Terran Camp

" Yes, I can make any soup you want. Now, before you go away and say my shop is useless, I can also increase your stats for a period of time. Want to become extremely strong for a quarter of a battle? I can make it. Want to be slightly stronger for 5 days? I can make it. I can give you claws and chainsaw hands. Anything that changes your body, I can make."

Malik: "Hmm...

So you can make any soup with any effect?

That's actually really great!

We could go into the wilderness with a soup that prevents monsters from approaching!"

Oberünd: ...

Malik: "Heh...

I defeated the Eye King, The Illusion Hydra, The Crow Barron, The Werewolves and The Queen of The Dead back home...

Then I defeated the Kraken, the Cactuzard, a giant snake and the Cursed King here.

I'm pretty sure I'm top-tier too!

Of course, I didn't do any of that alone, but I landed the final blow on most of them. Isn't this what counts?"

"Oh, hi Yura. Come to think of it, that probably would have been a better place to go after the notice board than right to the shops. When everyone's ready, the next places we'll go to will be the Training Grounds and Mage Academy. Do you want to come with us?"

"Spontaneous...great. I thought we had enough Joeys around here. Yeah, I'll go with you, Lupis. Maybe I can show off some of the places to these guys. Come on, it's just over this way. The two places are close by." Yura leads the group over to two large buildings. One has flags with the mark of Terran on them and multiple weapons around while the other is obviously a school. "This building over here full of weapons are the Training Grounds. By using the ancient scrolls we've collected on missions and using the techniques left behind by Darkus, we can learn new physical skills. There are a lot of different kinds, but they're separated into different classes to make finding them easier. Thieves learn how to explore more effectively and exploit enemy weakpoints, Knights learn how to do heavy damage and defend allies, and Archers learn how to hit multiple enemies at a time. You get it, right? Pretty cool. Apparently there's a battle festival too they have here. I don't really remember when, but I do remember that the king said it was an annual thing to test the adventurers' strength a long time ago. Anyway, this is where you learn all your physical skills, but learning magic and potions will be over at the magic academy." While Yura speaks, a mage walks out of the academy. He wears fully black robes and a pointed hat and looks up at the group from his book, revealing the glowing marks on his face. It's a Magigen. "Tren! You're just in time! There are some new recruits here! Want to tell them about the academy?"

"Hmm...sure. I guess I can take some time away from my magic studies to teach these guys a thing or two about...magic. Not really much of a break like that, I guess. Anyway, this here is the Mage Academy! They teach all kinds of spells. Healing, damage, poison, and more recently weather! These new tomes Kick brought back from his mission are a huge help! Oh, um, right. Back to the tour, this place can teach you how to make various potions as well as fuse magic into your weapons. It's a very useful ability. There are daily classes here, but I think I may be the only student enrolled here that's an adventurer too. Most of the others there are just normal civilians or studying here from a far away land. The principal and teacher of most of these magical skills is Elli Mizz. If you see her, make sure to say hi. She's really a nice woman. Well, I think that's all."

"Oooh! Let's not forget one of my favorite places! It's really close by to here!"

"You mean that place where you skip out on training to go play games?"

"Hey, I don't just skip out on training to play games. Sometimes I skip out on training to go off on quests I wasn't invited too."

"Don't remind me. That one time where you rode Kain all the way to that island just to save your boyfr-GAH!" Yura manages to kick Tren in the stomach and knock him over.

"Hmm? Oh, sorry. Did you say something? I was trying to lead a tour, sir. Anyway...this here is the Gaming Hall! You can play all kinds of games here to win prizes. They're not always easy, but the prizes can be really good. Anything from Gold to rare items and equipment! Honestly, it's worth blowing off training to come here sometimes. Oh, right. Since we're here, does anyone want to visit one of these places to learn new skills? I think the Gaming Hall is closed right now, but it should be open tomorrow."