A Bandit

Arthur was on his way to the Northern exit of the village, intending to hunt higher leveled mobs. 

He had already hit the ceiling of what was possible in the southern forest and didn't want to waste any more time there. 

"What's our brave adventurer doing here today?" The guard at the gate quickly recognized Arthur.

"Did you get another mission or something?" the second guard asked.

"Ah, I'm just going out to hunt a bit." Arthur replied.

"I see… watch out for the bandits though." The first guard warned.

"Ah yeah, speaking of that," Arthur remembered that they had said the same before, but he had encountered no bandits at all. "I didn't see any last time." 

He had even gotten a quest notification for that, but still hadn't seen them. He had found it strange but simply thought that it might be a randomized event. There was no lack of such quests and events in the Game and Arthur had seen his fair share of them.