Arjuna was standing in the adventures guild, looking over the quests on the bulletin board. He was standing in the adventures guild in the Nightshade empire.

This was the place Arjuna was assigned to go to. The Nightshade empire was currently embroiled in skirmishes with the lion empire. They were on hostile grounds and they were both preparing for war. To other players, they might think that it would be hard to set up any type of group in the empire. But to Arjuna, it was an ideal environment. In the chaos of the upcoming war, he was sure that he would be able to support his group.

The plan was for him to create an elite group of players and NPC, it would be tight and compact with each player knowing and trust each other. It was a hard task but he had help, he would use his master's first gift to its fullest potential. The skill

[attraction aura]

[attraction aura level 1]

[naturally attracts people of all sorts to you]

[level 1 attraction(small) passive]

Currently, his skill was passive so that all he had to do was wait and soon the skill would level up. Arjuna wasn't sure how he should start though, should he start an adventurer team by himself and wait for the rest of the players?

An adventurer's team was like a much smaller guild it was technically classified as a guild but it generally had a much smaller amount of people in it. That didn't mean it was weaker then a guild though if an adventure team was strong enough and had a good enough reputation their influence and power would exceed many guilds.

So then Arjuna needed 50 gold like Perseus to make one and he was dirt poor. He would have to start grinding quests and killing monsters. At least, that was what he was planning to do. But just as Jason had planned a way for Perseus to use Jack to his advantage, Jason had planted the attraction aura. Now all that Arjuna needed to do was wait and eventually people would start coming to him. But Arjuna was never the type to wait and do nothing so he started doing quests.

In the Nightshade empire, the adventures guild didn't need you to wait for a day to get your card they would just check your criminal status and give you the card. Arjuna started off with the basics of the basics to gather herbs in the countryside.

The Nightshade empire, unlike its name, was bright and sunny especially in the city that he was in The City of Dawn. This city was the closest to the Lion empire so Arjuna could see many soldiers and equipment on sale. Perfect for somebody who was about to start up an adventurers guild.

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The City of Dawn before had an elegant atmosphere but now it was slowly being transformed into a fortress. The once soft rolling hills became filled with tents and soldiers. Arjuna didn't really know the political situation of the two empires and currently didn't care about them.

Right now he needed to find a herb used as an ingredient for health potions. Currently, the aura of attraction was making people pay attention to him, but with his meager skills, they would quickly forget about him. So Arjuna needed a way to capture the NPC/players' attention. How he would capture their attention he had no idea but he was sure he would figure it out eventually.

Currently, the herb he was looking for was a small three-leafed one with round edges since it was the main ingredient for the health potions it was always in demand especially now. Arjuna didn't know how long he was gathering herbs but ut was long enough to gain the skill herb gathering

[Arjuna had gained the skill (herb gathering level 1)]

[herb gathering level 1 passive: you gather herbs faster with a smaller chance of damaging the herb]

When Arjuna returned from the field and back into the city many people gazed at him curiously. He was covered in dirt from gathering herbs and was carrying a large load of herbs in his hands as his inventory didn't fit everything.

The people of the city of dawn, on the other hand, saw a beautiful black haired boy covered in dirt while carrying a large load on his shoulders. Many people wanted to stop by and help him but the unwavering look in his eyes made them stop. People with kind hearts tried to approach him but they were all ignored. They didn't take it wrongly though the look in that boy's eyes showed that he was set on his goal. Many of the people who watched Arjuna would never forget the sight of that boy.

Arjuna dumped the herbs on the counter desk in front of the surprised receptionist. When he started pulling out more from his inventory and virtually flooding the receptionist. People from around the guild started to pay attention to him. Arjuna didn't mean to attract attention at that time but his efficient nature and desire to get things done in one go was his downfall, even though it wasn't bad to get attention.

The adventures guild was happy to get such a large amount of herbs and paid Arjuna handsomely for them all. For a day's work of collecting herbs, Arjuna gained 3 gold, which was a lot of money for simple gathering plants that grew in the countryside.

Arjuna didn't know this yet but the massive influx of herbs for the red heath potion helped many people in the city, especially one specific group of people. The alchemist or more specifically the potion masters. Since the two empires declared a hostile relationship the alchemist in both empires was struggling to keep up with the demands of the empire.

Some people in the alchemist guild met together to see if they could get their hands on the source of the herbs quickly. Gathering information they discover the dirt-covered boy walking back out of the city to get more herbs even though the sun was setting.

Watching him collecting herbs diligently some of the hearts were touched at his endurance and strength others just wanted his skill in collecting herbs, but Arjuna's reputation rose greatly in the City of Dawn.