Later that evening…
Ok, time to gather these herbs.
Let's see, this one kinda looks like a rose but without thorns. It's called a Silvarin Bloom. That should be easy to find. I'll look for some of those first.
Hours later, as Jack was about to pick up the last Silvarin Bloom and go back into town…
Huh? What's that noise?
It's a griffin!
When Jack shouted, the griffin noticed him…
Well shit! I yelled that out loud, didn't I?
I guess I should tell the guild about it. Those griffins aren't that powerful. I've killed a ton of them wile I lived in the forest.
10 minutes of running later, Jack reached the city gate…
Hello, I am Jack. I left earlier to go collect some herbs.
"Yes sir, come in, come in."
Thank you.
Jack then entered the city…
Time to go back to the adventures guild and complete my quest. I should also probably tell them there is a griffin nearby.
At the guild…
Here are there herbs I gathered, Ms. Elina.
"Well done. You are now registered as an adventure. Here is your ID card, and you will start of at rank C."
Huh? Why rank C? Doesn't the ranking start at E?
"It does, but the guild master wanted you to start off at rank C. You see, he heard through some connections he has that you are quite powerful, and thus you can start at rank C."
Oh. I see, and by the way, there is a griffin roaming outside the city. I thought you should know.
"A griffin? That's an S class monster."
"We need to get out an emergency warning for everyone in the city to get to the shelter."
It's not that serious, Ms. Elina. I'll be happy to kill it. I just thought I should report it to the adventures guild so they could issue a quest.
"No. That monster is far too strong to issue any regular quest to kill it."
Well, I'll kill it and bring back it's corpse then.
"Why would you bring back its corpse?"
Oh. You've never had griffin stew before?
"Why would I?"
Well, griffins are quite tasty.
"What? You've eaten a griffon before?"
Yeah, I killed and ate them quite often when I was in the forest.
"What? You have killed more than one griffon?"
Yeah, I've killed at least 5.
"Griffons are said to have strong enough wings to topple homes and entire towns. How can you kill 5 of them?"
Oh well, I just throw my spear at them with all my strength.
"What spear could withstand a griffons armored feathers?"
Well, this one.
Jack then pulled out a long spear, with its handle made of a black wood and its spear head made of a red stone that glowed quite unusually…
"A spear made of indestructible wood and a fire stone!"
What is this, not just regular wood and a regular stone?
"No, Jack, far from it. The wood you used to make this spear handle is harder and more durable than iron ore, and that stone is a magic stone that contains the fire attribute, meaning the stone itself is hotter than an oven on it's surface."
Oh well, every tree in the forest of Grimlune is made of this wood, and there were quite a few of these stones that I made into not only this spear, but a knife and a hammer.
"I am always shocked by your lack of common knowledge, Jack. It's almost like you're from another world."
Ehh. I guess I just don't know much about this world sense I lived in the forest of Grimlune all my life.
I'll take care of that griffin for you.
I'll be back.
To be continued…