第六話 冒険者ギルド
後日、宿でゆっくりと休んだ俺は、都市ロンダルムの冒険者ギルドへと向かった。
冒険者ギルドは、冒険者向けに出された依頼の受注から、魔物情勢の確認、魔石の換金、パーティーメンバーの募集なんかまで行うことができる。
「冒険者の登録を頼む。その後、魔石の換金を行いたい」
「では登録のために、お名前とレベル......それからクラスをお願いいたします」
「エルマ、【Lv:12】......クラスは重騎士だ」
「......ああ、やはり防御型のクラスの方でしたか」
受付嬢は同情するようにぽつりと零しつつ、ギルドの印が付いた冒険者証を作成してくれた。
俺は手数料と引き換えに冒険者証を受け取る。
【称号〈F級冒険者〉を得ました。】
よし......これで俺も晴れて冒険者の仲間入りだ。
この称号自体に付属の効果はないが、冒険者の称号を持っていることで使えるようになるスキルも存在する。
〈マジックワールド〉で強くなるためには、この冒険者の称号もかなり重要になってくるのだ。
「ああ、あと、一応、仲間を募集している人の名簿を見せてもらいたいんだが」
急いで仲間を作るつもりもなかったが、一応この世界の冒険者ギルドの様子を知っておきたかった。
「ええっと......新人さんの防御クラスを欲しがるパーティーは稀ですから、その、諦めた方がよろしいかと。あの、失礼な言い方になっていなければよいのですが......」
受付嬢は、歯切れが悪そうにそう口にした。
別にパーティーに加入したかったわけではないのだが......まぁ、いいか。
その辺りの事情は、冒険者を続けていればいずれはわかることだ。
「おいおい、見ろよ! 低レベルの重騎士が、パーティー募集してるぜ!」
頭の禿げ上がった大男が、俺を指差して大声で言った。
続いてその取り巻き達が声を上げて笑う。
「誰がお前みたいなすっとろいゴミと組むんだよ、バーカ」
「〈加護の儀〉の時期は、よくああやって連日受付に縋ってるゴミクラス持ちがいるんだよなぁ。ハズレは邪魔だからわざわざギルドに来るんじゃねえよ」
......嫌な連中だな。
まあ、あの手合いは〈マジックワールド〉でもよく見かけた。
俺がサブキャラで重騎士の性能検証をしていると、よく『このご時世に前評判を調べない馬鹿』だの、散々言われたものだ。
「そうか、パーティーはまた後日考えてみる。それより、魔石の換金を頼みたい」
俺は〈魔法袋〉から魔石を取り出した。
ラーナの魔石が十個、そしてアランダエイプの魔石が一個である。
ラーナの魔石はともかく、アランダエイプの魔石はそれなりの値がつくだろう。
「ご、ご自分で狩られたんですか? この大きさの魔石......【Lv:15】前後の個体のものだと思いますが......」
受付嬢は驚いているようだった。
「ああ、そうだ。【Lv:16】の魔物だった」
「あなたは【Lv:12】......それに、攻撃型のクラスならともかく、重騎士ですし......。あの、討伐経験は冒険者ランクの昇級の考慮にも関わります。調べることは困難ですが、万が一虚偽の申請だったとわかった場合は、厳しい罰則を加えることになっています。今なら取り消せば......」
「いや、この魔物を狩ったときは、俺はまだ【Lv:8】だった」
「その、相手は手負いだったんですか? 他にお仲間が......」
「俺一人でやった。そう記録してくれ」
「そう言われたら、そう記録するしかありませんが......」
受付嬢は渋々と魔石を受け取り、金銭を渡してくれた。
ラーナの魔石は十個で二万ゴルド、アランダエイプの魔石は一個で六万ゴルドで引き取ってくれた。
百ゴルドは一食分のパンが手に入るくらいの価値だ。
だいたい一ゴルドで一円だと思って大きな間違いはない。
初日から八万ゴルドが手に入ったと思えば、幸先は明るい。
今後はアランダエイプくらいの魔物なら安定して狩れるだろうし、ソロ活動であるから山分けする必要もない。
生活の心配をしなければならないラインは既に超えたと考えて問題ない。
俺が功績に拘っているのには理由がある。
冒険者はF級、E級、D級、C級、B級、A級、そしてS級の七段階に分かれている。
登録した時点でF級冒険者にはなれている。
おまけにもっと切実な理由として、冒険者ランクによって〈重鎧の誓い〉へ振れるスキルポイントに制限があるのだ。
E級冒険者にならなければ、【16】以上の数値を割り振ることができない。
先日、俺がスキルポイントを割り振りできなくなった理由である。
正確には冒険者ランクではなく名誉点という隠しパラメーターなのだが、現状条件を満たすには冒険者ギルドでの昇級が間違いなく一番早い。
〈マジックワールド〉としては『バランスよく色々なスキルツリーを試してほしい』という理由で上限を設けているのだろうが、効率よく強くなるためには邪魔でしかない。
スキルポイントだとかいう実質取り返しのつかない要素でこんなことをしないでほしい。
そういうわけで、俺は何としてでもとっととE級冒険者にならなければならないのだ。
「おや、空気が悪いな」
「......なんだ、あの重騎士」
「ズルでもやってんじゃねえの?」
陰口が聞こえてくる。
注目を集めた後に言うのはあまりよくなかったが、まあ、周りの目を気にしていても仕方がない。
俺はとっとと強くなりたいのだ。
伯爵家を追い出された腹癒せといえばそうなのかもしれないが、それ以上に俺の前世の、〈マジックワールド〉ユーザーとしての血が騒ぐ。
「さて、俺でも受けられる昇級依頼はないか?」
俺は続けて、受付嬢へと問う。
昇級依頼とは、ギルドから審査員の許可を得ている冒険者が同行し、結果次第では冒険者の昇級を認める、という依頼である。
昇級にはいくつか方法があり、その内の一つである。
「ううん......明日に一応、【Lv:15】以上の魔物の討伐実績のある方ならば参加できる、
受付嬢は気が進まなさそうに、そう言った。
内容を聞くに、森奥に集まったアンデッド系統の魔物の駆除、ということだった。
アンデッドは森や墓地の死体を用いて同胞を造り、その数を増やす性質を持った者も多い。
収拾のつかない規模になる前に、F級、E級の冒険者を十人近く集めて叩こう、ということになったらしい。
俺が間髪入れずに答えると、受付嬢は眉を寄せて困り顔を浮かべた。
「......とても危険ですよ。警告はしましたからね、エルマさん」
こうして俺は、
今回の敵は質より量だ。
おまけにアンデッド系統の魔物は、HPこそ高いが、他のステータスはその分やや控えめの傾向にある。
相手の攻撃を完封するという、〈城壁返し〉の発動条件を満たしやすい。
俺に持って来いの依頼であった。
Chapter 6
After having a good night's rest at an inn later that day, I went to the Adventurer's Guild located in the city of Rondalm.
Adventurer's Guild. It is a place that handles a lot of things. From requests and commissions for the adventurers to complete, to verifying the current status of demons, conversion of mana stones to money, recruitment of party members, and so on.
"Excuse me, I want to register as an adventurer. Ah, I also want to exchange the mana stones I have for money."
"I understand. Then, please tell me your name, level, and... your class."
"Elma, [Level: 12], and class is... Heavy Knight."
"...Ah, so I was right. Your class is also one of those defensive types."
The receptionist lady said, as if sympathizing with me as she produced an adventurer's card with the guild's crest on it.
I received the adventurer's card in exchange for my fee.
[You have obtained the title <F-Rank Adventurer>.]
Alright.. With this, I've also become a full-fledged adventurer.
The title itself doesn't have any effects, buffs, or anything like that, but there are some skills that become available once you have obtained the adventurer title.
In <Magic World>, if you want to become stronger, then you will need this title, as it is also very crucial.
"Ah, I forgot to say this. I also want to see the list of individuals looking to recruit additional party members."
I'm not in a hurry finding comrades, nor am I intending to; I was just curious about the Adventurer's Guild's current state of affairs in this world.
"Eh.... uh... It's rare for parties to want newcomers that specialize in defense, so... I think it'd be better if you give up and drop the idea... And, uhm.. I hope I wasn't being rude.."
The receptionist lady said in an inarticulate way.
It's not like I was intending to join a party, but.... okay then.
I'll eventually find out what the current status of affairs surrounding the guild is if I continued being an adventurer anyway.
"Oioi, look fellas! There's a low-leveled Heavy Knight looking for a party!"
A giant man with a head comparable to that of an egg said loudly while pointing at me.
Then, what followed after were laughter from his cronies.
"Who'd want to accept a piece of sh*t like you in their party? Dumbass."
"During the period of the <Divine Blessing Ceremony>, there are those people who had the same trashy class like you coming to the reception desk day after day. Those who missed and drew such sh*tty classes should just stop coming to the guild. You're all just getting in the way."
......What an unpleasant bunch.
Well, I'm already used to these kinds of things. After all, I've seen them a lot in <Magic World>.
When I was doing an inspection about the performance of the Heavy Knight using my sub-character back then, these kinds of things always happen. "Look, another one of those idiots who couldn't even properly search about that class' reputations so late in this day and age! Hahahaha!" Is what they would always say.
"I understand. I'll think about this party stuff later. For now, I'd like to exchange my mana stones for some money."
Then, I took out the mana stones that were inside my <Magic Bag>.
10 mana stones from the Laanas and then 1 from the Alanda Ape.
Apart from the mana stones that I got from the Laanas, the one I got from the Alanda Ape would definitely fetch a decent amount of money.
"D-did you... hunt all of these by yourself? This mana stone... I think this is from a demon with an approximate level of [Level: 15] though.."
The receptionist lady said, seemingly surprised.
"Ah, yes. It's from a [Level: 16] demon."
"You're [Level: 12]... and, apart from not being someone of a class that specializes in offense, you're a Heavy Knight... Err.. The experience of subjugating demons is also taken into account for the adventurer rank promotion. So, even if the investigation for this matter will be difficult, in a case where your request turns out to be false, severe penalties will be imposed. You can still withdraw it now..."
"No, when I hunted this demon, I was still [Level: 8]."
"Uhm, were they wounded? Your party members I mean.."
"I did it all by myself. You can write that down on the records."
"If it's as you say so, then I'll have no choice but to record it as such."
The receptionist lady reluctantly accepted the mana stones as she handed me the money in exchange.
Ten Laana mana stones were sold at 20,000 Gorudo, and the only Alanda Ape mana stone that I had was sold for 60,000 Gorudo.
A hundred Gorudo is more than enough to buy a single loaf of bread.
It's not quite wrong to say that 1 Gorudo is equal to 1 Yen.
Think about it. Earning 80,000 Gorudo in just one day... Seems like there's nothing but a bright future ahead of me.
Hereafter, I would be able to hunt demons as big as Alanda Apes consistently. And since I am doing it solo, there's no one I could split them with. Ha ha, ez money.
It would be alright to assume that I have already crossed the line of not having to worry about my life in the near future anymore.
Anyway, there's also a reason for why I'm so obsessed with achievements.
Adventurers are divided into 7 different stages. There's the F-Rank, E-Rank, D-Rank, C-Rank, B-Rank, A-Rank, and S-Rank.
And, immediately after you register as one, you will be separated into the F-Rank.
What's more is that, depending on the adventurer's rank, the number of skill points that can be allocated to the <Vow of the Heavy Armor> skill is limited.
And, unless I become an E-Rank adventurer, I would not be able to allocate a total value of [16] or more skill points.
That's the reason why I couldn't allocate all of my skill points earlier.
To be more precise, it's not because of one's adventurer rank, but because of a hidden parameter called credit points. However, the fastest way to meet these requirements is to advance my rank to E.
Although <Magic World> may have provided the players the upper limit of wanting to try out various skill trees in a balanced manner, when it comes to getting stronger efficiently, it only gets in the way.
Please don't do something as idiotic as that with an essential irreversible element such as skill points.
With that being said, I have to become an E-Rank adventurer as soon as I can, at all costs.
"Oya? The atmosphere became unpleasant."
"...The hell is up with that Heavy Knight..?"
"Is he not cheating?"
I can hear ya, peanut gallery.
It wasn't very wise of me to say now that I've already attracted this much attention, but.. Well, there's no point in worrying about what the others around me think.
I want to become strong as soon as possible.
It could be said that it might've been because of the desire for vengeance after being exiled from the Count's Household, but.. it's more likely because my blood as a previous player of <Magic World> is burning with passion to become strong.
"Well then, are there any promotion requests that even I could take?"
I inquired with the receptionist lady.
A promotion request is basically, a request issued by adventurers to be accompanied to go hunting or subjugating demons by an examiner who has been approved by the guild, and depending on the results, the adventurer will be promoted.
There are several ways to get promoted, and this is one of those.
"Err... Tomorrow, there will be a raid quest for anyone who's subjugated demons of [Level: 15] or higher... And, adventurers who have gained the right to be reviewed for the E-Rank promotion will participate as well.. So, if you do well and play an active role there, you will be promoted..."
The receptionist lady said so reluctantly.
When I asked for more details, the receptionist lady told me that it was about subjugating undead-type demons that had gathered deep in some forest.
Many of the undead-type demons have a proclivity for creating brethren and increasing their numbers by using corpses from forests and graveyards.
It seems that it was decided that nearly ten F-Rank and E-Rank adventurers were to be gathered in order to eradicate the undead-type demons before the situation got out of hand.
When I answered immediately, the receptionist lady frowned and was showing me a troubled look.
"...What you're doing is very dangerous, Elma-san. Don't say that I didn't warn you later."
Thus, I have succeeded in receiving the raid quest <Undead Swarm Subjugation>.
This time, the enemy is large in terms of number, but lower in quality.
Additionally, undead-types tend to have higher HP, but other than that, almost all of their stats are low.
What's more is that it would be easy to satisfy the activation conditions of my skill <Rampart Return> which is to completely block the opponent's attack.
It was the kind of quest perfectly ideal for me.
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