Though it is true that 8 gold wasn't really the worst amount of Gold I could get, on the other hand, you could even call it quite nice sum considering that I would get double that, so about 16 gold, each time I kill a monster with my team.
And not only that, I also didn't really hit the limit of how many servants I could have. I would get an extra 8 gold with every other servant and at maximum, it would be 80 gold since I can have 10 servant at most. that too on every monster I hunt...and the monsters on higher floor will provide me with higher amounts of gold.
But that much gold isn't possible for me, currently. I am quite satisfied with 16 gold per monster but I would want to increase it more. as they say, the more the merrier.
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Quest: Slay an enemy! completed!
Reward: 10 Gold.
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Now this was a surprise, I was just standing at the side right? Why was the quest fulfilled? I didn't even hit the bull even once... There wasn't really a way to answer why I was given the quest reward but I wasn't going to refuse some extra gold.
Another 10 Gold... now it's 26 gold that I would get from just one monster. If I just slayed ten monsters with my team, I would get roughly 250 gold. this amount would be enough to get another stat equipment from the shop but, unfortunately, these 250 gold wouldn't be entirely mine. As stated in the contract, I would have to give half the gold that my servants gain back to themselves in the form of equipments. I can't really use that gold myself.
Now how much gold I would have to give them in the form of equip is something the system will calculate. It'll calculate the amount of Gold I got from my servants and also tell me what are the equips I could buy for them with the amount of Gold they have.
Thinking like that I smiled and looked at my two teammates. they were trying to dismantle the bull. I walked towards them and started helping them in dismantling it. after we were done, we stored everything that was of value from the bull like it's leaver, heart, meat and the most importantly, it's horn inside of a bag that we had prepared beforehand. After that, we cleared some area around the body of the bull from anything flammable and then burned the corpse of the bull.
This process would be done on every monster we slay. The corpse of the monster can rot if left untouched and could spread new diseases or infection. so burning them after taking what was of value was the normal according to Dofu who had been working as mercenary for some time before starting to climb the tower.
We also had to make sure that the flame doesn't spread as that would be the worst thing. Though if the fire does start, it would be controlled quite quickly since the rankers (Administrators) on this floor wouldn't want too much damage to be done under their watch. They are accountable for what happenes on this floor after all.
After we were sure that the fire wouldn't spread, we decided to look for another monster. We quickly found another one horned bull and this time I decided to help them. I was the first to attack.
As the bull charged at me, I used (Force Swing) from the opposite direction of its charge and slammed my staff into its head. I avoided hitting the horn as that wouldn't damage the bull much but the bull wasn't damaged too badly even after taking my attack at its head. at most the bull just staggered and it seemed it was also slightly deezy but it took my attack very nicely other then that.
I was quite surprised at that. My strick wasn't something an ordinary person or monster could take. the only reason I could think as to how the bull was still alive even after taking my blow to the head would be if the Bulls head is tougher then normal. I can't really test that but I don't really need to either.
While the bull was staggering and coming out of the blow it just took, my teammates decided to take it out. They rushed at it and started slashing at the poor creature. since it still couldn't make any sense of the things around it, the bull just started crying out in pain and started going berserk. it only lasted for a few seconds though as it was killed by my team mates after that.
We dismantled it as well and burned it. and then started moving to find another Bull. This continued as we slayed two more bulls after that after which, all of us were quite tired and decided to call it a day, including me. Killing the bull wasn't too difficult but finding it and then killing it was. Walking around the giant field to find monsters was already tiring not to mention that we had to defeat them after that. Besides, we weren't really pushing ourselves either. it was the first day of our monster hunt so we were taking it more easy. if we really wanted to, we could hunt one or two more bulls but, as I said, it was our first day and we decided to give ourselves some time to get used to this lifestyle.
So in total, we defeated four one horned bulls at the end of the day and headed back. According to the system, I had gotten a total of 104 gold from today's monster hunt and, from this 104 gold, 64 gold was earned by my servants and thus half of that, so 32 gold, would be used for their equips instead. The remaining 72 gold would be mine to use though.
72 Gold might not sound appealing as this is one entire day's work of ours but I know it would increase as time pass. There are various ways for me to increase my gains. acquiring more servants, pushing my team to their limit and quests... I need to set all the things in motion first after which, I would get a steady supply of gold coming daily.
Setting all that aside for now though, I looked at what was in front of me. We had just arrived at the place where we could sell our harvest or I should say, our loot. As in monster loot. For four bull's organs, meat and some bones, we got around eight thousand gold. I didn't know if that was a lot of not but Dofu and Amelia seemed satisfied by the prices so I didn't say anything.
After doing that we had our lunch. it was late for it but we were hungry so we are outside. and then we decided to find the person who could rent us an appartment. our old appartment is only available till today so we had to rent a new one.
I wanted to rent the house we were staying at but it seemed that it was only for newcomers to live for some time and if someone wanted to stay there for more then their alloted time then they would have to find a place for themselves. which we were doing.
It didn't take long for us to find someone who could give us an appartment or a house after we asked around for a while. We talked to the guy who looked to be in his mid forties. We went to various appartments and houses with him to pick whichever we liked. At the end, we decided on a simple wooden house that also had a small garden outside of it. the interior of the house was similar to the house we had lived in before so we choose this house. he asked for six thousand points for a month's rent and it seemed Amelia and Dofu had thought that the rent was high but they still decided to take the house as it was also quite clean meaning we wouldn't need to clean it and can use it immediately.
We ate outside again and then went to sleep. Of course, we also brought ration before so we wouldn't need to eat out all the time. The next day Amelia served us breakfast and after that we again went to hunt some bulls.
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Author,-
Next chapter would be a small time skip. And then it would be the 2nd floor test. Also MC would be able to have his first proper fight there too. So stay tuned!