Climbing Ranks

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On an avenue it was possible to see a man carrying another in his arms, these were Arthur and Oliver.

Oliver was unconscious after losing an arm in the battle he fought against Akshram, however he emerged victorious despite the possibility of certain death if Arthur was not by his side at that moment.

Arthur was going to the tavern to take Oliver to his room and give him a well-deserved rest.

The old god then noticed the worried looks people gave Oliver as the young man had his clothes stained with blood.

Arthur then walked for a few minutes until he reached the entrance of his tavern and place of stay.

Entering this place we can see several adventurers making confusion everywhere until they hear the creak of Oliver's armor when looking at him they could see the unconscious Man.

Arthur then arrived at the counter and said to the old owner of the place "Can you give me the keys to this young man's room" said the God as he carried his friend in his arms.

"Yes here take it… I hope your friend gets better" said the man with some pity in his eyes as he saw the boy all bloody.

"Thank you sir" said Arthur walking up the stairs of the establishment without looking back.

A murmur then set in on the spot. "What happened to the newbies," said a man at a distant table.

"Certainly they got into a fight which didn't go well" said another while remembering the boy's condition.

It was normal for adventurers to look out for each other after all, the profession they had was not the safest in the world, so more experienced adventurers usually advise younger people on mission choices and similar things.

The speculations continued for a few seconds until the topic changed to women for no reason at all, after all despite being good people they were all drunk after a day's work doing missions.

On the floor above was Arthur in front of Oliver's bed.

"... And that's it, I hope you can get some rest" said the old God as he covered the young man with a small cloth that he used as a sheet.

In the room it was possible to see pieces of armor on the floor and a bucket of bloody water, it seems that Arthur cleaned the boy before dumping him on his bed.

"I'll clean up this mess quickly and go to the guild" said Arthur snapping his fingers, suddenly the whole room was clean.

The Maker then walked out of the room and closed the door and went to the guild with a backpack on his back.

This backpack carried all the magic stones collected from the monsters by Arthur before leaving the dungeon, he collected the stones from all the corpses in the Boss room including the Boss stone which appeared to be a dragon.

Arthur then walked a few minutes to the main avenue of the city of GodFallen, arriving at this one that, despite being night, could see the mood of the people who passed there so the Creator walked a few more seconds until he entered the guild.

The monumental building at that moment was with little movement since it was getting dark and the adventurers were getting drunk with alcohol.

Getting close to the counter we could see the same woman who answered and registered Arthur in the guild.

"Mr Arthur, nice to see you again, I can see that your friend is not with you today" she said with that same smile that she shows to everyone in the guild.

"Oliver was tired after a long day so I came to exchange the magic stones for money" said Arthur as he put the backpack on the counter which made it shudder under the weight.

The woman then looked at the backpack "I can see that the day was productive for you gentlemen" she said as she opened it to see the contents and gaped at what she saw "Where did you find these stones" she said with a sharp look to the man in her front.

"We got all these magic stones from killing monsters all day in the dungeon" said Arthur as he spoke proudly not knowing that he had got something that no adventurer had achieved until now.

"W-You gentlemen happened to kill the dungeon boss?" said the woman in a shaky voice.

"Yes, why? Is there a problem? "said the God without understanding.

"Layla calls the guild head now" shouted the woman to the other who ran right away, coming back accompanied by a tall and muscular man, this one had blue eyes and no hair.

The man approached the backpack and saw the contents.

"Come with me if you don't mind sir," said the man.

Arthur just followed the mortal picking up the backpack to take it with him.

Once inside a room both men were sitting opposite each other.

"Allow me to introduce myself, I'm Alexander and I'm the guild manager in this city and I need you to put your hand on this stone" said the man handing the stone to Arthur who grabbed it with a doubtful look.

"And why am I being interrogated by you?" asked the god with a worried look.

"Well you say you killed all those monsters with your mate right? So just put your hand on this stone to know if what you say is true" said the man in his thick voice.

"So you are doubting my word because I am of a low rank" the god sighed placing his hand on the stone and it glowed green "I hope this has cleared your doubts" said Arthur with a death glare directed at the man in front of him.

"Y-Yes sir, it cleared all doubts... I just need you to give me the backpack to exchange the magic stones and I need the guild cards from you and your friend" said the man in disbelief in what he saw, two F ranks really had completed that dungeon and still had collected stones from S-class monsters.

So Alexander left the place for some time until he returned accompanied by Layla who was dragging Arthur's backpack along the floor.

"Well, from what you brought us, the value of the magic stones reached the value of 3000 Septims of gold, it's all inside that backpack" said the man with a sigh "Your ranks have also been increased to do quests of your level, so from this day forward you are A-rank adventurers" said Alexander as he handed the cards to the god.

Arthur was speechless, after all he had won a gigantic amount of money and as a bonus he had risen in rank just like Oliver.

"I hope you guys keep up the good work" said the man bowing in a respectful tone as Layla did.

Arthur then grabbed his backpack and cards "Thank you Alexander, I'll do my best not to let you down" said Arthur leaving the room leaving two people bent over.

The two stayed in that position for seconds until Alexander spoke up.

"We are certainly seeing the birth of two new legends. Layla?" shouted the man.

"Yes sir!" replied the young woman with blue eyes and black hair.

"Keep your eyes on that man and his friend" said the man as he looked out the room window seeing Arthur walking away in the distance.

"Yes, I will do my best sir Alexander" said the woman bowing and leaving the room.

Far from there Arthur walked, he was heading towards his tavern where he left Oliver.

The Creator was very happy as he walked 'I'm rich… I think I'll buy a house with this money' said Arthur mentally as he walked towards his destination.

Entering the tavern he showed a smile to the old owner of the establishment then suddenly the Creator shouted something to everyone present in the place "Today the drinks are on me".

"That's right boy!!!" shouted all the adventurers as they filled their glasses and got even more drunk.

Arthur accidentally entered a drinking competition against the drunkest adventurers on the entire continent.

And so it went on all night, everyone got drunk not even the owner of the tavern could escape the drunkenness that everyone got into that long night.