Begin the Climb

"So you're saying this newbie beat up two veteran Iron Ranks without breaking a sweat, took an arrow to the hand like it was a bee sting, while he was able to overpower me, and my subordinate's auras..." Josh said with a frown.

In the back room mentioned earlier, Captain Joshua and his buddies were drinking and eating while Vera joined them with the employee who registered Alex and Grace. She was the most nervous since her actions could get her fired and possibly arrested.

She didn't bother checking to see if she was registered since nobody would flaunt their slaves out in the open like Alex did if they were illegal. That was just common knowledge. Now that she had given them an official ID and had official papers on the slave, it made it 10 times harder to accuse him of owning an illegal slave now that she was technically legal.

Josh sighed and rubbed his temples at the headache he was going to have. He was hoping just for a nice relaxing day off but ended up getting stuck in the middle of a big mess. He would definitely be the one to take on this case since he was directly involved with it but he wished he could just forget about it like his drinking buddies here.

They were all friends, but they were of lower rank than him. They usually spent their free days drinking together in the evenings but this one got ruined for Josh.

"Seems like baloney huh?" Vera snickered and took a swing of beer.

Josh sighed again and nodded. He took a swing of beer as well as Vera kept talking.

"Don't worry old man, I'm sure it will all work out. But don't kill him too quick, I'd like to talk to him about some things if possible." Her words made Josh raise an eyebrow in confusion.

"I'm not old, I'm only 42. Also why? Did he do something to you?"

"No, he's just interesting that's all. More medical stuff so I wouldn't want to bore you with it." She responded and Josh rolled his eyes.

As a healer and doctor, Vera would drone on and on about certain medical topics in the world today and he got stuck listening to them a lot of times. They were good friends from way back when so it was nice to catch up once in a while. If only it wasn't in such bad circumstances like this.

"I need to get back to the barracks to submit this new report. I hope you'll let them stay here a bit longer? You can just keep it on my tab." Josh said as he stood up and put his jacket back on.

"You ever going to pay me for the food and drink you buy?" Vera grinned as Josh went to the door.

"If anything you owe me, I always pay for my drinks." Josh rolled his eyes and left.

"Now you young missy," Vera narrowed her eyes at the scared employee, "I'm going to go over the handbook again with you until that slave registration clauses are imprinted in your brain."

The woman paled but nodded her head and they left too.

All the while, Alex had made his way across town to the Dungeon Runner's Guild. The two guilds weren't too far apart, being situated between the giant structures that pierced the sky. Those 3 structures were the dungeons and although they looked like towers, they weren't.

It was just a marker basically, while the actual dungeon went underground. The DRG looked much nicer than the Adventurer's Guild just from the outside alone. It was also way more crowded and Alex found it difficult to find where he needed to go.

He was thankful for being tall in this situation as he held Grace close to him and got in line for the reception area. The inside of this building looked much more like a grand hotel of sorts and had a huge waiting area with couches and chairs all around them.

The reception was also much nicer and bigger, having over a dozen stations with workers helping with Runner inquiries. He also found that there were a lot stronger evolvers here, with most being high 3rd Rings and even several 4th Rings here!

They all also had much better equipment than those who hung out at the Adventurer's Guild and could see why nobody wanted to be an adventurer in this town at least. It might be different in other places but he definitely wanted to try out the dungeons now.

Unfortunately, he was forced to go back to the AG and try to climb up the ranks as fast as possible.

After over 30 minutes of standing in line, he and Grace made it up to the windows finally.

"Welcome to the Dungeon Runner's Guild, how may I help you today?" A cheerful blonde asked with a smile.

She completely ignored Grace, but that was her being professional since it was a bit rude to stare at another's property like that.

"I'm here to register me and my slave." Alex said and felt Grace grip his arm tighter. He gave her 'the eye' as she refused to look up at her master with a lewd face right now.

Alex knew her personality well by now and knew exactly what she was thinking. He sighed to himself and focused back on getting registered.

"Alright, give me one moment." She said and went to grab a few things.

When she came back, he used a similar device to the one in the adventurer's guild but she gave him a description of its function this time, unlike the AG.

It was basically a small e-stone formation that analyzed the essence of the person it belongs to. It would also glow a bright red if they were a criminal or wanted in some way but Alex wasn't worried about that.

He also got a better description of the slave registration and was able to get even more legal documents for Grace. He chuckled, wondering how that nosey Captain would react when his job became even harder.

After that, she went over the rules of dungeon running, and Alex also asked her questions about the Adventurer's Guild, which she answered anyways, fully knowing how badly that place was run.

The Adventurer and Runner ranks were the same for obvious reasons:

F rank - Wooden

E rank - Stone

D rank - Iron

C rank - Gold

B rank - Platinum

A rank - Diamond

S rank - Adamantium

Those were the main ranks, but she also got a bit too excited and told him about a rumored, X rank, which was represented by Mithril, the holiest metal on Nova today. The X rank was supposedly just a Myth since it represented evolvers who went above the 8th Ring and would become literal Gods to humanity.

Apparently, there were legends of someone making it to the 12th Ring as a human and ascending, but those were never confirmed. However, it served to give high-ranked adventurers and runners hope of being the second to achieve such a feat.

Alex was a bit interested, but not very. It didn't matter to him since ranks were just labels. He could stay an F rank forever but still be stronger than all humans. Why would rank matter to him then?

He just smiled anyways and got his card that was updated once again and now had a second F next to the first one. The receptionist explained that he would first need to reach Iron rank at the AG unfortunately and she could only pity him.

Those behind him who listened also pitied him since they too had to go through the horrors of the Carson Adventurer's Guild. They left the second they rose ranks so they could spend the rest of their careers running dungeons.

It was much safer and a more reliable source of income so it was much more popular.

After that, he left and went to find an inn for the night. Nothing could probably beat the Setter's inn in his mind but he found a cheap one that would do. He had to search for a while to find one that accepted slaves, which was annoying, but eventually found one and got a room for himself and his slave.

The woman who rung him up glared at him, knowing exactly what he planned to do by having them share one room so she scolded him saying not to make any noise. Alex just ignored her since he didn't need to worry with the noise-canceling ring in his possession.

The two of them ate, but Alex had a much bigger portion than Grace's so he shared with her even though she tried to tell her master she was fine. Alex had some snacks and stuff in his storage ring as well so he told Grace to let him know if she was ever feeling hungry.

Grace could only blush as her master was constantly breaking down the slave walls that made her into the perfect sex slave. Alex wanted her to be freer, more expressive, and not do everything he said, even if she hated to do that thing.

It was slowly working, but it would still be a long time before she could be considered a normal girl again if she would ever reach that point. As a slave her entire life basically, she only knew following orders so it was very difficult to try and take that out of her mind.

Either way, the two of them had some bomb-ass sex since Grace was horny all day thanks to her master calling her his possession. They then drifted off to sleep naked and in each other's arms.

- - -

*SLUUURRPP!!!*

Alex was woken up in the morning by a loud sucking noise as he felt his dick getting the life sucked out of it.

He looked down to see the dirty blonde looking at him as she bobbed her head up and down fiercely on his cock.

"Shit! Grace don't you ever take a break?" he asked almost like he was in pain but he was struggling to hold back his orgasm.

"mmm-mmmmn" Grace shook her head side to side with his dick still in her throat and her movements caused him to unload into her stomach.

He panted as Grace swallowed all his love before she quickly squatted on top of him and slid her body down on his still twitching dick.

"Mmmm~" Grace moaned beautifully as Alex let out another rope of cum inside her and she began bouncing up and down.

"God damn it you horny slut!" Alex cursed and grabbed her ass hard, making her squeal in delight, and started ramming up into her.

She fell onto his chest and let her master destroy her puffy pussy and she squeezed him tightly, bringing pleasure to both of them.

"Break my pussy Master!!!!" Grace screamed as they changed positions and she went on all fours for Alex to hump her like a dog.

Her ass rippled hard against his pelvis and he gave that big butt of hers several hard slaps. He then leaned forward and grabbed her big boobs in his hands and kissed her neck while he 'destroyed' her slave pussy.

She shivered at his touch since he was twisting and pulling on her nipple rings. Alex found the bull rings to be a bit weird but she seemed to like them a lot so he could only brush it off. He also thought it was kind of hot since she like to be treated like livestock and the rings were fitting for a 'cow' like her.

They spent most of the morning fucking the shit out of each other, ruining the beds they just got the night before getting ready to leave. He left the dirty sheets outside for the angry and blushing maids to clean for him while he and the still flushed Grace, made their way back to the crappy Adventurer's Guild to accept some missions to complete and work towards being promoted to a higher rank.

Ring level didn't matter for these establishments but ring level generally went up with rank since the tasks got harder and harder with the more dangerous enemies that were in those missions.

Alex once again entered the tavern part of the building, and a few of the people who saw the incident yesterday paled and tried to hide themselves a bit or glared at him.

Vera was also out since she was waiting for him to come.

"Hey kid, I need to talk to you." Vera came around to the front of the reception.

"Sorry Old Hag, I'm busy." Alex then ignored her but his words made the other adventurers glare at him harder and scoff.

Vera was a bit shocked since most people were very polite to her due to her profession.

"Kid, you better be polite to your elders. Do you even know who I am?" She narrowed her eyes.