2 In the capital on the north edge of town you'll find what looks like a really large inn The banner is far too heroic for any inn though A winged golden sword displayed prominently above the front entrance One look at a banner like that and you know this place offers so much more than comfy beds In fact it also boasts a weapon shop an armor shop a café and a potion shop Along with two different dining halls And most of all a vast lobby with a board like a bulletin board filled with a countless number of quests Everything an aspiring hero needs all under one roof A place with the kind of name you might expect The Adventurers Guild A guild for adventurers Upon hearing that I'm sure some might ask Is a guild for such people really necessary Do adventurers truly need a center of operations I have a better question for you Who cares Really who would ever question a place like this It would be like asking Are waffles really necessary To which I respond with a resounding YES
To think that only yesterday I was still a student at the Lorica Academy Months before that a simple villager who only knew the farm Watering crops Gathering seeds And now here I was ready to call this place home Although I will admit my first day here wasn't quite what I imagined Before I could register I had to attend this introductory class with three other potential recruits They were from the Academy too Although I didn't really know them all that well I'd only seen them around at school One was a dwarf named Grom He was dwarven nobility and had an emerald axe enchanted with Sharpness 5 A dwarven warrior clearly A bit older than me Fourteen maybe He looked rather strong for his age The one next to him was Sorin in leather armor a short diamond blade at his hip He was roughly the same age as Grom and gave me the impression of a treasure hunter or rogue Finally a short boy named Fimble a gnome in a gray robe He was a mage and looked around the same age as me Twelve or thirteen 3
4 As for our teacher that was Lysana A young woman in silver mail Around her neck was a diamond pendant That meant she was a Diamond ranked adventurer Not the highest rank in the guild but she had experience She first gave us a rundown on the world's current situation For me this was old news so as she spoke her voice sort of droned on World currently besieged by the Wizard with White Eyes His lair recently discovered a dungeon below the capital Summoned heroes tried to investigate but failed Really tough
monsters Kingdom's adventurers now tasked with investigation Struggling Haven't made it past the first floor and And ZZZZZZZ In short our world isn't doing too great I was hoping I wouldn't have to think about that today Couldn't we just learn an ability or two Anything to take my mind off current events So it's a classic dungeon situation said the dwarf Grom Groups of adventurers head in take out a few monsters return to the city rest up repeat Until the guild has cleared all the way to the lowest floor the young mage added Simple Well yes that would be the basic summary Lysana said But I won't lie to you The guild has been dealing with a lot of issues lately The monsters there are unlike any we've ever seen According to her they're called eidolons An entirely new class of monster Completely unnatural Like evil spirits almost The latest creation of the Wizard with White Eyes 5
