Mrs Silva continued without any stop "As you know, dark element in itself is a rare element add to that the fact that this beast has a mix of dark and water makes it harder to sell especially in a village like ours. It has been with us for almost 3 months now. The chances of the beast hatching within a week are very high. Then things will get a little complicated" she said with a frown on her brows. I was confused by this.
"You see, the soul beast we have is called blackwater eagle. These are a very proud group of soul beasts. They don't like being tamed usually, and because of that most aatma users especially newbies like yourself find it troublesome to make a pact with one that has hatched, especially as a primo. But if they become loyal and friendly, they are trusting and efficient beasts you could find. They are the most obedient beasts once they become tame. They are very attack-oriented beasts since they are predators themselves. They are also very large beasts that could grow on an average of up to 7 feet. Which could make it a travel mount if required. They are really large beasts in the bird category. The beast egg is a bit costly because they are rare to be found." She looked at me before continuing.
"The beast egg is a bit costly considering all its benefits. So, keeping it here would be a loss for us since it is nearing its hatching period. We were thinking of sending it to Medhu city in 2 days' time. As you know Medhu city is a big city, so, the chances of egg selling are very high. Also, there is a customer there who had informed us that he has a desire to buy such beasts. But even that is not confirmed or sure. So, we are offering you a chance to buy. We could wait for 2 days, if you want to buy it you can buy it. We won't keep it for the 3rd day even if you agree to buy it." She paused and looked at me "This would be your Primo so, decide carefully. I have an obligation to tell you about a possibly good opportunity. It's risky, yes, but if it is successful, it will be great. If everything goes right, they are the best beast you could get. They are fierce, loyal, protective and a natural hunter. So, think carefully and come to a decision, the egg would be here for 2 more days"
"Okay, Mrs Silva, would you tell me how much it costs?" I asked pensively.
"1 gold, that's the price. This is the lowest I could offer you" she said without much change in her tone "I know it's hard for you to get such a large amount suddenly. So, think carefully before deciding anything. There are 2 more days before it will be sent to Medhu. I will leave you to purchase what you guys want, Saul, give them what they want I'm leaving." She left after saying that.
"I will get you the powder, just wait here for a moment." He turned around and started to walk, then paused and looked at us smiling awkwardly "You guys need 2 portions each right?"
"Yes," I confirmed with a nod
He came back with 5 bottles. These bottles were larger than normal portion bottles atleast twice.
"Each of these is 2 portions. In other words, half of the bottle is one portion." He answered as he saw my confused face. "Hey, I don't know if you are considering buying the eagle. But if you are backing out because of the price then I have a solution for you. I don't know if you know this or not but the empire has a plan to help everyone to buy their 1st beast if required. They provide loans to you so that you could buy the beast you like. You have to apply for that at adventurer association or beast taming guild. I don't know which and how much money they provide but you could look into that. You guys are going there anyways right, to get skills and id."
"Yes," I replied as a light of hope shone inside me. We collected the bottles and put them inside our dimensional storage respectively. We paid 30 bronzes for it and started walking towards the adventurer association. My expression and kind of troubling.
"How much money do you have with you?" Oli asked me.
"Around 5 Silvers" I replied. For me, 30 bronzes were the amount that I would spend for an entire month on my expenditures. So, 1 gold was like an amount I could save in a lifetime for current me. It would be a lot of trouble for me to get this amount if I can't get this amount as a loan.
We continued walking towards adventurer association after that talking random things. We reached the building very soon. It was a building like the school administration building. Very large had different sections and floors. It was 5 floors high. We entered through the front door. There was minimal people traffic. There were some four or five groups of people amounting to a total of 20 or 30 people. Most of them were gruff-looking people with grumpy faces with swords or spears with them. None of us had any weapons with us. They all gave us a passing gaze that's it, then went back to their matters.
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We reached the reception without any delays. The reception had a number of people as receptionists but most of them were busy. We went for a lady on the side who was free. She saw us and smiled and then asked us in a welcoming tone
"Welcome to the adventurer association, my name is Milly, how may I help you" she then looked at all of us then continued "Are you guys here for ID registration or anything else"
I think a lot of kids might be coming here to get registered after the ceremony yesterday. So, coming to that conclusion was very easy for her.
"Yes, all of us completed the ceremony yesterday. We would like to register as adventurers as well not just for ID. So, where do we complete the registration" Muni was the one that asked Milly.
"I will give you the forms, you guys fill it up and go to the room on the left end. You see over there, through that corridor. You guys can see some kids coming over from there." We all looked to the side she had pointed her hands and we saw some of our classmates they nodded at us and we nodded back. "The entire will be over in about 5 or 6 minutes per person. So, your entire process to get registered will be over in about 20 or 25 minutes. If you guys have any more doubts feel free to ask."
"Ma'am" I leaned forward and started to ask
"Milly would be fine" She interrupted me.
"Okay then, Milly I am an aatma user and haven't obtained my first soul beast. I found one in one of the shops I know, but the problem is that it costs way more than I could afford at the moment. The clerk at the store told me that we could apply for a loan at the adventurer association. So, what do I need to do for getting a loan?" I asked her.
"Oh, you don't need much to do for that. After completing the registration procedure here, you go and apply for a bank account. After opening a bank account come here and apply with some forms that I will give you at the time. And that's it you could get the empire's initial beast loan of 50 silvers. You don't need to bring any additional security as collateral. But if you have any collateral, then you could get more money." She said calmly. She saw my face starting to get gloomy "You could increase the loan amount by 10 silvers if you apply via beast guild but that is the maximum you could get."
"So, 50 silvers if I applied through the adventurer association and 60 silvers if you applied through the beast taming guild. Is there any way I could get a loan from both places?" I asked her.
"Yes, you could get 2 different loans from both the places but not this amount. At your current level that is the green level you could a maximum of 50 bronzes." She replied
"Can you tell us what these levels are?" I asked.
"Every person registering themselves as adventurer starts themselves at white grade. There are 7 levels white, green, bronze, silver, gold, diamond and platinum. Promotion is based on contribution points. Each promotion can be when you achieve 1000, 2500, 10000, 25000, 50000, 100000 and 200000 contribution points. That is not cumulative, you need to achieve the required points on each stage. If you want to know how many contributions you could earn at your current level and how to get them, let me tell you. They are given to you when you complete missions or exterminations. You could say the missions are divided into I, H, G, F, E, D, C, B, A and S. Everyone below level 25 can only take up to G ranked missions. And that is an absolute rule, after that, there are no level restrictions you could take as much as you can. And your average points earned will be I – 1, H – 5, G – 10, F – 25, E – 50, D – 100, C – 250, B – 1000, A – 2500 and S – 25000. And for your information contribution points can be used to buy things from the adventurer association as well. So, you could either store the contribution points and earn a promotion or surrender it to purchase things from the adventure association store. Also, for doing S ranked mission you need special permission as well as at least a gold rank." She paused to let us digest all that information.
"If you are thinking how much can you buy with these contribution points on average 1 contribution is equal to 50 silver or half a gold. I believe I told all the relevant pieces of information. You guys please complete the forms and ask me if you have any doubts" she said as she gave us the forms.
We filled out the forms, completed the adventurer association procedures, and showed Milly the forms. She verified and asked us to go towards the room that she earlier showed us.