"Finally done," said the cat. No, his name is Adolf.

"You are now a member of the Fire Hermit Guild, as the contract says, we will first help you advance to level 2."

Adolf kept his contract in the desk drawer.

He then opened another desk drawer. Inside, he took out a badge with the image of a fire lotus.

"This is a sign that you are a member of this guild." He handed the badge to Yi Yun.

"Thank you sir." Yi Yun stood up and bowed to him.

Inwardly he wondered. 'Is this guild as bad as I thought?'

'Giving blood to the guild, it shouldn't burden me.'

Even though he had never donated blood, he heard it didn't have much of a side effect.

'When I reach level 2, my strength will grow to be much stronger, donating blood shouldn't be a problem for me.'

'But what about the three tasks that the higher ups of the guild will give me and the three level 2 monster cores I will have to pay them? That will determine whether they are a good guild or a bad guild.'

Yi Yun stopped thinking after that.

"You can go now, Jojo and Adnulfo will guide you to the next stage," said Adolf, waving his hand.

Yi Yun nodded, he took his contract paper and badge from the table before turning towards Jojo and Adolf.

When he looked at them, Jojo immediately smiled and said, "congratulations bro, from now on we are brothers in arms."

Yi Yun tried to smile.

"Hahaha..." Jojo laughed.

He then took out a cigar box. It kept some cigars.

He took out one cigar and handed it to Yi Yun. "This is a gift from me..."

Yi Yun happily accepted the cigar.

He hadn't smoked a cigarette since he was caught, as an active smoker, it was too excruciating.

He used to hold himself back when his asthma flared up, but now he didn't care. Only exhaling smoke from his mouth, only then can he feel like a living human.

Besides, his asthma was barely felt anymore after some time in that world.

Jojo then handed him the lighter after seeing him receive the cigar.

Yi Yun immediately lit the cigar.

Every now and then, he glanced at Adnulfo. The latter still hasn't given him anything, is he not planning on giving him a present?

"Let's go," he said, ignoring Yi Yun's gaze.

They then left the room. In the hallway, there was no one.

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"So what am I going to do?" Yi Yun asked.

"Now is not the time to raise your level," replied Jojo.

"It's not the day for beginners to level up, we usually do it on Sunday. Since today is Saturday, you just have to wait one more day."

"But before that, you need to refine your body constitution first, this will usually increase your attribute points, in other words your strength."

"Let's go to the department of biology & ecology."

Yi Yun nodded.

They then went into another hallway.

On the way, Jojo and Adnulfo explained more things to him.

This time it wasn't because they wanted to explain, but it was their duty to explain things in the guild to the members they invited.

"The laws of science in this world and our universe are actually completely the same."

"The reason the technology in this world doesn't work is not because the laws of this world don't allow technology, it's because there's something unknown, which causes technology to not work here."

"But other things, as long as they're not part of the modern technology that's part of physics, they still work here."

"Like biology and ecology, they are related to evolution, their function here is almost the same as in our universe."

"Of course, magic things are dominant here. But in order to use magic things, we need to have a body constitution that matches them."

"For people like us, our body constitution is still very outdated. It is called a mortal body. Before practicing, we need to at least change our body constitution to the next level, called elite body."

"With an elite body, you can move like a cat or even a monkey. And most importantly, you can live up to 100 years as long as you don't get killed."

"Your mana attribute is still locked isn't it?"

Yi Yun, ???

"After turning your body into an elite body, it will unlock and allow you to possess one type of mana."

"When you reach level 2, you can have three types of mana."

"Three types? What does that mean?" Yi Yun finally asked when Jojo spoke something he didn't understand.

This time it was Adnulfo who answered. "There is only one type of strength, speed, and stamina. But mana, it is divided into various types of mana, there is fire mana, water mana, wind mana, and many more. If you have fire mana, you can only release fire power, you can't release other powers."

"As for original mana, it's not of much use, but it's the essence of all your mana. It's like stamina in physical attributes."

"Oh, I see!" Yi Yun nodded while holding his chin.

'This is different from the concept in many novels and games on earth,' thought Yi Yun.

"By the way, what about that cat? Is he really a cat?"

"Of course not," answered Jojo with a playful expression.

"It is the result of a transformation technique."

"Transformation technique?"

"You'll find out later."

They then arrived at the end of the hallway where there was a white door.

A sign that read 'department of biology & ecology' hung on the door.

"By the way, the one in charge of this department is the branch boss itself. The boss probably won't take care of you personally, and even though the boss is easy to talk to, you still have to be polite if you don't want to get into trouble," Jojo reminded.

"Besides, the boss is already at the peak of level 2, the boss might be able to slaughter you as if you were just an insect."

"Peak level 2?"

Yi Yun was a bit confused.

The guild would help him advance to level 2, but the branch boss was only at the peak of level 2, wasn't their distance a bit too close.

Seeing the confusion on his face, Jojo smirked. "Hahaha, you'll understand soon enough. Level 2 is not like level 1 which only consists of 1 to 10 points."

"Don't forget to turn off your cigar," he reminded.

Immediately the door opened.

Inside, Yi Yun saw a fairly wide white room.

There was a row of glass cabinets beside the wall of the room. Inside the cupboards were glass bottles filled with liquid.

In addition, there is cold air in the glass cabinets so they look like the inside of the refrigerator.

Of course, technology didn't exist in this world, so it was obviously caused by the power of magic.

He saw the previous group there.

The ancient man was currently lying on a hospital bed, and a man in a doctor's uniform gave him an injection.

Even with his gigantic looking body, he was still considered a mortal. He might be strong like Lü Bu, but here he still ended up being beaten.

Yi Yun then turned his gaze to the guest sofa in the room.

There sat a woman with her hair in a bun, reading a book called "How to educate a 10 year old." She was also wearing a doctor's uniform.

She is rather thin and is about 165-cm tall.

She is probably in her 30s, has a face similar to that of a Korean woman, beautiful of course, and looks mature.

Apart from her, there were five other people in doctor uniforms in the room.