58 - The Crane

"Oops, since the rank test is for individuals, let's apply for clan establishment first."

"Thank you very much."

The promotion test was to be held in a private event field, or the party would be dismissed, so the clan registration was to be completed first.

At the counter of the Adventurers Guild, I bowed to the receptionist who looked at me and smiled.

......I'm sure I smiled at her, right?　If not, shame on you.

The receptionist's fans are at work in the guild today. I wonder when these guys are going on their adventures.

By the way, Shin, who was saying "hello," had 50,000 shillings for the clan's registration fee, but it was far short of the 100,000 shillings for the individual registration fee. And Leo, too.

So he lent them both 100,000 shillings each in good time.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

"Thank you!"

"Fine, but give it back, will you?"

"Oh!"

"I'll save it."

"Uh, what's the name of your clan?"

Ochazuke turns from the counter and asks.

"Zodiac is fine, isn't it?"

"Yeah."

"That's OK."

Zodiac is a team name I used in other games.

The structure and main authorities of the clan are as follows.

1 master with various powers

Appointment of Vice, Authority of Vice

Blank checks, expulsion of

2 vises with various powers.

Can make a Visitor a Common.

Blanks the Chief of Station, expels him.　

Chief - Can make a recruited adventurer a Visitor.

Invitation and cancellation as a

Redecoration of common space.

Common - General member. In a clan.

You can have your own room.

Visitor - Clan conversation, clan house

General common space in the

Trial membership.

If the master does not log in for a month, a vice who has been in office for a long time will replace the master.

"Vice means assistant mascot, doesn't it?"

"I guess."

"Hmm, done. Zodiac Katakana didn't work, so I changed it to English.

Zodiac.

Names are not supposed to sound alike.

"Okay, I've sent you an email inviting you to join."

Open the email and choose to join the clan.

You are now a visitor.

Soon you receive an email from Ochazuke about your promotion to common.

"When I get the email for the common, I guess I'll just pay at the reception desk and be done with it.

"Yes, sir."

The procedure is carried out at the counter as Ochazuke said. Your clan information is written on the guild card. After completing the procedure, three e-mails are sent to you. Promotion to common, promotion to chief, and promotion to vice.

"Hey, I don't need a title!"

"I made irregular login representative and average login representative. And please take care of Leo for me."

"I don't want it!"

I'm invoking the veto!

"Wa-ha-ha-ha."

"Go for it!"

"Stagger."

I pushed Master and he pushed Vice!

"Well, I guess we'll each have to take a promotion exam."

"Oh."

See you later."

Every time someone talks to the receptionist, they disappear from the party. They enter the single area of the event and automatically leave the party. When I met Verna, the god of darkness, I worried her to death.

Now you can talk to people in the same clan even if you are not in the same party, but during the event, you can't receive clan conversations or e-mails. Clan conversations can be turned off, or you can just join in and listen to the conversation without making a sound.

You can be a visitor of other clans, but not a common member of a clan.

And my current guild card.

Homura

Rank C

Clan Zodiac

Race Human

Occupation Magical Swordsman

Title [Beastslayer

If you have more than one title, you can choose which one you want to display, so I chose one that is not too obvious since I have killed a griffin. There is also a way to display the full list of levels, available skills, and stats. This is more convenient when you are temporarily partying with an unspecified number of people in the wild, since you don't have to explain what you can do.

In case you are wondering, I also made a [hidden] pattern for disclosure!　I did not fiddle with the guild card, but rather I fiddled with the results I get when I [appraise] myself. Since I can only erase titles and skills, I tried to erase them while leaving the ones that Roy and his friends know.

Homura Lv.33

Rank C

Clan Zodiac

Occupation: Swordsman, Pharmacist

H!?　　 1108

M!?　　1406

STR 47

VIT 25

INT 84

MID 32

DEX 27

AGI 52

LUK 37

Title

[The Elegant One

Slayer type

Beast Slayer

Magic and sorcery

Wood magic Lv.26] [Fire magic Lv.25] [Earth magic Lv.25

Gold Magic Lv.25] [Water Magic Lv.26] [Wind Magic Lv.25

Light Magic Lv.19] [Dark Magic Lv.25

■Magical and other

Magic Shield

Range magic Lv.20

■Swordsmanship

[Swordsmanship Lv.28] [Slash

Sword Lv.27

Spirit art

Spirit of Water [Rufa Lv.9

■Talent system

Evasion] [The Way of the Sword

■ Production

[Blending Lv.19] [Cooking Lv.18

■Collection

Collecting] [Mining

■Appraisal and concealment

Appraise Lv.22

Attention Detection Lv.31] [Attention Dilution Lv.31

■ Enhancement

Intellectual Enhancement Lv.6] [Mental Enhancement Lv.6

Swordsmanship enhanced Lv.5] [Magic enhanced Lv.6

Resistance

Sickness Resistance

Other

H!? Natural recovery] [M! Natural recovery] [Night vision

[Map] [Telepathy] [Telepathy] [Telepathy] [Telepathy] [Telepathy] [Telepathy

[Life Magic] [Anti-Theft Lv.21] [Trap Release] [Trap Release] [Trap Release] [Trap Release] [Trap Release] [Trap Release] [Trap Release

[Unlocking] [Unlocking]

This is also the result of my appraisal. It depends on your opponent's level of [Appraisal], but if your opponent's level is high, it will be displayed in full.

And if your [Appraisal] is 10 levels or more higher than your [Concealment], you will be detected step by step. It doesn't make much sense, though, because there are still few things that can be done with 【Covert】, such as occupation, hidden skills, skill level, and so on. ...... It seems that the order in which you can tamper with [Conceal] makes it easier to see.

And there are also skills such as 【Ganban】, 【Appraise】, and other skills that can detect hidden objects, as well as higher level skills of 【Appraise】, so it is only a rough guide.

The explanation of the【Ganban】 skill says, "If the target's【Covert】level is high, it will fail, but you don't know if it succeeds or not. Besides, I'd like to change my occupation as soon as possible.

Now what should I do?

Let's go to a used book store and give the book to him. Even if you end up reading the book, it's okay, because this time we don't have a fixed meeting time, and we'll probably meet up via clan conversation or e-mail.

"Hey."

Cadiz, the used bookstore owner, is behind the counter as usual, his face just peeking out from the book he is reading and not smiling at me. I should have gotten to know him well enough to get a patka from him.

Still, unlike before, he seems a little more welcoming.

"What, you came here to read again?"

"That's one thing, but I went to the isle the other day. I got a book that you don't see around here, so I brought it as a souvenir."

"Oh?"

Cadiz turns to face me, putting aside the book he was reading and the pipe he was smoking.

"A book with information on the different types of gems and their main effects when used as materials, the quality of wood used for wands and the equipment of wizards," he said.

He piles the books on the counter, telling them what kind of books they are.

"That's quite a lot, isn't it?"

"I went to the library and they were doing an inventory, and I found a basket of damaged books that were about to be thrown away. I don't think there are any rare books in this lot, since the books to be restored seemed to be separated from the rest of the collection, and in fact there were several copies of the same book in each lot. They are damaged, but I thought this one might be rare."

Perhaps these books, which were about to be disposed of, are the kind that students use en masse as reference books for their classes, and are replaced periodically with new ones. When I registered at the library, they were randomly placed next to the counter.

There were some books on the history of the Isle, but I avoided books with data on the Isle because I was warned by Al about "information on the country".

"I see. I see. It looks like an ordinary illustrated book, but it is certainly rare in this country (Geers). It is also rare for adventurers to bring old books here.

"?"?　You're a used bookstore and you don't stock books?"

No, it is rare for adventurers to bring their own goods. Most of them just read or buy and never come back, and those who do read rarely come back as often as you do.

"I see."

"Well, I guess I'll stop reading for a while and work on restoration. How much do you want?"

No, I got this stuff for free, so I don't want your money.

"That's not good for business."

It seems that I am surrounded by many types of people who are serious about their work.

But I have no idea what the market price is for the books I brought.

So, in exchange for the money, can you teach me the rudiments of book restoration?"

He thinks for a moment and asks.

"Well, that's elementary."

"I would like to restore this."

What I want to restore is a picture book about light and darkness that have gone into hiding. There was a palm-size book with a few tears, not unreadable but about to break apart at any moment. I'd like to clean it up anyway.

"Oh, a picture book. Let me show you. Picture books and fairy tales sometimes contain more truth than history books."

Come to think of it, there are a lot of picture books and fairy tales in this store.

I learned the story of the Cliff of Trials from reading an old fairy tale here. Incidentally, I also read the story of the first king of the labyrinth city, Count Garlei the Knight, here. I wonder if you are a fan of Gulley, Cadiz.

"Does this also suggest why the God of Darkness and the God of Light are not currently worshipped in the temple?"

Cadiz is also looking at the picture book with interest as she repairs it.

She lays a piece of smooth paper coated with wax under the page and carefully applies flour paste with a needle to the torn area. With Cadiz's guidance, I do the same on another page. Once the glue is applied, the paper is placed on the page and gently stroked from the repaired area outward. In some cases, heat is applied with a trowel.

The binding strings have been cut and the book is now in pieces. I have put a sticky note on it so that the order will not be lost.

Fortunately, there are no missing parts, so I just have to re-bind the book with new binding strings, put a new cloth on the spine, and it is ready to be used.

"Well, I heard that there was a time when the evil god and the god of darkness were considered to be one and the same, but it seems to be true. In the process, the Dark God became misanthropic and disappeared from people's lives."

"It seems from this picture book that the counterpart, the God of Light, also vanished, saying that it makes no sense for him to be alone."

"If you make a statue of a god, it will soon be broken. That is why neither light nor darkness is enshrined in temples today. In the temples, one can sometimes obtain the attributes of light or darkness, but that is the only connection between the two deities.

"So the god of darkness goes to an unpopular place, leaving behind <>."

Are they hurt by what people have done to them?

"Did it say anywhere that the moon goddess is the god of darkness?"

Cadiz raises one eyebrow at my words.

"No?　I didn't write about it, but I did encounter it dancing. I was told by a friend that the faintly glowing spot left in its wake is called ."

"How do you know it's the Dark God?"

"I'm not sure if that's what you want to call it, but I got the [blessing]. The attribute that is enhanced was [darkness]."

And later I got the spirit of darkness.

"Blessed by the Dark God ......?"

"Yeah. I thought you could get them if you ran into them.　Well, maybe it's a god who is a household deity of the Dark God."

At the time I thought there were only gods corresponding to the attributes, but now that I know that there are gods of forging and other gods, I'm beginning to think that maybe it was really the Moon God, as everyone says.

Galahad and the others' reaction to the moonlight stone when I mentioned the god of darkness was also pleased with it, so I didn't really see it in that way.

"No, if the blessing they got was darkness, then it was the god of darkness. The goddess of the moon ...... appears in places where people don't come and disappears as soon as she is seen. I have read many books on this subject, but this is the first time I know that the Moon Goddess is the God of Darkness. Under what circumstances did you meet her?"

I will give Cadiz a brief summary of the situation.

Now I wonder if I would not have received the blessing if I had been able to come without any problems when I called Ochazuke and the others. It was a close call.

"It seems that the conditions are that you are alone and that you have something of the attributes of darkness and light.

"It would seem so."

"I guess it was unknown because no one had ever been crazy enough to go alone to a place where people don't go before. It is true that the Moon Goddess has always been mentioned by witnesses who seem to be more than one. So the god of darkness, who is said to have vanished from the earth, is still thinly connected to this world.

Cadiz looks very emotional.

She had never seemed so religious before.

I received a picture book and went outside, and received a text message from Ochazuke.

He told me to meet him because we were going to the labyrinth in the labyrinth city. I texted him back that I would be waiting for him at the labyrinth city, and we went to the east and west avenues to go to the temple. I paid 40,000 shillings and moved to Barron, which is called the Labyrinth City.

...... Leo and Shin have money to transfer?

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Clan

Zodiac Vice

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Homura Lv.33

Rank C

Clan Zodiac

Occupation Mage Swordsman, Pharmacist (Assassin)

H!?　　 1108

M!?　　1406

STR 47

VIT 25

INT 84

MID 32

DEX 27

AGI 52

LUK 37

N!?C!?　[Galahad] [-].

Title

■General

[Interactionist] [Power to Turn] [Mystery Revealer] [Mystery Revealer]

Economic leader] [Lone adventurer] [Nine lives] [Nine lives] [Nine lives

The Wise One, The Elegant One, The World-Flyer.

Blessings of the Gods

[Tasha's favor] [Dru's blessing] [Tasha's favor] [Dru's blessing

[Val's favor] [Phal's blessing

Verna's Blessing

Titles from the Gods

Tasha's disciple] [Tasha's magic

Dhul's Earth

Saint of Falu

The Time of the Gods

■Slayer system

Lizard Slayer] [Bug Slayer

Beast Slayer] [Gel Slayer

Bird Slayer

[Dragon Slayer] [Dragon Slayer

Master Ring

King of Swords] [Wise King

Skill (1s!?)

■Magic and Magic

Wood magic Lv.26] [Fire magic Lv.25] [Earth magic Lv.25

Gold Magic Lv.25] [Water Magic Lv.26] [☆ Wind Magic Lv.25

Light Magic Lv.19] [☆Dark Magic Lv.25

Lightning magic Lv.26] [Ice magic Lv.22] [Heavy magic Lv.20

Air magic Lv.21] [Time magic Lv.20] [Druid magic Lv.21

■Healing and Holy Law

Sacred Magic Lv.21

Illusions Lv.1

Magic and others

[Magic Shield] [Stacking

Range magic Lv.20] [Attack recovery/magic Lv.9

Magic and Effect Lv.11

Chanting for action] [Chanting for action] [Chanting for no action

Magic Charge Lv.7

Swordsmanship

[Swordsmanship Lv.28] [Slash

[Sword Lv.27] [☆Itsashin Lv.24

Phantom Sword Lv.19

■Darkener

[Thread Lv.16

Physical and others

☆Discernment Lv.27

Physical, Effect Lv.6

■Defense

Shield of firm earth

■Summoning

White Lv.11

■ Spirit art

Spirit of Water [Rufa Lv.9

Spirit of Darkness [Kuroyoh Lv.18

Talent system

Body Art] [Evasion] [Swordsmanship

Deciphering

■Movement actions, etc.

Carrying, leaping, staying in the air, and soaring.

■ Production

[Formulation Lv.19] [Alchemy Formulation Lv.18

Cooking Lv.18] [Jewelry Lv.1

Collecting

Collecting] [Mining

Appraisal and concealment

Appraise Lv.22

Presence Detection Lv.31] [Presence Dilution Lv.31] [Concealment Lv.27

■ Enhancement

Arm Strength Lv.5] [Intellect Lv.6] [Spirit Lv.6

Improved dexterity Lv.6] [Improved agility Lv.5

Improved swordsmanship Lv.5】 【Improved magic Lv.6】, improved agility Lv.5

Resistance

Sickness Resistance]

Other

H!? Natural recovery] [M! Natural recovery] [Night vision

Map] [Telepathy] [☆Bojutsu] [☆Bojutsu

Equipment Change] [☆Weapon Holding Lv.21

Living Magic] [☆Invitation

[Anti-Theft Lv.21] [Trap Release] [Trap Release] [Trap Release] [Trap Release] [Trap Release] [Trap Release

[Open] [Unlock] [Unlock

Stars are those that have been enhanced by first acquisition, event benefits, etc.