Vol 1 Chapter 2 (2/2)
「Okay.」
「At the Adventurer’s Guild, we receive numerous quests on a daily basis. I will have you note that the guild acts as an intermediary between a client and an adventurer. For this reason, the guild deducts a fee from the reward at the completion of a quest. In return, the guild bears full responsibility for the quest. In case the client objects the deficiency in the completion of the quest, unless the adventurer recognizes their fault, the guild provides full protection――You can receive security against loss.」
Well, agency model is pretty common but there’s protection, too, huh?
「In case the adventurer is at fault, the reward amount shall be compensated by the adventurer as a penalty. Therefore, please be careful in that regard.」
The entire reward amount shall be compensated?……Isn’t that harsh?
「Also, a rank is a.s.signed to the adventurer. From S+, S, S- to E+, E, E- in descending order. If your rank is high, you can receive designated quests. Well then, aim to be a trusted adventurer.」
How much can a rank S+ earn? Well, I will first have to earn enough to survive in this world. I can think about making a fortune later.
「Seiji-san will start as a rank E-. As for the quests, you can either choose routine work downtown or you can collect medicinal herbs in the outskirts. During the collection of the medicinal herbs, you may encounter weak monsters. Is Seiji-san able to fight?」
「I……will learn.」
「I understand. Please be careful and try not to encounter any monster.」
Come to think of it, do monsters possess skills, too?
If so, then I can steal the skills from the monsters without any hesitation.
However, unless I plan my first step, I’m not sure if I can kill even the weakest of the monsters.
For the time being, I better not step outside the town.
I should probably receive quests relating to routine work downtown.
「Your rank increases once upon the completion of every ten quests. In case you fail to complete a quest, the protection against the penalty depends on your quest completion rate. In addition, you’ll have to pa.s.s a test in order to raise your rank beyond D. E+ to D-, D+ to C- and so on can, therefore, be considered stages.」
Err… written test?
「Because the monster subjugation quests tend to be available to those beyond rank D, we conduct the test to ascertain that they have the ability to fight against the monsters.」
No surprises there~.
「Well then, we will now issue you the guild card. The cost of the first issuance is included in the registration fee. However, any subsequent issuance shall cost you 500 dalas. Please be informed.」
After saying that, the receptionist lady goes inside and comes back after a while with something, which looks like a silver metal plate, in her hands.
When I press my finger on the back of the card, as I was asked, a mysterious light ‘poo’ comes off it.
「This is Seiji-san’s guild card. Welcome to the Adventurer’s Guild.」
「Y-Yes, likewise. Please take care of me.」
I’m happy, somewhat.
I’m in debt now, though.
「Umm, Nicholas-san, here.」
「Ah, your identification. Welcome to Merville town, finally. I hope you earn enough to make a fresh start.」
After saying that, Nicholas-san leaves the guild. Was it alright for him, a sentinel, to leave the gate for this long?
「Umm, I can accept quests from now on, right?」
「Of course. You can have a look at the quests posted on the bulletin board there.」
「Umm, can you please recommend me an inn in this area? Also, how much will the accommodation cost be?」
The receptionist lady smiles gently at the penniless adventurer in front of her.
Now I’ve done it.
「Hmm, let me think. Right, considering the reward of a rank E- quest, the inn I would recommend to you would be 《Feeder Pops’》.」
Well, taking into account the amount of money I have in hand, she’s not gonna recommend me a big name hotel where pretty girls are at your service.
It’s gonna be an inn with a stinking old-man!
I express my grat.i.tude to the receptionist lady and head to the bulletin board.
Hmm, rank E- quests……
『Warehouse Rearrangement: Quest Reward – 200 Dalas』
『Supplementary Personnel for Public Works: Quest Reward – 250 Dalas』
And so on……Nothing but trivial work.
Is there really no helping it?
Well, the battle skill of the current me is zero, after all.
The moment I stretch my hand out to remove a quest paper――jeers and boos resound inside the building.
「Hey, what are kids doing here?! ……A~h, accepting trivial work for a quest, eh?! You’re a disgrace to us adventurers! Off to your home, take a s.h.i.+t and go to your bed!」
Err… he’s quite p.i.s.sed off, clearly.
Uttering such words, two men, who resemble the motorbikers from a certain end-of-century comic, head my way.
Well, what else would you say to a novice, with a baby-face no less, who has already been suspected to be 14-15 years old.
「Umm, err… I need to receive a quest to cover accommodation expense.」
「Did you hear that, guys?! A boy who doesn’t even have the b.a.l.l.s to fight a monster has registered to be an adventurer! Does he think so low of us adventurers?」
They carry on. Help, someone?
Apparently, the guild staff doesn’t arbitrate a quarrel between two adventurers. When I look toward the receptionist lady from earlier with pleading eyes, she was troubled to open her mouth.
So an adventurer is supposed to help themselves, huh?
I don’t mean to show off or anything but in my previous life, I happened to dabble in Karate.
But then, why have I not been granted the Body Arts skill?
Do I have no talent? Should I cry?
That aside, I should first check their status. Take it easy. There’s no need to be worried.
There’s indeed a need to be worried.
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Name: Bal・Goliath
Race: Human
Age: 32
Job: Adventurer (Rank B+)
Skill(s)
・Axe Arts Lv2 (47/50)
・Physical Abilities Enhancement Lv3 (4/150)
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Name: Zac・Keynes
Race: Human
Age: 28
Job: Adventurer (Rank C+)
Skill(s)
・Spear Arts Lv2 (35/50)
・Body Arts Lv1 (8/10)
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It was obvious that they were high ranking adventurers but their ranks are too d.a.m.n high! It’s not good to bully a weak.
Well then, what do I do now? I can’t resort to violence in the guild, after all.
How about I give ‘it’ a go, then?
「No, that’s not it. But if I don’t accept this quest……」
「I don’t f.u.c.king care! Don’t you get it?」
Bal slams his fist on a table.
He bent ma.s.sive, cm-thick wood out of shape? Is he a gorilla, hey?
Thereafter, Bal heads my way and shoves me into the wall with his arm.
It hurts. I’m gonna die.
「You listening? If I ever see this face here, I’m going to beat it out of shape! You get that, a.s.shole?! Hey, Zac, let’s go. Kuahahaha――N? What, you wanna do something about it, piece of s.h.i.+t?!」
Just like that, with vulgar laughter, the pair leaves the guild.
「――Gehogeho……u……gu」
If it’s someone like them, I won’t have any guilty conscience.
「Are you okay? I’m extremely sorry. The guild has a no-intervention policy in respect of a quarrel between two adventurers. Besides, if they were half as strong as they act, they wouldn’t leave so many quests incomplete……Still, if it escalates any further, the guild will issue them a warning――」
At the receptionist lady’s words, I gesture with my hand for her to stop.
I have got the basic idea.
Even if you touch the target, this skill won’t invoke until and unless you call for it.
Furthermore, you have to touch the target’s skin. If you touch the armor, it won’t work.
Finally, at Lv1, the number of times you can invoke this skill per day is at least two.
How lucky! At first attempt with just 10%.
As for axe-handling, since it wasn’t visually confirmed, it was futile.
「Wa……wawa, I’m fine. Moving on……I want to receive an easy quest since-!」
A shattering sound resounds inside the building.
This time, the st.u.r.dy wooden-table, which I try to rest my hands on, breaks under the force.
Amidst the dancing sawdust, I could feel an incredible power welling up inside my body.
《Physical Abilities Enhancement Lv3》 huh?
Isn’t it overwhelming?
Of course it is!
――Thereafter, the cost of the broken table was added to my debt, it goes without saying. I offer an earnest apology to the receptionist lady.
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Name: Seiji・Agatsuma
Race: Human
Age: 18
Job: Adventurer (Rank E-)
Unique: Scholar’s Knowledge
Skill(s)
・Thief’s G.o.dly Skill (Riot Grasper) Lv1 (1/10)
・Physical Abilities Enhancement Lv3 (4/150)
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I have stolen a skillーーーーーーーーーー!
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