Upon entering the Adventurers' Guild, the first floor was still filled with the noisy chatter of other adventurers recruiting teammates.
Lynn went straight up to the second floor and began picking out a suitable quest from the commission board.
He bypassed all gathering and escort commissions.
Lynn headed straight for the commission board dedicated to hunting monsters.
His target was slimes.
Slimes, like goblins, were monsters that frequently appeared in various Western fantasy works, similarly known for their weakness.
In this world, slimes also went by aliases such as “oozes” and “black puddings.”
Unlike goblins, however, commissions for these monsters were rarely accepted by adventurers.
The reason was simple: slimes possessed a racial trait that corroded metal.
Once they got a hold of a weapon or armor, the equipment's durability would instantly plummet. Before one could even kill a few slimes, their weapon would be ruined.
The rewards from subjugating slimes could not even cover the cost of repairing or replacing equipment. Over time, naturally, very few people took on quests to hunt them.
But for Lynn, it was a completely different story.
On one hand, he could cast spells, and elemental damage was highly effective against slimes.
On the other hand, he had used the knowledge from his past life to create something...
Feeling the several clay pots hanging from his belt, Lynn smiled slightly.
This thing was an absolute killer against slimes.
However, after standing in front of the cork commission board for a long time, Lynn still couldn't find a commission suitable for him.
Slimes were slightly stronger than goblins, with even the weakest in their groups having a Challenge Rating of 1/4. To avoid making a careless mistake, Lynn didn't want to deal with too many at once.
His target was commissions with five slimes or fewer.
But perhaps because slimes had a powerful splitting ability, the commissions that remained unaccepted so far were basically for groups of ten or more slimes.
Should he take the risk?
Lynn hesitated slightly. For his first commission, he didn't plan on teaming up with strangers.
If he accepted a commission that required facing a large number of slimes alone, a single misstep could land him in a dangerous situation.
“Hello...”
Someone suddenly greeted Lynn in a timid voice.
Lynn turned his head and found a slightly slender girl.
She wore a beret on her head, covering her silver hair, though a few strands still peeked out from beneath the brim.
Seeing Lynn look at her, the girl hurriedly said, “Excuse me, are you looking for a slime-related commission? I've noticed you've been searching in this section for a while.”
Lynn frowned slightly.
It wasn't because the girl was secretly watching him.
Rather, he had heard about a certain phenomenon from Rogan.
He heard that there were “scalpers” in the Adventurers' Guild.
They didn't have the courage to adventure themselves, but they would come in early every morning to tear down the most sought-after quests for low-tier adventurers, then charge a fee to transfer these commissions to teams that actually needed them.
Their fees weren't high, usually just a dozen or so copper coins; otherwise, the guild would have kicked them out long ago.
Because the charge was small, many adventurers who were too lazy to rush and grab commissions relied on them. Naturally, the guild wouldn't spend a great deal of effort to crack down on this high-cost, low-yield nuisance.
Lynn thought he had run into one of these scalpers.
However, looking at her, the girl didn't seem like that kind of person.
Seeing Lynn frown, she immediately understood what he was thinking and hurriedly explained:
“I... I'm not... that kind of person... Would you like to party up with me?”
By the end, the girl's voice pitched higher out of embarrassment.
Hearing this, Lynn realized he had misunderstood her.
With that, the girl handed the commission sheet to Lynn.
Lynn glanced at it—
【Quest Name】: Sewer Cleanup
【Number】: Wingen Town White Iron 1221138
【Type】: Subjugation Commission
【Client】: Wingen Town Administration Hall
【Quest Details】: Slimes in the sewers are overflowing, and the area beneath the Administration Hall has also been breached. Preliminary scouting indicates a small group of six slimes. Their secretions are contaminating the sewer's recycled water supply. Please head there and eliminate them as soon as possible!
【Reward】: One silver and eighty coppers per slime, counted by concentrated slime cores.
Lynn's eyes lit up.
Although the quantity was slightly more than the five he had anticipated, it wasn't by much.
And perhaps because the quest was urgent, the bounty offered for the slimes was slightly higher than usual.
Most of the unaccepted slime commissions currently on the board only offered one silver and fifty coppers per slime.
Lynn looked up at the girl, who was waiting expectantly beside him.
“I'll give you fifty copper coins. How about you transfer this quest to me?”
Lynn tried to negotiate.
He really didn't want to party up with a stranger.
He didn't want to expose his new invention for clearing slimes just yet.
After all, the recipe for this thing was quite simple. If other adventurers figured it out, it would affect his efficiency in farming monsters.
And Lynn couldn't exactly take out his teammate just to keep his secret.
But the girl was rather stubborn. “I'm not a scalper. If you don't want to party up with me, then forget it.”
With that, showing quite a bit of spine, she turned to leave.
Lynn quickly pulled her back.
He didn't want to let such a perfect quest slip away.
He would just treat this quest as a way to unlock a new entry in his manual. As long as he saw a slime, he would obtain the initial Rune reward from the manual.
Lynn helplessly agreed to the girl's request to party up. “Alright, so what's your class?”
The girl turned around. Lynn thought he caught a glimpse of a sly smile flashing across her face, but he didn't see it clearly.
Her eyes sparkled. “Lupa's name is Lupa!”
The girl flashed a bright smile.
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