Triiffic-Soul: Can I Be In Control?-Chapter 77 – First Hunting Quest

Chapter 77 – First Hunting Quest

“Ah yes, that feels good,” Syrus exclaimed after finishing her pushups and starting her wrap-up stretches.

[Hmmmm…] Eva was enjoying the motions as well, the ease of movement, and warmth as everything stretched freely.

Thanks to the vitaliser and then allowing it to rest within their system for a few days, along with all the healing they had done over the months, Anlesa was finally near the completion of the refcovery process.

The vitaliser did a lot, but if they had acquired it earlier, the healing process wouldn’t have sped up by a great deal. It would’ve definitely been faster, and they may have acquired some strength back faster, but a lot of time was needed to smooth out the kinks in the body.

[Well, if you are done examining yourself. Put a different shirt on and get ready to go out; today has the potential to be a long day after all.] (Luna)

Compared to the 40% recovery Syrus estimated a while ago, they were now about 80% recovered. That didn’t mean they were twice as strong as they were before, but they were nearing it. Syrus estimated they wouldn’t become much more physically capable even after the last 20%, but their current body had already surpassed her past life’s base level of physical fitness and strength. Which was a little weird for her to think about.

One of the biggest improvements was the small pains they often felt finally died down to nearly nothing. They tried to not make a fuss about them, as thinking about it only made it worse, but they were glad that it was a nuisance they could finally avoid.

After their body was rebuilt, they had become absurdly strong, that was for sure.

[I don’t know what I would even say in my past life if I found a child had surpassed my level of strength in just a few months.] Syrus paused, and genuinely thought about it for a moment. [Actually, I would probably just laugh it off and be impressed that something like that could even happen.]

[Do you think we can get much stronger with exercise, strength training, and muscle building?] Luna asked, it was a question she had been curious about for a while, but it was hard to ask when they were still far from healed.

[That… I don’t know.] Syrus shook her head. It was something she could only know by trying after their body had completely healed. [Our body has changed on a fundamental level to become more… I don’t know, fit? Active? Built to move?]

Overall, their body was in good condition, and it appeared normal from an outside view. They weren’t emaciated, and they had a healthy amount of fat and a decent amount of muscles. Still, if one compared Syrus’ soul form or her past life’s body, then those would still have more muscle than their current form.

However, they were simply a lot stronger than what someone of their appearance would normally be. Syrus was used to that, even with her physically imposing body, but that was because she used her Blood attribute on top of her strong physique.

[I guess… we just have to wait.] (Eva)

[Basically.] (Syrus)

Syrus finished getting ready and made her way to the Brown Oak Guild on the southeastern side to pick up a new type of quest to do.

With their body finally in a good state, they were going to select a hunting quest.

When it came to hunting live creatures, there were multiple ways the quest had to go depending on what the request was. Syrus still didn’t feel comfortable about using her Blood attribute to strengthen herself, but that was fine. They wouldn’t need that for a simple deer hunt.

On the way, they checked the local news corner. A place that gathered the major events and updates in the surrounding area and countries. The section about Arisea Station was kept up to date, but the surrounding country information, unless truly extreme, was a few months behind.

Upon entering the guild, Syrus immediately went to the quest board. As usual, there weren't too many.

The top left corner of the board was sectioned off quests with a nearing deadline, the top right was also sectioned off, it had a small amount of clearly more challenging quests, if anything, they were quests designed to scare people away from choosing them so they wouldn’t stupidly risk their lives, the rest of the board were the commonly requested quests, these were just left up without much thought because someone always needed one, and they were pinned to the wall in a stack so people could just pull the top one off.

For the more difficult quest, like the ones in the top right corner, you had to ask the people at the counter for more like them. Anlesa didn’t know if that was standard across all the hunting guilds because they never looked deeply inside the other two options.

She took it to the counter to have it be known it was being attempted.

The old man, who was a little sleepy, woke up as Syrus walked to the counter. “Young Miss, good to see you again.” He welcomed her with a large smile. The potions that Eva had provided–as she sold them for basically nothing–had been greatly appreciated.

Syrus replied, “No problem.”

The man shook his head. “Still, we are very grateful for the support.”

“Grateful is an understatement.” A young man whacked open a side door on the opposite side of the counter, carrying boxes on boxes of papers and junk.

“George!” The old man’s tired voice exclaimed, “What did I say about causing a ruckus!?”

“I work here more often than you do at this point and ruckus? Have you seen the other guilds? The amount of noise I make can’t even scratch theirs.” He dropped the boxes, then picked up the top one to start sorting through them and placed the new quests into the bookshelf.

“Stop talking in metaphors or what have you.”

The young boy with blond hair, George replied, “Anyway, ignoring the old fart, we do thank you dearly for them, it is always nice to have some around the building in case of an emergency. Which one did happen to occur–Not sure if they would’ve kept their arm if it wasn’t for it.”

The guild kept some potions on hand and gave a few out to parties who had to deal with potentially risky quests. They didn’t always give the potions out, and if they weren’t used, they asked for them to be returned, but it was something nice that made the people here loyal and friendly. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

Syrus replied, “...Glad they were of help.”

“Oh…” The man paused as he only now looked at the quest Syrus had slid to him, worried if he asked, “Are you sure you want to pick this one?”

It was a fair question, Syrus had never picked a hunter quest before. Though it wasn’t like the one she had acquired was of any difficulty, she had even made frequent trips to the Amber Hollow, which at least proved she was competent.

“Yes.”

The man nodded. “Well, if you come back with a bloody corpse, please come through the back door.”

With that done, Syrus did not have much else to do before starting the hunt. Deer were a common creature that strolled the plains and forests. The request asked for minimum damage, so usually, arrows and spears were a common method.

Before she left the city, Syrus did a double check of everything to ensure they brought everything they needed and might potentially need.

Along with the checks, Syrus made sure there were no problems with their new backpack. Anlesa got a new backpack with a wooden frame and support, so they could tie and place heavier loads on it. They still owned their old ones, but each was for a different purpose. There was the option of getting a small one-person pull cart, but this was cheaper.

[Off we go!] (Syrus)

[I don’t understand all the excitement about hunting.] (Eva)

[Just, don’t worry about it.] (Luna)