Tale Of Unknown: Hero From Zero
29. Adventurers Union
“Hm... Yoranidia mountains, yes?”
In front of the weapon shop and other fighting supplies, Riyan breathed out his heavy breath. He thought about how the snow-filled mountains of Yoranidia were. The money to go there will not be enough.
In order to get to the point furthest from where he currently stands using the [Transportal Gate], Riyan had to spend twelve pieces of gold coins for the cost of going home with Noel. The knife Noel had bought for three gold coins, while the price of the armor Riyan had ordered for Noel was five gold coins. This makes the money he has reduced drastically.
Indeed, Noel actually does not need armor because it has the skill [Image Armor] that can create a armor in a certain duration, but still where Noel can also run out if used continuously. And when the mana runs out, Noel will not be able to fight using his skills and only rely on his status and physical abilities alone. That is if he can overcome the pain of mana deficiency.
Therefore Riyan thinks ‘ instead of using it raw, it is better to use to cover certain parts of the armor that is not protected without the need to exert a lot of mana in order to protect the whole body’. Then, this is also done for savings and how to use which is efficient.
“My money.. stayed six gold pieces and eight silver pieces, huh? Hah, really\-not enough to use \[Transportal Gate\].”
While saying that, Riyan threw a heavy breath out of his mouth as soon as he checked his money bag. The sum was the result of the purchase of knives and armor for Noel which was worth a total of eight gold coins. Three pieces for knives and five pieces for armor. As for the remaining five pieces, it was because Riyan bought a pair of striking green arm armor that attracted him earlier.
With that amount of money, he could only go alone or send Noel there first, the rest he had to think about for himself. The question is, how did he get the money?
“It looks like I really should be an adventurer.”
Riyan lowered his head while stuffing his money bag into the small sling bag he was wearing. What he said was true, the easiest way for him to make money was to become an adventurer. With his current status, fighting a high-class monster like [Bleidfyl] was not difficult.
If it were to be compared to the strongest hero Alivonia summoned by Alestein from another world, the difference between Riyan and Gilbert was too far. Especially at the status of resilience, the difference was like heaven and earth—no, more like heaven and hell. If Gilbert's status far below that of Riyan was called a hero, what was the proper name for this black-haired and black-eyed young man named Riyan Klaint?
“Master!”
There was a cute voice from behind that made Riyan look over there. Behind him, there was Noel who had been wearing a shiny light iron armor that dazzled Riyan's bead when doused in the sunlight. In addition to the armor, this time he was also equipped with a knife located behind his waist.
Although the clothes and dirt attached to her had still not changed since the first time they met, the fact that this beastkind girl was so charming was not something that anyone could argue with. Even Riyan who looked unconcerned about the surroundings was fascinated by it. For some reason, his charm is so radiated even if only a slave.
‘Is this what the proverb says ‘cute is justice’?’
Riyan could only be dumbfounded when she saw her slave walking towards her with a carefree expression.
“Master? What's up?”
“Ti\-nothing\-nothing.”
Realizing Noel was getting closer to him, Riyan immediately turned his face forward. He turned his face not because he saw Noel's new appearance, but he knew the expression he was putting on right now was not his usual expression. Before Noel became aware of this, he discarded such a face first.
“That's what you paid for, right?”
“Ya!”
Noel raised his right hand upwards while shouting with an exaggerated feeling of pleasure. A slave was bought combat equipment by his master, it would never have happened if they did not trust each other. In the case of Riyan it is not the result of trust, but still it is very rare.
“Then now we go to the adventurer union.”
“Eh? Adventurers guild? Why?”
“To go to the Yoranidia mountains using \[Transportal Gate\], we need twelve pieces of gold coins. As for now I only have six gold pieces and eight silver pieces, just enough for me or you.”
Riyan took the money bag from the bag and showed the contents to Noel, accompanied by a clattering sound due to the collision of coins in it. Looking at the number of coins, Noel could not comment. Wh why? Because he was aware that most of his master's money had turned to the armor and knife he had just bought.
“M\-sorry..”
Noel lowered his head once more, feeling again trouble for his master. From the view of the general public, of course eight pieces of gold coins was not a trivial amount. With that kind of money, a person can support his life for approximately half a year without having to work, if his lifestyle is simple. Noel knows this.
“Why are you apologizing?”
“Finished.. I have inconvenienced mr.”.
He lowered his head even further. On the other hand, Riyan was a little confused at her servant who was always apologizing. He let out a heavy sigh while rubbing the nape of his neck for two seconds, then patted Noel's head several times.
This action of Riyan made Noel surprised and a little afraid because he thought he would be punished, so he was about to step foot and take a big step back. However, he held him back because he knew what he wanted to do was disrespectful to his master, he could not do it. Finally, he simply closed his eyes firmly and prepared to receive his reward.
“Then, rather than saying negative things like ‘maaf’ continuously, better say ‘thank you’ to tell others that you are happy and grateful for the gift or help from others.”
Hearing the unexpected words that came out of his master's mouth, Noel widened his eyes and straightened his chin, staring at the master. He could not believe what he had just heard. The sentence is not a sentence that should be addressed from the slave owner to his slave, but to a friend.
While Riyan removed his hand from the head of this beastkind girl, Noel started to shed tears from his purple bead. He did not understand, what a sudden feeling flooded his little heart, but his tearful expression was truly happy.
“Good... Thank you, mr.”
While saying that his lips curled upwards, giving the sweetest and best smile he could give to the master. Seeing that smile, Riyan blushed unconsciously and his heart that had been cooling inside the Hexaphilia labyrinth for about three months, started to feel warmth again after a long time.
After a few seconds, he pulled his hand from Noel's head and stepped into the street, ahead of Noel.
“Come go.”
“T\-lord!? Tu\-wait for me!”
While walking after his master, Noel tried to stop the tears of his happiness with his hands. Indeed, this master looks very cold and does not care about the surrounding environment, but this wolf-type beastkind girl can feel the warmth and kindness of a Riyan Klaint. Therefore, he knew that Riyan would not treat him like any other slave he had ever seen.
‘Mr...thank you..’.
Noel could only smile from behind, expressing his gratitude once again from the heart. Despite the significant status differences between them, Noel ignored them and began to trust Riyan completely. Believe as an employer, or a travel companion.
***
After about half an hour driving around looking for the adventurer guild building while asking the surrounding community, Riyan and Noel finally arrived at the place they were headed. A large building made of white concrete on the front of which there is a pair of stone statues in the form of knights who are pouring their swords into the sky. Pretty good reception.
“Master, what is this adventurous union building?”
“It looks so, according to the instructions of the local residents.”
While answering Noel's question, Riyan stepped foot towards the entrance which was then followed by Noel. As soon as they opened the door of the adventurer guild building and entered it, the eyes of the people inside there immediately turned to this conspicuous pair of masters and slaves. A black-haired young man in a white pattern accompanied by a beautiful white-haired beastkind slave, it was very striking in the eyes of the common people.
Because of the sudden gaze towards the two of them, Noel grabbed onto Riyan's robe and held onto it, hiding behind the master's body. On the other hand, Riyan who was in the limelight of the people in the adventurer guild building remained calm. Although he looked calm, his eyes looked for where roughly the reception desk that was usually used to enroll into adventurers.
After about five seconds, he found a place like a counter in which a dark red-haired girl was tidying up the counter table he guarded. With a robe pulled by Noel from behind, Riyan walked towards the countertop. Automatic Noel also followed Riyan.
“Excuse me, can I register to be an adventurer in this place?”
“A\-ah!? That customer? Y\-yes, of course.”
The girl was shocked when she heard Riyan's voice which suddenly sounded without her noticing. Well, that is a natural thing, considering that the existence of Riyan is so small that it is difficult to realize even by experienced people. Riyan only displayed a flat expression, replying to the receptionist girl in front of him.
“Do you want to sign up to be an adventurer? Or is that slave over there too?”
“Noel, how? Do you want to be an adventurer too?”
“E\-eh? B\-can?”
“Of course. With your current status you are already strong enough. You can also upgrade your level and abilities while completing the monster kill request.”
Riyan gave a small smile when he saw the look on Noel's confused face plus timidly, it was quite funny and interesting. What Riyan said was true, Noel's status and skill were quite impressive at his level. There was still potential for this wolf beastkind girl to develop even further, given her incredible skill. That's what Ryan was after.
“B\-well..”.
Noel just agreed, considering he could not fight the words of his master. Although Riyan would not use the power of the [Slave Seal] magic that Siel had implanted into Noel to form a slave contract and master, he was not, still, it does not rule out the possibility if the magic is strong enough to be active by itself. As a slave who lived with a slave trader for two years, it seemed that Noel understood the power of Siel.
On the other hand, Riyan turned his gaze forward again, staring at the receptionist.
“As he said, we both want to be his adventurer.”
“B\-well, it costs five pieces of silver coins per person.”
Riyan took out a piece of gold coin and thrust it to the receptionist girl before him. The receptionist received Riyan's payment as an adventurer registration fee, then gave Riyan two pieces of brown paper as big as HVS paper. The texture is hard and more opaque than ordinary paper, but he does not mind trivial things like this.
“Put your palm on that paper and try to flow a little of your strength on the paper.”
Riyan took the two papers and gave one of them to Noel while nodding back to the receptionist's explanation. Then, the white-haired black-haired man turned his body and looked at his beastkind slave.
“Noel, try first.”
“E\-eh? A\-me?
“Ya, you. I want to know how this paper works.”
“B\-well..”.
With a heavy heart, Noel agreed to his master's request. Rather than a request, it might be more precisely an order. He sighed heavily for a few seconds, then steadied his heart to put his palm on the blank paper. After two seconds, he did what the receptionist girl asked.
Noel placed his right palm on the opaque brown sheet of paper and drained as little strength as possible. For people who do not have the [Mana Manipulation] skill or ability that can be said to be the same, doing this is quite difficult. Wh why? Because basically [Mana Manipulation] was a skill that manipulated one's mana or strength or energy.
Mana is the basic power that living beings have. Energy, magic power, mana, power, stamina, and many other names for mana. The name mana is the most common name in this fantasy world full of magic and monsters. And everyone calls it mana.
Seconds after Noel tried to drain his power, the paper reacted. The opaque brown paper sheet gives off a blue-colored white light and begins to shrink slowly until it reaches the size of the ID card in the world of origin of Riyan. The difference is that there is some additional information there.
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Name: Noel Luswolf
Sex : Female
Race: Beastkind
Class : Killer
Level : E
Danger :2
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Note: There was a name change on Noel who was previously ‘Noel Luwolf’, changed to ‘Noel Luswolf’
‘Oh, so this is what an adventure card is called? Pretty interesting.’
Riyan was impressed by the change of a large paper into such a small card and the information displayed there. Indeed, someone's information is not as complete as his [Apprasial] status or skill bracelet, but the technology used by this adventurer union is good for the world that is still around medieval times. He's also interested in that.
“Congratulations, you have officially become an adventurer now! Welcome to the life of adventurers!”
The reception girl congratulated Noel from behind her counter with a small applause. Noel just smiled happily at the congratulations and welcome from this girl in front of him. Without realizing it, his master also smiled happily from the side.
Once it felt enough for her congratulations and welcome, this time it was Riyan's turn. He placed his right palm on the paper he was holding exactly like Noel was. After two seconds, the paper gave the same reaction.
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Name: Riyan Klaint
Sex : Male
Race : Human
Class : General
Level : E
Danger: 17
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“Congratulations, with this you have also officially become an adventurer! Enjoy the adventurous life!”
The receptionist girl also congratulated Riyan on her adventurer union card. Unlike Noel who showed a happy expression that followed a sweet smile, Riyan just stared flat at the girl who was behind the glass counter. For some reason, suddenly the girl lost her smile got an unexpected flat reaction from this young man.
“Alright, then I will explain the information and what are the uses of this adventurer card.”
Quickly, he changed the topic and shifted the atmosphere. As expected of an adventurer guild receptionist, he knew when to be serious and when to joke around. Now it's time to get serious.
Adventurer card information is only enough to know one's identity, not displaying status, level, or skill. Even so, there are two columns that do not exist on the status that is usually read in the status bracelet or [Apprasial]. Yes, the column is ‘level’ and ‘danger’.
The level on this adventurer card was the level of a person in the adventurer guild. The Society recognizes the seven levels of an adventurer. The lowest level is the E level, and the highest level is the SS level. In short, this ‘level’ column is just someone's rank in the adventurer union.
Next there is the ‘danger’ column listed on the adventurer card. The receptionist girl explained that this column explains how dangerous a person is. The greater the number shown, the more danger the card owner. This level of danger can be read from the status or level of the card owner.
Then, the use of adventurer cards and their consequences.
First, this adventurer card was used as the identity of an adventurer of course. Second, it can access places that cannot be visited by ordinary people. Third, when wanting to sell something to the adventurer guild, the price would be higher than selling in other stores.
Then the consequence, if the adventurer card is lost or damaged or something like that, then the owner is fined as much as three gold pieces and must re-register to become a beginner adventurer whose level will also go down. Lastly, if an adventurer fails to execute the request he undertakes, he must pay a fine of 10% of the reward that should be given from the request.
“Good, I think I've explained everything. Be careful\ in running requests.”
After a lengthy explanation from the receptionist girl, Riyan and Noel got up from the reception desk and walked towards the request board quietly. Even so, only Riyan alone still looks calm, opposite to Noel. This beastkind girl put on a radiant face around her head surrounded by beautiful flowers that bloomed due to her sweet smile.
