The world had developed rapidly after the war ended. As all races helped each other and new discoveries on mana utilizations were found, the urban cites had all sorts of facilities such as schools, hospitals, mana training centres, Cafes, even shopping places and etc. A lot of development was brought by the kings and thus it was still the monarchical system.
There were also many magical placed found by explorers and adventurers. And after learning about the potential treasures inside, many brave individuals entered, but most of the times none returned without casualties. These places were named 'ruins' and 'Nests'. To stop the increasing casualties, the Adventurer Guild was founded having the support of all the kings and thus grew quickly.
Your status in the Guild was only measured by your merits, achievements and strength. Any social hierarchy was not encouraged in the guild. The guild branch in this particular refugee town called Bani, was not in a very good condition. This was because the town had no funds nor any powerful Ruins or Nests nearby worth investing into.
In front of the main gate of Bani, a teenage boy was sitting in the waiting area, an area made for adventurers. He had shimmering white hair with few black and gold hair strands at the front. His blue eyes, the colour of the skies, with decent looks. With decently broad shoulders and height, his body was well built. He wore a simple white T-shirt enchanted with defensive magic and black pants. His shoes also had speed enhancing magic engraved on them.
The pants had a variety of devices in their pockets. It was a product made especially for adventurers as it provided numerous pockets and spaces to house all their equipment. On his waist was a sword similar to an Indian Talwar. The scabbard was black with elegant designs made in golden. The handle of the sword was around 20-25cm. It was wrapped in fine white leather. There was nothing to differentiate him from a human.
"Ah there they are."
He remarked as he turned his head to a group walking towards him. In the group, he was able to recognize a black haired woman. She was wearing light armour of black and brown. Two daggers were on her waist and her hair was tied to a ponytail. With black pants and brown shoes, she looked extremely beautiful in the morning sunlight. Her brown eyes perfectly complimented her figure and attire.
The white haired teenager, Ray, waved at them. After all of them gathered, the black haired woman, Kyle, introduced her team members.
Her team consisted of an shields man, an archer, a magician and a dagger wielder (Kyle).
The shields man was a male dwarf with an athletic build and medium size frame(for a dwarf, they are not that tall, hence their name). He had light green hair and blue yellow eyes. He wore a medium size metal armour. His shield was made of white metal and was comparatively small. His name was Matt and he had an amiable smile.
The Archer was a human girl named Lily. She had a slender build and wore light armour with his enchanted bow. She had yellow hair and blue eyes. Her bow had a faint glow around it that suggested that it was enchanted.
The magician had black eyes and black hair with wolf ears. He was a wolf-man. Their specialties were their elemental magic and physical abilities like good hearing, instincts and stamina. He also wore light brown-armour. He had staff with crystal attached to it. His name was Tidlen. He also had awoken a gift.
Kyle introduced all of them and Ray introduced himself. And they headed to the ruins.
"The ruins are not far from the town and everyone want to enter it. We fought for our entry pass as if it were our lives and only then managed to secure an entry permit."
kyle explained as they boarded a vehicle to go to the ruins.
"These ruins are supposed to be the remains of a treasury of the dragons. So, we can expect to find some good loot inside. My gift allows me to easily cast detection magic and also weave magic more easily."
Tidlen said as he was the information gatherer of the team.
Magicians were people who used mana in different layers and symbols to 'cast' magic. They called it weaving of magic. Through different layers of mana, they could imbue different attributes to it. to be a magician one needed high amount of mana control and not many are born with enough talent for such mana control. Magicians and researchers are the main reason for the development of mana technology and are thus valued very highly.
Gifts are abilities that manifest in one's body when their mana level and control exceed a certain limit. this limit is different for each individual. Gifts make it easy for the person to perform some tasks. Gifts mostly manifest about things that the person has done a lot or things a person is innately talented in.
The jeep like vehicle stopped in front of a manmade cave-like entrance.
"Is that the entrance?"
Ray asked, getting of the vehicle.
"Yes, this is where our expedition starts. In the ruins of the dragons." said Matt also getting of the vehicle.