BATTLE OR ALIVE
Chapter 05: Momentary Condition

Returning home from Soyutu farm, Jell and Mai say goodbye to the gatekeepers.

And just like before, they were not asked for taxes or warned back of incoming debt. This village is really extraordinary, when this village is growing, this village is really beautiful and clean. The capital is indeed an extraordinary place, but the cleanliness in the capital area is not well maintained. Lots of rubbish and also a bad smell in the narrow alley in the city. And when compared to this village, the capital of the kingdom haduanya imitate their attitude.

Start another 20-minute trip back to the capital. But this time it will be difficult, because at this time Jell and Mai carry a large bag on their backs. Those were the parts of the colossal rabbit they had fought about 20 minutes ago, the lv.1 monster, the Frosted Rabbit was his name. The bag they had brought and had not been put on when they went to the farm. As Yinn suggested, carrying this bag really helped.

Back off 30 minutes before they left, which was when Jell and Mai learned something from Soyutu.

Jell and Mai postponed their time home for some good reason. That's because Soyutu taught them how to cut through monster meat. He taught them because he thought Jell and Mai were very knowledgeable about surgical techniques. So according to Soyutu, it doesn't matter if it helps to give a little knowledge about this.

Soyutu explained that, In the flesh of the monster they were fighting earlier there was a monster core. The core was a crystal about the size of 15Cm. From Soyutu's explanation, the crystal core shape is different every monster. Ranging from 3Cm size to more. This condition is based on the size of the monster. The usefulness of the crystal was the source of monster magic.

Soyutu explained the basics of managing monsters. It started by dividing some parts of their body. First, take the core crystals that are near their heart. Second, take the important part. Indeed, every part of the monster can be sold, but the most sold is only a certain part. Examples are, Ears, eyes, teeth, skin, and femur.

Despite the various experiments that Jell and Mai conducted on the meat they held, Soyutu warned them of something. That is monster meat is a very dangerous poison. No human can survive if it eats monster meat. If that happens, the victim's blood will swell and stop the flow of blood. And from the story he had heard, the person who ate the flesh of the monster died horribly and also had a bloody scene coming out of his cane. That is because, the human body cannot withstand the reactions contained in the flesh of monsters when digested by the human body. Not only that, the blood and corpses of the victims would smell foul which was very pungent.

30 Minutes have passed. Jell and Mai leave the farm and start to leave.



On the road to the capital. Jell and Mai who spoke as usual, passed through a dense forest. The marked path becomes their benchmark if they do not want to get lost. If there was another way, Jell would prefer it, because the forested road is quite dangerous. Jell who enjoys traveling looks around and notices something. There seemed to be something strange from before they passed through this daerh. At 10 o'clock from next to them was something. Jell who noticed it went and checked, Mai tilted her head and was confused as to what she was doing, and out of curiosity also Mai followed her also from behind.

In the middle of a fairly dense forest, full of lush trees that do not know what type, with an average height of 9-14 meters. It covered and gave off a mysterious aura in the dark forest and there were only holes of sunlight from the tree leaves. And the one they met, it was a big cave.

““Dungeon.””

The word was simultaneously spoken from their mouths. That was because the large Dungeon was right in their eyes. Unable to believe what they saw, they simply opened their mouths wide and voiced “Wahh...” with a flat and bodo-faced. Those who only know from fantasy stories can finally see it directly. The sense of tasi fa in this world is increasing, due to a large dungeon.

Dungeon or dungeon. Is a place resembling a castle or tower and in it there is a unique room in which stored various mysteries. Not only that in it there are also some relics, such as Artifacts and treasures.

Enchanted with the large dungeon, Jell and Mai awakened to the sight of the dark dungeon. Giving off a mysterious aura that made the hearts curious, they intended to enter, but their quest schedule would be forfeited if they took too long. Leaving that place Jell and Mai continued their journey.

As they calculated, 20 minutes was the distance between the village and the capital. Entering the gate, just like when they first came and when they last saw the guard post, it was the same. Blank. There was no one to guard at the front gate of the capital. “Which way if there are dangerous foreigners enter?”, their thoughts are against the guardianship of this city. But they realized, if there were guards they would have trouble getting into the city. And will go through a troublesome situation and they may not be allowed to enter because they do not have an identifier, if they say they are from another world, it's been confirmed that Jell and Mai will be stamped as crazy.

Walking around a few meters following the path would then be paced with Guilds. The position of the guild is very strategic, located in the middle of the road round and located right in the middle of the area, making the guild easily findable. Entering the guild as usual, bustling and noisy. Friendly but charming atmosphere. An aura of intimidation could be felt in every corner, a gripping aura that aimed to prove the guild was a dangerous and frightening place. At the time of entry, the adventurers who had been sitting in the dining area began to look at them. Like when they first entered the guild, the gazes of the veteran adventurers lurked at them. As if judging them, like Jell and Mai, it's a flea that's just misplaced. Their auras actually tried to grip Jell and Mai, yet they both felt nothing.

“Yo little girl. It seems you just did a quest huh. What if we eat there?”

A large-sized person approached Jell and Mai. With a height of about 2 meters, it stood in front of Mai who only had no such height. Putting a strong pressure on them and the friends of this person stood up and surrounded Mai. They did not care about Jell who stopped and looked at them. They focused only on Mai, and Mai ignored their actions and just passed through them like a big pole.

Those big people looked astonished with Mai's cold demeanor. Seeming their pride was stepped on by the little girl they had just all, daoat fury was felt from them. And one of them did a quick action, holding Mai's hand to stop her. Being held firmly and reinforced as well with her big arms, Mai came to a halt and just stayed in place. Jell seemed to be just observing while still walking leisurely towards the counter.

Mai just remained silent and started to run out of patience.  Instantly a cold aura began to emerge from him. And as Mai began to take lethal action, it instantly came to a halt.

“Sorry, can you take your hand off her? She looks uncomfortable you know?”

The one who stopped Mai's actions was Jell. With a sharp look, Jell looked at the person holding Mai's hand. With a deadly aura emerging from his gaze. The people's rections seemed to be instantly sidetracked, and began to sweat coldly. Jell's gaze was completely filled with hatred and disgust piling up. But the person holding Mai seemed undaunted by the pressure Jell was exerting.

“Damn it, you want to challenge me ha?! You don't know who I am? I'm the black one, Bakoo. The 2nd feared in the guild!”

By acting presumptuous with what title it is. He said that he was the 2nd which means there is a first, right?.

“A jerk can be the one to fear huh? Means I'll show you what it really means to fear you.”

With “Haa!”, the person who calls himself Bakoo responds to Jell's words. Feeling the arga himself trampled by the boy plaintiff makes him a big murkah.

But it doesn't take long. Instantly in the blink of an eye, the bastard was thrown and exited the guild.

“Gghhaaa-.”

Motion was the last word he said before flying out. In a pitiful body, it crashed from its scene just now and landed with a tremendous impact towards the guild wall.

What happened left the entire guild speechless. That's because Bakoo, the saga guild has been knocked off its footing. No one could think that his massive 2 meter body could be blown away by a person who was only 178 meters tall.

What Jell did was a trivial thing. Jell in less than a crackle, Jell jumped up and kicked the big man.

No one could see him make that move, and only silence remained. The two friends seemed unable to dispute the reality. Their friend was knocked over without them noticing. Turning towards them was Jell with the same aura as what he let out earlier. Staring at them with a needle-sharp look.

“Who's next.”

Just “Higghh-” the answer they gave, a funny voice came out of those 2-meter bastards and it felt really disappointing. They stared at Jell. Jell who looked at them back from above, gave aurah that had meaning in it “Don't mess with us okay?…”. San the reaction of those people nodded with all their might while being frightened. Finished serving them Jell went back to his original goal of going to the counter, and Mai naturally followed. Mai looked happy and followed him while jumping up and down.

Seeing Jell's reaction and actions, the male adventurers who initially felt sorry for Mai, in that Bakoo and his friend were after Mai. Instantly afraid and did not dare to approach Jell. “Speed and power that can throw an elephant, where there are humans like that.” It's the thing that's in their heads.

But it is different from what women adventurers think. They were amazed and even impressed by Jell's actions, flushed red from being blown away by the show.

Protecting Mai from the rascals was the thing that sparkled in their eyes. “Prince.” is a hum in their head. They see Jell as a prince, because he has exterminated the bastards who always bother them.

It seems that Bakoo and his friends have been behaving like this for a long time.

Facing in front of the counter. Jell and Yinn make contact. Yinn looked shocked and laughed wryly. Disregarding Yinn's reaction, Jell took out the items in her bag and Mai's bag.

“We've done the hunt. And this is confirmation from Soyutu-San. So what's next?”

“H-ha…. Ahem! All right let's see.”

Yinn looked still daydreaming and used a cough to resuscitate the condition. Yinn checked and confirmed the completed quest. He looked shocked by what was in their bag and the results of the quest they completed. In response to Jell's question, Yinn tells Jell Good advice.

“Alright, after I checked it's true you did. Good job for your first mission. …For the next one, right? how about you sell this game to the market? I'll give you a landing map.”

Selling the hunted. Same as Soyutu's grandfather said. Yinn took a mini map from the drawer. On the map there are several signs, such as lodging, shops, and others.

“To sell your game, I recommend going to this store. In the store you can sell at 5% more expensive. Plus you are also an adventurer, maybe you will be given some bonus.”

The shop that Yinn pointed to was a monster meat shop. The shop did not sell the meat but bought it. Jell confirmed, and said goodbye to Yinn to go to the shop she suggested by being about 1km away from the guild.

The whole way felt different for both of them. The initial impression was crowded, but as they looked deeper into the city the situation was really crowded. Many shops, stalls, and places to eat on the street. The market and their current place were different, but all around them could be called many fruit stalls. Mang is not much, but if you go to the market area, then there is the right place to buy daily staples. Walking for 1km with beautiful and peaceful views of the city is indeed the best. Although there are bastards, but the current situation is so peaceful.

Arriving at that place, the monster seller's shop. If read from the marker in front of the store, maybe it is written.

“Meat Meteta.”

Mai read it to Jell too, writing using their writing. Mai seems to have gotten used to it. With a little bit of a stammer read it, but it can already be said eloquently. As for Jell, she still needed a little longer compared to Mai, even though they had not lived a month in this world.

As expected of Mai. Praising Mai, Jell stroked Mai's head, Mai was confused but happy. Praise was given for the greatness of his understanding and speed in learning something, and that was the reason why he got first place in the class and entered the top ten in his school.

Entering the store, the sound of bells on the door is heard, and also “Welcome to Meat Meteta.” from a shopkeeper at the cashier. The shopkeeper greeted them and smiled at them, seemingly friendlier than one would imagine from the image of the rough and mighty butcher shopkeeper.

Entering the store can be seen there are several unique shelves, inside which there are neatly stored monster meat. Maybe the purpose is to show the price of meat to be sold in this store.

Jell and Mai went to the guards and brought a large bag containing the body parts of the monsters. Handed it over, and it seemed the guards researching looked at the parts of the monster.

“Whoa, if you add about 10 Frosted Rabbits, right?”

“True, we process it according to the instructions we know, so the total is about 60 parts.”

“Baikhh!.”

The guards seemed excited by the amount. The eyes that shone while counting numbers, were meticulously looked at. Jell who looked puzzled by his reaction, finally asked him directly.

“Ano, if you may know, why are you so excited?”

Asking with a wry laugh, Jell seemed to be disrespectful in judging the work of others. He was curious about the reaction of the shopkeeper, It was just meat, was what he thought. The guard fell silent and smiled at him. The man, around age 24, told her.

“Hahah, do I look that way? Indeed, it is in because you brought Rabbit Frosted who is still fresh.”

“Hm?, indeed other adventurers handed over the stale ones?”

“True, most of them anyway. But ones like you I rarely meet.”

The shopkeeper told them the reason for his spirit. That was because the level of the Frosted Rabbit they were fighting was S rank, which should be opposed by Black rank. The higher the level of monsters, then the level of difficulty will also rise in accordance with the monsters they fight.

Jell and Mai seemed shocked by what the guards had told them. The fact that this monster they were fighting, should have been fought by the veterans with Black rank. Still confused by his question, Jell urged and asked a few things.

From Jell's question to the guards. Rabbit Frosted is a D level monster. That's because of their size and the magic they have. Not only that, their hard skin, overwhelmed adventurers against them. The strangely Frosted Rabbit placed the D position, which was where it was a weak-level monster.

Even so from the examination that the guards did. It was known that the Frosted Rabbit they were fighting was really strong. In addition to their breeding season, the monsters become stronger 60% of the usual season. So that no adventurer will fight them in that troubled time.

Jell who concluded everything looked puzzled. With that said, Yinn tells them to fight Rabbit Frosted, who is where they are still rookies or Rocky. Then, what was the reason Soyutu gave up the hunt, because he saw their potential? And if so, the Soyutu quest was never accepted within that time frame. And they were both made into tumbangs or guinea pigs to hunt 10 Frosted Rabbits.

***

Purchase completed. Jell and Mai get paid from the purchase of monster meat. The total they get is not just 1,200 Runiah.

Out of the shop, Jell and Mai decide to return to the guild to ask for an explanation. Going home in the opposite direction, Jell and Mai headed to the guild.

The DoKKK…

The sound of the front door being pushed with excess force. That's Jell and Mai. Entering the guild looked different, the bastards were no longer here, but a huge hole was still left. The male adventurers already did not dare to glance at them and instead, the female adventurers cried out calmly when they saw Jell coming. “Kyaa..”, “Prince arrives..”, and other shouts. Not caring about that, Jell swiftly headed for the counter. Yinn is seen there, and seems to know what reason Jell is pointing at her.

“... Yinn-San .. I'm asking for my payment...”

The cold tone of Jell's words could be heard. Yinn lifted up and stiffened while giving her payment. (100 Spoons)

“Ano, J-Jell-San .. It seems like something is pressing from your attitude huh. Hah... haha..”.

Yinn seemed to be trying to ask like a fool about her cold attitude. Jell just looked at him and stood in front of the counter longer while smiling coldly. The grinning smile from Jell's face looked eerie, and the added uncomfortable aura surrounding Jell made her look like she was surrounded by demons. With Yinn feeling guilty and talking to Jell nicely.

“First, let me apologize for my selfish actions (subject). If not, I will doubt you. So I'm really sorry. … I will grant one of your requests instead. Please say anything!”

Jell looked fixedly at him and did not respond. Jell turned around and told him what he wanted.

“Then, I ask us to move up the ranks to yellow.”

Smiling while going to the exit, Jell mentioned that. Upon seeing Jell's response, Yinn smiled excitedly and immediately said.

“Send it to me!”

***

The city is crowded and noisy. Jell and Mai were walking among the people heading east from the direction of the guild. From the brochure that Yinn gave, there was an inn that was recommended. “Cheap and Comfortable.”, it's the motto of lodging written on that brochure.

It didn't take long, they were already in front of the inn. The inn is large and looks 4 levels in sight. Medieval style building like other buildings.

Entering the large building, on the lower floor there is a Bar. The bar was located not far from the inn counter. From the information of the brochure, on the first floor was the bar, the second and third floors were the inn.

Jell spontaneously went towards the counter and Mai was instead engrossed in seeing people gambling at the bar. “Wah, look there are some unemployed people there~” by saying that insult with a bright expression, he looked at the old people and there were some 20-year-old men gambling there, it seemed like they were indeed a bunch of unemployed people.

“Welcome..”

The guard greeted Jell in a high tone. Jell momentarily looked at the guard's face, and he took one important conclusion. “This guy's a bastard.”

“I want to stay with this amount of money.”

Jell took out a bag of money from her pants pocket and handed it over. The amount of money is 200 Runiah.

“Hmm, this way you can only 1 week already check out.”

Staring at the shopkeeper, Jell approached his head, instantly his expression changed. Their gaze met instantly, when they first met, the shopkeeper did not look at Jell at all and just focused on cleaning the glass he was holding.

If anyone had noticed him, he would have asked how long he had been cleaning the glass for.

“Sunday? you're kidding me, hahaha. Your jokes are so laughable you know.”

“I'm serious..”

“Hah? You're being serious apparently yes. I'm sorry, I thought you were just joking with the room timeframe. I say this, if you don't want any nasty gossip from this store, don't blame me.”

What Jell knows here is that he knows that the innkeeper never told Jell the price of the room.

Jell bluffs by tricking the shopkeeper. In reality Jell had absolutely no power to do that, because in this city no one Jell knew.

Shopkeeper by voice “Cih”, with reaction on Jell's face. “People who cannot be in kulabui.” Jell's face reflected that. Jell seriously looked at him with a smiling face grinning.

“Alright, a month. But it will not get the facility ok?”

“No problem, as long as we sleep soundly it is enough.”

The guard handed over the room key numbered 12. Calling Mai, Jell and Mai went to the third floor. Entering the room and happily stretching.

One bed, small table, two chairs, closet 1 pair. A mediocre facility, but he did not regret it for being able to live for a month here.

“With this we already get a place to stay ya.”

Excited by the situation, Jell described his heart.

***