Chapter 411   - Strange town (part 2)

Not only Monk but the other two men had also arrived at the scene, where the screams were heard. They both stood next to him wearing beast gear and weapons. They could see part of the ship crew being attacked by what looked like some strange huge jellyfishes. The beats had a large head on top with two huge red eyes on it. Then using its many tentacles, it was able to grip onto the ship, and they were even strong enough for it to walk on land.

The scary-looking jellyfish were about as giant as a human. At the moment there were only two jellyfish, but Monk knew they couldn't be any higher than an intermediate level.

As one of the tentacles from the jellyfish went to grip around one of the workers who had fallen across the floor, just in the nick of time, a sword came swinging down from a man cutting the tentacle clean off.

The other man was also helping the civilians; he carried a spear. He would continuously push the Jellyfish back while allowing the others to flee and head back to the inn and other buildings away from the river.

Seeing that the two men were handling everything fine, Monk stayed back a little.

Then, when everything was looking up, three more appeared out from the river and had climbed up on the wooden port.

"Crap, we need more people." The spear wielder shouted.

Just then, running past both the two men, they could see someone in scattered and tattered clothing holding two daggers in his hands run past.

"Is he a civilian, he can't be thinking of going up against those things, he has no armour." The man said as he finished dealing with the first jellyfish, slicing at its head downwards.

"Careful, young man!" he shouted out. "If those tentacles touch your bare skin, they have a shocking effect. They touch you; you're done for!"

After giving his warning, he thought perhaps the young man would decide to back off, but instead, he continued running forward.

"AH, I can't let the foolish kid die like this." The swordsman said as he started to run after him, but the next thing he saw had frozen him entirely.

The tentacles came out, towards Monk, and he managed to avoid not just an attack from one of them, but all three. At the right time, he was able to duck, then bend, placing his hand on the floor, tilting backwards and while doing all this, Monk was able to place his attacks with ease. In just a few seconds, most of the tentacles had fallen off, and they hadn't touched him a single time.

The other two watched, even though they had struggled, but they had beast tier armour on. These dreaded jellyfish were the bane of their existence. They would often come on the shore, so they had specific equipment that would protect them from the shocks. It was the reason why they were able to fight so confidently.

But they had never seen someone so young, be so skilled before, and before they knew it. The boy they were watching had defeated all three of the Jellyfish creatures.

After defeating them, Monk quickly went for the beast crystals inside, pulling them out and placing them in his small pouch by his side.

"Maybe I don't have to do any quests after all. If I sell these, I can pay that woman back." He said with a smile but saw the other two people walking towards him. 'Oh, do they maybe want the crystals? It wasn't an official quest after all, and I'm in the town. Different places work differently, don't they?'

A little upset that he might have to give the crystals back, Monk pulled them out from his pouch and gave it back. He didn't want to cause any arguments, and it wasn't like he desperately needed them anyway.

"Young boy, I think you misunderstood. Those crystals are yours to keep, we aren't going to take them away from you." The spear user said.

"We have never seen anything like this before. You are indeed skilful, have you ever had any kind of training before? And we have to ask this but do you belong to any guild or perhaps a guard for some city?" The spear user asked hoping he would say no. Judging by Monk's clothes, it didn't make sense for him to belong to a guild or work as a guard for a big city or town.

The two of them were looking at him like they had just landed on a gold mine. If they brought him in, then, they would be praised by their leader to no end.

Thinking about what to say for a while, Monk finally decided, he had purposely gotten rid of all signs he was a knight of Avrion on purpose, and based on their equipment they might have had some relation to the man he was looking for.

"No, I do not belong to any guild of any sorts. My family was poor, you see, so I did everything I could to earn money completing quests on my own to feed them. I tried joining a few guilds, but they would always want a bigger cut of the hard work I had done, or I would be cheated, so I preferred to work on my own."

Monk had said this mixing in some truths and lies, after looking at the certain people that were coming to visit the place, he tried coming up with a story that would match the appearance of the others.

"Well, trust us when I say, we're not like that." The spear user said. "You see that over there." The man was pointing at the queue of people lined up outside the inn.

"We don't discriminate against people; anyone can join, and everyone gets looked after and paid a minimum amount which would be more than enough for you and your family to live on. Right now, we're doing try-outs, and I think you would immediately pass and be welcomed to join the guild."

Hearing the last words, it seemed like these people belonged to their own guild.

"May I ask, what is the name of the guild these people are trying out for and you belong to?" Monk asked.

The two men looked at each other before answering and nervously laughed.

"You mean you came to this town without knowing?" The man asked to which Monk didn't reply.

"Well, if you didn't know this may sound bad, but we can explain it really isn't something of a secret. The try-outs are for the Dark Guild."

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