Edited by: KenChi死

The adventure guild “Rosewood” was situated in “Rosewood” city, which has its name from the “Rosewood” trade route which was established by the “Rosewood” merchant group owned by Franklin Rosewood… which after town was build located its headquarter in Rosewood city again…

The inhabitants of this city always liked to name things, routes, rivers and so on in as easy way as possible. But it is not the naming what we wanted to focus right now. The important fact is that this city is located in half way between Capital city of Neira and some certain village at the verge of the forest. We all know this village very well so we shall leave as its naming as all fact that the village is also well know in the kingdom.

So, as it was already said, there was an Adventure guild “Rosewood” in the Rosewood city named after… okay, okay. I get it. Putting whole story short: in front of the door to this very particular guild a small child was standing preparing herself to enter. It was already dark and no one was roaming the streets. Not because it was dangerous or law was so strict there, simply everyone had business to do. If not, then they were sitting in the inns drinking, singing, and laughing…

Thanks to this, the kid had all the time needed. Her tails were merging together. From seven into four, from four into two, and then those merged into one fluffy tail.

Her expensive looking journey coat vanished somewhere and was replaced with worn out, tattered one. The little Kitsune was now looking like some wolf-man of a poor family, for even the color of her fur turned gray.

She grabbed some dirt from the road and threw it on herself. She even rubbed some mud in her face and hair. She even poured some water at her face and now she looked like she was just crying.

Why was she doing it? The kitsune that loves staying clean? For the glory of satan of co… ouch! I am kidding! Stop it already! Isn’t it obvious? Use your head a little! Why anyone is pretending somebody else? NO! She don’t want to pick anyone to get lai…

She just wanted to gather some information. If you want to kill someone really bad, then you usually have to be in same place as your target. If you don’t know location of your target, how do you want to kill one?!

And now: Show time.

She opened the door slamming them into the wall making a lot of noise. This dragged everyone attention. Then she make few steps inside dragging her leg as if she was exhausted, looked around, let a small sigh of relief. And collapsed on the floor.

You ever saw some kid in tattered cloth collapsing on the floor? If you have any compassion you would treat her as fast as possible. Your really had to be some sick bastard (or Gorro... wait those two do not exclude each other…) to let a child suffer.

Everyone rushed from their sitting spots to help… or at least look at someone helping the little girl. Someone was screaming orders left and right. Soon the Kitsune was situated on a table and some adventurers and “girls-from-reception” start treating her small bruises and cuts while cleaning her face with wet towel.

After few minutes of such treatment she “awoke” from her “unconsciousness” (just in case someone wanted to take her out to a hospital… that would ruin her plan), looked left and right as if she didn’t fully know where she was.

Then her eyes went teary and whispered:

“P..Please… help mama and papa…”

That little cheating … but who am I to judge her? Let continue with the story:

“Shh child. Easy now. Stay calm. Do you need something to eat? We will listen to you as soon as you regain your strength.” A girl from reception was trying all her best to comfort… this little cheating vixen… pardon me – little girl. “No! Can’t wait! Mama and papa are in danger! I run as fast as possible to get some help! Please!” “Now, now… just tell us, what happen… GIARD!!! FOR HEAVEN AND HELL GET THIS DAMNNED WATER HERE! ... and we will be able to help” “M…Monster attacked mama and papa. We…we have a hut… in the wildness… far from other villagers… they told me to run. To get help… to run as fast possible… so I run… but I lost myself… I didn’t run to the village… I … I”… yes, some more pathetic cheati… I mean skilled sobs and cries. “Where are you from? What monster was that? We will sent a group immediately”

Bingo you foolish woman. Now, all that needed to be done was to play the rest of the act.

“I… I don’t know name of the village… nor the monster… it was scary… so scary…” A small pause to hide her face, sob… then put palms on the head and start trembling. A kid, in the end, can’t just peacefully describe a monster that has slaughter her parents, can it? “It… it was strange… never saw it before… it was… walking on two feet… but it was looking as wolf…”

Hehe! Human-looking beast-monster! How many such monster can there possible be?!

“ it doesn’t help to much…” WHAT?! “It could be literally anything…” NO IT CAN’T! THING A LITTLE YOU BIRDBRAIN! HOW MANY MON… “humanoid wolf… it can be: werewolf, lycan, worgen, druid, night-wanderer… some more powerful wargs, may became some variants of worgens... and those may be found in wildness….”

Crap… so many? Maybe some more details…

“B…But then… I saw it only for second…. B..b..b..but it changed…” Everyone went silent. Bingo. Let’s continue. “Just for a moment… it became a serpent… those fangs… so scary…” some more trembling… just to be sure… WAIT! There are simply too many monsters! What if they have a term for creature turning from this…. Vorgen? Forgen? Whatever… into serpent humanoid? Just to be sure… “B..But then…it became…” fast think! Some terrifying animal! Not to overdo it and still make a story somehow credible. “ An eagle?” crap. The only thought that appeared in her mind was – I have fuck this up -. “… some traveling merchants reported similar rumors near the village at the verge of the dreadful forest… we thought it could be a werewolf… or some mad shapeshifter… But how do you think? Better not tell that to the furries... some may get mad…”

It can’t be… they fell for it? HEY! “Furries” is a racist word, ya know?! Plus ya have the “furry” lady right in front of you!!!

“Wait… someone took a quest to investigate that rumor… wasn’t that La’iara and her beast-team?” “Great… it this creature is what we think, it will tear her apart right on spot.” “Once again… where was this quest supposed to be located?” “Dreadful forest. Tsh, there is no better place for such creature to be born, is…”

That was everything she needed to know. So she simply stoped crying. Wiped her face out of dirt and headed to the door. Almost everyone went dumb as they saw some brat that should be in panic simply raising from the table and heading out.

“Oy young miss…”

There was also no need to hide. Actually all that “camouflage” feels completely weird. She was just used to have all seven tails, she simply felt as something was missing in her body. As she was gracefully heading to the door her tail start splitting. Back to two, four and finally seven. Her fur from deep grey to white.

And she left the guild. She turned her face into direction of the forest (and the center of the continent), she gathered mana under her feet, and jumped into the air with insane speed.

The adventurers inside the guild understood what happened a few minutes later.

POV change.

I was slowly getting used to my new vision. Not. I wish for it, but it’s as weird as at beginning, but after a few minutes somehow I was able to more or less guess where I can find the “stuffed with mana beings”. Actually it was that hard. They were burning like beacons in the night.

There was one place that I found particularly interesting. The mana was high not only above the ground, but deeply inside too. That should be what I was looking for.

I headed that way immediately.

Aaaand. A bad feeling. A really bad. Kaito was walking by my side. Ravens were flying above me. Yet I had that really bad feeling.

And soon the reason of my bad feeling appeared.

It was a hole in the ground, going almost completely

[Snake den] Natural Dungeon

recommended team average level to finish this dungeon: 25

I looked at Sebastian right away

“No. Don’t even think about it!”

Sebastian was acting… like someone who was definitely thinking about it.

“Seriously? What is your problem?! I am not going in there! Not and… there is something behind me… isn’t there?

Nod from all ravens and Kaito.

“I shouldn’t move to fast… should I?”

Nod

“Lemme guess. It is big, bad and hungry?”

Nod

“And it is highly advised for me to jump there?”

Nod

A vicious hissing and sound of something slimy moving through the grass in my direction could be heard behind me. I jumped inside turning myself to see what was making the sound

[Acid Spitter - Brood Guardian - Elite] Level 29

The venom of this snake is not acid. The name was given after horrible pain that venom of the sneak cause.

The venom has powerful paralyzing properties. The prey of those beast will die in its stomach devoured by gastric juices

This monster of [Snake] species used to focus on agility to bite its prey, inject venom and devour it as it would grow weak.

This variant however was given a task to protect the lair of its queen.

Endurance, strength and vitality were risen by cost of its movement speed

Hp: 611/630

Sp: 471/500

Protect its queen. This sick dungeon has a queen. Great. Simply great. What is wrong with this forest?! Dungeons growing left and right like mushrooms after rain…

My “Journey” down to the Snake’s Den was pretty fast. Once again I finished in some dark cave. Someone should call the manager this pattern is getting boring.

There was a movement in the darkness. A few dozens of movements. From the ground, walls, ceiling, literally from everywhere heads of sneaks were being raised.

[Acid Spitter - Youngling] level 11

Hp: 81/90

Sp: 42/70

Awww, adorable. Those are barely covered in scales. They are also just a bit bigger then snakes from earth, not like that sick titanoboa above me. For now I will be safe from the Brood guardian, the entrance was simply too small for him.

Now, I can take all the time needed to slaughter his family, can’t I?