Ten minutes later, Xavier, who had spent dozens of magic tricks in the men's bathroom cubicle, walked out after cleaning up the blood stains on his body. He had changed into a clean robe, treated the wound on his shoulder briefly, and replaced his disguised hat with an approachable look that looked like a good guy - according to the previous plan, now that the attacker had been dealt with, it was time to proceed with the investigation of Legros from the hunter's side.

Thinking of this, his mind moved slightly, and he opened the panel that danced at the edge of his vision.

【Tick】

[Congratulations, adventurer.]

In the battle that narrowed the gap with death, you survived.

In the last breath of the enemy, there seems to be a touch of truth - but is that really convincing?

You have no basis and it is difficult for you to judge.

One thing is certain, however: "Kunze", "Paden"... And Him, "Ute."

These names, which you have never heard of, point to a force that you have never known about.

Moreover... It is in the capacity of a "sacrifice".

What exactly is the truth? Why are they eyeing you?

In the fog of obscurantism, the light of the future is indiscerning.

Good luck, adventurer.

Go, go and find your destiny - before darkness comes.

["The Counterattack of the Prey" has been completed, and the reward is being settled.] 】

[The special reward conditions have been met, and the reward is being settled.] 】

You have gained a lot of experience points. 】

You have His gaze. 】

[You get a little 'brand'. 】

Quickly swipe through the system prompts that pop up one after another, and watch as the experience points in the experience gauge quickly pile up.

Xavier didn't even think about it, and even with the small amount of experience he had stored before, he directly put all of them into the mage profession - the level of the wanderer thief is still locked by an unknown force, and only the mage can be upgraded independently, so naturally he doesn't have to think about it.

[Mage (Lv.1) Level Increased!] Check out the Careers panel. 】

He took a deep breath, and the mage finally reached the second level. Then, it's time to choose a career job... To be honest, he hadn't figured out what was the most suitable job in today's situation.

But after clicking on the mage section of the career panel, he unsurprisingly saw a prompt:

[Arcane inheritance has not been obtained.] 】

"Sure enough—" Xavier exhaled. As he imagined, even if he reached the level of choosing a subclass, he still needed to obtain the arcane inheritance materials before he could continue to improve—this was also the case when he wanted to choose a thief's subclass as a wanderer in "The Forgotten Realm".

… However, compared to the mage's arcane inheritance, the inheritance information of ordinary war-type classes is much easier to obtain. If I'm not mistaken, as "Xie Wei", his kleptory legacy was obtained directly from a private organization of wanderers with a small contribution.

Looks like I'm going to have to look for something like the Mage Guild. Or go back to the Clock Tavern and ask Tifflyn Ernaux, who is known as a necromancer, for any clues - but to be honest, Xavier is not very interested in the most standard of the Eight Sects of Mage.

According to the information he had read in his previous life, he preferred to obtain the "Sword Singer" who belonged to the elven bloodline, or the "time magic" that mastered the secret traces, and the supermodel job that was abused by many professions with his real name..."Knowledge control".

However, the latter two do not belong to the main continent in the center of the stage in the game, but are inherited from another world.

I don't know what is going on with them in this Nora continent, or if they still exist...... Xavier pondered.

As for the never-before-heard term, 'branding', Xavier selectively ignored it for the time being. Even in his previous life as a legendary thief, he didn't know much about the term. And as far as the situation stands, nothing special has happened except for an extra [brand: 1] resource slot on the panel.

Of course, it is not excluded that something really happened, but he does not know - Xavier thought, glancing at the sky.

It was noon, and the sun was shining brightly on the streets.

He lifted his hand to put the hood of his robe on to block out some sunlight, and turned towards the edge of town.

After a morning delay by the group of attackers, it was time to continue the investigation.

……

The hunters live on the edge of the entire Darkwood Town.

Towering masonry piles form a solid wall with evenly spaced lookouts and defensive structures. Because of the perennial fog of the lightless forest, there is a little moss climbing.

Xavier glanced up at the guards on duty on the city walls, then turned and stepped into the somewhat chaotic group of wooden huts on the side.

According to the previous passers-by, most of the people who lived here were hunters - not only to go out of the city to hunt magical beasts, but also to be more easily protected by the guards.

Of course, there are also some reclusive hunters who do not live with others and choose to hide alone in hidden huts in the forest.

However, this probably has nothing to do with Xavier's goal.

Xavier glanced around, and quickly settled on the target of the question: an old lady sitting in front of the hut door with a bench to prepare food.

Straightened the woolen hat on his head and confirmed that he was still in a state of disguise. Xavier approached the old lady and smiled kindly, "Good afternoon, ma'am. Is it convenient for me to ask some questions? ”

The old lady didn't look up, but continued to peel the potatoes in her hands.

Accompanied by a regular "swish" peeling sound, she replied to Xavier in a somewhat sharp voice: "Huh? Is there anything you want to trouble me, bad old woman? If you're going to commission a hunt or something, you'd better wait for Maxi to come back. ”

"No, just some questions." Xavier simply squatted on the ground and looked at the crusts of the potatoes that fell to the ground, "Is Maxi your son?" He's also a hunter here? ”

"That's right." The old lady looked up and stared at Xavier with some suspicion, "I haven't seen you in this area, young man. Is Maxi in trouble again? ”

"Ah, my name is Norberto." Xavier looked at him with harmless eyes, "It's an adventurer who just came to Darkwood. I heard that there was some trouble here, and I wanted to find some work - ah, by the way, Uncle Marvin called me here. ”

The old lady looked closely at Xavier with cloudy eyes hidden in the wrinkles, as if to confirm what he said.

After watching it for a long time, she put down the potatoes in her hand and wiped her hands with a rag on the side, "Come into the house and talk, and drink some hot tea by the way, young man." ”

Following the old lady through the creaky wooden door, Xavier made his way to the hall of the hut, though not large enough to be called a hall.

As soon as he entered, he felt a sense of warmth.

Xavier looked at the fireplace embedded in the wall. There was firewood piled up inside, but it wasn't lit at the moment.

He suppressed the strangeness in his heart and looked around.

The floor was covered with a carpet of beasts' furs, and the walls were hung with trophies such as horns, heads, and claws.

A large four-legged dining table rests against the wall on the edge of the living room, and several chairs of different styles are placed on the side. A tablecloth is laid on the table, and a vase of earthenware flowers is placed in it, with a relatively fresh orange flower in it.

It can be seen that the owner of this cottage is a pretty good hunter.