"First thing's first, though. I need to start making money. I can't very well live in this world without a source of income..." Well to roam in this world, I need this world's money, and to earn money I have to do a job.
Never would have thought I'd be job-hunting so soon. Honestly, it would've been nice if I had a specialty of some kind... Alas, my best subject in school was history, and the history of another world wasn't exactly much help.
As for cooking, I can only made omelette, and some prep works. So nobody's gonna hire me.
Not that I was planning either way. I have a chance to come to another world, why would I waste this on some stupid job.
I'll became an adventur and travel arround the other world.
As I reach the centre of the town, I saw the adventures guild.
It's in the center of the town a two stored building with the sigh of a large shield while two swords cross behind. This facility have a large field behind, probably for testing or training new adventurers.
It was pretty crowded since it was right near the middle of town.
The first floor of the guild's building was laid out like a restaurant. It was a lot more cheerful than I thought it would be.
I have pictured it in my head as a bar where ruffians would hang about, but it looked like my fears were unfounded. The female receptionist met me with a lovely smile as I approached the counter.
"Uhm, I would like to register with the guild, please." I said to the receptionist lady.
"All right, then. That's no problem at all." said the receptionist lady.
"Will this be your first time registering with the guild? If so, I can provide a basic explanation of what it means to register with us." explained the receptionist lady.
"Please do." The gist of it was that the guild would take the requests of individuals or groups, publicize them, then take a small fee upon completion. That was how the guild worked.
The requests were split into ranks based on how difficult they were expected to be, so someone with a low personal rank couldn't accept requests aimed at those of a higher rank. However, so long as half of one's party were of a high enough rank, they would be able to accept such requests even if the others in the party didn't meet the rank requirements.
Upon completion of a quest, one would receive payment. If one failed a quest, however, they would be charged with breach of contract. Hrmm... I need to pick and choose my work carefully.
In addition, if one continued to fail multiple quests, then they would be deemed a low-quality individual, and their guild registration would be revoked as a penalty.
Were that to happen, one would never be able to re-register with any guild branch in any town.
Other stipulations included:
(1) If one did not accept any requests at all for five years, then their guild registration would expire.
(2) One could not accept multiple requests at the same time.
(3) Concerning subjugation requests, one must hunt the monsters in the designated area, else their work would be deemed invalid.
(4) As a general rule, the guild would not directly involve itself in personal dissent between adventurers, unless such dissent was judged to be harmful to the guild itself...
(5) There are 9 ranks in guild. The Ranks are (low to high): black, purple, green, orange, blue, red, silver, white, gold. Black being the lowest and Gold being the highest.
Anyway, I received a pretty thorough explanation of the rules.
"And that about sums up the explanation. If you have any further questions, please direct them to the appropriate individuals." She said and pointed towards the various instructors.
"Alright, got it," I replied. Sweet, my training problem was as good as gone.
"Very well. Please fill in and return this form with all of the required details." The receptionist handed me a blank form.
I filled it up as the requirments said, and handed over the from to the receptionist lady.
The receptionist then took the registration form and held a pitch black card over, seemingly casting some sort of spell. Afterward, she took out a small pin and told me to spill a little bit of my blood onto the card.
I did as I was instructed, took the small pin in hand and pricked my finger with it, then rubbed a small amount of blood onto the surface of the card. Some white letters floated up onto it... but I still couldn't make heads or tails of what it said as it spin rapidly in air.
" Your personal Guild Card has a little spell on it that will make it turn gray if handled by someone other than its real owner for longer than a few seconds. It's a simple anti-forgery mechanism. Also, should you happen to lose your card, please report to the guild as swiftly as possible. For a small fee, we will be able to issue you a new card." The receptionist warned me.