Corrupted Creatures

For your first task here in Exeloch, I'd like you to help us with a little problem we've been having.

The ruins to the northeast are full of ancient magic, and make a tempting target for any number of power-hungry cults and criminal organizations.

Even as we speak, those groups are fighting for control over the network of hidden tunnels below the ruins, known as Serpentis.

Don't worry. I wouldn't send a fresh recruit into Serpentis all alone. But the fighting has unleashed a good deal of dangerous magic from those ruins, and it's been affecting the local creatures.

I want you to practice with your new weapon by hunting the Abyssal Shard Slimes and Earthquake Basilaurs to the east. They've been absorbing the magic of the ruins, and are multiplying at a frightening rate.

Oh, one more thing: those Slimes have a tendency to split off into smaller pieces when they're injured. Don't turn your back on one until you're sure it's stopped moving.

Good work, recruit. I can see why they sent you to us.

We'll keep an eye on the Basilaurs for now. In the meantime, Drillmaster Babat can explain your next mission.