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Chapter 82 Last Will
Zelil still vividly remembers the deep sword wound that Gack suffered on his chest during the fierce battle with Drake's team.

If it weren't for Vales stopping the bleeding in time, Gak would probably have lost his life.

"It's not that exaggerated."

Marcus chuckled and waved his hand.

"However, this is the nature of orcs, which is much stronger than that of humans. In addition, Gak himself also has some fighting spirit, and the self-healing ability brought by the Heart of Qi is higher, so it is normal for him to recover quickly."

"Hey! Zell, Marcus!"

Gak also saw the two of them. He waved and greeted them warmly, then easily pushed his way through the crowd.

"How are you feeling, big guy?" Zelil patted Gak's arm.

"Hahaha... I'm already better. If I stay in bed any longer, I'll get moldy. I just can't stand being idle."

Gak laughed heartily, "How about we take on a mission together?"

"That's exactly what I was waiting for you to say," Zellier laughed.

Not long after, Gray and Vales arrived at the Adventurers' Guild one after the other.

They didn't find Gak's recovery strange, but Gray started looking Zeril up and down.

"Zeril, I really don't understand you... Don't you mages need to meditate every day to improve your strength?"

Gray scratched his head.

"I dare say, in the entire Adventurers' Guild of Blackrock Town, you are definitely the mage with the highest attendance rate."

“I’ve met some mages before, but they usually make a fortune and then retreat to their nests, not showing up for months at a time. Unlike you.”

"Sigh... I can't help it. How can I buy scrolls, robes, and wands if I don't work hard? A wand costs at least a hundred gold coins, and robes are ridiculously expensive. Everything costs money."

Zell sighed, looking distressed.

"Otherwise, where do you think all my new spells came from? They all came from working hard to earn money to buy scrolls and learn them. Being a mage isn't as easy as you think."

“Yeah, you’re definitely one of the poorer mages.” Gray said with a look of deep agreement.

He still remembered how dazzling Lant looked that day.

The group's eyes swept over the task board repeatedly. For some reason, suitable tasks had become increasingly scarce lately.

Most of them are simple tasks that even apprentice-level professionals can handle; they pay little but are troublesome.

Not to mention Zellier, even Gray wasn't interested.

In the past, I would have accepted the assignment without hesitation, since I had led Zellir to clear out the wolves before.

However, a series of high-return missions recently have made the team members a lot of money, and their horizons have broadened accordingly, making them somewhat disdainful of such commissions.

"Speaking of which, are there no higher-level requests? The highest I've seen here is a request involving monsters of the [Hard] level."

Zellier asked, "Where is the quest for [Challenge] rated monsters?"

"Yes, but you need to be a Silver-rank adventurer to take on this task, and we're not qualified yet."

Gray shrugged, then pointed to the right side of the hall. "That's where the higher-level delegation boards are."

Zelil looked in that direction and saw a passageway on the right side of the hall leading to another area, with two guards standing by, looking very serious.

"All right……"

After much deliberation, everyone's attention finally settled on a power of attorney.

[Graywood Forest Western Tree Spirit Extermination Request]

Recently, signs of tree spirit activity have been observed in the ancient forest area in the western part of Greywood Forest. These tree spirits are highly territorial and aggressive, and several hunters and loggers have already been injured.

We are now recruiting adventurer teams to clear out the tree forest in this area.

Delegation Level: Lower Level (Two Stars)

Objective of the commission:

Eliminate the treant, the leader of the community, and check if any other trees are infected. If so, destroy them as well.

Reward Amount:

According to current intelligence, the group has about ten tree monsters, and there is also a tree spirit that leads the tree monsters.

Each Tree Monster has a bounty of twenty silver coins, and each Tree Spirit has a bounty of six gold coins.

Association Notes:

Tree monsters and tree spirits both fear fire, and mages who master fire magic are their natural enemies.

If there is no mage in the team, carrying a sufficient number of Molotov cocktails is also very effective.

"Eliminate the treant colony...that seems perfect, doesn't Zelier know fire magic?" Gray stroked his chin.

“Hmm, there shouldn’t be any problem.” Zellier nodded.

The first spell he learned was Fireball, and his first level three spell was also a fire-based Flame Breath.

It works quite well against these wooden stakes.

“This mission… if I remember correctly, it was one that Drake’s team took on before,” Vales suddenly said in a low voice.

The team members were all taken aback, and the atmosphere became slightly tense.

I did hear Drake say that he accepted the mission but ended up with nothing.

If it weren't for this request, they wouldn't have encountered Drake's team that day...

After a moment, Zellier lowered his voice as well, "Has anyone from the association... investigated this?"

"I've heard the rumors. The association sent people, but they only asked a few adventurers who were familiar with Drake's team. They didn't get any useful clues."

Marcus remained calm and said, "After that, it just fizzled out, and I haven't heard anyone talk about it since."

Within the guild, it's not uncommon for adventurer teams to go missing, either due to encounters with monsters or...

In short, if a body is found, that would be good; the association can send someone to investigate and ask about the situation.

If there's no trace of it, then just consider it bad luck.

After all, without solid evidence, no one will investigate further, and there simply aren't enough people to handle it.

"That's good..." Zellier nodded gently.

“Well then, if there are no problems, I’ll accept this task.” Marcus took down the letter of commission.

"It's like helping that bastard Drake fulfill his last wish," Gray sneered.

……

Western Greywood Forest.

The trees here are sparser than in the dense forest areas we visited before, with plenty of open spaces in the woods, and the view of the sky is not completely blocked by the tree canopy.

Marcus's team of five was traversing this tranquil forest.

They walked very lightly, trying their best to avoid making any unnecessary noise.

In this environment, even the occasional crisp sound of a dead branch breaking underfoot seems particularly jarring.

After walking for a while, Marcus stopped.

He looked down at the map provided by the association, carefully discerning the orientation of the surrounding trees and the direction of the moss's spread, trying to figure out his location.

(End of this chapter)