Chapter 3: Mission

"Shut up, Feide! What kind of traveler would be afraid of crows? Why are you always so annoying? Without the crow friends to chat with, we would die of boredom!"

The scarecrow on the right clearly didn't have a very good temper either.

Xie Yaoyao felt that if the two of them could move, they might have started fighting long ago.

"Duty! Tike! You must remember our duty! The Master put us here to be responsible for receiving traveling travelers, and your crow friends are disturbing our work!"

"I naturally know our duty; you don't need to worry about that. Besides, my crow friends are welcoming this new traveler friend; look, how happy they are!"

Xie Yaoyao looked up at the black, swarming flock of crows in the sky, completely unable to see any sign of a welcome.

Moreover, Xie Yaoyao felt that if no one managed them, these two scarecrows could just keep arguing like this forever.

So he raised his hand cautiously.

"Um..."

Xie Yaoyao's action immediately drew the attention of the two who were arguing, and they stopped their quarrel to look at him in unison.

Swallowing hard, Xie Yaoyao said.

"You two, can I pass?"

As he spoke, Xie Yaoyao pointed toward the village not far away.

"Of course! Of course! Dear traveler, our Master very much welcomes the visits of outside travelers! You can certainly go in!"

"May I ask, who is your Master?"

"Our Master is naturally the great Miss Wiersalaze; she has the face of the moon and the eyes of the stars; she is the most beautiful and noble Master in the world!"

Hearing Xie Yaoyao's question, the two who had just been arguing incessantly immediately sang a song of praise in unison.

Alright!

It seems this beautiful Miss Wiersalaze is very well-loved by her subordinates.

Watching the two scarecrows fall back into an argument after answering the question, Xie Yaoyao didn't waste any more time asking.

He stepped into this Yangtela Village.

And the two scarecrows had no intention of stopping him, which made Xie Yaoyao, who had been on guard, feel slightly relieved.

The architecture of Yangtela was generally no different from the kind of medieval European village Xie Yaoyao had seen in books and on television, which gave Xie Yaoyao the illusion of having come to travel abroad.

It was just that there seemed to be too few villagers in this village.

The village was not large and was divided into four parts by a cross-shaped dirt road.

It only took Xie Yaoyao ten minutes to tour the entire village, and he had only seen four people in total.

And the expressions of these four people when they looked at Xie Yaoyao were also very cold, as if he were just a walking rock.

Fortunately, although these villagers looked very cold, they didn't have any particular malice, which made Xie Yaoyao feel a bit more at ease.

If anyone had malice toward him, he would have to consider running away.

Or maybe he wouldn't need to run; dying on the spot wouldn't be bad either.

Because these people had at least three or four entries on their heads, and each person had at least one blue entry; even that guy dressed as a hunter had a green entry on his head.

【Hunter】: Career entry! Possessing this entry allows one to take up the Hunter career and use all Hunter career skills.

So, career entries are just a collection of ordinary entries!

One entry is worth several.

Moreover, Xie Yaoyao was very clear about the value of the word 'Hunter' in the Fairytale World.

This is a super-strong career that has absolute suppression over wild beasts and has the power to fight against supernatural witches and the like.

The Big Bad Wolf, the great demon king of the Fairytale World—who knows how many have died under the guns of hunters.

It was just that Xie Yaoyao didn't know what he should be doing at this moment.

Looking at the entries on the villagers' heads, although he was itching to act, Xie Yaoyao knew that if he were to do something like killing people to seize entries, he would likely be instantly killed.

Just as he passed the hunter's cabin for the fourth time, the hunter called out to him impatiently.

"Hey! Outsider! What exactly are you coveting? If you want to do something to harm the village, then my hunting rifle will give you a memory you'll never forget for the rest of your life."

"Oh, no, no, please forgive the plight of a wandering traveler; I haven't eaten for several days. May I ask what I can do to exchange for some food to fill my stomach?"

This was the excuse Xie Yaoyao had been brewing for a long time, and it also fit his current identity as a traveler.

Xie Yaoyao's excuse made the hunter lower his guard slightly; perhaps his relatively thin body played a role.

It stood to reason that an experienced hunter could see that Xie Yaoyao's sub-healthy body from city life didn't have any combat power.

In the end, the hunter chose to believe Xie Yaoyao's excuse.

"Alright! If you want to do something, you can go to the wooden cabin at the east end of the village and take a look; perhaps you can be of some help to the Pharmacist."

Xie Yaoyao's eyes lit up.

Was this a triggered mission?

"Thank you so much; I'll go right away."

Thanking the hunter for his guidance, Xie Yaoyao hurried toward the east.

"Idiot, you're going the wrong way; that's the north!" the hunter scolded loudly.

Can't even recognize directions; is this guy really a wandering traveler?

Xie Yaoyao gave the hunter an awkward smile and hurried in the direction the hunter pointed.

This couldn't be blamed on him; who told this ghost world not to even have a sun, with the sky all foggy—who would know east, west, south, or north?

Xie Yaoyao muttered to himself as he walked.

Fortunately, the village wasn't large, and it was easy to find the pharmacy.

Calling it a pharmacy, it actually didn't have a storefront.

There was only a large courtyard, and the courtyard was filled with various medicinal herbs.

A thin, elderly woman was burying her head in picking out medicinal materials.

Seeing Xie Yaoyao enter, the old woman immediately became vigilant.

"Outsider, what do you want?"

Xie Yaoyao immediately stopped in his tracks and pointed toward the hunter's cabin, saying.

"Old woman, I am a wandering traveler; Mr. Hunter said you might need some help here. I would like to get some food, and perhaps you would be willing to give me a job."

Xie Yaoyao's words made the old woman lower her guard, and then she asked slowly.

"Then, wandering traveler, I do need some help. If you can bring back some Seven-Star Grass before dark, then I will give you the corresponding reward according to the quantity."

"Uh~"

"What's wrong? Traveler, are you unwilling to take on this mission?"

"Old woman, I don't recognize the Seven-Star Grass you mentioned! And I don't have any tools for collecting medicinal herbs; can you give me some help?"

Xie Yaoyao was a bit embarrassed; in reality, he would never be this thick-skinned, but he was now treating all of this as a game.

And if he treated all the characters before him as game NPCs, many things could be said.

Fortunately, the old woman before him was indeed somewhat similar to an NPC; upon hearing Xie Yaoyao's words, she turned around and walked slowly back to the grass hut, leaving behind a single sentence: "Wait!" ===== CHAPTER 4 =====