Chapter: 119

“Oh…” Mark scratched his head, looking a little disappointed “I was actually planning to do a dungeon run with Jay and Kel today…”

Anya smiled widely, “That’s ok, Jay’s coming on the quest. And Kel can come too.” she tactfully recruited both of them at once.

“Awesome. Same deal for Kel, right? She was planning to join the military too.”

“Yeah, sure.” Anya made a promise she couldn’t keep, but was sure her father would allow it anyway.

Sullivan seemed to be more concerned about recruiting Jay into the quest anyway – he didn’t want more people discovering Anya’s class, knowing that she would become drafted into service of some noble; he aimed to have her party with Jay to level up, making her strong enough to decide her own fate.

“Great. So, what is the quest about?”

“A small settlement has been attacked by forest monsters. We’re going south east to investigate and exterminate. The quest should be about four or five days long. It’s urgent so we leave in an hour.”

“Oh ok, right. I see.” Mark finished his tea in one go, realizing he had to be ready to leave. “Well, I was already packed and ready to leave with the military tomorrow, so I’m ready to go now. Want me to go get Kel?”

“Yeah, sure. Meet at the snakeraven inn, in about thirty minutes?”

“Snakeraven inn, got it. We’ll see you there.” he smiled before turning to go inside.

“See ya” Anya smiled, leaving the same way she came.

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“Hmm, perhaps I will need a tent after all.” Jay thought, still scrolling through the market’s item list. “Oh, but it won’t come in time… damn. Hmm… I suppose there’s a chance they have stock here.”

Jay realised that purchased items take a few days to travel there since this market hub didn’t have a teleportation device.

Jay got up, knocking on the hatched-door again.

Lillian “Find something nice?”

“Well.. I need a tent, but I need it today.”

Lillian smiled back in amusement “Well, I can’t do anything about that. We don’t have any in stock.” she looked up in thought “But there are some alternatives.”

“Mm? Like what?”

“Just a moment.”

Lillian closed the hatch in the door, and after the shine of a light escaped under the door, she returned with a large green bag.

“This is a swag. It’s better than a tent since you don’t have to set it up. All you have to do is unroll it and jump in. It’s a combination of a mana-powered self-inflating mattress and sleeping bag with a waterproof outer layer.” she smiled, passing the bag through the hatch.

Jay grabbed it, it was about 5kg “A swag? Hmm, ok cool. Can I test it?”

“Sure. But you have to roll it back up.”

“Sure” Jay chuckled, Lillian watching as Jay was opening the bag and unrolling it.