6 Bandit raid and registration

Me and Isao were following the steps of the bandit the ran off. You could hear the sand crushing beneath our feet. After walking for a while, we finally saw the entrance of the bandit hideout. "It was very well hidden" I commented.

We slowly walked towards the entrance and the moment we opened the door. A bandit jumped at us, without hesitating, I slit his throat.

"I didn't expect to get attacked that fast" I said, while Isao was hiding the body.

"They seem to be a little more seasoned than we expected" Isao finished hiding the body.

We continued inside while sneaking. This place is like an cramped cave and only one bandit were guarding the gate.

"I'm telling you! That kid is not normal!" You could hear the big bandit pleading.

"You were scared by a kid! A KID!" It was the idiot bandit walking together with someone who had iron armor who was laughing. They continued towards a quite prosperous door.

"That must be the bandit chief's room" I said.

"What are we going to do, Master?" Isao asked

"Wolfie will stay watch here. Isao, you will attack the people in the sleeping chambers, make sure no one escapes. I will go for the chief" We were attacking during the night, so most bandits were asleep.

Both Wolfie and Isao understood their tasks.

After seeing that Isao successfully sneaked into the chambers; I decided that making a loud appearance will attract more attention from the guards who's patrolling the area.

I stood up and gripped my sword and I quickly ran towards the door, kicking the chief's door down, I entered the room.

"That's him! That's him! That's the kid i was talking about!" The idiot screamed like a girl

"What?!" the iron clad bandit said.

"Who is that kid" The chief finally decided to speak.

"He is the kid that totally knocked out Goren!" The small bandits name seems to be Goren.

"What are you waiting for?! We are bandits! Kill him!" The iron clad bandit screamed at the top of his lungs.

Three bandits ran towards me, they easily fell prey to my blade. Only the idiot, Iron bandit and the chief remained. Iron bandit pushed the idiot, forcing him to attack.

The idiot was around a meter away from stabbing me when I suddenly tackled him using my legs. I then knocked him out by hitting him in the head. Knowing he had no choice but to attack, Iron bandit charged at me.

"I have no patience for men that forces people to their death" I said as I was using my palm to break his armor into pieces. Lying down, crippled, the bandit got stabbed by my sword.

The chief stood up and out of nowhere, he started chanting. "Oh fire, lend me the power to burn my enemies in the worst ways you can imagine, FIREBOLT!" Suddenly, a small ball of flame came out of his hand. I easily dodged it though. Seems this chief isn't as strong as I thought and by simply stabbing him in the gutter, he fell over and died. When I turned around, several bandits were standing there, afraid. One by one, they ran away. Only to be killed by Wolfie.

"Isao, you done?" Isao nodded "Was it hard?"

"Not really, after killing one of them they all stormed at me. They had no correlation and they were overall weak." Pretty impressive.

We took from the bandits what we deemed necessary. The bandits had a lot of gold, Isao insisted we didn't take all of it. So, I took 10 silvers, (Classic system: 100 copper = 1 silvers etc., 10 copper = 1 dollar)

We also took a few ranged weapons. Isao took throwing knives, while I took the bow. The bandits didn't have any good armor, so there wasn't any need to change that.

We decided to sleep at the bandit lair. After we were done resting, we headed out to the hot and cold desert.

* * *

According to the map, we are not far from the end of the desert. The city we're going to is called Greenwick, it's called that because, despite it being a desert right beside it, it is as green as if the desert never existed.

The only reason I can think of is that there might be a lot of water underneath. But who knows, it might be something else.

We are getting close to the end of the desert. Guess I'll have to hide away Wolfie for now. Wouldn't want them to think I'm smuggling monsters.

By the border, there are guards that will ask you for your identity. Let's just say, in the dark elf village, you didn't need identification. Because of that, we are forced to do it the hard way.

We approached the guards and as expected one of them asked "Do you have identification?"

"No, sir, we don't" I answered.

The guard sighed and said "Aight' follow me."

The guard led us along the wall, until we reached a booth like place. There was guy sitting there, he looked old and friendly.

"These two kids don't have proof of their identity." The guard said.

"Alright, I'll take care of it. You can go back to your post." The old man said.

The guard left and the the old man asked "So what's your names?"

"My name is Ubel and this is Isao" I said.

"Ah, thank you. So, Ubel, why are you traveling to Greenwick?" The old man asked while documenting it on paper.

"We are going to become adventurers" I answered.

He stopped writing and turned to stare at Isao.

"We are going to become A-class adventurers" Isao responded to his gaze with confidence.

"Alright, my name is Franklin, I have responsibility for you two until you get a valid proof of identity. Have this card, when you register at the guild you will have to show them this" Franklin explained.

"Thank you" Isao said.

"No problem, come with me" Franklin said and started guiding us to the gate. The guards let us in.

"Alright, since you two want to become adventurers, I'll have to show you the way to the guild." He said while looking at a map in his hand. "Err, this way"

We followed the man again, this city was built in gothic style. A classic city design during the medieval era.

After a while, we arrived at the guild. Franklin entered, we followed after him.

The insides of the guild were full of people, some people were in flashy armor, while others were in chainmail or leather. A lot of them were in groups of 4 to 10 drinking and laughing together.

We followed Franklin to the counter at the end of the guild.

"What can I help you with?" A man in his 30's was behind the counter.

"These two dark elves want to register at the guild" Franklin said

"No identity huh?" The man looks tired.

"Yep, they wanted to register at the guild. So, I showed them the way here" Franklin said.

"Follow me then" He turned to us and said.

We followed the guy to a place that had the sign "Recruitment" inscribed on it.

"Alright, as you can guess, this is the place where we test new recruits abilities and physical strength. My name is Alto and I'll be your recruiter" He explained.

"Isao was it? I want you to stand over there" Alto said and pointed at a square marked area in the floor.

Isao walked to the place Alto pointed to. "Here?" Isao asked.

"Perfect, now I want you to come at me" He said and got into a battle position.

"You want me to attack you?" Isao asked.

"With all your strength, don't worry I'll be fine" He said.

"Alright, here I come" Isao said and sprinted towards Alto at lightning speed and threw a punch at him. Alto barely managed to block the attack.

Alto took a second to comprehend what just happened. "What was that, what kind of kid is that fast?" Alto said.

"What do you mean? Isao was just fast as he needs to be" I answered him.

"He's just as fast maybe even faster than a professional thief! Of course I'm surprised!" Alto screamed. "I can't test you if you're this fast"

"Then who is going to test us then?" Isao asked.

"It'll have to be Oswald. Wait, let me call for him real quick" Alto said and cleared his voice. "OSWALD! Get down here!"

After Alto called for Oswald a really hairy man, wearing steel armor, wielding a battleaxe. Came down from the stairs that were in the corner of the room.

"What is it Alto?" Oswald asked with a very deep and rough voice.

"I'm not cut out to train these kids. You'll have to do it for me" Alto answered.

"Are you serious?" Oswald didn't believe Alto.

"Yes, I'm completely serious. You'll see what I mean in a second" Alto explained and then left the recruitment room.

Oswald sighed and said "As you know, I'm Oswald. A B-rank berserker. What are your names?"

"I'm Ubel" "Isao here" We introduced ourselves

"Alright, let's begin from where Alto left off" Oswald said "Come at me!"

Isao did the same as last time but this time, when he hit the armor, nothing happened. Isao is quick, but not strong enough to crush steel."

"You are quick, if it weren't for my armor I probably wouldn't have been able to block it. You'll make an excellent thief" Isao went to the bench and sat down.

"Your turn now Ubel" Oswald said and readied his guard.

"Alright" I said.

I charged towards him. He was going to let me hit him, but I slid underneath his feet. And before he could realize what I did, I sprung up behind him and kicked him in the back of his head. He lost balance and fell over. When he turned around I had him pinned to the ground.

"Wow kid, you're a really good fighter" Oswald praised me.

"Thanks but what are our ranks going to be?" I asked him.

"Well, since you are dark elves, you are probably not kids. But we will have to see after the magic aptitude test" Oswald explained.

"Magic aptitude?" Isao asked from the bench.

"Yeah, a test that tests your aptitude for magic, wouldn't want someone becoming a knight when they could have been a legendary mage" Oswald said. "Follow me, I'll take you to the testing room."

We followed Oswald to a room that had a "Magic" sign hanging over it. "The aptitude test is quite easy, just place your hand on the ball and your aptitude will pop up" Oswald said.

First it was Isao, when he placed his hands on the magic ball. A really dark blue color popped up. "As I said, great thief" Oswald said and nodded.

"What magic type is it?" Isao asked.

"It's the Shadow arts, it's somewhat rare and is essential to good thiefs" Oswald explained.

"Is that so" Isao looked very happy.

"Alright, Ubel, put your hands on the ball" Oswald said.

I did as he said, first the ball was red, then it was more red. *BOOM* the ball exploded and filled the room with smoke.

"What the hell?! I can't remember there being an aptitude that destroys the ball" Oswald grabbed a book and flipped through it.

When he came to the very end he found something. "The hell? Unknown aptitude? What is this?" The more Oswald read, the more surprised he got.

"Did you find out what it is?" I asked him.

"Almost, this book says it's a really rare aptitude that only appeared once before. Other than there is no information" Oswald said. "Follow me, The guildmaster must have a look at this.

Oswald led us to a room that had a good looking door that had "Guildmaster Falko inscribed on it. We walked inside and inside there was a 50 year old man sitting in a chair.

"Why have you brought these kids Oswald?" The old man said.

"Sir, these kids wants to join the guild, but I don't think anyone but can truly see their worth" Oswald said.

"You want me to personally give them their ranks?" The old man asked.

"Yes, sir" Oswald answered.

The man scanned us, sighed and said. "My name is Falko"

After we introduced ourselves. The man who was apparently the guild master asked Oswald for the test results.

"Hmm, you're right, it's hard to decide" After hearing the results of the test, Falko was in a dilemma.

"These kids are definitely worthy of at least a C-rank, but how will the others in the guild react?" Oswald asked the thinking Falko.

"I have an idea" Falko said.

"What is it?" Oswald asked.

"The dark elves grow really fast after becoming 20 years, right?" He asked us

"That should be correct, and after getting the body of an young adult, our body stops changing" I answered him.

"Then, what if you stay Rank-E until you start growing, and when you look like you are adults, you will be given your actual rank, does that seem fine with you?"

"Fine with me" I said.

"Sounds like a steal to me" Isao said.

"Then it's settled, from now on, you are officially E-ranks of the adventurer's guild. Here's your guild card, when you're on a mission and need to go in a different city or when you just want to enter a different city. Show this card, and they will let you in"

"Even if we don't have an identity?" Isao asked

"Little one, the card is your identity now, welcome to the family!" Seems the guild master really likes his new recruits.