UPDATE 6: The Guild

"Sam what is this place?"

"Oh this is the Adventurers Guild."

"Why did you bring me to an Adventurers Guild?"

"Well you need a job if you wanna stay here so, I thought this was the best place for you to find one."

From novels and games, an adventurer's guild was a group who hired adventurers to do requests set by the people. There are different quests from gathering herbs, investigating certain areas, escorts, and others, but most of all monster extermination. If I know anything about fantasy, is that monsters are a hassle for the people to deal with and are also a financial resource.

"This is an adventurer guild building. There's one in every city. This one is quite popular being it next to the Great Forest of Korath.

The forest had a name? Well good to know. Also this is small? This is practically the size of a mansion.

"You don't seem you have a lot of skills and your pretty good at killing plus its good business, the pay would depend on the quest you choose though."

That sums me up pretty well in this world. I mean I'm sure I can do something else, but that's going to take more time, I don't remember having any other interest besides VR gaming.

Killing things in RPG's is probably the best thing players can do especially in a world like this, however in this world I'm sure those who have other talents can use them to make a living now.

It won't really be an inconvenience for me to be an adventurer, plus probably everybody who was brought here is taking on this job since this is probably the best start for us to get out.

"Um, Thanks. Though maybe I should look a bit more presentable before I go in."

"Nah, you'll fit right in. I'll guide you through it so don't worry."

"Thanks for the help. But I think your out of time though."

"What do you-"

Upon realizing what I meant, cold sweat began falling of his head like a waterfall, his hands began to tremble and his mouth sealed shut out of fright as if someone has just poured a tub of ice cold water on him.

"What time is it?!"

"It's been an hour."

Alice said with a casual tone, but to the Sam it was as if it was his death note.

"What?! Why didn't you tell me?! Sorry Zach, seems like we'll need to do this some other time. Later!"

Sam ran full speed back in the direction we came from. Seems like his job is pretty important or maybe he doesn't like the punishment. Well anyway, guess I'll ask him to help me on this some other time.

"Alice are you an adventurer?"

"What? Me? No. I'm just a hunter in my group. I sell all kinds of things I hunt and find in the forest."

"Ah, What about you Terra what do you do?"

"Um... I don't really have a job since it increases the risk of people finding out about me, but I'm one of the chef's in our group."

"Oh, alright. Sorry to have been an inconvenience to you."

"No it's fine. We really don't have anything else to do but go to the marketplace."

"Speaking of trading, you said you can help me sell this."

I pointed towards the boar hide.

"Sure, c'mon let's go back to market and I'll show you around."

We travelled back to the marketplace to begin our trade.

They introduced me to a fair amount of people to be able to help me sell my wares once I have them. All of them were fairly nice people and selling the boar hide was relatively easy, though I only got about 12 copper pieces for it. I was also able to learn about some items that I had interest on mostly monster parts. Monster parts depending on the part can cost a fortune and essentially cost more than most items since they are used in alchemy, blacksmithing and just crafting all in all. The people Alice introduced me also told me about some leather working shops that can teach me leatherworking as well.

We were walking on the road once again after I accompanied them to the marketplace.

I was staring at the copper pieces noticing they had a cross design, probably to symbolize the origin this came from humans. I looked back at the road ahead of us and turned to Alice and Terra who were walking beside me. I probably should thank them for what they did for me today.

"Alice, Terra thanks for today."

"Your welcome, don't tell anybody about our little secret alright?"

"You can count on me."

"Okay, we'll be splitting of from here, so see you next time."

"It was nice meeting you, b-bye for now."

"You too."

We then went our separate ways for the rest of the day.

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I ventured to different leather working shops in order to learn some of the basics of leather working, but they all turned me down.

Their responses: "Eh? Sorry I don't think I have the time." "I've got my work cut out for me." "There's a fee though.". All of them turned me down because they either didn't have anytime, don't want anything to do with me or just wanted money in general. I could probably find somebody since I didn't really visit all of the leather working shops, but I don't think I have enough time, since I still have other places I want to check out. I'll try again tomorrow, so what should I do now? It's not sun down yet.

Absorbed in thought I did not notice a familiar person approach until his voice interrupted me.

"Zach!"

I turned in the direction where the voice came from, it was Sam.

This time he was in regular more casual clothes than his work attire.

"Oh, Sam. Why are you here? I thought you had a job to do."

"Just ended. C'mon let's go sign you up at the guild."

My eyes widened at the appearance of Sam. I noticed him to have a gauze on his face as well as a few bruises on some parts of his body.

"Wait what happened to you?! Did someone beat you up or something?"

"Ah, no just a scolding from the boss. Nothing too serious."

Punishment? Ouch... I guess I better apologize then...

"Sorry about that, didn't know you would end up like this if you left your duty."

"Nah, its fine. I know I'm going to be a knight and all, but guarding the gate is too boring, rather be patrolling the town's streets, that's where the real action is. I'm quite used to this sort of treatment."

"Alright. So you were saying?"

"Right, let's get you signed up at the guild already, I did say I'd walk you through."

"Why are you helping me this much?

"Hey, I'm a man of my word. I told you at the gate didn't I? You don't seem like a bad guy so I thought I might help you a bit."

Hm... his words sound suspicious, but there isn't any malice behind them or his expression. I guess I can trust him.

"Hm, thanks."

We went back to the Guild building so that I can apply as an adventurer.

I was thinking that since this was an adventurer guild it was going to be a filthy and disorganized since this was a place where adventurers gather, who know there could be all kinds of thugs and goons inside, but to my surprise it was the complete opposite. The interior of the lobby was well decorated and cleaned it's the kind of image you would find at a fancy hotel.

There were tons of people inside all with swords, staves, knives, cladded in armor or leather or regular cloth others hid their faces and others were proudly showing of their appearance, there were all sorts of folk in general. Same like the market everything was quite busy so no one paid any attention to us walking through the door.

"Wow..."

"I know, that was the same expression I had the first time I walked through those doors. C'mon let's go to the reception table."

I felt their Magic all over the place, I couldn't pinpoint which was which because of its abundance here. Although it feels that the people here are not releasing all of their magic, but the pressure they give of is way higher than Terra's.

Terra was able to lower hers so that I can't sense it. So it seems that the people who use magic are able to mediate their magic to lower levels the same as how Terra did. Since if too much Magic is released, even normal people will be able to detect it, so they have to be cautious. Its a pretty smart move if anyone asked me.

We walked towards the reception table, behind it was a woman giving of a charming expression. She had long chocolate brown hair in a neat flowing hairstyle, below was her charming and at the same time beautiful face with tempting eyes and an illustrious figure similar to Alice's covered up by a tidy suit.

I was a bit reluctant to ask knowing my shyness towards girls.

"Ah, she's the one tied in for first place on the list."

"First place?"

"First place out of the girls in the town for her magnificent looks and figure."

I should have known since this is Sam...

"Who's the other candidate?"

"Alice of course."

Well considering their looks and figure, it would be a tie... Wait?! Why am I thinking of this?! I turned back Sam.

He said looking as if analyzing her. I could imagine some glasses on him right now.

"Do you know her name?"

"Hm... I'm trying to remember. I'm sure I have a list right here..."

I sighed and shrugged him off and approached the reception table.

"Excuse me miss, I want to apply as an adventurer."

"Alright, please fill out this form."

She brought out a piece of paper from underneath the table.

"Will you also be applying?"

"Ah, no only him. I'm just here to help."

I grabbed a quill and was about to filled out the form in front of her.

I began to laugh in despair within my head for a few seconds upon seeing the paper.

I can't read this...

"Is there something wrong?"

"Um, no."

I can't just say that I can't fill out an application just because I don't know how to read. I would end up as a laughing stock and so that I can keep up appearances here.

"Please use the area over there, take your time filling out the information, once your finished please return here."

"Thank you."

I have to ask Sam to read this for me. I whispered to him in a low voice.

"Sam? Could you help me out here?"

"Sure. Lemme see here..."

All the information required were just like a standard application form. Name, age, area's of skill, etc. After a few minutes I then gave back the application to the receptionist. She began squinting her eyes and glancing back at me a couple of times.

"Hm..."

"Is there something wrong?"

"Ah, no. But what country are you from? I've never seen this sort of language."

Oh no, I did the same thing again. Guess I'm going to have to give her the same story I told Sam. I was about to tell her my story, but Sam stepped in for me.

"Um, do you understand it?"

"Yes to a certain extent. It's not all that different from our language, I can see many similarities, some words you're using are missing some of the grammar principles we use for our language."

I'm glad there were no problems, but do I have recite my fake biography again? Seems like their isn't any choice.

I was about to speak, but Sam intervened before I could say anything.

"He's not from around here, so he has a different sort of written language."

"I see, excuse me for questioning it."

Wait she bought that excuse?! I guess I'll accept it for now. She then continued to look through some more papers.

"Sam why did she buy that excuse?"

"Well, not every adventurer out there is human so they would understand if you can't read or write in our language and not every adventurer has gone through proper education, after all its more of what a person can do physically than mentally."

I scanned the lobby again. There was a short miget like person with a beard, a dwarf. A woman with a beautiful appearance, but with long ears at her side, an Elf, and even a man with animal like ears and a tail resembling a dog, probably a beast man.

Ah, so it isn't only humans here there are other races as well, that would make Sam's statement totally logical then. Though I don't think I'm going to get to know a lot of them, after all I am a solo player rather and a team player.

The receptionist then brought out another paper and pointed to the line on the bottom.

"Now please sign here."

Ugh...More words I can't understand.

"Um, what is this?"

"Oh it's a contract just so that you know what you're getting yourself into. Details include possible death and that the guild is not responsible for it, also if you do anything that will affect the guild's image there will be consequences. Would you like me to continue?"

"No, it's okay. I understand. Could I please get a copy of this."

"Sure."

"Thank you."

She gave me a copy of the contract I just signed.

"Please wait here, while we prepare your Guild card."

Alright, I can ask Sam sometime to translate this for me to fully understand this contract and could be useful sometime in the future, though I doubt I'll need it. I took a closer look at the contract. My eyes widened with amazement as I scanned through it. They were not actually symbols... I can see letters from the alphabet just in a different font, though arranged in a different order. I can't make it out, however if I have to make a guess...

"There something wrong?"

"No, but what's the main human language called?"

"Latium."

Latium… that's one of the other two names of latin. So my suspicions were correct, that can't be just a coincidence. I once looked up the meaning of the game's name Infinitus, it was latin for Infinity. And the words I'm seeing here are close to the other words I saw were closely related. Latin is the mother of human language so it fits, that makes it a bit easier, though I don't think it going to be the same for the other races.

"It seems our languages do have similarities, a lot of them."

"Oh really? Well that's good. Also how are you speaking our language if you don't understand our language?"

That's...a good point. I didn't see Latin under language comprehension. So how am I understanding them?

"I don't really know myself."

"What? You better not be fooling around. I have full authority to arrest anyone I find suspicious."

"I'm not! I swear I don't know!"

"Ha! Relax, that was a joke!"

He patted me on the back with his usually carefree smile. Dammit, this guy really does like to fool around.

"You don't have to act defensive otherwise, people will find it strange. I gotta say though you're a weird one."

I sighed and gave a defeated smile.

"I guess..."

Then I heard a voice from around the lobby...

"Hey, is that... Arrol's son?"

"C'mon your eyes must be fooling with you?"

"No, wait that really is him. The Governor's son."

With that more and more eyes were pointed towards us.

Are they talking about Sam? I looked back at him. He had an anxious expression as if a bucket of ice was just poured over him, and that expression said he wanted to get out of here as quickly as possible. Why is he being like this?

"You seem to be quite popular around here. Did you do something wrong?"

"What? No. It's because of my father."

"Your father?"

"Remember when I told you I was training as a knight under him? He's an Imperial Knight Captain of the Holy Griffin Empire. When he was in action rumours claim that he was one of the best knights on the battlefield, so he's quite known around here amongst adventurers."

Upon hearing him the only words that immediately appeared were: What?! That sounds really cool!

"That sounds amazing! Wait, should you be telling me this? This is personal information we're talking about here, family related information?"

"Its no problem, it's no secret, practically everyone knows how to match my face with his status in the city."

"Oh, ok then."

He then presented a glum look after a couple of seconds.

"Did I say something wrong?"

"No, it's what you said a second ago. Amazing, that's what everyone says when I tell them, but as his son I gotta uphold his name. What's more is that he's never lost a fight yet ever since so if anyone here challenges me I can't refuse."

So that's the pressure you're under, I guess I can't understand since I lost my parents early on. I was about to say something, but he rose up with a proud and triumphant expression.

"But that doesn't mean I'm going to run if I had the chance! I asked to be trained as a knight under him and it would stain his pride if the son who willingly wanted to be taught as a knight by his father would run. I'm not going down without a fight if it was for my father or anyone else I cared about."

I was equally amazed and stunned by the noble words he had just said. I may have to reevaluate how I see him, I guess he's not so much of that perverted happy go lucky person I saw a while ago. He can be serious and has desires and dreams he wants to fulfill even if it costed his life, as of now my respect for him rose by a substantial amount. But...

"Also for women."

Sam said ever so proudly, I can even see a small glint in his eyes.

Nevermind it just dropped...

I placed my palm over my face and sighed to show my foolishness. After a few seconds I smiled and took it off.

Well... perverted, but at the very least respectable.

The receptionist then came back with a small rectangular object in her hand.

"Sir, here is your guild card."

I took it from her and gave it a good long look. The card had the same design as the tapestry outside of the building, it stated only the most basic details, 5 to be exact. My name, age, race, gender and rank. My eyes paid most attention to the rank which was Copper F Rank.

"Excuse me, can you tell me more about the ranking system?"

"Ah, there are Ten ranks, Copper, Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Mythril, Orichalum, Crystal and Adamantite. Lowest being Copper and Highest being Adamantite. The letter ranks are spread out from letters S to F. S being the highest, F being the lowest, this was made for classification between adventurers. But until you reach Orichalum the highest will be A, also your lowest letter rank is currently F until you can reach Bronze."

"To be able to earn ranks, one must complete a series of tests made by the guild to be able to qualify for a rank, however there are cases where an adventurer attains a major feat and can skip through ranks. Also with ranking you can only do quests that are within your ranking. The Guild card will be used as the record for your quests and as your identification when you go to guilds as well as entering new cities or areas, please do not lose it."

"I see..."

Whoa, I sure hope I don't lose this, also... there is no way a card like this can't be handed out just like this.

"Wait shouldn't there be some kind of fee for this?"

"Ah, no need the first one is free, but you would need to pay if you request for a new one."

Thank goodness, I'm basically broke right now. Now that that's out of the way...

"One last thing, as a security measure the card is enchanted. We will need a drop of your blood to complete the process. Once the card comes into contact of your blood it can only be activated by you.."

What kind of security system is that? Though that does sound like a very efficient security system and quite convenient too. Alright I might as well do it...

"Alright, but do you have anything so I can cut myself?"

"I brought this to help."

She had a small razor in her hand and offered it to me.

I hesitantly took it from her and made a small cut on my finger just enough for it to bleed. A drop finally fell and landed on the card. The card glowed for a few seconds then came back to their original state.

"Alright and that ends the process."

"Oh, okay then. We should probably be going now."

"What? We just got here what are you-"

I figured that Sam didn't want to be in there as much as he already was so I thought that it would be best to leave things as are and continue tomorrow.

"No, I've got other things to do anyway so this is all I can do. Thank you for your service...um..."

I forgot to ask her name! How embarrassing… my eyes squabble around looking for anything that looked like a name tag or an id of some sort.

She giggled at my embarrassed expression before solving my worries.

"Stella, my name is Stella."

"S-Stella, Thank you."

"Your welcome, if you have any questions ask me anytime you want."

I looked back at her and she gave me one last charming smile as we walked out the door, I turned the other way with my cheeks red.

"Hey, You're blushing. You know I can-"

I knew he was about to say something stupid again so I stopped him before he said it.

"Of course not, please shut up."

"Hahaha! Well you're still a growing kid after all."

"I'm sorry, but how old are you? I'm 18, don't call me a kid."

"Oh? Is that so? Well that doesn't matter you're still a kid to me. I'm 20 by the way."

20? He's just slightly older than me and he regards me as a kid...Sigh, there really isn't any point arguing about something so pointless.

I then felt his hand press on my shoulder with a grateful expression.

"By the way thanks for what you did for me back there. Leaving early that is."

"Yeah, no problem. It's the least I can do for you as thanks."

"Hey if you ever need help getting to know the city, I'm your man."

"Sure, I'll take you up on that offer. Though don't expect me to come to you a lot, I don't like to depend on others to solve my problems too often."

"I understand. Just ask if you need my help in particular."

You're help in particular huh? I don't think… wait, no there is one thing….

"Actually can you tell me a person who can teach me blacksmithing and leatherworking for me, one that is willing to teach someone like me?"

"Your an interesting one, why do you want to learn those? You are technically already an adventurer."

"I have my reasons. Do you know of anyone?"

"Hm, I think I know just the person. Not sure if he'll be willing, but he's the first one I'd go to if I were you. I'll help you meet him when I get the chance."

"Better not be when you're slacking off again."

"Hey, if not the 97th time maybe the 98th."

We continued to talk and walk through the town until we stopped at an inn that Sam recommended me on the way. We said our goodbyes to each other and departed for the night.

"Well, see ya next time Zach."

"Yeah, you too Sam."

I proceeded to my room after checking in at the lobby. I climbed up the stairs to the second floor to my room. I opened the door with the key the man at the lobby gave me and took a good look at the room. It was a simple room, a bed a closet and a table, the quality wasn't as bad from what you'd expect of a cheap in and surprisingly a night only costs 5 copper coins so that's convenient, but I'm only staying here for the night, then tomorrow I'm heading out to the forest to set out camp and grind and train to a sufficient level and doing some quests while I'm at it.

I plopped on the bed sinking my face deep within the mattress reflecting on what has transpired on my first day in this world.

So many things happened today... it's only my first too. I've going to have to adapt to this new world. The world that I knew and loved this isn't a game anymore, all of it is real. From the mobs to the people they all reflect what the real world has to offer, but even if this world does follow the rules of the real world, it sure as hell isn't as boring as the world I once came from.

Maybe I'm too composed about this situation, what about everyone else who was brought to this world what do they think? I hope they're fine...

Other than that I feel like I got lucky today. I mean I'm kind of glad I met the NPC's I met just a few hours ago... No, not NPC's they are actual people. Even if they were created by the system they are actual people with feelings, personalities, dreams, desires and all the characteristics a normal person would have back in the old world. The question however is... just how did [Arthur] do it? There are probably millions and billions of people on this world and if each is their own person then how did [Arthur] make them all?

Nevermind that for now... I'm going to need to learn some things so that I can get acquainted with this world. I learned so many new things, but all that led to was more questions. Maybe I can ask the voice when I get to meet her again...

My eyes slowly closed and before I knew it I was already asleep.

With that, my first day in this world ended.

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