As the pair got closer to the city she couldn't help but stare at the city with a slight bit of awe as it was a medieval city literally out of books except it wasn't computer generated graphics. It was a literal city with farms around it with people working on the farms. The people were actually moving and they were actually changing the world rather than just standing there. If Celestine wasn't with her she would probably head to those people just to confirm they were real and talk to them asking how it felt working at an actual farm.
As they got closer to the gates they spotted several guards at the gate with merchants in the line that were currently paying taxes to enter the city. Celestine guided the horse to the end of the line. As they got closer to locals she couldn't help but admire people as even what she assumed to be peasants were beautiful with their skin being smooth and their hair almost glowed under the sun. She couldn't imagine just how beautiful people that were actually considered pretty in this world. Her time in this world hadn't been fun so far but she could easily see it being really fun with people looking pretty like this.
After waiting for around a few minutes they finally got to the city gates. Slightly out of curiosity and slightly to assess the general situation as they got close to the guards she used Discern Enemy on them and as she had somewhat expected the guards turned out to be between level 5 to 10 which made her feel a bit more confident regarding her abilities as well as less wary of the dangers this world would pose to them through she decided to not to do anything rash until she had more information regarding the situation.
Without checking anything on them the guards allowed them to go inside. Walking through the city was an interesting experience with people walking through the city as people were going to their work in medieval clothes or going into the bars. It was like an extremely realistic medieval simulation. Trying to stay focused on the mission she tried to think of what to do. Assuming adventurers guild existed here it would probably be the best place to gather information and as far as her knowledge regarding fantasy worlds go they always had an adventurers guild which they could learn everything worth knowing about the recent occurrences in the area. There was also the ulterior motive of wanting to see an actual adventurers guild of course.
After looking around for a bit she saw a brown-haired young guy wearing leather armor which was the stereotypical appearance of an adventurer in her mind. If someone was going to be able to tell it was going to be him. Approaching him she said:"Excuse me. Is there a place for adventurers to gather in this town?" trying to avoid using the adventurers guild word because it could be under an entirely different name through after a brief thought were adventurers even called 'adventurer' in this world. As far as she had heard from people talking on the line people seemed to speak her language so maybe there was an automatic translation function?
The person whom she assumed to be the adventurer said:"Ah. I believe you are looking for the adventurers guild. I was about to head there as well. I can take you there if you want." which she responded by saying:"That would be great. Thank you." before turning to Celestine and saying:"Follow behind us with the horse." before starting to walk along with the man. As they walked he asked:"By the way what business do you have with the adventurers guild?Are you going to post a job or something similar?" which was a good question and one she hadn't thought about as she had been too awed by being in an actual medieval fantasy world. How was she going to gather information?At that moment she had a flash of brilliance that was either a great idea or one that was terrible enough to make her want to become a shut-in after it failed.
She said:"Well I was thinking of registering as an adventurer. You know. Explore and learn a bit about the world." which caused the man to look at her for a second as if he was assessing her before saying:"You know. Adventuring is a hard life and it has a lot of difficulties and you don't look like someone who would be fit for such a life. Are you sure you want to do that?" which caused her to immediately look at Celestine as if telling her to not to do anything rash before turning to the man and using 'Discern Enemy' He seemed to be level 23 so she said:"I am sure I can manage. Plus I am much stronger than I look. By the way, assuming you are an adventurer can you explain a bit about how adventurer guild works?"
The adventurer said:"Well it's a simple system. You are given a guild card which changes material according to your rank. The ranks are Copper, Iron , Silver, Gold, Platinum, Mythril, Orichalcum and Adamantite. By the way, For reference's sake, I am a gold rank adventurer." which made her immediately ask:"I see. Is there a test one can take to start at a higher rank?I mean I am sure there are retired soldiers who have a lot of combat experience that does not want to start from copper." which caused the adventurer to think for a second before saying:"Well I never heard about that since I started as copper but I guess you could ask about that at the guild through I advise against that since it's often better to start small."
She just gave a nod through she was obviously going to disregard his advice. She didn't want to start with newbie quests if possible and a test would probably allow her to gauge her strength compared to others in this world much better than she could with individual assessment and comparing herself to those. After walking in silence for another minute the adventurer pointed at a wooden building before saying:"That's the adventurers guild. Anyways. I am off to handle some jobs. My name is Sando by the way. It was nice meeting you." before waving at the pair and going towards the guild. Turning to Celestine she said:"Thanks for not doing anything rash. It would be hard to handle an incident in the city." which Celestine responded with a simple nod.
Then the pair walked to the guild and Celestine tied their horse to a nearby hitching post before they walked into the guild. It was irritatingly loud and there was the smell of beer all around the guild which further irritated her through she tried to stay focused on her mission and approached the guild counter upon which a blonde receptionist approached her and said:"How can I help you?" She responded by saying:"Well I was going to register as an adventurer." which caused the woman to study her before saying:"Are you sure?I mean if you have magical abilities there are far safer jobs."
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She said:"I am sure. Also, do you have any sort of exams I can take before I register in order to start at a higher rank?" which made the receptionist actually look down at her for a second before saying:"There is through you will need to pay a certain amount depending on the rank you want to start on." which made her pull a money sack out of seemingly nowhere before saying:"By any chance do you accept money in foreign currency. I mean the money I have is pure gold but it isn't normally used in the area." which the guild receptionist responded by saying:"We will need to test the purity of the money but other than that it should work out. Which rank do you want to start out with?"
After a brief pause spent considering her options she said:"Is it possible to test for being an Adamantite rank?" while hoping she wouldn't regret this decision. If she lost which was highly likely then she would learn more about the strongest of this world and even if she won and caused a spectacle she would confirm that she was strong enough to deflect any dangers to herself. Either way, it was a win for her. Unless she got killed but it probably wasn't going to be a match to the death. At least she hoped. As she considered saying that she was joking a gigantic woman wearing purple armor approached her and said:"Look at this pipsqueak thinking she has what it takes to become an Adamantite adventure. Alright, I'll test her and the test money is on me." before dropping a sack of gold on the counter.
She then said:"Let's head out of city so that I don't accidentally damage public places." As she was imagining being hit by her hammer a woman under a red hood with a white mask whispered something to the other woman whom she responded with a nod. As Celestine looked like she was going to interfere she breathed a sigh of relief through at the last moment Celestine seemed to give up. At that moment she was reminded of how she asked Celestine to not to start any fights without her specific order and she couldn't exactly tell Celestine to help her out at this moment. While she was looking at Celestine the muscular woman turned to the masked woman before saying:"Can you teleport us somewhere where we won't harm the surroundings." which the masked woman responded with a nod before grabbing both of them and with a flash she found herself at a grass field.
After a few seconds of silence, the muscular woman said:"Go ahead and take position and don't you dare hold back or you might get seriously hurt." which caused her to gulp before walking a bit away from the woman. The masked woman walked to the middle of them and said:"You two will start when I say start." and after a few seconds she yelled:"Start." upon which she immediately said:"Triple Maximize Magic, Frozen Shields." and immediately three shields made of ice appeared in front of her and it was not a second too late as the shields immediately received a hit from the hammer through they didn't seem to suffer from any damage.
Taking that as a chance she made the shield move away for a second before pointing his hand at the woman and saying:"Maximize Magic, Icicle storm." which made a flurry of icicles start flying at the woman.
Spinning her hammer at an extreme speed the woman seemed to easily block the icicles through one of them managed to get through stabbing itself to her shoulder. The woman said:"That was a neat move pipsqueak." and as soon as the woman said that she moved the shields in front of herself once more expecting an attack and the woman said:"Martial Art: Shield breaking Smash" and in an instant one of the shields were shattered through as soon as it was the shield ended up shooting its part all around itself in the form of icicles wounding the woman's stomach. Considering the woman had the ability to break through her defenses it was probably a bad idea to fight against her directly so she said:"Summon Warrior Of The Deep Mountains" and a warrior statue started rising from the ground through before it could finish it's rise the woman launched another attack breaking another of her shields.
When the second shield burst into icicles the muscular woman was prepared as she deflected the icicles with her hammer through that had granted enough time for a three meters tall statue to finish rising. The statue was shaped like a knight wielding a longsword and without waiting for a second the statue raised it's longsword and attacked the woman whom blocked the attack with her hammer through the sound of the sword and hammer clashing sent reverberating sounds across the area. While the woman was busy fighting one of her summons she started summoning another knight. As the second ones summoning finished she looked at the woman and noticed the signs of freezing on her hammer as well as her body. Almost everyone she had fought in the game had gotten equipment that was resistant to frost damage so it felt a bit weird. Through before she could send the second one to attack an icicle flew towards her and her last shield shattered blocking it.
Then the woman wearing the mask said:"No human has access to that high tier of magic. What are you?" and at that moment she realized. It didn't matter if she could protect herself from danger. If people realized that she wasn't human she wasn't going to be allowed into cities regardless of whether she could defend herself or not. She said:"Wait. I can explain." before dismissing her summons hoping it would be taken as a sign of good will. No longer under attack, the giant woman said:"Evileye calm down. If this pipsqueak wanted to actually harm us she wouldn't be so hesitant to fight through I wish to hear the explanation of what someone as strong as her doing in this area."
She said:"Well...Is there any possible way I can say that it is a long story and get away with it." and upon having them stare at her like they could kill her she said:"It's a really long story but all I want is to learn about this country and hopefully find a place in which I can actually belong." including a bit of her feelings along her confession. The two looked at each other and Evileye said:"Well i can't just let you hang around doing whatever you want. Especially considering i never heard of anyone use spells you just used..." before going silent for a bit and then the muscular woman said:"She is trying to say that you can do whatever you want as long as you are under our supervision. You wanted to become an Adamantite adventurer right?We will need to discuss it with Lakyus but how do you feel about joining an Adamantite adventurer group?"