The chapter is kinda short (5000 characters)

Anyway, enjoy your read~

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To recap, Hugo the blacksmith lost his hammer somewhere in the Fallo forest. How it ended up there? Well, I asked Hugo about that.

“I was trying to mine some ores in a cave there, but something was in there with me and I had to flee. When I got back in my workshop, I noticed that my hammer has gone missing.” He answered, something else bothered me.

“Why the hell did you even bring your hammer with you?” I said, as I rubbed for forehead.

“A hammer is a blacksmith's pride. I cannot simply leave it behind in my workshop and have it stolen.” Hugo replied with a straight face.

“Well, look where it ended up now?” I said. I swear, I thought I heard him sniffle. Was that only my imagination? For a large guy, does Hugo actually have a fragile heart?

I did not dare to ask him that.

“This beast that chased you, what was it?” I asked. What kind of a beast scared off a big guy like Hugo?

“I didn't look back, didn't dare to at least.” He answered as he sat down on a chair behind the counter. He took out a piece of paper on one of the drawers, he also took out a pencil.

Hugo then started drawing on the piece of paper. He started to make a map. After it was done, he handed the paper to me.

“This’ll help you find the cave I was in.” Hugo added as he stood up from his seat and turned his back on me.

“Bring me back my hammer, or dont come back at all.” He said, as he entered the door behind the counter. Hugo being a kind guy? Nope not happening. He was like a taller and bigger version of Grumpy from Snow White.

I can tell this is gonna be a really difficult quest. If only Gon and Lala were online, then the three of us can probably clear the quest together. Sadly, both of them are still busy. I had no choice but to scout ahead.

Leaving Hugo's workshop, I made my way out of Hopfernz. Fallo forest was not really that far. It would take about 5 minutes by foot to get there.

On my way to Fallo forest, I could see other players fighting against a pack of wolves. Those nasty beasts are pretty agile. One of the players tried attack it from behind, but the wolf quickly backed away before the player could even swing his sword.

The archer’s are firing their bows, but they are missing their targets, while the tanks are having a hard time keeping up against them. There were about five people in their party, yet they are having a difficult time dealing against five wolves.

Man, if me, Gon and Lala fought against those canines, we would not stand a chance. Maybe if we level up a little more, than we’ll probably be able to fight against two or three wolves. Our usual strategy against the boar would not work against these things. So we’ll also have to think of a new combat strategy.

“Kyah!” One of their party member screamed before she died. She was wearing a robe and was carrying a staff, she was probably their support. From her death, they were not able to endure the incoming attacks of the wolves any longer, and they died one by one. Sucks to be them.

I finally reached my destination. I entered the forest and immediately opened up my map. I would prefer not to get lost and encounter a random beast alone, especially the one that was chasing Hugo. I went deeper into the forest while glancing at the map from time to time. From a distance, I could see a boar, minding it’s own business. Luckily, beasts like boars won't attack players on sight, not unless you get close enough.

After searching around for a couple of minutes, I finally found the cave Hugo was talking about. The entrance of the cave was quite large, I could barely see what's inside.

“I should've brought a torch.” I mumbled, as I let out a little sigh. It was quite stupid of me to come not prepared.

“Oh well, better come back next time. Its getting late anyway.” I told myself. Suddenly, something caught my attention. Inside the cave, I could see two bright round objects. Both of them were color orange and they were moving.

“Please, I hope you are not what I think you are.” I hoped, it was answered with despair when it started to move closer. A head came out of the cave. Then a long neck followed, and then, the body came out. The monster that came out of it's cave had certain parts of its body covered in scales, like the back, its neck, its face and its leg, but its chest and stomach weren't covered in any. The monster was large and it had a beak. Also, it had wings attached to its arms. This creature was surely as a wyvern. Its eyes were looking at me, no, it was looking at its prey. The monster reminded me of the Yian Kut-Ku wyvern back in monster hunter. For a moment, it looked like it was inhaling deeply, then a loud shriek followed. I immediately covered my ears to block off the sound, but it was pretty much useless. The shriek was just too loud.

“Shit.”

I quickly turned around and started to flee from the monster. The beast once again inhaled deeply before opening its beak and shooting out a fireball. I rolled to the side to dodge the attack, as the fireball hit a tree and explode.

“T-That could've killed me.” I said in relief. But it was still early to be relieve, I have yet to escape from the wyvern. Quickly, I started to run again. This time, the wyvern started to chase me too. Obviously, it was much more quicker than me with it’s long legs. I rolled behind a tree, and surely enough, the wyvern smashed against the tree and got stunned.

I stood there for awhile, thinking if either I should attack it or use this chance to flee. Trying to escape from it might be futile, it was much more faster than me. I decides to attack it’s leg to maim it instead.

Unsheathing my sword, I swung at its leg, but my attack just bounced off when it came into contact.

I never knew weapons have sharpness in this game. It was just like in monster hunter, if your weapon was not sharp enough, then it’ll just bounce off from the monster’s tough skin or scale. It still does damage, but not enough to down it.

“ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME?!” I yelled out in frustration. I should’ve just escaped when I had the chance. The wyvern returned to its normal state, and swung its tail at me. I was sent flying from the impact, and smashed against a tree.

Well I should've seen that coming. The wyvern then slowly came towards me. Looking down on me, face to face, it opened up its beak.

FUUUUU-!!