The girl didn’t move. ‘Did she break?’, but then Mack heard, “Err… sorry, I was not mean to…”

“Its fine, its fine” said Mack, shaking his hand, but the girl still didn’t move. Mack was now wondering about her health, because the girl was so red in the cheeks that it could not be natural anymore.

“Right….. I never asked your name. Mine is Mack,” said Mack, trying to change the awkward subject.

The shy man took the opportunity, and said, “My name is Lok Serpentine, but you can call me Lok” as if no one already knew his name.

The girl took courage and, raising her head, she said, “Lina Highfalls” but the moment the words came out of her mouth, she stormed forward, and walked ahead of everyone.

Mack could only shake his head, but a smile could be seen on his face. That girl was a bliss to watch. So innocent, and yet a full woman. It was rare for Mack to find girls like her.

~cough~

Mack raised his eyes and looked to the side. “What?”

“Nothing, nothing, you seemed lost, looking at Lina bu…. nevermind, nevermind,” said Lok, a bit shy and feeling bad already for saying anything.

Mack shook his head and resumed walking. ‘what a strange guy’.

[I would say…. what an odd team you have found.]

‘Indeed’

[Did you receive the package?]

‘Yes,’ Thought Mack, putting his left hand on his pocket once again to confirm that the package was still there. ‘That guy? What will happen to him?’ asked Mack, thinking about the cuffed guy that gave him the package when pretending to stumble on him.

‘They will probably ban him for life from the tower, but no need to worry. The Fenryr tower doesn’t usually kill people unless they murder someone or something along those lines. He will be fine.’

Mack didn’t care much about other people’s life, but thinking someone would die to give him a package, a package, was too much for his conscience, it’s not like he would cry over it if happened, but the bad taste in his mouth would linger for a few days.

…

Time passed until came the time for Mack team to be received by the attended of the Mission hall, the mission hall, strangely, still had people giving missions, it was not some machines like banks or other kiosks, they had to enter a queue and wait for their time to take a mission available at the moment they were there.

Behind the attends there was a huge mission board that was almost 50 meters in size, showing mission number, how many groups or people could take them at the same time, their difficult and the contributions points that would be awarded.

The mission hall worked almost like the elevator. By morning, they would give missions, and by noon, they would collect them.

Mack was not sure why they did things like this, but they must have a reason for it. One thing that Mack learned for sure was that the Fenryr Tower aimed for maximum security, and if they have done things this way, that’s because there was a history behind it.

The dozens of attendants seemed to never be enough for the unending tide of people that came inside the hall at every moment.

“What mission you will take?” asked the attendant.

Mack looked at the girl by his side, and seeing the troubled face on Lina, he looked back to the attendant, and said, “The easiest one, please”

The man attending them gave a sigh, there was always people like those, that didn’t even bother to choose a mission beforehand, “There is a goblin infestation close to an orchid farm, we need three teams to take them down before they start to ransack the farm, it’s the mission #159, it need to be done today, are you up for the task?”

“Sure, Sure, we will take that one,” said Mack, not caring if was goblins or rats or whatever, he just wanted to walk a bit inside the tower and see how things were.

“I need a name, …. Sir….” said the attendant in a not very politely tone.

Mack looked at Lina as if signaling for her to give her name, and she quickly followed up. The mission was registered in her name, and only she could retrieve the contributions points now.

“Lets go, we have a few goblins to kill” said Mack turning his back and walking away, the group followed him, and they entered the elevator, but before the elevator door closed, Mack looked at the giant board once again “#0 – Collect One Wyvern Egg – Hard – X Spots – 100 CP”

‘So, I have to kill a few wyverns and collet an egg. I wonder if they are like the same wyvern from Earth fantasy story’s’, Thought Mack, remembering about his childhood.

[It seems you learned the common tongue quite fast]

‘Indeed, I’m not sure, but since I became level five, my memory seems to be extremely good. It’s almost impossible for me to forget something. That helped me a lot in learning it, also, the common tongue is like a variant of runes, they are like the modern version of it’

[Your are correct about your memory. Level five brings changes way beyond muscles, it improves your body in several ways, and memory is one of them]

‘I wonder how level ten would feel like. It must be amazing. Anyway, I will soon find out hehehe,’ thought Mack, raising the corner of his lips, while he watched the elevator door close in front of him.

[Don’t be cocky. We still have a lot to do and don’t waste too much time in your ‘recognition’.]

Harlack could be anything, but he was not naive, and he knew that Mack was just taking a break before the storm, and he approved that, Mack was rushing all the way since he stepped in the tower of chaos, three years had passed, but Mack never really stopped to enjoy life a bit, and a little break would be good.. That’s why Harlack didn’t object when Mack suddenly felt on the mood to ‘go hunt goblins’ or join a ‘odd team of weirdos’.