“Y-You don’t want to join the guild?” Sercy’s eyes almost bled even though Myles never shouted or anything. “P-Please tell me you’re kidding. I let you take on three missions from our guild even though you didn’t join the guild. Is this how you are going to repay us?”“T-That’s…” Myles frowned. “You can take the reward money. All of it. I cleared a D-rank dungeon, and I even brought some weapons out with me. You can take all of it.”Sercy’s face was filled with anger. “How do I look to you? You think I’ll take money that belongs to you? How would I be able to sleep if I steal your money? I wouldn’t even get forty winks, I’m sure.”“Then what should we do?” Myles was at a loss for words.“Just join the guild as you said you would,” Sercy softly said and tried to smile. “The Dawn guild is no longer enjoying even a hundredth of its former glory… but it still used to be one of the top three guilds in the country until a few years ago. I’m not telling you this to make you join us out of pi
The dozen men had monkey badges on their chests suggesting that they were all members of the Greed guild. There were letter and number tags hanging from those badges, and these letters indicated their level and number indicated their stage.Robert was also among them. He was an Adept D-ranker. So his badge had the letter D and the number 3 added to it as D3 meant Adept D-ranker.D5 meant Novice D-ranker.D4 meant Apprentice D-ranker.D3 meant Adept D-ranker.D2 meant Expert D-ranker.D1 meant Master D-ranker.D0 meant Veteran D-ranker.D* meant Ace D-ranker.Among the twelve, the highest was an Expert D-ranker.“We only came here for that bitch,” Robert growled in frenzy. “Give her to us, and we’ll spare your guild.”“Spare our guild?” Sercy’s soft expression hardened. “You think 12 chicks that are struggling to go past the D-rank can take on the Dawn guild?”“Heh, your guild doesn’t even have any dungeon missions to do,” Robert blurted. “When was the last time your guildmaster showed
The Dungeon Bureau was a large organization with many divisions. All worked together to keep the city safe and peaceful by systematically controlling the dungeons through venerers.However, most of these workers were arrogant and looked down on the common population and even the low-ranked venerers or guilds.So, Sercy told Myles and Ria in advance to not feel offended or annoyed if they were treated poorly.As Myles followed Sercy on foot, he observed the city and saw that it was much different from other cities he had been to in this world.“Back in Cobra city, it’s pretty difficult for common citizens to come across these crystals,” Myles said, “but in this city, it seems the exact opposite. There are a lot more mages here. And they are even selling weapons outside.”“Yes, but the star crystals and any good weapon is still controlled by the bureau,” Sercy said. “They sell them for abnormal prices, so buying from the bureau is not possible unless you’re either filthy rich or you’re
A splash of water was all it took to wake Sercy up.She pleaded with the receptionist to give her some money, but it was of no use. Seeing her begging, the manager of the branch sent a worker to bring her to his office.The manager, Jason Foakes, was an old man in his sixties. He had an unusually large mustache, and a lot of hair growing on his ears. “Sercy Willsburn. You family used to be a noble family, but look at you now… you’re shamelessly begging the receptionist for some money.”“Did you call me just to mock me?” Sercy turned around to leave.“Wait,” Jason tossed a file on the desk. “Take a look at that.”“What is it?”“A mission. It’s a D-rank mission that the Greed guild has attempted three times and failed,” Jason said. “All the three D-rank teams they sent were annihilated. Each team was led by a Master D-rankers, so the guild is in shock now. They don’t have any veteran or ace D-rankers in their guild, which is why they have given up on the mission. In 24 hours, the dungeo
Myles, Ria, and Sercy arrived at an abandoned building. Two guards were posted outside. Their badges showed that they were two C-rank Venerers.However, C-rankers shouldn’t enter a D-rank dungeon under normal circumstances, so they could only wait outside, just in case monsters might come out of the dungeon.Both these C-rankers were elves carrying double-bladed weapons.After Sercy showed the documents, they allowed only Myles and Ria to pass through.“Have each other’s backs,” Sercy told them. “That’s all I’m gonna say since you two know each other. And good luck.”Her guild’s future depended on these two, so she really hoped that they would overcome this mission.Myles was wielding a bone staff that wasn’t appraised by anyone yet. It was covered in dust when Myles picked it from the storage room at the guild. Sercy told him that it wouldn’t be useful because its grip was so smooth it could easily slip when held normally, let alone during the battle when hands would be drenched in s
A minute earlier.Inside the dungeon, a group of four men were sitting right next to the entrance, playing cards.“When the Dawn guild members enter, we’re going to give them the most painful death there is,” the leader of the group, a Master D-ranker, said.“Brother Fabian, why does our guild hate that trash guild so much?” a group member asked. “I feel like we’re wasting our precious time for that pathetic guild that’s ranked at the bottom in the country.”“Don’t tell this to anyone, but our guild leader was the ex-girlfriend of the Dawn guild’s leader,” Fabian replied.“Eh?” Everyone was shocked because the Greed guild’s guildmaster was a Master A-ranker. “H-How’s that possible? How can she be interested in the guildmaster of that worthless guild?”“Well, the Dawn guild wasn’t worthless in the past.”“Ah, you’re right. So, the Dawn guild’s guildmaster must have cheated on her. That’s why she wants revenge, right?”“I don’t know the specific details,” Fabian responded, putting the c
Myles and the mighty ogre charged at one another. The ogre was fast despite its size. It didn’t throw a punch but just tried to grab with its hand so it could devour the human straight away.Myles imbued ‘vera’ into the bone staff and thrust it sideways at the last second.The staff reacted to his energy and shapeshifted into a sharpened pencil-like tool and skewered through the ogre’s palm.The ogre growled in pain and couldn’t control the momentum and ended up crashing, elblow-first.The staff in Myles’ hand now turned into a sword-like tool. Holding the weapon with his left hand, he swung it sideways vertically from below. A projectile slash of energy cleaved through the ogre’s neck, spraying the blood everywhere.The weapon in Myles’ hand turned back to being the regular, cheap-looking bone staff.“This weapon… I was right about it,” Myles thought. “It absorbs a person’s blood and reacts according to the wielder’s thoughts. It’s already strengthened by someone, but it just grew mor
Myles ran like his life depended on it.The four ogres chased him like dogs in heat. The terrain didn’t bother them anywhere near as much as it did Myles. The tall rocks made it so he couldn’t run straight, and so the ogres caught up with him rather quickly.However, Myles intention was to not escape from them, but to use the boulders to his advantage. He moved around like a snake and avoided getting snatched by them.Still, to Myles’ shock, the ogres grabbed boulders and threw them down at him.Myles was forced to cut the boulders down with his bone sword.And he found himself surrounded by the four ogres from every direction. They were all growling so loudly any common man would easily discolor their pants. Myles still didn’t even have a frown on his face.Myles split the sword into twin swords that were both much thinner. As the ogres came at him from every direction, he spun axially and created a tornado of energy that sliced the ogres into many pieces.Myles himself looked a litt