The Offer

Kyren and Rayna both sat in a private room, waiting for the Guild Leaders arrival.

When the old man and his assistant walked in, they were surprised to see Kyren back so soon along with another super attractive face.

"Our adventures reported explosions and dragon roars from deep inside the forest..."

Kyren took off his hood and stared at them mysteriously. A smug smile appeared on his face.

He used both hands to reach into a large crack in space. What he pulled out was a 5 meter long dragon arm that was still in perfect condition.

Its bulging muscles covered the small table and the fore arm hung off the edged. The mana density just in this arm emitted was breathtaking.

The Guild Leader was positively awestruck. He then though back to Krista's words and about how she believed that he wouldn't be able to hunt such a smart creature before it left the forest. He couldn't help but feel pity for Krista.

Not only did he efficiently compete the task before he said he would, he only did it in a single day. Going by Krista's description, even an A~grade would have trouble with this task.

"I've killed it so what about my reward?"

"You will be thoroughly rewarded for such a remarkable job... would you like to sell any of the materials you obtained?"

"Sure."

He put back the arm and pulled out a very small fraction of the materials he had. The dragon scales, horns, claws, teeth, and spikes towered on the table. He only took out enough for him to not be suspicious. Unlike the arm, the mana exuded from the mound was more overbearing.

"How much will this be worth?"

They were speechless yet again. It usually took enchanted adamantite tools to harvest this many materials from a dragon. When he pulled out the arm, they though he just used brute strength, but it also seems like he's more loaded than most minor nobles!

"For the time it took to complete the quest, I'll give you 300 gold," he counted the dragon parts, "As for these, I'll give you 45 platinum."

<1 platinum equals 1,000 gold... he's offering 45,000 gold.>

Kyren's eyes widened in suprise, 'Dragons are worth that much!!!'

The Guild Leader took his surprise as if he wasn't offering enough, and he wasn't, "I know it's not worth its true value but I can't use the guilds treasury so I have to spend from my own pocket, I hope you can understand."

"That amount is fine..." he internally freaked as he kept up a steady and calm front.

Once he calmed down a little, he remembered Krista, "Where is she? I need to cash in the rest of my reward."

The Guild Leader chuckled, "She's out on an emergency mission. She'll be back later today."

"I'll look for her later..."

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Exterminate the Void Dragon

Hidden Epic Quest

{Difficulty}

A-

{Description}

A highly intelligent Void Dragon was in the Keslar Forest and the higher ups of the Adventurers Guild wanted it gone. A young Dragon Slayer drove the beast into oblivion with overwhelming power. Large amounts of dragon materials were sold to the guilds leader privately.

{Objective}

Completed

{Reward}

- Social Connection> Krista//Fabian

- 300 gold

- Adventurer Guild Reputation/Contribution: +3,000 points

- Kassio Reputation: +2,000 points (Baron)

- Alvestine Reputation: +150 points (First-class Citizen)

{Hidden Reward}

- 45 platinum

- Ability to take any B-rank quests and below from the Adventurer Guild

- Eternal master-servant contract with the B~grade adventure [Krista]

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You've made a [Social Connection] with the human npc, [Fabian]...

{Job}

Kassio City Branch Guild Leader

{Benefits}

You may now do under the table dealings or break some of the guilds rules and get away with it. You will now be informed of any draconic movements using the guilds social network.

{Relationship}

Friendly ::: 93%

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You've made a [Social Connection] with the human npc, [Krista]...

{Job}

- Adventurer: B~grade

- Daughter of Grand Marchioness Randell, Leader of the Randell Clan

{Benefits}

Krista is a capable adventurer with years of experience. She is the second-born daughter of Lady Randell. All you need to do is cash in the master-servant pact and her pride won't let her reject. Her crush on you is growing with every passing encounter despite her external dislike for you.

{Relationship}

Revered ::: 13%

Crush ::: 62%

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After Kyren received the money, he and Rayna arrived at Hidden Metals. They entered and they immediately headed to the front counter.

"'Sup Darien! Business booming as usual I see."

Dariens eyes twitched, "Little brat... what do you want?"

Kyren placed an intricate metallic black scale on the counter.

"This is—" both his hands slammed onto the counter as he lowered his head to get a better look at the small item.

"I have an offer..."

"ANYTHING, JUST ASK FOR IT!!!"

Forgers were always desperate to get their hands on rare materials. Dragon parts were among the strongest and rarest, even if it was just a youngling.

"C-Calm down first."

Darien looked as though he was about to jump over the counter in excitement. This alerted Rayna and she jumped in front to protect, even letting out a low growl. Her ears and tail popped out unconsciously as she readied a defense.

"A Rune Wolf?"

He immediately saw through her human disguise and took a wild guess as to what she was.

"Sorry for my outburst. It's every forgers dream to make high grade items and equipment."

"It's alright." Kyren affectionately pet Rayna's silky hair. She made a face of total bliss and totally forgot about Darien as her tail wagged back and forth.

"Shall we head to the back to discuss the details?"

Darien closed up shop and lead the two to the back of the building.

The building was actually quiet large compared to its outside appearance. There were three sections, the front was the shop where he worked, the left wing was where his family lived, and in the right wing was storage and production rooms for forging, rune work, etc.

They arrived at a dining room in the left wing.

"I want two things from you. The first is that you make equipment for me and my partner here, I will of course pay you an appropriate sum. The last thing is that I want to form a partnership and create a business."

"....."

"Now what I offer is a stable supply of dragon materials and funds for you. I can also buy or discover most materials you request. I truly want to make a honest and high quality business and I won't demand much from you. You can make lots of money while mostly staying at home with your family."

"....." he looked down with a contemplative face, "You can honestly supply a stable source of funds and dragon materials?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure about dragons? They're quite scarce nowadays."

A confident and determined expression appeared on his face as he nodded.

"Ha, your truly an interesting young man. You come to me in rags one day, but the next your throwing money and rare materials around like it's nothing....."

*Bang*

"Papa!!"

The door swung open and a cute little girl came running in. She immediately embraced Darien and squeezed him with all her might.

"Did you get off early dear.... oh we have company."

Darien's wife and daughter appeared and greatly surprised both of them.

Kyren guessed that he had a family because on the way to the dining room, he saw child like drawings sticking to the hallways. They kinda looked like blueprints for items but they were hard to understand because of the scribbles.

"I thought you guys were at the market?"

"We got back early-"

"Who's this handsome uncle?!" The little girl arrived at Kyren's lap and marveled at his appearance.

"Don't do that Serena..." Both of the parents became worried of her bothering him.

"Haha, Serena was it? Want to see something cool?"

Serena nodded vigorously, as she beamed with anticipation. Kyren reached into a crack in space and took out a meter long dragon horn. It was glowing purple and it's condition was perfect.

When Serena saw this she gasped, "A dragons horn!!! It looks so pretty!"

"Hoho, you know what this is? I wouldn't expect any less from an Apex Forgers daughter."

"Can I see it!"

"Sure, but be careful not to hurt yourself. It's very sharp."

Kyren watched the amusing scene of the little girl excitedly inspecting the horn. He couldn't help but remember how Darien reacted to the scale, 'Definitely his girl.'

Not that he needed to confirm, its just that their demeanors were shockingly similar. She had Darien's tanned skin with long and curly, pretty black hair.

'Curly hair? Her mom doesn't have that so does that mean....' An image of Darien with a large 80's style, curly Afro dominated his thoughts and he somehow managed to keep a straight face. He wanted to laugh.... bad.

His attention turned back to Serena and an idea popped into his head, "If you want, the next time I come over, I can give you a necklace made entirely of dragon scales and teeth."

"Re-Really! Please do that Uncle Purple," she embraced Kyren with an even tighter hug then the one she gave her own father.

Serena's mother snickered and Darien became jealous of her biased affection to Kyren.

"Uncle Purple?"

"It's because of your pretty eyes!"

"Hahahaha!"