Player Name: Kaga Michio
Character Information & Equipment:
Class: Villager Lv3, Hero Lv1, Thief Lv3
Accessory: Ring of Determination, Sandals, Bandit Bandana
The day was still young. If the main roads in this town are designed in such a way that they are heading directly to the north, south, east and west, then the sun has moved slightly over the west towards the south. So it should be a little over noon, if Im not mistaken?
Now that Ive gotten back onto the main road, the first place I will try to visit will be the Explorers Guild which is in that second building to the right, according to the information I have obtained from Alan the Slave Merchant.
So that confirms that he wasnt lying: there really is such a Job as an Explorer. Just to be sure I used Identify on that one hot chick in the building and it showed me that she was a Lv17 Explorer, just like the receptionist-looking guy behind the counter.
Okay, now for the most important part: do I really have to join the Explorers Guild to become an Explorer myself? Also, I was expecting the inside of the building to look more like a tavern, or the medieval equivalent of an office building, but if I were to draw any comparisons, then Id have to say it looked like a primitive post office, wooden tables, counters and mailbox next to the guilds main entrance included. Several townspeople were already inside, apparently doing business with the guilds staff, because I heard sentences such as Ill take that, then, Sold or So how much is this going to cost me? being used. If that is any indication, then I guess this place can also buy items off of you and made it possible for you to purchase whatever it is they are offering. But I am not interested in those, not for now at least.
First of all, Ill need to do some information gathering. Listening to the people around me in hopes of catching something interesting, I headed over to what I assumed to be an information board with multiple pieces of parchment stuck to it.
Well, shit. I cant read any of those strange letters.
Something is definitely written there, but I dont know what that is, which is strange since the Bandits Intelligence Cards were written in kanji, so why are the letters here different? Is the Explorers Guild special or were the Intelligence Cards special?
Excuse me sir, is there a problem? Do you need assistance with anything?
A soft voice called out to me from behind my back. When I turned around, I learned It belonged to a young girl who looked roughly the same age as me. She was a Lv2 Explorer and was dressed in the same receptionist outfit as the guy behind the counter.
Uhm, yes. Actually, Im sorry to bother you but I cant read any of those.
Yes, please do.
She then placed the hourglass on the table and turned it upside down, beginning the sifting of the sand inside.
So, what exactly do you want to know, Mr. Customer?
She asked me. What I want to know is wait, actually, I dont even know what I want to know, because I have no idea what is written on those pieces of paper. I asked her to read them for me precisely because I wanted to know that! So I guess well start with that and then branch out to the specifics.
What is written in this document right here?
Those are the general information about the newly-discovered Labyrinth, The Labyrinth of Cooratar. The current exploration progress is 11 levels. The first level is inhabited primarily by Needlewoods, level 2 is the domain of Nave Olives, the third one
I dont get a single word of what shes saying to me. Like, I hear those words, but none of them is clicking with me. All I know is that shes probably talking about monsters prowling each level of the Labyrinths dungeon.
What about the intel on the Labyrinths deepest depths?
She takes all the papers and searches through them in order.
Well it looks like no one has reached the deepest level yet, therefore we dont have any information on it yet. Im sorry.
After all that searching, all she had for me was a disappointing answer. But I kinda expected it, since the Labyrinth was apparently discovered only a few days ago. Of course no one would have reached all the way to its end in such a short amount of time.
And the other papers? What are they about?
The ones over here contain the details of jobs for an Explorer.
Another piece of knowledge which was imparted to me by Alan the Slave Merchant was that the Guilds generally did not offer quests and jobs to outsiders, and that they might find it difficult to recruit Party members, but he also said that the guilds are always open for accepting new members into their ranks. But for the time being I would like to avoid making any decisions that may or may not have an impact on the rest of my days spent here. Before I commit myself to one guild or the other, Ill have to carefully consider all of the options available to me to ensure that I wont pick the worst possible one on the worst possible conditions. Kinda like with job hunting back on earth, but with more dire consequences.