Chapter 153 - Return To The Forest (1/2)

Evan, like dozens of other students, had his pick of tasks. Many of them he could not take, even though he was an ”Inner student”. The reason was that these tasks had a restriction on the student`s rank. Evan simply couldn't take the tasks for the second rank students.

All the tasks he could take were zero rank ones. He would become a first rank student only when he reached the ”One-Pointed Star”. Nevertheless, there were a huge number of zero rank tasks. They were the easiest and quickest to complete, so new ones kept popping up.

It wasn't five minutes before Evan approached the bulletin board, but other students had already taken several tasks. The space was immediately filled with other ones, that the person in charge brought in.

At that moment, Evan realized something about this city that he hadn't thought about before.

<Hmm, when you think about it that way, the people in this city have a huge number of mercenaries in the form of students of the Academy. They're the magicians who are just happy to complete a task to get ”Moon Coins” for it. What a common man has to do is pay for, and his problem will be solved with a hundred percent probability.>

This conclusion was pretty obvious, but Evan realized it only when he saw how many students were on the bulletin board.

After a while, Evan chose the right task for himself. It was not only of a zero rank, but it was also the easiest of all, with only one star on it.

Each task, in the upper left corner, had the stars drawn on it. The more there were, the more difficult the task was. But, regardless of the number of stars, the task of a zero rank couldn`t be more difficult than the first rank task.

”I think to collect forty ”Sun Clovers” will be quite easy,” Evan mumbled and made his way to the assignment desk.

Before choosing this task Evan looked up where the plant was growing and the location proved to be the right place for him. It was only a kilometer away from the ”Valley of the Azure Dandelions.” That way he could easily get to the ”Half-Dead Forest” and in addition, earn some ”Moon Coins”.

The task was very simple and safe, so the reward was very small - 50 ”Moon Coins”. It could be considered as a delivery fee, since collecting 40 ”Sun Clovers” anyone can do.

At this point, Evan didn't care how many ”Moon Coins” he got for completing the task. It would be his first such experience, and he was going to the ”Half-Dead Forest” anyway. He could complete the task on his way there.

Evan took his time walking up to the assignment desk and handed the sheet to the girl. She was in charge of accepting the tasks and their registration.

The girl looked at Evan and calmly asked: ”What's your name?”

Evan told his name, the girl nodded and signed the bottom left corner of the sheet and, to Evan's surprise, handed him the needle, pointing to the lower right corner of the sheet.

Evan had done something like this before when he had been in Mossy Vulture, so he knew right away what he had to do. The young man took the needle and a second later, a drop of blood fell on the corner of the sheet.

That was enough.

”The deadline for the task is one week, the penalty is 200 ”Moon Coins”, the subject of the task should be brought to the warehouse.” The girl said quickly, pointing to the door behind her.

Everything she said was written on the other side of the sheet, but she was obliged to repeat such important things.

Evan nodded, moved the sheet of paper into the spatial ring, and headed for the exit of the Academy.