Chapter 7: Rayleigh and Shakuyaku Mission Rewards
Allen, who finished giving a long explanation to Rayleigh and Shakuyaku, immediately confirmed that it was related to the mission that had just been completed by the two of them. He quickly took out three silver coins and fifty bronze coins and handed them to Rayleigh and Shakuyaku.
"I have confirmed the mission that you two completed and these are the rewards" Allen paused and continued, "Other rewards you have received such as experience points have now been entered and can be checked directly in your status panel window."
Rayleigh and Shakuyaku immediately opened their status panel.
Status Panel
Name: Silver Rayleigh
Title: -
Fellowship: -
Level: 1 [585/3,000]
Status
Strength: 5 [+15]
Speed: 5
Defense: 5
Stamina: 5
Free Points : 0
Ability :
Conqueror's Haki [SS]
Armament Haki [S]
Observation Haki [S]
Sword Skill [B]
Equipment :
Sword [Normal] [Level 1] [+15]
Skills :
Friend :
Animal :
Status Panel
Name: Shakuyaku
Title: -
Fellowship: -
Level: 1 [585/3,000]
Status
Strength: 5 [+15]
Speed: 5
Defense: 5
Stamina: 5
Free Points : 0
Ability :
Armament Haki [S]
Observation Haki [A]
Arrow Ability [C]
Equipment :
Bow [Normal] [Level 1] [+15]
Skills :
Friend :
Animal :
"Are you guys going to continue on the mission?" Allen asked Rayleigh and Shakuyaku with great interest.
"Are there any easy missions for us to complete this time?" Rayleigh asked with a smile, "At least it does not require us to engage in direct combat."
"Well, the battle we had earlier used up all the energy we had and we still need to fully restore our energy to carry out a similar mission."
"You guys can take on missions that are carried out in the territory of the Imperium Kingdom."
"The mission that is in the Imperium Empire territory?"
"The missions are not only carried out in the monster territory. There are also various missions you can do in the Kingdom or in a place with residents. These missions include helping clean the house, helping care for children, being an employee at a bar, training someone to fight, and various other missions. You can go see it in person" Allen paused for a moment and said back, "My advice, if you want to carry out this mission, it is hoped that you don't build a team. The mission prize that is given is smaller than the mission prize that you are getting now and as long as you complete the mission while you are with the team, the prize that you will get especially the Exp points will also be divided into two "
"What do you think?" Rayleigh asked while looking at Shakuyaku.
"It doesn't matter. We can go on quests on our own now and as long as our stamina recovers, we get up and do the quests we did before."
"Um,"
The two immediately canceled the team they had previously built.
"By the way, Allen. Is there an item in the dungeon that will help us carry items or items that we get every time we hunt monsters?"
"Hmm sure" Allen nodded "The item name is space storage item"
"Space storage items?" Shakuyaku and Rayleigh's interest rose when they heard Allen's words.
"A space storage item is a magic item that exists in dungeons. These items allow you to store items or items that you get in dungeons or the outside world in a special room inside the object. Space storage items come in many forms such as bracelets, necklaces, rings, and various other shapes. This item itself is quite a step and difficult to find, especially if you expect the monsters you kill to drop it."
"…Of course, if you want to get it quickly, you can get it through the blacksmith shop in the dungeon." Allen's smile immediately widened.
"Seeing the smile you are showing…I feel that the price of this item must not be cheap"
"You guessed it." Allen chuckled lightly and continued, "This item itself has the smallest storage space of 1 cubic meter where the price for the item is one white gold coin."
"One white gold coin?" Rayleigh and Shakuyaku asked with confused expressions.
"Hmm? Haven't I explained to you about the exchange rate comparison in the dungeon?"
"No, you haven't." Rayleigh shook his head quickly.
"Ah, then I'm sorry," Allen said slightly apologetically.
"It's fine as long as you can give us something useful. Maybe… How about that space-saving item as an apology fee?" A profiteer smile appeared on Rayleigh's face.
"You are a shameless old man, aren't you?"
"Hey! Compared to you calling me parent, shouldn't that be what you call me?" Rayleigh said in a sullen and dissatisfied tone.
Allen just rolled his eyes at this and said, "I wouldn't give this kind of item away. You must find the item with all your might. I am here only to provide facilities and will not help the rest"
"You are very stingy, aren't you? Even in the case of me as the first adventurer"
"Whatever you say" Allen sighed then said, "There are five currency tiers that exist within the dungeon. The lowest level is bronze coins, followed by silver coins, next are gold coins, above are white gold coins, and lastly are crystal coins. Each comparison between coin one and the coins ranked above it is 100 coins which means 100 bronze coins have the same value as 1 silver coin and so on."
"...Following that explanation you gave. That is to say, a space storage item that is the smallest in size should at least cost…One million bronze coins?"
"One million bronze coins?!"
Rayleigh who heard this his whole body trembled violently. The mission they had just completed only rewarded them with three silver coins and fifty bronze coins which was the equivalent of 350 bronze coins. Coupled with the income they get from killing Goblins through the previous mission. The total amount of money they currently had was only around 400 to 500 bronze coins.
"Well, that's the price." Allen nodded and continued, "The item itself is an item at a step where the quality of the item is to the lowest level at a special level. It was rare for a blacksmith shop to be able to create such items. Therefore the price for the item is also quite expensive. The price that I previously told you guys was only the lowest price and if in a place where only one blacksmith shop was selling the item, the item's price might go up and even reach ten white gold coins."
"..."
Rayleigh and Shakuyaku were speechless listening to this.
As long as the item can be found in the outside world or maybe it can be purchased using money from the outside world. This would not surprise Rayleigh and Shakuyaku. With the strength they possessed, it was very easy to earn that kind of money in the outside world. However, it would be a different story inside the dungeon. Their current strength was extremely weak and it was difficult for them to be able to raise that much money in the current period.
"Don't get too hung up on getting the item for now" Allen said again, "With your current strength, it's very difficult for you to get the item unless you join an alliance and ask them for help. But, right now there is no alliance and only you guys are adventurers plus Marco. Therefore, I advise you to always carry a bag every time you enter the dungeon until you are lucky enough to get the item."
"Lucky…"
Shakuyaku sighed then said "Well, I guess we should then"
"The items you guys got, what are you guys going to do? Sell it or keep it?"
"What do you think?" Rayleigh asked Shakuyaku directly.
Shakuyaku thought for a moment and said, "Let's sell the item. At the moment we don't need it and it's very easy to get that type of item as well. We don't need to pile them up and turn them into items that just make the house look like a landfill"
"Uhm," Rayleigh nodded then said, "Then let's go back and find a bag or something. I don't want to be like a bum in the basement"
"What is it? Are you already feeling very happy from receiving such respectful gazes?" he smiled.
"Hehehe~ That's quite interesting" Rayleigh smiled excitedly, "Especially there are a lot of beautiful young ladies looking at me with eyes full of admiration."
"Oh? Pretty young lady?" Allen then glanced at Shakuyaku, "Are you okay with that?"
"He's done that many times already and it's impossible for him to be able to take those women by his side. It's also impossible for me to control." Shakuyaku said calmly and continued, "Let's go back, I want to sell the items immediately and go on another mission."
"Okay, Allen we go first,"
"You go first, Allen"
"Well,"
Rayleigh and Shakuyaku immediately walked out of the Guild to the house they were currently living in to prepare themselves better than before.
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Dungeon, First Floor, Southern Region of the Imperial Empire, Monster Zone.
Five hundred meters from the gates of the Imperial Empire. There is a very wide meadow there. In the meadow, you can see a large number of monsters that have the shape of a cow. It's just that the monster has a horn whose color is red. Another difference is in the body size of the monster where the body of the monster is two meters high and up to three meters long.
The name of the monster is Red Horned Ox.
"I must avoid fighting the Red-horned Ox whose level is several times higher than mine."
Currently right on the edge of the meadow. Marko was seen standing on a tree trunk while looking at several Red Horned Cows that were right in front of his eyes. Marko is not very impulsive and will make a move before he even analyzes something. As soon as he arrived at the mission location given by his customer, Marko immediately looked for an open place to pay attention to the opponent he would be fighting at this time.
"There are only about fifteen horned cows whose strength is equal to mine" Marko analyzed quickly through his Observation Haki ability, "About 20 horned cows whose strength is level two, slightly higher than my current level, and should still be able to be handled by me due to the attacks released. by them is just a header. The thing that I need to pay attention to is related to the speed problem they have. As long as I am not alert…I might be seriously injured from the attacks given."
"…If you add them all up, there are around 35 horned cows that it's possible to fight them…Though I'm confident in my ability to be able to fight level three red-horned cows…I guess it's better to avoid them. My status with them is very far and not impossible…I will run out of stamina before completing this mission"
"Let's finish this mission quickly"
Marko immediately jumped up high while he mobilized his devil fruit ability.
"Pheonix Change!"
Marko spread his arms to the sides followed by his two hands turning into blue wings whose wings were covered with very blazing fire but did not carry the hot temperature like a fire in general. Marko's two legs also immediately turned into legs like a bird with golden feet.
Marko did not make a full change, but only a half chance. By the time he had completed half of his transformation, Marko who felt his stamina was rapidly being consumed didn't want to waste much time. Marko quickly slid to attack one of the red-horned cows whose location was close to Marko at this time.
"Roar!..."
Several cows immediately felt a sense of crisis when they changed from Marko. Angry roars were immediately released by them followed by their gazes directed directly at Marko who was currently accelerating towards one of them.
"Roar!..."
The horned cow that was Marko's target roared seeing that he was Marko's target. Feeling unacceptable, the horned cow quickly prepared itself and then immediately moved towards Marko to attack Marko using its horns.
"Oh? Oppose? But…That's not enough!"
Marko, who was already very close to the red-horned cow, immediately turned his head by moving to the side so that the two of them did not meet each other.
"Tend!..."
"Agh!..."
Marko, who was right beside the horned cow, quickly released a very strong kick of his right directly into the stomach of the red-horned cow. The pain was instantly felt by the red-horned cow and instantly its body immediately stopped moving.
Seeing that there was an opportunity to finish him off, Marko quickly used his clawed legs and directly tore the neck of the red-horned ox. Fresh blood immediately came out of the horned cow's neck and immediately the body of the red-horned cow fell to the ground.
"Explosion!..."
The fall of the red-horned cow immediately caused a small earthquake in the area and immediately the body of the red-horned cow slowly turned into particles and disappeared into thin air. At the place of death of the horned cow, one can see a piece of meat piled up neatly.
It was the item Marko was looking for at the moment – Red Horned Beef.
Marko is required to collect as many as ten kilograms of red-horned beef to be able to complete the mission he currently has. Marko knew that it was impossible for him to just kill ten Red-horned cows because the items dropped by the Red-horned cows were not just meat but a one-liter bottle of milk.
"Roar!..."
A roar followed by a sense of threat was felt by Marko from behind him. A red-horned cow that was at level two was moving at high speed towards Marko at this time where it had prepared its horns to attack Marko.
"Hehehe~ Attacking from behind? An effective way but it won't have much effect on me, Yoi~"
By the time the red-horned cow was already close to Marko. Marko immediately avoided the attack released by the red-horned cow by flying into the sky and then turning his body above the sky. Marko then immediately moved at high speed using his wings towards the horned cow.
"Explosion!..."
"Roar!..."
Marko unleashed a powerful kick directly to the back from the red-horned ox that had attacked him earlier which caused the ox to crash to the ground where he was standing. Marko then immediately used the claws on his legs to rip the top of the neck of the horned cow and it was seen that fresh blood was gushing fiercely while Marko managed to injure the red-horned cow.
"Roar!..."
The last roar was issued by the red-horned cow before he died. His body slowly turned into particles and disappeared into thin air.
"Hmm?"
Unlike the items dropped by the red-horned cow that was killed by Marko the first time, the red-horned cow he killed at this time only gave a bottle of milk to the red-horned cow which was not a condition of the mission he had.
"This is going to be a long day…"
Marko who saw the item immediately sighed and then flew high quickly into the sky because he felt two horned cows attacking him.
"Stamina…It decreases very quickly and I should only be able to maintain my current form for about three minutes from now."
Marko who was currently up in the sky didn't attack back immediately. Marko could feel his current stamina decreasing rapidly when he used his current form.
"…Three minutes…There's no way for me to be able to complete this mission in such a short period…I might be able to kill a few of them and maybe…Use the time after that to rest then continue hunting once stamina is full again"
Marko, who had already thought about his next steps, quickly started moving again. Several red-horned cows were killed quickly by Marko some of them dropping meat and some dropping milk. The total number of red-horned cows that Marko has killed is fifteen, ten of which are red-horned cows with level one strength while the remaining five are red-horned cows with level two strength.
Marko, who felt that his stamina had run out, immediately moved to take every red-horned beef that came from the red-horned cow he had killed earlier. Marko immediately secured all of these items to the location occupied by him before while the milk that was not the target item was left by Marko in the meadow.
"Haa…"
"Haa…"
"Haa…"
Marko can be seen landing safely on the tree trunk he used before. There was a lot of sweat coming out of his body at this time plus Marko's breathing was very heavy.
"This is very troublesome…" Marko thought as he slowly regulated his breathing, "The fifteen tails that were killed by me and the ones that dropped the required items were only five"
Marko managed to get the amount of meat at this time is five kilograms. This means that out of the fifteen cows that Marko managed to kill, only five cows dropped the items he needed to complete his current mission.
"It's been a long time for me to fight until my condition is this tired…Usually, the battles don't tire me out like today…This place is very magical"
Slowly, Marko's breath began to lighten, followed by his opening his current status panel.
Status Panel
Name: Marco
Title: -
Fellowship: -
Level: 1 [250/3,000]
Status
Strength: 5
Speed: 5
Defense: 5
Stamina: 5
Free Points : 0
Ability :
Tori-Tori No Mi Model: Phoenix [S]
Armament Haki [A]
Observation Haki [A]
Equipment :
Skills :
Friend :
Animal :
"My experience has increased by 250 points after killing 15 cows? This amount is equivalent to the amount of mission rewards I received." Marko thought back calmly, "If I kill 15 re-cows and the experience reward I gain is equivalent to the amount earned by me at this time…Plus the experience reward I obtained through mission rewards, at least the amount of experience accumulated by me was around 750 points…"
"…Is it possible for me to raise my strength to level two today?" Marko thought seriously, "Well, this should be possible. As long as I continue taking missions without—No, it will be difficult. My stamina won't be able to recover quickly and there is also the fatigue factor that will be received by me as long as I force myself to do something… There should still be a chance to raise my level to level two—"
"....Ah, I can take on missions that are carried out within the kingdom" Marko suddenly remembered something, "There are many missions that can be carried out within the kingdom's territory, and even though the mission rewards are small…Little by little it becomes a hill. As long as I complete a large number of those quests, the amount of experience reward earned from those quests should probably cover the amount of experience needed for me to level up to level two."
While resting recovering his stamina. Marko also began to carry out various kinds of planning related to the mission that he would carry out after this.