2-the second episode




Adventurers are rated according to their "rank".
There are seven ranks: F, E, D, C, B, A, and S. I've just registered as an adventurer, and I'm currently at the lowest rank, F. F is what's called a "novice" rank.

The F rank is what is called a "novice" level.
If you complete three quests of the appropriate rank, you will be promoted to rank E.

But even E rank is still in the realm of the inexperienced.
It is at the D rank that an adventurer becomes a full-fledged adventurer.
It is said that most adventurers stay at this D rank.

The next rank, C, is reserved for adventurers with skills worthy of being called professionals.
These are adventurers who are not outstanding, but who have been recognized as competent enough.
It is said that C-rank adventurers make up about 10 to 20 percent of all adventurers.

Above the C-rank, the B-rank and higher ranks are reserved for a limited number of adventurers.
It's called "top-notch.

Among the nearly one hundred adventurers based in the city of Atratia, only two adventurers with B rank are able to compete with the best.
And there are no adventurers of A rank or higher in the Atlantean adventurer's guild.

However, there's no point in thinking about such things from above.
I'm an F-rank adventurer now, so I should focus on the goal at hand.

'Goblin extermination - an E rank quest.

I stand in front of a bulletin board with quest postings on it and peel off one of the postings to see what it says.
What was written there was something like this.



Goblin Extermination (Quest Rank: E)
Reward: 20 gold coins
Description: You are the mayor of Mito Village. A group of goblins has taken up residence in a cave near the village. They come in the middle of the night, raiding our fields, stealing our livestock, and finally killing our hunter, Mort! We can't leave them now, kill every last one of them!



I look at the poster, put my hand to my chin and think.

It seems that killing goblins is one of the most common quests for apprentice adventurers.
As an inexperienced adventurer, I thought it would not be a bad choice to gain experience by taking an orthodox quest.

The amount of reward is also reasonable for the request.
A single gold coin is the equivalent of what a day laborer would receive for a full day's work, from morning till nightfall, and this amount is enough to live in a city inn for a couple of days if you are not extravagant.

The quest to exterminate the goblins would take about two or three days of work, including the time spent traveling to and from the village where the request was made.
The reward of twenty gold coins is not a small price to pay, considering that this is a quest for a novice adventurer and that the villagers are the ones who have to pay for the quest.

However, there is one major problem with this quest for me right now.

The quest rank for this goblin extermination is 'E'.
You need a party of at least four F-rank adventurers to receive this quest.

To receive an E quest, a party must have a total of four points of ability.
An F-rank adventurer's ability value is converted to one point, so an F-rank adventurer must have a party of four or more to receive an E-rank quest.

Incidentally, an adventurer's skill level is doubled and doubled with each rank.
An E rank adventurer gets two points, a D rank gets four points, a C rank gets eight points, and so on. ......

Thus, adventurers of rank D or higher can receive the goblin-slaying quest on their own.
I don't know whether a D-rank adventurer can actually conquer a goblin's lair by himself.
However, the fact that it is structured that way suggests that it may not be too far off.

But in any case, I'm an F-rank adventurer now.
If I don't form a party, I can't receive these quests.

'A party. ......'

I mumbled as I returned the quest posters I was looking at to the board.

'Are you looking for a party member, by any chance?

I heard a voice from somewhere.