Starting with the goblin extermination

Quintas knew he was about to be eaten alive again.

Just when they thought they were saved, Logan chased the gnolls into the forest and never reappeared, still bound!

He struggled on the ground trying to break free of his restraints, but unexpectedly, he was confronted by hyenas again.

Amidst the dramatic ups and downs, he felt a heat in the groin area.

Oh, it was urine...

boom!

A figure reeking of blood suddenly burst out from the forest.

Logan threw Koska, who was on his shoulder, next to the boulder.

The old drunkard rolled on the ground, cursing angrily.

"You brat, can't you handle this gently?! My old bones can't take this kind of abuse!"

Logan completely ignored him.

He rushed forward.

Having just completed his job, his strength and agility had surged to 8 points and 7 points respectively, giving him an unprecedented sense of lightness and power.

There's not even a need to activate the [Wolf Attack] combat skill.

With a sudden burst of power from his legs, the soil on the ground exploded.

Logan instantly transformed into a blur and crashed directly into the hyenas.

No combat skills.

Only pure, extreme violence and slashing.

puff!

The two hyenas at the front only saw a flash of silver light before their necks were severed!

Two enormous dog heads shot into the sky, accompanied by pillars of blood.

Logan then delivered a powerful backhand shove, the blade slamming into the third hyena's head. With a cracking sound, the hyena's skull split in two, brain matter splattering out mixed with blood.

The remaining two hyenas tucked their tails between their legs and tried to run away, but Logan had already caught up with them.

The hand rises, the sword falls.

They were cleanly and decisively split in two.

The massacre ended instantly.

Logan flicked the black blood off the blade.

Ordinary professionals are definitely not as strong as me.

【Red King】

This is the power of a special profession.

He turned around and came to Quintus.

In the last rays of the setting sun, Logan scrutinized the face before him.

Why does he look so familiar?

Um......

What a small world!

This isn't the same aristocratic young master who looked down on himself and argued with Instructor Soben on the training field.

It seems to be called Quintas.

I never expected to run into you here.

Quintus finally breathed a sigh of relief, panting heavily after the dramatic ups and downs.

After a while, under the watchful eyes of Logan, Elsa, and Koska, he slowly raised his head.

His face was filled with embarrassment.

"I... thank you, thank you for saving me." Quintus's voice was still trembling. After saying this, he recalled his performance on the training field and his contempt for Logan at the time.

His face instantly turned bright red.

"......Feel sorry."

"What?"

"I'm sorry," he lowered his head again, "I apologize for what I said at the training ground. I was too arrogant at the time."

After he finished speaking, he saw the body of his companion lying not far away, and tears welled up in his eyes again.

Logan looked at him and remained silent for a moment.

Logan didn't care about being looked down upon.

However, since he is a young master from a noble family...

"Saving you was just a favor, and I didn't take the previous things to heart. If you want to apologize, you should apologize to Instructor Soben."

Hearing this, Quintus breathed a sigh of relief and was about to say thank you when Logan changed the subject.

"However..."

Logan plunged his longsword into the mud beside Quintus.

Quintas shuddered violently.

"No, but what?"

"Since you are the young master of a baron's family, your life should be quite valuable."

Logan pulled the longsword out of the mud.

"Saving you was a favor, but I still need to be paid. Ten platinum coins, how about it?"

Quintas was stunned.

He originally thought that the man was being sarcastic and that he was actually going to torment and humiliate him about the training ground, but he didn't expect that he just wanted money.

Quintas felt a huge weight lifted from his shoulders.

Although ten platinum coins were a considerable sum for him, the unloved second son, it was nothing compared to his life.

Although it was done on a whim, he still saved his own life.

"I'll give it! I absolutely will!"

Quintas nodded frantically.

He then swallowed hard and cautiously raised his head.

"But...can I make a small request?"

Logan raised an eyebrow, surprised that this guy, who had already wet his pants, still dared to bargain.

"explain."

Quintus twisted his tightly bound body, his voice tinged with grievance.

"Could you... help me untie the rope first...?"

"..."

Kosca burst out laughing and slapped his thigh.

"This kid has a good sense of humor!"

......

This happened shortly before Logan successfully took office.

[Steel Fist] Iris's squad is traversing a desolate forest.

From a distance, the three enormous outlines of the Guardian Stone stand out starkly on the forest floor, like three small hills.

Ellis didn't like them.

She always felt like they were frowning at her.

"How much longer?"

She kicked a piece of moldy bark away.

"Damn it, we've been searching for ages and haven't found a single hair!"

The half-elf ranger Sylvie rolled his eyes and didn't turn around.

Her nose twitched constantly, guiding the group in the right direction.

"So what if we found them? One of them is already dead, and the other three have been captured by some unknown force."

"If you ask me, even if we do find it, it'll probably just be a few bones that've been gnawed on."

Sylvie pushed aside the branches blocking her way, drawing out her voice for a long time.

"I don't know who it is, but he's taller than an orc, his brains are all squeezed out by his muscles, and he likes to brag when he's drunk. He insisted on taking on this thankless search and rescue mission, making me sniff around like a dog every day."

"Hey! How can you swear like that?!"

Ellis slapped Sylvie's butt hard, giving him a sharp retort.

"I just love taking on these thankless tasks, so what? The baron at least gave me two platinum coins first, it's not like I'm doing it for free!"

"Besides, how many times have you complained on this trip? I'm sick of it. I think you just need a man to vent your frustrations on you! Who can stand your constant venomous tongue?"

Sylvie sneered, crossed his arms, and drew out his voice in a sarcastic tone.

"Oh~ venting your anger? Someone has the nerve to say that to me?"

"Some people always make lewd jokes in bars, but they've never even touched a man's mouth. All they think about is exchanging blows with others."

Sylvie clicked his tongue twice.

"Last time, that guy who was pretty good-looking wanted to ask you out, but you insisted on going to the back alley to have a match with him, and ended up smashing his nose with one punch."

"What do you mean 'I don't like pretty boys'? With your tyrannical behavior, no wonder you secretly rub your thighs in bed every night."

"Do you really think I don't know?"

"You fucking—!"

Elise's eyes reddened. Enraged, she lunged at him, wanting to rub the half-elf against the pile of fallen leaves—

"Awooo—!!!"

Suddenly, a wolf howl came from the direction of the Guardian Stone.

The two froze instantly.

"Damn, is it a dire wolf?"