2 The beginning of an adventure... Hopefully
Alex: W-Wait, I am what?!
Angel: Just the next moment the nuclear bomb exploded, and killed you, you said "God, I wish to have the Void Highlord…", which a certain goddess just mindlessly consented.
She glared again at Aqua, who yelped in fear, and then turned towards Alex again.
Angel: Please forgive us for not being able to do anything, we have more people like you that needed to be checked out.
Alex: I understand…
Angel: And I hope you can forgive me for this, I never wanted to do this, especially to someone like you…
The same magic circle that was broken before, appeared under Alex, and unexpectedly Aqua's feet.
Aqua: ...Eh?
Angel: I'll take over Lady Aqua's job from now on.
Aqua: Wait…! You can't be serious! No! No…! Hold on! This is too much! I don't want to fall down!
Angel: Lady Aqua, the Great Lord Paragon will forgive you when and if the Demon King is defeated. Until then, I'll handle your tasks.
Alex: Wait, you want to send her with me?!
The angel's face held an apologetic expression, it seems that she can't do anything about it.
Angel: Alexander Carter, you'll be heading to another world now and will become one of the hero candidates to defeat the Demon King. The moment you will defeat the Demon King, the Great Lord Paragon will personally grant you a gift, an almost limitless, outside of universal laws, wish, you want it, you will get it.
I will personally pray for you, who has something completely different from the rest of the hero candidates, to be the one to defeat the Demon King… Well then, I bid you farewell!
Aqua: Wah! That's my line!
And then a bright light surrounded the wailing Aqua and Alex.
When Alex opened his eyes, he found himself in a town, there were houses built from red bricks, and the streets right out of Europe from the middle ages.
No cars, bikes, power lines, telecommunication cables, etc…
Alex could see people with animal ears, elves, dwarves, and many more races walking around with an happy mood….
Aqua: AHHH! ...AHHH! ...AHHH!
...And then there was Aqua, hugging her head and screaming.
Alex slowly backed away from her, acting as if he doesn't know her, when she screamed and pounced over to grab him.
Aqua: AAAHHHHH!!!
Aqua tried to strangle him with teary eyes, so he shook off her hands and tried to shoo her away with an annoyed expression, and in the end, she said.
Aqua: What should I do!? What am I going to do from now on?!
Alex: Calm down, woman! Just let me do the job before you will make me go crazy.
Aqua: Huh…? You're supposed to be just a gamer, so why are you so reliable? Ah, Alexander, my name's Aqua. I don't mind you addressing me as "Goddess", but do call me by name whenever possible or else citizens will surroun-Ah?
Alex was already gone…
Aqua: W-Wait a moment!
She ran toward him, who was a bit far from her… Alright, the first place to go was a tavern, or "Guild"...
Alex: Hey Aqua, do you know a famous tavern nearby or a guild?
Aqua: I wouldn't know even if you ask me. I know the common knowledge of this world, but not the specifics of this town. This is just one of the many existing planets, and just a small town at that! How should I know?
...Useless…
Welp, let's ask a random person.
Alex: Excuse me, may I ask you something? I'm looking for a guild…
Lady: Guild? Oh my, to not know where the guild is, might you be from out of town?
Alex: Yes, I just came here for make career.
Lady: Oh my… So you want to be an adventurer. Welcome to the town of novice adventurers, Axel. Follow the main road and turn right, you'll then see the signboard for the adventurer's guild.
Alex: Thank you very much! Hey Aqua, let's go.
They continued to walk on the road the lady spoke about, and finally entered the adventurer's Guild.
Some adventurers were sitting on tables drinking and eating, there was a board with some posters which was used to give quests. A waitress with short red hair received us warmly.
Waitress: Ah, welcome. Please approach the counter if you're looking for quests. If you're here to dine, then please take any empty seat!
It seems that unfamiliar faces were rare, because everyone was gazing at the two of them, but then Alex understood why they seemed so focused…
Aqua: Hey, they're looking this way too blatantly. It must be the holy aura coming from me; they must've discovered that I'm a goddess.
Alex sighed, exasperated, then he gazed at everyone else in the room with a defeated face, they seemed to understand that she was really dumb and ignored her words. On the way here he felt a weight on the hips and found 100 silver coins.
According to Aqua, they were called Eris, and there were 4 types, the bronze ones are 1 Eris, silver ones were 100 Eris, gold ones were 10'000 Eris, and mithril ones were 1'000'000 Eris, so he has around 10'000 Eris, a good start.
Then Alex took Aqua in a line for a counter, there were 4 counters, two with females, he picked up the one with a longer queue, which had a prettier lady.
Aqua: ...Hey, the other 3 counters are empty. Why are you queuing here? We won't have to wait if we go to another counter… Ah, because this counter worker's the prettiest, huh? Really, I was a bit impressed and thought that you were reliable just now, but you're really doing this?
Alex: There are too many people on this queue, it can't be just because she is pretty, probably she hides something, and since she is so popular she may have more connections than the others.
Aqua: Ohhh…
Soon, it was their turn. The counter worker was a gentle beauty, she was a well-endowed woman with fair skin, wavy blonde hair tied back in a bun, and gold-colored eyes.
Her outfit consisted of a red ribbon worn around her neck, a white off the shoulder low-cut top that reveals a large amount of cleavage, with black shoulders and sleeve cuffs, low-rise jean shorts, and short brown boots.
Worker: Good morning, how may I help you?
Alex: We want to be adventurers, but we don't know anything because we come from the countryside.
Worker: I see. There'll be a registration fee, will that be okay?
Alex: How much?
Worker: 1'000 Eris.
Alex nodded and pulled out 10 silver coins.
Worker: All right. Since you said you want to become an adventurer, you should have some level of understanding, but I'll explain it from the start… First, adventurers are responsible for the extermination of monsters wandering outside the town, people who get rid of dangerous creatures that might harm the citizens.
They're also jacks-of-all-trades, taking on odd jobs that require their talents. Collectively known as adventurers are people who earn a living this way. And among adventurers, there are different jobs.
Alex nodded in understanding, which made the lady smile, then she handed Alex and Aqua a card for each, it looked as big as a driver's license and looked like an identification card.
Worker: Please look over here; do you see he word "Level"? As both of you know, all things in the world have souls no matter what form it takes. If you eat or kill a being, you can absorb a part of the soul, known as "Experience Points".
Experience Points are normally intangible things, but… WIth this card, the Experience Points the adventurer absorbs will be shown here. At the same time, the level corresponding to your experience points will be displayed here.
This shows how strong an adventurer is. How many enemies you defeat will be recorded here. With the accumulation of experience points, all creatures will grow stronger rapidly at some point, known as leveling up.
Simply put, leveling up will grant you all sorts of benefits, such as skill points to learn new skills. So please work hard to increase your level. First, please fill in your height, weight, age and other details in the blanks.
Alexander Carter
>186 cm
>82 kg
>19 years
>black hair and eyes
Aqua
>167 cm
>55 kg
>16 years (Begrudgingly lied)
>Light blue hair and eyes
Worker: That'll be fine, please touch this card. This will display the strength of each of your abilities for reference when choosing your job. After accumulating skill points. you can learn skills that are available for your jon. This is one of the key points in choosing occupations.
Aqua: I'll be first!!
She touched a card, which glowed a bit before the worker took it and read it.
Worker: Eh? Huh? What's with these numbers? Leaving the lower than average intelligence and rock bottom luck aside, the rest of your stats drastically exceed the average! Especially your magic, it's abnormally high! Who in the world are you…?
Aqua: Ah, is that right? Therefore, it means I'm amazing. Oh my, it's normal by my standard.
Worker: This… This is way beyond amazing! Mage-type jobs that require high intelligence aren't available… However, you may choose any other job!
The holy knight with it's strongest defense, Crusader; the swordsman with the strongest attack, Sword Master; and the top-tier cleric, Archpriest. You may choose from most of the top-tier jobs right now!
Aqua: Well, it's a pity that "Goddess" isn't available as a job. It'll be Archpriest for me then.
Worker: Archpriest! Archpriests can use all kinds of recovery and support spells. They can even take the role of vanguards, a strong all-rounder job! I'll register you now… Done. Welcome to the adventurer's guild. Lady Aqua! All of our staff look forward to your grand exploits!
Aqua laughed while Alex came forward, it was his turn, he touched the card and the worker read it.
Worker: Alright… Let's see, strength, vitality, and speed is just slightly above average, agility is much higher. Intelligence and Luck are average. From the numbers, you can only choo-Huh?
Alex: Something happened?
Worker: Yeah… It is strange, but you already have a job, and an unidentified one too… Void Highlord. I hope you can enlighten me about this, maybe you know about it.
Alex: Ah, yeah. Well I can… do things… Honestly, I don't have much idea by myself, but I heard it is strong.
Worker: Alright, since you have already a class, I don't need to make other suggestions.
And it was so, that the new life as adventurers began today.
