Episode 7. Become an adventurer (4)
I left the guild building and walked to the large arena in the backyard as Guilder led me.
“What are you going to do with the exam? I understand that it is usually at the discretion of the guild leader.”
“You asked me to take the test, is there anything other than sparring? He said he was stronger than me, so let’s take a look at that confidence.”
Perhaps he didn’t like my provocation, he crossed his arms and said thickly.
Ahh, the old man has an aftertaste.
“I see.”
Still, there were no complaints. Of course, I had no worries.
It was because there was no way that the warriors who had already grown to their limit would lose to the A-class.
“Come on, it’s a wooden sword.”
He took out wooden swords lying in the corner of the arena and threw them at us one by one.
Tina and Iris received it with their hands, and Maria received it lightly with wind magic.
I didn’t receive it. I didn’t get it exactly. It was because it had fallen quite a distance away.
“I don’t intend to be an adventurer. So I don’t need it.”
I’ve heard wooden swords a few times before, but they’re heavier than I thought. Maybe it’s because it’s made of solid wood so it won’t break.
“A master makes his disciples into adventurers, and he himself wants to play, isn’t it?”
“That statement insults Master—”
I hit Iris on the head with the blade of my hand, quickly stopping her from starting.
“Stay still.”
“Master, I, I am speaking for you… ….”
“I don’t say that it is for my sake that I talk freely.”
“…… Sorry.”
She was so intimidated that she apologized.
The fox ears are folded. Her tail was also drooping. To be honest, it was kind of cute.
‘Then, wouldn’t it be better to send Tina first?’
“Tina, take care of it.”
No, what kind of assassination order is this?
It’s a filtered word because of my skill, but isn’t it a little too much?
If you think about it, it was twisted because he always said this whenever there was a situation that could become a problem.
I don’t know who the kid with the facial expression management skill is in this world, but he’ll curse if he meets him.
“How do I handle it?”
She raises her hand and smiles.
Don’t say that while laughing. Are you scared? Talk ten meters away.
“…… Don’t kill me.”
“Isn’t it okay to break some bones?”
It wasn’t okay at all, but once the potion is ready, you won’t die. A little… No, it would hurt a lot.
After she nodded her head, Tina clasped her hands and stretched.
“Then I’ll do it in moderation like before.”
Was that a good thing? I thought you passed out in one room?
“Ha, do I really know how to lose to those guys?”
“I can’t lose while the teacher is watching.”
“After… …. The rules are simple. Subdue me If you completely subdue me, you guys with no results can start at B rank.”
Once you get a guild leader who is originally A-class, you may wonder if it is right to start with A-class, but basically, adventurers are focused on ‘performance’.
It is difficult to prove that a person with no achievements is stronger than A-class even if they beat A-class just once, so they are given a lower grade.
Of course, those with achievements could receive the same rating. S class was an exception.
“The use of weapons other than the wooden sword you were given earlier is prohibited. Got it?”
“Okay.”
Tina squeezed and opened her wooden sword over and over again.
She watched it, and she lowered her stance, placing her hand on Iris’ head, who was still grinning.
“Iris, stop Tina from attacking too much.”
“…… Yes?”
“Tina says if she thinks she’ll kill Guilder, she should step in.”
“You told Tina not to kill her, so there’s no need to stop her, right?”
She was prepared to the last.
With Tina’s current strength, her wooden sword was enough to kill her opponent.
She would stop her power from going too far or this much, she thought the same, but could kill her.
If she was Tina, she could have thought that way.
She’s only been fighting Iris and Maria lately.
Since she is of the same hero class, the balance was tight, but the story was different if the opponent was an A class.
If she somehow manages her powers wrong, she will inevitably die instantly.
“I don’t think that will happen, but I will do as you say. Master’s words were never wrong.”
“You are strong, Iris.”
“hehehe.”
I put my hand on her head and stroked her, then straightened up.
“Well, if I do something, I can use defense magic. No need for Iris to step out.”
Maria said like a tsundere with her arms crossed. She had a lot of nuances of her asking for her to choose herself.
“I’ll leave it to Iris this time.”
“Yes… ….”
What do you regret about this…….
“Okay then, come in.”
Gilder raised her wooden sword and flicked her index finger at Tina.
She kicks her ground. She was hard to perceive even without blinking.
Tina, who caught Guilder’s back before he knew it, swung her wooden sword without hesitation, and at that moment, Iris jumped out.
Iris puts her wooden sword on the track of Tina’s wooden sword.
Pain!
The moment the two wooden swords touched, the wooden sword exploded.
“Iris…… ?”
“I was attacked a while ago. If I had been hit, I would have died.”
“It’s ‘if it’s right’. I would have avoided it. That guy is pretty strong.”
Though he was strong, he was by no means as strong as a hero.
Because a hero who has already reached the first growth limit can beat an S-class, it was easy to catch an A-class with a gap with S-class.
“Did I not even respond? To a child who is only 13 years old…… ?”
I watched Gilder’s unbelievable reaction.
“Iris, get out of the way. Master told me to deal with it, so I have to do it.”
He said roughly throwing the handle of the wooden sword that had lost its blade. Iris’ gaze turns to me. I nodded.
As she stepped aside, Tina slammed her fist into the palm of her own.
“Let’s try again.”
“Without a weapon?”
“I don’t need it.”
In an instant, Tina closed her distance and landed a kick on the side of her wooden sword.
Puck!
The wooden sword is cracked.
“Kuu!”
Guilder stumbles. However, he straightened her up and attempted to stab Tina in the neck.
Shoo!
She tilts her head slightly to her side, avoiding her with a single piece of paper, and digs deep into her body.
f*ck!
Tina’s fist hit Guilder’s stomach directly.
“Gagging!”
Quang!
Gilder got stuck on one side of the wall and dust rose.
“Coke! Coke!”
Guilder was standing. He gasped and glared at Tina.
Tina was watching her own fist rather than her attention to him.
“The feeling of hitting is a bit strange, isn’t it? I feel like something is pushing my fist…….”
“There’s a spell on that man’s clothes, Tina.”
That was Maria’s words.
“Magic?”
“Looks like you have some defense enchantment on your clothes.”
“Right. After all, Master doesn’t know anything.”
How can there be no enchantment in a world with magic?
I couldn’t have known because it had appeared in the game as well.
“What is this kid… ….”
He was barely standing with his wooden sword on the ground.
It’s hypothetical that Tina didn’t get knocked down by a single blow, but considering that she didn’t have full strength, it was his complete defeat.
“Tina passed, right?”
“…… Right. What’s your name?”
He readily admitted it. Gilder, who touched his own stomach, said.
“Tina.”
“Yes, Tina. Pass As of the present time, I accept Tina as her B-class adventurer.”
This is a good start. Tina measured his combat power, so Iris and Maria should be able to pass.
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“Iris will be next. Don’t kill me.”
“Okay.”
Iris throws away her broken wooden sword and walks to Guilder.
He felt the intense energy radiating from Iris and hurriedly raised her hand.
“Wait. Are the other kids as strong as Tina?”
“Yes.”
“That… Right. Is it not a coincidence that I was not able to react a moment ago, and this beastman stopped me… ….”
He let out a blank laugh.
Tina came up next to me and said, “I guess I’ve finally gone mad.” He said and pointed at Guilder. I patted Tina on the head.
“I’m not saying that.”
“Yes.”
“…… Why did you refuse the imperial order, but you were raising monsters?”
He muttered something and flapped his clothes.
“I don’t think I can take the sparring test in my current state. In a room a while ago, the magic on my clothes was broken. I bought it for an expensive price… Rot.”
“I would have told you. All you say is, ‘I will.'”
“Hey you crazy bastard. Are you thinking of killing me?”
“You were the one who spoke confidently. Since you talked with that petty tongue, you should be held accountable, right?”
“A small tongue? Hey you bastard-“
“Did you curse at Master?”
Iris stood in front of Guilder and clenched her fists. I can feel his fists full of strength.
“No… That’s not it. f*ck…. You talk so damn hard……. Well, it can be huh.”
After talking gibberish, he finally shut his mouth when he saw Iris’s fist.
“So what are you going to do?”
“…… The sparring test is impossible with this body now. So, I will change the stock.
Even if the event was changed, there was no change. After all, being an adventurer is a job where you just have to prove your strength.
“Show me your skills. I will look at that level and judge.”
“But Master, why are you evaluating us when you are weaker than me?”
Tina asked, pointing at Guilder.
I couldn’t do anything with that.
I couldn’t become an adventurer, and I couldn’t be recognized by others just because I defeated a demon. Rather, I would regard it as a thorn in the eye.
As strong as it is, it is understandable that the child’s tendency to be independent is deepened, but each person has a role to play, so it was necessary to respect it.
“Strength is not important. No matter how strong we are, we are new adventurers after all. Now, as the leader of the integrated guild, it is only right to follow his words.”
Even though they were warriors, they were still immature children, so I, as an adult, should help them form proper values.
She shook her head to see if she understood too.
“I see.”
“Iris, take out your weapon and show off your skills. The intensity is moderate.”
“Okay.”
Iris drew her sword.
Catching her stance, she jumped off the ground and spurred her on.
Damn it!
The entire arena is cracked. Seeing this, Gilder’s eyes widened.
“What-!”
“「Nakyeong」.”
“Hey, wait—”
The ground shook at the same time as a booming sound rang out. However, the damage was not as great as expected.
“Anyway… …. You put too much energy into it, Iris.”
It was because Maria dampened her shock just in time.
Fortunately, the shock did not spread throughout the capital.
However, the arena was completely destroyed, so it was difficult to use it again.
“Ahahahaha, that’s right… ….”
As Iris scratched the back of his head awkwardly, Guilder opened his mouth.
“Sir… ….”
“How do you rate Iris?”
“Iris… I will also admit him as a B-class adventurer. No, if you look at the level, it’s already at a level that can be compared to S-class…….”
It’s not bad to give him an S rank right here.
Because you can skip all the troublesome steps. However, there was still too much attention, so there was nothing good.
It was because the fact that information spread widely meant that it could enter the ears of an intelligent demon.
I couldn’t let the young warriors have that much of a burden.
“Uh, I’ll admit it as a B grade for now.”
“Yes.”
“Okay. Maria is next. Cast multiple spells.”
She didn’t have to reveal her own powers.
Just by casting her multiple spells, everyone in her empire will admire her as her Grand Wizard.
“Multiple magic…… ?”
At the same time as Gilder murmured, Maria cast her magic.
She cast her lightning and ice attributes at the same time, creating a firestorm over the arena as seen in Sekul.
The size itself was small, but even if you didn’t approach it, you could tell how much power it possessed.
“What happened?!”
The adventurers and the Imperial Knights, who noticed Iris’ shock wave, rushed here belatedly and were stunned when they saw Maria’s magic.
“What is this…….”
This was the first time they showed their abilities to the world, and it was the first event to announce the appearance of a hero.
That’s how the warriors became adventurers.