Chapter 2 (1/2)

Adventurer’s guild

Approximately one week pa.s.sed in real time. I did nothing else but looked at the map and traveled north, and finally reached the capital’s district.

It was painful to do nothing but just travel for one whole week after logging into the game………

I wondered if the traveling time in the MMORPG should be lessened a little.

It was fortunate that I did not feel tired from running, and I ran the whole way (And I ran faster than my usual self). There were a few times that I got attacked by monsters but I did not lose interest in the game. Even so this world was way too big.

I finally reach this district that was surrounded by incredible walls after spending several days like that.

The districts in other games are filled up with approximately 100 people or so even if they are as vast as the one here, but the magnitude of people was completely different in ‘Another World’.

At the very least when I consider the scope, there has to be at least 3-4000 people here in this district alone.

In order to display a lifelike city, the area is filled with many NPCs, and the AI NPCs are taking complex actions to run businesses and live their daily livelihood. I feel like I need to bow my head down in respect to the game developers.

This district —— is mostly comprised of Meldor’s weapon shops and armor shops. I plan to stop by them for a short while to level up and arrange my equipment later on.

I need to change my s.h.i.+rt and my c.r.a.ppy staff to something stronger.

The first thing that I did is to head to the adventurer’s guild. This game is no different from the others where one would exchange money from the monsters that he defeated.

Due to that, there are quests to hunt special monsters, or harvest specific items and various other requests to get a reward. It should definitely be possible to sell the monsters’ drops.

In addition to accepting quests directly from people, one is able to accept them from the adventurer’s guild too. It is more efficient to earn money from the adventurer’s guild because quests were plentiful there.

………. So written in the Strategy Guide in Wiki.

The adventurer’s guild is beside the inn. When I enter the guild I see a few muscular men inside. There are three male receptionists writing on papers on top of the desk. There is no female presence at all, and certainly appears to be a sordid place.

“What should I do to receive a quest?”

I ask one of the male receptionist who was working. He takes a glance at me and retrieves a piece of paper and points with his finger.

“First you need to register with the adventurer’s guild. Write your details here.”

But when I look at the paper I am unable to read it. It is most likely a language unique in the game, and perhaps considered as a peculiar highlight in this game’s world.

A mania might try to immediately figure what it means, but I am unable to do something like that.

But I should try to fill in my name and age since it’s the sake for my registration.

“Are you perhaps unable to read?”

The man who spoke was shaking his head. I personally thought that the majority of the players would not be able to read the alphabets here.

“Then tell me your name and age, as well as your skills —- The skills that you can use. Be it a sword or bow, anything that you are good in will be fine. Do you have a usable skill?”

Do I need to fill in my profession? As a magician I should answer that I can use magic and that should be fine right?

“My name is Chaos. Age is 16. My specialty is magic.”

“Hoh~ Magic huh~”

He looked at me as if he was appraising something. Did I say something wrong?

“Well that’s fine.The guild will issue you an ident.i.ty card tomorrow. Please be careful not to lose it as they will be a penalty. When you apply for a quest you can ask from me or the other guys in the guild. You can’t read the quests that are pasted on the board right? Do you have any other questions?”

The process was quickly over with an anti-climax.

Hmm, the first thing that I want is money. It is fine to apply for quests, but since I’m here I wonder if I can sell the monster drops. There is a certain drop rate from the monsters’ corpses that are defeated. When I take the items, they are automatically taken away and stacked in my inventory.

For example the wolves that I encountered a while ago ——- Their hides that were supposed to be skinned, I didn’t need to do that with a knife and skin them one by one.

“Where can I sell the hides of the forest wolves that I had defeated?”

“Ahh, you can sell them here. Let me see them.”

I took 50 fur hides from my inventory out.

There were taken from the forest wolves that I had encountered in groups along my way here.

The receptionist appeared to be shocked. Are there too many fur hides?

But his expression returns back to normal, and takes the hides onto his hand and studies them carefully.

“These are some quality hides, hmm. With this level of quality and quant.i.ty, I’ll give you ten silver—- no, 15 silver coins. You’re actually pretty good.”

The male receptionist grinned.

“You just came to this district right? The lodging fees are cheaper even for those who recently joined the guild. The money you received is more than enough for you to get a good room. Right, for the next question, do you want to take up a quest?”