Otherworld Adventure

After Lucia finished her skewers, the party ran swiftly down the road in the direction of the adventurer guild. It still took the party 15 minutes or so to get to the adventurer guild that was located in the middle district of the city.

This was because the size of the cities in Alterna actually rivaled the metropolises back on Earth. Especially the capital cities, Angla City even boasted an area the same size as New York City!

When they first got here, Cecil was in total awe of how huge the city was. There were no skyscr.a.p.ers, but there were plenty multi-storied buildings in the capital.

The city was also divided into 4 main districts. They were the Outer District, Middle District, Inner District and Royal District.

The Outer District was where most of the bustling activities of the city took place and mind you, the outer district wasn't there to discriminate between the classes of the people. There was no such thing in Angla City, everyone with an ID was free to go to any district in the city.

This was with the exception of the royal district since that was the area where the royal castle of Anglaria Kingdom was located.

The Outer District was where most of the merchants, peddlers, and shops were situated in. The merchant guild and mercenary guild was also situated here.

The housing of the citizens was located in the Middle District. The Middle District consisted of inns, pubs, craftsmen's workshops and guilds. The houses of permanent residing citizens were also in this district.

The adventurer guild was also situated here to provide ease of access for citizens and adventurers who wanted to take or issue a quest.

The kingdom's officials, soldiers, and magicians' housing was in the Inner District. The Arks Royal Academy was also located here and they had a large plot of land all to themselves.

The plot of land the Arks Royal Academy was situated on was big enough to build every possible facility that would make academy life convenient for the students.

An arena, a smithy, weapons and armor shops, leather workshops, magic shops, the students' dormitories, and everything else you could think of were on the campus' land.

The citizens of the city even categorized the land the Ark's Academy was on as a separate district from the Inner District which they named the Academy District.

The students of the academy were required to live on campus and with the conveniences provided; they did not even need to head into the city for anything.

The Arks Royal Academy could even function as a separate small scaled city on its own. It had its own economy, guilds and military force.

The economy was driven by the students themselves. Even the Academy's military force was made up of the fighter and spell caster students. The academy was created for the students and was run by the students.

Finally the Royal District of the capital was a small cordoned area where the Royal Castle of Anglaria Kingdom was situated at.

The area was closed off from the public and only the royal family and people who were granted audiences with the kingdom's royalty were able to enter the district.

When they finally arrived at the guild, Cecil and Lucia brought Silver into the stable at the side and went together into the guild building.

As usual, Cecil was required to 'shut up' by Lucia and let her do the talking. It was already a normal thing for them since they've always been doing this ever since Forest Hill Town.

Cecil and Lucia were already famous within the guild for being the youngest adventurers to have reached 5 Star Gold Rank, just one rank away from 1 Star Platinum Rank.

Since Cecil was always quiet when they were in the guild, not letting even a little bit of his voice out, everyone thought that he was mute at first. Lucia was easy to get along with so she was popular with the other adventurers who were at their age.

Although they were young, their strength and abilities were already proven to the rest of the adventurers. Cecil's swordsmanship as well as his unique martial arts and Lucia's fiery destructive spells were famous in the guild.

Many young adventurers admired both Cecil and Lucia and since they were almost platinum rank, their admirers began giving them titles and started calling them with their titles instead of their names.

Silent Sword and Inferno Witch were the titles given to the two based on their abilities and characteristics. The names spread throughout the guild so everyone started calling them that. Since they were given titles, Cecil and Lucia's guild ID's were also changed.

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Name : Cecil Silvaria

Age : 14

Titles : Silent Sword

Class : Magic Swordsman

Rank : 5-Star Gold

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Name : Lucia

Age : 14

Titles : Inferno Witch

Class : Spellcaster, Enchanter

Rank : 5-Star Gold

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They kept their stages a secret so it didn't show on the guild IDs, but Lucia was already at the Mana Sea Stage with around 550 units of mana while Cecil was at the Mana Sea Stage with 5015 units of mana.

Of course at the start it wasn't like this, in their first week at the guild, many other adventurers who were ranked at the same level as Cecil and Lucia were naturally jealous and small conflicts occurred occasionally. They were young so everyone felt that the two were pushovers.

Naturally, they were proven wrong and Cecil packed the troublemakers up with ease.

Apparently, the guild master of Angla City was a close friend of Lucia's uncle who was the guild master of Forest Hill Town's adventurer guild, so he was already paying attention to them from the moment they checked in with the guild.

It caused Lucia to be puzzled at how influential her uncle was to have connections reaching all the way to the capital, but upon remembering her eccentric uncle, she tossed all thoughts and concerns to the back of her mind.

The guild master was concerned about their constant rapid advancement and perfect track record of quest completions because unfortunately, instead of inspiring awe and admiration, their performance only attracted unwanted attention towards them at the start.

So when it was time for them to advance in rank, the guild master issued a 5 Star rank promotion quest for the two.

For promotion quests, the ranks would start from 1 star and ending at 7 stars. Normally, 5 Star promotion quests were issued only to those who wanted to advance ranks from gold to platinum.

So for Cecil and Lucia who were only 5 Star Silver ranked at the time, it was hopeless for them to even think about advancing to 1 Star Gold rank.

The promotion quest was a monster subjugation quest that required them to destroy the high golem that was located in the mountains to the west of Angla City.

The guild master didn't mean any harm, he only wanted to look out for the two when he heard that they attracted the jealousy and envy of the other adventurers of the guild and were constantly being harassed.

He wanted to give them a small bump on their road and with the failure from advancing; the guildmaster hoped that it would stave off the bad attention that the two brought to themselves.

After Lucia and Cecil received their promotion quest from the guild, they immediately rushed towards the mountains with Silver and they pulverized the target high golem in a half hour long fight.

Swords and blades couldn't damage the magic armor of the golem, so Cecil used his fists and legs to pummel the golem into the ground with Lucia and Silver supporting him with magic spells.

So, when the two came back from the mountains with the high golem's core and magic materials, the guild master and all guild personnel as well as the adventurers who were present could only watch the two in shock.

Even a high golem was taken care of them and the most frightening part was the duration they took for the quest.

It did not take Cecil and Lucia even a week to finish their promotion quest. The average 5 Star Gold Rank party that took on a 5 star promotion quest required anywhere between 3 weeks to 1 month to finish the quest. And this was for a party of 6, not 2.

Since then, no one had come to them to look for trouble. The adventurers were no longer envious but rather frightened and in awe by their achievements.

There were the occasional conflicts with newcomers, but that was only because they were ignorant. The newbies would immediately quiet down when the other veteran adventurers told them about the duos accomplishments.

Just by finishing a 5 star promotion quest in less than a week showed everyone that although Cecil and Lucia were at gold rank, they had combat prowess that was on par with individuals and parties at the platinum rank.

When it was their turn to go up to the counter, the guild receptionist lady greeted them with a big smile.

"Welcome~! Lucia and Cecil, how are you two today~?"

Cecil only nodded back and kept silent while Lucia immediately brought out the materials required for their quest and quickly greeted the receptionist.

"Haiyo Mimi! We're here to turn in our dungeon quest!"

"As expected of the Silent Inferno~ it didn't take long this time too."

"Ehehehe~"

Lucia laughed shyly. Silent Inferno was the name everyone started calling their party of two.

The guild receptionist Mimi, took care of the materials and checked them. After making sure the two had fulfilled the requirement she stamped a piece of paper and handed the two their quest reward.

"Here you go, thanks for your hard work as all ways~"

"You too, Mimi!"

"Speaking of work, aren't you two suspending all guild work beginning next week?"

"Huh? Oh... yeah, haha... how'd you know Mimi?"

"The guildmaster naturally informed all the guild personnel. It's really sad that you two would no longer be visiting the guild for a while. We're already used to having you two around!"

"Hehe, we have to attend the academy since that was our main objective for coming to the capital~"

"Yes, but with your capabilities, everyone at the guild is sure that you two will pass the tests with flying colors!"

"Thank you, Mimi!"

Cecil who was listening in on their conversation from behind Lucia only let out a small smile of thanks. Mimi who was talking with Lucia noticed his smile and turned to him.

"You're welcome Cecil!"

Cecil only nodded back to her. Since Cecil never spoke, Mimi and some other guild personnel who were close with them had already gotten used to reading Cecil's expressions. He was somewhat of an open book.

Lucia soon wrapped up their conversation and the duo walked out of the guild.

On their way out, the other adventurer parties greeted them and gave the two their blessings for passing the academy's entrance exams.

They picked up Silver from the stable and road him towards the smithy they frequented. The smithy was run by Mr. Argon's brother. So when they first arrived, Radon the owner started asking how his stupid brother was doing.

Radon was the same as Argon, they were both friendly people. Radon's smithy was pretty popular in the capital since it was run by a dwarf. All the equipment created and sold in the smithy were all top tier with their quality being guaranteed top notch.

They were heading towards the smithy to craft both Cecil and Lucia's new equipment from the magic ores they mined from the dungeon. Also, Cecil wanted to ask if Radon could craft the adamantium they had.

Since Radon was Argon's brother, Cecil hoped that Radon had the ability to craft their adamantium, as well as trust that the man would keep their adamantium a secret from others.

'Hopefully he can craft it. I want a weapon that could withstand all my mana.'