Ifar opened his eyes. Its been 15 days since his mother died, in the 2 months that he knew her he came to like her. She was always nice to him, even when he purposely annoyed her. He remembered back to when she taught him about cities. They were a gathering of sentient species, all agreeing to do their part to defend it and its people. It could be a good place to get people to help him.

And so I went searching for a city.

After 3 days of searching he finally saw an outline of a city in the distance. Excited, he started moving towards it. After an hour or two he finally made it.

"Can I come in?" I asked the city guard.

"Sure, name and reason for entry?" He answered.

"Ifar krakin. And to look for help with some problem of mine." I said.

"Welcome to The Undying." The man said, with an obviously fake smile.

"Thanks" I said while walking past him and into the city.

Seeing a lot of advertisement, he noticed a lot of signs that advertised something called 'the adventures guild'.

Apparently they are pretty much just mercenaries for hire, except that they do jobs, instead of killing people.

'That could be useful actually, it would help me find people who can help me find my brother's egg.

Walking around the city, as he marveled at the buildings, he saw a building with a sign saying 'adventurers guild'. Walking into it he went to the front desk.

"Excuse me sir, where can I get information about the adventurers guild? I asked.

He looked at me strangely and said "yes, I'll get you a worker, please wait for a second."

Then he left for a minute and came back with a second person in tow.

"Hello there, how can I help you today?"the worker asked.

"I'd like to know how the guild works please." I said politely.

"Which part?" She asked back.

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"All of it" i answered.

1h later:

"So I can't leave a quest to find my brother?" I asked.

"No, your quest is too vague and there are to many unknowns." The worker said, exasperatedly.

"But I can join a team who are looking to go to the deeper parts of the in Betweens and search for him myself?" I asked.

"Yes, exactly." She answered.

"Thank you" I said.

Going back to the front desk, I requested to join. It'll be another week until I can get combat testing.

'I guess I can do odd jobs here and there while I wait to earn some money.'

I went to a bulletin board and searched for some non-permanent jobs.

There were a few but in the end I chose a merchant who was looking for someone to do a few deliveries.

6 days later

"Hey old man?" I asked.

"Yeah kiddo?" Said the old merchant.

"I need to leave early today to get tested for the adventurers guild." I said.

"Ok, well you better go then."

"Thanks old man, bye."

"Good luck with the test."

Entering the adventurers guild, I asked the guy in the front desk if I could start my teat.

"Yes, your test will be in that room" he pointed towards a door with a number 3 stumped on it.

Entering it, I saw a man with a sword sitting in a very comfortable looking chair.

"Ah, a new recruit. Do you know how this is gonna work?" The man asked.

"No, do you mind explaining?"

"I don't mind. At the start you will fight me like you'll fight any other monster, don't worry about hurting me, you're not strong enough to do any damage." The man started explaining.

"At the second part you'll be fight me without any skills, just technique." With that said he entered into a stance.

Shifting into a stance myself, I prepared a 'space manipulation' spell.

Stepping towards him I crouched and slashed at his leg. Preparing to jump back if necessary.

He moved his left my leg back, but while his leg was in the air I used 'space manipulation' to hit his right leg, breaking his balance.

However he didn't just stand there and take all that, because by the time 'space manipulation' ended he was already swinging a blade at my back, Thereby making me jump back without being able to capitalize on his lost balance. And like that, our fight continued. Sometimes I backed away, sometimes I attacked, but I never managed to get a good hit in.

7 minutes later I was exhausted. My attacks were sluggish, my Dodges just a bit too late. The end of the fight came when I tried using 'space manipulation' to hit his sword arm but he dodged and moved his sword to intercept my side. As my ability was on cool dawn, I couldn't get out of the way in time. Just before the sword hit my side he stopped it.

"You're a natural, still need a lot of training but its a good start. Rank 2 or so." The man said.

Rank 2 is honestly better than I expected to get. The guild has 7 ranks. rank 0 is people who don't know how to fight at all, rank 1 is people who just started to fight, and rank 2 is for people who have been fighting for a few months and can utilize their skills well with their fighting style.

"Well, tell the front desk that old Hipsky said you're rank 2." He gave me a hand to shake.

I shook it and asked "should I say 'old Hipsky' or just 'Hipsky'?"

"Heh, how would they know who I am if you don't call me old Hipsky" he said jokingly.

Listening to the man, I went to the front desk. A different person was Manning the front desk, she was in her mid 30s.

"Excuse me miss, 'old man Hipsky' said I should tell you that I'm to be made a rank 2."

It took her 2 minutes to give me a plate made of bronze with a tag on it.

"You should come back in 2 hours. We have a few people who you'll synergize with. You will be the group's ranger. You're group will be "group 16" until you diceide on a name."

Listening to the lady, I went to a table and sat down.

'may as well order something while I wait.' as i thought that someone came up to me.

"Hey, are you part of group 16?" Asked a cheery blond man.

"Yeah, I'm the team's ranger." I answered in a monotone voice.

"Did someone scam you? Cheer up! Its our first day adventuring, you should be excited!" He said.

"Meh, just got some stuff on my mind. Anyway, what role are you?" I said, changing the topic beautifully.

Raising an eyebrow, he answered "I'm the tank of the group."

"Do you mind if I order something for the both of us?" I asked. my teammates liking me probably wouldn't hurt.

"Thanks, that'd be appreciated." The blond man said.

'Oops I forgot to ask for his name.'

"What's your name by the way?" I asked.

"My name is Danny Smithson." Danny said.

"Mine is Ifar Krakin." I said.

We ordered our dishes and ate in quite anticipation until our next team member arrived.

End of chapter 3