Leo woke after a long and deep sleep. He was satisfied with the inn Elly recommended to him. The dinner was good. He ate a meat dish with a soup. He was not accustomed to the prices in the city but he thought that it was very affordable. He paid only 7 bronze coins a day and got a discount of 10 bronze coins because he payed for a full month straight. The inn director was very friendly to him. Her name was Miriam. She was a women in her mid fifties with brown hair with streaks of white in them. She looked good despite her age and gave Leo a feeling of something between a mother and a grandmother. She was a very warm person that you would like to be around. After parting with Miriam Leo decided to go and sign into the different guilds and see what they had to offer. It didn't took Leo much time time before he arrived to the adventures guild. It was a three storey building with a big sign that you could not miss that stated "Adventures guild". The building looked imposing. Leo got into the building and saw big amount of people going in different directions. He asked few people that looked at him strangely but still answered his questions. He was interested in registering into the guild and looking at the benefits he can get from completing the missions. What interested him the most were magic spells and different information about magic. He also was interested about the power struggle in the continent. Another goal he had is to make a lot of connections that could help him promote himself in this world. He got in one of the lines for the many clerks present. He waited for around 45 minuets until his turn arrived. While waiting he was looking at the different adventurers but he didn't saw any mages. 'Does mages are that rare here?' He thought. He was not going to hide his abilities. He wanted to find a good backer while he was in a relatively safe surroundings of the city. When he got to the clerk he saw a beautiful women in her twenties with blonde hair and lovely smile.
"Hi. My name is Wendy. How can I help you?" She asked.
"Hi. I'm Leo. I'm kind of new here. I would like to register in the guild and also hear about what things the guild has to offer." Leo said.
"Sure. The adventurers guild is responsible for monster subjugation and eradication, also it can have missions for collecting different ingredients for the guild or private costumers that payed for the mission to the adventurers guild. Depending on the difficulty of the task, the adventurers that complete the mission will have part of the reward the private costumer provided for the guild." Wendy said.
"Do you get any privilege's if you are a mage apprentice? Is there any rewards that can benefit a mage apprentice?" Leo asked.
Wendy raised an eyebrow, but still answered: "The main benefits for adventurers is a money compensation for completing different missions. You can get more information about magic in the mage association. If they recognize you as a magic user you will get a rank E instead of a rank F from the adventurers guild." She said. She thought that the kid tried to impress her. She even giggled in the end because it was absurd to be a magic user and not get any benefits from it until now or come with a big backing from the noble families or the guilds.
"What are the levels of the adventurers?" Leo asked.
Before Wendy could answer one of the adventurers from the back said in an annoyed voice: "Hey brat. Go to your mommy. Its not a game here. People are working here. Don't waste the time of everyone."
Some of the adventurers nodded and some of the didn't really cared. It was not a rare case for teenagers to come and ask for some information. Becoming and adventurer and earning money this was something very alluring to the young generation. Children did not live in the best conditions but they did not saw death yet. Most of the youths gathered herbs and got some pocket money for their needs.
Wendy looked at the adventurer in a scornful way and said: "Mister Leo waited in line just like you and he have the right to get information just like every single citizen. He is not breaking any law. The ranks of the adventurers are F, E, D, C, B, A, S, SS from the lowest rank to the highest. Generally adventurer will start from rank F. F rank adventurers are considered on probation. If they will not do 10 assignments for half a year their adventurers guild card will be confiscated and their status as an adventurer will be abolished. Also they will need to pay a fee of one silver coin to make a new guild card. From rank E and higher you don't have any limitation towards the amount of assignments you need to take. You can take mission one rank higher then what you have been given. After ten successful missions completed you can apply for a promotion. You can promote by defeating or holding on for some time against an instructor of the level you want to promote to. You cant jump ranks."
Leo pondered for a couple of seconds before asking: "If I apply for the adventurers guild now and then be recognized by the mage association will I be able to still get the E rank adventurer guild card?"
"Of course." Wendy replied.
"Great. Then I want to apply for my guild card." Leo said.
"Fair enough. Please draw a drop of blood onto this card so it will be imprinted by you. It will serve as your ID and you will not need to pay any fee for entering any city in the Usman empire. Also what it your profession and what will be your best role in a team?" Wendy asked.
Leo used a knife he had in his small bag that he took from one of the bandits before and drew a drop of blood. After imprinting his guild card he said: "I'm a mage apprentice with earth element. In a team ill be a damage dealer and a support". Before one of the adventurers behind could say anything he materialized one earth bullet from each hand and held them in the air so those people will take him seriously and shut up.