The Tales of Draconic Warlock

The queue was long and it took more than an hour before I could get out of the mission hall. With too many people who were of the same mind, the queue time was so long.

It was not all like in those novels where other students were lazy and the MC would stumble on one of the missions that would be the greatest mission of his life.

He would go on to earn a lot more than what he was supposed to through the mission. It would not only increase his wealth but also his fame.

There are many things that could change his fortune such as bandits who have a lot of loot, forgotten legacies or natural treasures that would improve the talent or strength of MC.

I on the other hand don't think those things are possible in the manner that the MC would gain.

I did gain some fortunes but they could have become disasters if any one of the things had changed. It was different from what MC would gain in many stories.

Of course, there are stories where MC would go through hell before gaining anything but those stories have too much plot armour that would protect MC no matter what.

Yeah, what's up with their masters who never appeared before suddenly appears when the MC was about to die? It's not like the MC would have a treasure on him that could stop a death blow and warns his teacher.

No that would be something that ones who are facing the MC would have but not the MC.

What's with that?

Do the MC's teacher would have divination?

If they could do that, can't they stop that idiot before they make a mistake and make enemies with people that he shouldn't?

No, they won't. They watch as MC decimates an entire family because of a small issue and would only interfere when MC is in danger.

In most of the stories, the conflict arises because of the female lead, one of the female leads.

Those bitches won't like someone they knew growing up, someone who wouldn't seek other women for pleasure. Someone who would care for them from the bottom of their hearts, no they would always go for the MC who has no moral values, has no qualms with murder but speaks about morals as if they were the Father of Morals.

They say that they don't like harem but won't do shit hen MC goes after tons of girls.

I hate those types of MCs, but those are the favourite stories of face-slapping genre novels.

The novels where the MC would punish a pure evil boy who was after the female lead has become very rare probably because other than those two, I don't see any other way that the MC can face slap a second-generation kid, which would later involve his death followed by the deaths of the kid.

Once that was over, I had no idea how the law allows the killer to get the dead person's assets.

These stories happen in an Urban background.

Are governments dead in those novels or they themselves are bad that they don't care about murders?

Ah, this lazy life is killing me. I am starting to remember all those stupid novels that I read to pass the time back on Earth. I should pull myself back into a proper training routine or else I would become a weak idiot.

Idiot because I am wasting time thinking about useless things. Weak because instead of training I am thinking about those useless things.

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The mission I got was simple. It goes like this.

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Mission: Two merchants, along with their twenty escorts disappeared near Endis town. Travel to the town and find out what happened to them. Meet with the mayor of the town for further details.

Time Limit: None

Reward: 1,000 points

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It appeared to be a simple enough mission looking at that. Two merchants disappeared and I need to find out what happened to them. Yeah, there are twenty more missing but they don't matter that much because the ones who are paying for this mission were probably related to those two merchants.

The escorts take the business of protecting clients because they can't afford the living expenses of their families. Even if there are people who care if they disappear, their families wouldn't have enough wealth to pay for search or rescue missions.

Coming to the disappearance, there are two reasons why those two might have disappeared. Well, three but one of them is connected to another.

The first one is that they were killed and eaten by the monsters. It was pretty common in this world. It was the reason why while travelling no one would travel alone. There would be escorts with them who are paid to protect them in case of any attacks.

The second an third reason would be that they are either kidnapped or killed by some evil assholes. These evil assholes could be bandits or some evil cultists.

If they were kidnapped, there would be a rescue mission. If not, then the only mission would be for revenge.

What the next mission would be depends on what I uncover.

if they were killed by the monsters, then there would be some obnoxious missions on the adventurers guild mission board to kill the monsters. If it was bandits or cultists, the mayor may probably move his ass from his chair.

These situations are when I failed to kill those perpetrators.

What would happen, I have to wait and see.

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Well, now that I got my mission, I left the academy immediately. I went straight to the capital as usual. From there got no idea where to go.

I mean I know how to reach the place but I never visited that place.

When I registered for the mission, they gave me a map and instructions on how to reach that place. I had to use the teleportation hub. They could send me to the city near my destination.

From there, I had to get to my destination using a ride, as it was pretty far away from the city. It's the only way to reach.

Damn, I miss Google Maps. There is no GPS technology here. If such technology exists, it is not available to the civilians.

I hope some professional with expertise in those departments invents them sooner rather than later. It would make travelling pretty convenient.

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I reached the capital in a few minutes. Once I did, I walked straight to the teleportation hub.

"One ticket to Kelvin City", I told the man at the ticket counter.

After I got the ticket from the counter, I went to the booth that had the teleportation circle that would bring me to Kelvin City.

There were others who too were on their way to Kelvin City, waiting in the booth. With me, the minimum that is required has been fulfilled and the teleportation hub staff teleported us promptly.

Mmm, I never spoke about these rules about teleportation right?

Teleportation may be convenient and time-saving but the cost of running that is very high.

To make profits, there should be at least five people who are present or had to wait for half an hour before they would be teleported to their destination.

Of course, as long as you are someone important, even if you arrive alone, you will be teleported. This was why, it took less time for me to reach the academy from my home when compared to the time that it required for me to reach home from the academy.

Since I am the son of the ruling viscount, the teleportation hub staff in the Winter City would usually not waste my time. Moreover, Winter City was only connected with three other cities other than the Capital City.

Most travellers are to the capital. So I wouldn't need to wait for too long as anyone who wants to use the teleportation circle, would probably want to leave for the capital city.

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Within a few minutes, I was in Kelvin City. I have no idea where this city is, with respective to the kingdom. i should know about that if I want to make it here by myself without wasting so much gold.

It took me a few more minutes to reach the city gates, the south gate to be exact. It is where the coach to Endis town would be available or at least that was written on the instruction letter that I got with the mission.

"Where to, Sir?" one of the coachmen approached me as I waited at the city gates.

Much like buses on Earth, there are coaches that were drawn by tamed beasts used for travel. Personal coaches are small and can accommodate a few people but the ones here are large enough to accommodate a hundred at the same time.

"Endis Town", I told him.

He apologized that he wasn't going that way but directed me to the one that was going that way.

I quickly found the one that was going in that route. I paid for a seat and entered the coach, which started to move after fifteen minutes of my arrival.