The quest details popped up in front of Siegfried.

[Subjugate Mountain Bandits]

[A new group of mountain bandits, the Supreme Mountain Bandits, has started appearing around White Town.]

[Subjugate the Supreme Mountain Bandits and retrieve the goods stolen from the Thierry Merchant Company!]

[Reward: Guccio’s Affinity +500, A Special Gift]

[Warning: The Supreme Mountain Bandits are a vicious and powerful group. Caution is advised when facing them.]

It was a straightforward quest aside from the warning.

‘I can just think of it as hunting monsters and leveling up. I will need to grind seven more levels to reach Level 210, anyway,’ Siegfried thought as he accepted the quest from Guccio.

He left the Thierry Merchant Company’s building and went straight to the place suspected to be the Supreme Mountain Bandits’ hideout.

***

The leader of the Supreme Mountain Bandits, Cesc Graham, was immersing himself in training.

“Hap!” Cesc shouted before grabbing the steel rod on the ground.

The steel rod had five plates crafted out of special metals on each side, and each of the plates weighed five hundred kilograms. In short, the special metal plates...