Almost half a year has passed since Nookie and Zeth sparred.
"Congratulations! Sir Crowley. You are now officially a Mithril-ranked adventurer!"
"Thank you, Receptionist Anna. Well then, I have somewhere to go so I'll be leaving."
"Take care, Sir Crowley."
In the past five months, Shye focused on improving his strength and furthering his career as an adventurer by relentlessly training and taking on quests.
As a result, he blasted through the ranks from mid-emerald to a recently promoted mithril, courageously taking on (S-) and (S) ranked quests with the help of his familiar, depending on quest availability.
If there were plenty of (S) ranked quests available, he would take on one of those; otherwise, he would opt for an (S-) ranked quest.
He didn't want to offend all of the adamantite-ranked adventurers in his guild as even though he could deal with the consequences, his division members couldn't, except for a select few.