Shin was in an alleyway, and three dead bodies close to him, two of them hand their arms ripped off and another one simply headless, and there was a black powder scattered on them, Shin stood and watched, Hikari no where to be seen as she would cause to much of a commotion, after a few seconds rodents arrived, and started completely eating the bodies, until the was nothing left, but the powder itself
That should've been the end, but it wasn't, since even though the three women were dead, they could still feel the pain, as Shin connected their souls to their bodies tighter allowing them to feel the pain, although the pain from the feeling of being eaten alive was the least of their problems, because Shin decided to use Karmic Retribution, which although not a skill, it was a natural ability he could use, and what it does is give someone reward or punishment depending on what they did with their live's, and they are feeling the pain of giving birth to children, and everytime they have the feeling they finished, the amount doubles
Shin walked out of the alleyway after using magic to clean the alleyway and his adventurers set from the blood and filth, then looked at the map once again, he ran forward although slightly to the side and jumped, the edge of boot barely contacting on a fruit stall, but that was all that he needed as he pushed, jumping over the building Infront of his face, he flipped in the air, allowing him to control the position he lands better, and when he did land he was just outside the guild building, standing perfectly up as if it was natural
He put his right leg forward while rotating his body to 180°, and when the rotation was complete he was faceting the guild and took a step forward, he walked inside it naturally, as if he's flowing water, and entered the guild
Inside the guild was quiet, many people stayed silent, as if scared that any noise would be the end of them, they looked at the open door, as if waiting for something, and when they saw a they saw a man holding his hood then sliding his hands down as if he just put it on, they heard running from behind themselves and looked while a buff bearded figure wearing pink clothes, along with a purple shirt, wearing makeup ran by them
The men felt sorry for the hooded figure and the women felt fear for him, and the young boys prayed for him, but the hooded figure who we all know is Shin moved to the side when the trans woman jumped to try to catch him, when the woman was halfway through the door Shin sent out a kick, just above the groin, breaking her pelvis and sending her flying out, however there was a flexible poll which she hit and she was flung into the alleyway where her body slid and fit covered in since black powder, making rats come and eat her, although one entered he mouth first making her unable to breath, scream, or cry for help
Shin felt some difficulty in that kick he sent, although not much, it was enough for him to notice that she was above average person, not even as strong as the weakest guard ember had but comparing her to the bandits, she could be a threat to them
However, he felt someone else walk up to him, a man that was angry at what Shin did to his friend who understands him better than most people, the small man walked up to Shin, who was the same height as him, and did something that was deserving of being tortured till the end of time itself, which was kick a man in his balls
Shin noticed it and smirked maliciously, as once the woman's leg made contact with his pants, the darker area had more earth dragon hide, making it better armour, and the woman's leg broke off, some of the people inside snickered, knowing the small woman deserved it
Shin pushed the man out of his way and looked in the guild, noticing that it was different than the one he entered before, giving of a much more homely feeling, he smiled slightly, letting the feeling embrace him which he looked at the several counters, one of them for Questions and answers, another one for giving out quests, one for receiving money, and more
"Welcome to the guild pipsqueak, happy to have ya, and thanks for solving the problem" a bald man with a beard sitting at a table said "she was a higher level than most people in this town and one of the nobles were backing her so she could do whatever she wants, and the woman who kicked you actually identifies as a man, he's her accomplice" he continued, finishing with "although we weren't strong enough to go against them, and there were ten victims, if you can defeat her that easily then there won't be a problem for you"
Shin looked at the talking man and nodded, before going to the reception for information and asking "how does the ranking system work?" which surprised everyone, as they thought he was a high ranked adventurer since he could defeat that evil who takes advantage of her power and status, doing what she wants with young men
The female receptionist answered professionally after snapping out of surprise with "we have 11 ranks due adventurers, starting from the lowest it goes from H, G, F, E, D, C, B, A, S, X, and EX, and you can take quests two ranks above yours until you become rank B, which you can only take over your level, along with that we have the cover system, which is more of a ranking for status, it goes from white, bronze, silver, gold, black, and clear, white is the lowest, silver would be nobles, which can enter towns for free and get things for cheaper, gold is for dukes, which are given some of the highest priorities, and are slightly customised, black is for kings, who have the second highest priorities and benefits, and can also be customised, and clear is for Demi-Gods and above, and in the back of those are engraved symbols for what they symbolise, is that all?" The woman asked, although slightly worried since if a noble found out what he did, they would probably bring him to death, she it wouldn't matter as he's clearly inexperienced which was obvious since he asked her that question
After she said that another person chimed in the conversation, saying "however there are some people who aren't so good with talking to others, so we also created an area where things can be done themselves, with the help of the dragonoids (half-dragons), although their king have it a weird name, it's called the self checkout, age that's enough social interaction for me, I'm going back to my hole" after they finished the other person disappeared
A man from a table shouted with a slight tone of being enlightened, telling Shin "if you need up, you can drop ranks, and you might even be forced to only do H ranked quests, but that's not a complete bad thing"
Shin nodded, ignoring her worried gaze for him, the unordinary behaviour of the other person, and noting the time the man spoke in,, and checked the quest board, which like the first guild he entered was next to the door, and looked for an H ranked quest, trying to get the basis of what starts off an adventurer's journey
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Item: magic map (city/town/village)
Rank: Rare
Materials: paper, location stone, magic
Description: a magical map that can show the current place you're in, it shows the name of the place on the top left and it's or your location inside of the place as a blue dot, the map also is labelled, and can be zoomed in, be made to show the location and routes to a specific place/places, it show secret sections of the city, it can do this by sensing the magical energy of a specific location and absorbing since of it, one that's done it will automatically change to that place when you enter it or you can simply choose between which city you want to see on the map
You can also put it in a specific slot in your equipment, which allows a previously grey area to be filled with what the map shows, which it bigger and looks much more detailed without being zoomed in
Crafting method: get a location stone and a blank piece of paper, and put them on a rank 10 alchemy circle for tracking, then imbue the location stone with absorption and labelling skill, then finally, with the stone on top of the paper, spread 10 points of magic ever second throughout it for 2 minutes, then the end product will be the map
Extra:
•gift from unknown child
•cannot be used for anything other than settlements
•not accessible to anyone lower than nobles