"Next!”
It was finally her turn, Mia watched the newest register start heading off to the gate Roxie had mentioned, 1-A, before reaching the counter. Finding herself unable to see over the counter she made a small step stool out of ice, finally bale to see over it.
“Welcome to our guild here at Lexon.” An elf girl was sitting behind the desk, a weird tablet device in front of her “How can I help you today?”
“Mn, want to register.” Mia said, looking forward to this.
“Alright you have come to the right place.” She tapped the tablet, a small screen similar to Mia’s status screen appeared in front of her “Do you need the explanation of the guild and how it functions?”
Mia nodded “Yes please.”
The girl’s eye twitched “Ok, from the top.” She took a deep breath “Here at Lexon’s adventurer branch we provide assistance to all adventurer’s willing to dive into the fallen city of old Lexon, this ranges from several facilities to assist in a young adventurers training, managing and selling official gear provided by the guild, and finally, purchasing any magic gems or materials from defeated monsters.”
‘AH!’ Mia felt like she had just gotten hit in the head ‘she had forgotten about the gems.’
[Roland’s teachings… so easily forgotten.]
“The guild will manage your adventurer’s career in the form of ranks, from G all the way to S, and assign you quests and zones you can adventure and kill your way through.” She pointed to the gate closest to them “For starters, rank G through F start in gate 1-A, which leads to the safer areas in the haunt, stronger adventurers will go to higher gates and so on. Any questions so far?”
“Mn, how increase rank?” she asked, the thing she was looking forward to the most.
“That all depends on your level and experience, but a warning, all new registers start at G rank, regardless of level and prior experience. This is to ensure someone’s character, and ability to work in the haunt and surrounding dungeons.” She smiled “oh, and another rank restriction you should know, to progress to D rank you must be an evolved individual and meet the minimum stat requirements….do you know what evolution is?”
“Yes, I know, thank you.”
She breathed a sigh of relief, before catching herself and returning to business “Good, now if there are no further questions, we shall proceed with registration.”
“Wait, do we have to walk to the dungeon?” she asked.
“oh, no. You’ll see when you go in the gate, there is a tram system left over from the old city. Takes you straight to the base of the volcano.” She smiled “If you require a beginner’s course in dungeon delving, I can set you up with a guide after you are done registering.”
Mia shook her head “No thank you, want to register now.” She didn’t know what that meant, but it sounded like she didn’t need to walk all the way, so she was glad about that.
“Good, let’s begin.” The women tapped on the tablet, then pushed a crystal ball forward “Place your hand on the ball, it is an appraisal tool that will scan your stats so we can make you a guild card.” She said, then noticed Mia’s hesitance “Don’t worry, it won’t hurt. Also, just in case, we as a guild ask you disable any skills, items, or titles that hide your status. Please understand that this is both for your sake, and the sake of the guild operating as it should.”
“Uhm…” she still hesitated, slowly reaching her hand out towards the ball ‘Ami, what should I do?’
[Just get it over with? They have probably seen more surprising statuses, yours is off, but is just questionable at best.]
‘…Thanks Ami, feel better about this already.’ She grit her teeth, placing her hand on the orb, showing her true stats.
“Ok let’s see…Mia is a pretty name, fox beastman as expected, age is a bit young but nothing to worry about, the first gate is considerably safe, especially if you get in a party, level…” she paused, going silent as she read through the information.
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Mia’s status was as follows:
Name: Mia
Equipment:
Status: None
Age: 8
Race: Fox Beastman
LVL: 40
Points: 0
HP: 1,510/1510 MP: 5,300/5,300
Str: 151
Con: 150
Dex: 895
Int: 1,000
Mnd: 265
Lck: 1
SKILLS:
[Early Riser: MAX]
[Willful: MAX]
[Pain Tolerance: Max]
[Packer: 2]
[Jogger: 1]
[Item Box:2]
[Sneak: 2]
[Danger sense: - ]
[Common Language: 2]
[sewing: 1]
[painting: 1]
[Dyeing: 1]
[Goldsmithing: 1]
[Butchering: 1]
[Magic Craftsmanship: 4]
[Mana Control: 3]
[Ice Mastery: MAX]
[Water Beginner: 2]
[Battle Dancer: 4]
[Martial arts: 3]
[Critical Eye: 4]
[Battle sense: 4]
[Disguise: MAX]
[Lying: 2]
[Presence detection: 1]
[Trap detection: 1]
[Acrobatics: 4]
[Cooking: 1]
[Cleaning: 2]
[Petting: 1]
[Threatening aura: MAX]
[Dagger Mastery: MAX]
[Axe arts: 1]
[Sword arts: 2]
[Bow arts: 1]
[Polearm arts: 2]
[Trident arts: 2]
[Spear arts: 1]
HIDDEN SKILLS:
[time: 3]
TITLES:
[Unlucky Child]
[Shrine Maiden]
[Maiden of Snow]
[Mana Tank]
[Torturer]
[Jester]
[Critical Striker]
[Trophy Maid]
Killer Titles:
[Goblin Crusher] [Bramble Crusher] [Toy Wolf Crusher] [Cat Beastkin Crusher] [Human Crusher] [Rabbi Spider Crusher] [Slime Crusher] [Peblet Crusher] [Lurker Crusher] [Snub Leech Crusher] [Nettle Bird Crusher] [Swamp Treant Crusher] [Puking Croaker Crusher] [Percaline Fish Crusher] [Starved Piranha Crusher]
Not much had changed besides water magic and item box levels being raised by 1, and all her points were now spent, she wanted it to get higher.
The women finally finished, clearing her throat “I will take the liberty of reminding you all new registers start at G, regardless of stats, levels, and societal standing.” She stated firmly.
“Hmn, I know.” Mia nodded; she wasn’t expecting to.
“Good.” She rubbed her eyes “…on an unprofessional note, I thank you for being understanding and not causing a scene…”
“Thank you for not either.” Mia answered earnestly, she was tired of everyone making a big deal about it.
“It’s ok.” She leaned forward, whispering into Mia’s ear “We get a few heroes every now and then, good luck and don’t get ahead of yourself.” She then leaned back in her chair, going back to tapping on the tablet “Alright everything seems to be in order, nothing too concerning and even disabled your disguise for us, very good. Please be patient as I finish up.”
She tapped on the tablet for a few more minutes, a tiny bit of awkward silence between the two as one worked as fast as she could while Mia just stood there.
“Ooookay, done!” she reached under the counter, pulling up a card with Mia’s picture on it “This is your ID card, be sure not to lose it and keep it on you at all times.” She turned it around, showing a little tag “You can attach this bit to any clothing item, it won’t come off unless you are fighting a dragon or something outrageous…if you do that just stick in your inventory if you have it.”
Mia took the card, looking it over. It was pretty much her first section of her status page, showing her name, age, level, and rank, G, and had an 2 empty spaces, one was labeled party, while the other role. “How did you get my face here?”
“Not important. What is important is to remember to keep that with you, you need it to enter the dungeon, present that to the gate guard when heading into the dungeon, otherwise they wont let you in. if you need a replacement we can handle that at this desk.” She tapped the desk “Additionally, have you noticed the two empty spaces on your card?”
“Yeah, role and party?”
“Correct!” she clapped “Role is what you want to do in a party, you can set it to anything but people usually stick to a generalized class, like healer, tank, caster, rouge, and fighter. Or the more creative ones…spellsword, magic knight, death mage…”
“Death mage?” Mia’s eyes lit up, it sounded cool.
“…keep it simple kid, for you I’d go with caster or rouge.” She rolled her eyes “Don’t need more edgy kids here…” she shook her head “now if you want, you are all set, just some general rules.” She hit the desk again, closing the screen in front of her “Don’t kill other adventerers, you are free to defend yourself but if it was deemed you started it or kill was unnecessary you can get into trouble. Do not try and skip gates, we know, we will find out if you do. Also, while gate 1-A is technically the safest, do not try and go to the volcano, you will die, that area can only be attempted by S ranks and even the few that do go don’t come back.”
“…any others?” Mia was starting to get a bit of a headache with all the new information, she just wanted to go kill things.
“Respect the staff of the guild, sell your stuff at the appropriate counter… oh, and feel free to use any of the guild facilities at your leisure.” She raised both her hands, gesturing to the gate leading up into the building next to her.
“…ok, will do.” Mia glanced over to the gate “Can go now?”
“Yes, try not to go too crazy. And be sure to rely on your fellow adventurers, even if you are stronger than them in 1-A, you’ll never know what you can learn. OH! And there is a request board, map, and dungeon guide in the gate! Be sure to accept a request or two before heading in.”
“Ok! Thank you!” Mia hopped off her stool, melting it before she ran off, finally making her way under the archway of the gate, taking one final look at her guild card “…Rank G, heh…” she giggled, sticking it to her chest as she walked down a flight of stairs, into the railway.