Chapter 105: Raiding a Monster Lair

Two days passed and Kayn is now standing in front of Old Chief George with a cartload of materials for the latter to check.

"Mountain Side Root, Twin Mushrooms, Rush Corn, Dart Bee Honey, Flower of Vigor,.." Old Chief George started identifying each different material he had listed on the list. There's a total of fifteen different materials on the list that Kayn has to find in Split Mountain.

"Let's see if you have met the exact quota I needed you to collect,"

With a wave of his hand, Old Chief George took out a weighing scale from his Storage Ring. After setting it up properly on the ground beside the cart, he then started weighing each of the materials one kind at a time.

"10kg!"

"10kg!"

"10kg!"

"....."

After going through fifteen different materials and marking complete the last one on the list, Old Chief George stood up and looks at Kayn.

"Congratulations, you've completed the first task,"

"It wasn't as difficult as you describe it to be,"

"That's only natural," Old Chief George glimpses at Friedrich and the others. It's very obvious already that Kayn received their help. "Moreover, no other gatherers want to gather in Split Mountain at the moment in fear of getting ambushed by some enemy units that escaped the war,"

Apparently, some mercenaries were actually able to luckily escape through the forest during the war by taking advantage of the chaos. And because of the fire that quickly consumed the forest, it wasn't worth the risk of chasing after them.

The next day after the war, Old Chief George sent some scouting party to try and find them. Later on, they brought along a few mercenaries in their return, some were held prisoners while a few were dead.

At the same time, they brought the news that the mercenaries that escaped the war seemed to have become bandits and made Split Mountain their home. Even worst was because there were only a few of them left, they don't stay in one spot and are constantly on the move to look for new targets.

And because Split Mountain is a known gathering spot in 'The Bridge', everyone could guess already that those bandits would be hiding in one of the gathering spots. As such, no one wants to risk going out yet until the bandits are all either captured or killed lest they become unlucky victims.

"So, what's my next task,"

"Don't you want to take a rest for the rest of the day?"

"It's not too late for me to rest after I find out what you have prepared for me next,"historical

"Alright," Old Chief George wave his hand once again. This time, he took out a single piece of paper and soon handed it to Kayn.

Kayn took the paper and started reading the content written on it, "Monster Lair Raid.."

[

Monster Lair Raid

Type of Monster: Ordinary Spider, Green Stripe Spider, Green Stripe Elite Spider, Green Guardian Spider.

Boss Monster: Green Stripe Broodmother

Location: Hanging Vine Cave

]

"Are you sure you didn't hand me the wrong mission?" Kayn can't help but ask.

"I have not," Old Chief George shook his head.

"But shouldn't I be completing beginner missions first before doing some Monster Lair Raid?"

Monster Lair Raid. Just like what its name suggests, it is an activity where a group of people or even just a single person would conduct a raid at a place assumed to be a monster lair.

Honestly, a Monster Lair Raid is very similar to a Dungeon Raid. The only difference between the two is with the latter, a person would be going through a portal that leads to somewhere inside the 'Tower' and there would be a limited parameter that they can explore. As for the former, a person would be going through a nest, a territory, a fortress, and something else where a group of monsters treats the area as their home. In both instances, they'd be clearing the place of the existing dangerous living beings.

"I skipped the part where you would have to complete a few requests from some of the people that live in my Village,"

Kayn raises his eyebrow, wondering why.

"Because it is unnecessary. And I can already guess that Mayor Sebastian's purpose for doing so is to keep you in my Village for as long as possible. I don't like that since you're already old enough to know what is good and bad for you, and what you want to do and shouldn't do,"

"I understand,"

"Anyways, you won't be leaving my territory yet with this mission. The Hanging Vine Cave is just a few hundred meters to the north of my Village. You'd be able to immediately find the place because the cave is just laid out of plain sight,"

"If you aren't sure, you can always just ask Friedrich and the others, right?"

"Are we going too?" Friedrich felt a bit excited.

"I can already guess that all of you are already feeling very bored constantly babysitting Kayn for the past two days. All of you can use this opportunity to continue training your mastery with your main class and the subclasses you've chosen,"

"Training again!" Cedrick can't help exclaiming in disappointment.

"Hey, shut up!" Roshan immediately covered Cedrick's mouth, "At least it is much better compared to babysitting Kayn,"

"You'd still be babysitting Kayn. Except for this time, you can do so by simply leaving him the easy monsters to take care of," Old Chief George reminded them in case they carelessly leave Kayn behind.

"Does he even need babysitting?" Natasha felt doubtful about that. She already witnessed with her own eyes some of Kayn's combat capability. One time they encountered a Forest Boar, and in just one slash, Kayn was able to take it down without breaking even a single sweat. There were multiple other situations where he had to fight monsters while collecting some materials. And in all of those instances, he made it seem like killing those monsters is a very easy task for him.

In the span of two days, Kayn had already leveled up to level 10.

What she is very curious about though is what exactly is Kayn's subclass. She had seen the latter using both a sword and a dagger multiple times with great proficiency. Gilbert told her that Kayn is an Assassin. But Friedrich begs to differ and informed her that he is a Knight.

"That's right!" Jackson and the other two, Simon and Steve.

"Regardless of how capable Kayn is in your eyes, I think all of you can agree with me that he isn't comparable to Chief Kylo yet," Old Chief George immediately discouraged them.

"By the way, have all the information you need been delivered to you?" Friedrich can't help asking.

"Strangely enough, only five out of the eleven territories have given me their report. Out of the five, one of them informs me of the destruction of their Village and that they would arrive in my Village after five days of travel,"

"Would it be possible that six territories were wiped out completely?"

"Even if that had indeed happened, your brothers and sisters that I've assigned in those territories should have given me a report instead. You should be more than aware that they have to prioritize their lives above the mission of protecting my allies' territories,"

"Maybe they are surrounded right now and that there's no way to send a report to our Village?"

"Don't underestimate them. Those territories that haven't reported to me yet are those Towns that belong to the Big Dipper Alliance,"

"If ever their territories are in danger, the Great Bear would no doubt make an appearance and assist them to win against the Assembly of Freedom. Once that happens, there's no way that they would lose,"

"I guess I was worrying for nothing,"

"Just take this time as an opportunity to rest before I send you on a big mission, just like what I've told you before," Old Chief George said his last piece of advice before entering the Town Hall to continue with his job of being the Chief of Green Horn Village.

"I understand," Friedrich simply wanted to make the first squad useful. They've been doing nothing but useless and minuscule missions for the past six months while the other squads have been through many important and big missions. He just can't accept it.

"It's okay," Natasha comforted Friedrich.

"Your second squad had it better than us," Friedrich sighs heavily.

Natasha, Jackson, Simon, and Steve are actually part of the second squad. One of their members, who is actually their leader, is not present because she is assigned to that certain Village that is making its way to the Green Horn Village.

In total, there are four squads in the Green Horn Knights, with each squad respectively having five members.

"In terms of mission count, we are indeed better compared to the first squad. But when it comes to life expectancy, we can hardly even compare to you guys," Jackson shook his head.

"From the moment the Green Horn Knights was created, you've only received a single casualty, which was a priest, to say the least," Simon expressed his opinion.

"Meanwhile, the second squad, third squad, and even worst, the fourth squad, have already made plenty of reshuffles over the years. Aside from the respective leaders of the three squads, all members have basically been changed because the original members have died through various means," Steve muttered.

"Although when it comes to the degree of importance between the missions your first squad was handed and the three other squads, you guys clearly had more excitement and thrill than all of us combined together," Natasha felt jealous.

"I guess each squad has its own pros and cons," Friedrich felt comforted by their words. "By the way, Kayn, what do we do next?"

"Let's rest,"

"Don't you want to gather some information about the monsters you are up against and the structure map of the Hanging Vine Cave first?"

"No need," Kayn started walking away along with Gilbert. "All of you are free to do whatever you want to spend your time with for the rest of the day. Let's meet up in the Town Hall same time as usual,"

"Okay!"