere legends by those who have never had the opportunity to see one in person.
“Nah, it must not be an egg.” Said the half-wolf, skeptical.
“Why not?” Nathalia inquired, inflating her cheeks.
Luke held up his right index finger. “First, what would something so rare be doing on the Ninth Floor of a Dungeon inside Broteforge?”
Nathalia put the boy’s finger down and replied, “That’s the thing! They are so rare, it’s impossible to predict where they might appear.”
“Okay, but would an egg appear like this? Where’s the mother?”
“On the paper, it says it was in a chest.”
Luke pondered for a while and decided that it should be fair because he was not only a companion but also a bodyguard who needed to obey her.
“Okay… here’s what we’ll do: if he’s not spoiled, we can keep the egg.”
“Really!? In the end, you have a shrewd heart in there.” The girl complimented him, which made him blush because it was now impossible not to remember Ayumi whenever he looked at Nathalia.
The night before, the half-wolf finally became a man, and natural as it was, he didn’t even think at the time of the consequences that a few hours of pleasure would bring him.
Now Luke definitely liked Ayumi, it was impossible to deny that to himself, because before he knew it was just a passing infatuation, however, now he felt a warmth numb his chest whenever he thought of the blonde Elf.
‘I like her, she is beautiful…the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. However, I didn’t come here for that, let alone be hired for that.’ He was at a standstill. ‘At least they should be okay with the money I’m sending them.’
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Tchof! The tearing of the flesh of a salamander-man satisfied Luke, who had to take care of at least a fortnight of monsters of that same species, to provide cover for Nathalia, who was reading inscriptions on metal. That was good as it made him stop thinking for a while.
“So, were you able to read?” He questioned, as he sheathed his sword.
“No, but… apparently you’re right, this is the entrance to the third floor.” The girl replied, looking up.
The pair was in a huge chamber, where there were several cave mouths, through which some monsters came out, while others just lurked.
The tall cave was at the meeting point between two ravines, at least three hundred meters inside the Second Floor.
In front of them was a brick door, whose height exceeded fifteen meters in height and width. The inscriptions on it resembled the symbols found in the room where the giant spiders were found and killed.
“Lucky the mission letter is recent and there’s still the scent of the author, it would be impossible for us to find this place without a Guild map,” Luke said, putting his hand on the door.
BLAM! The gigantic door began to open with the adventurer’s gentle touch. Crrrrrr! The drag of it on the floor, reverberated so loudly on the second floor, that even Lorran, who was about to go back to the surface, could hear it.
“Where did that bang come from?” She questioned her companions.
“It sounds like it came from below.”
“From below? But that doesn’t make sense… Vasconcelos Dungeon follows a snail model, it shouldn’t be supposed to have anything down here, and the third floor is in the opposite direction.”
Lorran’s four companions were extremely frightened after discovering this, and just like their leader, the four of them ran out of the Dungeon as fast as they could.
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