Elizabeth was holding a normal sword, I needed to pick one for myself too..
(What should I use??) I was prodding around the weapons trying to find one I would fancy..
“This one’ll do!”
…
“You’re going to fight with that?”
“Yea! If Dariel could do it, I could too! I’m named similar to him after all”
Ragriel was wielding a big lump of wood, out of all the weapons he picked, a greatsword..
(This is heavier than I thought)
“Let’s start!”
Tak~! Tak~! Thud~
“Huh?”
Ragriel was on his knees after three seconds…
“Have you done this before?”
I shook my head
Sigh~
“You’re too weak to be wielding that greatsword, it’s too heavy, you’ve only swung once and you’re already tired..”
“I suggest for you to switch weapons, a greatsword is too much for your body”
…
“Alright, thanks”
(I’m too weak to swing a greatsword..)
I first attend my morning classes then eat lunch, after that I run around the field in our free time, classes then resume until 4PM..
I would then do some muscle training afterwards
I’ve been repeating this routine everyday until a few years has passed by, I am now 12 years old
1296…
I still can’t beat Elizabeth, but I’m lasting longer than before, I’ve learned that the name for the Adventurer Group I’m in is “Hope”
William taught us many new things this past year like adventurer and monster rankings
The rankings go from SSS until E rank, there is a 10 power difference each rank..
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I am currently at the nearing D rank at power 8, unlike the other students who are mid D rank already..
Monsters rankings are also the same but it is based on how strong and dangerous they are..
A pack of low rank monsters can move up the rankings depending on how many they are..
“Dad! Wait!”
“Ugh, why did memories of that time flash in my mind..”
Classes have just finished and I’m walking through the streets trying to find something to stuff my mouth with..
(What should I eat today?)
“Fresh and hot boar barbecue’s!”
(Barbecue would do!)
“Hey mister, could I get four sticks?”
“That’ll be twenty copper”
“Erm..”
I reach for my wallet to see 2 silver and 10 copper left..
“Thanks!”
(I need more money.. this is barely enough for a 10 days worth of food)
I head over to the adventurer’s guild the next day to find myself a suitable quest to do
“Hey Rag! Over here!”
(Who’s calling me?)
“Over here!”
“Oh Elizabeth! What’re you doing over here? I thought you were with Sir William to gain experience fighting other people from another guild?”
“Well yeah.. turns out he was just going to bring us to watch since it was a match for C rank adventurers.. So I left! I’d rather earn some cash”
“I’m trying to find a quest for my party right now.. want to come with?”
“Uhh, sure.. is it fine for me to join you guys? I still haven’t reached D rank..”
“It’s fine, I’m already power 17”
“Stop acting so smug about it..”
—D Rank Quest—
Slay the Zombie knight
Location: Barta Village
Reward: 10 silver
“I guess we can take this”
“Come, let me introduce you to my party”
“Hey guys! I’ve got our quest, but first let me introduce my friend who’ll be joining us”
“This blue haired Swordsman is Ponte, D rank”
“And this black haired mage is Margaret, D rank”
“Hello, I’m Ragriel Bismarck, Rank E Swordsman, thank you for letting me join in”
“No worries, since you’re someone Elizabeth trusts”
(I should probably get a new weapon from the academy, this academy issued iron greatsword is already battered from my training..)
“Before we leave, I’ve got to go to the academy for a new weapon”
“That’s fine, we’ll also need to ready up before the journey there, everyone should be here 3 days from now”
“Thanks”
Ragriel looks down on his chipped and battered greatsword again before he takes another, an academy issued greatsword was a normal iron greatsword with no special properties, it was given to the students after a year, everyone had it except for Elizabeth, she owns a high quality short sword given to her by her family..
“Guess it’s time to say goodbye, huh?”
Clack~
On the third day, Ragriel straps on his leather pauldrons and Iron Greatsword then walked to the adventurer’s guild
(I wonder how strong those skeletons are, probably nothing much except for the skeleton knight, just a bunch of bones)
“Elizabeth!”
“You’re here, now we’re complete, let’s talk about the quest”
“The quest is to kill a D rank skeleton knight and a bunch of skeletons under it, the skeletons might seem easy prey, for a matter of fact, that’s true, but only if there was one”
“We’ll have to watch our backs while fighting due to their numbers, the number reported was fourteen skeletons and a Skeleton knight, I can probably handle the Skeleton knight with another person with me, but that’ll leave, fourteen skeletons to the other two”
“What about we have Margaret launch some earth magic to take down some skeletons before we fight? Since they’re weak to blunt things like rocks or maces”
“We can do that, Margaret and I will go against the Skeleton knight while Rag and Ponte will take on the rest of the skeletons, when we get there it’ll probably be somewhere near the village”
“Don’t worry, I’ve changed my weapon to a mace for this quest”
“Alright Ponte, wise choice, I don’t think Rag will have to because a greatsword is heavy enough”
“Let me find a cheap carriage and a horse to take us to Barta village”
It took 2 days to reach Barta village but the journey there wasn’t pleasant, the road was unkempt, and at night there were wild wolves and boars they had to fend off..
(This was a very tiring journey to Barta village…)
“Why is it so foggy?”
“I know right? It makes things so eery, skeletons are already enough to make me scared and now this”
“Hahaha, don’t worry Margaret, it’s probably just the weather, we’re probably closing Batra village, let’s go ask the Mayor”