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After the aged blacksmith finished saying his piece, Hyde saw him return to his work, and he excused himself so that he could head off to seek out the old fisherman, <<Pete Larkin>>, since he was the most likely candidate for the one who borrowed from <<Dorian White>>, the mayor of <<Tolbana>>. Upon arrival

When <<Lyle Tealeaf>>, the aged blacksmith, returned to the front counter of his shop, Hyde pointed to the trinket that lay on it while informing the man that he chose to take that as his reward for helping him out. "I have decided to take this Trinket you have here as my chosen reward for helping you...Ah, right, I am also returning your <<Tranquilizer Truffles>> to you since I do not need them any further." Saying thus, Hyde handed the small bag of truffles that was also given to him along with the loaner polearm weapon back to the aged blacksmith and then b

Then, Hyde watched onward as <<Lyle Tealeaf>>, the aged blacksmith, brought the set of three different pieces of equipment over to where he was standing as he waited for his return and heard him elaborate on each of the three pieces. "Here is your reward for helping me out with this task...Feel free to choose any of these three pieces to take away with you as my parting gift...Each one is on par with the loaner weapon I gave you for that <<Boarlet>> hunt I had you do for me...and speaking of, I would like to have that one returned to me." Hyde nodded and hande

"I have returned with 3x <<Boarlet Tusks>> to hand over to you, sir...Will that suffice to complete this task you have given me?" Hyde said to <<Lyle Tealeaf>>, the aged blacksmith, upon stepping up to him after entering his workshop again. In response, he saw the man give him a brief nod and heard him explain the exact purpose he had in mind for the <<Boarlet Tusks>> when said items were handed over to him. "Yes, that will do for me... and I had you collect these for me since I regularly use these <<Boarlet Tusks>> on the hilts I forge

After storing the last of the 3x <<Boarlet Tusks>> in his <<Inventory>>, Hyde let out a tired sigh while grumbling mentally again at the hunting task having taken him so long to complete that it was evening time in the field. Egads...that only took forever and a half for me to accomplish...Now, it is finally time for me to return to that old blacksmith...Hopefully, he will reward me for all this effort I put in for him... With such thoughts racing through his mind, Hyde returned to <<Tolbana>> and once inside, he made his way slowly over to the bla

It is finally time for the last <<Boarlet>> take-down...This time, methinks it would be a good idea to attempt one of those basic <<Sword Arts>> I learned during training with my <<Spear>> weapon... Hyde mused silently thus as he stored the two <<Boarlet Tusks>> he acquired so far in his <<Inventory>> and then headed off to find the last of the three <<Boarlet>> mobs for this part of the overall quest. Fortunately for him, this last one he encountered was also a single unit, thus making his job easy. Still, he did not

After his first victory against the <<Boarlet>> mob with a single unit, Hyde felt more confident and thus returned to his search for the remaining 2x <<Boarlet>> mobs with renewed vigor and managed to spot another one after walking some distance away from his first encounter with them. Since observing it before attacking was successful last time, it would be prudent to repeat this strategy for this encounter as well... With that thought in mind, Hyde stopped a safe distance away from the second <<Boarlet>> mob that also had a single unit for some r

After searching for a couple of hours, Hyde finally found his first <<Boarlet>> mob and it turned out to be one that consisted of a single <<Boarlet>> that seemed to have gotten separated from its herd for some reason. Excellent! O "Verðandi", Norn who watches over the present...Thank you for this stroke of good fortune! Hyde thought silently thus as he observed the <<Boarlet>> mob from a safe distance to learn its behavioral patterns since he fully intended to exploit this chance encounter with a single enemy instead of the multi-unit mobs that we

"Ah, those are known as <<Tranquilizer Truffles>>, and they are used to sedate the <<Boarlets>> to make them more compliant to capture in this task you will be doing for me...That said, be warned that if you try to sedate them and fail, they will become aggressive and attack you." Hyde heard <<Lyle Tealeaf>>, the aged blacksmith, explain to him about the use of the truffles he saw in the bag he received from the man mere moments ago along with the high-quality loaner weapon that he had now equipped onto himself after putting away his starter weapon. In

"No, I do not care which one you choose." Hyde heard <<Lyle Tealeaf>>, the aged blacksmith, say before he went to pick up a small bag and one of his crafted weapons from the counter behind him. Then, he saw the man hand him the weapon while explaining further. "They are pretty weak, so even you should not have any trouble...If you bring back the spoils of your battle with them, I promise to hear you out." Hyde heard the aged blacksmith tell him while handing the weapon and the small bag to him, presumably because both would be needed to cover the needs of whatever o

"I don't do anything without payment." Hyde heard <<Lyle Tealeaf>>, the aged blacksmith, say to him after a few moments. Naturally, Hyde answered by inquiring about what sort of payment the man had in mind for him since he wanted to get started on the more challenging segment of this portion in the overall quest as soon as possible. "Then, what would you have me do for you to earn your recognition?" Hyde asked <<Lyle Tealeaf>>, the aged blacksmith, and heard the man elaborate on what he wanted in return for hearing him out along with the stipulations for

As if that was not bad enough, Hyde heard the aged blacksmith greet him curtly since he was busy immersing himself in his latest project. "I'm busy." A lesser man would have balked at talking to such an imposing individual after being greeted so brusquely by them. However, Hyde was on a mission to complete for <<Dorian White>>, the mayor of <<Tolbana>> and that meant he could not afford to let himself be dissuaded from establishing contact with the aged blacksmith. So, he gathered himself and introduced himself to the man while keeping his well-practiced cordi

After leaving the shop of the old alchemist known as <<Zackariah Stroll>>, Hyde went looking for the blacksmith's shop owned and operated by <<Lyle Tealeaf>>, the best blacksmith in town who was even said to be the equal of the old alchemist. It took a while to find the shop given how far away it was from the alchemy shop he was just at not too long ago, but finally, his ears caught the sound of the constant metallic clangs that were the telltale signs of a blacksmith's shop. So, he hurried over to it and entered it cautiously lest he draw the owner's ire, and soon spot

Thankfully, the old man did not reprimand Hyde for his failure but merely looked at him with disappointment reflected in his wizened features. Despite that, Hyde was shown the basics of potion brewing by the old alchemist and succeeded in creating a decent enough batch that the man saw fit to proclaim it as being passable. Then, the old alchemist poured some of that potion and gave it to Hyde as a parting gift. Afterward, when Hyde brought up the question about the old man possibly being the one to whom <<Dorian White>>, the mayor of <<Tolbana>>, had lent some money in

Hyde was now on his third attempt at trying to gather the flowers, herbs, minerals, and other alchemy ingredients he needed to get for <<Zackariah Stroll>> from the wilderness outside <<Tolbana>> and thus, he moved on to the third and final area of the wilderness where he had been told to search by the old alchemist. Once there, he started his search as he had done in the previous two areas, specifically by surveying the locale for sections that looked promising in resources. This will be my last attempt since I do not have more time to spend on this...Oh, "Verðand