The following day Nathaniel went back to the Adventurer's Guild. He wanted to look for his next quest and formalize his partnership with Clarence who suggested they team up the day prior. Upon entering the Guild he noticed that it was far more crowed than usual. The usually sparely populated guild hall was packed especially on the leisure side. little did Nathaniel know that news of his exam results shocked many people and spread like wild fire. Many of the people who came today were here to recruit him either into their parties or companies. This was beyond the expectations of the young boy causing him to simply stare in shock.
Quickly he was spotted and the troves of idle adventurers jumped up almost like in a stampede. Pushing, shoving, and the like were used to gain headway, all wanting to be the first to give their pitch to the promising young talent. The first to reach him was a tall hulking man. He sported a bushy horseshoe mustache, that made his already elongated face look even more so. With an almost cocky smile he extend his hand out saying;
"Hello there young Adventurer my name's Fitz Rider the head of team five of the El-Rose Company. We at the El-Rose Company would love to have a talent like yours. We are headquartered in Rosenburg a small city to the south of Welbrook. I'm sure you'll find our amenities pleasing; with several combat arenas, riding stable, leisure hall, apothecary, blacksmith, and even more. Pretty much the whole town is under Company control." with a satisficed face he paused waiting for a response.
Before Nathaniel could even reply to this Fitz had already been pushed out of the way by another person looking to make a similar pitch. After several minutes it had turned to chaos with all the suitors simply arguing with themselves about who was better suited to have the young upstart then actually speaking with him. Soon through the chaos Nathaniel found a familiar face, it was Clarence! He rush over to the seemingly down Clarence before saying;
"Hey this is crazy who knew so many people would show up today, and it seems like their all here for me."
Clarence looking up responding " Well of course they're here for you. Your exam results are unheard of in the whole country. If I wasn't there myself I probably wouldn't have believed it, it was just far too extraordinary." trailing off before finishing; "I guess you've already found a place to join huh. Well at least I could say I was able to see the start of a legend."
" Yeah I already have a place I'm gonna join but, I'm not so sure you've seen the last of me just yet." Nathaniel replied, "Because your gonna be right there with me, we're a party aren't we?"
" Oh kid I thought you would have forgotten all about that once you saw all these great parties and large companies there's even people all the way from the Capital here. I could never hope to compete with that." Clarence sighed.
" What do you take me for a spineless coward who goes back on his word. That is something I certainly am not and if you truly feel that way maybe it would be best if we didn't form a party."
" No no no, I believe ya kid now whose gonna be our third member so we can officially form a party with the guild?" asked Clarence
"I don't know but, I'm sure we can find someone" but, before Nathaniel could finish they were interrupted by a Fiery, Young , and Attractive redhead.
"I like the way you sound pup, I'll join your party."
" Just who are you? And don't ya know it's rude to interrupted peoples conversations!" Nathaniel belted out to the newcomer. While waiting for a reply he was surprisingly answered by Clarence
"This is Sonia Alito the number one ranked Tin Ranker in Welbrook. She probably could have been an Iron ranker by now if she wasn't so lazy about doing the promotion quests."
"There just far too easy there's no fun in an easy quest now is there. Who could muster up the energy to do a quest that's boring. But this pup might be the excitement I was looking for so I'll play in your party for a little bit if he's able to keep me entertained."
"Despite her cockiness she is a skilled fighter and would be a crucial asset to the party Nathaniel. With your tanking ability and my ranged weapon and scouting ability what we're missing is a true damage dealer and that's exactly what we'll get from Sonia."
With Clarence's blessing Nathaniel welcomed her into the party with open arms and a smile. Non would know that this meeting would change the course of history forever.