I said, "I can do it, even the few Kabballah members together can't be my opponent!"
"You think they really can't beat you? I said no, you can't go on an adventure or cause chaos, and don't go after those thieves!"
"What can you do? You can't just let it go. Come up with your solution?"
"All right, I've said enough. I'll naturally find a way to handle it."
Just as George pushed open the door, he saw the two siblings arguing.
"There's a guest here!"
Seeing George walk into the store, the shopkeeper, Lukan Varrius, immediately stopped arguing.
Kamila turned to look behind her, revealing a surprised expression on her face:
"Is it you? Are you here to buy something?"
She recognized George as the unfamiliar passerby who had nearly been robbed by the three Cabal members the day before.
George shook his head and smiled, saying:
"I'm an adventurer. Last night I heard in the hotel that you've been robbed here and lost a very valuable item. I'd like to know if you need help."
"You're an adventurer... heh heh..."
Hearing George's words, Kamila covered her mouth, almost unable to hold back a laugh.
As the sister of the owner of the trade house in Hemei Town, she has seen many adventurers. She has also gone on several trips to Baimant City with her brother.
So she can be considered a girl with some insight.
She can tell whether someone is an adventurer at a glance.
With the young man's appearance before him, who was not wearing armor and even carrying a weapon, how could he be an adventurer?
If it hadn't been for her intervention yesterday, she would probably have been soundly beaten up by those few from the Cabal.
"I was planning to post a mission notice on the bulletin board in the inn these days. Since you're an adventurer, that saves me some trouble."
Lukan gave him a head-to-toe look, squinting his eyes slightly, then replied in a very polite manner.
Without any background or help, to have opened a trading house in Hemei Town all by himself and raised his sister, he was not someone lacking in wisdom.
Although this young man was dressed in ordinary clothes, the faint aura he emitted and the way he spoke and looked made him feel like he wasn't an ordinary person.
This world is not just filled with warriors whose muscles are more developed than their brains, but also mages who can use magic, hidden vampires and werewolves lurking in the darkness.
So never judge someone as weak just by their appearance or the clothes they wear.
You might encounter an old man who struggles to walk one day, but with a wave of his hand, he can summon lightning to kill you.
What you see as an innocent little girl by the side of the road in the wild could be a vampire who has lived for thousands of years.
Even if the young man in front of me is just a regular young man, who joins this dangerous line of work with a yearning for adventure, that's fine too.
Whatever choices they make, they have to bear the consequences. Ignorance will have its price.
That way, he could also let his sister Kamila see what being an adventurer would be like and dissuade her from always wanting to become one. She should just settle down and get married.
In fact, after the golden dragon claw was stolen, he had no intention of looking for it.
Because he knew why the golden dragon claw was stolen.
When he bought the item at a high price initially, he knew it was related to the ancient tomb near Hemei Town.
It is said that one can enter the depths of the ancient tomb and obtain treasures of the ancient Nord people inside.
But for the sake of caution, he finally gave up that plan and only kept it as a collection piece.
A few days ago, thieves broke into the trade house. They didn't take anything valuable, just the golden dragon claw. That's when he knew it was definitely connected to the treasure of the ancient tomb at the barren cliff.
He couldn't estimate how many adventurers were buried in the ancient tomb of the barren cliff. He guessed that the thieves should also have a hard time surviving, and with no chance of retrieving the golden dragon claw.
But Kamila has been wanting to go to the ancient tomb of the barren cliff to find the thief and retrieve the golden dragon claw.
So he thought of releasing this supposed "no one would take" mission in the inn to please Kamila.
If an adventurer really took on the task and retrieved the golden dragon claw, he would be very happy. He still liked that collection piece very much.
"I lost an item, a palm-sized golden dragon claw. It's highly likely to be in the hands of robbers near the ancient tomb of the barren cliff."
"If you can help me retrieve it, I'll pay you 3000 Septims!"
"Alright, I'll take this mission."
George nodded without any hesitation.
Three thousand Septims isn't a small sum. If converted to the previous world, it might have been worth tens of thousands of purchasing power.
The main reason is that the gold in this world is more valuable than the previous world, but not as much. What's really valuable in this world are magic materials and rare ores.
To be precise, Septims are gold coins, and if you melted 3,000 of them, you could definitely make a larger dragon claw jewelry piece.
"Are you crazy? He has no chance of completing the task, and you'll kill him!"
Kamila looked at her brother in disbelief.
Lukan shrugged.
"He chose the task himself, that's how it is for adventurers. The life of an adventurer is dangerous."
"Now you don't have to go and catch the thief yourself."
"All right, at least I can act as his guide. He must not know the way up the mountain."
Kamila gritted her teeth and replied, "I can't argue with you."
Lukan nodded.
"Yes, but don't go beyond the town's borders; just go as far as the bridge."
Kamila angrily pushed open the door and walked to the door, only to take a deep breath and face George with a serious expression after he followed out.
"My words may have hurt your pride, but I think for your own life, you should give up this task."
"Hmm, actually, I do have a bit of confidence in my own abilities."
George would know that Kamila meant well, so he didn't get angry.
Just like wearing a bum's outfit and going straight into a high-end hotel, getting turned away by the hotel's staff is just normal.
That's their job, there's nothing to say about it.
It's not good to be unhappy and seek revenge on someone for such things, otherwise your heart is too small.
Moreover, Kamila was actually thinking about his life.
"The barren cliff tomb is no ordinary place. It's not just that bandits and beasts lurk around the perimeter; it's also said to be filled with terrifying undead and lethal traps inside."
"I've never heard of any adventurers or bounty hunters surviving the trip. They usually don't come back."
"And with your small physique, you probably won't even be able to climb the snowy mountains at the perimeter, freezing to death or eaten by snow wolves!"
Thinking that George, with his weak and ordinary physique, couldn't bear to lose face, Kamila immediately recited all the intelligence she had gathered over the past few days.
George looked at Kamila with some surprise.
"You still plan to go yourself?"
If Kamila knows that the barren cliff tomb is so dangerous, why does she still insist on going?
Kamila's face turned red as she explained, "I-I just wanted to prove myself capable."
"I know my own limitations, but I intentionally said that to provoke Lukan, hoping he would spend more money hiring a powerful team in Snowmint City."
This way, we can completely clear out the bandits lurking outside the barren cliff tomb, and I can also take the opportunity to see if there's a chance for me to join a warband.
