(SCENE: MINING ORGANIZATION) (POV: OSCAR)

Me and the others arrived at a Mining Organization because we accepted a mission to take care of a problem they're having in the mines. From what I can gather, this mine has hundreds, if not, thousands of rare minerals and riches, which serves as both an income for blacksmiths and people with thousands of coin in their pockets.

But recently, they're having problems about something in the mines. The Organization heard about my skills and figured that I'll be the best man for the job.

And so, here we are.

"So, we're in an agreement? We'll solve your problem and you give us around 25 or 30% of your stocks to us in payment." I said as I working on a deal between us. "All we can agree to is 25%, since it wouldn't damage our stocks too much while 30% is bordering on bit much and detrimental. If that's all, do we have a deal?" The head of the organization asks as I nod my head and we shook hands on it, sealing the deal.

"Now then, where was the site of the attack?" I asked as the boss of the organization pulls out a map of the place and points to a cave entrance near the far end of the mines. "Right around here. Was planning on getting the bodies, I believe it would be better if you were to examine the bodies first." The boss says as I nod in understanding at this.

"Alright then, we'll go to the scene of the crime." I said as me and the group left to the area of the massacre.

(POV CHANGE: 3RD PERSON) (SCENE CHANGE: AREA OF THE MASSACRE)

Upon arriving at the site of the attack, Oscar immediately went to inspect one of the bodies. "Okay, let's see what we got here." He says as he looks over the corpse. "Blood oozing from the mouth, eyes and ears, indication of immense strength." He says aloud as he looks towards the weapon the body was holding.

"Not a drop of blood on the weapon, yet it has various sights of wear and tear. More specifically the edges. The cracks on the blade indicate it hitting against something hard." He says aloud as he spots something on the body's chest.

"What's this? Traces of something shiny on the chest? Could just be dust from the mines or something else." He says as he stands up and walks towards Naofami.

"Hey, Naofami, found anything worth while?" Oscar asked as he got a nod from Naofami. "Yeah, found some trees that fell." Naofami says as he points to some trees. Oscar approached one of the fell trees as he inspects the stump. "Interesting. No signs of physical contact on the tree, yet something clearly knocked it down." He says aloud as he starts getting an idea.

"I think I got it." He says. "Really?" Naofami asks as Oscar nods in confirmation. "Yeah. The miners carried their load to their camp. Then, something with immense strength attacked them. Used its strength to pulverize some of them while also throwing large stones at others. Those that missed hit the trees instead. But that's all I can get here. Need to follow the attacker to its lair." Oscar says.

"Everyone! Regroup! We need all hands on deck here!" He shouts out, catching everyone's attention as they regrouped around Oscar's position. "Alright everyone, what we come up is scarce here, so we need to find tracks that we could track the attacker." Oscar says as the group nod their heads at this and started looking for tracks.

Suddenly, Oscar found the tracks he was looking for. "I found them!" He exclaims as everyone gathered around Oscar. "The tracks seem to head off that way." He says as he points in front of them.

And so, begins the tracking of the attacker.

(SCENE: OUTSIDE OF A CAVE)

Oscar and the others reached the end of the trail as it led them to a cave. Oscar inspects the ground in front of the cave entrance as he holds up a rock with the same dust he found on one of the victim's body.

"Same dust as on the body. No doubt about it: this is the work of a Rock Troll. More specifically, a Golden Ore Troll, highly rare." He says as this catches everyone's attention. "So, how do we fight it?" Keyaru asks, but Oscar shook his head at this.

"We aren't gonna fight the Troll. We talk to it and figure out why it's attacking people." Oscar says as he turns to the group. "It's best you all stay here. I need to go in alone." Oscar says, earning various protests about this.

"Sorry guys, but my word stays. Don't worry, been through stuff like this many times, so I know what I'm doing. Besides, don't want the Troll to feel threatened." Oscar explains and although they don't like it, they back downed and let him go.

(SCENE CHANGE: INSIDE THE CAVE)

Oscar carefully enters the cave as detects the scent of something cooking. Following the scent, he found the Golden Ore Troll's lair, filled with the rare minerals the organization mines.

He then spots the Troll cooking something in its cauldron. Golden Ore Trolls look similar to Rock Trolls, but are actually a rare subspecies. They got their names because of the golden rock like armor they have on their bodies.

When Oscar got a good look at the Troll, he could see the beauty of it. The Troll is a male, due to the Crystal beard like spikes on his chin. His golden rock armor has small 'spots' of Ruby, Sapphire,  Emerald and other rare minerals on the golden rock armor. The Troll's skin is dark brown with small patches, unlike the pale pinkish red of normal Rock Troll. His teeth are as uneven and misshapen as regular Rock Trolls, but they appear to be more flattened, which is due to their slight dietary preference towards plants and vegetations. Said teeth also appear to be iron in color.

Oscar removes his swords from his back and decides to approach the Troll. "Smells good. Care to tell me what you're cooking?" He asks, catching the Troll's attention.

"You! Man! You harm pretty rocks?" The Troll asks as Oscar shook his head at this. "No. I'm not a miner. But they are the main topic I want to talk about." Oscar says as he tosses his swords aside, to show his seriousness in talking to the Troll. "I'm Oscar Storm. A Witcher. But have no fear, I didn't come to kill you, only to talk." He introduced himself.

"Witchy Thingy? Talky? But you kill monsters! Oren a Trolly. Oren a monster." The Troll, now known as Oren, says. "That's only half true. Witchers do kill monsters, but only dangerous ones. You killed, sure. But I want to know why?" Oscar asks.

"Oren busy. Me banging Floren, hot Troll slut. Then, bright light and me go poof. Now, me here in strange cave. Pretty rocks make good home. But men came to smash pretty rocks, so Oren smash them." Oren explains as Oscar nods his head at this.

"I see. Rock Trolls love rocks more then anything. But the rocks here belong to someone else. Maybe we can work something out." Oscar says as he thinks long and hard on what to do with Oren.

Trolls can be extremely territorial and extremely stubborn when it comes to their rocks. But I have heard about Trolls being used for guarding, due to their immense strength, stamina, size and their low intellect.

Maybe the Council might have a use for him. "Oren. What do you say about relocating to a new cave with new pretty stuff to guard?" Oscar asks as Oren starts to get excited at this. "Yes! Yes! Yes! Oren go! Oren guard!" Oren exclaims with excitement as Oscar chuckles at this. "Okay, just sit tight while I'll talk with some important people." He says as he proceeds to exit the cave.

(SCENE CHANGE: OUTSIDE THE CAVE)

Oscar exits the cave to see his friends waiting patiently outside of the cave. "Hey guys. Got news." He says, catching their attention. "Convinced the Troll to stop his attack, but I think I made a false promise." Oscar says.

"How so?" Rein asks. "You see, back in my world, people like bankers and such like to use Trolls as sorts of guardsmen because of their strength, size and low intelligence. So, I figured the Council could find a similar use for him like that." Oscar explains.

This seemed to interest everyone. "That could work. But what if the Troll tries to eat someone?" Melty asks in concern. "Don't worry, Golden Ore Trolls are Herbivorous, much prefer stuff like berries and such." Oscar explains.

"Think the Council would want the Troll?" Filo asks as Oscar shrugs his shoulders. "Maybe. Depends if they have a cave entrance to their treasury." Oscar says.

Rein then whistled for a bird as he wrote down a message and tied it to the bird's leg. "Go to Masayoshi and give this message to the Council." He instructs as the bird takes flight and flies off.

"Hopefully the message gets through." Rein says as he turns to Oscar. "So, how shall we pass the time?" Rein asks as Oscar has an idea in mind. "I don't care much for the game, but maybe I can teach you guys about Gwent?" Oscar asks as this confuses the group.

"Gwent? What is that?" Keyaru asks as Oscar starts explaining about Gwent.

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"And that's Gwent." Oscar finished explaining Gwent. "And to be honest: I don't care much for it. Prefer my time with other stuff: such as drinking, repairing gear and all more important stuff." Oscar says as he takes out 5 different decks.

"Now then, who wants to play?" He asks as Naofami and Rein decides to try their heads at Gwent. Naofami picked the Scoia'tael deck while Rein chose the Monster deck.

After the decks have been chosen, they started playing with each other. In the end, Naofami won. "Must say: quite an interesting game." Naofami says as Rein groans at this. "I almost had you. I almost did." He says as Naofami chuckles at this. "Yeah, you did. But you'll get me next time." Naofami shot back.

Suddenly, the bird Rein sent came back as a new message has been tied to its back. Rein untied the message and reads it. "Looks like the Council have agreed to aside the Troll to be guard for an underground cavern that leads to their treasury." Rein explains as everyone smiled at this.

"I'll tell Oren about this." Oscar says as he was about to enter the cave again. "Witchy Thingy no see Oren. Oren see Witchy Thingy and pallies." Says a dumb voice as Oscar and the others see Oren exiting the cave.

Oscar's friends were awe struck by the Troll's appearance. While most of their Trolls were small and humanoid like, the Trolls from Oscar's world are much more monstrous and aggressive looking.

"Guys, this is Oren the Golden Ore Troll." Oscar says as Oren dumbly waves his hand friendly like at them. They chuckled at this as Oren then hands Oscar his swords back. "Oren good. Oren gives Witchy Thingy Friendy swash a swunks." He says as Oscar takes back his swords.

"Thanks Oren." Oscar says as he turns to the others. "Come on. I believe our work is done here." He says as he goes back to the organization to seal their deal while the others take Oren to the Council.

(Here's chapter 7 done. In the next chapter, Oscar will deal with thieves that are both new and familiar at the same time.)