The Story Of Jammetaria
CHAPTER 27 - Joint Mission 1

One quiet day as usual, not too early and also noon, the three walked together. They seemed to have already exited the guild and headed straight for the main gate of the city.

The third is not walking for no reason, they do things they are used to doing. Taking on a certain mission as usual but this time there was a slight difference.

A few days ago the three of them took on a mission that was quite interesting, the reward was appropriate but the location was quite far.

Mission to hunt and retrieve the stone Salamander skins. The location itself on a rocky hill that is southwest of the capital Felisia, more precisely turn in the T-junction of the meadow that leads to the city of Anggresia.

Because the location is far away then this mission is not enough just a day, they have to camp during the trip. But that's not the hardest thing. The hardest thing apart from successfully killing the stone Salamander and picking up the skin was how to bring it back.

Because 1 stone skin alone Salamander weighs almost 50-150 kg, because the skin is thick and rocky as the name suggests. Although it is called a stone but of course not an ordinary stone, the stone is more like a black metal that is quite hard is also easily flowed magic energy, which is also very easy, so that it becomes the ideal main material to make armor and weapons.

But luckily we have Audrey here...

This time the mission can also be done several parties at once. Because it just so happened that the time they took there were already 1 other party participating as well so the mission this time was a joint mission.

The three of them will work together with the party. A party called “Black Cats”, the three have recognized their names and faces, but that's all they know. So now Hendry, Audrey and Eliana would meet them at the city gate and immediately set out to perform the mission in question.

At the city gate, a party was already waiting for them. Consists of 4 people with 2 men and 2 women. The four of them were older than Audrey and co, but it was only natural that they were all ranked B.

After they saw the three of them, they all immediately stood up and carried their respective bags preparing to begin the journey.

"Hadehh.." said Elisha, an archer from their party, in appearance she looked like a pretty fierce older sister, wearing a thin green suit and tying her blond ponytail behind her. He carried a bow and a bag of arrows. Do not forget to also carry a bag without any difficulty. Although he himself seems to have 2 innate loads that seem quite heavy and large because his clothes are slightly open.

"Then what about your supplies, with such luggage, it is impossible to go on a camping trip…"

"Sorry sister. But.." Audrey almost spoke but her word was immediately cut off by Dani's sister. A great swordsman, just like Hendry.

"Of course they're still C-ranked, maybe it's their first experience, so let them learn from us…"

"In addition we also bring a lot of supplies, we do not mind sharing with you..."

"Cih.. if Dani said that, what can be done.." Sighed Elisha with annoyance.

Everyone starts walking out of town, without giving Audrey, Hendry or Eliana a chance to talk, especially about the misunderstanding of the supplies the three brought.

They began to walk through the forest and the main road that connects the city, at this time it is still not too late, but it is not a problem because this road has been very often they pass, but it is not too late, and also the sunlight here is not too stinging because of the many trees on his left right.

"Cih adds to the burden." Said Elisha.

"Let's just let's use them as bait anyway. They should know the risks of working as adventurers. Judging from the equipment they were wearing, it seemed like only the child of a wealthy person who pretended to be an adventurer, without knowing what the real risk was." Said Vishnu, one of their party members, a male spear user who looked more sinister than everyone, with long black hair that closed one of his eyes was also with a sharp black spear carried behind the bag behind his back.

"Huss. don't say that, after all we as seniors have to set a good example for our brothers.." Tegur brother Dani in front of who accidentally heard it.

The two parties walked apart. Party “Black Cats” in front while Party “Grey Stars behind”. Among the three people from the party “Cat Hitam” there is still a member again.

A woman named Lia. He was very quiet and never seen speaking from earlier, but judging by his cloak and covered appearance he might be a witch, though not wearing a hat like Audrey. He has long hair and a smaller body than all his peers, but it seems that lifespan is not included.

He is currently walking behind his three friends. Right behind Elisha and Vishnu in the middle is also Dani in the front position.

Meanwhile, the three of them from the paty “Grey” star walked awkwardly and kept their distance behind the party device B. Audrey tries to calm down Eliana who is a little upset, while Hendey is quite excited because he first went on a mission with their senior sister one level above them without needing to care about anything unimportant.

Time passed and the day became more and more noon, everything had not stopped and missed lunch time, but it was common for adventurers. Most of those on missions during the day would miss it, since it was impossible to have the bandits or Monsters he hunted stop for a moment from fighting, it was impossible. Even so the adventurers never once missed breakfast, because being adventurers is also a dangerous job and in that case they must be in optimal condition.

They all kept going and getting sweaty, especially on the "Black Cat" Party in front of him. The three of them could have flown with the ability they had, but it was disrespectful, let alone all the party members in front of him not necessarily having this ability.

All the members of the "Black Cat" party started to get a little exhausted. They were already quite sweaty, because this journey without rest even though they had actually forced themselves a little, to look stronger in front of their juniors, while waiting for the three of them to ask for a break, he said, but that didn't happen until now.

With initiative Dani turned his head back and offered rest to the party behind him. The other three people also did not mind because they also felt the same way.

"Ba..how about we rest for a while, you guys seem to look a little tired.." Said Brother Dani whose face was sweating, staring at the three people behind him walking casually as if nothing heavy happened. Because they are basically used to this kind of thing.

In the past, Hendry and Eliana had traveled between cities to find party members, while Audrey herself as a witch liked to waste the abundant magic energy she had for things that were not too important, like burning garbage or watering plants for example...

"w…"

Before long they all rested by the river and filled the thirst with the clear stream of river water. They were almost three quarters of the way, currently resting under a tree on the edge of the forest, where the grasslands and rocky plains came into view.

Due to the tiredness of the senior brothers from the party "black cat", they can not talk much, but surely they already know the names and faces of Hendry, Audrey and Eliana.

The weather is still bright but the sun begins to lean slightly towards the sunset, the afternoon is still far away but the atmosphere is not as hot as before. They all rushed out of the river and continued on to the rocky hill before the afternoon began to approach.

Walking like that with a little tension on both sides with no talk and words out of their mouths addressed to the party "Grey Star" or vice versa.

It was almost afternoon, but they were coming soon. Some time ago they had started to climb this rocky hill, although called rocky is not entirely made of stone. There is still a lot of soil and clumps among the large rocks embedded in this hill, even some trees still grow towering with a little water source in the cracks of the roots.

Finally they arrived, they immediately looked for a suitable place to camp and rest tonight. After traveling around for a while, choose a place to start camping.

Somewhere in a hilly flat area a little away from the habitat of the stone Salamander, it is also thought to be a pretty safe place from Monster attacks even without any barrier magic installed around it.

After deciding here the place, they immediately split up on their own because it was quite late afternoon, looking for some firewood and some extra groceries left a pile of bags as well as Hendry, Audrey and Eliana here.

"O oi.." Hendry was a little surprised by what the senior brothers were doing, but of course it showed how experienced they were.

"Hen is better off we get ready, too." said Audrey, patting Hendry's confused shoulder.

They began to prepare what they could prepare, starting from dismantling a pile of supplies stored in Audrey's storage magic, setting up a tent also preparing additional equipment that was honestly not too important to bring camping.

Before long the senior brothers had returned they were surprised instead of playing, firewood, fish, meat and wild vegetables they brought down to the ground.

2 large tents that can each accommodate 5 people stand before them, complete with tables and small chairs around it. Some of the food is also ready here. There was only one thing lacking which was the bonfire that they were about to make.

A preparation that is arguably excessive by a group of beginner parties who rarely camp, especially if one or two of them have something practical called "storage magic".

“Ooiii.. Didn't you not seem to be carrying a big bag ? don't don't it..”

“Ah, that... Sorry we haven't had time to say.. it was storage magic... right Audrey ?”

Audrey nodded.

“So my guess was right, I had thought before but didn't expect it to be like this the result.”

Dani and her friends were still a little amazed. It seemed like they had seen Audrey use this magic, while dismantling the goblin's head a few months ago when the three finished their first mission.

At present, Audrey's storage magic has become a public secret or at least a rumor among adventurers in the guild. Audrey had no intention of keeping it a secret, she did this as well to further mask Eliana's storage magic that was far rarer than hers.

Since both tents had been made and preparations reached 90% Eliana offered their senior brothers to join all of them, of course as seniors they initially refused but after further talks they finally accepted it, with a shared division, 1 male tent and 1 female tent. The atmosphere was also slightly melting, not stiff anymore like before, now everything had started talking and familiarizing themselves with each other. Technically they are also not bad people, because it is natural to feel that they have a burden to bear, even though it is not their responsibility.

The day was getting darker, the stars in the sky were becoming clearer and of course the bonfire was already lit. They were all shoulder to shoulder and working together to prepare a warm meal to eat tonight. Vegetables and wild fruits neatly arranged on the table, The aroma of fish and roast meat scattered everywhere, smoke billowing from the campfire that was modified in such a way as to be a furnace, with hot water in the pot hanging on it.

They all ate happily, chatted together to brighten the atmosphere, had also been aloof for their private time. Hendry eagerly approached Dani's sister until the two were noisy, Eliana approached Lia's loner sister in the women's tent, Elisha and Vishnu went together to see the cement stars Audrey went alone to enjoy her solitude.

At the edge of the cliff not far from the tent they stood, Elisha and Vishnu enjoyed the starry sky with Elisha who started a little light conversation.

"You think... How were the beginners ?"

"Ah.. Not too bad."

"Basic mm. But indeed, they are good children even if we are a little bad…"

"Yes…"

"It would be great if they joined us, or at least became partners. That way our work as adventurers will be easier…"

"Do we need to give a little coercion…"

"Foolish base.., that's impossible. To get their hearts we have to make them feel indebted, so they will often work with us, and we will continue to get this kind of comfort. Especially that kid who has that storage magic…"

As the day grew night, the campfire slowly extinguished leaving behind the glittering light of the stars. In the cold of the night they all walked into the tent, with drowsy faces and preparing to sleep. All lighting is turned off and they sleep asleep, preparing for tomorrow to do their main job...