Shadow King Chronicles: Building a Kingdom From Behind the Scenes
Chapter 67: First Quest (Part 1)
The four companions, Issac, Anna, James, and Evelyn had already prepared for the adventurer Guild when they forgot one thing. James, Anna, and Evelyn there had yet to prepare their adventuring equipment!
and even more stupidly, they have not prepared the money to buy the equipment.well, their stupidity double apparently. of course except for Issac since he had already made his own equipment while hunting high-level monsters.
in the end, it was Issac who lent them money.Issac did not mind to pay for all their equipment without having to be returned, but the three men insisted on returning the money later.
after shopping for a while at the shop near the Guild, they directly went to the Guild to retrieve their first Quest.it was already quite noon so the Guild was already not too crowded. maybe the adventurers have gone on a mission.
They immediately headed towards the reception desk.they met the same person as yesterday.
"Ara, you guys apparently. Is there anything I can help you with?"
this time it was Issac who answered him, "Yes, we intend to take our first quest."
The receptionist led them to a wall filled with various papers. there were quite a number of quests available for bronze rank like them but almost all quests for picking medicinal ingredients.
they almost took the quest when finally the corner of Issac's eye accidentally caught the quest that he thought was in line with the bronze rank for them, the Goblin Extermination.
"hmmm goblin extermination mission yes, this is suitable for those of you who are still ranked low but want to raise the rank quickly.well, but failure will be rewarded with fine okay."
that's what the receptionist said when they brought the paper before him. What he said was true.The extermination of the goblins was easy. it was easy if they were just exterminating ordinary goblins but it would be difficult if they encountered a warrior goblin or a slightly smarter mage goblin.
"Well this is it. This quest is requested by the villagers who are three kilometers from the academy city.This is a routine mission that they give to adventurers every month. the reward of this mission is ten Silver. If you fail, you will have to pay as much as five silver.be sure to succeed if you do not want to spend more money."
the four nodded after hearing the explanation from the receptionist. After that, given the map of the village, they went straight to the location where this mission would be carried out.it was only three kilometers. they also did not bring excessive supplies.just a bag of water and some dried meat.the rest, they could buy food from the village who asked for this Mission.
"You know, why did this village have to hire adventurers to eradicate the goblins?"
Issac began to ask as they were already walking outside the academy city.The other three people were just looking at each other.
Hearing James' reply, Issac nodded and asked, asking,
"Lantas, why could they only rely on adventurers? did they have no other way to avoid having to spend 10 silver coins every month? no, even more. Usually Guilds also attract other pay as retribution."
the three seemed to have given up on Issac's question so they shook their heads. Looking at the response of his three best friends, Issac smiled gently.
"That's because of the negligence of the people in power.You know, in fact, Nobles often send several people or teams to travel throughout their territory to withdraw taxes every year.
the problem is that the tax they are asking for is very high. Even in certain cases, they are withdrawing tax by 50 percent, that's half of their people's income.not just personal taxes, but personal taxes, they also drew taxes to villages that happened to be in their territory? of course the village was getting poorer by the day.
if they can't afford to pay? get ready to be robbed.everything, whether it's their possessions or even worse, usually if they happen to have a beautiful daughter or wife, or, they will soon be taken and made into toys*** for the nobles.
well, let's return to taxes. Ideally, the taxes that the people have paid to their leaders will return to the people in indirect forms such as road construction, provision and repair of public facilities, etc, including one of them guarantees security for the population because of the tax money that the soldiers are paid.
of course, as a result of hard work, the landlord is entitled to partake of that tax. the rulers made sure that the inhabitants of their territory could live in peace while thanks to the devotion of their masters, the people were obliged to pay taxes.
ideally like that. In fact? you will see for yourself later.maybe from the outside, the village will look calm.but if you are more careful, their eyes will definitely be empty. maybe you don't believe me now, but let's see.
and also remember this Anna, your family, Sera, can't be separated from this practice."
maybe what Issac said was on target. That's why he and his father discovered when Randall's family was granted the right to administer the former Sinovac area.The financial records, the testimony of the victims, and the confessions of his cronies made Sinovac's depravity all the more clear. remembering this made Issac smile bitterly.
while Anna, the expression on her face showed concern.so without her noticing, her head was slanted onto Issac's shoulder. making herself and Issac feel warm.the two looked to calm each other down.Look at that, and saw that, James and Evelyn feel that Anna and Issac are in a special relationship.
in the end, the journey to the village where their mission was going was filled with temptation and ridicule from James and Evelyn who made both Anna and Issac's faces flushed like boiled crabs.
what a beautiful afternoon for them.