Chapter 265
"No one is taking this quest, right? I know it asks for rank A, but is there a way for lower ranked adventurers to take it?"
"Err . . . We need the client's agreement in order to lower the quest rank, so . . . "
I see .
Those 『Swords Extremers』 most definitely won't lower the required rank as their goal is to fight strong adventurers .
Guess we need to raise our ranks after all .
The problem is how . . .
"How do you raise your rank? We're currently rank E . . . "
I asked the receptionist .
If it needs a huge amount of quest completions or time-consuming tests, we're stuck .
If that happens, we have no choice but to ask the king's help .
It'll take a few days, but the quest should still be around if we're lucky .
And if we're not . . . Then we'd have to search those 『Swords Extremers』 from scratch .
We could try following the trails of the missing high ranking adventurer .
The receptionist handed over a paper with details about rank up .
Then she speaks apologetically .
"Here are the prerequisites for rank up . . . Unfortunately, getting up to rank A is quite a task, you know? Even tough adventurers need years to get to rank C . . . "
The paper the receptionist handed over had this written .
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Rank Up Prerequisite Table
To Rank E - Completes 50 Rank F Quests
To Rank D - Completes 200 Rank E Quests
To Rank C - Completes 500 Rank D Quests
To Rank B - Completes 2000 Rank C Quests, or participate in a Disaster class monster subjugation and play an active role in it
To Rank A - Participate in a Disaster class monster subjugation and play a leading role in it
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The numbers of quests we need to complete are too far away .
If all the monsters we've defeated so far get counted as quests, we might just reach rank C . . . but since most of the monsters I defeated don't seem to, my rank stays at E .
Well, I guess our ranks being low is just natural .
After all, it was only recently that we got formally registered as guild members instead of Second Academy students .
But these prerequisites . . . Perhaps there's still a hope for easy rank-ups .
" . . . Are demons counted as a Disaster class monster?"
"Of course they are . Demons are the worst of Disaster class monsters . "
"Then . . . If a rank E adventurer were to defeat a demon by himself, his rank would be upgraded to A?"
The receptionist pondered a bit when I asked her that .
Then she replies while looking at me with warm eyes .
"Unfortunately, you have be rank C first before you can get to rank B and above . As such, the rank won't go up even if a rank E adventurer defeated a demon . . . If by that time you've satisfied the prerequisites to be rank C, your rank will be automatically upgraded to A however . "
" . . . I see . "
Looks like defeating a Disaster class monster even before you get to rank C is counted .
Which means, if the guild has a record of me defeating demons in the past, I'll get to rank A just by completing the number of quests required to get to rank C .
While thinking that, the receptionist speaks as if she's cautioning me .
"But you can't go and try to defeat a demon now, you hear me . You're already off to a promising start being a rank E at your age . . . Don't put the cart before the horse and get too hasty at raising your rank you end up dead, okay . "
Apparently, this receptionist thinks we're rookie adventurers yearning for high ranking ones .
. . . The rookie part is not necessarily wrong .
" . . . No, we've beaten demons already . "
"You shouldn't lie like that . . . The guild manages records about subjugations of demons . A quick look at the data will expose your lie, you know . "
Hou .
They've got records on subjugation history huh .
That's good to hear .
"Then please check the data . "
The receptionist shrugged her shoulders like 'oh geez' when I said that .
Then she speaks to me with a 'I give up' look on her face .
"I understand . I'll have a look, hand me your guild card please . "
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"Sure . "
I passed my guild card to the receptionist .
Then she looked at the card--and opened her eyes wide in a shock .
"Ma . . . !?"
Then she alternately compares the guild card and my face .
After a slight pause, the receptionist asks .
"Are you perhaps . . . Mathias Hildesheimr of the Second Academy?"
"Yeah . I am--"
"P-pardon me! I will go call the branch head!"
The receptionist ran at full speed toward the guild's back room after saying that .
After a little while, she came back along with a middle aged man .
The man's name tag had 『Guild Branch Head, Dakufu』 written on it .