
Preparation is done.
Me and Asia walked towards the southern gate of the kingdom carrying some medium and small size bags. Of course with a full gun that always hangs on our bodies. Dagger or little dagger for me and a Rapier-type long sword for Asia.
Passing through the streets made of stone and some houses belonging to the residents, I looked up. It was seen that the sun had slipped to the west, the sign of the day starting in the afternoon. The originally hot and humid air slowly began to change, now predominantly cool and somewhat cold.
"Mine Village. Looks like a pretty suspicious place."
"Hmm...!?"
Asia who heard me talking to herself is now looking towards me. Slightly tilting her head, she looked at me with a puzzled expression.
"Ah, sorry. I was just surprised, the small village in the middle of the valley could afford to hire dozens of high-level adventurers. Isn't that weird enough?"
"You're the weird one! It's a very famous place, once you get there you'll understand."
"Eh?"
Asia who had been around the kingdom all her life knew that place. I became even more curious, what kind of place the Mine Village was.
"Even those of you from outside the kingdom don't know that place? ... Sometimes I feel like you're not from this world."
"... Huh huh? What did you say?"
"It's nothing... Let's go faster! Look, they're all gathered."
The southern gate was already visible, many adventurers were gathered, there were approximately eighteen people. Me and Asia immediately accelerated our footwork.
While walking, I was still trying to remember the words of Asia just now. I was thinking about Mine Village, so I couldn't catch it clearly.
"good. You guys are here on time!"
"Of course!"
A big, burly man greeted us. He was the Wall, the Tanker as well as the leader in the quest this time.
Tanker is one type of job. Although this one job is not as popular as other jobs, such as: Assassin, Warrior, Mage, and so on, but do not underestimate a Tanker. Because in a team, he can be a winner. His duty as a shield as well as a distraction from the enemy makes this job very important.
"introduce. His name is Kai and Asia, they are rookies who finish off all the monsters in the western forest"
"Hallo. I'm Kai."
"I'm Asian. Greetings, I hope we can work well together."
Wall introduced us to the other party members. But, all we got was a cynical look and some scornful remarks from them.
Well, that's a natural thing. To the adventurers here, we are just two weak rookies who happen to be familiar with their leader. Then easily invited to join in this promising quest.
The level of adventurers in this party were at least 15, Me and Asia did not count. While the highest was level 30, he was Recca and of course the leader, Wall.
"All right! The acquaintance is enough, let's head to the Village of Mine."
"Ready!"
"Good!"
This afternoon we headed to the village of Mine. The walk takes about two days to get there. We'll move when it's light and rest when the sun goes down.
Wall and Recca are leading this team, they are at the forefront. While Asia and I were in the last group, they were right behind the people who hated us the most.
While holding back emotions because of the insults they always say. Asia and I continued our journey without caring for them.
Passing through the forest, crossing the river, up or down the mountain we passed through quickly.
"We're almost at Mine Village!"
"Okay!"
Shouted the person in the front row loudly. Then answered some of the troops behind him in an excited voice.
"uh? What'sthat?"
"That's the entrance to the Mine Village." Asia replied from next to me.
"WHAT! THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL A SMALL VILLAGE!?"
I just gaped speechlessly again, looking at that little village called Mine.
From the outside it looks amazing. With a large gate and a nameplate that is no less large on it reads, Welcome To Mine Village, Lost Heaven. Making my shadow of the slum and poor village disappear already.
After entering the village I was more and more astonished by what I saw. A variety of shops and entertainment venues are all here, ranging from food stands, street shows, bars, restaurants, to super luxurious lodging here, even gambling venues are also there.
We continued walking until we reached one of the big houses in the village center. It seems to belong to this village chief.
"Tock... Geck... Geck!"
"Young Master, the adventurers have arrived."
Upon seeing us, the servant immediately reported to his Master. It sounded from the outside they vaguely spoke.
The door was opened and we were welcome to enter. Seen at the end of the room a young man sat holding his head. 'He was very young, probably the son of the previous village chief.'
"It's going to rain tonight, so we predict the monster babies are coming in the morning."
"Tonight get enough rest. I don't want any insect monsters to enter the village."
"good. We will do our best, Young Master Arys."
Wall spoke to the village leader. His name was Arys, he replaced his father as the Village Chief of Mine. His own father died two months ago because of drunkenness, rather he fell mired in the waterways and no one knows, until finally found dead the next day. "I swear, you're so funny!" my stomach hurt from holding back laughter when told.
The discussion for tomorrow's battle is over.
Our party has 20 members.
And the plan is to divide the group into three teams. The frontline team is six people led by Wall, then the second team behind him is led by Recca, and the next team contains Mage and Archer, they are in the third row.
Me and Asia as the last group were right at the village gate. As I thought, they won't give us much experience. Seeing the division of the team can be guessed, if we were only given a few monsters.
"As. What say?"
"mmm... I have a feeling they're going to be overwhelmed, then let a lot of monsters escape and that's when we get into action."
"Your hunch is always bad, I'm so scared to be close to you!"
"Hehehe... "
Asia just glanced at me spoiled while laughing in a soft voice.
Because of this barbaric nature, I have a special slogan for him. Like these...
Where there is danger, there is Asia. Haha...
It's already night time.
Tonight I'm sleeping with Asia, I mean one room. We slept in each other's beds.
"Haa... Fuu... "
"Haa... Fuu... "
Asia sleeps soundly, with her long messy hair still looking graceful.
As usual, if you're quiet beautiful, cute, everything adds.
"Then what do you want? Approach her and do perverted things to her, huh!"
"... Uh!"
The loli-voiced goddess sealed in the Magic Book suddenly spoke to me.
"It's impossible for me to do that, I just admire him."
"Sad. Just tell me you're afraid of being slaughtered by Asia."
"Hehehe... "
We communicate by telepathy, so no one can hear us.
"Do you want to talk about something?"
"Oh yes, the Goddess is not angry with me, is she?"
"I just wanted to warn you something. Even though this monster is an insect type and is still a baby, never let your guard down or underestimate."
"I think Asian hunch is right. Something bad is going to happen. Stay alert and careful."
"This is all I want to say. Bye, fight!"
"Wait for the Goddess... !"
"One more thing, I'm still pissed at you. Hye!"
"Damn it... "
The loli-voiced goddess was instantly gone, there was no sound after.
Will something bad happen?
Maybe if it's just an Asian hunch, I can still calm down. But, this time the Goddess herself warned him, I got a bit riled up.
Because I think about it too much, I have trouble sleeping.
"Damn...!"