NOVPUB"That was a… Pretty crazy trip huh?" Kabir commented as he got off the carriage.
We've finally arrived in Latipac City and even though it took us only about a week to get here, it felt like we spent a much longer time travelling than we actually did.
I guess it has to do with all the stuff that happened as well as the fact that there's five Off-Worlders in one place.
Well, it certainly got even more lively after the dinosaur attack as we started talking about the movies that we've watched back in our original World too. And of course, the topic shifted to the movie adaptations of my books.
Not all of them were great of course and there were a number of them that I vehemently deny the existence of because they were just so bad that I swore to never sell the rights of publishing to those publishers ever again just because of how they mistreated the source material.
If I had to be honest, I had a fun time talking to them.
Now that we've finally reached the city and our escort mission was over, it also meant that we were parting ways with those Off-Worlders as well and I could see that they were a little reluctant to part ways.
"Hey… How likely is it to meet an Off-Worlder in this world?" Jenna asked, fidgeting with the staff that she was holding.
I turned to grin at her, "I think you might be happy to hear that I've met more than a dozen of them across my time spent here. So it's actually more common than you think."
Christos spun to me with a surprised look, "Wait really?"
I nodded, "Yeah, but I have to warn you though, not all of them are friendly. There's a few who were actually actively hunting other Off-Worlders so I would advise against telling everyone that you are an Off-Worlder, even if you know the other side is an Off-Worlder too."
Kabir frowned, "There's Off-Worlders hunting other Off-Worlders?"
"Yeah… There's even a whole community… Ugh, fine, they're a cult. There's a cult of them that are screwing things up in this World for some reason."
Penelope rolled her eyes, "Why am I not surprised? There's always those dumb idiots who think that they are more important than everyone else. Then they look for idiots dumber than they are to influence and get them to do things for them."
Yeah… I think that's quite an accurate description of that group…
"So what are you going to do now?" Jenna asked me.
I looked back at my girls who were waiting at a respectful distance from me, "Well… I guess we might be going to check the Dungeon where that dinosaur came from since the Guild needs Dungeoneers to clear them out."
"Oh…"
I turned back to frown at her, "Don't tell me you're thinking of following along?"
She quickly shook her head, "No, no… I doubt I am able to face monsters and fight like you did right now… I'll probably just stay here for a little bit before continuing my way to the main Aerialla Academy."
Fair enough… Because I really don't think she could face those monsters at her current level without dying…
I turned towards the other Off-Worlders and Kabir also quickly shook his head, "Ah, no… As much as I like adventure, I'm not at the stage where I can go and fight monsters confidently…"
Unsurprisingly, Christos also shook his head, "Not for me either. I'm not in a position in life where I can just go and risk my life without worrying about the people waiting for me back home."
Yeah, this guy has a family after all, and I'm sure Penelope also wouldn't be going Dungeon diving with her children anytime soon.
We ended up just wishing each other well and everyone went their separate ways with myself going back to join my girls.
As for Clark and his party… We already received our request completion confirmation from the merchant leader so he had already gone ahead to the Guild to turn the request in.
He did thank me again before he left and told me if I wanted to, I could look for him and he would treat us to a meal.
"Funny how things are always happening around you, Sister Aster~" Odeta laughed after watching those Off-Worlders go their own ways.
I pouted, "It's not like I'm doing it on purpose… Things just happen alright?"
"Where to next, Boss?" Emilia asked.
I pulled out the request confirmation slip, "We might as well go report the completion for the quest first then see if there is any news about that Dungeon while we're at it?"
The girls agreed with my suggestion and we also started heading towards the Guild building within the city.
We had to ask a passer-by for the location but after that, we found the building easily enough at city square. 𝒏𝙤𝙫𝒑𝙪𝙗.𝙘𝒐𝙢
Walking through the large double doors into the Guild building, I couldn't help but pause when I saw the interior of the building.
I have gone into various different Guild buildings in various different places and most of the time they have been crowded and packed with various different Guild members.
But for this one in particular, it was almost deserted.
There were still a few people around of course but there were more Guild staff than the Guild members.
I didn't see Clark around so I guess he must have already finished his business here and left.
"Oh, that's hot, Aster~" Lisa giggled while pointing at the side.
I turned to look in the direction she pointed and realised she was referring to the guy currently receiving a blowjob from two girls in the corner of the Guild.
Why is there always someone doing it in the Guild? Is this just a free sex area or something?
Ignoring the sight, I went over to the counter where a female staff member was seated behind.
"Good morning! Welcome to Latipac City's Guild branch! How can we help you today?"
I handed the completion slip to her, "We're here to report on this job's completion… And I heard there may be a Dungeon that needs clearing around here?"
She received the slip from me with both hands and nodded, "I have received the slip. And if you are asking about the Dungeon that had an escaped monster, the information about it is posted on the board over there."
The staff member pointed at the Guild quest board to the side of the wall.
I went over to take a look while the staff member was checking through the completion slip so that she could issue us our reward.
It didn't take me long to find the information I wanted since it was the biggest notice posted right in the centre of the board and had the symbol of the Kingdom's Knights stamped at the top of the notice.
Hmm… Seems like they are warning about a potential Dungeon break and are looking to recruit any Guild member that is looking to earn Creas from this. Seems like they are desperate enough that they aren't just limiting this to Dungeoneers but also looking for Adventurers and Mercenaries to help clear the monsters.
Let's see… How much are they paying here… Oh? They will be buying all Mana Crystals that are obtained inside the Dungeon at fifty percent above the usual market price.
Hmm… I wonder how much that Mana Crystal we got from the T-Rex is worth?
Judging by the size and its capacity… I'm estimating it to at least be a few thousand Creas at the very least.
Doing a quick check of the money we have… Well… We're not exactly that affluent but we're also not poor either.
As I had told the girls, I won't be tapping into the Creas that Emilia's business was earning for our travels as I want this journey of ours to be our new 'starting point' like we were just fresh out of spawn so to speak.
So the conditions for this quest were quite attractive to me.
As I said, we weren't poor by any means right now, but what we have was only enough to allow us to stay in mid range inns for around a week or so with all of our needs taken care of.
The main reason for the money sink came from the fact that there were six of us so that's six mouths to feed too.
"Ahem… We are going to take this request, right?" Emilia asked, her eyes clearly looking at the part that was talking about the payment.
Odeta grinned, "Heck yeah! Let's go fight those big monsters again, Sister Aster! The last one was so much fun to fight!!"
Huh… Should have expected Odeta to think it was a fun fight.
Well, let's see the information here… Oh, seems like they are already gathering interested parties at the knight's outpost within the city. Maybe that's why this place was so deserted.
I guess we should head there right after we collect our rewards for the escort quest here then.
