It is said that there is romance in the life of an adventurer, but in fact, there is no bullsh*t like this. It’s just an extreme job where you risk your life to make money.
The origins are not bad.
It existed implicitly from the beginning of the Tersia calendar, but it was 300 years ago when Lista was active that the profession of adventurer appeared in earnest.
‘Originally, the masters of Jaeya to help the warrior party… … Should I say it felt the same?’
In modern times, it is said that it is like a mercenary against demons, and it is said that it is difficult to mobilize public military power or it is said that it solves tasks that need to be handled with a small number of elite personnel.
The Alliance (Adventurers Guild) was established as the power of adventurers flourished. Now, it is common to have one branch in most cities.
For 300 years, the Adventurers Guild has objectified its subjective combat power with a level and status system devised based on its own standards.
It also seems to have transformed the job of an adventurer into a trusted combat expert by dividing the ranks according to combat power and achievements.
‘In the old days, I felt like rude people who were just gathered in a bar.’
＜Delayten＞ Adventurers Guild.
It was a new feeling to look up at the three-story building built solidly with stone.
Upon entering, a spacious lobby unfolded. Inside the lobby, there were reception desks lined up like government offices, and a bar was set up outside.
Since morning, numerous adventurers have been sitting here and there talking loudly.
“So how are you making money here these days? There isn’t a labyrinth nearby.”
“These days, ever since the Red Dragon Corps left, the Red Mountains have always been a bonanza of beasts.”
“It’s been crazy with rat-spiders these days. It’s a bit dangerous, but the bounty is great.”
Rat-Spider, check.
Information was gold on this floor.
“Are there only simple hunting quests?”
“If you want to make a lot of money, go to Trident Point. Of course, if you’re confident you won’t die.”
As I was eavesdropping on the story, the queue had shortened before I knew it, and it was Lane’s turn.
“What did you come for?”
The receptionist in a union uniform was a woman with a scrawny face, probably exhausted from heavy work.
“I’m trying to register as an adventurer.”
“Looking at your uniform, you are a ＜Deleiten＞ student. Do you have a student ID or ID?”
“Yes.”
“Please put it here.”
“How long will it take?”
“＜Delaiten＞ cadets are sure of their identity, so the adventurer’s plaque comes out quickly. It takes less than 10 minutes.”
The receptionist, who had dealt with ＜Deleiten＞ students countless times, hesitated when he saw the name on his student ID.
‘Rain Ludwig.’
Ludwig? You’re a noble from the Sedo family. He used honorifics, so I thought he was just a commoner mage. Why did the heir of a great noble register as an adventurer… … ?
“What next?”
“Oh, sorry. You know how to write, so please write this.”
The parchment handed out by the receptionist, [Adventurer Registration – Wizard] was a document to write down other personal information.
Current magic rank (certificate attached), main magic used, number of magic that can be used per day (magic power), etc.
‘Look at this?’
As the old saying goes, it’s something to live for a long time.
“You don’t have a rank… … The main magic is 3 stars… … The magic count is, um… … .”
The receptionist, who was checking the parchment that Lane had written in an instant, had a headache.
Are you kidding me?
No, it’s hard to ask like that.
How many eccentrics are there among the nobility? It’s rude and you might get scolded for it.
“Last point. Could you check this part?”
“What is it?”
“It’s a special contract only for nobles, but the Guild doesn’t take any responsibility if there’s a problem with your life as an adventurer.”
“That means there must have been people who were trying to take responsibility?”
“It seems that there were many 100 years ago. That is why this was born.”
The process after that was instantaneous. When the receptionist put the iron shield into the magic tool for printing, the magic light came out and engraved Lane’s identity on the wooden plaque with clean strokes.
“Adventurer rank is in order of Iron-Brass-Silver-Gold-Platinum-Adamantine.”
It seems that iron is a kid, brass is an expert, and silver rank is a recognized skill in the world.
It was said that the gold rank was always summoned to subdue mid- to high-level monsters, and the platinum rank was the top 11 rankers in terms of combat power and achievements.
It is said that the Geumgang rank is the symbol of the leading adventurer, who only exists in one era.
“Does it all start with iron?”
“no. A brass grade may come out based on your combat experience or skill before becoming an adventurer. In the case of wizards, we look at the rank.”
“aha.”
“But, as you know, Confucius has never taken a rank test.”
“Roughly okay.”
He had no intention of becoming a high-ranking adventurer anyway. The reason I became an adventurer was just to legally accept requests.
If you become an adventurer, you can receive the reward for subjugating the beast, and you can quickly dispose of the body parts of the beast used for medicine or accessories by entrusting them to the Guild.
And even in a dangerous area where access is controlled, you can enter with this adventurer’s dog tag.
‘Let’s see, I have forty-four silver coins… … .’
The target is the Rat-Spider you heard about earlier.
Looking at the request stall, it was two silver coins per bird. You can make more money if you bring hides, teeth, and bones.
‘Because it’s half a day’s drive from Deliten to the Red Mountains.’
The cost of borrowing a useful horse from the Guild is three per day… … Let’s buy food for two days. Can you imagine catching 150 fish in 24 hours?
‘I have to return to the ＜Delaiten＞ dormitory before curfew tomorrow, so I’m running out of time.’
hi go… … .
A sigh came out from the weariness of life, which was nothing but troublesome work. On the weekends, it’s best to lock yourself in your room and study math… … .
“Let’s go while we can breathe, let’s go.”
Scratching the back of his head, he looked for the stable keeper of the adventurer’s guild. I wanted to laugh at the appearance of the new Hogu, but when I saw Lane’s adventurer identification tag, I wrinkled my impression.
“What, let’s go. Don’t lend it to iron adventurers. What if I have a nice word and jump out? What’s the difference between being a ＜Deleiten＞ cadet?”
“Is there really no way?”
“Hamo. Iron adventurers are just bullies. The real adventurer starts with the brass adventurer, so if you understand it, go for it.”
“Write, I can’t help it.”
The stable keeper, scratching the protruding belly, glanced at Lane’s adventurer’s card as if dying of annoyance.
“Annit?!”
And at that moment, he suddenly swallowed his breath and politely bowed his waist.
“oh my! Are you Master Ludwig! You should have said it earlier, hahahaha! Come here, I’ll show you a nice horse!”
“You said you couldn’t give it to an iron-level adventurer?”
“No! What is the importance of being an adventurer to such noble people? The fundamentals are different, so come on, Prince Lane.”
It’s not like they’ve proven their abilities or their dog tags have changed, but to change their attitude like this.
“What can I say? There’s a really nice guy here, and hey, if you look at the mane here, it’s just, awesome.”
This must be part of the identity system.
With both good and bitter feelings, Lane followed the stablekeeper and began choosing horses.
‘I’ll have to erase the surname Ludwig from the adventurer’s card.’
It’s okay to be in such a favored situation, but due to the nature of the great nobility’s restraint, there will be a higher chance of being exposed to danger during the adventure.
‘And I don’t really want to bow down after recognizing someone as a noble.’
When I went back and talked to the receptionist, I was able to remove my last name more easily than I thought. It’s possible because I’m sure of my identity or something.
* * *
The peak of the Red Mountains closest to Deliten, the mouth of Seonryu Peak, has turned into a place of business.
“Adventurers are everywhere.”
Blacksmiths who tended to the adventurers’ weapons opened shelves, and alchemists also spread potions and phantoms for physical recovery on cloth and touted customers with the price written down.
“Whoa! Intermediate Life Potion only costs 10 fairy tales! You say your life can be copied for 10 coins?”
Originally, the Red Mountains were a sanctuary where the Red Dragon Corps resided.
But 300 years ago, that summer when the world was covered in ash, the Legion mostly descended to Antarctica to burn the Abyss.
It is said that the last remaining red dragon left this mountain range 200 years ago.
‘At that time, I received a lot of help from the red dragons.’
After the war, the red dragons built a huge wall of flame called ＜Fire Manli＞ in Antarctica to isolate the abyss from the human world and protect it.
To elaborate, the Fire Dragon priestess, Friede, who was a member of the Lista party, was the woman who served the Legion in the Red Mountains.
“Here it is full of monsters. Now, there young thief man! Bring a potion!”
After the dragon race, who was the owner and manager of this land, left, the monsters rooted in the mountains began to play… … .
It could not be a huge boon for adventurers. It was because there was the demonic realm ＜Golden Rose＞ and the city of the electorate in the south, ＜Iden＞.
If something seemed strange to the beasts, he could immediately report it and get help from the military.
“The world has really changed a lot… … .”
As I walked around looking at this and that, I came to the mouth of the mountain where the uphill road started.
The stone steps that the Red Dragon Corps made for humans who came up to worship at the Shrine of the Fire Dragon were still intact.
I left my horse with the stablekeeper, carried a bag of food on my back, and was about to take the first step on the steps of asceticism when someone approached me.
“Wait, wait, wait, wait.”
He was tall and tall, and wore a leather hunting suit that fit his slim physique, but his body movements were silent.
“Are you a wizard? Don’t try to pretend. My eyes can’t be fooled even if the Grand Wizard Grandpa comes.”
On his back, he wore a shortbow unique to archers who value rapid fire, and the adventurer’s identification tag that dangled from his waist was brass.
Lane opened her eyes grimly.
“I’ve never flinched and I’m wearing my school uniform, so it’s only natural that I recognize you, but why are you pretending?”
“Oh, noisy! It’s just fine. We just needed one wizard in our party.”
“party?”
The archer grinned and pointed back, but a huge shadow swallowed the archer and Rain.
that’s really… … It was a gigantic giant. To the extent that it was thought that a landslide had occurred for a moment. Neither Logan nor Owen would even hold out their business cards in front of this human.
The black iron armor deflected the southern heat black, and the double-edged ax dangling from the back scattered a gloomy iron light everywhere.
“My party member, his name is Bart.”
“Do not be ridiculous! How is this a human or not a monster?”
“Is the steel kid a little talkative? Even though Bart looks like this, what a soft-hearted man he is!”
Bart looked down at Lane.
The scar that started on his forehead ran down his left eye and ended on his chin, and his eyes were terrifying in all directions.
And unlike the archers, they were silver grade adventurers.
“And this is Sammy. It’s an acolyte. In charge of treating our party.”
“Thank you, brother.”
A plump, mild-mannered young man wearing a worn-out priestly robe close to rags, holding a Bible in his left hand.
“Aren’t you guys a human trafficker? Kidnapping after asking to join the party? No matter how you look at it, is that it?”
As soon as he shot it like that, a tear streamed down from Bart’s stern eyes. The archer patted him on the back.
“Don’t cry, Bart. Stop! It’s not like yesterday or today that someone I’m seeing for the first time says something like this.”
this crazy… … .
A human who looks like he won’t shed a tear even if his parents die, is that kind of heart?
“I don’t understand. Why do you bother with me, a child of steel?”
“Heh, grades don’t mean anything. I see people by smell. You look strong just by looking at them.”
Then he brings his face closer to Lane, sniffs, and grins. Lane sighed.
“I have seen this somewhere and sell medicine! stop going.”
“Wait a minute! It was a joke! In fact, when Bart sees cute kids, he can’t use his legs!”
“what?”
As Lane raised her eyebrows, Acolyte Sammy stepped in to help.
“He said that he would not see the brother go dangerously alone to hunt the beast, and that he wanted to help.”
“why?”
“Like my brother, because of the tuition, cadets from ＜Deleiten＞ come here to earn money and get into accidents. I’m not forcing you, so if you really don’t like it, I can’t help it.”
that monster… … ?
No, you shouldn’t judge people based on their looks. Even if it was real human trafficking, dealing with all three wouldn’t be a problem, but that’s a bit.
“Because acting alone is comfortable in many ways. then.”
“okay? okay.”
As Lane started climbing the stairs, the archer turned to his teammates as if he had no regrets.
“Then let’s just go by ourselves. I’ve got the right spot for Rat-Spider. You can find your way quickly.”
At that moment, Lane quickly ran down the stairs, which had climbed five steps, and stood in front of the archer. Then he smiled and held out his hand.
“Good luck in the future. My name is Lane. Tell me what magic you want.”
Then the archer looked up and down the lane, and gave a fishy smile.
“Hmm~? Is that weird?”
“… … .”
“I’m sure someone just said it’s easier to go alone? Who was it? Oh, I don’t remember. Who was it?”
Lane felt her face heat up slightly.
“Actually, did you want to pursue a natural party formation in the Labyrinth? I just tested you guys once… … Do you think it will pass?”
“You crazy guy, why are you talking like this all of a sudden?”
“Oh, I want you to join me for a party!”
“No, no no no no. This is not a problem that will end so easily. You’ve missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The world should be fair, giving it another chance is ridiculous.”
Sammy smiled kindly and asked me to stop now, but Lem shook his head.
Then Bart grabbed the archer’s shoulder and shook his head.
and… … Surprisingly, he held out his hand to Lane with a warm smile that couldn’t come out of his face.
“I will be in charge, so you and Rem can serve as support.”
“Hey, Bart!”
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“Profits are divided exactly in quarters. You’re a ＜Deleiten＞ student, so you can use basic attack magic, right?”
There is a moment when, for a moment, you believe in someone you have never met.
It was like that when I met Lista, and it was like that now when Bart smiled and held out his hand.
Lane grinned and took the giant hand.
“You say that. You guys are taking this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”