Chapter 16: Doubted
"Hmm..."
It had been ten minutes since Hal began searching for an appropriate quest to take on, but he was torn between choosing a gathering mission or a hunting one.
Of course, all the missions in front of him were merely F-ranked, but that didn't mean he could afford to be careless, as even F-ranked monsters were dangerous to ordinary people, especially since most of them lived in groups of three to five.
Gathering tasks were relatively safer but the rewards were meager.
Extermination missions, on the other hand, were more dangerous for student wizards like him, but the compensation was two to three times the gathering ones.
After careful contemplation, Hal decided to risk it.
He would go for a hunting or extermination request.
His starting line was already far behind those from the cities and towns, so he couldn't afford to play it too safe.
'But what monster or beast should I go for?'
Disregarding all the gathering missions, Hal rechecked each of the hunting and extermination ones, ultimately settling on one that required him to hunt Mischievous Housesprites causing trouble in a half-abandoned town two hours away from the City of Aeloria, where he and the Grand Magic Academy were located.
This way, his lack of proper tracking and hunting knowledge wouldn't get him into unexpected trouble.