He Xi's gaze wandered over the middle section of the notice board.
He was looking for contracts involving sizable monster lairs. They offered generous rewards and plenty of targets to practice on, which would help him improve his spell proficiency.
Most importantly, there needed to be enough targets for him to farm traits efficiently.
However, after scanning the board for quite a while, He Xi found that most of the contracts were related to investigations.
Was the cooler weather driving the monsters back into their lairs, where they preferred to stay inactive?
As He Xi pondered this, a timid voice came from behind him.
"Um... excuse me, are you Lord Galen?"
He Xi turned and saw a short woman.
She had short chestnut hair and carried a war hammer. She wore the robes of a cleric, but the emblem on them was unfamiliar, and he couldn't tell which deity she served.
When she noticed He Xi looking her over, she seemed a little nervous, but still summoned the courage to speak again. "I was wondering... would you be interested in joining a party with a healer?"
"You know me?"
"Um... I've heard of you." She hesitated before adding in a small voice, "I heard you're the best-drinking mage in Rose Town..."
He Xi's mouth twitched. There was no doubt about which big-mouthed warrior had spread this "reputation" of his, or how he'd gone about it.
Seeing He Xi's strange expression, she hurriedly waved her hands and explained, "Of course! I also heard from a friend..."
She'd heard in a tavern that he was a mage of considerable strength, too! So she wanted to invite him to complete a contract together.
"Oh, right. My name's Healy, Healy Mero." She introduced herself.
"Hello, Ms. Healy." He Xi nodded. "I'll need to know