The next day Toriel created a routine to not only level up but also make a bit of money as well, she didn't need to get more money since the king was going to give them more every week sort of like a allowance but if she was to get more gear not only for herself but also for future party members than it wouldn't hurt to try
She first started the day by going to the fields to fight monsters for about a hour and a half,her fire made easy work of the weaker monsters then she would collect their remains to sell them which she didn't know how to react to it at first, in her world monster's would turn to dust after dying and selling their remains felt off to her but toriel told herself that it was necessary if she wanted to stop this waves
Using her many shields that she had gained through absorbing things into it,she found that making medicine was the best way for her to gain a small income and by befriending the apothecary she was able to get some equipment for medicine which she then put inside her shield
Mortar Shield:
Ability Solid Compounding Bonus: Increase quality of solid compounds made by 10%.
Beaker Shield
Ability Liquid Compounding Bonus: Increase quality of liquid compounds made by 10%
Druggist's Mortar Shield
Ability: Collection Skill ll: When collecting material. Receive 10% more quantity.
With these shields along with her leaf shield she was able to get better ingredients and make better potions,she made a deal with the apothecary to start a business relationship with him where she would sell him her intermittent quality medicine for 3 silver each bottle which he happily accepted after seeing the quality of the medicine
Although she was technically fine monetary, Toriel felt that she wasn't really making progress in the level up department, she had master almost all of the shields she had unlocked, but she was more or less stuck in level 12, the little creatures in the forest were not giving as much exp as they did before
As she was walking the streets, she saw motoyasu and his red haired companion having some coffee and pastry like they were having a nice date, she decided to ask them for advice on how to level up and chat with them
"Motoyasu, good morning" she greeted him
"Ah! Toriel-sama! It's so good to see you how have you been?" Motoyasu cheerfully said, while his companion frowned when he wasn't looking
"Great, i have been making medicine and selling... monster parts, but I'm not leveling up anymore, would you have a suggestion on how to solve that?" She asked him politely
"Really? What level are you?" He asked, Toriel was a shielder so it was only natural she would ask how to get stronger
"Currently I am level 12" she responded in her usual politeness
"Wow, that's awesome, does that mean you got a party to yourself?" Motoyasu asked, wanting to meet Toriel's party members
"Oh no, it's just me" Toriel responded, much to the surprise of motoyasu and his companion
"Huh?! Then how did you get this many levels?" Motoyasu asked confused, a shielder couldn't level up alone, that was just not possible
"With my magic of course" Toriel said as she created a small fire ball in her palm
"You have fire magic?" Motoyasu questioned, the shield class could only use support and healing magic, how was Toriel doing this? Was she cheating? Motoyasu thought
"I had it back in my world as well, my family always has been quite the pyromancers" she explained
'right, monsters in her world could do magic and humans couldn't, i guess our magical affinity is determined by our weapons, but in her case she already had fire affinity so she keep that...' motoyasu racialized, it kinda of felt like a cheat since fire magic was the best offensive magic in emerald online and exactly what a shielder would need to cause damage, but it would still not allow Toriel to catch up to him and the others in terms of strength in the long run, although he wasn't sure what a shielder with fire magic could do, the brief images of a military tank and a pyromaniac in full body armor came to his mind, though they quickly disappeared, none of them fitting Toriel's image and personality to him
"Well, if you want to get stronger, you will need to leave the capital, best place for you to find strong monsters for your level in the moment would be Lute village" motoyasu adviced her
"Guess that's my next stop" Toriel joyfully said
"and if you want to also make some money while at it, you should join the adventurers guild" he said while taking a sip of his coffee
"Adventurers guild? What's that?" She asked raising her eyebrow
"It's basically a place were people go and put a out request with rewards for adventurers to go and do them, it can be something as simple as finding a lost pet or clearing a abandoned mine shaft from giant spiders, like a hired help" motoyasu explained
"Well then, I should probably head there, have a good day motoyasu, and forgive me for interrupting your date" Toriel said while waving at him before going out into the city with him waving at her back
"Motoyasu-sama, could we get back to our date?" The red haired girl said while hiding her anger
"Yeah sorry, you know me, couldn't avoid helping a fair maiden" he said scratching his head on the back
"Well she does act...educated enough for some one so monsterus" she said while drinking her tea
"Not this again..." Motoyasu whispered while bitting a jelly filled pastry 'i got to help her stop being so hostile to toriel when she's not around, is she jealous of her curves?' motoyasu thought as they went on their date
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After a bit of looking around and asking directions from passing civilians, Toriel found herself in front of the adventurers guild door, she went inside and as she did, she could see a few people making confused and angry faces at her, but she ignored it and went to a balcony with a lady on it
"Hello I would like to join the adventurers guild" Toriel said while the receptionist was looking away not noticing her
"Why yes, you just need to sign..." The receptionist looked at a tall goat a bit confused and scared, before noticing her shield
"Your the shield hero right?" She said,
"Yes I am, I came here so I could take on quests" Toriel explained
"Well, you have to sign here and fill in these blank's and also choose a nickname as your adventure Alia's" the receptionist explained as she put some papers in front of toriel
"Huh...this is awkward but I still don't know how to read or write this world language, could you help me?" Toriel asked embarrassed
"Sure, i guess" the receptionist said, as she was helping Toriel fill up the paperwork, she started
talking a better look on Toriel, the receptionist started to see her friendly looks and soothing aura she had, when she heard the rumors about the shield hero looking like a monster, she had dismissed them as fake, but now she thought the rumors were being spread by the Demi human haters of Melromarc, this person had such a calming and joyful aspect to her, and even her looks did not resemble the more menacing and powerful apperence that 'beastman' demi humans usually had, looking more friendly than menacing, although her size was a bit scary
"All done, to take a quest, just go to quest board and pick the one you would like" the receptionist said as she pointed to a large board with a bunch of papers on it
"Great..." She said while trying to keep on a fake smile, she was having most of her inconvenience and troubles happen because she couldn't read, one time she asked a meal in the menu of a restaurant and they served her a goat tongue strew, which made her have to swallow her vomit and leave the place before she passed out from seeing such a grafic thing
'i really need to learn the language of this place, maybe mister Erhard could help me' she thought as she approached the quest board
She looked at the many quests, all of them she couldn't understand a thing, luckily some had drawings in it, but they were mostly of Very aggressive looking creatures, probably the jobs of monster extremantion, which Toriel wasn't so found of, she found one with the drawing of some flowers and decided to take that
As she turned to ask the receptionist more details about it, she saw Ren face, who was looking at her, he tried to get away as if they hadn't made eye contact but Toriel followed him and spoke
"Hello Ren, are you also here to take quests?" Toriel greeted him
"...why are you here?" Ren asked, he wanted to know why the 'good-spirited monster' was in a place that literally had boards asking people to murder creatures like her
"Motoyasu told me that this place was a good spot to help me make some money and gain some levels" she explained
'Of course he did...' Ren mentally faced palmed, he already had Itsuki and the idiot himself motoyasu to worry about them getting the good quests first, now he has to worry about Toriel getting them as well
"What quests have you taken?" He asked, he didn't want her to have pick one of the ones he had decided to pick from this months rotation of quests
"Oh, just this one, I started today and it was the only one that didn't seem to involve violence and murder" she said while lift the paper with the flowers drawing, Ren couldn't understand the language just like Toriel but he knew by the looks of it, that this was just a basic 'collect x amount of things' mission
"Very well then" he said giving her the cold shoulder, he went to the board and picked one with a round shaped rabbit in it before going out
"Did I do something?" She asked herself, trying to remember if she had offended him during her time talking with him
She went to the balcony and after getting the information about the quest like it's location and what needed to be done, she went out and continued on her day
