Party Recruitment!

*Yup, now time for some real fun, action, and adventure!*

Stone finally decided to grind a bit, It was time to increase his Mastery, Level Up, and learn some Skills and Techniques.

It will be a hard journey, and it will take lots of time, He might not even Master one skill in months but... At least he can level up which will be helpful in his path to conquer this World.

For Skills, Techniques as well as experience, He just needs lots of fighting and understanding of the enemy which is what he will be doing from now on.

The Battle Prowess test is close and he's still very weak, He might be able to gain skills, experience, and techniques, But there's no way he will be able to break through the Skilled Soldier Stage.

Stone got up planning to head back to the Inn get his Backpack and leave to hunt for the day, It was still early morning so he got around half a day before night falls.

As he got up and made his way towards the exit of the Guild, he was stopped by many Adventurers who looked at him with expectant eyes, as if they saw their long-lost child.

"Yo, little bro! My name's Charlie, I heard you passed the test with flying colors and even lasted longer than 1 minute against that Red Orc!" A tall Black Haired adventurer wearing your typical Silver Armor started talking, And as he was about to finish his sentence, Another man started talking.

"That's amazing, Friend! Most people can't even see the first strike coming, Not only did you block it, you even made him use his maxed out 'Stealth' skill!"

"For the past 40 years from the moment he became an Instructor, No one was able to fight him for more than 1 minute straight other than you." Another adventurer started flattering Stone.

"40 years?" Stone couldn't help but frown.

Although People of this World and the others lived for thousands and some even millions of years, Stone didn't expect that guy to be older than 50!

"Well ye, he's close to being a Level 70 and become a Grade-9 Adventurer, After all."

"Also he should be around 78 years old this year, and he still got more than 900 years to live!"

"Furthermore, he will certainly become a level 100 by then and his life span will increase tremendously!"

'Hoo, Interesting! If I try to calculate it a bit, It means that every 10 Levels represent one Minor Stage of Cultivation outside, Now it makes sense why the people outside call the levels, Stages!'

'I wonder if I can transfer my levels outside to increase my cultivation stage?'

{That's impossible, Host! It's indeed a genius idea, But this world and the other one got different rules and ways to increase strength, as in this world one just needs to finish a Quest to once he fills the Exp bar every 10 levels to advance, while outside, one needs to fulfill many conditions.}

'Haa, Well, Doesn't matter then!'

The Adventurers stopped talking when they saw Stone thinking about something and only continued when they regained his attention.

"Welp, He would have been able to do it by now if he wasn't lazy... I don't even know when that monster will decide to get the fuck away from this town!" The Adventurers started crying one after another.

"Anyway, just as we said, little brother, You're amazing to be able to fight against that monster for that long." One adventurer said as the other nodded.

"haha, Thank you!"

'Now!' The adventurers suddenly blinked to their friends and some who didn't have any just focused their gazes on Stone.

"Little brother, what do you think about joining our Blazing Fate Party, We can help you reach level 10 easily, and we'll take care of your equipment!"

*easily here mean around a few years, Not very long just a few years yup!*

"Join our Flying Cats Party, we can pay you 1,000 F.C a week!"

"What's with that name! Flying Cat, more like Dumb Cats!"

"What's wrong with loving cats! I love cats, We love cats, Cats are justice!"

"Don't listen to those dumbos, Join our White Tiger Party, We can pay you 2,000 F.C a week and we can help you reach level 25 in a few years max!"

"What a few years, that's impossible! You need to kill thousands of level 10 beasts, and due to their rarity only around a few hundreds show up each month, adding the other parties and adventures into the count you can only kill a few dozens each month if you're lucky."

"Without counting monthly breaks, Exp sharing, as well as the rarity of quests to deal with them level 10s it can take from 10 to even 20 years to reach that level! Stop lying and get the hell out of here."

"True true! If we add those monthly breaks, Exp Sharing, Rarity of quests and if you only hunt lower level beasts, it can take even hundreds of years."

'Well, they're fierce!' Stone thought.

He was also surprised by the difficulty of reaching level 25, but if we convert it to Stages it will be exactly Level 5 Skilled Soldier Stage.

20 years is certainly not that bad, But if Stone was to normally Cultivate although it will be hard he was sure it wouldn't take more than a few years to reach the Dream Warrior Stage!

"Enough of that! Little one, How 'bout joinin' our Faction?" The group of Adventurers Stone met last time he came here made their way in front of him as they asked.

"Of my goodness, it's the Starlight Faction's members!"

"Wow, although it's not surprising that he caught the eye of the Starlight Faction, it's still an incredible thing."

"Oh hello, Misters!" Stone smiled as he finally saw someone he actually knew.

"Say, what do ye think? Unlike these newbies, we can help ya reach level 15 in a few years max, once ye reach that level then we'll go to a bigger city, there ye will be able to advance faster, and ye will be able to make a name for yourself!"

"Hmm, I will think about it."

"I will give you an answer after I decide what to do. For now, I still want to work alone."

"Thank you for inviting me!" Stone then gave a slight bow and left the building.

"Heh, guess we're not that lucky, although he said he will think about it, It's still not for sure!" The handsome Dual Swordsman said.

"Well, we've got nothin' to do 'bout it. Let's rest for a few days, and go back to that 'dungeon'." Robert who looked like the Leader of the group said.

"Roger!" The other said in unison as they also got out of the building.

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And yupps, That's it for today, And after this chapter, it will finally be time for adventure, action, and for the story and our White-Haired Stone to advance.

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