Although Hazen urged in a frightened voice, Ruella didn’t move and responded, watering the Rakia field with the watering can.

“There’s a follow-up quest. Let’s revive this Rakia field. Let’s finish this too.”

If Ruella said so, then that’s how it was.

As the men stood there doing nothing, watching Ruella water the small field, a quest notification appeared on the game screen.

Reward: 568,000XP, Yellow Key.]

“Look at this. A quest has come up. Did everyone see?”

At Raphael’s words, everyone nodded, and Kite shouted.
“Buff up and take potions and food. It said it’s on guard, so we don’t know when it might pop out. Ruella, stay back.”

As soon as Kite finished speaking, everyone started moving busily.

According to the information shared on the bulletin board, the name of the third monster was Fatago. However, Asarnic, that meant the order was clear from the fourth onward.

In the game, you had to capture them in order, but here, in reality, it seemed okay to capture them as encountered.

“We probably need to give it all the water. We have to complete the linked quest for the dragon to appear.”

“Can’t I give it?”

In response to Kite’s words, Ruella shook her head.

“I’ve done it all. Everyone, get ready.”

Ruella deliberately left only the bottom part empty and sprinkled water.

“Now, soon, the Rakia field will return to its original state. Get ready.”

“I’m ready.”

Starting with Hazen’s shout, everyone shouted, and Ruella, after sprinkling water on the last empty spot and moistening the soil, stepped back.

“Is it coming out?”

Raphael asked with a puzzled voice.

Despite waiting in a tense state for a long time, there was no change.

“Don’t relax.”

At Kite’s stern command, they closed their mouths again and waited for the appearance of the enormous black dragon flying from somewhere in the sky.

It was when everyone was looking up at the sky, waiting for the giant black dragon to come from somewhere.

Kite suddenly shouted, blocking Ruella’s path.

“It’s out! Ruella, step back.”
Thinking of a massive dragon flying in the sky when hearing “Black Dragon,” Ruella was instead met with Asarnic, who attacked by colliding its body, a small dragon about the size of a shepherd. It was truly a “pet dragon.” Thanks to Kite, Ruella and Tien were able to avoid Asarnic’s attack, stepping back together.

“Smaller than I thought. A hatchling?”

As Hazen grumbled and summoned his familiar, Kite warned in a firm voice, “Don’t underestimate its size. Just one tackle attack earlier left gold on my armor.”

“Are you okay? We’re repairing the spare armor right now.”

Mitchell, scanning Kite’s armor with his eyes, expressed concern. In the game, players could easily repair their equipment at a store with a simple click if it got damaged. However, in this real world, their equipment had to be cleaned and repaired by the attendants when it got dirty or damaged. If it was severely damaged, they sometimes had to discard it.

“When the next batch of trade goods comes in, we should send more equipment. Abundantly. You never know when the sea route might be cut off.”

Raphael, attacking Asarnic as it leaped around, said this while spreading his attacks.

If they engaged in a full-scale war with the Kurans, they would likely try to cut off the supply route from Peroz. In such a situation, Kite, being cautious as usual, continued to bring in goods carefully, without arousing suspicion.
“Right. It seems the little dragon’s right eye is not working. Ruella, Tien, go towards Mitchell.”

Following Kite’s instructions, Tien and Ruella moved behind Mitchell, who was shooting arrows.

“The one with the key seems weaker than expected, right? We just need to avoid the tackle attacks.”

Hazen, summoning his familiar to block Asarnic’s attacks on him, spoke.

“But it’s strange. The blood isn’t dropping from 80%. Try attacking again.”

Despite everyone attacking once again following Kite’s command, Asarnic’s health bar showed no change. On the other hand, each time they received a tackle attack, the blood of their colleagues on that side kept decreasing steadily.

“What’s the problem?”

Already fighting for over 20 minutes, the situation didn’t improve. Mana was running low, and equipment was severely damaged.

Even Ruella, who consumed potions at every cooldown, found her mana depleted to one-third.

“Isn’t there any weakness? Like the time with Horina.”

At Raphael’s suggestion, Mitchell shook his head.

“We’ve tried attacking everywhere, but it’s useless.”

Ruella, too, sighed in frustration. Without people sharing strategies on the talk board, they had no choice but to blindly attack, like banging their heads against a wall.

That’s when something twinkled in Ruella’s eyes.