A few days after Gavin finished training with his new master, Zom, he is seen walking around a forest, trying to find a nearby town.
"Damn... I need to get somewhere otherwise I'll be lost forever, why'd that guy even leave me alone out here of all places...?", Gavin says to himself as he walks through the forest.
Suddenly, a monster appears for the first time in Gavin's journey, it looks to be some sort of monster-ificated bear, with spikes and a larger appearance than usual.
"Woah, a monster... Based on what I remember in those books, it looks to be an Ursa Minor, a huge bear with the ability to grow spikes out of its body and... Well, that's the only thing special about it, other than its obvious physical enhancements, but whatever", Gavin says to himself once again, as he prepares to fight the monster.
The monster then lunges at Gavin, as Gavin steps aside, easily dodging the bear's attack, as Gavin then immobilizes it with a small Aura Release, "Torture", Gavin says as he places his hand on the bear, as the black and red energy flows into his hand and on the bear, causing it continuous great pain as it convulses uncontrollably until it died of cardiac arrest.
"Well, that was easy, too easy... I feel like my attack name is too simple though...", Gavin says as he then tears the bear apart, salvaging whatever he could of the bear for future use,
"Alright... And that's it for this bear, and let's continue our journey!", Gavin says as he resumes walking through the forest.
However, only a few steps after walking away from the bear's torn corpse, he looks and sees 2 bead cubs hiding in the bushes, as he then realizes what he's just done,
"Oh, shit... I killed their mom, she was just trying to defend her kids and I...", Gavin stands there, frozen in shock and guilt as he looks down, ashamed of himself for doing that,
"What have I done...?", he says to himself, as he steps back and begins running off out of guilt, leaving the bear cubs alone, with their dead mother right in front of them.
More days pass, as Gavin's monster encounter seems to have become more and more common since that day, with him easily killing each one by only applying pain until they die of a heart attack.
"Damn... I swear to God I'm cheesing all of these fights, I feel like I might never even need to use my sword, but these poor guys...", Gavin thinks to himself each monster kill he gets,
"These monsters, they're all really still just... normal animals, just named differently", he continues to think to himself out of guilt, as he continues walking through the forest, then finally...
"Wait... Is that, smoke I see? And I hear... Busy chatter and bustling streets!", Gavin says to himaelf excitedly as he runs towards the noise, and as the trees and forest clears, he finally sees it,
"Woah... For the first time in 6 months, a town...", Gavin says, a deep sigh of relief as the sight of humans and houses refresh his mind from everything that has happened so far.
Gavin then walks through the town, as he realizes that it's pretty familiar...
"Wait... Is that a guild? Wait a goddamn second, is this Artillos?", Gavin says to himself, as he puts on a slight smile while sighing softly, reminiscing the past, while at the same time laughing at himself for being such a pussy back then,
"Heh... What the fuck was I even doing?", he says to himself, as he continues walking through yhe town. Soon, he then also realizes, that people are looking at him weird,
"Huh, what's wrong? Why's everyone looking at me?", Gavin thinks to himself, as he then accidentally bumps into a pole,
"Owh... What the...?", he says, as he then sees a strange piece of paper, he then picks it up as he begins to read. "Gavin Andersonn: World's Most Dangerous Criminal, Wanted Dead or Alive, Bounty: 6,000,000,000".
Gavin's eyes widen as he realizes,
"Oh shit!", he says to himself before quickly running off into an alleyway, hiding there in the meantime.
"Damn, that was close, hopefully no one decided to call in the military on me yet...", he says with a sigh, hoping he didn't just jinx it.
He then looks around, as he finds a cloak to wear, putting it on as he finally has a disguise. He then gets out of the alleyway, it seems no one there can identify him now, somehow... He continues walking around, until finally, he makes it to the guild,
"The guild, huh... It's been almost 3 years since I've last been here", Gavin says to himself, standing in front of the gate and looking it up and down, as he takes a deep breath before entering.
As the gates open, Gavin stands there, wearing his cloak as he looks around the bustling guild as there are adventurers everywhere, drinking, betting, getting new quests and rewards, and just having some fun. His mysterious figure and aura then attracts the attention of everyone in the guild, as they all stop simultaneously and look over at Gavin. Gavin gulps nervously as he walks through the awkward silence of the guild towards the counter, where the same guild assistant seems to be,
"Hey there, new adventurer! How may I help you?", she says with the same enthusiastic tone as she did all those years ago,
"Same ol' same...", Gavin thinks to himself, smirking a bit at the memory, as he then looks around and thinks,
"Hmm, now that I have these new skills and abilities, maybe I should finally try signing up to be an adventurer!", Gavin thinks to himself as he then begins to talk,
"I'd like to apply to become and adventurer, please", he says, as the guild assistant nods and pulls something out,
"Alright then... First, I'll have you go through a few tests, then we can move onto your actual guild identity, okay?", the assistant says as she pulls out a piece of paper, it seems to be a simple personal data sheet, as Gavin quickly fills it out,
"Okay... Next, we have the magical affinity test, to see how much magic affinity you have, if you have any at least...", the assistant says as she pulls out a crystal of some sorts,
"This is is Aetherys Crystal, it's normally used to store and release magic back in the day, but nowadays its used in technology such as TVs and other devices. But even in this primal state, it can still be used to identify one's magic affinity", the assistant explains, as Gavin is mesmerized by its sparkliness,
"Damn, interesting...", Gavin simply replies, still checking out the strange crystal,
"Alright, sir, all I need you to do now, is to simply touch it", the assistant explains, as Gavin then places his hands gently on the crystal, then...
SHINEEE
"Oh, it seems your magic affinity is at an average level, B-Ranked!", the assistant says cheerfully, as Gavin sighs deeply,
"Alright then, average is good, this way I won't attract too much attention", Gavin thinks to himself,
"Alright, sir, the final test, physical examination! We'll need to see your physical capabilities so we can identify what rank you could be placed in!", the assistant cheerfully explains as Gavin gulps nervously,
"Dammit, I jinxed it again...", Gavin says to himself, as the assistant then leads him to an outside area, which seems to be filled with sports equipment and other stuff,
"Alright, sir, we only have 3 tests, strength, speed and endurance, we want you to go all out with all of them, alright?", the assistant explains to him with a smile, as Gavin looks around, thinking of what to do,
"A-alright then...", he says nervously, as the assistant then leads him to a track area,
"Alright, sir, first we'll see your speed in this 100 meter dash test!", the nurse says to him as Gavin gets on the field,
"Okay, here we go...", Gavin then gets on his running stance, as he takes a deep breath, and...
With a single dash, completed,
"...0.03 seconds", the assistant says, shocked and paralyzed at the sight of Gavin's speed,
"Dammit! I tried to hold back, but it wasn't enough... How strong did I even get in those 6 months!?", Gavin grits his teeth in annoyance.
"A-alright, sir... Next test, we have, the strength test! All you need to do, is lift each of these weights one by one, and we'll see your limit, alright?", the assistant explains, as he lets Gavin take the stage,
"Okay, Gavin, all you have to do, is pretend...", Gavin says to himself, as he begins to lift each weight, pretending to struggle with each weight as the progressively get heavier and heavier,
"Alright! And this is the last weight... Honestly, sir, I don't even know how you've even made it this far, not just anyone could make it to the last weight, y'know?", the assistant says to Gavin, as Gavin realizes what he's just done once again,
"Dammit! I forgot to stop at some point, I just kept pretending to struggle and nothing more... Well, this is my last chance to pretend and fail", Gavin says to himself, as he prepares to "try and lift" the weight.
Gavin begins to strain, pretending to struggle as he lifts the weight. He then opens his eyes, as he sees the assistant with eyes and mouth wide open in shock,
"What the... What's wrong?", Gavin asks the assistant,
"Y-you just threw it into orbit...", the assistant says, as she nearly faints,
"T-that was over 1000 kilograms...", she says one more time, as she stumbles over to the last and final test, with Gavin following close by.
It seems Gavin's feats have now been noticed by the other adventurers inside and the people around, as they all now watch Gavin do the test,
"Dammit... Why're they all looking? I could use my Aura Release... But then they'll know even more...", Gavin thinks to himself as he prepares himself for the last test,
"Okay, sir... This is the durability/endurance test, it's pretty simple, all you gotta do is...", the assistant explains, when suddenly, she punches Gavin in the gut, but... No reaction.
"What the?", she says to herself, as she goes and picks up a shovel, before banging it on Gavin's head, but it only ended up bending,
"What the hell?", she continues to say, as she goes around and picks up multiple more items, each getting heavier and put more force into hitting.
"That's it!", she says with a seemingly frustrated, tired face, completely different from her usual cheerful attitude, as she then suddenly pulls out a whole ass fucking gun, and fires it at Gavin,
"Woah!", Gavin thinks to himself, as he manages to dodge the bullet.
The nurse then finally gives up, as she falls to her knees and sighs,
"O-okay, sir... You passed the test, congratulations...", she says with a defeated face, as everyone around applauds Gavin, while Gavin only stands there with an embarrassed face,
"Now, everyone knows me as the guy who passed the guild's physical exam with the best results, breaking even the previous record, great...", he says with an annoyed tone, as they all go back into the guild.
After a few hours, Gavin sits at the counter, as the guild assistant from earlier calls out for Gavin, as he then follows,
"Greetings, sir! I apologize for my behavior earlier, it was irrational...", the assistant apologizes, bowing down, as Gavin sits at the opposite side of the counter,
"It's okay, really...", Gavin says with a slight smile, causing the girl to blush,
"clears throat Y-yeah... A-anyway! Here's your results, and your new guild card, welcome to the guild!", the assistant says in a fast motion, flustered and embarrassed as her face turns completely red.
"Damn... My own guild card, never thought I'd ever get strong enough to join one, yet here I am...", Gavin thinks to himself as he views his guild card.
"Name: G.A., Age: 19, HT: 5'9, WT: 60Kg, Rank: S-Rank"
"And, there you go... S-Rank already...", he says to himself, but catches the attention of everyone as they all rush to Gavin in curiosity,
"No way, S-Rank?", one guy says,
"Unbelievable!", another one says,
"That's crazyy", and another one says,
"Dammit, I'm not supposed to catch attention... But here I am", Gavin says with a sigh...
When suddenly, the guild door bursts open as powerful winds blow through, everyone turns to see who it is, as a short silhouette can be seen in the doorway,
"What's this I hear? I just got back, and now there's a new S-Rank around here? Preposterous!", a small, arrogant female voice can be heard, as the silhouette moves closer, seemingly light footsteps from heavy boots stepping through, as finally...
A short, white-haired brat with purple eyes looks up at Gavin, staring him "down" as she glares at him,
"You!", she calls him out, pointing at him, as the two have a direct face-off.