Chapter 265

Chapter 265 Strongest Sage, Negotiates

"No one is taking this quest, right? I know it asks for rank A, but is there a way for lower ranked adventurers to take it?"

"Err . . . We need the client"s agreement in order to lower the quest rank, so . . . "

I see .

Those 『Swords Extremers』 most definitely won"t lower the required rank as their goal is to fight strong adventurers .

Guess we need to raise our ranks after all .

The problem is how . . .

"How do you raise your rank? We"re currently rank E . . . "

I asked the receptionist .

If it needs a huge amount of quest completions or time-consuming tests, we"re stuck .

If that happens, we have no choice but to ask the king"s help .

It"ll take a few days, but the quest should still be around if we"re lucky .

And if we"re not . . . Then we"d have to search those 『Swords Extremers』 from scratch .

We could try following the trails of the missing high ranking adventurer .

The receptionist handed over a paper with details about rank up .

Then she speaks apologetically .

"Here are the prerequisites for rank up . . . Unfortunately, getting up to rank A is quite a task, you know? Even tough adventurers need years to get to rank C . . . "

The paper the receptionist handed over had this written .

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Rank Up Prerequisite Table

To Rank E - Completes 50 Rank F Quests

To Rank D - Completes 200 Rank E Quests

To Rank C - Completes 500 Rank D Quests

To Rank B - Completes 2000 Rank C Quests, or partic.i.p.ate in a Disaster cla.s.s monster subjugation and play an active role in it

To Rank A - Partic.i.p.ate in a Disaster cla.s.s monster subjugation and play a leading role in it

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The numbers of quests we need to complete are too far away .

If all the monsters we"ve defeated so far get counted as quests, we might just reach rank C . . . but since most of the monsters I defeated don"t seem to, my rank stays at E .

Well, I guess our ranks being low is just natural .

After all, it was only recently that we got formally registered as guild members instead of Second Academy students .

But these prerequisites . . . Perhaps there"s still a hope for easy rank-ups .

" . . . Are demons counted as a Disaster cla.s.s monster?"

"Of course they are . Demons are the worst of Disaster cla.s.s monsters . "

"Then . . . If a rank E adventurer were to defeat a demon by himself, his rank would be upgraded to A?"

The receptionist pondered a bit when I asked her that .

Then she replies while looking at me with warm eyes .

"Unfortunately, you have be rank C first before you can get to rank B and above . As such, the rank won"t go up even if a rank E adventurer defeated a demon . . . If by that time you"ve satisfied the prerequisites to be rank C, your rank will be automatically upgraded to A however . "

" . . . I see . "

Looks like defeating a Disaster cla.s.s monster even before you get to rank C is counted .

Which means, if the guild has a record of me defeating demons in the past, I"ll get to rank A just by completing the number of quests required to get to rank C .

While thinking that, the receptionist speaks as if she"s cautioning me .

"But you can"t go and try to defeat a demon now, you hear me . You"re already off to a promising start being a rank E at your age . . . Don"t put the cart before the horse and get too hasty at raising your rank you end up dead, okay . "

Apparently, this receptionist thinks we"re rookie adventurers yearning for high ranking ones .

. . . The rookie part is not necessarily wrong .

" . . . No, we"ve beaten demons already . "

"You shouldn"t lie like that . . . The guild manages records about subjugations of demons . A quick look at the data will expose your lie, you know . "

Hou .

They"ve got records on subjugation history huh .

That"s good to hear .

"Then please check the data . "

The receptionist shrugged her shoulders like "oh geez" when I said that .

Then she speaks to me with a "I give up" look on her face .

"I understand . I"ll have a look, hand me your guild card please . "

"Sure . "

I pa.s.sed my guild card to the receptionist .

Then she looked at the card--and opened her eyes wide in a shock .

"Ma . . . !?"

Then she alternately compares the guild card and my face .

After a slight pause, the receptionist asks .

"Are you perhaps . . . Mathias Hildesheimr of the Second Academy?"

"Yeah . I am--"

"P-pardon me! I will go call the branch head!"

The receptionist ran at full speed toward the guild"s back room after saying that .

After a little while, she came back along with a middle aged man .

The man"s name tag had 『Guild Branch Head, Dakufu』 written on it .