C17: Make Money to get a Life

To the west of Downwood, on a very high cliff edge, 6 bodies were lying dead on the ground. In the middle of the bodies of the dead 'Orcs' was a man with long white hair and two sharp ears and grey eyes who were dancing around the last orc with his blade.

"Aren't you tired, disgusting orc!"

Eric, the tall handsome Vampire hopped around the exhausted orc with a smirk on his face. Eric was covered in a few wounds, but he wasn't ready to drop dead yet. "Haha… exhausted, aren't you?" he asked, gazing at the tiresome face of the Orc.

"Fuck you… Vampire. I hate your kind. Can't even resist the Sunlight without an artificial cream!"

"We have to live too, man." Eric smiled as he swung his sword towards the 7-foot-tall Orc and tried to shield himself with the small sword left in his grasp but Eric's incredibly fast gash sent the sword flying into the air, disarming the Orc.

"Fuck you, Vam —" Eric sliced the Orc's head clean off before it could finish the sentence.

<You killed a Level 15 Orc!>

<You have gathered +3 rare souls!>

The soul orbs from the orcs sucked into the Vampire's body. The vampire too was exhausted, since this battle had taken more than a fucking hour!

"Fuck…" Eric sat down by the campfire the Orcs were settling in for the night. "System… show me how many days I have left till the curse kills me."

<You have 14 more days!>

"Show me the progress…"

<Rare Curse [Murderer's Binding!] :

Remaining time: 14 days, 12 hours, and 5 minutes.

Gather 999 Rare souls or the equivalent of it before the countdown ends! [80/999] >

Eric laughed after seeing this. For a murder he hasn't committed, he was cursed too. He couldn't believe how cruel this society was. Truly.

There was a cauldron with boiling water in the middle of the fireplace, and the fire was still running. His hands were covered in blood, and he licked all the blood off. Though Orc blood tastes disgusting, it still increased his energy and restored his mana.

Then, he put some herds into the boiling water in the cauldron to make some medicine to increase the speed of the healing process and took his phone out of his pocket.

[Are you done yet?] from "Guard A." Sent an hour ago.

[...]

[I'm done now… keep the money ready.]

Replied Eric.

Then, he grabbed the earphones from his pockets and plugged them into his ears, and played a good old album he loved. While the song played, he stared at the dead Orcs, rotting away on the edge of the cliff.

Click!

The song started playing…

[Jeremiah was a bullfrog!

Was a good friend of mine!

I never understood a single word he said,

But I helped him a drink his wine!]

"Three Dog Night… nice."

Eric calmly breathed in the early morning air as the rock started ringing in his ears.

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Knock! Knock!

"Oh, is that you, Jamie?" It was clearly Melloni's voice that came from the other side of the door.

"Yes, yes it is!"

Melloni came and opened the door.

"Good morning ~" Jamie paused when he saw the blonde, ugh… sexy girl. Never mind the freckles on her cheeks, who cared. Look at her…

He simply paused for a minute, and gazed straight at her, trying hard as possible not to check her out! But, his eyes deceived him. The woman was wearing a simple T-shirt that couldn't hide her enormous boobs and very short pants, just like Holly was wearing that morning! Moreover, she smelled like raspberries.

"Umm… Good morning to you too," said Melloni, who was eagerly waiting for Jamie to say her name after 'Good morning.'

But, it didn't seem to work out.

Now, this small cottage was quite familiar to Jamie. Whenever he entered the house, he always got that feeling that said 'Ours.' He breathed in the sweet air of the house.

////

Claire was sitting on the chair by the fireplace, checking the news on TV.

"Jamie, Good morning!"

"Ah, Claire. Morning!"

"Take a seat, will you?"

Jamie took a seat on the couch, sipping the morning cup of coffee.

On the TV, that read [KDD News], there was something quite interesting playing. 'Holy – the shadows… they've taken friggin 'picks of them!?' The Demon King almost coughed out the coffee in his mouth upon seeing this.

Claire saw him staring at the TV in awe. "Oh… Jamie, that is this Demon King uprising I told you about! We're chatting up about this through our Demon Hunters chat group right now! Why don't you give me your number so I can add you?"

"Huh.. oh, ahem," Jamie cleared his throat. 'Fuck… I'm going deeper and deeper with this Demon Hunters shit. I just hope those friggin shadows will arrive at Downwood with their heads fucking down!'

"Here…"

She added him to the Demon Hunters chat group.

[Jamie was added by you]

Alan: [Who the fuck is this?]

Leila: [Kick ig. There's a rule in the group that says 'No adding people without prior notice and a face reveal to Leila.]

Alan: [Shut up Leila! You're not the fucking leader!]

Orion: [Just tell us who you added Claire…]

You: [Ah, guys! He's the one who I've told you about! Jamie Fang.]

Leila sent a pic.

Alan: [What the actual fuck!? She actually cut the whole part about how we argued that she was not the leader!]

Leila: [Duh.]

Jamie stared at the group and blinked twice, thrice. "The demon hunter guild… this?" He gazed at Claire.

"Umm… sorry, they are clumsy in chat. Not in real… life." Claire smiled at him sweetly once more.

"Sure."

"Anyways," Claire placed her phone face down on the table. "What are you doing today? I mean…"

"Do you have Wi-fi?"

"Umm, yes. Why?"

"Can you tell me the password for a moment? You can change the password after today for sure. I need to search for some Jobs nearby on the internet. I surely don't have to go to Holly's bar to find a quest," Jamie said.

"Oh, no-no. You can use my Wi-Fi, no worries! I mean… how would you remember the internet if you don't have your memories back though?"

"Oh, I mean… I mean I touched the phone and you know. Who doesn't know how to use a phone… we're millennials after all." Jamie giggled from the outside and from the inside –

'Oh fuck, oh fuck… if she's onto me, I'm fucking dead!'

"True true," she giggled. "Anyways… Here's my password. Quickly type it down before umm… sis comes out of the shower! She's pretty sensitive about Wi-fi."