Gavin

Just like with any activity, a fast rate of growth is apparent in the beginning.

When it comes to hunting monsters, some people just have a knack for it. Like a child who's talented at drawing, given the right tools and support this rate of growth will be supplemented.

For Matthew and Francis, they were in their element.

For Natalie and her group, the first week can only be described as hell.

They had to set up camp near a river, were attacked by monsters multiple times and eventually 4 members lived through the chaos. Natalie, her boyfriend Gavin along with Trisha and Larry.

Gavin became the defacto leader after Natalie caused the deaths of two of their members.

Gavin, unlike the rest of them. Unlocked his unique ability early. A useful ability that helped him greatly in combat.

Name: Gavin Ambos

Title: N/A

Profession: Swordsman

Mana: 100/100 [No Circle]

Ki: 400/400 [Untrained]

Unique Ability: 4-Armed Warrior

Skills: [Basic Swordsmanship][Ki-Empowered Slash]

Just as the name implies, he can have up to 4 arms at once.

The party's composition is actually decently balanced. The main problem is their lack of skill. They have Natalie the "Sorceress" but her mana pool is limited and the cost of spells burn her out easily. Trisha the archer who ran out of arrows within the first 2 days and Larry. Larry is a warrior who wields an axe, he still has his weapon but Larry's main asset is his large physique.

If he wasn't built like a tank then survival wouldn't even be an option.

They all voted for Gavin to lead since he is not only good at fighting, but he has also been suggesting the right calls that fell to deaf ears whenever Natalie wanted to discuss their plans.

At their 8th day in another world, they finally reached a town.

"Hello Mr. Guard, could you tell me the location of the town's adventurer's association?"

"Miss this is a town... in the middle of the safest forest in the country. We don't even have a mercenary's den hahaha. You're quite the joker!"

All four of them headed into the town, with no money and next to no knowledge of where they were.

"I didn't want to do this but, Mr. GUARD WE WERE SENT BY THE GODDESS! Heroes from another world, I repeat we are heroes! Treat us with some respect here!"

"Hahahaha heroes? Sent from another world? My goodness call the church Gerard it seems that our guests are a bunch of lunatics! Heresy I say, heroes can only be summoned by royalty. Claiming to be one is heretical little girl"

"Wait no! wha-t? I'M-"

The best way to deal with a situation, is to never reveal all of your cards. Matthew made no mentions of coming from another world, he decided to play it their way.

It is common sense to think that someone is crazy, when that said person has no proof.

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[Goblin's Bane]

- You are the bane to the existence of goblins, acquired through wiping out a nest of goblins alone. You can now track goblins at a heightened rate, goblins fear you instead of attacking you from behind most will choose to simply run away.

As he enjoyed his lunch Matthew looked through the three different pieces of paper containing his next few targets.

Deep into the forest, if he headed east. A group of Gnolls. He didn't want to go deeper into the forest it's far more dangerous, so this one is obviously out.

Closer at both the south and northern side of the town, were the orcs. Extermination is urgent, 10 silver per head. A big problem for travelers and merchants, they are individually weaker than a Gnoll. The fact that they move in groups is what makes them dangerous, along with the fact that they love to call for backup.

The last one is an assassination request, the Bandit leader who leads a small faction in the west. They plan on attacking at around 8 or 9 in the evening. The town elder placed a bounty of 5 gold on his head, though split among 6 or 7 people it's not a lot. He promises to give the main contributor at least 2 Gold out of his own pockets.

"Guess I'll go for the orcs, buy the Knight puppet and try to join the subjugation for the bandits."

Orcs were tall, bulky and powerful. While not as versed in teamwork as goblins, they don't really need it.

It takes a whole set of well-trained mercenaries to take on such a group.

With his two pawns and a decent pool of mana, this talented puppeteer can be seen as an equal to them.

"Some people are just meant for this sort of thing." Matthew well 'Francis' thought out loud. 

...

As always, Gavin had to save her from stupid decisions once more.

"I'm sorry about her, she might have lost too much blood. You know how it is sir, women. Am I right?"

"Hahahaha I sure do, keep her mouth shut about this all right? The town's people are a religious bunch. Say heretical things, pay heretical tithes."

"I will take note of this, thank you sir."

"Your party's lucky to have you lad, there's a bounty stand by the end of that street, if you collected some goblin ears then that should be your priority."

"Thank you again sir!"

Gavin has become disillusioned over the past week. His infatuation with Natalie no longer stayed.

At the first sign of danger, her reaction is to abandon the people beside her. Making him realize that she is not the saint that she painted herself out to be.

"Good thing we kept all those goblin heads right guys?"

"Yup, yup! I can get some arrows with that!"

"Umm... Gavin, do you think I can get the Axe repaired?"

"Sure, our priority is in maintaining our general equipment. Something tells me that we're going to be here for quite a while."

Gavin is the most responsible one in the group. With his leadership and general care for people, he is someone that was meant to be the leader from the beginning.

While the first week was rough, the second week can be seen as where the party grew stable.

One thing was for sure, the main leader of the party is Gavin while the vice captain is Larry.

They each grew during said week, either gaining their first mana circle or training their usage of ki.

A pile of goblin corpses with their ears cut off can be seen as Gavin, a tall blond man with 4 arms. Can be seen wielding a sword on each of them.

"Wrap it up guys, we're heading to the town of Pablosini. The goal is to register as Mercenaries, there will be new monsters in that region. If we want to survive our old world, then progressing like this. Progressing in this pace should be the standard."