Manowa

Let’s increase our rank

Editor: Sher

*Kwon Gra.s.sland

“Iyaaaaaa!!!”

Thrust! Thrust! Thrust! Thrust!

With consecutive thrusts, Yumika defeats two horned rabbits without giving them a chance to strike back.

“Hmm.”

Kazane looks at the remains of her own share of monsters which were lying beside her.

(At long last, we have finally reached this stage)

Kazane also understood that Yumika’s skill with the spear had increased tremendous each day. None would have been able to guess that she had just arrived in this world two weeks ago, in addition to becoming an adventure only a week ago.

(It seems just like the game mechanic. When the stats increase, then so does Yumika’s power)

“Ooi, why do you keep staring at me blankly?”

While cleaning the tip of her spear which was clotted in blood because of killing the horned rabbit, Yumika looked back at Kazane who was looking at her.

“Well… I just thought how amazing Yumika is.”

“I don’t want to hear that from you.”
Yumika looks at Kazane’s surrounding while saying that.

Kazane killed three horned rabbits. One of it exploded so no materials can be taken from it, the other one has a big part of its body missing, and the last one died with almost no wound.

“When it was a game, no matter how flashy the magic I used, the material would still drop…”

“That’s why I said that this is not game.”

Yumika answers while smiling wryly.

“Right. Well, in term of material gathering, the needle is the best thing to use. No one can beat its accuracy. Though, there’s a need to reduce its convergence so that it’ll damage them normally.”

While saying that, Kazane opened the window and quickly customized it.

“Then, what will we do after this, Kazane?”

“Ermm. Well. Since I’ve become accustomed to magic, how about hunting four more and end it for today?”
Yumika nods. Because of yesterday’s break, their body felt different.

“Then, do you want to continue here in ‘Kwon gra.s.slands’? Or perhaps move to hunt grey golems?”
“No golems for today, since if we go now,  we would only be able to return tomorrow. And we cannot camp outside, as we didn’t prepare anything. Also, I’m afraid that with your spear’s condition...”

Hearing that Yumika frowns.

“Guess so.”
Even though her skill increased till it’s hard to believe that she was just an amateur a week ago, her ability to maintain her weapon is still amateurish. ‘I guess it’s about time to see master blacksmith…’Yumika makes an excuse inside her heart.

“Let’s quickly repair it. I also want them to check my sword.”

*Conrad Town

“You should increase your rank.”

Pran abruptly said it after we had finished hunting and while we were receiving the money for the materials in reception office.

“Rank is it?”
Kazane asks back.

“Right, rank. Usually I won’t said it towards newbies who had just become adventurers a week ago like you guys, but you earn a lot.”

“That’s so.”
From the time they started working together with Master, all in all they had earned 5000 kirigia. Even from all the members of the guild in this town, let alone the newcomers, they are the biggest earners. Even if they had taken the core stones out of their calculations, their earning would still be high enough to be at the top.

Though, it might also be because the ability of the guild members in this town are low. Actually, the encounter rate with monsters is also not that high, so sometimes they are unable to gather materials. Encountering monsters five times in half a day, is normally impossible.

“I guess inheriting the beastman’s nose from your ancestor is advantageous. If you know where they are, you can make pre-empt and surround them, right?”

Pran looks at Kazane with eyes of admiration.

“Guess so” Kazane answers with her usual expressionless face. Of course inheriting something like a beast-man’s nose from an ancestor is a lie. It’s just a method to cover up how they have a high encounter rate, but in reality [[beastman’s sense of smell]] is still lower than [[Dog’s sense of smell]]. That’s why, even for a high level beastman who has honed their sense of smell for a long time, their ability will still be below Kazane’s.

“The core stones we bought from you sells well, so my pocket contents has also increased, which is of course a wonderful thing. But, as I thought, it is still a bad appearance sake.”
“Bad?”

Yumika inquires.

“To be frank, there’s a regular report next week. So, of course I will need to report about you guys.”

“Ah! And then they might feel suspicious, right?”

Kazane agrees.

“What do you mean?”

“They might think that there’s some unfairness somewhere. Encountering monsters five times in half a day is a rare thing you see.”

“Rather than rare, walking around for a day and encountering them three times is already a decent situation. Moreover, the group of monsters you guys encountered are just perfect for your party.”

“Additionally for all encounters to be pre-empt is impossible. Normally in 2 out of 3 encounters, they were at least on the ambushed side.” Pran added to Kazane’s sentence.

“That means, it will become suspicious whether we hunt with only two people, us.”

“Because, it will indicate the possibility of group hunting.”

“Is that a problem?”
“Well, since we are rank F, they might think we hire people to increase our achievements.”

Kazane answers Yumika question.

“And it’s also possible they will think that you guys are threatening other parties and s.n.a.t.c.h their materials.”

“That’s cruel. Do you really think we would do something like that?”

“Yes. Since you seem like a malicious person.”

Hearing Pran words Kazane groans, but Yumika talks back with an unsatisfied face.

“There’s no way we did something unfair similar to it or like that.”

“True.”

Naturally, Kazane also nods in agreement. Then Pran also calms Yumika down.

“Well I actually thought so. Leaving Kazane aside, I think you won’t do something like that Yumika. However the ones making judgement are people who have never seen you guys.”

“That’s true.”

Yumika can only agree. There’s no way to know other people"s nature without seeing the person at least once.(ED: Heh, where is Kazane’s disagreement)

“It actually existed. The cases of ordinary people who half heartedly longed to be adventurers, so they try to increase their rank quickly.”

Rank E and Rank F is normally a handyman in town. In most people’s opinions, they are not really adventurers. Though in term of earning money, it should be the same or even higher than rank D.

“So, we should increase our rank. Ms. Pran, Master said to apply for D rank after one week, but do you need to receive a recommendation?”

“Of course. But I think you guys had better apply for C rank. Since with the recommendation and your achievements, you can take D rank immediately.”
“Are you sure?”
It’s still unexpected, even for Kazane . Even though she knew that their achievements were high, she thought that even if you acc.u.mulate all their achievements of this week, it would still not be enough.

“Intact core stones are rare materials, so the points are high, you see.”

“I see.” hearing that, Kazane was finally able to accept it. She didn’t know the standard of this world, but in the game, rare materials gave guild points two more digits than normal materials.

“And also, defeating D rank monsters will allow you to raise your rank to a D rank, but to reach C rank, you’ll need to have real skills. To know whether you guys have real skills or not, the guild examiner will have to test it out.”
“So there is an examination.”

Pran nods after hearing Kazane words.

“More concretely, the contents are mock battles with the examiner and finishing the C rank quest together with the examiner. Originally, you guys will need to head towards ‘Winlard’to do it But, since a person who has the qualification to be an examiner is coincidentally present in this town, I am considering asking that person.”
“Coincidentally huh, so this person also has another task to do. Then will this person have time?”
“Well, that’s true. This fellow will depart tomorrow. If you let this chance get away, the two of you will have to head to ‘Wenlard’.”

Hearing Pran words, Kazane let’s an ‘umm’ noise and looks at Yumika.

“Well I am fine with it.”

Yumika nods readily.

“Then, I guess we will accept it.”
Kazane had also decided to accept the test. They had no other important appointment other than increasing their rank tomorrow.

“Alright. Then please do some preparations and meet me here tomorrow morning.”
Hearing that, Kazane and Yumika nod at the same time.

Name    : Yuihama Kazane

Occupation    : Adventurer

Equipment    : Two Handed Steel Sword, Leather Jacket, Metal Gauntlet, PlainClothes,Leather Trouser, Leather Shoes, Pouch

Level    : 17

Vitality    : 50

Magic Power    : 83

Strength    : 18

Agility    : 13

Endurance    : 13

Wisdom    : 26

Dexterity    : 15

Spells    : [[Fly]] [[Fire]] [[Heal]]

Skills    : [[Goblin Language]] [[Night Vision]] [[Crushing Blow]] [[Dog’s Sense of Smell]] [[Golem Maker]] [[Charge]] [[Fire Principle: Second Chapter]] [[Healing Principle: Second chapter]] [[Air Jump]]

Kazane    : My level has increased, but the skills do not increase as fast as before

Yumika    : Well, since we keep fighting the same monsters, it might have reached its limit. There’s one more skill though.

Kazane    : It’s the [[Air Jump]] skill from the horned rabbit. Something like multi-level jumps.

Yumika    : Ah, that sounds so convenient.

TL: about the town’s name, the author sometimes changes it between ‘Winlard’ and‘Wenlard’. As I was confused about what to do, I just left it as it was.