First Quest

Once her hair was fully dry, Elyrielle braided them and added some yellow flowers to it to add a nice detail to her beautiful silver hair.

She ate an apple while going to the hotel, and once she arrived, she cooked her favorite soup, gray fungus soup. It's simple, a simple taste little to no seasoning. Her husband hated it, and that is why she never cooked it when he was home. Just eating it after so long made her surprisingly happy.

She was at the town hall half an hour before 12. As always, she needed to be on time, even before if possible. While she waited, she sat by the window, legs crossed, and her right hands over her legs. Observing the place was something that she always enjoyed. The sky was still gray, but now the sun was shining with all its might. Many trees were covered with snow from yesterday. Now, the temperature was still cold but definitely warmer than yesterday. Her ears and nose were red from the cold still. With every breath she took, she really wished that she had brought a bigger coat with her.

Finally, her party arrived.

- Have you been for a long time? - Asked the girl with brown ears and tail.

- Oh! no, no, dear. Don't you worry. I'm ready if you are.

-We're ready Ol' Lady. - Said the man of the silver armor

- Yes, we should get going before it gets dark. - Said the young magician with the odd beard.

- Well, let's go then, party. - Said Elyrielle and smiled softly.

The quest was simple. They should arrive at a little house, a red wooden house where a young kid was seen for the last time. Their parents suspect that a group of goblins took her away while she was playing outside. The reward was of 800 golden coins. 200 per adventurer. Taking into account that Elyrielle only had 500 golden coins left, this pay would help for a few days at least.

- Is the house far away? -Asked Elyrielle.

- Nah. It's a few blocks away. I know the family. -Said the knight.

- I know the family. They are good people. They would have paid more for the quest if-

- If they could. - Finished the beast girl.

 - I... I think I see it. - Said the magician.

- Yes. Is that one. Get here. Let's make a strategy plan. - Said the knight. He seemed to be the leader of the party.

The four of them reunited in a circle and started talking in almost silent voices.

- Okay, Leonard and I will go to the front and attack directly the goblins. They are fast but weak and get distracted really easily. Louise and Elf lady go inside and look for the kid. Elf lady, protect Louise, and she will attack if needed. Got it?

- You got it, boss. -Said Leonard

- Follow me, Elyrielle, right? I will show you the way.

- Understood. I'm ready. - Said Elyrielle and materialized her staff in her hand.

Elyrielle wouldn't lie to herself. She was just as excited as she was scared. It's been not years, CENTURIES since she stepped into action. What if her magic fails her now? What if she forgets something in the middle of a battle? What if her body fails her? what if-

A warm hand softly touched her shoulder and brought her back to reality. She blinked and looked to the right. There was the beast part of the group, Louise.

- Are you okay, Ms Elyrielle?

- Oh. Yes, yes. It's just that it's been so long since I did this that... I feel a little uneasy. That's all.

-Don't worry. I know someone like you surely knows how to use magic like no other.

Elyrielle got a little tense when she heard that, but she smiled to hide her worries away for now.

The goblins in this world are weak creatures, fast, agile, but not that brilliant. They live in dark caves and only leave to hunt flesh. It could be from simple animals as squirrels or complex as humans. They usually use simple but effective weapons generally made with wood sticks and caved stones (probably from the same caves that they inhabit).

Not only that, but they are known for attacking with short distance weapons such as knives, machetes, or swords. They do not use weapons spears or bows mainly because they do not have the necessary coordination required for ranged weapons.

They are also easy to spot for two main reasons, their physical appearance and the noises that they make when they hunt.

They seem to communicate through different kinds of screams with each other. Furthermore, they do not know how to read or write either, which means that they do not have a written language of their own.

They're beings that live long periods of their lifetime in complete darkness. Because of this, their skin has a green, almost completely white color that is impossible to miss. Their hair (if they have it) it's completely white as well as their eyes. They have many fang-like crooked teeth that are most of the time outside their mouth, sometimes even the teeth pierce through their skin in a painful display to see. They are also known for their spectacular sense of smell. They could pursue a prey for kilometers sometimes.

In the front of that red wooden house, we're like 10 goblins outside that were boiling water on a big black cauldron. Some of them were jumping and... "singing" strong it on a circle. Some others were guarding the main entrance of the door.

-Hey green dudes! Do you want a fight? - Said Edward.

The goblins turned to them and started making short and paused screams. Guttural screams.

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And ran toward the knight and the magician. With weapons at hand, did not like the idea of someone interrupting their eating rites.

-Get ready Magic man! We will need your magic stuff! -Said Edward

- Here goes nothin'! <>

And three fire balls were thrown out of the magicians spell book. The balls floated out of the book and went straight to a group of goblins and bursted when they made contact.

<< AHHHHHHHHHHH!! >>

Some of them jumped to the side to avoid the flames. Others started falling to the floor, they looked like the flame of a candle.

<< IHHH AHHH!! >>

The ones that scaped divided into two groups. Some went to the right. Some to the left.

- Your turn Iron-man! - Said the magician. Now sweating profusely.

- No need to tell me! - Said and launched himself to the right, sword at hand. - You go to the left Leo!

- On it! << Ventus brumalis! >>

With that spell, a swirl of wind started coming out of the spell book and went towards the left. It was cold and fast. It got 3 or 4 goblins and lifted them into the air a few meters. Once he felt ready, the magician closed the spell book, and the wind disappeared. The goblins fell hard to the floor and made an uncomfortable noise when they touched the floor. It seemed that many bones broke there.

Edward's sword clashed right into one of the goblins' swords with a laud *KLANK*

- Not that smart, ah?

<< AAAAAHG IHHHHH!! >>

The goblins growled and kicked Edward's leg. it had iron protection, so that did not end as the goblin expected.

<< AGH!! >>

The goblin crouched to grab his painful foot. Right there, Edward took the chance, grabbed the goblin's head with both hands, and his him hard with his head. The goblin screamed. In response, Edward sliced his head before he could do anything else.

The other three goblins ran to him, screaming. With a smooth move, Edward cleaned the blood of his sword and positioned himself to attack again. He ran and kicked the knee of one goblin. It fell to his knees. Edward kicked his back, which made him face the floor. There, he stepped on its head.

Two more were left. One of them threw his stick, but the knight managed to dodge in time. He tackled this one and hit him with the back of his sword, smashing his head.

Only one left. He grabbed Edward by the back and pulled him towards him.

<< IHHHHHHHHH!! >>

Edward felt the putrid smell coming out of the goblin's mouth and froze. How could he make such a stupid mistake?

<< ignictis volantis!! >>

A big fire ball exploded the goblin's head, painting a big part of the knight's armor in red before it fell dead to the floor.

- You ow me one Silver-boy! Ha ha! - Said the magician.

- A cold beer is good enough for ya?

- It sure is!

Both laughed and went to check with the other two. At the back of the house, Louise checked that it was safe and grabbed Elyrielle's hand to enter.

- They probably have her tied up in a room. There might be a big one guarding the kid. Put a shield on me, please. And get ready to heal if necessary.

Elyrielle swallowed saliva and wished that her spell worked this time. What she forgot is that elder's fog cam make your spells stronger as well but without your control.

<< Nallon >> - Said Elyrielle and moved her staff towards her partner. The staff ignited, and a golden barrier appeared. But, instead of just covering Louise's body, it expanded. So strongly that broke the door and wall in one powerful move. A soft << Smack >> was heard inside the room.

Louise turned and looked at Elyrielle, confused. Blushed and embarrassed, Elyrielle promised to explain once the hostage was safe. Louise nodded, and the beast girl entered to what was left of the house.

In less than a minute, the beast girl got out with a small girl asleep in her arms. She had marks in both her hands and feet. She was tied up certainly. Now Elyrielle distinguished horrified that the barrier not only destroyed the back of the house, but also crushed the goblin that was guarding to the front of the house. There it was, splattered as a bug.

- I got her Elyrielle. Let's go home.

Elyrielle nodded and touched the floor with her staff. Luckily, this time the force field just disappeared without causing any harm to anyone.

- Are you both okay? We heard an explosion! - Said the magician.

- Yes, thanks for asking gentleman. - Said Elyrielle, still ashamed.

The four heroes returned to the town hall and left the kid with the authorities. The quest was removed from the list and they went to get their payment.

- 200 per person then. Here ya go! - Said the silver armored guy. And distributed the coins to each individual.

- Thank you for letting me join to your party young adventurers. I must now return to my room.

- Hey! I was wondering... Don't you want to come with us? - Said the magician.

- Sounds good to me. Said the Knight.

- As long as you agree. - Said the beast girl.

- Well, I do need the money. I plan to go to

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