Chapter 2: The First Adventurer - Silver Rayleigh

The thing Allen had been waiting for had finally happened. Allen's goal of opening this place was due to the existence of Rayleigh and Shakuyaku. The two of them were existences that could connect multiple people at once. Rayleigh had a good relationship with Shanks and as long as Allen could take advantage of that relationship, Shanks could be drawn to come here. Meanwhile, Shakuyaku has a relationship with Boa Hancock. As long as the Shakuyaku can be utilized, Hancock can be drawn here.

As long as those two existences came to this place. Allen only needed to move a little as this place would take a little while to be known by many. In Hancock's case, it will take a while for information about this place to be known. It would be a different story if it was Shanks. Every movement made by Shanks will get the attention of many parties, moreover, Shanks will leave the New World and come to Paradise. The entire force will use their intelligence to find out the reason behind the movement.

Allen immediately took out a crystal ball from under the table.

"Crystal ball?"

"It is a helpful tool for registering as an adventurer" Allen explained briefly, "You just place your hand on this crystal ball and then something will enter your body."

"Something?"

"Don't worry, it's nothing dangerous. It is the power given to you that allows you to have the ability to perceive information as I described earlier. That will also be an entry permit for you to enter the dungeon."

"You just need to put your hand on the crystal ball, right?"

"Well,"

Rayleigh wasn't worried about Allen doing something to him. Rayleigh raised his hand and then placed it on top of the crystal ball.

"Buzz!..."

The crystal ball immediately gave off a fairly bright light.

"Hmm?"

Rayleigh immediately felt that something was currently entering his body.

"You should have felt it by now, right?" Allen asked with great interest, "That is the power spoken by me. Do not fight and let it unite with your body. When the power is united, a kind of holographic screen will appear directly in front of you which will record information about you."

"Um,"

Rayleigh let the thing that entered his body slowly begin to merge into his body. There was no uncomfortable feeling the moment it merged into his body. He felt a very comfortable feeling.

Gradually the light of the crystal ball faded and a holographic screen that recorded information about Rayleigh appeared.

Status Panel

Name: Silver Rayleigh

Title: -

Fellowship: -

Level: 1 [0/3,000]

Status

Strength: 5

Speed: 5

Defense: 5

Stamina: 5

Free Points : 0

Ability :

Conqueror's Haki [SS]

Armament Haki [S]

Observation Haki [S]

Sword Skill [B]

Equipment:

Skills :

Friend :

Animal :

"Oh? Is this the status panel you said before? This is very interesting" Rayleigh smiled looking at the status panel he had, "This shouldn't be part of the Devil Fruit power, right?"

"These things right here are out of the concept," Allen said with a small smile and continued, "Should I help you explain the status panel or do you want to learn it yourself?"

"Help me explain. You understand more than me and learn faster from people who already understand something very well."

"Well then, let's start with how to use the status panel. You can close the status bar again by moving your finger downwards following the vertical line while also ordering through your brain for the status bar to return. You can try"

Rayleigh immediately followed the instructions given by Allen and immediately the status panel in front of him disappeared.

"To reappear, do the same and issue a command through your mind by saying "Status Panel". Your status panel will reappear"

Rayleigh did the same thing again and suddenly the status panel that disappeared before reappeared right in front of him.

"Hey, this is getting more interesting"

"Okay, regarding the various fields in the status panel. I guess familiar ones don't need to be explained by me like names. You already know about it and it's better not to explain about it anymore"

"Well,"

"The first is related to titles, titles are something you can obtain within dungeons. Suppose you achieve a certain achievement. You will get a title and you can use that title. As long as you use the title, it will appear above your head and will be visible to everyone in the dungeon."

"Does this include the people who are there?"

"Including" Allen shook his head, "The thing that differentiates a native from an adventurer is the information that is above their head. As long as you find someone who has information over their heads, they are adventurers."

Rayleigh nodded keeping this information well in his mind.

"In the fellowship column section, it is the column related to the fellowship in which you joined at that time"

"This Guild, it should be like a group, right?"

"Well, it's the same. Both are built with several people and there are many advantages gained as long as one joins the guild. This means that when you enter the dungeon, the strength is only on par with the average adult in general."

"Hehehe, I haven't felt that weak in a long time. However, maybe it will be a bit interesting like starting adventurers back to the way it used to be."

"It's a bit strange to hear you say that when your strength has always been very far compared to adults in general"

"You seem to know a lot about me," Rayleigh said suspiciously as he said back, "You shouldn't be a child?"

"Age is just a number to me. I can be an old man or a young man. It's just that I prefer to be young because of the several advantages I get"

"This makes me jealous"

"You can go on adventures and find items that can decrease your age. As long as you get it, it will be easier for you to come back." Allen sighed then continued, "Let's continue with the previous matter. Regarding the level problem, there is a column on the side that shows numbers. That is the exp portion and currently, the amount of exp you have is zero. You need to collect as much exp as a predetermined amount or you can see directly where currently you need to collect as much as 3,000 exp to be able to go up to level two"

"Like killing monsters and completing missions?"

"Well, like that" Allen nodded and continued, "With the experience you have, it should be easy for me to do it."

"…Then moving on to the status part, status alone is a part that shows how strong you are based on numbers. There are four ratings between strength, speed, defense, and stamina. Every time you go up one level, you will get bonus points of 20 points and you can use these points to increase your status. You are free to choose what you want."

"Um,"

"The next column is related to the abilities you have. At this time you can see that several abilities that you have have been recorded in your information panel. The abilities themselves are divided into seven levels where the highest level is the SSS level and the lowest level is the E level. The assessment of abilities is based on the level of damage dealt, how proficient the person is in using it, and finally how unique the ability is. The more steps the ability is where that person is proficient in using it then he can deal fatal damage, the ability level will be higher."

"My sword skills only reach B rank? Is there nothing wrong with this judgment?"

"You are not wrong. This is indeed a correct judgment and all the judgments given have been checked on your whole body. Your swordsmanship is only at that level and can't be any higher."

"..."

Rayleigh was silenced listening to those words.

"Continue in the next section, on the equipment component section. The equipment component will later record related to the equipment you use. The equipment itself is divided into several parts such as helmets, clothes, pants, a pair of shoes, a pair of gloves, and also weapons. As long as you use equipment, your status will increase according to the amount that equipment can provide. The higher the quality of the equipment, then, the higher your status will increase. The same thing applies to levels where the higher the level of your equipment, the higher the value that will be given"

"Equipment is also determined by quality?" Rayleigh asked with great interest.

"Well, there are six levels of distribution of weapon quality starting from normal, step, special, unique, epic, legendary, and finally myth class. For the quality of weapons ranging from normal to unique, the use of these weapons will be determined based on the level of a person. As long as one's level was sufficient in the use of that weapon, then that person could use it. Meanwhile, if not, there's no way they can use these weapons. Then for epic level equipment and above, it is determined by the conditions of your status"

"Defined by status?"

"Equipment that is at epic quality isn't determined by level but by the amount of your stats. For example, for a sword that has reached epic-level quality, there are conditions for using the sword, such as being required to have a strength of 500 points or even more. As long as you don't reach those minimum requirements, it's impossible to use that weapon in dungeons."

"Wow~ That's quite an interesting rule"

"In the skill column section, it is the column that will record related to the skills obtained by you in the dungeon."

"Acquired skill?" This immediately aroused the interest of Rayleigh who had previously been a bit low on spirits knowing that his sword skills were only rated at a B grade which he felt should probably be an A grade or S grade.

"There are several professions that adventurers can undertake in underground space apart from hunting or completing existing quests such as being a blacksmith or tool smith, being an alchemist or someone who brews potions, being a chef, being a sealer, and various other professions. other professions. It's just that, to be able to become one of these professions is quite difficult because one must have a certificate that can be obtained from monsters or items dropped by monsters. The certificate will later be used by adventurers to be able to register in various professions that they want to pursue. For example, once an adventurer had a certificate, he could use that certificate to enroll in a blacksmith school in the dungeon where as long as that person graduated from the school, he would be able to open a blacksmith shop in the dungeon and start supplementing the income he earned. acceptable to him. The same goes for other professions."

"Wait a minute," Rayleigh said quickly, "Does that mean as long as we're in the dungeons, there's no way we can buy anything there?"

"No, you guys can still buy it." Allen shook his head and said, "Only, the price for the adventurers themselves will be given ten times the price given to the civilians living there."

"T-Ten times over?!" Rayleigh exclaimed in shock, "Did they not become black shops? Is something like that okay?"

"That's not a problem" Allen shook his head, "Actually the goods made by them were of course prepared for the residents there while the adventurers were like outsiders who they thought brought a lot of money with them. Of course, they want to gain a lot from selling their produce to adventurers."

"…It was almost like extortion"

"Those are the rules and you guys just have to follow them. If you don't like it, you can just bring in food from outside or wait for someone from your side to build up a profession and let himself sell for cheap…. Well, if that person is from a low-level powerhouse, it might be easy to manage. However, as long as it comes from the Marine side or something…It will be difficult for you guys to manage."

"Well, they will use all means to suppress us. But, hey, we certainly have the chance to do the same."

"That's it" Allen interrupted then continued, "Back to the previous discussion, in the friend column section. This is the column that will record information about your friend. As long as you have acquaintances, you can add them as your friends and can use this status panel to communicate with each other"

"Oh? There is such a feature? Isn't there a distance rule or something?"

"No, nothing at all. As long as you are in the dungeon, you can talk to your friends to your heart's content. However, that only applies to dungeons. As long as you're out of there, there's no way you can connect."

"...Lastly there is the beast column. Each adventurer will have the chance to obtain a pair of monster types. As long as they can tame monsters even if the monster is a large dragon, they will be able to become a partner and the advantage of the pair is, they can be brought out of the dungeon and can accompany you to fight in the outside world. Their strength will match that of those in the dungeon."

"Is there a dragon in this dungeon?" Rayleigh asked with interest.

"There are many of them where there are those from the lowest species to the highest species. As long as you are adventuring in dungeons, there is a chance to meet them and maybe as long as your strength is enough, you can challenge the highest race of dragons."

"The supreme race? Listening to its type one can tell how strong its strength is." Rayleigh's smile immediately bloomed, "How strong is that dragon?"

"…At the very least, he could destroy Saboundy Island with just one punch of his and it wouldn't be a full blow but only half or even less of his full power."

"..."

Rayleigh was silenced listening to those words. He knew how big Saboundy Archipelago Island was and normally something that could destroy an island this big with a single shot from just an ancient weapon. Even then an ancient weapon must use all of its full power to destroy this kind of island. However, the monster that Allen said could destroy it easily without using its full power at all. Rayleigh's current view of the world is slowly falling.

"I think the explanation regarding the status panel is enough. You can take back your status panel and we will go into the dungeon."

Rayleigh's previously stagnant expression immediately changed back, "This is what I've been waiting for"

Rayleigh immediately pulled back his status bar.

"Come with me"

Allen immediately walked out of the table where he was.

"You will come? Is it fine to leave this place unattended?"

"Who else will come here?"

"...Others?"

"No, there shouldn't be anyone else coming except perhaps the woman you live with at this time. However, considering that you have already come here, he shouldn't have come and chosen to wait for you to return to inquire about this place."

"...It seems so"

Rayleigh immediately followed Allen and the two of them headed straight for the portal on the right.

"The portal on the right is the portal for the entrance while the one on the left is the portal for the exit. Remember this and don't get me wrong. Don't let it happen that when you enter from the left portal, you will meet other people who are exiting. It's quite embarrassing"

"Do you think I have bad memory skills? Don't look down on me, even though I'm old, I can still remember things very well."

"I'm just reminding you and not directly teasing you. Come in"

"Hmph!"

Rayleigh sniffed and immediately entered the portal with Allen.

******

Dungeons, Imperium Kingdom, Kingdom Square.

The royal square has a very wide size and the shape is like a circle. Right in the middle of the square, there are three buildings where the three buildings are the portal that can be used to enter the dungeon, the portal that is used to exit the dungeon, and the portal that is used to go to the top floor.

The portal on the right with a benchmark from the direction of the royal palace is used to enter the dungeon while the one on the left is used to get out of the dungeon. The portal in the middle serves as the entrance for adventurers to go up to the next floor.

"Are we currently in another world?"

Rayleigh and Allen finally went into the dungeon. Rayleigh was someone who intently glanced in all directions where he found that currently there were many looking at him with eyes full of respect and admiration.

"Their stares…"

"Those are looks of awe," Allen said, "Any adventurers will get the awe of the natives as they have full rights to go to every floor in this dungeon. Meanwhile, they do not have such access. Moreover, each of the adventurers was a figure that one might say was wealthy. They also consider the financial problems that adventurers have to be able to get a lot of benefits."

Rayleigh's face immediately blackened upon hearing Allen's last words.

"As long as you don't do anything unwanted, like hurt them or do something, they will be nice to you later. Many consequences will be received as long as you dare to do something to them"

"Oh? What are they?"

"A lot, starting from the rewards you get from missions are reduced or you won't even be able to do missions in cities where your reputation has been destroyed. Even in some cases, as long as one's reputation was severely damaged in a city that was in a dungeon, not only that person would receive the impact but his or her allies would also receive effects like not being allowed to carry out operations in the city or something. Well, it's like excommunication on their part."

"In that case, the strong people only need to use their strength. Isn't that easy?"

"Did you think it was that easy?" Allen asked while raising his forehead, "No matter how strong you are, as long as you dare to do something in the safe zone, you will be immediately defeated by the security forces from somewhere."

"Safe zone?"

"The safe zone is the zone where adventurers are prohibited from fighting or killing. Safe zones are in urban areas, kingdoms, or villages. As long as someone violates it, not only will his reputation value drop, but he will also be prosecuted by the security guards. It would be good if the punishment received was just revenge or a reduction in reputation. The worst punishment might be imprisonment where every day will be tortured by the guards here"

"... just being tortured, what's so hard?"

"Surely you think that because of my strong strength. But, what about your current power level?"

"..."

"Moreover, every city has different punishment arrangements, and also as long as you receive the punishment, your power will be sealed immediately which means your strength will return to level one even if your power level is very strong. Therefore, don't dare to do anything out of the ordinary in the safe zone if you don't want to suffer something bad."

Allen then immediately walked down from above and walked towards a longboard that was located in the town square. Rayleigh casually followed Allen while looking in all directions, "Interesting…Not only the human race, but even the demi-beast and beast races also live together without any discrimination. It's a very interesting world and maybe…As long as Roger sees this world, he will be happy to come back and adventure together"

Allen stopped right in front of the longboard and said, "This is a mission board where you are free to take any mission you want here."

Rayleigh immediately approached the board and then looked at one of the missions.

[There needs to be an adventurer or group that can help exterminate the goblin camp that is two kilometers west of the Imperium Empire. Mission rewards of three silver coins and fifty bronze coins and 1,000 Exp. This mission was issued by the Holy Knights Headquarters of the Imperium Empire]

"Extermination mission?"

"That is one of the more complicated missions for you to undertake right now," Allen said, "Even if you have experience in combat, it will still be difficult for you to complete this mission quickly and without suffering the slightest injury. The number of goblins you have to kill is not small and maybe more than ten and there is also a possibility that the level of the goblins will be above yours. As long as you take this mission, only death awaits you. You can survive but it is impossible to survive casually. The area outside of the safe zone is not an area that can be predicted easily. Maybe when you fight with goblins there will be monsters participating in the fight or even the goblins asking for help to kill you"

"Wah ~ Then, that would be a big deal," Rayleigh said, "Do you have any recommendations for missions that can be carried out by me?"

"There are lots of missions that you can do, especially if you can get your friends to come with you and then build a team. As long as the two of you build a team, the missions you saw earlier can be completed by the two of you. But, if it's just you, you can try to take on quests related to gathering meat and milk or maybe do a search for medicinal herbs. Take missions with the lowest level of difficulty and when your level is high enough, you can take missions on the battlefield."

"Yeah, that's a pretty good plan." Rayleigh nodded then asked back, "What next? I mean, what should I do when I have determined the mission that I want to carry out"

"You can take the mission paper and bring it directly to me," Allen said casually, "I will confirm the mission and after the mission is confirmed by me, you will go to the location of the person or group that issued the mission to get further information related to the mission you are doing. ."

"How can I know the location of that person? It might be easy to find if it's for an organization or a group. But, what about missions issued by someone personally? Moreover, the person is closed"

"Don't worry about it, you'll get some sort of hint later."

"Instruction?"

"When you go back into the dungeon after getting confirmation of the mission from me, an arrow will appear right in front of you and you only need to follow the arrow to reach the location of the person who issued the mission"

"Oh? There is also something like that? The more I know the more new things I meet here. This is truly a magical place…"

"What you see is only a small part of all the magic that exists in this place. The more you go up, you will see a lot of interesting things like weapons with destructive power and other interesting things."

"I can't wait for that." Rayleigh's smile bloomed at this moment.

The adventurer blood of hers that had been extinguished before instantly bloomed again as if she was in her youth.

"Now, you've believed everything I said, right?"

"Nonsense! After seeing all this you're showing, do you think I still won't believe it?"

"I feel like if it's you, there's a chance it could happen"

"…Actually, how badly do you rate me?"

"Hmm, maybe a little too much?" Allen shrugged his shoulders and walked back, "Let's go back, I guess you still need to get ready or do you want to stay and take the mission soon?"

"No, I will be back and need to tell Shakuyaku about this. Besides, I will invite my friend to come to this place to help me"

"Uhm, then, let's go back"

Allen immediately took the lead followed by Rayleigh. The whole time Rayleigh was there, he could see the amazed looks people were giving him. Of course, this is very interesting according to Rayleigh, even though he accepts it all with pleasure.