Chapter 23 - 23 Mercenary Guild

Chapter 23: Chapter 23 Mercenary Guild

Chapter 23 Mercenary Guild

The Mercenary Guild is a large organization spread across all human regions of the Gaia world, surpassing the scale of civilian organizations such as the Assassin Guild and Warrior Guild.

However, unlike other organizations, among the Mercenary Guilds of various countries, besides the consistent systems of mercenary ranking and mission grading, the other management systems vary. There is no subordination between the Mercenary Guilds of various countries; they only pledge allegiance to the rulers of their respective kingdoms.

This is also what every ruler hopes to see because, after all, mercenaries, as a large and powerful group within the borders of a country, would make any ruler uneasy if not under their control.

In the previous life's game, most players joined the Mercenary Guild as their first faction in the early stages. They gained experience, money, and other extraordinary rewards by completing various commissioned tasks.

Today, William's purpose in coming to the Mercenary Guild is also simple.

First, it's to attain the last intermediate weapon proficiency required for his "Martial Mastery."

Second, it's to register as a mercenary, complete commissions, and hunt monsters to gain the large amount of experience needed for his own advancement.

Relying solely on meditation to gain experience, breaking through to an intermediate mage before the Annual Holy Festival is not very realistic, especially considering the bottomless pit of skill level upgrades awaiting him. He must find a way to broaden the sources of his experience.

For mercenaries in this world, the purpose of completing commissions is to obtain rewards, but William is different. He has the game system, which grants him corresponding experience points while completing commissions.

The simplest and most direct source of experience from the game system is none other than monster hunting!

Completing some commission tasks is just a side benefit.

William is almost unable to contain his desire to hunt monsters with his Kirin Arm!

The Mercenary Guild of Canlight City is not in the eastern district of the city, but in the bustling Gedo Street in the west district. After all, most mercenaries are poor people from the lower strata of society. Before becoming extraordinary professionals, they can only sell their strength to complete miscellaneous tasks in the city.

Moving things, cleaning, finding lost pets, and other ordinary commissions are the daily lives of most ordinary mercenaries.

To say that these people are mercenaries is just to say that they are poor souls trying to make a living.

As for important commissions such as guard duty and monster clearance, only extraordinary professionals can handle them.

William remembered that when the game first started, players rushed through all the tasks of the Mercenary Guild like a whirlwind, even accepting tasks like unclogging sewers and moving trash without discrimination.

"Name?"

"Moriarty."

"Age?"

"18."

"Occupation?"

"None."

Registering as a mercenary was simple, but William didn't want to reveal his identity as a mage yet. After all, he wanted to learn new weapons, and having the rare identity of a mage among professionals would attract attention.

"Here, this is your identity card. Right now, you're just the lowest level mercenary. Completing commissioned tasks can earn you corresponding mercenary points to raise your mercenary level." The uniformed girl handed over a gray card, engraved with William's information in magical patterns, which was extremely difficult to forge.

"You can take on some ordinary tasks that can be completed in the city, or you can team up with others to take on higher-level monster-hunting tasks. However,"

The girl hesitated for a moment before giving her advice:

"It's best not to attempt these risky tasks before becoming a formal professional. Staying alive is the most important thing!"

After all, having worked in the Mercenary Guild for so many years, she had seen too many young people register as mercenaries and enthusiastically participate in those dangerous tasks, only to leave behind nothing but a memory.

"Thank you for your advice, I understand," William replied with a smile.

In this world, he didn't know if he could have the resurrection ability like in the previous life's game, so naturally, he wouldn't charge into danger like those goofy players shouting "Orcs will never be slaves!" or "Demacia!" while rushing into battle like iron-headed kids.

He was still just an unranked mercenary, essentially the same as most ordinary mercenaries, completing simple but time-consuming tasks, possibly without ever having the chance to be promoted to a formal mercenary.

Formal mercenaries are ranked from low to high as Bronze, Silver, Gold, Mithril, and Adamantite.

Ranking doesn't correspond directly with the rank of professionals; it solely depends on the level and quantity of tasks completed by the mercenary.

Playing with his freshly acquired mercenary identity card, William asked the uniformed girl:

"Um, I also wanted to know, are there any career mentors available in the guild now?"