Volume 3 Chapter 5: Part 3: (Patreon)

Volume 3 Chapter 5: Part 3:

The quest Onyx chose is the request for farming. Seeing this quest, Madelyn blinks twice. But then she asks,

"Are you sure you want to take this one?" She wants to make sure if this is the one.

Onyx tilts his head, "Hmm? Is there something wrong with this one?"

Madelyn shakes her head, "No, there's nothing wrong with this quest. It's just that the pay isn't good for the work you do. So are you sure you want to do it?" Comparing the pay to the amount of work: the others are much better.

"Mmhmm. I think it's fine." Coins are not an issue for Onyx. He just wants to move his body.

"Understood then. Be careful on your quest. In addition, when you're done, please have the client give proof." Onyx nods and leaves the guild.

...

"Thank you so much for coming all this way to help!" The client bows his head at Onyx. He was an elderly man who looked to be in his 80s.

"It's fine." It didn't take long before Onyx arrived at the village. It was close to Advent City and didn't take half an hour to get there. He continues,

"So, what do you need me to do?"

The client hands Onyx a hoe and points to an open field, "Can you help me till the soil? I've been planning to make that patch into a garden. But it's been taking me forever to do it."

"On it." Onyx doesn't say more as he starts tilling the field. The client was going to tell him how to do it. But,

There's no need to! Seeing how Onyx worked, there's no need to tell him what to do. As the two worked,

"Hmm? Who's that handsome man over there?"

"He's such a cutie!"

"Back off! I saw him first!"

Behind the fences, villagers gather around to see Onyx working on the field. Onyx can hear all of it. But he didn't care. The only thing he did was roll up his sleeves.

"Kya!" And the moment he did, the shouting went even higher. While Onyx continues to work,

It's just the same as home. As Onyx worked, he was reminded of his time in his village. The reason why he took this quest wasn't because of the money or the work. The other ones would've been better. But when he saw this one, it made him reminisce.

Onyx has been so focused on adventuring and training that he has forgotten what it's like to be on a farm.

Onyx doesn't realize a smile forms on his face as he reminisces about the past. And that smile is lethal, causing the female villager to turn red. Compared to the females, the male villagers,

"Woah, he's working really quick."

"Do you see how he's moving that hoe? How can it be so fast?"

"Quick? That's not quick. I can't even see his hands!"

Despite Onyx recollecting memories, that doesn't stop Onyx from moving his hands. He was moving his hands so quickly that the hoe was a blur! It doesn't take long to till the entire patch of land.

The client walks over and picks up some of the soil. His eyes turn into surprise as he praises, "I have never seen such soft soil before! It's perfect for planting."

"Heh, thanks." Onyx scratches his head. I haven't lost my edge.

The client continues, "Did you ever work on a farm?"

Onyx nods, "Mmhmm. My father and mother are farmers. So I help them from time to time. But now I have decided to work as an adventurer." Wiping the sweat off his face, he asks,

"Are there any other lands you need me to till?"

"Ahh, you don't have to do that?" The quest only asked for Onyx to tend to this land. Making him do the other ones would be too much.

Onyx shakes his head, "I don't mind. There's nothing much for me to do today either way." After finishing up the promotion exam, there isn't much he'll do for a while.

"For my farm, there isn't anything you can do. How about I go ask-"

"Please come to my farm, young man! The soil in my field is too rough, and I need somebody strong to till it!"

"What are you talking about?! You have a husband at home! Go ask him to work harder! I don't have anyone, and I'm unmarried. My field has been unattended for a long time!"

"Young man, please come to my home and help me out. I'll give you something worth your while."

Before the client can even ask, a horde.

Yes, a horde of female villagers surrounds Onyx, begging him to work on their farm. They have listened in on Onyx and the client's talk.

"..." The client doesn't know what to say. I know he's handsome! But cool it! You're going to scare him away! These women are acting like hyenas.

He doesn't need to say anything as Onyx cools them down, "Everybody, you don't need to find. I'll do my best to finish as much as possible. So there's no need for you all to crowd me like this."

Hearing this, the villagers back away from Onyx. And Onyx smiles, "So I'll go to yours first." He randomly points at a villager.

And that villager's face brightens, "Understood! Please come this way!" She hooks onto Onyx's arm and drags him around.

"..." I can walk by myself? Are you that eager? Onyx chuckles a bit when he sees the hooking. However, he doesn't mind.

I'm not the one who's going to die. Behind the two, Onyx can feel the female villagers glaring at the two. It's envy and jealousy mixed together.

Well, it's not directed at Onyx, so he didn't mind....kinda. Let's just quickly finish it. As Onyx worked on the second one, he was just as fast, maybe even faster than when he did the first.

It took him the whole afternoon to finish it all.

Thank goodness I got out of there. Onyx sighs in relief. He couldn't believe he got out of there alive.

"Please stay and have dinner with us!" The villagers kept asking him to spend the night. However, Onyx knows that if he shares a meal with them, he won't be able to leave the village. The look on their faces says it all!

They were a bunch of hyenas! No way he was going to stay there for dinner.

But all of it was worth it. Onyx felt a sense of happiness remembering those memories. As he walks into the guild hall, he frowns.

What's going on? Onyx feels something off in the building. He can feel the tension in the air. He walks over to Madelyn,

"Madelyn, I've finished my quest. Here's the proof." Onyx hands her a sheet of proof to her.

"I'll give you the reward later. The guild master asked me to tell you to go to his office once you returned. It's urgent."

"Understood." Onyx doesn't say anything else as he walks up to Oliver's office. Walking into the room,

"Oliver, what's....wrong?" Onyx was going to ask him, but the expression on his face made him pause. Never has he seen Oliver make such a strained look.

"Onyx, sit down. This is going to be a long one.

"...Alright." Onyx sits down and asks again, "What happened?"

"There's no good way to say this; do you remember the towns and villages destroyed by the monster?"

"....Yes. I remember that." Onyx took a second before his eyes went wide, "No."

Oliver makes an even more strained expression as he assures him, "Yes. We recently got a report that another village got annihilated." That's why everyone in the guild was so tense.

One of the villagers who survived the destruction came into the guild hall, begging and crying for the guild to do something.

"But Rena killed the monster!" That doesn't make sense! There shouldn't be anything else capable of doing something.......No.

There is something.

"So you realized it too."  Seeing Onyx's realized expression, Oliver explains, "You guys killed the one. That means there is a second one."

That's the only possibility. And that makes sense to Oliver too. The towns that were taken out in the beginning were spread out. It's impossible for one monster to do all that damage.

Not the case with two, though.

Hearing his reasoning, the office became silent. There are two of them. Never did it occur to Onyx about a second one. But he knows what he has to do. Onyx looks at Oliver,

"Let me deal with it!"

"I know I can take care of the monster." He knows how destructive and powerful the monster was when he fought with it.

Oliver shakes his head, "No, you're not going to be dealing with it."

"Huh? Why not?!"

"I don't want you to be burdened with something like this.

"But I have done it before! I can do it!"

"The other incident is an accident. That should not have happened." Onyx was never supposed to fight with the monster. He was supposed to be there to check on the villages. Not to go and fight the thing.

"But-" "There are no buts. I'm telling you to sit this one out. Let me and the other adventurers deal with it."

"..."

"Do you think we adventurers cannot handle something like this?"

"No."

"Good." Oliver smiles, "Then you don't have to worry about and focus on your other quest."

"Understood." Onyx doesn't say more and walks out of the guild office.

...

Later that night,

Oliver sighs. Thank goodness he listened for once. He thought he would have to take drastic measures to stop Onyx. But it turns out he didn't need to do much.

Oliver takes out two orbs from his desk. In an instant, the orbs light up, projecting two large screens.

"Oliver, what's the matter? I have a lot of paper that needs to be done." "Brat, do you know I'm on a tight schedule right now? Say it quickly!"

From one screen, an exhausted voice came out. And from another, there was an irritated one. But both are busy.

Oliver's face twitches. I haven't even said a word! And do you think I'm not busy too?!

Oliver sighs, "Stop doing your paperwork. This is serious business."

"Hmm, what happened?" "Don't tell me."

Oliver nods, "They made their second move."

"..." "..." The two voices stay silent. The word that came after is,

"Explain."

"Rather than their second move, this should be included in the first. There is another one of those monsters besides the one Onyx defeated."

"I see. So there's another." "Brat, don't think like that. Who knows whether or not there are moves? Those bastards could probably make a handful."

"No, I don't think so." The other voice says, "From the corpses we examined, they shouldn't have the abilities to make that much. It was too unstable."

"Who knows." Oliver makes a mulling face. Just how many did they make?

"But there should be something else we should worry about. But what about Onyx?"

Oliver shakes his head, "You don't have to worry about him. I told him to sit this one out, and he said yes."

"..." "..."

"What's with the silence?"

"Are you sure the young lad will be sitting this one out?"

Oliver assures, "Relax. I've already told him to stay out. And from his look, he agrees."

"...." Are you really sure?

"Anyways, they're trying to rise up again. You two should tighten up your defenses."

"Gotcha. I'll send more guards to tighten the defenses outside." "I'll do the same too."