6 Chapter 6: Fame! and Fortune? (1/2)

”So… you're trying to tell me you all killed a hundred and ninety-five goblins and a goblin warlord in just a day?”a grey-haired man seated on a stone chair in a huge room asked with signs of disbelief and excitement in his eyes. Even a bronze rank adventurer team will need at least two days or so to achieve this. He stared at Stevens who was also shocked by this report and sighed, when these kids failed to return yesterday they were already preparing a rescue team.

”Yea… the cave should be around here” Derik pointed placed his index finger on a particular part of a map placed on the huge stone table. This room was like three bedrooms put together. Behind the stone chair where the man was seated was a huge banner with a bow and arrow symbol hanging on the wall. To Derik, this was a waste of space, how can you have only a desk and a chair in a room over 50 meters wide and 30 meters long

”Send some a team to check it out,” He said to Stevens and then returned his gaze to Derik and the team, he smiled clapped. ”The archery class is highly impressed with your performance, take the week off and recover your strengths… with this current team, I'm sure our class will do extremely well in the inter-class competitions… what the heck… we may even win”

The inter-class competition is an event hosted by the adventurers association, this competition is used as a means of advertising recruits to other adventurer teams, nobles, and wealthy businessmen. Most times adventurer teams are hired by nobles, businessmen and even the military for different purposes. This is because even the weakest bronze rank adventurer is not inferior in any way when compared to regular soldiers in the military. This way it's easier for recruits to find a path to follow after three years of training. Over the years, the Mage classes have dominated the competitions, only on a few occasions will a hand full of physical classes members excel. In fact, those few physical classes recruits who manage to excel in the competitions are regarded as rare seeds. If these recruits standing in front of him are been honest with him, he is a hundred percent sure that a few members of this team will make it to the top 20 on the ranking list after the competition. This will greatly boost the archery class in the association and more funds from the association will naturally follow.

”By the way… the 'resources' we got from the cave… how much do we earn from it” George asked excitedly. The expressions of the other fifteen recruits instantly brightened. The money may not be anything for the recruits from noble families but this is the first money they have earned as adventurers, why won't they be excited. The gray-haired man stared at them with a cunning smile on his face

”You're not official adventurers yet so you earn nothing… but for your hard work… I as the Lord of the archery class will reward you all with one silver coin each” he said smiling…

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”One measly silver coin!!!... we risked our lives!!!... what the f##k!!!” Mason screamed from the bathroom while washing himself.

”Greedy Pigs” Derik cursed. He sat on his bed and pulled out a large book from his sack bag which he borrowed from the castle library.

”Supernatural Beasts Living In The Shadows… nice title...” Derik said. This book is the only book that speaks on the supernatural. His eyes scanned through the pages of the book, in just an hour of study he had come across so many unbelievable beasts even blood-sucking monsters. If not for his encounter with the noble who possessed red eyes and fangs, he would have tossed this book out through the window. After another hour, he came across a page with the title 'Demon wolves'

”Or popularly known as werewolves… these creatures are rated Level 9…” Derik read. According to the book, werewolves are divided into three levels… the lowest level belongs to the Omegas, considered the weakest in the pack, omega possess blue eyes and are rated level 9 in terms of strength. And then there is the Beta's, these betas are the next in line to the top should the alpha die. Only a beta can challenge an alpha for its title, they possess yellow eyes and are regarded as level 12 in terms of strength. Finally, there is the alpha, leader of the pack. These beasts possess blood-red eyes and are rated as Level 15.

”The information on the alpha is too little… apart from enhanced perception, enhance speed and strength and high-speed regeneration… there are little or no details about their capabilities…” Derik muttered. The enhanced perception is something he had confirmed back in the cave, the healing aspect also explains why his injuries healed so quick but the strength and speed, this is something he is yet to confirm.

”What's color are my eyes?” Derik asked Mason who just stepped out of the bathroom.Mason thought about the request for a while and found it strange