Reincarnated As The Hero Ring

We hurried to the adventurer guild as we were afraid that the Elite Skeleton might be rampaging right now at the town gate. The skeletons might also already invaded the trade central area and killing all of the people there right at this moment. 

With that in both of our minds, Vicar started running to the guilds he hoping that we could be there in just a few minutes. We couldn't use teleport right now as we been saving it, we don't know that one last teleport would change the situation we had at the most important time. 

We do realize when we were running in the commoner district, they were fewer people here just like the trade center area before they all vanished. We thought that the people in this place would already disappear but thanks god that there were still people here. 

Vicar runs with all he could, thanks to my stats booster. His stamina and speed improve a lot as he arrives in front of the guilds in just eight minutes. Vicar was catching him breathes for a seconds before entering the building that full of adventurers. 

The moment we enter the adventurer buildings, we realized something. There were already some town guards here, the town guardsmen were talking to the guilds master about something. It must be about the skeletons in the town gate. 

It just means that Tane had successfully report back the current situation to the captain. We then approach the guardsmen, just to hear whether they were really discussing it. If that was the case, we could provide some more information about it as we were the only one that stays in that area for a long time. 

"The Captain wanted the guild cooperation in this matter..." One of the guardsmen said to the guild master. 

"Tell you, captain, that the guild would only corporate if they give us some rewards." The guild master said. 

"But the town was in danger right now! We really need the guild help in this as we the guards couldn't handle it on our own..."

"The guild would not accept it, you do know our policy in this guild right?" 

"Please think about all of the innocent lives that could be in danger, don't you care about them." 

"Let me tell you about something here, we the adventurer guild doesn't take any quest without any rewards." The guild master was stroking his beard as he said that. 

"This isn't a quest! Don't you hear what I said earlier, that this town could be destroyed by the undead..." The guardsman said as he really dissatisfied with the guild master answer. 

"And do you expect us, adventurers, to fight the undead while we don't get anything? Our service isn't free and some of the adventurers could die..." The guild master said. 

"Fine! How much they cost to buy that services of the adventurer's guilds..." The guardsman said as he didn't want to drag this matter any longer. 

"15 gold coins for a skeleton..." 

The guardsman was surprised when he heard the price, "15 gold coins for each skeleton! That is absurd!..." 

"That was the price that I had set for this situation, the other adventurers here would agree with my decision."

"The guards don't have that much of money! How about 8 silver coins for a skeleton... 15 gold coins is just too much..." 

"I would not change it, take it or leave it..." 

The guardsman didn't know what to do as he knows that the guards didn't have that much money. I'm sure that the captain sends him here to make sure that the guild would corporate in helping them to fight off the skeletons and defend this town.

Vicar couldn't take it as he interferes with the conversation, "The town is in danger and yet you still think about making gold! Is this really how the adventurer guilds work, all of this time I had a wrong assumption about the guild..."

The guild master smile when he heard what Vicar said, "That's your fault to assume that we were a kind people that would help people with nothing in return... How about this? I will let you speak up here about the danger and let us see if there any adventurer here willing to help for free." 

With the permission given by the guild master, Vicar started to speak up very loud in the guild. He managed to gain all of the adventurer's attention. He then proceeds to tell what kind of danger that this town currently facing. Vicar also mentions the important part of this whole thing. 

"When I was a child, I admire the adventurer as they help the people in need and I refuse to believe that they just do it for just the money... Would you fight the undead skeletons with us for free?" Vicar asks all of the adventurers in there. 

Sadly, there no one even stands up from the stool. Some of them began laughing when he heard Vicar mention fight for free. We could hear their conversation as if they let us hear about it. They were saying us stupid as there no one here would fight for nothing. 

Vicar really didn't believe it all as he was disappointed with the adventurers that he actually admire. He never thought that all of them were just doing it for the glory and money. He told the other guards here that it's better to leave as they would never agree to help us. 

The other guards agree to what Vicar had said, we and the other guards then leave the adventurer guilds. The guards that were talking with the guild master approach us and said that he already expect this kind of outcome. 

"I already know that this would happen, it's just that the captain really thinks that the guild would corporate this time..." The guard said to Vicar. 

This time? when I heard the guard said that, it must mean that this hasn't happened for the first time. Was the adventurer guild really like that, they were just much different from all of the anime that I had watched. I guess anime was just some imagination but where I'm now was different from it. 

I then remember about the bronze knight, he also told me that he use to be an adventurer. But he quit as he finds that adventurer doesn't suit him, back then I didn't understand it that much but right now I somehow understand it. I really hope that there were more people like the bronze knight in this world. 

That must be why all of the adventurers hating him as he really could make the adventurer jobless. The bronze knight didn't help for the money as he willing to help without the money. Even if he was offered some gold coins, he wouldn't accept it at all. 

"It's okay, we could manage this without their help..." Vicar said that to the guard that he been talking to right now. 

While he was still talking with the guard, Vicar could feel a tap on his shoulder. He looks behind and realized there was a man behind him. We both knew that face as it was Sir Esmir, but why would he be out here and what does he want with us. 

"Sir Esmir right? Does there anything I could help..." Vicar said that to Sir Esmir. 

"It is really you! The boy that been in the guild two days ago..." Sir Esmir said that to Vicar, it seems that he was not able to tell us back then when we were in the guild. 

"Yes, that's me... Is there anything wrong?" Vicar asks. 

"No! It's just that I didn't know that you were a guarded boy..." 

"I'm not, I just helping the guards." 

"Really? Cause the speech you give back then in the guild makes me think that you were indeed working as the town guards."

"I'm sorry to say this but I just couldn't play cool when I heard that the guild master saying that they would not help unless they get paid 15 gold coins for each skeleton," Vicar said. 

"May I ask you... Why would you go that far? This isn't even your job, you were just an ordinary civilian" 

"It's true that I am a civilian but it's wrong for me to protect my town and my loved ones here?"

"That is a good reason, I'm kinda ashamed of the adventurer guilds as they didn't willing to help. But I'm not one of them, I was once a soldier and I knew the feeling to protect something. I would gladly help the guards..." Sir Esmir said that. 

The moment we heard that he was willing to help, we were really happy as it seems that not all of the adventurers were greedy. There still some of them that willing to help even though it was not many. 

"Really! We would appreciate it..." Vicar said as he shakes Sir Esmir hand.