The Master Of Elements

ME 8 Men from Morento Forest

A man with a disheveled look was seen coming out from within the Morento forest. His clothes looked very shabby, his beard was thick unkempt, his body slightly bent with a stick propping him up. Several Mercenaries were seen noticing the man.

“You see him? I don't know which crazy guy he is. How dare he go into the forest Morento just dressed like that.” a Mercenary Knight told his friend.

“Lucky he can get out safely. I'm sure he didn't go too deep in the Morento woods. Although the strongest monsters in the Morento forest are only up to platinum level but around here too many monsters at gold level are visible.”

“Yesterday alone the Golden Tiger Union was attacked by a herd of Black Wolves five kilometers from the village of Sogremon. There were five Gold-level Black Wolves in that herd. I heard three of their members were killed after fighting the Black Wolf. If only the patrol team of this village did not help I am sure only Jack the chairman of the Golden Tiger survived.” replied his friend.

“Is that Mark? It's not usual for us to encounter a herd of Black Wolves around the village. Aren't they usually only met if we're more than twenty kilometers from the village? Why are they getting closer now?” Ask friend.

“I'm not sure Rob. But someone from the village patrol team told me that the herd ran away in the forest. They are not doing a hunt but the herd looks to be escaping from something. Could there be a monster that leveled up to platinum and expanded its territory so as to make the Black Wolf escape?”

“I myself don't know either. But it looks like we have to wait for the conducive circumstances first. Golden Tigers who have the average fighter at the level of silver only kocar kacir, even though they have Jack who is at the level of gold. Then what about us who are only at the silver level?”

When the two men were busy discussing, a shabby-looking man who had just come out of the forest was seen approaching them. The arrival of the men made them stop the conversation they were having.

“Hey do you know where is the location of the Black Rose shop?” ask the man this shabby look.

“Oh are you looking for a Black Rose shop?” rob asked, the shabby-looking man nodded. “Do you see the three-story building that installed the flag of the Kingdom of Deluce?” rob said while pointing towards the building that put the flag of the Kingdom of Deluce on the roof of the building. “In front of the building is the Black Rose Shop.”

“Thank you for the information.”

“Sama-sama.” Rob. The shabby-looking man is seen starting to walk away leaving Mark and Rob still looking at him. “Hey bung.” Rob suddenly said that made the shabby-looking man stop his steps.

“Yes? Why did you stop me?” Ask the man.

“Don't go into Morento forest with your clothes like that. Right now the Morento forest is very dangerous for ordinary people like you. At least if you do have to go into the forest, buy a suit of armor at the village blacksmith. At least by wearing armor will protect you a little if you meet monsters until the village patrol team comes.” Rob reminded me.

Rob doesn't want to see anyone else wretched. Moreover, the person who did not have the ability like the man in front of him. He did not feel the waves of elements from the man. It meant that this man in front of him was an ordinary person.

Indeed not everyone can enter the professional world and can control the elements. There are still many ordinary people in this world. Seventy percent of the people in this world are people without abilities. Then every year the death rate of ordinary people in the hands of monsters is quite high even though those who have the ability to try their best to hunt monsters.

“Yes I know. Thank you for reminding.” Said the man in a not-so-serious tone, as if he had not heard anything from Rob.

Rob and Mark just quietly look at the response of the shabby-looking man. They just looked at the man's departure. When the man was far enough away from them, Rob spoke to Mark again.

“It looks like the man is tired of living.” Rob.

“Let him Rob. At least you reminded him. Whether he listens or not is none of our business. What is clear is that at this time we should not take the mission. Use this time to practice. I heard next month the Silver Moon Union recruits new members. I think we could consider joining them.”

*****

The Black Rose Shop looks quite crowded with many hunters gathered there. There are not many empty places there, but it is still daytime. It seemed like the events experienced by the Golden Tiger Union kept these hunters from taking the mission to get into the Morento forest. As a result during the day like this they are seen gathering at the Black Rose Shop.

“The waiter brought us another beer.” Someone asked for a beer when a shabby-looking man, whom Rob and Mark had met earlier, entered the store. Ignoring the commotion, the man walked up to a waiter who had finished delivering food orders to customers.

“Is there anything I can help Mr?” ask the waiter.

“Yes. I want to taste the grilled meat of the platinum-level monsters.” Say that man.

The waiter looked strangely at the man. He looked at the man from top to bottom. His appearance was very shabby, like a vagrant.

The servant was not sure that this man in front of him had enough money to pay for the platinum-level monster meat. His clothes are like that.

Maybe if someone managed to kill a monster at the platinum level, then they would rather sell the meat in the city. Many nobles will seize to buy.

“Sorry Sir. But in the store we do not provide platinum-grade monster meat. Our best meat is only silver level monster meat, sometimes there is gold level monster meat. But at the moment we only have silver.” level monster meat The waiter was patient.

“Ah what a pity. I want platinum-level monster meat. Can you ask the owner of this tavern if he has platinum-grade monster meat. Of course I'll pay for it, no matter what the price. Don't be afraid I don't pay.”

“Sorry Sir. We do not have platinum-level monster meat.” Said the waiter with great emphasis in each word.

“Ah try asking the owner of this store. Tell him someone wants him to cook platinum-grade Black Boa meat. I'm sure he wants to do it.” Pinta the man seemed not to see the scornful look of the servant in front of him.

“Alright Sir, I will convey your order to my boss. Find a seat and make yourself as comfortable as possible.”

Without waiting for a reply from the man in front of him the servant walked away. He slightly stomped his pace, annoyed with the customers he had just met.

If only the owner of this store did not require the shopkeeper to be friendly to the customer, whoever he was, then of course he would make fun of the customer earlier. He still needs this job. There was not much work that ordinary people like him could do in this small village.

At least he must be able to survive until he collects enough money to be able to join the caravan of traders. Traveling in a world full of monsters like this would be extremely dangerous for an ordinary person like him. If he wanted to follow the caravan of merchants escorted by many hunters and mercenaries, he needed to pay a heavy price.

“Susan, why do you look irritated like that?” the voice of someone made the waiter named Susan stop his steps.

“Elisa Bos. There's a shitty customer up front there.”

“Is there someone who is making trouble?” ask the boss of the servant who turns out to be Elisha.

“Don't make the problem too big in my opinion. He just asked for something strange. He asked us to serve platinum-level monster meat. Although I have already said that we do not have it, but that person still insists on ordering it.”

“He even told me to tell you that he wanted your cooking Black Boa meat. Do you really have the boss' platinum-level monster meat?” ask Susan.

“What did you say?” Elisha asked, now widening his eyes, shocked by what Susan had just said.

“He asks for platinum level monster meat.” Susan answered with a slight delay in her voice.

He had not expected to get this kind of response from his Boss. There was a little fear Susan felt. It was not usual for Elisha to say out loud and show such an expression. Not only that, Susan also felt a pressure she had never felt. It's like the tenant of a high-scientist.

Despite scolding his subordinates when they made a mistake, Elisha was not as horrifying as he was today. Is there something wrong with that guy? Or does the boss know the man? If not, why did he behave like that?

Elisha, who saw the fear in Susan, tried to take a deep breath to calm himself down. After that, he again spoke as normally as possible even though in his heart he was now raging.

“You said he asked for platinum-grade Black Boa meat?”

“Ya.”

After hearing the answer from Susan Elisha showed a pretty serious look. Susan had never seen her smiling boss put on such a serious face.

“Bring that customer inside. Take him to one of the empty rooms we have. Tell him I'll see him in a minute.”

Without waiting for Susan to respond, Elisha left the tavern in a slight hurry. Seeing the seriousness of the matter made Susan rush to carry out the task that Elisha gave her.

It seemed like the order from the shabby looking male earlier was a code that Susan herself did not understand her point. Clearly, it was quite serious to see how Elisha responded.