Chapter 75 – Experiencing Wanwano1)Wanwano means Dog/doggy or Barking!
Author’s preface
I’m sorry, I wanted to set out the mechanism of the Adventurer Guild.
Experiencing Wanwano2)Wanwano means Dog/doggy or Barking!
side：Rank 7 Adventurer Orvik3)オーヴィク
I"m an adventurer offering my services to special commissions, well, somehow it turned out differently from how it was supposed to be in the beginning.
It is said that it"s supposed to take a lot of time until a beginner adventurer rises from rank 1 to 4.
There are many ordinary and easy ways to raise your reputation enough, to rank up to 1 or 2. Such as doing ordinary tasks and helping in villages and towns.
From rank 2, the subjugation of monsters begins and an adventurer usually learns how to fight, by fighting goblins, slimes, kobolds, caterpillars and the like.
Officially the only benefit is selling the monster’s materials, so your rank doesn’t rise, though they do tend to at least favour you for it.
This prevents rookies with lower skills from getting lucky and reaching a rank that doesn"t suit them.
Ranks are not only a proof of strength, it is also a way to trust an adventurer.
And just recently, I had reached a high rank, the seventh, in a short period of just 3 years as an adventurer.
As an example, take the thief or bandit extermination of rank 4. Since they are humans and not monsters, it can be very difficult to deal with. On occasion they know their own weaknesses and take countermeasures for them. So there are varying levels of attentiveness, because of that, it can be a very unpredictable commission.
In short, even though a bandit is a condition to rank up, they are not cla.s.sified like monsters, so it can hold an unknown degree of difficulty to fight one.
If all the adventurers could kill a thief each time for a rank up, the adventurers from the country wouldn"t be able to do it anymore4)as in they run out of thiefs to subjugate?
Obviously, the difficulty to rank up to 5 is even higher.
There are many things that are taxing mentally, or misleading, such as searching for specific items inside a Dungeon.
If a party on the level of beginners met an ent.i.ty like a monster of rank 5 cla.s.s, it is very likely that it’d result in a total annihilation.
Rank 6. It is the rank I had up until a month ago.
That’s where nominated requests come in handy.
These special quests are also more likely to be a fight against an outburst of monsters.
But telling something like that would make the surroundings panic if released to the public.
After that, there’s the danger of the numerous Dungeons.
Although the Dungeon is a place where fortunes lay, it’s far too easy to forget that it is a place of unprecedented, yet natural disasters.
Dangers such as that need some meticulously planned countermeasures, trusted teamwork and more than anything, experience, which also means that there is a deadly first time.
Oh, and also,
I heard that the Dungeons received them since adventurers specialized in Dungeons.
Certain monsters and floors require special conditions to challenge them.
It is hard to say whether that"s a good thing.
Higher ranked adventurers are good because of their judgment, their communication and their awareness of their surroundings.
In general, it was also in accordance with the trust from the inhabitants who are settled around where they operate.
When the rank of a Dungeon is high, you need to be especially cautious of traps and surprise attacks that are particularly high in numbers and also awareness of how strong the monsters are.
Let"s just say that their fighting ability needs to be high.
The only Dungeon I"ve gone into was rank 5.
It was the only available training Dungeon so I had ranked there. 5)like Leveling but for Ranks
This is one of the reasons I stayed there, to rise as an adventurer, but the other is because it"s easy to get good quests and fame in a Dungeon.
And just recently, I became rank 7.
Well, truthfully, the only attainable rank for normal adventurers is 6 at best.
Moreover, just taking the lead isn’t enough to rank up, you also need to have distinguished service in the battle.
In the end we managed with the local knights, adventurers and volunteers.
Volunteers 6)Militia had also joined, so it was quite disadvantageous not only in quant.i.ty, but also quality.
Against the offensive of double the number of opponents, our main force was inferior.
It was hard, but we managed to deal with our sector, we then hurriedly flanked the exposed enemies side to relieve the main force. They then used the opportunity to move the wounded away from the front and had them recover.
Thanks to that time’s achievements and praise, I was recognized as rank 7.
I don’t know how to reach rank 8.
At that time, the owner of a town moved most of its force away for a Bandit subjugation and as a consequence the town was left nearly undefended.
One of the very few adventurers who partic.i.p.ated in that defense and successfully earned enough time for the escape was Mauve who was hailed as the hero of the defense.
And the town i was in struggled when it was twice as many. He is a person worthy of respect.
If he was alive, I would like him to tell me many great stories, but information is very confusing and I can’t find his tracks.
At least one year will probably be necessary for everything to calm down.
I have no idea of how to reach rank 9 or 10.
If rank 8 was a hero who made critical contributions to defending a town, would a rank 9 or 10 be on par with a Demon King or a country?
(Rahlie)「Hey, Orvik, what’s wrong?」
(Orvik)「Oh, sorry. I am a rank 7 adventurer right?」
(Rahlie)「Fufu, you are worthy of being an adventurer. I guarantee it. 」
Wondering why I looked unfocused in front of the quest board, my party member Rahlie called out to me.
There were a few survivors. And Rahlie was one of them, though she was a slave.
there was some good luck as the coach of the carriage had survived, but the slaves couldn’t keep going.
In general, slaves look pretty bad, be it poor, unkempt, or just dead in the eyes.
So slaves usually at least receive the bare minimum clothing and shelter.
For the latter merchants, they have a hard time surviving since compet.i.tion with the "Bad" is fierce and they often starve to death.
The merchant I helped was the latter type, and the slaves had all willingly become slaves to help their families.
I was late at that time and since the good merchant would need some immediate cash to tend to everything that happened, I decided to buy a slave in order help. So I bought a pretty girl named Rahlie as a slave.
The pricing of a slave varies, but the merchant said it was 7 golds for Rahlie.
How should I say it, as many as 10 difficult quests are not easy to come by, so you know how much money I had7)ED note: nope, we don"t.
Oh, it that was only regarding female slaves, but male slaves that can battle are also very popular.
Honestly, after establishing my contract with Rahlie I got quite carried away. I indulged in a man’s desire frequently.
And once Rahlie became able to sustain herself, I freed her from slavery.
It’s because I thought about how I repeatedly held her tightly in my embrace every evening and she, without voicing any complaints or wishes, kept up with all of the dangerous things I did just to satisfy my desire.
She told me that she wanted to follow me of her own will and on that occasion, she honestly bawled her eyes out.
My new friends have talent, but their strong point is their honest feelings.
But since I am the leader, there seems to be some degree of respect and therefore distance in accordance with the dignity of my rank.
(Orvik"s party member)「OOi8)Ooi or Oi おおい is a familiar means of calling out to someone in j.a.panese Orvik! The Guild Master is calling us!! 」
(Orvik"s party member)「Hey, even if it’s good hanging around with Rahlie, pay attention to the time and place!! 」
The other members of our party called out to us.
Because we are all together, our job is less dangerous.
There was no risk of pregnancy thanks to a magical medicine, but I have already told the other couple that I want to settle somewhere and dedicate myself to a nice, warm family.
The Guild Master has called us for a request.
(Rahlie)「Huh? Wait a just a minute! The Dungeons are DIY!? And you want us to a.s.sess them?」
We all jumped in surprise after we heard that, our eyes flickered.
(Guild master)「Have you heard the story about the late Holy Woman Herge from Roshuru? The one about her successfully conquering and then a.s.suming control of a Dungeon?」
(Rahlie)「Yeah, however I also heard that Herge was killed shortly after because of the Demon King"s plan… 」
Rahlie managed to make a retort.
(Guild master)「Well, that is a fact. However, the rulership of the Dungeon has been handed over…… 」
After that, we heard the rest of the story.
She can use the functionalities it has and has tried a wide variety of things, such as establishing a new mode of life with immigrants and cooperating monsters. Apparently that"s possible ….
How ridiculously unreasonable.
However we have been told what the obvious benefits are and we also understand well that if this Dungeon District were to function correctly and as planned, then tremendous profit and prospects will arise and the future of many people will expand exponentially.
(Orvik)「I understand, I accept the request. 」
(Guild master)「Thank you. In order to gather effectively before departure, the meetup with the other adventurers will be three days from now, so I ask you to prepare accordingly in the meantime. 」
(Orvik)「There will also be other adventurers?」
(Guild master)「Oh, i a.s.sume you know that Seraria is nicknamed the war G.o.ddess?」
(Orvik)「Yes, she even has a special cla.s.s and is on a much higher level. 」
(Guild master)「That’s right. So she"s decided to create 8 Dungeons in order to provide a suitable training ground for the military and adventurers. 」
(Orvik)「8 of them! ?」
(Guild master)「Yes. We"ve already received some basic doc.u.ments on the Dungeons such as a map and the features, but most of them can"t be judged with common sense. That’s why, we intend to send two teams to each of the 8 Dungeons in order to explore and determine what the rank of the Dungeons should be.」
(Orvik)「Understood, if it’s like that, then we have quite a lot of responsibilities on our shoulders. 」
(Guild master)「Right. Because of that, we would like you to recommend some adventurers to us. If they are referred to us from someone as powerful as a rank 7 adventurer, they will surely go the extra mile. 」
(Orvik)「Are you sure? You want to give such an important task to us?」
(Guild master)「Come on. If it"s rank 7 adventurers, then currently only you are available in the Adventurer Guild of Ritea. Well, even though I say that, recommendations will be limited to a minimum of rank 5. Honestly, we have even called out to the notorious ones of rank 6. No, it would probably be more accurate to say we"ve already called out to all the members of rank 6. 」
(Orvik)「Ano, how many rank 6"s does Ritea currently have?」
(Guild master)「Well, in total it"s about 70. But not all of the parties can partic.i.p.ate, some are already in the middle of longer commissions. So long story short, 8 teams have decided to partic.i.p.ate. 」
Indeed, so in that case, maybe those people should come……
(Orvik)「I currently have a rank 5 adventurer in mind. May I?」
(Guild master)「Yes, please go ahead. 」
(Orvik)「How about Tanaka-san who leads the heroes from the country of Rumel? They are fairly strong, and there is no problem with their mentality. 」
That would be a perfect job for the heroes of Rumel, who were summoned from another world.
Even if some people laugh at him because he"s「Level 1」, he doesn’t try to hide the fact.
But in my opinion, his individual combat ability is already above rank 7.
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Back when I was once leading a team to exterminate the ogres in Ritea, there were a lot more of them than the intelligence we were given and to top it all off, the ogres had a Tempest ogre leading them.
Suddenly, the sound of explosions echoed and the Tempest ogre splattered in the blink of an eye and the other ogres quickly followed suit.
The person who appeared after that display was Tanaka-san, leading the heroes.
(Tanaka)「Excuse me. I thought that it was a dangerous situation so I forcefully helped. Of course, since I did this without permission, you can take the materials of the monsters here. 」
「Hey! ? How can you snipe so precisely when there are all these obstacles in the woods?!」
「…… As usual, it’s amazing. 」
Sniper? But Tanaka-san didn’t even have a bow.
Was he a magician?
(Orvik)「N-no. It was helpful. Thank you very much. I am Orvik. An adventurer. 」
(Tanaka)「…… I am called Tanaka. 」
(Hikari)「My name is Hikari9)Probably a man, Hikari speaks using Boku. 」
(Nadeshiko)「I am Nadeshiko」
(Akira)「My name is Akira. And this is… 」
In that way, we introduced ourselves and parted ways.
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(Guild Master)「Ah, the n.o.ble Tanaka can’t join us on this one. It’s a confidential matter between the countries Roshuru and Ritea. Tanaka is actually a heavyweight in the hierarchy of Rumel so we don’t know how reckless they might act if they hear about the Dungeon. If we manage this poorly, it may even up as a diplomatic incident. 」
(Orvik)「Oh, so we are in that kind of relationship. 」
Well then, they cannot receive this quest.
(Guild Master)「Well, that’s unconfirmed, but I heard that the heroes of defense are coming to Ritea. In fact, it would be even easier to found the second team if they are to accept this request. 」
(Orvik)「Is that true, they were ok?!
(Guild Master)「Ho ho ho, the heroes of defense are still popular. Well, I’m still looking into it for now. For the time being, I would appreciate it, if you started with your preparations. 」
(Orvik)「Ahh, sorry. Understood. I’ll take my leave. 」
After we finished preparations for departure, meeting up and traveling to the Dungeon, we saw something amazing.
「It’s a lie… right? Is this really a Dungeon?」
「Also there"s trees and a river… 」
「And in the field over there there"s an orc! He is working hard in the field! ?」
The truth that appeared in front of our eyes was that there is a Dungeon right beneath the cathedral of Ritea. And there’s even a transfer field connecting to Roshuru.
I’ve been told that when we reach Seraria’s Dungeon, there would be buildings, shops, and a so called Super Lutz. Which common sense do they think can catch up with this10)ED note: the common sense of otherworld of course