Chapter 58 First Quest

'Winter is almost there.'

I thought while riding my horse into the place where the Red Bulls are located.

In the game, developers decided to use horses instead of cars or any other concepts for traveling, probably in order to give the atmosphere of fantasy.

Albeit, of course, since most of the animals here are not normal, my mount, Night, is not a normal horse either. It is an evolved horse with better physical aspects. But the important thing is that it still has room to grow, albeit we need to find the seed of evolution first in order for that to happen.

Therefore, without wasting too much time, I was able to reach the greenery on the west side of the city using the speed of Night.

Since Red Bulls are one-star monsters, they are not in the depths of the wilderness but more on the exterior of it.

So, entering the greenery, I slowed down and stared, looking around to see if there were any signs of Red Bulls.

Activating my [All Seeing Eye], I slowly started looking at the ground, and as I expected, I was able to see faint traces of abatures on the grasses.

Immediately starting to follow the traces, I also started getting ready for the combat as well.

/ROAR/

Hearing the sound of a beast roar coming from the surroundings, I headed to the source of the sound.

'Hmm, let's kill them using my sword.'

Getting closer, I saw a group of three Red Bulls eating grass.

Although most of the monsters would get more and more aggressive, since one and two-star monsters are still at the beginning of their evolution, they would still keep some of their normal traits with them.

Dismounting from the Night, I started approaching the Bulls.

/ROAR/ /ROAR/ /ROAR/

Immediately noticing my arrival, with a loud roar, the bulls started charging me.

Albeit, it was still slow for someone like me with a speed stat of 2.0.

<Monster in the vicinity detected.>

<Trait [Witcher] is activated.>

Feeling the increase in my strength, I focused on the Bulls coming closer.

/SWOOSH/ /STAB/ /STAB/

Without wasting any time, I dodged the charge of the Bull, sidestepping, and then stabbed it from its abdomen, injuring it.

/SWOOSH/ /STAB/ /STAB/ /STAB/

Jumping in the air, I dodged the charge of the other one and rapidly stabbed its eyes, piercing them.

Looking at the scared last one in front of me who is afraid of charging, I thought;

'The most important rule of nature. Survival of the fittest. Your instincts should be screaming right now, albeit nothing will save you from being a material used for human clothing and weapons anymore.'

/DASH/

And bolted towards the bull.

/SWOOSH/

With a last attempt to live, the Red Bull attacked me with his horns, trying to shake me off.

Albeit, that was an insignificant move.

Dodging the horns, I punched the Bull on its abdomen and stabbed its neck, making blood spurt from the wound.

/FLICK/

Flicking my hand to focus the lightning mana onto the first bull I injured, I killed it, marking the end of the fight.

<First quest of Hunter's Path, [Kill three one-star monsters] completed.>

<Stamina stat is increased by 0.1.>

<Second quest of Hunter's Path, [Kill ten one-star monsters] generated.>

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Questline – Hunter's Path

Definition - As a hunter, you need to hunt.

Quest - Kill ten one-star monsters.

Rewards – 0.1 increase in strength stat

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Marking the end of the quest, I approached the monsters while checking the contents of the quest. Putting the body of the monsters into my space pouch and making them disappear, I called the Night and hopped onto it.

'Now, two left. But it is too much of a waste to leave this place like that. I should clear more monsters before leaving.'

Just like that, riding my horse into the depths of the wilderness while checking my map from time to time, I kept going for the time being.

****

After slaughtering ten more Red Bulls in the wilderness, I encountered a herd of Red Bulls.

'Hmm, from the looks of it, there is an Alpha Red Bull managing the group. That would be quite a fight.'

Although normal Red Bulls can't use magic, that is not the case for the Alpha Red Bull.

Alpha Red Bull is a 2-star monster evolving much more than normal, and that is the reason it is alpha in the first place.

Just like that, I approached the herd.

'Now, let's begin the fight.'

***

In the middle of the wilderness, a lone young boy with black hair and leather armor on him was standing holding a rapier with golden engravings on it.

In front of him, a monster of 2.5 meters of height was breathing from its nose, looking enraged.

Around him, a dozen of dead bodies of Bulls with Red furs lying on the ground, blood spilling from their wounds.

"Come."

Saying this, the boy took his position while signaling the bull in front of him with his hand.

However, this Bull was a lot different from the normal ones.

/ROAR/ /BOOM/

Immediately roaring, the bull conjured a sphere of fire in front of his horns, firing it on the place where the boy was standing.

/SWOOSH/

Albeit, it was the place where the boy had stayed 'before.'

With a speed that is hard to follow with the eyes of normal people, the boy evaded the fire attack, closing the distance.

/ROAR/ /ROAR/ /ROAR/ /ROAR/

Seeing its attacks were not working; the Bull fired another bunch of fireballs from its head with the intention of killing.

/SWOSH/ /SWOOSH/

Albeit like a dancer on a battlefield, the boy evaded all of the fireballs with unique footwork, showing his expertise.

/STAB/ /STAB/

And, immediately closing the distance, the boy started attacking the monster with a couple of piercing strikes, using his speed to his advantage.

/ROARRRRR/ /BOOM/

Albeit, the monster was not standing idle either.

Immediately blasting the place around itself, the monster tried to create a space between itself and the little boy.

/SWOOSH/

But that proved to be useless. Somehow the boy was able to avoid the explosion, and in a matter of time, the boy had already reached the head of the Bull.

/CRACKLE/ /CRACKLE/

With bolts of lightning spreading around from the blade of the rapier, the boy pulled his hand back.

"Sword of Lightning, Piercing Thunder."

/STAB/

Saying that, he immediately attacked the head of the Red Bull, piercing its skull while leaving traces of lightning behind him.

/THUD/

And landed on the ground with a soft movement.

"That was quite a fun fight."

Looking at the scene before himself, the boy said with a slight smile and then started collecting the bodies of the monsters.

"Hmm, it seems my pouch won't be able to hold any more monsters than this one."

Muttering like that, the boy grabbed a body of a monster from the inside.

"Then, I should take out some of the carcasses of normal Red Bulls and make a space for the carcass of Alpha and horns of others."

Mumbling like that, he set to work.

****

The sun was about to set down when I finished killing the Alpha Red Bull.

However, since my pouch wasn't able to contain any more than this, I needed to leave some of the carcasses in this place.

'Hmm, it seems I need to upgrade my pouch as well.'

Although there are space artifacts related to storage, they are hard to find. I had one before, but I lost it in the attack where Austin was killed, and I never got another after since Adelyn prevented me from having one.

Anyway, with those thoughts, I hopped on top of my horse and started returning to the city.

After riding for two hours, I reached the city.

Entering there, showing my adventurer ID, I headed to the guild building to get my reward.

Reaching the familiar building, I saw it was already crowded.

Since when I registered as an adventurer, it was pretty early in the morning, and the building was not that crowded.

But now that it is around evening time, most of the adventurers are returning from their quests, it seems.

"Hey, John. How are you doing?"

"You bastard. My name is James; it is not John."

"Okay, okay. Don't get mad, John."

"You!"

"Sigh…. You are no fun…. So, what did you do today?"

Looking at the conversing adventurers hanging out with their friends, I started slowly approaching the line in front of Jane since it was the shortest one.

"Miss Jane, you are looking good as always."

Albeit, the bastard in the front was holding the line for some stupid reasons.

'At least, hit on her when there is no one in the queue.'

I thought.

"Mister Adventurer, please move aside and open the space for others waiting in the line, or I will call the guards."

Albeit, it seems Jane is not a woman to be messed with.

With a stern face, she basically shooed the man with the threat of guards, and it was pretty effective.

After that, it was my turn to take the hauls of the day.