chapter 17
17 – Promotion Request
“Yu! Paddle! aaa!”
As soon as I entered her guild, Meruru ran towards me with her big ears flapping.
It is said that she, who has just finished her receptionist training and was put into practical work, will start working at the guild starting today.
“Hey! You see people! Away!”
Meruru jumped on her back and clung to her back, entangling her body with both of her legs.
I can feel the attention of the people in the guild focusing on me.
“Oh my, you guys are getting along so well as always.”
Tina saw that and looked at me and Meruru with a smile.
“Mr. Meruru? “I guess you’re free?”
And then a short word to Meruru.
Then, to my surprise, Meruru quietly noticed and she got off my back and went back inside the counter.
That Meruru listens to her so well.
What on earth happened in receptionist training?
Anyway, the reason I came to the guild today was to receive a promotion request that would allow me to be promoted to a bronze level adventurer.
“Then please sign here, and here too…” ….”
Tina placed some of her papers on her counter and kindly pointed out where to sign with her finger.
If you really want to do something in a guild, there are a lot of things you have to sign, so it’s annoying.
I signed right away without even looking at the fine print on the document.
“Tina, are we done now?”
“Yes. This time, Yunoa will participate in the battle to subdue monsters.”
Monster subjugation battle? Suddenly?
No matter how much it is a promotion request, you are entrusting such a task to me, a novice level adventurer?
When I looked puzzled, Tina verbally explained her request.
“Recently, large-scale monster dens have been appearing all over the continent. So the guild is mobilizing adventurers to subdue dens that are located too close to the village.”
“You’re saying I’m going to subdue something like a large-scale monster den?”
“Oh, Yunoa, she’s just participating in the punitive force. The actual subjugation will be done by other adventurers. Yunoa and others will be in charge of supporting the rear of the punitive force. For example, supply…….”
That’s right.
You are asked to participate as a laborer in charge of the punitive tasks of the punitive force.
Well, now I have no complaints about this.
Rather, it is a bigger deal to directly participate in the forefront of subjugating monsters.
If that were the case, my role as a novice adventurer would be that of a meat shield.
“This time, gold-level adventurers will also participate in the subjugation team, so it will be a good experience. If the subjugation task is completed without any major problems, you can be promoted to bronze grade after the grade review.”
“Okay. “Then where and what can I do?”
“You really haven’t read any of the documents.”
Tina sighed softly.
Looking at that, she felt sorry that she should have read at least a few lines, but she couldn’t help it.
What adventurer reads all the documents given by the receptionist at the guild?
At least, I have never seen an adventurer in this guild take more than 10 seconds to receive and sign a document.
Probably, even if the guild changes all documents into body waivers and presents them to adventurers, they will sign them without looking at them.
“I’m sorry. “I just couldn’t see it.”
“Ha… are you okay. “Everyone does that.”
Tina looked a little tired.
I guess the job of a receptionist isn’t that easy.
Well, there is a saying that service jobs require you to sharpen your mentality.
“You can wait at the northern entrance of Kubel tomorrow, then join the punitive force and depart. “As long as you follow the instructions on site, there will be no problem.”
So, I participated in the monster suppression team as a request for promotion to bronze rank.
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“Hey! There bro! “Move the box over here to the wagon!”
“Yes yes! “I’m leaving now!”
“Young man over there! Wait! “It’s powerful, but take one more!”
A strong, bald, muscular man placed another box on top of the box I was carrying and gave a signal by slapping his back.
I joined the monster subjugation team through a promotion request, and was helping load and load the subjugation unit’s supply wagon from the waiting area.
There were several adventurers around the wagon, chatting and watching the workers and I move our luggage.
In fact, novice adventurers are not even treated as adventurers.
“Whoa…” ….”
The amount of goods loaded on the supply wagon was enormous.
This was because supplies for people who could not go far outside the village due to monsters were also included.
The number of adventurers participating in the punitive force is 13, including me.
There are actually 12 adventurers participating in the battle.
From what I heard, the adventurer in charge of the subjugation leader is a gold-level adventurer, and is said to be a celebrity that no one in the guild knows about.
Of course, I don’t know who he is.
“Hey! Brother, as expected, adventurers are different! “It’s not normal to work hard!”
A bald, muscular man praised me as I returned from loading the supply wagon.
I was really fortunate to have increased my strength through magical power conversion.
At first, when this man approached me and asked me to work, his eyes were dark.
If an ordinary person without magical power did it, it would be enough to cause bone disease and cause him to lie down in a day.
But when I actually lifted the luggage, it was easier than I thought, except that I couldn’t see in front of me because I was moving several boxes on top of each other.
If given enough time, my body was strong enough to fill the supply wagon by myself without the rest of the workers.
Even men with muscles all over their bodies had a hard time moving a box, but when I lifted and moved two boxes, the bald man who was the foreman praised me and was very pleased.
If life as an adventurer becomes difficult, working as a porter will not interfere with earning a living.
“Ah, Yunoa!”
As I threw the last box onto the supply wagon, a welcome voice came from behind.
It was the bronze adventurer Oren.
“Oh, Mr. Oren, did you also participate in the monster suppression team?”
“It’s even more surprising that Yunoa is here.”
Yes, that’s right.
“I am a novice, so as you can see, I am a chore worker.”
“If you’re done with work, come here and get some rest. “The punitive force is leaving soon.”
After Oren glanced at the situation in the supply wagon, she spoke to me.
I accepted his offer and sat and talked with Oren until the punitive force departed.
“The world is scary these days. Monster dens are popping up even close to the village. I heard that one village was left in ruins after hundreds of goblins invaded it. “Even monsters as weak as goblins are a serious problem if that many gather together.”
“Oren, you are going to fight the monster yourself this time, right?”
“Yes. Gold and silver adventurers will be at the forefront. “I think the bronze adventurers will probably take care of things in the rear.”
The roles of the punitive force are also divided according to the level of adventurer.
Oren said with a self-mocking feeling.
If you do that, then what am I?
Bronze adventurers are also great adventurers, but you need to be more confident.
I thought about that for a moment, but bronze is bronze, so it can’t be helped.
Once this quest is over, Oren and I will become bronze adventurers.
Oren, who looked so strong and cool, and I are officially on the same level.
Your perspective changes depending on the world you live in.
Before registering as an adventurer, I admired the adventurer profession itself, and after becoming an adventurer, I admired Oren.
What will I see in front of me once I am promoted to bronze level?
I couldn’t know until I tried it.
“I heard that the leader of this subjugation is a famous gold adventurer.”
As the atmosphere was about to calm down a bit, I changed the topic and started talking about something else.
Oren nodded her head and opened her mouth.
“Ah, I’m a female swordsman named Mileia. “Don’t you know?”
“Yes, this is my first time hearing it… ….”
“Last time, as well as magical power conversion, did you live somewhere deep in the mountains?”
“Ahahahaha…….”
I lived in another world, not deep in the mountains.
Female swordsman Millia… ….
I haven’t even seen a silver-level adventurer fight yet, so how strong is the gold-level adventurer?
Honestly, I became interested.
The sight of Oren, a bronze adventurer, fighting against a group of slimes was cool enough for me.
I couldn’t even imagine a gold adventurer attacking a monster’s den and fighting.
If I’m lucky, I’ll have a chance to see it with my own eyes.
No, I’m participating in the punitive force as a chore worker, so I won’t have a chance to see it with my own eyes.
It’s just a shame.
“The subjugation leader has arrived!”
At that time, someone shouted loudly where the adventurers were gathered.
Looking where the adventurers’ eyes were focused, they saw a black-haired woman walking.
“Hey, that person is the subjugation leader Mileia.”
Oren said, nudging my side with her elbow.
Gold-level adventurer and subjugation leader Mileia.
Wearing light armor in the form of a long skirt and a long sword at her waist, she was walking toward the head of the punitive force without any expression.
She was a beautiful woman with long black hair that reached her waist, and although she was not as muscular, she was tall for a woman.
To be honest, just looking at her appearance, I couldn’t believe she was the leader of this punitive force.
But looking at the adventurers’ gazes and reactions to Milleia, she certainly seemed to be a capable person.
The adventurers, who had been busy chatting with each other until a while ago, fell silent for a moment as soon as she appeared, as if she had made a promise, and even let out small exclamations of exclamation.
Subjugation leader Mileia looked back and checked the condition of her wagon loaded with supplies, then rode her horse prepared at her entrance and stood at the head of her.
The carriages waiting along her mileia also began to move.
The other adventurers followed, each riding a horse or riding a carriage.
“Let’s go too.”
Oren got on the last supply wagon and held out her hand to me.
I also held her hand and placed her body on top of her carriage.
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