In the morning, Ellis and Ray went to the guild to take on a quest only to see that the board is crowded as usual. But they were not angry about the fact that there will be less quest for them to choose from after the crowd has gone leaving them with only the difficult ones to ha handle.

After the crowd of hunters has left to take on the quest they choose, Ray gets up from where he was sitting and went to the quest board.

" What could the quest for today be," said Ray looking at the quest left.

" What else can it be other than chasing after mystic beasts" replied Ellis while laughing.

" That's where you are wrong Ellis, come take a look at this quest," said Ray while pointing at a particular quest in the board.

Getting up, Ellis went up to Ray and begin to inspect the board and that's when he saw the quest.

" Retrieving the missing orb from the thief Jerald" read out Ellis while reading down the quest.

" This quest is an interesting one," said Ray while rubbing his palm together.

" It's interesting alright, but the problem now is where do we start from," said Ellis.

"Why don't we asked Jenny, she might know something," asked Ray while looking at the reception?

After their first quest, Ray and Ellis were able to build up a friendly relationship with the receptionist.

Seeing both Ray and Ellis are walking her way, Jenny couldn't help but chuckle.

" What Is it you guys want this time around," asked Jenny with a smile on her face.

" Nothing much just little information about the quest 'the missing orb" replied Ellis with a smile of his own.

" What more would trouble you two if is not any information about a quest. Since the day you joined the hunter guild till now you have not been able to gather information on your own" said Jenny.

" We are still trying to adapt to the guild. You know it hasn't been long we join the guild" replied Ray.

" Anyways, last night a clan member of the Hinton clan came saying Jerald stole a valuable orb from his shop that was given to him by a friend who passes away. And after calling for help from his fellow clan members, they chased Jerald into the swampy lake where they lost sight of him" said Jenny.

" Now we have a clue on where to begin the search," said Ray while hitting Ellis on the shoulder.

" And thank you, Jenny, "said Ellis while giving Jenny a thumbs up.

" Any time and don't forget to get me something good when coming tomorrow" replied Jenny.

Walking out of the Guild, Ellis and Ray made their way to the place called the swampy lake. On getting there they discovered that the place was a complete swamp.

" How can we search for the thief when we can hardly move" asked Ray while removing his leg from the muddy swamp.

" I guess we'll have to make our way" replied Ellis while looking at the trees in the swamp.

" What do you mean by that" asked Ray.

" We'll have to travel through the trees" replied Ellis while pointing at the tree that is close to them.

" I guess that's how Jerald was able to escape from the Hinton clan," said Ray while making his way to the trees.

Ellis nodded before following Ray from behind. Moving to the tress, Ray bent down a little before pushing his feet from the ground jumping high up in the sky landing on the tree branch.

" Your turn Ellis," said Ray to Ellis in a mockery.

" Pray I don't break that smile in passes your face one of these days" replied Ellis with a smile before jumping onto one of the tree branches.

Jumping from one tree to another, they were able to advance forward and before long, they began to see some part of the swamp were a little solid.

Landing back to continue their search I land, Ellis and Ray venture deep into the swamp where they began to hear sounds coming from different parts of the lake.

" What's making that sound," said Ray in fright while taking out his blades from their scabbard.

" That sounds like a snake" reply Ellis while preparing for a fight.

" HISS"

All of a sudden a gigantic snake launches out of the swamp towards Ray and Ellis while taking them by surprise. But still, before it could get to where they were, they have already noticed it, taking a step back a little, Ellis throw out a punch toward the snake which busted into a bloody scene after being sent flying into the distance.

" And now you are abusing your strength," said Ray from the annoyance that Ellis was the one that attacks the beast.

" That's all I can do to prevent that beast from getting close to us and use the only attack it knows which is a poisonous gas. Besides, it's only in the QI refining 6 stage which is not an opponent for you" replied Ellis with a smile.

They proceed going forward and the more they go deep into the swamp, the more they encounter a snake beast. Before long they have slain about fifteen which was seen to be in QI refining 7 to 10 but still were not able to put on much of a fight against Ray and Ellis.