Essence

Entering the courtyard, the adventurers were all chatting lightly as the sun flowed over the guild’s wooden palisade walls in the warm morning.

Jay, Mark and Kel waited patiently as they chatted quietly, though it was mostly Jay and Mark holding the conversation, with Kel still yawning intermittently. Before long, Michael was standing behind a crude wooden podium as he glared at the crowd - the crowd simultaneously becoming silent in response.

“Congratulations. You all have the basic knowledge to start your adventurer journey. Local adventurer guilds such as ours will buy the drops you get from monsters - similarly, you can buy these drops from the guilds. We will pay you for monster drops in either gold or credit, many adventurers preferring credit as it’s safer to travel without gold - though credit can only purchase monster drops from the guild, or exchanged for gold for a small fee.” Michael gestured to the guild behind him.