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Chapter 35: S-rank Adventurer

 

The beastfolk were getting excited on how to develop the village. I returned to the village inn and called Shinku and Drake via telepathy.

≪Shinku, Drake, can you hear me?≫

≪I can hear you, Aun-sama.≫

≪Bro, I can hear you too! By the way, I registered as an adventurer and got a C rank!≫

≪Oh! That’s good!

On our side, we opened the entrance to the Plainevelt dungeon last night.

The beastfolk were confused at first, but they’re fine now.

I want you two to report that a new dungeon has appeared at the Adventurer’s Guild.

Regarding the details, I’ll directly talk to Sparz about it. So if they ask you anything, just say you don’t know.≫

≪Understood. I will tell them as such.≫ Shinku.

≪I’m counting’ on you! Kinu and I will head to Recuria in a few days time, so please continue doing quests until you hear from me again.≫

≪Understood.≫ ≪Got it, bro!≫

With this, a decent number of adventurers should come to the dungeon.

I guess we’ll see how things go and adjust the dungeon accordingly.

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Five days have passed since the dungeon was opened. More adventurers have come than I initially expected.

It seems that the three adventurer parties who entered on the first day each found a treasure chest and brought back blue-rarity weapons and armor.

It’s a good thing that we made the lower floors to be at a level where even E or D rank adventurers can safely explore if they form a party.

Currently, about 5 groups are always exploring in the dungeon during the daytime. After the first day, except for the boss room, we have only put white and green rarity items in the treasure chests.

At present, the A-rank party Illusionary Spring Breeze has explored the dungeon up to the 10th floor and defeated the Red Ogre.

They were overjoyed to obtain a blue-rarity bow from a treasure chest.

As of yesterday, Plainevelt has been increased to 13 floors. From around the 10th floor onwards, monsters of C to B ranks wander around, and on the 13th floor, the named monsters, Cow-oni and Horse-oni, are lying in wait.

As far as I can predict, it will be difficult for Illusionary Spring Breeze to break through that. Since it is possible to escape from the boss room, they will withdraw if it’s too difficult.

However, if an S-rank party arrives from another city, then the dungeon might be captured. So we plan to increase the number of floors and summon new bosses as soon as we accumulate enough dungeon points.

Regarding the creation of additional floors, since Irs understands my intentions, I entrusted almost everything to him since yesterday.

Later on, we received a report from Barbaru saying that a letter from Sparz had arrived on a fast horse this morning. So I decided to head to Recuria’s Adventurer’s guild with Kinu.

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Kinu and I arrived at the Adventurer’s Guild in Recuria around noon, and after meeting up with Shinku and Drake, we were led to the guild master’s room.

「Yo, I’ve been waiting for you.」

「We came here in a hurry, so I don’t think you waited that long.

So, what’s the business? Isn’t the reward coming tomorrow?」

「Well, well, I called you because the reward arrived this morning.

The other thing is to talk about the dungeon that appeared in Plainevelt.

Let’s start with the reward.」

「Oh, I’m surprised that the reward has already been decided.」

「Yeah, it seems that the people in the royal capital are also in a hurry.

First, Aun, Kinu, and Shinku have been promoted to S-rank adventurers.

Therefore, Black Thunder automatically becomes an S-rank party. Congratulations!」

「Huh? Seriously? It’s only been less than a month since we registered as adventurers, you know? Is this really okay?」

「Honestly, it’s unheard of. I don’t think this record will ever be broken.

It’s said that it usually takes 3 years to reach S rank at the earliest.

However, the fact that there were no S-rank parties in Recuria was also a problem.

It’s best to have at least one S-rank group in each city. In order to respond to sudden incidents like recently.

That’s why Black Thunder’s success in minimizing damage has stood out…」

「I see. In that case, I’ll take it. And what about Drake?」

「As for Drake, he’s the victim, so there’s no backlash.

Another reason is that Drake will be supervised by you after joining Black Thunder.

You can thank me for that.」

「I know, I know. To be honest, I was prepared for some kind of penalty. I will take responsibility for him then. He’s my precious companion now, after all.」

「I’m really sorry for bothering everyone! I’ll clear a few more quests for Recuria’s sake!」

「Ah. I’m looking forward to it.

After all, you’ve been actively accepting quests for the past week.

Actually, Drake already has a good reputation among residents and adventurers alike.」

「Hou. You did your best huh, Drake! Oh, come to think of it, what happened to the clan matter?」

「You passed the clan application. With that comes your second reward. Or rather, a special permission. But first, tell me the name of your clan.」

「The name of our clan is “Star Supremacy”.」

「Oh. That’s a good name. Did you come up with it, Aun?」

「No, it was decided together with all my companions.

Our goal is to become the strongest in the world, hence the name.」

「Nn. We’ll make the strongest clan.」Kinu.

「I see. To be the strongest is a pretty big goal, but… you guys seem to be able to do it. I have high hopes for you all.」

「Right! So, what did you mean by special permission?」

「Well, do you know that the “Clan Battle Tournament” will be held in the royal capital in another two months?」

「Yeah, I’ve heard rumors. Isn’t this a tournament that decides the rank of the clans which are based in this kingdom?」

「That’s right. It’s also commonly called the “Ranking Battle”.

Usually, only clans that have been active for at least two years are eligible, but the upper management wanted to see your strength so you have been given the right to participate in it.」

「Sounds interesting. Clans from other countries will not be participating, correct?」

「Indeed. This is a tournament that decides the clan ranking in the Arto Kingdom.

If you win, you will be ranked “1st in the Arto Kingdom clan ranking”.

But it’s not an easy tournament to win. There are more than 30 clans in the royal capital. If you add all the clans in the kingdom, the number should be close to 50. Within them, there are clans that have multiple S-rank parties.

But, if I’m to be honest, I’m looking forward to seeing how far you guys can go.」

「Since we’re going to participate, we will aim for the championship. In which case, our two months will end on preparation and transportation alone.」

「You don’t have to pay for transportation. Earn and save up.

Ah, there’s one last reward. Perhaps the reward that would please you the most.」

Sparz said while grinning.