"I might. Give us a look at what you've got." The bartender said while searching through his stack of quest sheets.

Merlin did as he was asked, taking out a handful of fangs and a wolf pelt from his inventory and placing them on the counter.

The bartender picked up one of the fangs and brought it close to his face to inspect it. "Right, Right. This looks like one of those dire mutts that hover around town." He flicked the fang and listened to the sound it made. "Sounds tough too, these will fetch a pretty penny."

The bartender placed the tooth back down and ran his fingers across the wolf's pelt before going back to flicking through the quest forms.

"There we go, knew we had one." The bartender mumbled to himself while pulling a sheet out of the pile, he then handed that sheet to Merlin. "You might like this one."

[Common Quest]

Local Alchemist needs Wolf Fangs.

A local alchemist has requested ten wolf fangs as quickly as possible, they didn't specify what type of wolf it had to be. They are offering to buy it at four copper each.

Wolf fangs: 10/10

Reward: 50 EXP, 40 Copper

"Done deal." Merlin accepted the quest, handing over ten of the sixteen wolf fangs he had on him. He received forty copper in return, which he threw into his inventory. "I've got six fangs left, will you take those off my hands?"

"We'll take them at a copper each and three copper per wolf pelt." The bartender said while inspecting the pelt's quality. "If you're going to be hunting a lot, it might be best that you visit old Arnulf, the local hunter and learn a thing or two about skinning an animal from him, it'll help you improve the price."

"Thanks, I'll look into that." Merlin nodded his head as the bartender spoke, he began taking out all the pelts and fangs out of his inventory, laying the rest out on the counter. "I'll accept those prices, I've got six fangs and twenty-three pelts."

"Right. Well, lets see here." The bartender began counting out the pelts. "So you've got six copper for the fangs, and lets see here... Sixty-nine copper for the pelts."

The bartender handed Merlin a hefty handful of coins, which Merlin quickly threw into his inventory. He currently had twenty-eight silver and one hundred twenty-one copper, or four gold and one copper when converted.

"Alright, do you have any quests up north by chance?" Merlin asked as the bartender had started moving wolf pelts into the back room. "Or maybe something involving these disappearances between here and Caphyae?"

"The rumoured kidnappings?" The bartender poked his head out from the back room. "Yeah, we've got a special request from the town guard, I'll find it for you in a second."

The bartender vanished into the back room with another handful of wolf pelts, he came back a few moments later and began rummaging through his pile of quests once more. He pulled out a page and handed it to Merlin, causing a quest window to appear before him.

[Uncommon Quest]

The Caphyae Kidnappings.

There are rumours and reports of kidnappings or disappearances of people travelling between Orchomenus and Caphyae. The town guard have submitted a request to the mercenary guild to deal with this issue swiftly.

Nobody is sure if this is bandits, monsters or something else entirely, there have been no ransom notes or bodies found anywhere near the path, so the town guard have issued a statement that anyone travelling should travel in large groups.

Your task is to search the area between the two towns and discover the cause of the disappearances, and if you can, rescue the survivors.

Research the disappearances.

Reward: 200 EXP, 20 Silver

"I'll take it, thanks." Merlin accepted the quest, but when he asked if there were any more quests in the area he received a no, so he said his farewells and left the building.

He figured he didn't really need anything else in town, so he made his way back towards the northern gate. He gave the guards a wave before stepping into the dark wilderness that was barely illuminated by the moon above.

Without wasting any time he had summoned his ball of light as usual and began travelling down the nothern road on his way to Caphyae.

After about eleven minutes of walking, Merlin heard a rustling noise in the nearby forest. He firmly grasped both of his daggers as he continued on his way, but as he walked the rustling was getting louder and it sounded like it was closing in on him.

Merlin could feel his heart starting to race. He didn't enjoy feeling like someone else's prey, so whoever, or whatever was out there targeting him right now was about to have a very bad day.

The forest became silent for a moment, and the tension in the air grew. Merlin was taking deep breaths to try and calm his heart rate. And then suddenly, a long bipedal creature lunged out of the treeline dire