For the following days, Adrian ran the small shop Ash helped him set up, accumulating money and gathering information about the monsters. A few uneventful days passed. Just when Adrian thought he would have to wait for a long time, something unexpected happened.

One day, while Adrian was moving his stuff in the shop, he overheard some pedestrians chatting.

"A group of monsters attacked Meadowshire two nights ago. A monster hunter appeared and fought them off, but he himself was seriously injured..."

This information immediately caught Adrian’s attention. He quickly stopped what he was doing and went to the street to listen to what others were saying. From the conversations of people passing by, he learned that the situation in Meadowshire Village was dire. Monsters had ravaged the entire place, leaving it in ruins. Many houses were destroyed, and the villagers looked disheartened as they sat in makeshift tents with dirty faces. Additionally, many of them spotted injuries of varying