Yu and Isaac were teaching Tina how to carefully pluck the Cilian mushrooms. And just like Grim, she was terrible at it.

Grim, Mileena and Emily were with George as he taught them as well. Emily and Mileena were able to do it perfectly. While Grim...

He was weeping as he failed to properly pluck a mushroom. George watched them as they did so.

The two groups were in different locations again. Yu, Isaac, and Tina were where Isaac and Grim once were. And George and the others were at the same place where they met the Chimeras.

George was worried that the Chimeras would be eventually found out. He looked at his surroundings and saw tons of destroyed trees and charred grass.

'Not exactly inconspicuous really.' He thought as he recalled that they were trying to be discrete. He then watched as Mileena and Emily successfully plucked some mushrooms.

Grim's head was in a hole. George sweatdropped at his doings. He then joined the two after he counted how many they got which was 8.

After a few minutes of collecting mushrooms, Isaac's group came toward them to count the mushrooms collected. They had a total of 50 mushrooms in their sack whilst George's group had a total of 63. Isaac, Yu, and George happily celebrated. Grim whipped his head out of the hole. He looked exhausted and dead inside. He sighed in relief as the nightmare of collecting mushrooms was now over.

Finally, after that, they headed towards the horses just near the forest. George remembered his sword was on the ground and ran to get it. He sheathed it and returned to the group.

As they walked, George asked a question to Grim who was beside him again.

"What do Cilian mushrooms do?" he asked.

"They are used for recovery potions." Grim stated.

"How about that other mushroom you told me about earlier?"

"..." Grim thought about it. "Something like viagra."

George nodded in surprise. Grim then mumbled something that he could hear.

"I think I still have some back home."

George was weirded out and taken aback.

Once they arrived there, they remembered that there were now seven of them, counting Mileena. This caused a problem which was easily solved by magic.

"I can make a portal." Mileena shyly informed the group. They all turned to her in which she just panicked.

"You can?" George asked, surprised. He did not know that she could make one.

"I-I could." Mileena shyly replied, hiding in the hoodie.

"Why didn't you tell me?" George asked again.

"W-well, y-you didn't ask me." Mileena said, gaining an 'oh' from George. She was expecting an angry outburst but George didn't.

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"So, who wants to use the portal, raise their hands" George asked the group. Tina, George, and Mileena raised their hands.

"You guys can go, I need the time to calm myself from even trying to teach such morons." Isaac said as Yu nodded in admittance. Tina grumbled while Grim didn't respond. He then looked at Tina.

"Can you heal me with your thighs?" Grim asked Tina.

"No." Tina just turned her head.

"Well, I want to look at the fields." Emily responded.

"I wanna die." Grim said nonchalantly. He then mumbled something saying, 'though I don't wanna.'

"Ok, Tina, Mileena let's go!" George said. Mileena then opened a portal.

The portal was large and wide. It was a dark purple color.

The three then entered the portal, leaving the others to use the horses.

The three ended up inside the guild. All eyes were on them. Mileena just hid inside her hoodie while Tina and George were unfazed as they walked toward the receptionist.

He then put the sack of mushrooms on the desk. The receptionist there wasn't Alice but a young adult male with short black hair. He jumped as they appeared. He looked at the sack and the adventurers.

"Gather Cilian mushrooms eh?" He said. He then looked at an orb and after some time turned back to the three. "Sorry but...you need the whole party here to receive the rewards. Better wait for them to arrive. Don't worry, it's all recorded in this here orb. So, I'll just take the sack to the back and after the whole party arrives, then you can go get your rewards."

"Ok, thanks, Jack." George said as he eyed the name tag.

"No prob random adventurer." Jack replied. The three then went outside the guild. They decided to take a walk around the town since the others would take a long time to arrive. The walk was nice and entertaining. George and Mileena were looking at items in shops and stands. They were interested in what items they had. Tina, on the other hand, was annoyed by the number of vendors that were trying to persuade them into buying their products.

The three were continuing their walk until Tina heard a muffled scream. She looked at the source which was inside an alleyway. She peeked and saw two thugs with weapons, trying to rob a woman. The woman's mouth was being covered by one of the thugs who had a dagger. The other was a thug with a war hammer as his weapon.

She was about to interrupt them but was stopped by none other than George who was also watching.

"What are you doing?!" Tina whispered angrily. She thought he would help her in defeating the thugs. But he was doing nothing.

"Don't you see..." George replied seriously. He then walked away, shocking Tina. Suddenly, he went to talk with four guards that were nearby. They then followed him as he returned to the alleyway.

"Those guys right there, officers!" George announced as the guards entered the alleyway. The thugs noticed them and tried to run away but they were caught as their thighs were penetrated by spears. The guards then restrained the thugs and carried them. One calmed down the young woman who seemed fine now. One of the guards came to George and thanked him.

"Thank you, sir! We needed that arrest. Without it, we would have lost our jobs which would be horrible for our families. Because of the bad economy and recent events, finding a job is very hard. If we lost our jobs, we can't pay for food or taxes. We are very grateful!" The guard said.

"Well, no problem. I'm just doing what I'm supposed to do." George said, not knowing how to respond to the compliment.

"Well, I got to go now, goodbye and thanks again!" The guard then went to join his comrades and left. The woman was following them as well, possibly for a testimony. After that, only Mileena, Tina, and George were left there. Tina was surprised. She thought that he had just left but no, he went to the police. George then put a hand on her shoulder.

"The thing is, there are many solutions to problems. So, I just did what I normally would have done." George said to her.

"Huh." Tina mumbled. He was also wise...wise?

The three then went back to the guild. As they entered, they saw the others. They then reunited and went for the rewards. 500 were given to Yu and Isaac whilst 250 were given to Emily and Tina. Grim and George then got the other 250. The four adventurers then let the guild stamp their notebooks as a reminder of the finished quest they've done. The two chimeras went to sign up in front. While that was happening, the four now tried looking for another quest.

George picked one. The information stated: 'Help me improve my business for 1 week' with a reward of 5000 silver coins. The group agreed, thinking it would be an easy one.

Unbeknownst to them, it would be a long and grueling one.