Pelting Pelts[Job/Solo]

Job Name: Hunt for the white wolf
Job Rank: D
Job Location: Reim’s Western Front
Job Rewards: 50xp / 3,000 Huang
Job Overview:
Legend holds that there is a clan of wolves that roam the western front of Reim. These wolves were hunt to near extinction in the past but have been making a big boom as of late. Just recently the government has allowed the hunting for the wolves to take place again, it seems their pelts are worth a good deal of money. You will need to track the elusive beast and kill it but make sure that you do not ruin the fur of the wolf or you will fail the mission!
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Spoiler:

Room and board was not cheap in Reim when one didn't have a steady job. Liber Aurelius found himself in need of payment to keep his room for the night and the paltry sum he could earn from lower tier fights in the coliseum would not be enough to cover the fee in time. Instead of panicking or looking for a normal job, Liber took to the market place and perused the job board postings that had been put up. It seemed as though hunting a specific species of wolf had been previously banned but such restrictions were recently lifted. The job didn't really mention direct pay from any one individual, but it did mention that the pelts of these wolves could be sold at a high price and listed the names of a few merchants who would accept them.

Liber decided that a hunt would do him good and he departed Remano heading towards the Western Front where these white wolves were said to roam.

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Liber had passed through these craggy badlands before when traveling from Heliohapt to Reim. It was on their outskirts that he encountered the kind farmer who gave him a lift the rest of the way to the city. But this was his first time really exploring them off the beaten path. Looking around the vast expanse of dry and rocky terrain Liber initially thought the job posting must have been mistaken. It hardly seemed like a hospitable environment for any kind of wolf. Sure enough however after an hour of searching, Liber found a set of tracks that seemed to be that of a canine of some sort. Perhaps this was the wolf species he was here to find, or perhaps it was some kind of jackal or other beast. With no other leads, Liber began following the tracks as best he could. Not being an experienced huntsman, Liber lost sight of the tracks a few times but with enough diligent searching he was always able to manage to pick up the trail once more.

He'd set out at morning but it was already almost evening by the time Liber caught up to his prey. The sun was hanging heavily on the horizon and the sky had been painted red with its fire. Crouched behind a large boulder, Liber peeked out to view his target. A single white wolf stood at the edge of a cliff looking out over the landscape. The creature sat down and let out a soothing howl that almost made Liber's beating heart stop. It was a pure tone and almost seemed hypnotic. It would be a shame to kill such a beast but sadly Liber had little choice lest he let his day go wasted.

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When the serene moment brought about by the wolf's howl ended, Liber stepped out from behind the boulder and stood his ground firmly. The wolf's ears twitched at the sound of his foot steps and the turned its head sniffing the air as if in disgust. This beast had seen many of its kin slain by people in the past and was already weary of Liber's presence. There was a look in the wolf eyes that almost seemed to reflect respect for a fellow hunter in this game of survival of the fittest that it lived day by day. The noble dog turned fully to face Liber and growled a warning with its teeth barred to give Liber one last chance to turn around and get out of the wolf's territory. Liber ignored the threat and took a deep breath as he readied his body in preparation for the first attack the wolf would perform.

The white wolf charged at 5m/s towards Liber and pounced for his throat but the fanalis would be too quick for the beast. Liber stepped to the right and launched a single kick for the wolf while it was still in mid air. The beast's skull suffered a fracture and it whined in pain as it tumbled to the earth heavily injured. Liber quickly jumped onto the wolf and using his fanalis strength the assassin broke the beasts neck putting it down quickly. Liber then returned to the city with a dead wolf on his shoulders, it's pelt pristine, and managed to catch a merchant looking to buy one just before the Reim citizen closed up shop.


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