Meadowshire was dark, lit only by the moon. With the help of this dim light, Adrian approached the village, but he did not enter it immediately. Instead, he first made his way to the monster hunter shrine at the village entrance. Upon arriving, he immediately noticed a sinister and eerie aura emanating from the shrine.

‘Well, well. This smells like trouble to me,’ Adrian thought.

Meanwhile, a few figures were gathering in the shrine.

"Fuck those villagers! I clearly asked them for young boys and girls, but all the old farts are the ones queuing up to give us blood. Damn it! What a bunch of fools!" one man cursed.

"Alright, calm down. Haste makes waste. You asked for young boys and girls right off the bat, who would agree to that? Let's take it slow," another person said.

"But when will you be able to advance to level eight if we do that?" the first person questioned.

"Reaching level eight isn't as straightforward as it seems, so let's proceed cautiously. As long as it's fresh hu