Chapter 5 – Snowyfield Village

Third person POV

 Russell saw that the three suspicious people were dead, indeed. Life was taken away from them. Then, he took a look at their dead bodies on the road, before giving one of them a very low movement with his foot. The feel, however, is mushy, indicating that their bodies somehow turned into mush or a mush-like state. But this makes Russell shiver a bit from head to toe. "Man, I was too much in the speed of my bus. I should consider using that before actually doing that to my enemies."

And then, now suspicious of their possible agenda, Russell took a closer look at their black hoods. Then, he saw a square shape with a symbol resembling a fox in its center.

 "Hmm…what is that?" he asked himself.

He then took the hood from one of them just in case he would know something more about it in the future.

Then, he dragged the dead bodies out of the way and took their weapons and armor for his self-defense.

 After that, he returned to the bus with all that loot. As he puts them in an open compartment in the front, the adventurer asked him what he was doing. "Those are my loot," replied Russell back. "These people really tried to kill us after all." He then returned to his driver's seat, closed the door, shifted the gear to Drive, and continued their way towards Snowyfield Village. And then, the bus began its slow ascend towards the village through a sloped road, which was gradual and long.

 Later, at 4:22 p.m., the bus arrived at Snowyfield Village, which was a big village in the snowy mountains. This is where the snow falls year-round. Upon pulling over, Russell was amazed to see how snowy it was. "Wow…"

Then, his passengers looked out the windows, happy that they had arrived at their destination in just a few hours.

 "Is this it?" Russell looked at them.

Then, one of the passengers, a scholar, stood up and nodded. "Yes, this is it. Thank you."

Russell then opened the door. "Okay, that will be 7 gold coins for each of you, please."

His passengers did so and gave him the money.

 "Thank you," Russell said as he received the money. "I'm happy to help."

With that, his passengers get off the bus with their belongings.

The number of passengers was 8, so the total amount of money earned was 56 gold coins, much to his happiness.

He had earned a lot of money on his second day in this new, fantasy world. "Wow, awesome…"

 Then, he remembers what the old man from the group told him: a bunch of bandits are raiding the village, or, will raid the village. So, with that in mind, he parked his bus somewhere off the road and turned off the engine, before getting off with his book and knapsack to explore the village for some time. Along the way, he checked for any bandits roaming and loitering around the big, snowy village while exploring and looking around. He was enthusiastic and willing to explore up to the point of near exhaustion. He looked and checked out stands, small stores, and small restaurants, but barely spent anything since he wanted to save up. At one store, he bought a wooden spoon for 1 gold coin, and at another store, he bought a skewer of roasted mutton because he was hungry, since his lunch made him bored, and wants to eat something different.

Then, as he pulled the first piece of the salty, roasted mutton from the stick with his teeth, he tasted it so good and tasty. "Delicious…"

He said that while getting distracted by the food's deliciousness.

 Shortly thereafter, he sat down on a bench in the snow. Before sitting down, he wiped the snow off the wooden oak bench. And then, he sat down to finish his small, but delicious snack. After that, he looked at the snowy mountains that surrounded the village, admiring its beauty in the high altitudes.

 "My life is so much better here," he thought as he gazed at the towering mountains.

His life is getting better by the day now.

Because he rammed some bad people last time, Russell leveled up to Level 5. "What?" Russell said to himself while looking at his bus driver's license with his new level. "No way!"

Every time Russell levels up, his license updates his current level, and with enough levels, his rank will go up.

As of now, his rank is now at A, 7 levels to go before ranking to AA.