Land of Promise

Chapter VII: Quest

It took me halfway throughout trying to locate an inn to realize I had no money on me. I was completely penniless, and I needed a place to stay for the night. The sun still shone brightly and the clocktower in the town struck barely past four, but I needed to find a way to get money and fast.

My first immediate thought was the adventurers guild. If I quickly go there and find a quest to do, I can scrounge for at least a few coins to stay for the night. Another option is selling my broadsword and getting enough coins to last me for a few days and then planning it out from there.

Thinking about it further, going for quests gives me the best options right now, because if I sell my broadsword then I won't have a weapon to fight and do quests. That means that this broadsword was my only source of available income right now.

I quickly backtrace my steps, looking upward every now and then for that unforgettable crest. I locate the adventurers guild and quickly went inside.

There was still a fair amount of people, but the size was less than previously before. A commotion was still going around, adventurers we're still talking and murmuring, and there still stood a fairly long line at the reception desk.

I head to the second floor, moving towards the long quest board located at the back. Multiple quests were cleanly placed on the board, none of them torn or ripped.

Each of the quests had a name, a number tag and a large picture directly placed in the middle; It was used to promote the quest. Below it, a brief description can be identified and below that, a reward tag showed the amount of bronze, silver and gold coins that can be earned for that quest.

There were many types of quests as I looked around. Some were search quests, requiring you to find a certain type of plant or item, while others were subjugation quests, such as killing monsters, etc. Some included escorting a person or defending them.

Some adventurers can be heard arguing about which quest to do, and the occasional shout can be heard as they found a promising quest listed on the board.

As I skimmed around, there was a quest that I had my eyes on; it was a delivery quest. Delivery quests were quests that require you to deliver a package or item to a person. This one, in particular, required delivery of a handful of goods to the local blacksmith. The reward was a few silver coins, five to be exact.

I thought this was a good quest to get started on, so I memorized the quest number and went back down to the reception desk. Quickly getting into a line, it takes only a few minutes for me to get up front.

I walk up to the lady at the desk; it's the same one as before. She quickly shoves the previous papers she was handling to the side and looks up towards me.

"Welcome back, what do you need?" She asks, nonchalantly.

"Can I take a quest order?" I reply.

"Sure, which one are you looking for?"

"Uhh, number 112."

"Number 112? Give me a moment." She says as she heads towards the back of the room, moving inside a wooden door. She re-emerges moments after with a few papers and seats back in her chair.

"Here are the papers that explain what you need to do. Come back with this paper signed so I know that the goods were delivered, and then you're set." She says, pointing at one of the papers. "A person will get you the items, so head towards the market after you've read everything."

The few papers she gave me had detailed instructions on how to complete the quest. I had first needed to arrive at the local market. Inside the local market, there should be a storage house that the Adventurers guild owns. I'm told that If I head towards there, what will await me is a person giving me the items that I need to deliver.