After the chaos battle with Earth Stomper, Hunter's party finally got the Magic Stone they need. They're bring the Earth Stomper's Skeleton to the city nearest the place they camp before. After walk 6 hours, some guards saw them to enter the city.
"Wait there, sir! what's your business here?"
"I'm a Adventurer from Selene city, and this is my party"
Hunter show his badge to prove it he is a Adventurer, the guard believe him and allow them to enter the city. Before entering, Hunter asked the guard about place where Adventurer gathered, the guard told him Hunter to go to Adventure Guild. However, one of the guard curious with Hunter's skeleton he carried and ask Mayumi.
"Excuse me miss"
"Yes?"
"I was curious with that skeleton, is that Earth Stomper?"
"True, that was Earth Stomper"
"Really! but how? he's still iron, you know"
"That's true he's still iron, but two lady over there was Platinum"
"Platinum! No wonder you guys can defeat Earth Stomper"
"...Yes"
Mayumi following Hunter and the other. However, the guard from this city still don't know what's going on out there. Hunter's party arrived to Adventure Guild.
"Welcome to Adventure Guild, sir. May I help you?"
"Yeah, we need to rent a warehouse and horse carriage, also we need to report too"
Hunter need to report with Meina and Neina, Claudia and Astrid waiting with Mayumi and Miyuki.
"By the way, sir. What's that skeleton your party bring here?"
"Earth Stomper"
"HEH!"
The receptionist shocked, all Adventurer looking at them.
"Hey, what's happen?"
All of Adventurer approaching Hunter's party. Surprised with the skeleton Hunter bring because it was Earth Stomper, a monster who can destroy city with earthquake.
"Hey, is this Earth Stomper's skeleton!?"
"Are they really defeat it?"
Murmur Murmur.
"However, this is not the true threat out there"
All Adventurer confuse what Mayumi said.
"What do you mean, miss?"
"Out there... The Blue Drake are exist"
Everyone surprised with Mayumi's word, until the Guild Master at that city hear that and come closed to want know more and discussion with all the Adventurer.
"Wait! Miss, can you prove your statement?"
"The Guild Master!"
"If The Blue Drake really exist in this time, the Dragon-Invasion will come"
People were being faced with true disaster, The Guild Master told them if The Blue Drake are attacking kingdom, they must evacuate to another place and inform other kingdom and Empire to get ready with a Dragon.
"One Blue Drake just only the beginning, but if Dragon Horde attacking, we're end"
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"However, Miss Mayumi. How can you get that Earth Stomper's skeleton?"
"This? The Blue Drake burned down the monster even Earth Stomper already activated the barrier"
"No wonder"
Meina talk with The Guild Master beg him to gave them horse carriage.
"Guild Master, can I beg with you?"
"What is that?"
"This monster was our quest from our king to bring them the magic stone"
"Kingdom? which kingdom you come from?"
"Kingdom of Hestarost"
"I see, then I will contact The Guild Master from Selene city first, and welcome to Lumanire city"
The Guild Master welcoming Hunter's party to Lumanire city. Claudia and Astrid went out to search Inn to stay, Meina and Neina will do they work with Adventure Guild instead Mayumi and Miyuki helps Guild staff to saving the Earth Stomper's skeleton and magic stone to warehouse.
Hunter just checking his supply what left they have after Earth Stomper destroyed the carriage, and the horse his take care flee too. In that case, Hunter's party cannot return to Selene city without horse carriage, and Astrid, Miyuki, and Mayumi used their magic to create invincible board to carry monster skeleton and they cannot use it continuously to travel back.
"Damn, my workbench destroyed, and all my bomb exploded too and nothing left"
"Sigh... and my money? Hey Meina!"
"What?"
"How much money do we have left?"
"Enough for 7 people for 1 month if just only for food, but we need rent a carriage and anything, maybe we can save for 2 week"
"Alright, I understand"
Hunter felt tired to remember what just happen with him today. And his second rifle also broken too, thought he need to replace everything new but the money he has won't cover it all, he must wait and travel back to kingdom first to get his reward from The King.
Hunter leave a message to Meina-Neina because he need some healing time, and he went to Tavern called Spring Leaf. Hunter enter on the tavern, he welcomed an old-man bartender, sat down and order fresh water and cocktail.
"Hello, gentleman. Are you new here? May I serve you?"
"Sure, master. Gimme water and cocktail, please"
A cozy environment make hunter's mind fresh. There were no visitors only two of them. Master enter the back room said he have some business until an adult woman come out from the door back room. She wears black-white almost-like maid suit with stocking where it is covering all her cleavage and her tight.
Hunter thought this tavern has been running with them, a married couple. However, age gap both of them like too far, but a love won't regardless of age. However, those breasts make Hunter getting hard, yet he cannot become a bastard right now. Master come back from back room with his wife and he told The Hunter the woman beside him is actually his wife, however since their marriage they cannot make a baby even they make a love every day. 3 hours passed the hunter still on the Tavern until some people coming.
"I'm surprised this place can be lively like this"
"Thank you very much, sir. Even our place isn't large like another bar but this tavern also our house"
"Hee... so, when you guys want to make a love, you need to close the tavern first, right?"
"Hey, why are you-"
"Wahahaha..."
"Darling!"
Master's wife panicked but Master laughed, Master said yes and.
"Well, live is hard. After I'm done become an Adventurer with my wife, me and my wife decided to open our Tavern"
"Huuh, master was Ex-Adventurer, huh?"
"Of Course, last time the Rank I've achieve was Diamond"
Hunter spat out all the drinks he was drinking.
"Hoho, am I surprised you?"
"Indeed, old man! all my party is just Platinum and Iron, and people from Selene city said they never met a Diamond rank Adventurer"
The Master told him in this city many Diamond Adventurer are living here and that make Hunter more shocked and confuse. Several minutes passed, Hunter want to leave th Tavern and paid his order. And then Hunter tell the Master.
"Alright, I must go back"
"Thank you very much, sir"
"..."
"What's wrong, sir?"
"Old man... have you... ever face a dragon?"
The Master answer if he never met a dragon before, even the Master's wife too. Hunter open the door and say "I've just met Blue Drake before, be careful" to them.
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The night has come, Hunter not back to Meina to the rest place they occupy, Astrid has met Hunter to accompany him to back but Hunter still need some times to alone, Astrid gave the address the rest-place they occupy to Hunter and left him. He walked around the city, bored, even a robber trying to steal his coin pocket he won't hesitate to punch and hit the robber until his satisfied. A moment he found a bakery, he visit the bakery and bought some breads just for him. In deep his heart only emptiness exists now.