Kyle walked over to Tracy. "What's up?" he asked.
Tracy looked with confusion at Kyle.
Then, she pointed upwards. "That?"
"True," Kyle answered. "You wanted to talk to me?"
Tracy was still a bit confused, but she decided to ignore the weird question.
"I've thought about your proposal," she said.
At that moment, a couple of Fighters looked over with raised brows.
"Phrasing," Kyle said.
"What?" Tracy asked.
Kyle sighed. "Nothing."
Tracy furrowed her brows in annoyance a bit.
"Regarding your proposal," she said, making another long and dramatic pause.
The average altitude of the average brow in the cafeteria increased by about two millimeters.
Kyle just took a deep breath but didn't say anything.
"I accept," Tracy said. freёwebnoѵel.com
Surprised expressions were had all around.
"You mean about the mission?" Kyle asked, enunciating every word very clearly.
"Of course. Was there something else you proposed?" Tracy asked.
The average brow in the cafeteria returned to an average altitude, and people looked away again.
"Alright, killing bandits. You in?" Kyle asked.
"Yes," Tracy said with a convinced nod. "I have to deal with this sooner or later."
"Sounds good," Kyle answered. "Wanna go right away?"
Tracy took a deep breath to calm down. Thinking about killing humans was still very stressful for her.
"You don't have to be so nervous," Kyle said. "Bang, bang, smash, smash, crack, crack. All done. It's not really different from killing beasts."
"Head go bonk, body stops moving. That's-"
"Bonk!" Bonk shouted from his table.
"Later!" Kyle shouted back. "Busy. Work."
"Later!" Bonk shouted.
"Anyway," Kyle said, looking back at Tracy. "I think you got the idea."
Tracy sighed. "Yes, I know. I'll just have to do it."
Kyle nodded, and the two of them walked over to the barmaid.
Without being asked, the barmaid took out the missions for the Newbies.
Kyle and Tracy signed up for the mission, and they received all the details.
Apparently, the bandits were between Gelden, which was a farming village to the east of Starkhold, and Deep Cove, a major city about 400 kilometers to the east.
Deep Cove was even bigger than Starkhold, and they had their own Guilds for these kinds of missions.
However, the bandits exclusively struck near Gelden, which made this Starkhold's affair.
Gelden was too small to have its own Fighter Guild outpost, which was why it was a great place for bandits.
The soldiers and guards kept the cities and villages safe, but they only occasionally patrolled the streets.
No bandit would dare to strike a village or town, but the roads were free for the taking, essentially.
Of course, if the Skysand Kingdom had the capacity, it would also send guards to deal with dangers on the road.
Sadly, the war with the Winterfire Kingdom made soldier presence inside the Kingdom very low.
The best they could do was to keep settlements safe.
"Alrighty then," Kyle said. "Let's get investigating!"
"I can do that," Tracy said. "I'm pretty good at finding hidden dangers."
"Sure," Kyle said.
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