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[b][color=fff200]Yang Bethlehem[/color][/b]

She sniffed at Krik getaway, no doubt that the person was just talking nonsense to save his own skin. Yang cracked her knuckles at that and turned her attention back to the battle. With her joining in the fray, the battle was as good as won.

Not that she did much anyways, Yang thought to herself as they moved the escaped prisoners to their agree location meetup. That's when she met with Maria again and the former was absolutely delighted with their efforts. The cheers that erupted from them made her felt awkward but it helped her mood and morale.

At least, I did something right. She smiled and bowed to the everyone around them politely, taking in the praise humbly even as Maria gave her the pouch of gold.

"Thank you." She accepted with both of her hands respectfully, Yang took a brief look at Maria and smiled. She didn't know why, but she felt a kindred and familiarity with her despite meeting her only twice. Without thinking, she reached out and pat Maria head affectionally. "Stay strong, alright?"

That being done and as they walked back home, a pouch full of gold as Yang toss it up and down. She listened to Freyr and grinned at that.

"Hah, that Krik guy wasn't that strong." Yang shrugged it off with her shoulder but her thoughts wondered briefly if whether the knights she fought just happen to be weak rather than her being strong.

She'll have to self-meditate over this, confidence can easily translate to arrogance at times. Not to mention knights have been presenting a problem for her, particularly their armor and shields.

"But I'll have to take some physical conditioning," Yang muttered as her mind settled to strengthening her body. "I wonder if our Guildmaster would allow me to purchase some metal armor for me to train on."

"Anyways, since we're done early, think we should head back with all this gold?" She smiled to the rest of them, including their new additions of Titanica, Vara and Neil. "Oh, by the way, where were you two last night? I didn't see you made your way to the guild."

"Also Neil, did you left early this morning to fetch them?" Yang made a few small talk to them.

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[b][color=ed145b][b]Ditzy Stoneclub[/b][/color][/b]

Ditzy took some time to find the place, retracing his steps slowly from his memory. Soon, he did found the place but it was devoid of anyone and it was in a mess.

[i]Aw, they left.[/i] He pouted at that. Ditzy had been wanting to play with them, he didn't even manage to say goodbye to them.

Dejected, Ditzy looked around to see where they went and noticed something shiny on the ground. He bend down to picked it up and brushed the dirt aside before he realized what it was.

[i]A shiny coin.[/i] Eyes studied the pretty glint it had when it reflected the sun as fingers traced around it. Ditzy wondered what's it doing on the ground since his father often panicked when he drops the coins. Now that he stopped to look, he noticed that there was a fair amount of them scattered around.

He cooed briefly as his brian slowly worked and brightening up like a lamp when an idea struck him. He'll help them pick up the coin and keep them safe when they come for it.

With that, Ditzy went ahead to pick up the coins. He looked around and saw a perfect place to keep it safe as his eyes fell to the large sandbag he carried around.

The leather hide around it was good enough to act as a large purse, and it'll never get lost since he often carry it. 

He was a genius! Ditzy proudly thought as he removed the inner weight and stuff the gold coins at the bottom of his sandbag. Once he done, the sandbag weight a bit more but Ditzy barely felt the weight change. Though if he smacked someone with it, there'll be a few imprints of coins showing.

Though another conundrum came to him, how was he going to tell them he was holding their coin? He hummed as he looked at a tree, then to a rock, and to the tree again. A single light tap to the rock which shattered in half, Ditzy took the sharper points and slowly carve a message to be left behind.

[u][i]I got your gold, find me at the Guild and I'll give it back. -Ditzy Stoneclub.[/i][/u]

He felt proud at the message and with thatm journey back home to the guild. Hopefully he can play with the goblins soon.