Chapter 99: Don’t fool around at the adventurer’s guild, please! part
“I’m sorry, but I can’t let you take the test today mister Ryu”
“What do you an by that Ebi? please don’t joke with sothing like that”
I’m again troubled with my bad luck, while Bob, Luke and Sera were excitedly toying with their soulbound cards and trying out the basic features, I’m still stuck at the counter because my soulbound card seems to be defective.
“It’s not a joke, I’m being serious. Before taking the test you need to properly charge your soulbound card. This is really important for different reasons but they main two reasons are we can’t just let anyone in the guild so we need all the personal information it can provide us, the other reason is because we can’t let soone who can’t take proper responsibilities join the guild. If a kid is not serious about becoming an adventurer and doesn’t charge their cards, we just can’t trust them with our tasks. There are many wealthy kids that just want the glory that cos with the title and don’t take the quests seriously, but I assure you that even the lowest rank quest can an the life or death of soone”
“But I’m not a kid miss Ebi”
“I don’t know about that, because you weren’t capable of charging your card”
“I’m telling you, this card is defective! I kept it next to at all tis, it just won’t charge!”
.....
I did keep the card next to at all tis, it was just a short period and most of the ti I was just sleeping, but since I was impatient to charge it I even slept with it. When morning ca Bob and Luke had already unlocked so features, they were able to read their personal information and receive system ssages on it, Sera’s took a little bit longer but at least she was able to activate it.
My card, instead, seems to be completely dead. It didn’t matter how much i tried, I just wasn’t able to turn it on.
“Please miss Ebi, there must be sothing you can do!”
Sera, who stayed by my side at all tis, begged on my stead.
“Don’t worry miss Sera, you can take the test normally, but I can’t let mister Ryu join the guild. I would have to take responsibility for him after all. I know this may seem harsh, but you would be surprised at the amount of people that beco adventurers and die on their first month, I just don’t want that to happen to mister Ryu and you should understand this.”
“But he’s really strong and reliable!”
Watching the beautiful Sera plead for made feel warm inside and, for a short minute I was envied by everyone at the guild.
“I don’t really think so, I don’t sense any strong energy coming out from mister Ryu which ans he’s rather on the weak side, and he can’t be that reliable if he wasn’t even able to keep his card on him at all tis for a single day”
I was about to retort but she didn’t give the chance. Since we t Ebisu she looked like a clumsy and upbeat girl with a cheerful personality, but the clumsy part was the most noticeable. But now she looks really serious and determined.
“Before you say anything else mister Ryu, I’ve worked in the adventurer’s guild for a long while and I have never heard of such thing ever happening before. Do you think a centuries old guild would fail to record sothing like that?”
“Well, you did say you don’t allow people who fail to charge their cards on the first day join, correct?”
She nodded in response.
“Could it be that it may have happened before and it wasn’t recorded because you guys didn’t believe it?”
Ebi ponders for a minute.
“You do have a point there mister Ryu but...”
“Listen, I know for sure I kept the card on at all tis and it just didn’t charge. I also noticed that Bob’s and Luke’s card charged up faster than Sera’s. You may have never recorded sothing like a defective card ever existing before, but you must have noticed them charging at different rates! I don’t mind if you don’t allow to join today, but once it charges would you please allow to join?”
“I would have to ask my boss and... that would be a bit troubleso. I’m sorry mister Ryu but... hey! your card just went active!”
“uh? what!?”
The souldbound card on my hand started blinking on a blue light for a minute and then I was able to activate it.
Ryu (no class)(Healthy)
age: 17
Patron: Aruru
Race: Human
Birthplace:
Strenght: low
Dexterity: average
Constitution: below average
Intelligence: average
Wisdom: Very high
Charisma: high
Resists: poison, cold, disease.
Skills: Observ, analyze, identify, consider, stealth, night vision, aim, fishing, carpentry, transmutation, alchemy, cooking [...]
Weapons: throwing, shooting, piercing, stabbing, blunt, sharp.
WHAT!? I’m only 17!?
Anne told she was 19 and Helena is 21, this ans I’m a lot younger than them. There was a lot of information I didn’t know on my card, but what shocked the most was to learn about my age. Well, at least this ans I’m closer to Rina’s age since she’s 16.
“Uhm, excuse , miss Ebi... There’s information I didn’t know about before, but there’s information I’m certain about that doesn’t appear in here”
“Its only natural it doesn’t show you the full list of your skills, most people have so many skills there’s not enough space for everything to fit in a card that small. You’ll be able to unlock a more advanced display later on, so there’s no need to worry about it. Now please show your card so we can proceed”
“Is there a way to hide so information?”
“Is there sothing you need to keep hidden?”
She glared at with suspicious eyes.
“Well, not really, but since you said no one would be able to see my personal information I’m a bit confused about it”
“Oh, right, I forgot to explain, the card will show only what you want to show but there’s no way to change information. It may not be accurate since it can only show information you know, even if you’re not conscious of it but that’s sothing for later on. The minimum requirent is to know your na, age, race and class, but you can show as much as you want and I can explain everything to you.”
with that In mind I show my card to Ebi, who reads it carefuly. While reading she gasped a couple tis and she murmured so stuff too. I don’t know if she did the sa with Bob and Luke, but It feels awkward. It’s like having soone look at while completely naked.
“Well, it’s not that uncommon for people to not know the na of their birthplace so that’s ok. Your friends too didn’t know where did they co from so... but there’s one thing I don’t understand. Do you profess a religion mister Ryu?”
“I do not”
“Then, perhaps you joined a cult?”
“Not that I’m aware of, is there sothing wrong?”
“Well... this is a bit strange, there are many gods but I’ve never seen soone worship Aruru, I’ve never heard of that god”
“Uh? Is that going to be a problem?”
“Not really, it’s just that it’s not usual for soone to have a patron before becoming adventurers, it’s even more rare for them to not even know about it. Anyways, since I don’t know about your patron god I can’t tell you anything about it. About your stats, your defenses and inmune system seem to be as weak as a newborn child, sa as your friends, except for Sera, so watch out for sicknesses and weather conditions please. Everything seems in order so we can proceed to the test. Please co with ”
Ebi leads our group to the courtyard inside, its surrounded by the guild’s building but it’s quite spacious. It makes wonder just how big is the adventurer’s guild.
There are three groups of young adventurers training with so straw mannequins, they look to be close to our age and look a lot more like us than the rest of the adventurers drinking inside.
“So, what’s the deal with these guys Ebi?”
“They are here to take the test mister Lorenzo. Listen everyone, this is mister Lorenzo, he’s a C rank adventurer and works as an instructor in this guild, be respectful to him and listen to his comands. He is your superior, keep that in mind at all tis. He will be conducting the test, so I’ll leave you on his capable hands”
Lorenzo is a tall muscular man wearing light armor mixed with tal pads, he looks really strong, his skin is tanned and has a scar on his face, his hair is also a bit ssy. He looks a bit like Ironwoods hunters, a mix in between a thug and a battle hardened warrior.
“Hey hey hey! Don’t leave out of it! I’m here too and I’d love so fresh at”
A wild looking woman gets close holding a two handed sword that looks like a huge kitchen knife, she grabs it with one hand and keeps it resting on her shoulders.
My first instinct was to look at her weapon and stance, but then I noticed... she’s wearing light armor, as in very light armor. It barely even covers the bare minimum to not be able to say she’s naked at all and she looks at us with a gaze that seems to say she wants to eat us.
A gulp was heard from everyone at our group.
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