Galen POV
I came in to the guild headquarters, surprisingly this place is pretty neat, In my mind when Jade said about guild headquarters I thought this place is gonna be the dirty place since adventure in and out with their armor dirty, but I was wrong this place is pretty neat. the guild has 4th floor, the first floor is the lobby, receptionist and there's a stall in the corner if you want to trade or buy something after doing your mission, basically it's a shop for adventure. the second floor is A Bar and storage. The third floor is the administration office, meeting room, and the guild master office. the fourth floor is the training ground this place is for measuring the power of adventure with this the guild will know someone's capability.
"Excuse me"
"ah yes?"
one of the employees talk to me
"I want to join the adventure guild, is there anything that I need to compile to the guild?"
"I assume this is your first time in here, there's no need to compile anything to the guild, we just need your blood a little for this card"
"a blood for the card?"
I asked her because I don't understand why they need my blood.
"yes, with this card we can know where you about if you need help, and this card can be used to make sure the adventure didn't misuse their power"
she answered me
"hee is that so?"
I just curious, how can the guild make this card to determine if adventure misuse their power or not? is misused in here mean the adventure did something criminal like? or what?
"yes, this card is made by special crystal you can't forge it, only the guild the one who knows how to make this card, if you need help you just need drip your blood to this card then pour your magic after that the card will glow and it will transmit to another adventure who have this card who is close with you in that area, and if you do something criminal like, the blood in your card it will change color to black"
what a convenient card, it can be your life safer and with this card, since when you want to enter the city you must show your identity card, the adventure will think twice if they do something criminal like. that card is a magic tool that active if you drip your blood.
"thank you for the information, then I would like to join"
"Okay, the administration fee is 5 cooper and after that drip your blood in here"
the receptionist brought out the card from the desk, I pay the fee and write my name on the card. three months ago I'm surprised that to think the alphabet in this world is not much different from when 5000 years ago, the problem is the language, the village already give me a translation device so I don't need to study the language, but there's no harm of learning the language so I studied it.
"oh I forgot to ask, are you have experience of hunting monsters?"
the receptionist then asks me.
"yes I have already killed three monsters"
"do you have proof? or do you bring the important thing from the monster?"
"yes, I bring them"
"then come with me to the corner and show it to me and the butcher please!"
this is like Jade said, if I bring some proof that I can kill a monster, the guild will evaluate you, the bag that full of the monster body is giving to me by Jade. I bring out the Monster body from the bag that I kill during the trip. she guides me to the stall in the corner.
"...."
the receptionist looks very confused seeing me brought out some parts of Monster like the fanged mole, ice ape, mutated pangolin and etc. they're not some weak monster they're an advanced class monster and Intermediate class monster, the golden bull that I kill, I save it for the last.
all adventure in the lobby looking at me. it looks like I have already become their attention.
"wow that's so many monsters have you been hunted, is that all of it?"
"no, there's this one but I want to brought out in another place"
because I already draw unwanted attention, I tried to not brought out the golden bull to the public.
"I see, then please come behind this door"
it looks like the receptionist is understood me, she showed me the way where people can't see. it was on the inside of the stall.
"This is the last!"
I brought out the golden bull corpse
"what the.... this is..!!!!"
well I can understand why she was surprised, Jade said this monster is rare and very expensive so is no wonder why she have that reaction.
"What a nice cut..., there's no damage in his body, this gonna be sold so expensively"
say the butcher, he who was always silent when I took out another monster then spoke when I bring out the golden bull.
"Hey, young man I will pay all of this monster, for the payment the guild will calculate it, okay Clarissa? Clarissa!!"
he already captivated by the golden bull and bought it just like that. the butcher calling the receptionist name, her name was Clarissa.
"ah y-yes yes, we will"
the receptionist flustered after seeing the golden bull, she didn't think that the monster that I bring out is a golden bull, she surprised.
"good then please put the reasonable price for him and register him, we can't lose a man like him, is that okay for you young man?"
the butcher called me a young man
"well okay then I will sell it to the guild"
I agreed on it easily, to be honest, I don't need any money and I don't know where to sell these goods that's why I agreed on it easily.
"is that okay? do you need some paper agreement?"
"no no don't need it, I believe it if we already can we just go back to the lobby and finishing my registration?"
"y-yes I'm sorry, let's go back"
Clarissa flustered
"Henry please process the remaining of the monster and then immediately tell me okay if you finish it!"
she called the butcher
"don't worry about that"
we back to the lobby, we continue my registration. after that, I drop my blood on the card, the card is glowing. I thought my registration is already finished but Clarissa said there's another test, it's was the test to measure my power on the 4th Floor. we go to the fourth floor.
"Now this is your last test Mr. Galen, there are two tests, the first test is your basic strength without magic, the second is magic measurements"
so they're measuring our true strength too huh? well, it's good they do not neglect to test the adventure strength without magic, there's always an unexpected danger in this world, I believe there will be a time when people can't always rely on magic that's why this test is important too
"will this test change my rank results?"
"no, there's no change for the results, for new recruitment it will always D rank first. you can't make a jump in rank even if you're as strong as A-class, the guild only appreciate the experience, not the power but there's an exception, people who have already hunt high-rank monster like you will get promoted only to C Rank, that's mean the guild already believe you're already experienced hunting some monster and we are expecting a great feat from you!"
so more or less it's like what Jade said, the guild only cares about someone's experience from hunting monsters, not by their power.
"now for the first test, I want you to punch this rock as hard as you can without your magic power, this rock will change its color if you hit it but if you hit it with magic the rock will not change its colors"
"is that it? can it measure my power only like that?"
I have doubt about the test, is to easy it makes me think this test was just a formality.
"yes, you don't need to worry we have our people in here who can measure your real strength when you hit the rock, oh and the rock is pretty soft so it's okay even if you hit it so hard you will not feel any hurt"
she informs me, in her back, two people look like hold a tool.
that tool maybe is a magic tool, then that thing was the real measurement tool, this rock is just for display. that was what I thought
"okay"
I compress my magic power to non-existent, I hold my breath took a stance, and think
'should I hit it with full power? or not? no no I will not use my full power I don't know what will happen to my surrounding'
I'm afraid if I used my power and if the result is too strong it will draw another unnecessary attention so I decided I will not use my full power. slowly but sure I weaken my stance and then I punch the rock with my punch.
'BAMMMM'
the sound of a rock that I punch reverberating in the training hall, for the moment I heard some crack noise but maybe that was just my imagination, the stone changes the color to red.
the people in Clarissa back, then measure my power they take the record and they're pretty surprised with the results. well, I hope there's nothing bad about this.
"t-then the next test"
I don't know why but Clarissa looks flustered
"you just need to put your hand in this crystal and pour your magic, inside this crystal it will show us the number of your magic"
"oh by the way what's the average number of magic that people have?"
there's a reason why I ask her first before the test, I just want to know the average number that magicians have.
"not all people can use magic, but normally a normal magician have about 1500? or 2000? for D rank or C rank"
it looks like it was 1500/2000, should I put it to 2500 or 3000? well let's try first, hope I'm not pouring my magic too much.
I put my hand on the crystal, I don't need more focus I just release the magic like I always do in training, the number inside the crystal rise up to 2300.
'oppss to much I will control it a little'
the magic that I pour looks like too much, so I tone down a bit then as much as I can I set it on 3200.
the measurements team behind Clarissa take a note and record it. the measurements test is already finish
"thank you for the participation in the test, we will send the analysis of the results about 3 hours again and you can pick up your I'd card too when our analyze finished, so can you wait in the lobby in the meantime?"
"ok, can I wait in this training hall? I just want to sightsee"
"well you can, but please refrain yourself from doing anything weird okay!"
"Okay thank you then"
the three of them then back to the lobby. time for back to the business, since I arrived on the fourth floor I can feel someone gaze but I can't see the one who observes me, the reason why I want to stay in this floor because I want to make sure of it, there's no one in this floor except me.
"I know you're in there watching me since the first time I arrive, show yourself!"
I shouted, without a delay then someone finally shows themselves.
"as expected of our master, you can even feel my presence"
it was a girl she looks like a girl in mid-twenty, she then bowing to me but 'master? is she?'
"Are you one of our people from the village?"
I asked her
"yes master, I'm one of them"
she still bowing to me, Jade maybe fail to inform them.
"are you already meet Jade? shouldn't she already tell you my circumstances?"
"yes we already meet, but we want to meet you directly, my husband is waiting for you in the meeting room master"
I should meet him then, they're one of our villagers after all.
"I will meet him then, can you show me the way, and please if you already inform by Jade you don't need to bow and called me master"
"yes we know, but it's our long-cherished wish to finally seeing our master wake up."
it looks like it's not easy to stop their behavior from the doctrine of the three idiots inside me.
"hahhhh, well let's go then"
I sighed
"yes"
she replied.