BATTLE OR ALIVE
Chapter 04: The First Quest

Beautiful sunrise from the east illuminates the morning in the Kingdom of Athera. Guilds seemed desolate, with only a few adventurers and guards. In the silence was also Jell and Mai included.

With the permission given by the guild's head, Yinn. Jell and Mai were given temporary rooms. Room for adventurers, who come from far away and have not yet found a place to stay. That's the function of the room used by Jell and Mai. With size width 4m and height 4m. Enough of them to sleep under their beloved tree.

Actually for Jell when Yinn had not given any advice for the stay, she thought of borrowing money in the guild to rent an inn. However, in such moments Yinn came and saved them both.

Jell and Yinn do some deals that benefit both parties. That is, Yinn will provide temporary facilities in the guild, until Jell and Mai get enough income. On condition, Jell and Mai should be adventurers who could impress Nethera's guild in the eyes of the people, all the way to the next kingdom. Basically, this deal according to Jell is one-sided. The one who was at a disadvantage was even a guild, and the one who was fortunate was instead himself. But being an adventurer who has a title is also a hard job, just for the sake of raising the name of the guild, Yinn to the point of doing harm. “Actually what does he want to achieve?” questions popped up in Jell's head.

And in addition, the name of this guild is “Nethera Adventure Guild”. From the information Jell got, the guild needed popularity in order to attract more requests.

That sunny morning who did not know what day, Jell and Mai started their first quest. The quest they had chosen was already recommended by Yinn, so Jell and Mai no longer bothered to choose. In addition to financial matters, Jell and Mai also have issues that are just as serious. That is, the two of them could neither read nor write in this world. The writing in this world is completely different and hard to remember.

So with that limitation Jell and Mai could only ask for a recommendation from Yinn. Yinn had also helped them learn and read letters in this world.

For this quest Jell and Mai will do a simple labor. This request was requested by a sheep breeder, whose sheep recently disappeared mysteriously. So by giving that request, he wanted the adventurer to kill “Rabbit Frosted”, who was supposed to be the main suspect. Frosted Rabbit, was a level 1 monster, that was a weak level monster. Because of the mating season of these monsters, make the breeders become restless with their appearance.

In the beautiful field decorated with various kinds of natural jewelry, two people were walking to a certain location. The two men were carrying some weapons in their gear. A sword with a length of 50cm. And the other one carries a Dual knife mini size of 30cm. They were Jell and Mai, who were walking towards the quest location. The location is not too far from the city gate, about 4Km walk. Quite far away but along the way there is a beautiful view, it will not feel a long journey.

“Nee...., Jell why did you take that quest for granted? Though you from yesterday always be careful, and now you even immediately accept it.”

“That's because Yinn-San is so beautiful.”

Jell answered Mai's question with a sudden blow.

“Your site is like that yes.”

“He's a good person really, he also gives us a lot of things, so to be suspicious of such a person I feel bad.”

“How about if it's a trap?.”

“Well, if women bohay like Yinn-San I think I'm sincere.”

“Oh..”

A short and meaningless conversation finishes with a flat reaction. Mai looked at Jell and began to continue the topic.

“You like a chest as big as Yinn-San?”

“Hmp, Milf lover's.”

“Padahan mine is no less big loh.”

“Indeed.”

“Trus?”

“Iya.”

If in their conversation there are people who hear, then they will both be stamped the most obscure person in the world. But for them, their talk was a common thing to get rid of boredom. Talking unclear and not connected at all, is their habit. Not knowing why they became like that, but it does not cover the fact that Jell and Mai are highly respected and coveted, both from students and teachers.

About 20 minutes of travel. Jell and Mai could already see the village's gate. The wooden barrier is only 1.5m high, which only aims to be a simple barrier. The name of the village is the eastern village “Yull” Village, the village closest to the capital. From Yinn's explanation, Yul village is one of 3 villages located close to the capital. Its development was also more advanced than the villages that were on the border.

Entering the village will be taxed in and out. However, for Jell and Mai are not taxed, because they are adventurers who are hired. For villages that have advanced status compared to other villages, Yull village does not provide taxes for adventurers who are on rent.

With an area of 2x3km, the village of Yull Makmur and if you look at its development is almost the same as in the capital. Jell and Maipun are looking for the consumer. In the quest sheet the name of the requestor is Soyutu. With the help of the people, they finally find Soyutu's house. It seems that he is famous in the village, because in that village only he has the largest farm in the village.

Up ahead, there was a large barn in red paint. Just like a barn one could imagine. In front stood a man with an age of about 40 years. Approaching the old man and it is true that he is Soyutu-San.

Finish doing confirmation between adventurers and bookers. Jell and Mai described the scale of the incident. It is from Soyutu's story that, a monster by the name of Rabbit Frosted, actually attacked his cattle. And the mission this time is, to finish off 10 Frosted Rabbits. With a total payment of 5Runiah/tail.

Jell and Mai went to where Rabbit Frosted was, clearly visible in front, a rabbit of colossal size looking dashing with big feet.

Jell commented on the appearance of the monster that was beyond his shadow. According to him he and Mai will fight a regular-sized rabbit, and what they see is a rabbit with a height of about 3m. It really is a monster. Red eyes, teeth came out of his mouth, and pale-colored fur adorned this monster. “As disguised as rabbit”, it's a word that appears in Jell's head.

Looking at their size and number, it seems that Jell and Mai must work together to fight back. There are two possibilities. First, they will fight together and secondly, they do not care about their friends if in a certain jaram. Two bets are their choice, against one by one it's younger things, but what if they play a game? Isn't that cheating. For a beginner like the two of them, directly fighting a colossal sized rabbit was absolutely insane. The rabbit deceives his shadow.

The decision was taken and Jell chose the second option. Jell and Mai split up to lure the rabbit. From the information Soyutu-San said, that Rabbit Frosted could not see more than 60 degrees of visibility. If that's true, separating them is the right choice. Jell fished two rabbits at once, and Mai fished one. That's because it's their place.

By running Jell fishing Rabbit Frosted using fresh meat given Soyutu-San. Pursuing Jell with a meat pack, Rabbit Frosted jumped up and chased after Jell. Their jump distance is about 2m and their rate is about 10km/h. “Enough data.”, whispers in a snobbish tone sounded. It only took a short time, the 3 Frosted Rabbits separated and became soft enough to attack. From the trials and mentored by Yinn, Jell had learned the important things in this world, namely the Skill.

A skill is a special power that a person possesses. Although the name is sepesial, but everyone is able to use the same skill depending on their Job. A job is a job or a role of a person.

Return to Jell who is in pursuit of a ferocious rabbit. With confidence Jell was silent at 2m with Rabbit Frosted. Using the skill of a Fighter, Jell mentioned the name of the skill with the position using the horses.

“Fire Scratches!.”

Instantly Jell's sword with a length of 50cm was burned. Instantly with his horses Jell advanced by slicing the legs of the Frosted Rabbit. From the information that Jell got from Yinn, the efficient way to kill Rabbit Frosted was to immobilize his legs first. Because the Frosted Rabbit is known as a Lv.1 monster that is quite tough, so the body of this monster is hard and troublesome. To kill him, you have to kill him from the head. Because of the large body it will be difficult to try it, so paralyzing it is the most efficient option.

But what Jell received was beyond information and expectations. Not only was the Frosted Rabbit's leg scratched, but the entire body of this monster was sliced neatly with the direction of the Mini Sword. Blood spurted from the slanted cut rabbit, “Blood, this blood.” the bleeding finally stopped against the rabbit. There were still 9 more, and he had to hurry.

Just like a man being chased by a death rabbit, Mai was also the same as Jell trying to separate them. The information he received was the same as Jell, hence there was no need to worry anymore if there was any mistake.

The corresponding distance was about 1.5m the distance with the Frosted Rabbit. Since Mai was an Assassin, then this kind of distance was the perfect distance for her to cripple a colossal rabbit. Unlike Jell, with his 30cm Mini Sword it would definitely be a bit of a pain if it eroded the Frosted Rabbit's legs. Mai picked up the horses with all the mention of the name of the skill.

“Wind Splitter!.”

Mai's body suddenly lightened like not feeling gravity but not floating. With the corresponding horses Mai directly dashed towards the Frosted Rabbit, Mai's moving speed increased by about 50%, and in an instant the previous position was in front of the rabbit now behind her. Looking at the same view as Jell, what he saw was tragic. Not only the legs, but also the body of the rabbit, split into two parts.

Finished observing him consciously returning to Jell's current position. Jell was seen fishing for their 4th rabbit. It seemed that the 2nd rabbit had already split up just like the others. Mai swiftly approached Jell, with the speed increasing with the help of skill, Mai approached and Jell had already taken preparations for Mai's reaction. Mai ran and made Jell's hand as a foothold to fly. Jell is precisely prepared with the position of the hand bent down to provide a foothold. Flying upward with a graceful twist, it was like dancing in the air Mai with her Mini Sword preparing to stab Rabbit Frosted in the head. Falling vertically, Mai managed to stab just with the help of buff skill. “Temporary Increase.”, special buff skill assassin to temporarily increase speed.

With the current conditions, the Frosted Rabbit that had been eradicated became 4. There are 6 more left. Jell and Mai decided to finish next, they would try out some of the skills they learned.

Jell handles 3 tails, and Mai is also the same number.

From Jell's direction he separated the Frosted Rabbit into several individuals. With the skill he learned he eradicated everything with a single hit. “Fire Slash”, “Fire Stage”, “Fire Prick”. Three skills have been tried from Jell's research.

“Fire Slash” is a special Fighter skill, which is slashing enemies like cotton with fire element. “Fire Stage” is a special Fighter skill, which is to provide a multi-level attack to the target. The higher the level, the greater the impact. “Fire Prick” is a special Fighter skill, which is to stab a target with a fire-elemented sword.

To the east of Jell's direction, Mai is seen separating the Frosted Rabbit. With skill he exterminated all those big rabbits. “Whistling Wind”, “Wind Scratch”, “Blowing Sword”.

“Whistling Wind” is a special Assassin skill, which is to blow his sword towards the target, with wind element. “Wind Scratch” is a special Assassin skill, which is to scratch targets with a depth that can be adjusted. “Blowing Sword” is a special Assassin skill, almost the same as the initial skill “Whistling Wind”, but with different techniques and impacts.

In less than 15 minutes, all of the Frosted Rabbits had already been exterminated in that huge field. Jell and Mai regroup and intend to report to Soyutu-San immediately. Confirming with Jell's report, Soyutu saw the results of their work. There were only 10 large lumps of meat left. Added Soyutu asking something.

“You won't take it?”

“Hm?”

React with questions. Jell did not seem to understand Soyutu's words. Seeing Jell and Mai's reaction, Soyutu continued.

“You do not know yes, the carcass of the hunted monsters you can sell loh. And of course the price is according to the level and rank anyway. Khahaha..

Soyutu laughed happily at their work and continued.

“You can take it please, I hate them anyway. With that, you can buy new, better equipment. And if it has been reached, next time I will ask for your help again.”

Soyutu-San was really a good person, not only did she provide information, she also gave us the results of the hunt. Most people who order, will take the carcass of hunted monsters and sell it in the market so they can return the capital. And on the other hand Soyutu even gave the results of his hunt to them.

Already saying goodbye to Soyutu, Jell and Mai say goodbye to him. With a big bag on Jell's back, they left.

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