Chapter 11: The Adventurer's Guild
It would take three or four months to get from the village to the royal city on foot, but with otherworldly transportation, the time could be reduced many times over.
According to the description of the village chief, Xiao Jun and the two arrived at the nearest town to the village, and without much rest, they went directly to the market, chose a dragon as a means of transportation, and began to set off for the royal city.
The Earth Dragon, a subspecies of wurm, resembles ancient dinosaurs in morphology, has a tame temperament, has great stamina, and is often used as a mount and vehicle.
Xiao Jun roughly estimated that after deducting the travel expenses, the coil on his body would probably only be enough for the cost of registering an adventurer plus three or four days of food, which means that he would have to find a way to make money after that.
Along the way, Jasmine wears a white hood that covers her long pointed ears, which symbolize half-elves, and although she attracts a lot of attention because of her outstanding appearance, it does not cause much commotion.
On the basis of that strategy, Xiao Jun made an extremely detailed plan through observation and research, and from that night on, Jasmine's attitude towards him was obviously much closer, at least from an outsider's point of view, the two were like a young couple who eloped.
During this period, they also encountered a group of robbers, not only to rob money, but also to rob sex, but in the end a golden snake fell from the sky, put down the gang of robbers, and when they woke up, they found that the fruits of their hard work for more than half a month were all gone.
robbing the rich and helping the poor, this windfall sent to the door made Xiao Junxi smile, and he and Jasmine had half a month's living and food expenses all at once.
A few days later, the two arrived at the royal city of the Ghana Empire.
Compared with remote villages and sparsely populated towns, the prosperity of Wangcheng is obviously countless grades, with busy traffic, endless pedestrians, shops, and people of all colors.
To Xiao Jun's surprise, he not only saw ordinary humans, but also saw many orcs, judging from the physical characteristics, there were meow clans, rabbit clans, fox clans, wolf clans, etc., when a cute cat-eared lady passed by him, he couldn't help but sigh like this: "Is this a paradise for lovers of foreign mothers?"
Unlike the opposing demons, the orcs have always been neutral, and the royal city implements an open racial policy, which has attracted many orcs to come and do business and settle down.
Xiao Jun hasn't seen a half-elf other than Jasmine for the time being, but since the Adventurer's Guild allows the half-elf to become an adventurer, then in the royal city with a prosperous economy and open culture, the half-elf should also be able to live normally.
"Brother Xiao, do you like orcs very much?" Just as he was out of his mind, a leisurely female voice came from beside him.
Hearing this, Xiao Jun's face was stunned, and when he saw the silver-haired half-elf with a resentful gaze, he hurriedly said: "Appreciation, it's just simple appreciation." β
"Hmph!" Jasmine didn't look at this person because she deliberately didn't know what to do, and she didn't know why she would be jealous of this fake fiancΓ©.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Jun was in high spirits, because he suddenly realized that his strategy had made a breakthrough, and he didn't pay attention to those people who were full of freshness, but approached the half-elf little by little, and then took her little hand casually.
The touch is soft and boneless, very comfortable, and the most important thing is that the other party did not resist, in the afterglow, the girl deliberately pretended to be calm, but the beautiful eyes and blushing cheeks that kept flashing easily expressed her mood at this time.
The world is as black as a crow, and all men in the world are wolves, but all men are also divided into impatient wolves and patient wolves, unlike the former who is dominated by the lower body, Xiao Bai is obviously the latter with high-end atmosphere and low-key luxury connotation, in order to avoid causing the other party's rejection, he did not do other things.
The two seemed to be a couple who quickly reconciled after an awkward quarrel, forgetting all what had just happened, and after settling down in a hotel, they went to the center of the royal city, where the adventurer's guild, the most powerful organization in the human world, was located.
A solemn and sacred building appeared in front of him, Xiao Jun was quickly attracted by the murals around him, which told the history of the battle between humans and demons for millions of years, among which the side with black horns was the demons, and the protagonists on the human side were magicians in robes and warriors in armor, who used magic and fighting spirit to fight against powerful demons and defend the dignity and living space of mankind.
Quite different from the outside, if your first impression of the building is a church, the interior is a tavern, and in front of the panels where the quests are posted, stand all kinds of adventurers, including solo rangers who claim to be powerful and act alone, as well as teams that sell each other, where they all talk loudly without disturbing the scruples of others.
What these people all have in common is that they all wear a metal tag around their necks with different letters engraved on the front and the owner's name on the reverse.
Xiao Jun and the two walked into the guild, and a woman in professional clothes walked over and introduced herself: "I'm a rookie instructor here, don't you know if you two need help?"
"We're here to sign up for adventurers. Xiao Jun said as he used the identification technique on it.
Name: Rena
Race: Human
Identity: Rookie Instructor (Adventurer's Guild)
Class: Space Mage
Grade: 29
It is worthy of the royal city, and the first person who is casually identified shows his name, and in the entire village, only the half-elf Jasmine has been recognized by the personal terminal.
When the rookie instructor saw Jasmine wearing a hood, a light flashed in her eyes, and she said, "If I'm not mistaken, this female companion of yours should be a half-elf, right?"
Seeing the other party's determined eyes, Xiao Jun was puzzled: "I don't know how you saw her identity?"
From start to finish, the two showed no flaws, and most importantly, they had just met with the rookie instructor.
"Women with such beauty and temperament are only half-elves and the offspring of elves and humans, and elves have always lived in forests, and they will not come to human cities without special circumstances, so it is more likely that your female companion is half-elf. Rena smiled.
Seeing the young man's expression, she spoke again: "Although the half-elf is a rare special existence in the human world, you don't have to worry, as long as she can pass the assessment and become an official adventurer, we will naturally protect her, at least in the entire royal city, no one dares to confront our adventurer guild head-on, and in the human world, no one will be willing to offend us." β
Hearing the other party's domineering words, Xiao Jun knew in his heart that as long as Jasmine could become an adventurer, he would no longer have to worry about the peeping of the nobles, and if he failed the assessment, he could only continue to hide his identity.
Jasmine conducts the assessment first, and in order to avoid interference, no one is allowed to watch from the sidelines, Xiao Jun watched the girl walk up to the second floor alone, where there are staff and assessment places waiting for her.
"Don't worry, judging by my professional experience, your female companion has a fairly high level of talent and has a good chance of passing the adventurer's assessment. Rena looked at the young man with a slightly worried face and said, "Before she finishes the assessment, you can ask me some questions related to adventurers." β
Xiao Jun nodded, the so-called concern is chaotic, how can a half-elf who has been recognized by a personal terminal not pass the assessment of a little adventurer?
After thinking about it, he asked, "I want to know what the metal brands on those adventurers are?"
"That's the identity of the adventurer, the charter of the adventurer's guild. Reyna glanced at him and continued, "The letters on the front represent the adventurer's rank, from the lowest F rank to the highest S rank, and the name on the reverse side is to confirm the identity and prevent the adventurer's body from being damaged after death. β
"Adventurer level?" Xiao Jun asked.
Rena explained: "The quests issued by the Adventurer's Guild are also divided into F-level to S-rank, and under normal circumstances, adventurers can only receive tasks of the same level or below their own, for example, an A-level adventurer can take F-level to A-level missions, while an F-level adventurer can only take F-level missions. β
"Within the guild, the higher the level of the adventurer, the higher the rights to the use of points to exchange for the benefits on the item, as well as the right to preemptively purchase, when the adventurer reaches the highest level and becomes an S-level adventurer, he will have the opportunity to enter the highest governing body of the adventurer's guild - the elders. β
"The Elder Body, who can decide the direction of this world, the actual ruler of the human realm!" A light in his eyes was fleeting, and Xiao Jun wanted to ask some more things, but at this time, the half-elf had already walked down.
"I used the improved version of the Fireball Technique "Meteor Shower" that you gave me, and they just said I passed. Jasmine said with a slightly innocent expression on her face.
Hearing this, the doubts on Xiao Jun's face disappeared, and the magic of this world is divided into six levels, low-level, intermediate, high-level, legendary, epic, and finally the forbidden spell magic that can only be used by legendary gods.
Apprentices are able to perform low-level magic, while mid-level magic is already magic that can only be performed by full-fledged magicians.
"She's actually able to use mid-level magic, but I didn't expect that I still underestimated this half-elf. Seeing the young man who was obviously dominant among the two, Rena couldn't help but feel a little curious in her heart, and asked, "You shouldn't be an ordinary person, right?"
"Ordinary people, I don't know if the villagers are ordinary people?" Xiao Jun glanced at her and said.
"Villagers?" Rena, incredulous.
Xiao Jun nodded.
"A villager came to register as an adventurer?" Rena's face was glazed, villagers are also a profession in this world, but unlike combat professions such as magicians and warriors, villagers are a profession dedicated to farming, and are also known as the weakest professions.
Even in the era of large-scale invasion by the demons, the villagers only provided military supplies in the rear, and did not need to go directly to the battlefield.
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