Chapter 31
The door of the Hunting Guild burst open. “We’re back!” shouted a man at the front of a big hunting party. He had multiple scars on his face and showed a victorious smile. Behind him, a gigantic two- handed sword hung, thoroughly drenched in blood. Seven people with different weapons stood behind him.

Most people in the Hunting Guild released a loud “Heeeeeyyy!” in unison and lifted their jugs of ale. The group walked in, triumphantly. The leader of the group noticed that things were a little different. Usually, everyone would stand up and cheer, but many kept quiet this time. The leader furrowed his brows.

He walked to one of the guys he knew. “Did something happen? The cheer this time seems more… subdued,” he asked. The guy he asked was the same person that called Gravis a newbie on his first day.

The person smiled bitterly. “Well, something happened when you were gone, but that’s not important right now. So, I take it you succeeded?” He asked with a grin.

The leader smiled again and nodded. “Yeah! The Earth Salamander has been slain!” He sat down at the table and took a swig from the man’s beer. “Man, that took forever! It put up one hell of a fight. Only when it bit and devoured Mensk, did we finally have a chance to injure it majorly. It fled, and we had to track it for nearly two weeks. Sadly, Jacob got ambushed by a ferocious beast snake and died too. Someone always dies in a hunt for low-grade demonic beasts.” The leader sighed.

The man in front of him also sighed. “They were good men.” He took another swig of his mug, but it was empty. “Hey, you drank all my booze, Anthony!” he shouted and stood up.

The leader, Anthony, just laughed loudly and ordered more beer. “Calm down! The next one’s on me. We made it big this time. The corpse is pretty complete, and we should all make a couple of gold off of it. With this, I should have enough money to buy a Skin-Pill for my son.” Anthony leaned back and