Chapter 4: The Adventurer's guild
Jose POV
Today was just like any other day.
I woke up, took a bath, ate breakfast with my wife, and went to Lord Logan's Mansion to guard his son for the 8 hour shift.
And then, he decided to go hunting. Me, Henry, and Jim got on our horses and surrounded Young master Ivan's carriage as his vanguard. As we neared the gate, a young man got slammed into the wall of a house after running into the young master's carriage. After checking his vitals, we played rock, sword, and parchment to decide who had to stay back until the kid woke up.
And I lost.
Is it my fault that I always use rock as my first turn? Maybe. Is it my fault that I never use sword or parchment? Also maybe. But I don't really care about that, since I have to sit here for who knows how long.
"Arrgh! My head!"
As the kid rolls on the ground in agony, I walk up to him while holding my helm between my left arm and chest.
"Haha! You shouldn't be surprised kid. Just having a headache after getting hit by the young master's carriage is good enough. You're lucky to be alive!"
"Urgh! Being alive doesn't feel so good. Who are you?"
"The name's Jose! Personal guard of the Lord's son, Ivan Stone."
The kid sits there for a while just staring off. He looks kind of depressed.
"So now what should I do?"
I think for a moment before deciding that a good speech is necessary to give him some motivation.
I take a deep breath and prepare all of the wisdom I have obtained in my 30 years of life.
--15 minute time skip--
Edward's POV
After 15 minutes of excruciating pain and a speech, I realize that I need to get a move-on if I want to get stuff done today.
'York, open the Beginner's Package.'
--System message--
Beginner's Package x1 used
Displaying obtained Items
--Items--
10 hour 10x EXP Multiplier x1
Beginner's Guidebook x1
--Monster Cards--
Kuriboh lvl:1 x1
Atomic Firefly lvl:1 x1
Blackwing Jetstream the Sky lvl:1 x1
--Spell Cards--
Hinotama x1
--Trap Cards--
Mirror Force x1
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'How do effect monsters work, York?'
--System message--
All effects have been modified to fit this world
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Ed then notices that Jose is still talking and starts to listen.
"...and since you're a fit young man, shouldn't you be an adventurer to earn some money?"
The cogs in Ed's 3.5 INT brain start turning and decides on a course of action.
"I was headed over there to join this morning, when I got knocked out."
"Hmmmmm. I guess I could bring you to the guild. After all, the Young master will be out hunting for a while. Let's go then!"
Jose then marches off towards the other side of town with Edward in tow.
--10 minute time skip--
Jose and I approached a large 3 story building and quickly entered.
Inside, around 30 tables with a few men and women sitting at each one. on the other side of the building, is a flight of stairs and a bar with a pretty blonde girl. To the left is a large board with dozens of missions pinned to it. As soon as the door opened, the talks died down as everyone started staring at me.
'York, why are they all looking at me?'
'Well, Ed, you have silver hair and golden eyes. You also look like you got run over by a carriage.'
'Huh. I do feel a bit taller. If that creator guy changed my body a bit I guess I can live with looking a little cooler.'
A tan woman with black hair and a large two-handed sword walks up to us and asks,
"Jose, aren't you supposed to be following Ivan around? and who's the kid?'
"Calm down Julie. I was told by Ivan to watch this kid after he got hit by the carriage. After he woke up, he told me he wants to join the adventurer's guild."
"I see. So what his name, age, level, and Job."
She then pulls out a form and a quill.
"Shit I forgot to ask him his name. Hey kid! What's your name?"
"I'm Edward Thorn. I'm 19 years old, level 1, and I guess my job is a summoner."
""HOW ARE YOU LEVEL 1???""
All off the people in the Hall scream at him at once.
After thinking for a moment Edward spoke
"I guess becoming a summoner reset my level."
Julie looked at Jose and said,
"Well, summoner sounds like a subclass of mage, so he will most likely be able to hold his own in a fight. Other than that, since he's older than 15, he's eligible to join the guild. Ill go file the paper and get you an E ranking guild card. Go have a look at the job requests and our guild member's ranks. When I get back, we'll have an instructor test your combat skills."
As Julie leaves, I walk towards the board. At the top, there is a sheet that has the ranking system from E to SSS.
"Ed! I should probably go look for the young master now that you have everything you need, I'm gonna go find the Young master. Good look!"
"Thanks Jose!"
'York, can I see Jose's stats?'
--System message--
Name: Jose Ramos
Level: 11
Title: Ivan's Guard
Class: Knight
Special abilities: N/A
HP: 5
VIT: 1.0
STR: 2/1.5
STA: 2
DEF: 5/2
AGI: 0.9/1.2
INT: 0.9
WIS: 1.0
--Items--
Knight's Steel Armor x1
-0.2 AGI
+3 DEF
Knight's Steel Sword x1
-0.1 AGI
+0.5 STR
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'Jose seems pretty strong! He's way stronger than me. His stats are so much higher than me!'
'Edward, you are forgetting about how Hinotama could insta-kill him, or if he destroyed your atomic firefly, two of him would die.'
'York, why wouldn't his defense do anything?'
'Jose has a high defense, but most people have 0 magic defense. Hinotama would heat up his entire suit of armor burning his entire body at once, while the firefly would explode and cause an impact that equaled his DEF and HP combined, which would kill him.'
'That's pretty cool, York! Since I can dish out damage, which job should I take?'
'Edward, you should wait until the instructor tests you and then, choose the demonic chicken quest for EXP.'
'Now that you mention it, I have an EXP multiplier. Sounds good to me.'
"Edward!"
Julie comes down from the stairs with a card in her hand and an armed giant of a man behind her.
"Here's your guild card kiddo. You and Bernard are gonna have a spar in the area behind the guild hall so we can see how you do in a fight."
The guild members start mumbling.
'That kid is screwed! Everyone knows how crazy Bernard gets in these intro fights.'
Bernard stares at me with an arrogant look.
"You need a stick so you can whack me with some fireballs kid?"
I don't really like this guy's attitude so instead of coming up with my own way to fight I asked York.
'What is the easiest and most humiliating way for me to beat him up?'
After hearing York's reply, I let out a sadistic smile.
"I just need my bare hands to beat you."
"Big words little man. Looks like I need to beat some respect into you, punk."
"OK you two, that's enough. Save it for your spar."
"Let's go then."
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Bernard and I are in a small training area facing each other.
We are 10 meters away from each other and Julie is standing by as the referee.
"3, 2, 1, Begin!"
While Bernard draws his huge bastard sword and charges straight at me, I close my eyes and back away.
Within 2 seconds, Bernard catches up to me and swings his sword.