Hi guys, sorry for the wait, this chapter need a lot of work to be put in.

And thank you timothyd394 for the review and as you were asking.

I guess we won't see either of them take on a wyvern or a troll for a while. (They will by next two or three chapters)

Now I'm wondering what these spiders look like. (They are more of a large version of common house spiders)

I'm guessing Raven is going to get Lucy/Jinx an item that will shoot hexes. (Yes but more a this world version and something that can be evolve as a class.)

While I applaud Beast Boy for sticking to his beliefs about meat, will he eventually not have a choice? I'm getting the feel that in this world, he will ultimately have to eat meat. (No, he will not. One the main things I have seen is guy who are like well since the world is bad might as well so bad things, so beast boy is going to suffer but still try to be beast boy)

Are Kobolds a kind of lizard creature?(Yes)

1 more monster I wouldn't mind seeing Beast Boy become is the Leviathan. (I will see but I can't guarantee it. I mean leviathan is op creature so it kind of makes beast boy too op)

On with the story

The three quest

The Rat extermination quest.

The house that requested for the rat killing F-rank quest was an old cottage at the edge of the village, made of faded stone with a thick, sloping roof covered in moss. Vines crept up the sides, giving it a weathered, almost forgotten look. Despite its age, it was cozy, and there was a small garden in the front with herbs and flowers growing in neat rows. A young housewife, no older than her mid-twenties, met them at the gate, her face flushed with embarrassment as she explained the problem.

"I'm so sorry for calling you out here for something so small," she said, nervously twisting a cloth in her hands. "It's just... there are rats in the house. I've tried everything—traps, poison—but they keep coming back."

I was never good at handling situation like this, what do I say to ease the situation and it didn't help that she was pretty.

Lucy, my ever so reliable partner stepped forward with a reassuring smile. "Don't worry, we'll take care of it. Rats can be the worst, but we'll make sure they're gone for good."

The housewife smiled back, relieved. "Thank you. I'll leave the door open for you. They're mostly in the pantry, but I hear them scratching around at night too."

Once inside, we quickly found the signs of the infestation: droppings scattered around, gnawed furniture, and the faint sound of scurrying beneath the floorboards. The pantry, as the housewife had mentioned, was the worst. The rats had torn into sacks of grain and even chewed through the wooden shelves.

"Alright, time to turn into something small and fast and remember, aim for precision," I said, cracking my knuckles. Shifting into a small, green-colored car was my go-to plan for catching rodents. As I zipped through the room, Lucy stood poised, blunt knives in hand, ready to strike as the rats bolted from their hiding places.

Lucy own cat like eyes narrowed in concentration. The rats were quick, darting out from the shadows, but she was quicker. Her first throw hit its mark, knocking a rat unconscious. Her second and third were not so lucky. She grinned, clearly enjoying the challenge. One by one, she took down each rat. For every five throws she got one, untill she started getting the nack of it. There movements, there speed and eventually predicting what there next move was.

It didn't take long before we had a small pile of rats in a wooden crate. I shifted back to my normal form, wiping my hands on my pants. "Good job, Lucy. You've really gotten the hang of this."

"Thanks," she said, sheathing her blunt knives. "What's next?"

"I'll make a clone of myself to handle the relocation" I said. Concentrating, I shifted into the form of an amoeba, splitting my body into two identical green versions of myself.

I looked at the clone and it nodded. Changing into a fly and sitting on my shoulder.

Lucy raised an eyebrow. "You can make clones too?"

"Yep," I grinned. "One of the perks of being me. They're not as strong as me nor they can't do complicated jobs, but they get the job done."

We went to the garden, showed of the crate of rats and then i took the crate to the forest like area, while lucy talked with the house wife about the quest and the payment.

The clone changed from a fly to a eagle picked up the rats filled crate carefully and was off.

..back with lucy.

"Thank you so much for that. You and your boyfriend were amazing" the house told lucy with a sweet smile on her face.

"No, I mean. Wait how did you know I was a girl"

She looked at Lucy intently, then a smile came on her lips "wow, your a girl. I just thought your were..you know boys who like each other."

"Please don't tell anyone. I don't want anyone to know I am a girl"

"Don't worry I won't. We women have to keep our secrets" she told her with a reassuring smile.

"That's a relief" lucy let out a sign of relief "last think is for people to see me as a women"

"Is it, even if he won't?"

"I mean he knows that I am a girl"

"But does he sees you as a women. Does he look at you like a parten who is a girl or a girl who is his partner" she enquired.

Lucy didn't have anything response to that. Did she want beast boy to see her in a different light.

"How about this. There is a special shop in town. That specialises in clothing. The kind that got me married and pregnant" she waited for the Lucy's realisation and blush to die down before continuing. "I can give you the location for a discount but I will warn you. They are a bit on the expensive side"

Lucy thought long and hard about this. She looked at the woman. She definitely looked like someone who gets what she wants.

Back with beast boy

I stepped into the garden side and saw both of them talking and a pouch being given to lucy—our reward for the job.

Later, Lucy and I thanked the housewife, As we headed back to the guild, gave the completion form with the housewife signature.

The Goblin Extermination Quest

2:00 PM

We stopped to look at the area around us, this was supposed to be the place where the goblins were spotted. I crouched down, examining the ground carefully. "There are footprints here, heading east. They're small, and some are smudged. Looks like goblins, alright."

"Let's follow them," Lucy said, already eager for the next challenge.

We tracked the footprints through the forest, following them for over an hour before they led us to a cave nestled in the side of a hill. It was dark and damp, with the smell of decay wafting from inside. Goblins often hid in places like this, using the natural cover to ambush travelers.

"So what do you think. As an experienced adventure what do we do"

"We need to explore slowly while touching the walls to make sure we don't miss a hidden tunnel where we could be ambushed. We need to put marks on the ground so if we need to make a quick withdrawal we won't get lost." Lucy told me her plan.

"Alright, but can't we smoke them out" I asked her,

"That would be ideal but how"

"We can gather some dry leaves then I'll set it on fire, and then I'll use the wind from my bird wings to push the smoke deep into the cave. That should force them out."

Lucy nodded, "that would be amazing"

We began fanning the smoke into the cave. It worked better than I expected. Within minutes, we heard the coughs and shrieks of the goblins.

"Check for any other openings they can use to escape"

Nodding Lucy sprang into action, she claimed onto the tree and began looking over the ground. There was smoke coming from her northeast and her west.

She moved quickly to the west, she spotted a pile of rocks near the cave, which she used to quickly seal up the opening. Before heading to the northeast entrance.

Seeing five goblins already there and coughing she moved fast. A dagger was thrown at the nearest goblin hitting it in the back before she ran up to it and used her other dagger to slit it's throat, she moved fast going from one goblin to another she used there confusion to her advantage and killed one by one.

A shrick from beast boy in his bird form brought her attention. Seven bigger goblins came out of the cave. They were affected by the smoke but these looked like they were ready for a fight.

She dashed at them, targeting the first one with a stab at it's right arm, before using her other dagger to stap it's heart. Before going to the next one, she maintained her speed whole slashing and cutting with her daggers and used her legs to knock the balance of her opponent.

She was going after the other but there were two problems. The first being it took her two minutes to kill a goblin and rate at which the goblins started to come out was one per five seconds. Secondly she was getting tired and even a simple mistake can be deadly.

Changing into a mountain goat, i started to ram into them one by one. Getting there attention. I started from my side. Moving around, ramming some before changeing into alligator to bite some, a rhino to stomp on some.

In no time all the goblins were dead. Turning to lucy. I saw she was also done and now was wiping her daggers on a patch of grass. "That makes seven," she said, breathing hard but looking satisfied.

"Nice job," I said, impressed. "Now, let's go report back to the guy who posted the quest."

"Ya, let's" i noticed a look of irrigation on her face.

We made our way back to the village, where we found the man who was the village head. He was an older fellow, with a grizzled beard and a stern expression. "You got them all?" he asked, eyeing us skeptically.

"Yep, seventeen in total," I said, handing over a sack of seventeen right goblin ears.

"But given the number of goblins and the difficulty, I think we deserve a little extra, don't you?" Lucy told him with a straight look.

The man frowned. "The reward's set. One silver for each goblin, no more."

Lucy stepped forward, her voice firm but polite. "Considering the danger we faced and the damage those goblins could have caused, it seems fair to raise the reward to two silver's per goblin. After all, they were more numerous than expected."

The man grunted, clearly not pleased. "Two silver is too high and if you keep insisting then I might have to add this conversation to the report I have to file with the guild later about this completed quest."

"Sure, be my guest" lucy told him while folding her arms. "we have to file a report as well so it's fair"

I don't know what was happening. I never heard about this 'filing a report' before. So all I could do was listen to this conversation with my mouth closed. By the look on the village heads face he was taken back by Lucy's words also.

"And what report do you have to file"

"Report of lack of information, a report of falsely ranked quest" lucy said as she listed her fingers of

"Excuess me, do you know what you are saying." The man glares at her.

"I do" lucy told him while standing her ground. She points to the sack of goblin ears. "A quest with goblins is considered a D rank. But if the numbers are about fifteen then it's a high D or a Low C, a minimum group of six is required to take such a guest in which atleast half or more are D rank and a C rank is a must."

The village head's face darkened, but he didn't say anything. I could see the wheels turning in his mind, weighing the risks of pushing back versus conceding.

Lucy pressed on. "Once a goblin tribe exceeds fifteen members, there's a high chance they'll evolve. Hobgoblins, archers, shamans—these aren't threats you can afford to ignore. We were lucky to come out alive. So yes, even if the guild doesn't act on our report, it would discourage other adventurers from taking quests from your village."

The village head was silent for a moment, his jaw working as he considered his options. Finally, he sighed and relented. "One silver and fifty coppers per goblin," he muttered. "That's my final offer. It's a fair compromise, considering both sides."

Lucy mulled it over for a moment, then gave a slow nod. "Alright, and a very favorable report from us," she added with a small, almost imperceptible smirk.

The man grunted again, but he didn't argue. He handed us the adjusted reward, and we turned to leave the village. As soon as we were out of earshot, I couldn't hold it in anymore. "What was all that back there?" I asked, still a little bewildered.

"He tried to use us as a test to gauge how dangerous the goblins had become," Lucy replied without breaking stride.

I raised an eyebrow. "How can you be so sure?"

"Seventeen goblins, with five hobgoblins among them? That kind of horde doesn't just appear out of nowhere. Goblins aren't exactly known for their stealth or discretion, especially not in those numbers. The village head had to know there was a significant threat out there. He sent us in, hoping we'd thin their numbers and die trying, and save him the risk of sending his men to check it out."

I was quiet for a moment, processing what she said. "And the reports you both mentioned?"

Lucy glanced at me, her expression softening just a little. "He's a village head, which means he has a budget. Every coin he spends is accounted for. If he pays out more than what's agreed upon, he has to justify it in his report to the guild. And the guild takes those reports seriously."

"So... you were threatening someone with a lot of influence?" I asked, suddenly feeling like we'd been walking on thin ice.

"He has influence, but not as much as you think," Lucy replied, shrugging. "And adventurers have our own way of holding people accountable. We can file reports on clients—detailing things like lack of information or misrepresented quests. It's a dangerous job, and the more we know going in, the better our chances of survival. A negative report from us could discourage other adventurers from taking jobs in this village."

I whistled, impressed. "Wow, I feel like I'm the student, and you're the master. You really know your stuff."

Lucy blushed slightly at the compliment, her tough exterior cracking just a bit. "It's only because I've been in this world since I was born," she said softly. "You're still adjusting."

I shook my head, not letting her diminish her own worth. "No, don't sell yourself short. Back in my world—the one I was born in—I wouldn't have been able to handle what you did today. You're impressive, Lucy. Truly."

For a moment, she looked at me with wide eyes, as if she wasn't used to hearing that. Then, with a small smile, she looked away, the faint blush still coloring her cheeks. "Thanks," she murmured.

The Boar Hunt Quest

The flight to the forest where the boars were located was unusually quiet. Lucy hadn't said a word, and after we descended, we began searching for our prey. The silence hung between us like a heavy cloud, but I figured it was just her focus.

We found them soon enough—two large boars rooting around in a clearing, their tusks scraping at the dirt for food. They were big, tough-looking creatures, but what caught my eye was the small one with them. A child.

I glanced at Lucy. Her eyes were locked on them, sharp and calculating. She was ready, but something in me stopped her. I reached out, gently grabbing her arm. "Wait," I said softly, not wanting to spook the animals. "It's a family."

Lucy's gaze didn't waver. She glanced at me, her face hard, before turning and walking away without a word. I could feel the weight of her frustration, but I couldn't ignore the fact that it didn't feel right. Not this time.

She kept walking ahead of me, her silence louder than ever. I knew she wasn't happy with my choice, but I didn't want to kill them. Not when they had a young one to protect.

"I know you could've handled it," I told her, catching up to her side. "But they were a family. We can't just kill them."

"It's ok" she told me but her voice was different like it lost it's normal joy.

I sighed and listened. There was sound of water nearby. "I can hear a river to the northwest. Maybe we'll have better luck there."

"Sure," she said, barely looking at me. We walked in silence, eventually reaching the river just as the sun began to set. The light bounced off the water, casting an orange glow that reflected across the surface. It was peaceful—calming, even.

"Can we sit here for a while?" Lucy's voice was quiet, almost vulnerable.

"Yeah, that sounds amazing," I replied, relieved to see her soften, even if just a little.

We sat by the water, dipping our feet in the cool river. For a few minutes, neither of us spoke, the only sound being the gentle rush of water around us. Finally, Lucy broke the silence.

"I wasn't mad at you... not really. Seeing that family just... it brought back some memories."

"If you want to talk, I'm here," I offered.

She hesitated before finally opening up. "It wasn't just me and my grandfather, not at first. My parents were with us. We ran a small carpet shop, and life was... it was good. My mom and dad were everything to me. I thought we were about to make it big. They were excited about this caravan, delivering goods to a city far away. It was supposed to be the start of something better." Her voice cracked, and I could see her trying to hold it together, but the pain was too deep.

"Then the caravan got ambushed. Bandits. They were just... gone." Her words broke as tears streamed down her face, and before I could think, I moved.

I pulled her into my arms. It wasn't about saying anything, because what could I say? Words wouldn't fix this. I just held her, letting her cry into my chest, feeling her shake with the weight of the loss she'd carried for so long.

After a while, the tears slowed. I walked her back to her house, the boar quest long forgotten. We didn't need to talk about it anymore. When we reached her door, Lucy wiped her face, trying to regain her composure.

"Sorry about everything. I didn't want to show you that side of me," she said, looking down.

"Lucy, you have nothing to apologize for," I told her gently. "I lost my parents too when I was a kid. It's complicated, but... I still miss them every day."

Her expression softened. "I'm sorry for your loss."

I smiled, trying to lighten the mood a little. "Hey, it's not all bad. I've got you and Raven now."

"Raven?" She raised an eyebrow. "Who's Raven?"

I laughed, realizing I hadn't told her about Raven yet. "That's a story for another day. But tomorrow, let's take a day off."

Lucy blinked in surprise. "What? I'm fine, I can still fight—"

"I know," I said with a grin. "But I'm planning a shopping spree tomorrow."

The look of pure excitement on her face made me chuckle. "You serious?"

"Completely."

"Alright then," she said, a smile finally breaking through her sadness.

As I changed into a bird and flew off, I glanced back at her. Lucy had been through so much, more than anyone should have to endure. But even in her pain, she was strong. And I couldn't help but admired her for that.

Yes, done. that's it for this chapter. I hope I hit all the notes I was trying to. I know some people who are reading this want's me to put more focus on beast boy's like than Lucy/jink, but I want to develop her a bit more. So maybe two or three more and then we are done.

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