Chapter 38
(Story from the past, Pt 8)
Jake the Survivor Pov:
The second I left the building I was thought that I was an outsider. Some thought I was a criminal so the guards who had not been notified arrested me. But then the four who had bows trained on me earlier calmed them down. They also asked me if I had a guild card and I angled my head. I had never heard of that.
"No I do not, from when I was thirty three I was underground in a dungeon. I did not leave it for twenty years as I needed to hide something," I explained to him.
"That explains it, the adventurer guild stuff was made around the time you went in. It has become quite popular in the past two decades. Follow me, I will show you where the guild is," He said as the others went inside. We walked around and eventually got to the guild and went inside. It was right below the town hall, very centralized in the city.
We enter and every single gaze falls on me. I guess I am really suspicious in this getup, I look around and see only one man older than forty. The others would not be able to recognize me as much as him. I shot him a glance and he instantly recognized what I meant. I take off my mask and hood showing my long greying hair and beard and mustache.
The second everyone sees me they are surprised to see my face. I guess they didn't think a old man was that important, other than the guy over forty, he clearly recognized me, but stayed silent. We walk up to the front desk and the man asks a receptionist something.
"Yes, you want to take a test to become a adventurer?," She asks me to which I nod. "Then can you fill out this form first?," She asks to which I nod.
The form is a simple one, it is made to judge you and what you are going to do in the future. The reason for that is to make sure you don't abuse your power. The first thing as they said in school is to write down you full name. But I don't plan on doing that as that is much to dangerous for my plans, so I act like I am a commoner. You see most people in this world don't have last names unless they are from noble origin.
Form
[Name: Jake]
[Ability: B]
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[Mana: Dark blue]
[Magic: all four basic elements]
[Weapons: Great sword, bow and arrow, sword]
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That is just a few of them, which I lied on most of them for a reason. I don't want my power to be found out, but it looks like this may just be the test. I honestly don't know if it is or not since this is the first time doing this. I finish filling it out and hand it to the receptionist, she was a human like me, around age fifty.
The second she read my name that is when I realized it, she knew who I was. "Judging by this you don't want to say your full name. So Jake, please follow me to the testing area now," She responded. I followed her to the side and outside.
The testing area was on something I had not seen before. They had built a small arena just behind the Town hall. It seemed to be where testing would take place here. It had a small wall around the arena, it went up ten feet, and then there was a stand section. They used arches like the colosseum to build entrances from the looks of things. It was also next to the monument builders office and Caravan.
We enter and I see people in a queue. "Please get in queue, I will give your slip to Jet who is testing people with Tyler," She says as she leaves me. I look ahead and see the people she was talking about. Jet it seemed was a Beast-kin Lion, most suited for brawling. The other, Tyler, was a Wood elf who was a mage, I wonder who I will fight.
After everyone else goes through I arrive up at them and I keep a calm demeanor. I don't want to scare them just yet, it would make me infamous. "So you are Jake, you don't look like much, well sit up there and wait till we call your name," Jet says.
After that, one by one, people come down when called. There were only a few interesting people in the entire lot. The highest you can get in the entrance exam from what the guard from earlier said was C. But it is also possible to get higher based on skill and power.
The three interesting ones made C rank, the others made D or below. The first was a Beast-kin Wolf named Evan, he was a brawler and tied the examiner Jet. The second was a Human mage, her name was Cate, she managed a few magics which is considered very rare. The final one was a man named Law ———- the third, that seemed very familiar for some reason. He was a brawler and the best I saw this entire time, was almost good enough for B, but something stopped him from being picked.
"The last on todays examination, is Jake, will you please come down," Jet said. At that I got up and walked down the stair well. "What weapons do you use, you seem to use a lot," He asked.
"I use a knife, sword, great sword, bow, and Magic. I am very proficient in all of them as I spent a lot of my life learning how to use them. I am also proficient in martial arts from training in it for years," I tell them. At that everyone is surprised that I have that amount of skill, but they laugh.