Guild Ranking

Kayda shot up and gasped for breath. Her hands immediately shot to her mask on her face, wondering if it was still there.

When she felt the cool material under her fingers, she breathed a sigh of relief. It still remained on her face.

But that didn't mean that no one removed it while she was passed out.

The last thing she remembered was feeling a crushing pressure lay upon her. Depleting all the air from her lungs. And then she passed out.

Concern clouded her mind. Did she pass? Or did she fail the test?

"Ah, I see your finally awake."

A man entered the room with a business smile on his face. He wore simple clothes but the material seemed to be anything but cheap.

The air around him was dignified and powerful. He seemed to be someone of high rank.

Kayda was immediately on guard as she looked at him.

She wanted to get to her feet to have more leverage but the man instantly raised his hand emitting a light pressure with a smile.

"There is no need for you to stand. You must still be drowsy after waking up, so please, sit." He said while walking over to a desk in the room.

Cautious, Kayda observed her surroundings.

She seemed to be inside an office of sorts. Earlier, she had woken up on one of the couches in the room.

Still guarded, she sat back down and looked at the man warily as he sat behind a large desk scattered with papers and pens.

Once they were both seated, the man looked at her with his hands held out in front of him, resting upon the desk.

"Let me introduce myself. I am Gred Beldr, this guilds manager." He had an air of authority, but before her, he bowed his head.

"I apologize for the actions of one of our examiners. It seems that he had purposely tampered with your first test and as a result, ended up harming you in the process." He looked at her with a serious expression.

"As compensation, the guild will happily recompense you in any way we can. Since this guild is a branch of one of the largest guilds in the capital, even as a foreign adventurer, you don't have to worry about the price." He said with a smile.

Kayda narrowed her eyes as she looked at him.

His words weren't as simple as they sounded.

What he really meant was, he would compensate her but she should know her limits, because a froeign adventurer who was getting reregistered had no power against such an significant superpower that was connected to the capital.

A frosty, biting aura flashed across her eyes before she became calm.

Calmly, she nodded.

She was uncomfortable around people like this, who decided to beat around the bush with their words instead of directly hitting their target.

It just meant that she had to use more effort than necessary to decipher the meaning behind their words.

Gred smiled happily when she compliantly nodded her head. His business-like expression did not falter as he continued to talk. "Now, is there anything you would like to ask for or know?"

Kayda looked at him. She slightly nodded. "When is the next assessment test?"

Kayda knew that it was mandatory to take multiple assessments to be able to get an accurate grade on an adventure. Since she was re-registering, she would only need to take about three.

Gred waved his hand. "That won't be necessary. Even though you passed out on the first assessment, you grade wouldn't be below a C rank. So, as an apology for what happened, you'll be admitted as a C rank amber holder."

Kayda tilted her head. Amber holder?

Easily noticing her confusion, Gred went on to explain.

"As you know, there are different types of grades for adventurers. For instance, a G rank or and S rank. And just like grades, here in the eastern continent, we have the prominence of a grade. There are six different levels of importance. Bronze, silver, amber, sapphire, gold and platinum. Each type can indicate how much you've donated to the guild, your worth to the guild, or your achievements as an adventurer.

Bronze adventurers can use up to ten percent of the guild resources reserved for adventurers. Silver is twenty five percent, amber is forty, sapphire is fifty five, gold is eighty and platinum is a hundred.

As you have two years worth of experience from your previous time as an adventure, and seeing as your achievements were above ordinary, you would have been given a C rank silver status. But considering the incident from before, the other leaders of the guild and I have come to an agreement to give you an amber status instead. " After he finished, he continued to maintain his business-like smile.

Kayda absorbed all the information and then nodded. She knew it wasn't that easy. There must be limitations and restrictions that he did not tell her to make it sound as if she was getting the better end of the deal, but she couldn't help but get this nagging feeling in the back of her mind.

Something wasn't right, or there was something she wasn't seeing.

After discussing some things with Gred for a few more minutes, she decided to go down and pick some tasks that she could do to earn some quick money.

After looking around a bit, she found some that were restricted to C rank adventurers. There were quite a few easy ones, like guarding and or hunting monsters, and after scanning through some of them, she finally grabbed two that had some good pay.

She applied for the two tasks and left the guild. But she still couldn't shake off the eerie feeling that kept creeping along her body.

On the top floor of the guild, Gred looked out the large window and watched as Kayda blended into the crowd. A man entered at that time, the same man who had held Kayda's examination.

"Are you sure?" Gred asked. All friendliness and hospitality had left him as a serious and heavy air filled the room like flooding water, putting pressure on the man's chest.

"I'm positive. I checked her mana signature while she was sleeping, and even used the largest magic device that we had, but none of them could detect the amount of mana she had inside her body."

The grim expression on Greds face did not change as he looked at the place Kayda had disappeared from.

The examiner continued, but this time, with a great hesitance, "Guild manager, this could only mean-"

Gred nodded. His eyes shone as a glint flashed through them with seriousness and anticipation. "Yes." He finished the man's sentence. "She has more than enough mana to be an S rank adventurer."

The room fell into a heavy silence before Gred spoke once again. "Inform the guild master."

The examiner turned hesitant. "You mean," Gred turned around with a great graveness.

"Yes. Inform Gerrin Egorov in the capital."