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It was dawn in the village, the day I left. In the house, everyone was still asleep, and outside, the streets were deserted. The perfect time for my morning round. I headed for the nearby forest, sinking deeper and deeper until I was sure I was completely isolated.

"Very well, one last time before the great departure."

I closed my eyes for a moment, and when I opened them again, they brightened red.

In this scene, I was alone in the forest, in my point of view, I could see a message on a green screen.

[Extermination Quest: Kill 10 Boars | Reward: 20 exp - 1 soul stone]

[ Quest: Gather 400 black water lilies| Reward: 40 exp - 3 elemental stones]

I had a unique ability giving me access to a system offering me a choice of two quests every day. The best part was that after completing one of the quests, I was rewarded with a brand new skill that made me even better at things I'd never practiced before.

These skills ranged from combat skills like swordsmanship and archery to survival skills such as foraging and hunting. It was like having a surprise gift waiting for me every day.

It was amazing that I had access to so many skills, I could never get enough of having more, but managing the quest could be a challenge. This system assigned daily quests, but it was a catastrophe to fall short on even one of them since it resulted in losing some of my skills.

I could lose my dimensional room just like that for instance, like I lost a very important skill one time. Since then, these quests were the first thing I did every day.

"Huh... So the normal quest gives a special reward and the special quest gives a normal one, great. Hmmm If I was serious, I would choose the 40 experience and the 3 elemental quest but... 400... Damn... And on the other side this rare stone... And then... I don't have all day... Hah! I've been doing this all these years, what difference will this time make? Extermination Quest Select."

Once this sentence was spoken, the special quest disappeared and only the extermination quest was displayed.

I concentrated for a moment, in my usual meditation pose, one hand behind my back and another in sword finger, I could feel all the energy waves of the forest, all its essences, its life, and soon I was entering in contact with a particular energy.

"Found ya."

In a swamp, near a heap of black stones releasing a thick miasma, a group of wild boars devoured the carcasses of a large creature whose body was leading to decomposition.

Boars were a class of E-rank monsters, probably from the rift that Shining Sword had taken care of, these creatures were large, about 6 meters long on average and 3 meters high, with 2 large fangs sticking out of their mouths and their bodies, built like tanks, were covered with thick black fur.

There were about twenty of them and maybe more in the woods, a bonus exp then. A black stain appeared in the middle of the swamp and spread slowly, the boars, at first indifferent, stirred when the stain came into contact with them and soon it covered the whole swamp.