The guard warned, from his view, provisional adventurer's cards are only issued to those newbies who have only just registered and do not have any adventuring experience before. Hence, he couldn't be blamed when he thought that the two in front of him were total greenhorns that have picked this task for its high reward.
After all, there are no shortage of novice adventurers who wanted to make it big in one go. The job this time required powerful and experienced people, even they the Silver Guards of the Serene Palace Merchant Guild weren't certain that they could protect the convey until it reached the capital without incurring any loss.
It did not make sense to involve some newbies in this mission who could potentially become a burden.
