Additionally, I demonstrated my strength as a Water Saint-Rank mage, and Izoruti is a Water Saint Swordsman. For a team with such strong pillars and such a fair distribution method, the few members raised no objections.
Then I inquired about their respective abilities and skills to select suitable teammates.
Ultimately, I chose three teammates.
Berion Suarez: A male beastman. Judging by the shape of his ears, he should be an ox-ear type. He is tall, and he claimed to have studied the North God Style under a master in the Dragon Kingdom. His rank is Intermediate North God Style.
Farn Calvin: A male human who once studied at Ranoa Magic University in Sharia. He specializes in fire magic, capable of casting up to Advanced Fire Magic 'Exodus Flame,' but the failure rate is extremely high. He excels at using Intermediate Fire Magic 'Big Fireball.'
The last one is Wendine: A female human, born in the Qika Kingdom. She learned Healing Magic from her mother, capable of using up to Intermediate Healing Magic and Beginner Detoxification Magic, but her total mana pool is not particularly large—she can only cast Intermediate Healing Magic about 4 times at most.
Including Izoruti and myself, the party currently has 5 members: two frontliners, two offensive mages, and one healing mage.
Although I feel that Izoruti and I alone could handle D-Rank quests, since there are only two of us, we cannot carry many spoils of war. It's easy to kill the monsters but be unable to carry most of the materials. Recruiting some partners for efficiency is quite useful.
After confirming the time with everyone and registering the party at the Adventurers Guild,
We returned to the inn. Today was the tenth day, and our team had advanced from F-Rank to E-Rank. We accepted the quest to collect Steel-Tusk Wild Boar tusks. Since there were many commissions requiring this item, bringing back just 10 tusks could complete one commission. Bringing back 100 tusks would count as 10 D-Rank commissions.
At 8:30 AM, we assembled punctually at the South Gate of Rosenburg and set off for Hadola Forest. Traveling on foot for about 8 hours in the morning, we didn't reach the vicinity of the forest until 7:00 PM. Camping inside the forest at night is very dangerous, so we set up camp on a hill about 1 kilometer away from the forest. We divided into three shifts for night watch.
Izoruti and I took the first half of the watch, and the middle shift. Berion Suarez and Farn Calvin took the last shift. Wendine, having no combat ability, was not required to participate in the watch.
The next morning, we entered the forest early. Steel-Tusk Wild Boars were distributed on the outskirts, so we encountered them easily. I didn't bother the others; with one Surge Flow spell, I easily pierced the brain of a Steel-Tusk Wild Boar. Farn Calvin was very surprised that I cast the spell without incantation, but I didn't offer much explanation.
We encountered about 4 Steel-Tusk Wild Boars that morning. Since only the two protruding tusks of the boar could be used as materials, we only collected eight tusks that morning.
This efficiency was too slow for me. I didn't want to complete one commission this way and then return to turn it in; the time wasted traveling back and forth was too long.
I gathered all my partners and told them my plan.
Because Hadola Forest is a large circular forest, most Steel-Tusk Wild Boars live on the periphery. However, in the part of the forest closer to Rosenburg, Steel-Tusk Wild Boars are frequently hunted by Adventurers, so their numbers are already scarce.
Therefore, I planned to cross Hadola Forest to reach the other side. That area is rarely visited by Adventurers, making it a paradise for Steel-Tusk Wild Boars, where we could yank out their tusks like mowing grass.
Izoruti did not refuse my proposal; she was also frustrated that she wasn't getting to use her full strength!
The other three, seeing that the two people with the highest combat power had spoken, also had no strong objections. Only the timid Wendine asked, 'What if we encounter Blizzard Great Bears or Hail Magic Trees?'
My reply was simple: Kill them all.
Subsequently, we set off deeper into the forest. Hadola Forest has a diameter of about 150 kilometers. We entered from the northern forest and had to cross the entire forest, which would take two days to reach the border between the southern and central forests.
Along the way, I used Earth Magic to create signposts to prevent getting lost.
By the first night, we had reached the edge between the northern and central forests.
I used magic to clear an open space and then used Earth Fortress to create a giant earthen wall fortress to surround us, leaving only one window at the top for ventilation.
They were likely staying in an earthen fortress for the first time. For safety, I also reinforced the entire earthen structure.
Without me and Izoruti, the remaining three probably wouldn't even be able to get out of there.
The night watch was distributed the same as the previous day, although it was a bit eerie. The sounds of monsters brushing against the grass outside the fortress made people nervous.
I was very confident in my magic, so I slept soundly. While on watch in the wilderness during the latter half, I held Izoruti, who was curled up in her blanket, in my arms. I controlled fire elements to keep myself very warm, and she leaned against me very tightly.
We traveled like this for two days. During that time, we encountered a group of Blizzard Great Bears once and a Hail Magic Tree once, both of which were eliminated by my magic.
Upon reaching the southern forest, it was like discovering a new continent. Wild boars running through the forest appeared in droves, like a swarm of locusts, and they were more aggressive. They wouldn't flee after being attacked; instead, they would bravely charge toward us.
Izoruti and Berion stood at the front with their swords, slaying the wild boars that broke through the formation.
Farn Calvin and I used magic from behind, inflicting damage on the concentrated areas of the boar herd.
After 7 or 8 rounds of attacks, Farn Calvin ran out of mana and collapsed. I continued to use area-of-effect magic to kill the boars.
We killed over 74 wild boars in the entire morning. After extracting the tusks, we had a total of 148. After clearing out the boars in this area, we took a rest to recover our mana.
Then we continued searching for and slaughtering boars in the forest.
After two full days of killing, everyone's backpacks were stuffed full. We collected about 450 boar tusks in total. In reality, there were more boars, but our backpacks simply couldn't hold any more.
We then made our way back. The return journey took 4 days, the same as the trip there, bringing us back to Rosenburg.
We went directly from an F-Rank team to a D-Rank team.
Team Name: Dawn
Team Rank: D
Team Members: 5
Team Quest Count: F 0 times E 10 times D 15 times C 2 times B 0 times A 0 times S 0 times
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