My name is Robert Kinsman, and I am a local branch manager in Blitz for almost 5 years. Before this, I am only a receptionist in an Adventurer Association. Adventurer Association managed things regarding adventurer and guild. Their job scope including approving the creation of Guild or giving out the high level quest. After 15 years of working as the receptionist, I finally have my promotion to main a branch in Blitz. Even if this is a remote area, the pay is decent.

Our branch in Blitz is main by only a few essential staff, such as the receptionist Anna. At times, she also works as my secretary. We also have our resident healer who helps us to tend for adventurers that get hurt during quest or exploration. At times, we have a veteran adventurer to help us to handle rowdy guys and training the new guy. Well even though this place is remote, it still has it owns fair share of adventurers.

For five years, I saw people come and go from this quiet town; most are young and hopeful adventurers. Some never come back from the adventure. Aside from them, there are also some up and coming party that pass this town to replenish their supply and even make their base here. Because this town is located in between the border of both country, merchants must past through this town.

If we are to talk about the town main attraction, it will be that we are near a forest and a small dungeon. And there might be more dungeon to discovered in the forest. Aside from that, even the plain outside the town are abundance with herbs and materials for potion making. Oh, we also have the cook. The boss food is the real treasure, always packed with customers. As if the food is outworldy.

Well, like any other town, we also got our own problems. Typically, the problem that we face are monsters from the nearby forest that sometimes wondered off to the road. To combat that, we will send out the request to periodically culled out the population. But sometimes, the true monster isn't the creature from the forest but human themselves. Bandits. The worst scum among them all and the scourge of humanity. We of Adventurer Association will always prioritize our job to destroy them whenever possible. To combat their threat, we always sent out the request to hunt them down. But such request is more of a double edge sword, it kills or be kill request. some even join the bandit. As if it not enough, everything got worse for the past few months.

It all started with a man in red who come to our branch to register himself. A promising guy, with mysterious equipment but haughty personality. Always condescending and mocking our staff and at one point he even challenged our veteran adventurer and loses miserably. Because of the humiliating defeat, we never saw him again in town, until a report comes in saying that a man in red has taken over the local bandit. And he is getting stronger. Some even reported that he can cut down a carriage in half with a single swipe of his spear. The casualty to fight the band of his bandit is getting higher as time goes by and at this rate, we will need the reinforcement from the headquarters. And because of the mounting threat from the bandits, there is no one available to culled the monsters. With a number of monster increases and the bandit become uncontrollable, this might be the end for all of us.

While I was lamenting about the situation, a knock comes from the outside of my office door.

" Get in.", as I invited whoever knock my door.

" Sir,", the lady in her early 20s replied me, this young and smart lady is my assistant and secretary cum receptionist.

" Yes Anna, how can I help you?"

"Sir, Alnor from the blacksmith have something urgent to report."

"Bring him in.", Anna bows with approval and then bring Alnor inside my office. Alnor, a dwarf in his 50's one of the very few disciples of the Legendary Blacksmith. His stout and short body and sharp eyes exude authority in this place.

"Bob, we got problems", he said.