[Information: Let’s Find Out Silia’s rcenary Rank]
You’ve just started playing Silia Online, the legendary MMORPG. You find yourself in a quiet village and receive the title of Wood rank rcenary. Naturally, one might wonder, just how high is the Wood rank?
First, rcenaries in Silia Online are divided into six ranks:
WoodBronzeSilverGoldPlatinumLord
If you’ve read any fantasy novels or played competitive gas, these ranks should feel familiar. The Wood rank, which you receive at the start of the ga, is the lowest rank in the rcenary guild. It’s essentially the rank you get just for registering with the guild. Unlike other ranks, it doesn’t even co with an official rcenary badge to prove your status.
In the ga, most Wood rank NPCs you encounter are on par with small-town thugs, hardly a force to be reckoned with.
Now, here’s an interesting tidbit. If you’re quick to notice details, you might wonder, why is there one rank that isn’t based on a mineral? The Lord rank is distinct because it stands apart from the other ranks—sothing we’ll explain later.
Currently, the player with the highest level is Level 59 and holds a Gold rank badge. So, how strong is a Gold rank rcenary in the world of Silia?
At this point, another set of ranks cos into play:
NoviceBeginnerExpertMasterDemigod
It’s starting to get a bit complicated, so let simplify things:
—Novice: A regular person who cannot use mana.
—Beginner: Just starting to handle mana.
—Expert: Proficient in using mana.
—Master: Has fully mastered both mana and weapons.
—Demigod: A level beyond humans, transcending their limits.
A Gold rank rcenary corresponds to the Expert level. While it may seem unimpressive, most inhabitants of Silia never surpass the Master rank, so Expert is still quite formidable.
Interestingly, certain professions like mages start at the Beginner level because you need to be able to control mana to begin your path as a mage.
Even within the sa rank, strength can vary greatly, depending on skill proficiency, experience, and physical abilities. So, even if you manage to defeat an Expert NPC, don’t underestimate your next opponent—approach with caution.
As for the Lord and Demigod ranks I ntioned earlier, they are essentially one and the sa. However, most people have never heard of these ranks because they exist only in legends. There’s even a rumor that Arca, the first emperor who founded the Lo Arka Empire, was at this rank.
(…skipping a bit…)
That wraps up today’s overview of combat ranks. Due to the nature of RPGs, leveling up becos increasingly difficult as you progress, so the Expert stage can feel quite drawn-out. But rember, not all Experts are the sa, so keep honing your skills and striving to grow stronger.
In the next post, we’ll explore the monsters of the world of Silia.
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[Comnts]
—Thanks for the info!
—It was so serious, then got surprisingly funny at the end, haha!
—There are so many Expert NPCs—how strong must a Master be?
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“Joanie!”
While Joanie was still trying to figure things out, soone burst into the tent with urgency.
It was a woman dressed in typical cleric attire.
She pushed open the tent flap, hesitated upon seeing Joanie, and then introduced herself, a bit startled.
“Hello, I’m Lemony… I’m in Pine’s raid team.”
“Nice to et you, I’m Joanie, the strear.”
“What’s going on, Lemony?”
“Oh!”
Lemony, who had been awkwardly greeting Joanie, suddenly rembered the reason she rushed in.
“The Wanderer Guild has requested a eting!”
“Huh? The Wanderer Guild joined too?”
Joanie was taken aback.
The Wanderer Guild isn’t a guild with a clear purpose. They’re not out to gain power by becoming stronger, nor are they a group just gathering to forge tools or hamr anvils together. People join the guild because they need a guild affiliation, but find that the requirents for joining other guilds are too stringent. That’s why the Wanderer Guild has a large number of mbers, but they’ve never acted as a unified group before.
“They didn’t join officially as a guild. But maybe because so many of their mbers are participating in the war, the guild master decided to step in.”
“It’s still amazing though… Seeing soone obsessed with leveling up co to a place like this ans the situation must be pretty serious.”
“Are you going to accept?”
After a brief mont of contemplation, Pine nodded.
“Why not? We can at least hear them out. Besides, with Joanie here, there’s no way they’d pull a sneak attack, right?”
“Huh? Why ?”
“You’re with the big leagues. There are even rumors that just one word from you can change the whole dynamic of Silia Online. Word is, more than a few strears have quit broadcasting after getting on your bad side…”
“Wait, why am I suddenly being slandered here?!”
— dudududududu (shocked expressions)
— No wonder the number of strears has been dropping lately…
— The real power behind Silia Online, whoa.
— Please, spare the strears I watch!
“Oh no, that was a secret, wasn’t it? Could you please just let this one slide…?”
“I said it’s not true!”
Joanie shouted, her face flushed with embarrassnt, though she quickly cald down, knowing Pine was just teasing.
“So, Pine, are you really the leader of the Kana faction?”
“Our guild was the first to fight, so we sort of ended up taking that position. It did bring so notoriety with it.”
“I honestly thought you’d side with them…”
“As I said before, they were the ones who ca after us first. Not much we could do about that. Besides, even if they hadn’t, I still wouldn’t have joined them.”
Because I was rooting for Joanie.
Pine smiled softly.
“You were rooting for ?”
“The way you and the Gravekeeper bicker… It kind of reminded of taming a wild cat. I got really invested in watching.”
“Bickering…? After all the tis I got wrecked by it, that’s what you saw? If it were , I’d be fuming with rage.”
“Well, tigers are still part of the feline family, right?”
“Is this that Stockholm Syndro thing people talk about?”
Lemony shook her head fervently, clearly disagreeing with Pine’s reasoning.
“Let’s head out quickly. If we’re any later, we’ll get yelled at for cutting into their leveling ti.”
“Well, I wouldn’t put it past them to get angry, actually.”
Joanie agreed with Pine’s remark as she recalled the guild leader of the Wanderer’s Guild, notorious for once streaming an entire day of silent hunting without saying a word.
As they stepped outside the tent, the situation had cald sowhat from earlier. Fights were still breaking out here and there, but the clashing of weapons wasn’t as intense.
When they reached the center of the battlefield, a woman who had been waiting for them frowned.
“You could’ve co quicker, you know. Don’t you realize ti is money?”
“How do you always manage to be so predictable?”
“I’ll take that as a complint.”
The leader of the Wanderer’s Guild was also a strear, though not as large as Joanie or Pine, but with a loyal following nonetheless. Joanie knew there were quite a few people who had joined the guild because they were fans of her.
“So, what brings our dear Yuki, who usually lives for hunting, to grace us with her presence?”
“PVP and wars are all fun when they’re just for kicks, but things have gotten out of hand. People are PK’ing (Player Killing) innocent bystanders left and right, and the complaints keep piling up. Even I can’t just ignore public sentint forever.”
“Public sentint? You’re the one who does 24-hour non-interactive hunting streams!”
“That wasn’t hunting. That was pushing my limits. I wanted to see how long I could hold out against an endless wave of enemies.”
“…Honestly, are you sure you’re not an NPC?”
“How rude.”
Yuki shrugged.
“Anyway, I didn’t tell anyone to start PK’ing. But people keep bothering when I’m trying to hunt.”
“That’s so you…”
Unlike Joanie, who had only exchanged a few words with Yuki, Pine had known her longer and kept teasing her. But when Yuki pulled the sword from the ground where she’d stabbed it earlier, Pine finally shut up.
“So, what’s this about, anyway?”
“Let’s make so rules.”
Yuki drew a long line across the ground with her sword.
“Aren’t you tired of this? You die, co back, die again, and co back again….”
Even though people could resurrect indefinitely, their interest wouldn’t last forever, and at so point, it would all end. But until then, it would just be an endless, pointless war of attrition.
“We’ll take a short truce, reorganize, and then fight again. If you die, you’re out for good. In the end, the side with no one left loses.”
“So, you’re proposing a deathmatch. Like a real war.”
“Do you enjoy this kind of fight? A battle without any nerve-wracking tension?”
“You’re seriously….”
Pine shook his head.
“What happens when a side loses?”
“The losing side has to fully cooperate with the winning side. Our group already agreed to that. If anyone from our side doesn’t comply, we’ll help you deal with them. But you have to do the sa.”
“If that’s the deal, then fine….”
“Wait a minute. So, if we lose, we’re just supposed to accept that blockade they’ve set up?”
“What’s the problem? If you lose, isn’t it normal to have nothing? Besides, this isn’t like a pay-to-win ga where they’re using cash to boost their stats. You lost fair and square.”
“Well, still….”
“And up until now, we’ve been more than lenient with you. Honestly, if things hadn’t gotten so heated, we wouldn’t have bothered stepping in. Is it a cri to do whatever you want in an RPG? There’s no law saying it’s prohibited.”
Yuki’s detailed reasoning left Joanie speechless.
She couldn’t think of any argunt to counter her.
“Stopping people from doing whatever they want is also part of doing what you want. But to do that, you need strength. Otherwise, you need to gather so many people on your side that the fight isn’t even worth starting. Complaining that others won’t listen to you without having that kind of power is just like a child throwing a tantrum.”
“Hey, hey. That’s enough….”
“Well, I’m not wrong, am I?”
Yuki was confident, despite knowing Joanie had a large audience watching her stream.
anwhile, Pine nervously looked around, sensing the tension.
He lowered his voice, whispering to Joanie.
“This is actually a good outco, Joanie. If we look at the numbers, we’re ahead. This is better than dragging out a war of attrition.”
“…Fine. I understand.”
Joanie nodded at Pine’s persuasion.
That’s right, after all, this was Silia Online, a world of freedom.
Just because you didn’t like what others were doing didn’t an getting angry would solve anything.
You either had to persuade them or use criticism to sway public opinion.
Finding sothing productive to do would be better than wasting ti getting angry.
“Alright, we’ll-”
“Who said you get to make decisions on your own?”
Step.
Just then, soone approached, stepping over the line Yuki had drawn.
A man with a creepy smile.
Joanie looked over at Yuki, wondering if she knew him, but Yuki lightly shook her head in denial.
“If you’ve got power, you can do whatever you want. That’s true.”
Clank, clank.
Behind the man’s voice, a heavy sound echoed.
Knights clad in gleaming silver armor marched forward, their ranks shining in the sunlight.
At least a hundred of them.
The battlefield fell silent at the sight of their procession.
On their shoulders, the black sun emblem was painted.
Joanie’s eyes widened as she recognized it.
“The Imperial Army…!”
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