Ad aspera

— Hello, elder. — Overcoming her inner reluctance, Kotori introduced herself. — I happened to hear that your village is facing some difficulties, some kind of trouble. Could you tell me more? What is this creature, what is it known for? What does it look like, how big is it? What is the reward?

-- Aaa... So, are you taking the job? Well, listen: it's not very big, it's kind of... maybe the size of a young birch tree. Though, who knows. I haven't measured it. And it's not very fat, maybe as wide as a cow, even smaller. So, it's like a big snake, but with small legs, a large and scary head. It eats any livestock we have – from chickens to sheep. It also ate a young boy. And two girls. And old Jacques. Or maybe Jacques just drowned, or something. It lives in the pond near the village, usually comes out at night. I don't understand anything else – you city folk are smart, you study all sorts of nasty things in universities. We'll collect fifty silver coins, probably. No, forty.

Added 9 minutes later

- What, not ready? I'm ready. Just need to empty my bowels, - Kraight stretched his limbs, which had stiffened after the burning potion. - Listen, since we're talking about it, there's some kind of creature outside the city, near the village. A hacker or something like that. I was going to give it a good beating. Now I'm thinking – maybe I can burn it with your potion. That would be cool.

-- May I be boiled in a cauldron if I know what a hacker is. But we can try. We just need to see how powerful the fire is first. Ahem. Can you shoot? Can you use a sling? Maybe you're good at throwing axes?