643 – Safety (3)
Across the past and present, the most recognizable professions are knights and adventurers.
Undoubtedly, a knight is a job of envy and honor, and an adventurer can achieve the romance he wants.
The difference between the two professions is whether they pursue order or freedom. No matter what, it is the same that talent and skill should support.
However, when looked at in detail, adventurers live a rather harsh life rather than knights. While knights have a stable system and structure, adventurers are extremely unstable.
Anyway, there are far more cases of encountering monsters than other jobs, and even simple reconnaissance is accompanied by danger.
Still, adventurers are essential in this world. Otherwise, the number of monsters would increase like crazy and cause a catastrophe.
Unless you know where the circulation is well maintained, the moment a group of monsters stand at the top of the food chain, you must subdue them unconditionally.
If you don’t subdue them, the number will naturally increase, and the increased number will jump out. It is said that it can cause great damage to the state as well as the private sector.
Because of this, Adventurer has become a national institution and has no national borders. It is easy to visit any country as long as you have a card that proves that you are an adventurer.
Then, what about the life and system of an adventurer?
[Mercenary Guild. Scheduled to be merged with the adventurer’s guild.]
[As the peaceful era continued, the position of mercenaries decreased significantly. Therefore, the mercenary guild will be merged with the adventurers guild…]
Until a few years ago, adventurers and mercenaries were separate jobs, but now they are integrated.
Mercenaries are mainly active on the battlefield, and adventurers are specialized in subjugating monsters. Each field is different.
However, mercenaries can benefit financially only in times of frequent war, and now is an era of peace.
Thus, being incorporated into an adventurer’s guild is a natural procedure, but in fact, this is a situation that has been repeated often.
If a war breaks out, they can be separated at any time, and in fact it doesn’t mean much.
[The higher the level of the adventurer, the lower the fee from monster by-products.]
Adventurers also have ratings. And the higher the rating, the lower the fee is exponentially.
Unlike other jobs, adventurers do not have a certain income, and they have no choice but to earn money through quests or hunting monsters.
In the case of a request, there is not much to say about taking the commission from the guild, but what adventurers react most sensitively to is the by-products of monsters.
[Monsters are beings that give us a lot. That’s why we hate them.]
Monster by-products are used in various places, and the stronger the monster, the more expensive it is sold.
However, due to the commissions from the adventurer’s guild, there was little money coming in.
Although it is said that adventurers are a national institution, taxes are not levied, but the reason why adventurers grumble is because of the fees.
In that case, it can be said that it can be sold elsewhere, but it can be sold. It doesn’t apply to ‘performance’, so growth is just blocked.
I tend to set the equipment separately for first-time registrants. Even from the adventurer’s guild’s point of view, people’s lives are important.
Due to Zenon’s life, the number of adventurers increased exponentially, causing difficulties in supplying it, but it is a policy that is steadily maintained.
[The occupation with the highest death rate in the world is an adventurer. Why is the mortality rate of adventurers so high?]
[Poor equipment support and inexperience. In fact, the mortality rate of low-ranking adventurers is overwhelmingly high…]
[Adventurer is a job where you have to risk your life every time you go out on a request or subjugation. However, there are many people who do not know that and cling only to romance.]
But even that was difficult to lower the overwhelming death rate of adventurers.
The equipment was literally for the first registrants. This means you can’t expect too much from the quality.
Although it is steadily paid whenever the equipment is broken, it is still basic equipment.
The basic equipment is a simple sword, shield, and arm guard. Don’t expect heavy armor like a knight’s.
A knight has over tens of millions of gold for the equipment alone, but such support cannot be provided by the guild. I have no choice but to live on my own.
The problem is that adventurers’ income is extremely unstable. It’s hard to even stick to the mouth every day, but high-end equipment is absurd.
Thus, it means that you have no choice but to do something dangerous, but if you do, there is a high probability that your life will be lost.
The adventurer guild and the adventurer themselves faced a dilemma in many ways.
Fortunately, even in this situation, adventurers are steadily flowing in. However, if it continues like this, the perception may deteriorate.
At a time when everyone, both guilds and individuals, was struggling to increase the survival rate, an invention close to a revolution appeared in the world.
[Another invention of Zenon, a helmet. What is the effect of this object?]
[The difference between being and not being present is stark. A protective gear that saves the lives of heavy workers.]
[You can get it for free in Myshal Manor, but it costs about 30~40 gold in other places…]
A plastic helmet designed by Isaac for the safety of heavy workers. The hard hat was handed over to the adventurers.
Then, who made the helmets flow over to the adventurer’s guild?
“I heard you guys urged me to wear this helmet, is that true?”
A man with a heavy appearance and a solid physique pointed to the hard hat on the table and asked a question. Opposite him are two men and women sitting side by side.
The adventurers most influenced by Zenon, Roy and Ann. They sat fast with a somewhat nervous expression.
“Yes. Vice guild leader.”
“Feel free to call me senior. We’re the same business partner anyway.”
At Roy’s answer, Theo chuckled, waving his hands roughly the size of a pot lid. Despite his invitation, Roy and Ann couldn’t help but be very nervous.
As the adventurer’s guild is a national institution, administrative personnel are inevitably important. Therefore, the so-called saengnim, rather than the person who eats kalbab, tends to sit on top.
Except for one thing, the deputy guild leader. If the guild leader is more like an ordinary civil servant, the deputy guild leader is more of a supporting role.
It is a device designed to prevent people below from threatening the guild leader, and it is actually working.
“From what I’ve heard, you guys are known as adventurers who often visit the Myshal estate. How many times a month do you visit?”
“I visit at least once a month.”
“For what reason?”
“I want to buy a card.”
Theo chuckled at Roy’s honest answer. Her colleague, Anne, on the other hand, noticed him by pressing her elbow against his side.
Actually, these two tend to visit the Myshal estate once a month. There is no better place than Myshal Manor to relieve stress.
Above all, I’ve been obsessed with Call of Duty lately, so I’m visiting somehow. I didn’t mind the money rushing in like a tsunami.
“For an interesting reason. Isn’t it very popular among adventurers these days?”
“Not just adventurers, it will be popular among all occupations.”
“That’s right. Anyway, you guys recommended that I wear this helmet. Since then, knowledge has spread and the survival rate has skyrocketed.”
Theo slowly explained the circumstances. From a certain moment, hard hats became popular among adventurers, and now they have become a must-have item.
I was hit by an arrow, but it bounced off. A stone fell on my head in a dungeon, but it was fine. I got my head chopped off with an ax, but it was just broken and it was fine, and so on.
The testimonies of the survivors continued one by one, and soon they were filled with confidence. If you wear a hard hat, at least your life will be saved.
However, it is difficult to obtain in the market at present. Because of this, I have no choice but to go through the Maishal estate right now.
“I wonder why you guys are wearing this hard hat. Oh, of course, it’s not an interrogation, it’s just a curiosity, so there’s no need to be nervous. It’s literally just a curiosity.”
“Hmm…”
At that question, Roy looked at Ann. It’s an expression asking for permission to say this.
Ann thought a little bit, then she patted him lightly on the thigh, telling him to do as she pleased. Roy, who gained confidence in this, opened his mouth proudly.
“Because Zenon said it was an equipment for those who do dangerous things.”
“Hmm?”
“And adventurers are people who do dangerous things. That’s why I thought it was necessary.”
There was no grandiose reason. It was just a simple, simple flow of thought.
Actually, adventurers are people who do dangerous things. However, it is a risk in a different sense, like a miner or a construction worker.
I don’t know if they’re the same, but Roy has a strong tendency to interpret things in his own way. Especially for Zenon.
Didn’t you dress up as Hitler and meet Zenon last time? Of course, I didn’t forget to shave after the Holocaust.
“It’s a very simple reason… But a very clear answer. Did Zenon really say that?”
“Yes. I heard it with my ears.”
“If that’s the case, I don’t need to ask anymore.”
Theo gave up asking any further questions. In general, it is wise not to dig deeply into incidents related to Zenon.
Because digging into it for no reason only hurts my head. It doesn’t mean that it’s a headache, but it means that you can’t figure out the context at all.
He is a person who makes history as if he had fallen from another world, not from another country. More recently, he acknowledged himself as a saint.
The same goes for hard hats. Since her safety helmet was born from Zenon’s hand, she should accept it without hesitation. It’s like humanity welcoming nature.
I just have a question. Why did the survival rate of adventurers soar after the introduction of hard hats?
The adventurer’s guild wasn’t stupid, and even though they did a lot of research, they couldn’t raise the survival rate.
That is now a thing of the past. People realized it belatedly.
“As you all know, the reason arm guards are given is because beginners come with a lot of arm injuries. It didn’t have much effect.”
“Hardhats are different.”
“Yes. A man with a head injury was silent.”
Survivor bias fallacy.
Because the survivors were surveyed, they had made mistakes so far. Because all adventurers with head injuries died.
After a scholar came up with that theory, the adventurer’s guild began to organize it from beginning to end.
It’s not about the experiences of the survivors, it’s about investigating the dead first. As a result, the number of quests to find missing adventurers at the guild level has increased significantly.
“From now on, our adventurer’s guild plans to provide safety helmets instead of arm guards. Apparently, the empire signed a contract with Helium, so it’s only a matter of time before we bring them in.”
“That’s good news.”
“However, according to rumors, I am weak against heat… Is there any way to compensate for this?”
There are various monsters in the world, and among them there are monsters that emit high heat.
And safety helmets have the disadvantage of being vulnerable to heat. Theo found this annoying.
“Bugild······ No, senior.”
“Speak.”
“If this heats up enough to melt, a person’s skin will burn away.”
It didn’t mean much. Theo gave a satisfied smile at Roy’s answer.
“That’s good news.”
As the adventurer’s guild started to wear hard hats, the trend did not go away.
On the contrary, it was to the extent that even a slightly dangerous job was covered with a hard hat, so it had a big impact in many ways.
Of course, there are people who do not welcome this phenomenon. They criticized me for going too far and saying that I was just spending money.
In fact, the safety helmet boasted a price of well over 30 gold, so it could be considered a somewhat excessive investment. But even this was soon dismissed.
[Zenon: There is no excess in safety.]
A word from none other than Isaac. It was a message that everyone could relate to, so people nodded their heads.
“Did you hear that, Cherry? Be sure to write that down. It’s a doctrine taught by Isaac himself.”
“Yes… In safety… There is no excessive…”
It’s a shame that it sounded like a ‘doctrine’ to the two fanatics.